Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 18th, 2010 No Comments »
Junior Rugby
Though the BC high school sports season came to end last week with a series of provincial championships, both the Grade 9 and 10 rugby squads took advantage of an opportunity to squeeze in one final game each on Saturday, June 12.
The Grade 10 players took on the Crimson Tide U16 squad, as part [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 10th, 2010 No Comments »
Rowing
The SMUS crew returned home after a very successful three days of racing at the 65th Annual Canadian Secondary School Rowing Association regatta, held in St. Catharines, Ontario. The event attracts over 2500 athletes from 133 schools across Canada and the USA for three days of intense competition on a world-class eight-lane course that hosts [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 4th, 2010 No Comments »
Rugby
The penultimate week of the rugby season featured a Junior Boys Sevens Tournament, with over 220 players from eight Island schools descending on SMUS for a wonderful afternoon of sport. Despite the constant rain and slippery conditions, 42 matches, over nearly five hours, were played with champions crowned at 10A, 10B, 9A and 9B levels.
For [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 27th, 2010 No Comments »
Tennis
The SMUS tennis team traveled to the 2010 Islands with the high expectations that come with an undefeated season. Things started as well as we could have hoped. Our boys doubles teams, consisting of Mitch Wiggins, Alfredo Gonzales, Victor Shang, and Alex Preis carried the load, winning all four of their sets. Those wins, coupled [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 17th, 2010 No Comments »
Middle School Rugby
SMUS hosted the LIMSSA rugby jamborees last week, with the Grade 6 jamboree taking place on Tuesday and the Grade 7 games on Wednesday. Ten teams from nine schools, including St. George’s and Collingwood from Vancouver and George Bonner from the Cowichan Valley, were involved in the Grade 6 jamboree. The warm weather [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 28th, 2010 No Comments »
Rowing
This past weekend, the SMUS rowing team attended the 40th Annual Brentwood Regatta hosted by Brentwood School. Over 1500 athletes from the US and Canada raced for three days in rain, wind and a little bit of sunshine! The Canadian Forces Snowbirds flew overhead on Friday afternoon to delight the crowd, and the live music, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 16th, 2010 No Comments »
Senior Tennis
The SMUS tennis team started league play this week with a rather epic match against GNS on Wednesday. In team tennis, the schools play a total of eleven sets, so the first team to win six sets wins the match. SMUS started off slowly and GNS was fielding an unexpectedly deep team this year, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 10th, 2010 No Comments »
Squash
The squash team competed at the BC Junior Close Tournament this past weekend – see below for the results.
Moishe Steinbok: U17, bronze
Matt Ashton: U15, semifinalist (silver)
Adam Weech: U15, bronze
Lachlan Glen: U17B, gold
Jordi Fowler: U17B, 3rd place
Jeremy Fairley: U17B, 4th place
Charles Bennett: U17B, bronze
Nicole Bunyan: U17 & U19, silver
Brynn Daniels: U17 & 19, 5th
Arden Mollenhauer: U15 [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 24th, 2010 No Comments »
Senior Badminton
The SMUS Senior badminton team travelled to Kamloops last Friday to take part in a two-part exhibition series. The road trip was a little on the long side, but when the competition arrived, it was clear that the trip would be very worthwhile.
The first game was played against Provincial #6 seed South Kamloops. SMUS [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 19th, 2010 No Comments »
Senior Badminton
Last Wednesday, SMUS hosted the Senior Badminton Island Championships. Although SMUS had a perfect 4-0 record entering the tournament, a key injury to star player Candice Ip made it an uphill climb for the team. In fact, SMUS was the underdog in the contest.
Round 1 saw SMUS take on Oak Bay. The matches were not [...]