For two consecutive nights, the annual 'Evening of Dance' stole students out of prep to watch months of hard work condensed into two hours. Over twenty numbers were performed for peers, parents and friends, many travelling considerable distances to see the finished product. All dancers appeared in at least three numbers, with the greatest number performed by Molly Barker, with an astonishing eight!

‘Evening of Dance’ is the marathon of all dance shows. Every hour of dance classes during the year is devoted to this highly anticipated event. The same songs are repeated over and over again; girls dance in the halls and bathrooms, practicing that dreaded triple pirouette; at school dances girls flock together during each familiar song and appear to rapidly metamorphosise into other worldly beings as their eyes glaze over and they fall into the familiar dance patterns.

Watching from backstage, dancers try to make each other laugh and offer support with a thumbs up. Moments before running on, the crazed slaves to rhythm can been seen pep talking to themselves as they shake loose their limbs. Each routine has been run through a thousand times, but all the audience will ever see is this one performance. It should be just like any other, but with hundreds of eyes following, it tends to make this run through... special.

This year’s compilation brought out the multicultural talents of several dancers. With Scottish, Mandarin, Tap and Belly-dancing, the word ‘mosaic’ floats easily into mind. Backgrounds and training from far and wide are utilised to make the show as interesting and unique as possible. Many numbers were created independently of the dance program, by the students themselves. Much more than just dancing goes into a show as every step seen needs to be carefully created. Makeup and costumes are readied days before, and there are hours of practice and hours worrying about fitting in extra practice time. Finally, by the grace and control of Director of Dance Lorraine Oxton, everything comes together. All dancers with different training, styles and backgrounds rallied together for the finale number “You Can’t Stop the Beat,” direct from the musical ‘Hairspray’, with over 50 dancers on stage.

As a follow-up to last week’s Victoria dance festival, six girls were asked to perform at UVic on Monday evening in the Festival ‘Highlights’ show. Brentwood was distinguished by being the co-winner of the top 'Senior Secondary School Overall’ award. Basking in the honour of the occasion, the girls were treated to coffee and reflected back on the 'Evening of Dance': the show that really counts.

Jennalee Desjardins (Grade 12)

LEAVING THE WINDOW OPEN

Quietly, carefully, in the strange grey light that warns of the rising sun, I awaken. Sliding from warmed sheets, I tiptoe, slight as a night wraith, to shake and whisper awake my sisters. Walking on the edge of the stairs to avoid the creaks, we slip downstairs and proceed to rattle and bang through a messy preparation of breakfast in bed. It is Mothers’ Day after all. To garnish the platter of thick coffee and cooling toast, we run wildly outside, panting even as our feet mark tracks through the dew on the lawn. Meg, the youngest, picks the flower, a daffodil, one of the season’s last, and smelling the elusive sweetness of the cut stem, we hurry inside. Mom gets up early and we want to ambush her in bed.

Remembering this, I stop: how does this day of family anecdotes and childhood memories fit within the walls of Brentwood’s Motherless society? Your children gone, some within a short drive, others a continent away — I am sure the Brentwood Mothers, all veterans of an emotional war, catch their breath at the same question.

As Mr. John Garvey once explained, seating calmly at the table in his office, Brentwood is an experience. It is the transition from child to adult. And it is a beautiful looking glass through which to see the reflection of a world beyond. Like Wendy in Peter Pan, Brentwood students are confident the their “mother[s] will always leave the window open for her children to fly back” (Barrie). The ideas of family and home are not defined by the spatial difference between each person or even the familiar walls that surround a family. Instead, family is an emotional bond unbroken by anger and home has walls of family and a roof of memories.

A Brentwood Mothers’ Day is a day of lemon drops. Every so often, in moments of lost boy syndrome, faces tense, tasting the bitter casing of being separated from our Mothers — before sucking the sweet centre of family love. Still, pure memories are not enough, so a Brentwood Mothers’ Day is, as well, a day of phone calls and well-intentioned last minute letters.

