Shawnigan Lake School - Yearbook (Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia Canada)

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4th XV 5th XV Although our enthusiasm was dampened by a thorough thrashing by Brentwood in our first game, we continued to improve as the season went on. When we went to St. George ' s we lost 24 - 14 in quite a close game which was only lost in the final stages. Mike Thorne scored two tries while visiting from the cross-country group. In our next fixture, we suffered a narrow defeat at the hands of S.M.U., who squeaked by with 7 points to Jim Mead ' s 4. Our rise to supremacy, although incomplete began with a well deserved victory over St. George ' s whom we trounced 26 - 4. Mead and Jeff Sutherland led the scoring with two tries apiece. In company with most teams we were unable to finish the season due to frozen ground. As a result we couldn ' t continue our winning streak, but we did have a hilarious snugger game against the 2nd XV. Although not statistically stupendous it was a season very much enjoyed by all concerned. Malcolm Swann (Captain) This year the Fifth XV proved to the school and themselves that they were not the spastics everyone thought they were, but half decent rugby players. We played two games against Brentwood - and lost both - but not without putting up a great fight. I found out later we were playing a team equivalent to our Third XV. We also played teams in the school who were supposed to be better than ourselves but we soon found out who had the team spirit to win. We played the 4th XV and won. We played the Colts A and won with a very high score thanks to Mark Barlow and Phil Dutton. We also played the 3rd XV but lost. The team itself worked together and had lots of spirit. We were ready to play anyone. During the season we had two coaches. Mr. Findlay injured himself while playing in a practice and Mr. Nicholls (who learned not to give us practices in the snow) replaced him. Our thanks to both. I hope all the 5th ' s in the future will play as hard as ours did this year. Rick Wilson (Captain) 6th XV The Sixth XV did not have a very active season this year. Only two games were played. One was against Brentwood and the other against the Jr. Colts B . We lost our game to Brentwood 40 - 6, our try being scored by Chris Wilson and converted by Mark von Schellwitz. After this he was moved to the fifths! Halfway through the season Mr. Findlay broke his collar bone tackling Ken Larrow. Mr. Nicholls took over as coach and arranged a game with Mr. Halls against the Jr. Colts B . It was an embarassing finish since we lost 8 - 4. Those who showed the most spirit included Jeff Phillips, Kerby Wong, Ryo Inoue and Jochen Boehm. After Mr. Findlay ' s shoulder healed, he arranged another game with Brentwood. St. Michael ' s was playing at Brentwood also so all the fields were taken up and we had to cancel the game. With no games won the sixths can only get better next year. Stephen Reynolds (Captain) Photo by R. Maddocks 19

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2nd. XV Photo by I. Gillis Standing: (L. to R.) R. Jacobs, M. Thome, C. Crossfield, T. Isaac, A. Cunningham, D. Tranter, B. Bolster, Mr. D.W. Hyde-Lay. Seated: (L. to R.) P. Martin, D. Stevenson, J. Gritter, T. Dewhurst - Captain, D. Shore, J. Bird, P. Assu. On the Ground: (L. to R.) L. Wild, R. Lorens. 2nd XV (cont.) Bolster, Thorne and Degelder all playing at one time or another. Wild and Dewhurst at the halfbacks had occasional problems with the passing but generally worked well together. Lionel ' s stockiness was a definite asset when he ran with the ball. The forwards sometimes took unnecessary penalties but were very well led by Lorens and Gritter. Ralph Lorens also showed great promise as a hooker and had a fierce competitive spirit. What Gritter lacked in skill, he made up in desire and proved to be very valuable during the last few games. In the 2nd row, Isaac and Stevenson were steady, hard workers who went unnoticed throughout most of the season. Assu and Martin worked hard and always seemed to be on the bottom of the rucks. Tranter had a nose for the ball and was always around the action. The two elements that the seconds ' lacked were support and team play. When we had these we won games, as was apparent in our victories over S.M.U. and Lake Cowichan. All in all, a satisfying season with some promising talent for future years. Tim Dewhurst (Captain) 3rd XV The Third XV had a good season this year with a record of five wins and two losses. We lost both our games against Brentwood, but the first match against them took place after only two or three practices. The whole team improved after that game, especially the scrum, who towards the end of the season were winning almost every set and loose scrum. Our best games were against St. Michael ' s and St. George ' s. The scrum worked as one, and got the ball out to the three-quarters, where the likes of Jody Martin burst through the opposing line and raised havoc with their full backs. Another player who stood out was Gordon Penley who gained many yards and scored many points with his first class kicking ability. In the scrum it would be hard to single out any player because everyone almost always had an exceptionally good game. One player that did stand out however was Doug Harkness who was always moving and tackling hard. The team ' s spirit was high throughout the year and I think everyone on it enjoyed themselves. Our thanks go to Mr. Grey, our coach. Paul McCulloch (Captain) 18

