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

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The threequarter line was excellently served by Sebastian Wade from the base of the scrum and there was some fine running by Todds Sigfstead at flyhalf. He has good hands, quickness off the mark, is a sound tackier and is obviously a fine prospect for the future. Florian Tovstigo and David Howell- Jones were contrasting runners - Florian with his strength and speed and David with his quick darting changes of direction. At full back the team was well served by Carlos Garcia who has most of the skills for this position - sound hands, an excellent punt, and the ability to read the game. The season began slowly with defeats early on by both SMU and St. George ' s. Great improvement was made as the team had a long run of victories which included the Mid-Island Competition for the Bridgend trophy - this for the second year in suc- cession. The stage was then set for the return games against SMU and St. George ' s - the only losses to date. The game against SMU in Victoria was won deservedly by 20-10 but the return game against St. George ' s was lost in the closing seconds. The ' B ' team as their record shows had a very successful season. The pack scrummaged very well with Kevin Smith clearly the best in the loose and Charlie Squarey a strong runner. Paul Crawford was beginning to show signs of real promise as a break. Clive Henshaw was a very plucky scrum half who made some great tackles and Andrew Beck on the wing saved the situation on many occasions with last ditch tackles. He was also a strong runner and he and Ken O ' Kennedy were the main scoring threats. At full back Garth Friesen, though lacking in pace had very sound hands and was a good tackier and set a fine example of sportsmanship. Overall it was a very successful and most enjoyable season which bodes well for the future. W.H.H. McClelland S.A.S. Lane THE JUNIOR B XV PLAYED WON LOST ' A ' team 14 11 3 ' B ' team 7 5 2 POINTS FOR AGAINST ' A ' team 274 80 ' B ' team 113 34 Back Row: (L. to R.J Mr. S.A.S. Lane, P. Crawford, M. Kaye, S. van Halst, W. McMahon, R. Joyce, B. Horner, A. Kaul Seated: (L. to R.) R. Schenker, A. Beck, C. Henshaw (Captain), K. Smith, C. Squarey, G. Friesen 28

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THE JUNIORS A XV Back Row: (L. to R.) Mr. S.A.S. Lane, D. Howell-Hones, T. Sigfstead, P. Martin, G. Templeton, I. Kennedy, R. Greger, C. Garcia, D. Fullerton, Mr. W.H.H. McClelland Seated: (L. to R.) P. Robinson, M. Hunter, M. Wooldridge, S. Wade (Captain), R. Flaxman, F. Tovstigo, D. Reese It was inevitable that this year ' s team would be compared with last year ' s which was outstanding. It is to their great credit that they can stand the com- parison and indeed come out of it extremely well. The strength of the team was in the pack especially in their tackling ability and their refusal ever to give up. Roy Flaxman at No. 8 was the one who caught the eye most with his strong running but more particularly his decisive tackling. Ian Kennedy, the loose head prop, also a very strong tackier, always took the shortest route to the line and whilst not t he subtlest of runners he was very hard to take down. Paul Robinson and David Reese were an effective pair of breaks - Paul for his flair as an attacking player who was so often in just the right place to pick up a loose ball and David, although lacking in both size and speed, for his sound defence and con- structive use of the ball. But perhaps the best all round player was Mark Wooldridge at tight head prop who was always in the thick of things, a great supporter of the man with the ball and the one who gained most of our line-out possession. - What do you mean!! We lost??? 27

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The Grade Nine Science class again spent the fall term studying and rearing salmon. This year, though, was by far the most successful of the three years that the project has been in operation. Twenty-nine thousand chum fry and six thousand coho fry were reared and released into streams in the Shawnigan vicinity. These figures represent a success rate of 93% for the chum and 58% success rate for the coho taken from the percentage of eg gs that managed to survive to be released as small fish. The reason for the great boost in numbers is en- tirely due to the new facility built for the project last September. After a rather meagre, but fairly suc- cessful beginning, using a lean-to shed alongside the Science Lab, the Federal Fisheries decided that Shawnigan was obviously prepared to take the rearing of salmon seriously enough and donated materials and labour to construct a building for the explicit purpose of raising fish. Complete with a concrete floor, drainage system and shake roof, the 40 ft. long shed is now situated alongside the Craig Block and runs off water from both the school ' s water supply and a new well that was put in in October. The amount of water flow has determined the capacity which is approximately 40,000 eggs. In November each Grade Nine class netted adult salmon returning to spawn in Goldstream Creek (halfway to Victoria from the School). The eggs were taken SALMON ENHANCEMENT AT SHAWNIGAN 1982-1983 from about 15 fish and fertilized back at the School. From November to the end of March the eggs were incubated in wooden rearing boxes with a steady flow of water over the developing eggs. During the Easter Break thousands of tiny salmon began to darken the rearing trough. Since the urge to swim to the sea is so strong that fry were jumping out of the tanks onto the floor at night, they were released as soon as possible. Most of them went to Goldstream but 2,000 chum were again released into Shawnigan Creek to nucleate a new run of salmon that will return as adults in 1986. The School owes a great deal of thanks to the support from the Federal Fisheries for having provided tremendous back up to the project. On the other hand the Fisheries has been very pleased with the enthusiasm of the Grade Nine classes. A success rate of 98% is higher than most fish hatcheries in British Columbia. M.A. Hobson