Trinity College School - Record Yearbook (Port Hope, Ontario Canada)

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TRIXTTY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORiD 19 In passing it will 1h ' observed that the School is in( ' li iil)l» ' to compete for the Jnnior Shield as onr eorps will invarialily have more Senior than Jnnior Cadets. To obtain second place in snch a woi-ld-wide vompctition is a performance of a hitj;h order and we enthusiastically con- gratnlate the boys and Sergt. Maj. Batt. From the resnlts obtained in these comi)etitions an IIoii- onrs List of the best 50 corps in the Empire is drawn up. Ranking in this list is based on the handicap pei ' .rentage, as given above, irrespective of the proportion of Senior and Junior Cadets. In this group Wingham takes first j)lace (24 Senior, 56 Juniors) Avith a score of 93.61. (this corps won the Junior Shield), and the School ranked sixth;. A third Honours List of the best 100 teams or units (with a minimum strength of 10 to qualify) is drawn up. The standing is based on the net score Avithout reference to pro- portion of Senior or Junior Cadets. In this list the School ranked 27th. It will be seen that in this list a snmll unit has an ad- vantage over a large one. South Afriva ranking 1st. has a platoon of 25: (Ji-eat Britain 2nd. has a troop of 33. etc., whereas we tire as acoin- ]ilcte corps of 100 strong. The leading Canadian unit in this list is Winni]ieg with a firing of 80 Juniors, which took 3rd. plave. The standard of sliooting contiruies to im|)rove. This years the conditions under wliich the Annual ( ' oursc of Miisket - ry were tired were more difficult than in the past — no prav tices with rests being allowed — ,yet the average scored by the Corps is higher than last year, viz., 134.4 (maximuiii 150). THE GYMNASIUM COMPETITIONS. On Saturday, Maivh 28th., the annual (iymnasiuin Compe- tition was held before a large number of spectators. The standard was verv high throughout. On tlie hor-

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18 TIUXITY COLLEGE SCHOOL EECOED Flyweight. Ileos beat Balfour. This bout was also fought at a later date on account of the loser ' s illness. Hees won on points. Paperweight. Pearce Avon from Macdonald by default, the latter being prevented from boxing by an injury. SHOOTING. The Imperial Challenge Shield Competition. The results of this Competition Avere not published until early in January and did not reach us until some weeks later. The delay was due to the large entry from all parts of the Empire and the long Avork of checking the targets. The total number of boys competing Avas 16,786 representing 622 corps. Of these units Canada furnished 67 AAath a total of • M42 boys. And it is gratifying to note that the highest proportion of expert shots «3ame from this country. The conditions, under which this competition is shot, Avere changed in 1924 to concentrate on mass efficiency in- stead of jiroduving small teams of expert shots as in former years. The Senior Sliield, aAvarded to the corps in which Senior Cadets predominate, is based on the combined score of both Senior and Junior Cadets, to AA iich is added a handicap alloAV- ance of .025 per cadet in excess of 50. In this competition the results Avere as folloAvs: 1. New Zealand (49 Senior, 26 Junior) net average 88.:J7, handicap .62, gross average of 88.99 per cent. 2. Trinity ( ' ollege School (85 Senior. 15 Junior) net av. 85.68, hdcp. 1.25, gross av. 86.93 per cen t. 3. Wingham H. S. (87 Senior, :38 Junior) net av. 86.74, h(l j). .05, gross av. 86.79 per cent. To (pialify for this competition a eorps must liave a min- iiinim strength of 50.

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20 TRTXTTY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD i oiital l);ii ' Kiniisiuill and Stone both went through the pro- •rraiiinie almost faultlessly, showiuii ' i»« ' rfeet control and har- nuuiy of nuiveuient. The work on the parallel bai ' s, high and low. and ou the horse was very steady, but special praise must l)e given to P. T. Rogers, who scarcely dropped a point in these exercises, keeping perfect position in passing from one balance to another, and doing the long-arm walk with absolute steadiness and eas,e. The following is the order of the ' competition: — Rogers i. 94 3-4 ; Stone 93 1-8 ; Burns max. 87 7-8 ; Kingsmill 85 3-4: Xisbet 85 1-2; Malins 81 3-8; Fyshe 80 3-4; Ardagh 79 3-4; La .iei- 79 1-2; Beatty 78 1-4; Croft 67 1-8; Wallbridge 66 3-4; Cart Wright 55 5-8. dym. Eight ' ' Colours were awarded to the first eight THE SECOND EIGHT GYMNASIUM COMPETITION. On Monday evening, April Gth., the Second Eight Gyin- nasium Competition was held. There was an entry of sixteen boys. Keen competition for the first four places was shown and some very good work Avas done. Taken as a whole, how- ever, and allowing for the different standard of w ork there was not the finish and ])recision which marked the First Eight Competition. Nonetheless the boys are to be congratu- lated on th(;ir performance. The fiiu l standing was as follows: (Maximum 140) 1. La ier 128; 2 Beatty 126; 3, Wallbridge 123 1-2; 4, Cassard 117; 5. Cartwright 106 3-4; 6, Croft 105; 7, Allen 101 1-2; 8. Pearcc 100 1-4. B. ' 1()W is given a list of the exercises for the 1st. and 2nd. Eight (Jym. Competitions. These exercises have been set as .standards and will be used for all future vompetitions— at least for .some time. 1st. Eight. Horizontal Bar: 1 --Stojnly ir lr, ilowii, kiicL ' s between arm. ' , back ]iiill over, hock swill : of! ' .