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COLTS A The Colts A this year had a good season with 5 wins, 5 losses and one tie. Our last game was against Brentwood, and we won it 10-8. Everyone worked well together which contributed to our victory. Special thanks go to Norman Sewid, Reider Eidsvik and Dean Johnston who played well throughout the year and to Mr. Hall who coached us well this season. I should like to thank everyone on the Colts A and wish them well on teams in the future. The line was composed of Danny Constable as scrum half and Jeff Keate, fly half. The centres were Mike Thornborrow and Page Tucker. Wings were Gino Anderson and our place kicker, Paul Fenton. The fullback was Bruce Doyle. The Junior Colts A this year had a lot of team spirit and never gave up. Jeff Keate (Captain) John Martin (Captain) JUNIOR COLTS B COLTS B The Colts B team did not have a very successful year compared with other years. We had one tie, one win and eight losses. We played against some very fine rugby clubs and we tried our best but it wasn ' t good enough. Our coach was Mr. Hall. He was a fine coach but our team was lacking in team spirit, drive and ball handling. One of our toughest competitors was Brentwood. We lost all games to Brentwood because they had what we lacked. Next year we hope to have a very successful season and we look forward to the new Colts B team. Gunnard Anderson (Captain) The fall term was an exceptional season for the Junior Colts B Rugby Team! With an unfortunate record of no wins we had a great deal of incentive to excel in each successive game. This incentive led to much hard work and training. Much to our misfortune the opposition seemed also to have the same motivation. When all was added up the opposition seemed always one step ahead of us. Our losing streak threatened to give way only once in our last game of the season against Brentwood. Here we maintained a nil-nil score and lost by only a few points during the second half. In all the team played some electrifying rugby once we got the wheels turning! An excellent season. Congratulations and thank you Jr. Colts B . C. Shaw (Captain) JUNIOR COLTS A The Junior Colts A this season had limited success. Out of the first four games we won three, but due to injuries and other setbacks our play began to deteriorate. Excluding the St. Michael ' s match, all the other games were close and we had a good chance of victory over most of the teams. Against our main rival, Brentwood, we won the first game but lost the second. However, we compiled a better scoring record than Brentwood in our matches against them. In the front row of our scrum were Gavin Last and Todd Ellner as props, and James Manning as Hooker. The breaks were Roberto Drassinower and Andy Keate. The second row consisted of Jim Barekman and Karl Chambers. Our eighth man was Peter Neilson. The scrum spare was Paul McKenzie who played in most of the games as either break or second row. JUNIOR A XV The Juniors ' kicked off to a good start this year, with a convincing win over Brentwood. This winning streak stayed with us for the next game which was a victory over Wellington. After that pair of wins we had a long stretch of defeats which were due to bad tackling by the backs, poor rucking and mauling by the forwards and very poor passing by everyone. The weather didn ' t help. During this period which consisted of most of the season we won only one game, over Lake Cowichan. The highlight of the season was a ' squeaker ' which was lost to S.M.U. 14 - 16. Everyone played well during the game, but we were unlucky enough to have a convert hit the post. The team clearly out-played S.M.U. but just could not get in for a score. Much credit should go to Russell Dyson for his good kicking. Over the season we were always a scoring threat when 20