St Johns Ravenscourt School - Eagle Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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SECOND: Wyatt, Barroll, MacBeth, Denmark, Didur, D. Black, Sherman, Mr. Hardy. FRONT: Rowley, Finlayson, Palmer, Dallas, Verges. The win-loss record of our senior basketball team at this mid season date leaves much to be desired; how¬ ever, the games have been exciting and we are narrow¬ ing the gap each time we play. Our team lacks the height of our opponents and, it would also appear that we are much younger and have less playing experience. But what we lack in height and age and experience we make up for in our team spirit. The players representing S.J.R. are as follows: first line - Brad Palmer, John Macbeth, Don Denmark, Bob Didur and Phil Wyatt. Completing our twelve are Tom Barroll, Wally Finlayson, Helmut Verges, Kim Sher¬ man, Kit Rowley, David Black, and Mark Dallas. The most outstanding player on our team has been Brad Palmer. Brad is our team captain and has been the spark plug of the team. In addition, Brad is the team’s leading scorer and may even be the league’s top scorer at this date. While it is doubtful that we will make the play-offs, there is no doubt that we will contin ue to improve and give our best until the final whistle. Games and scores of games played to date are as follows: S.J.R. 24.M.B.C.I. 96 S.J.R. 30.St. Bon. High 55 S.J.R. 58.Old Boys 54 (exhibition) S.J.R. 56.U. of Winnipeg 79 S.J.R. 37.St. Bon. High 44 S.J.R. 50.U. of Winnipeg 55 S.J.R. 39.St. Bon. Col. 43 52

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SmoiOoh kJl SECOND: Anderson, Palmer, Mr. Hardy, Denmark, Black. FRONT: Verges, Spooner, Finlayson. The 1967 edition of the senior volleyball team was a strong combination and was just starting to tick when the Zone 12 tournament was held. The members of the team who went to the Zone 12 Play-offs were Wally Finlayson, Don Denmark, Brad Palmer, David Black, Brian Spooner, John Anderson and Helmeut Verges. The team finished second in its division behind the U. of Wpg. squad and in the play-offs lost out to the home team — the Mennonite Brethren, eventual winners of the tournament. A little more practise time, a few exhibitions games and the team would have done much better than a tie for third overall. The hard spiking by Don Denmark and Brad Palmer, and the capable setting of Wally Finlayson should be a good foundation for another creditable team next year. The team would like to extend its thanks to Mr. Harding, the coach, whose hard work and intensive knowledge of the game were invaluable assets. Stmitmi-GwWuf This year the Senior Cross-Country Team got off to a rather slow start. In our first meet at St. James we came in ninth out of ten starters. In the next four races we progressively improved so that in our final division we came six out of ten. On the twenty eighth of Octo¬ ber the team went out to Brandon for the provincial cross-country meet when we increased our score by 120 points. The team members were: Bob Dunstan who managed to come in 6th in two races. Tom Bugg running sec¬ ond for S.J.R. Jim Rowed who ran well but not often, Mark Dallas, Kit Rowley, Brian Spooner, Morgan Thomas. Though our standings dropped somewhat in this sea¬ son we are looking forward to a more successful sea¬ son in the years to come. SECOND: M. Thomas, Rowed, Spooner, Rowley, Mr. Ainley. FIRST: Dunstan, Bugg, Dallas, Mr. Glegg. 51

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Ski Jem LEFT TO RIGHT: B. Spaith, Shandro, Rolf, Young, Tamblyn, Moss, Lewis, Lewkin, D. Spaith, D. Wellard. Skiing became a major sport this year. A team was formed in late October, long before the first snow fell, and began to prepare for the coming season by follow¬ ing a weight training program modelled on that of the Canadian Ski Team. When the long awaited snow ar¬ rived, the boys began cross-country training. During the Christmas break, the team purchased Esko Jarvinen cross-country racing skiis, imported from Finland. Thus equipped, S.J.R. entered her first racers in the Manitoba Ski Division Junior Cross-Country Championship Race. The pre-season training paid off, as the boys crossed the finish line first, second, third, fifth, seventh, and eighth. S. Shandro won the gold medal, R. Spaith the silver, and R. Rolf the bronze. In winning his gold, Shandro posted the best time of the meet, running the six miles in 43:10, one minute un¬ der the best senior time. After this success, the team prepared to face the much stiffer challenge of racing against the powerful eastern independent schools. On February 21, the team travelled via Air Canada to Montreal and then proceeded by sta¬ tion wagon to Stanstead, P.Q., where they stayed as guests of Stanstead college, the school hosting the meet for the Louis Cochon trophy. On the 22nd and the 23rd, the team trained at Owl’s Head Mountain with Mr. Bob Richardson, former Olympic skier and now head professional at the recently new Owl’s Head ski area. On the Friday before the meet, the team entered a Standard Race and six of the eight racers won gold medals. Competing at the meet this year were Bishop’s Col¬ lege School, Lower Canada College, Ashbury College, Stanstead College, and S.J.R. Each boy was to race three ways: slalom, giant slalom, and cross-country. The team made its best showing in the giant slalom where it placed third. The final results have not been re¬ ceived at the time of printing, but it appears that overall we stood third or a very close fourth. This team was S.J.R.’s first ski team. They worked hard and impressed everyone with their keen competitive spirit and their ability. They won some races and were strong while losing others. They have laid a strong foundation upon which future skiers will build and make St. John’s-Ravenscourt a school whose name will be respected where good competitive skiing is found. 53