Liezl Behm

Kai Huang

Molly Barker

Beneath the hustle and bustle of the cafeteria lies a room of quiet focused hard work, a safe haven of academia in which students take refuge from the many distractions of the library and the busy mechanical hum of the computer labs. The Key Centre, overseen by the careful eyes of Mrs. Maggie Flynn and Mrs. Karen Hedquist, remains veiled in a cloud of mystery to many who rarely stop twice to peek into the water-view classroom tucked into the second floor landing beneath the cafeteria and just above the old auditorium. Yet to open those doors which separate the centre from the outside world is to step into a classroom of concentration, and busy fingers.

So who is eligible to partake in this studious meeting place? The centre is designed primarily to support students with learning-style differences, giving them an extra study block during which they would normally be taking a foreign language. But while these students may not parlez Français or hablan Español, they are being helped to develop other equally important skills, so that they will graduate from Brentwood with a toolbox of study skills which will continue to help them in their studies throughout their academic career. Otherwise uncertain students are instructed on test taking strategies, organisation techniques, self-avocation, and other useful studying skills. The Key Centre also provides teachers with strategies for teaching more effectively those students with learning- style differences and provides tutorials as well as ministry adjudications to test potential learning-style differences in students.

Key students Alex Milligan, Matt Van der Lee, Chad Kanovsky and Alex Hull dine together
and learn together

Although many students come to the centre between 8:15 a.m. and 1:15 p.m., when Mrs. Flynn is the Key supervisor, it is also open in the afternoon during which time Mrs. Hedquist holds tutorials for students who may or may not be regular attendees of key study sessions during classes. All of this individualised attention and the availability of staff members give the Key Centre a more familiar and friendly feeling, an atmosphere that the staff members have chosen to capitalise on. Mrs. Hedquist has held dinners for her students in the past and Mrs. Flynn recently served breakfast to her Grade 11 group.

Despite catering to students with learning style differences, senior students are also welcome to visit the key center during their study blocks if they want to study and are looking for a smaller space or more concentrated atmosphere than the library or computer labs can provide. As key student Dylan Wood puts it, “The Key Centre is great because I get to do all my work here and Mrs. Flynn helps me with English.” Mrs. Flynn herself agrees with

Dylan. “They can come here and ask questions and not feel as if they’re being singled out,” she says of her students. Indeed, all parties agree that the extra study time and small comfortable atmosphere provided by the centre are key for encouraging education and self-confidence.

Story and pictures by: Berit Anderson (Grade 12)

DOES ANYONE STILL READ?

Almost every school has its own library; and in general, students use their school libraries mainly for the purposes of school work. The library is a great place to study in, to find information on school subjects, and — nowadays — to use computers. But do students ever use libraries for leisure reading? And more importantly, do adolescents and teenagers today read books at all? Apart from reading the occasional book for English, or opening a dusty textbook, do young people today truly appreciate books as they should? There is an enormous selection of magazines in the library’s reading room, but these are confined to the library unless a student has an emergent project and has special permission to sign them out. Sometimes, this may pose a difficulty for those who are itching to read a good magazine, not just the monthly Cosmopolitan or Maxim.

Fortunately though, Brentwood College has a student population that for the most part truly loves to read. In part, this is thanks to the teachers who encourage a love of reading and place an importance on books. Any person who ever attended high school will remember that one special teacher who was always ecstatic when it came to books and inspired them to become great readers. For some at Brentwood, this person might be the current Head of English, Mr. Paul Collis, or the former Head of Fine Arts, Mr. Keith Digby. This is especially important in today’s modernised world, where many kids are more tempted to turn on the television than to open a book or magazine. It is also thanks to the parents of these young scholars, who have, early on in their child’s life, encouraged reading and made it an enjoyable experience for their children. This kind of early literary tutelage becomes useful later on in life when students find themselves writing English comprehension tests, LPI exams and English AP.

The Reading Room is full of magazines

Grade 8 scholar, Denise Cheung

These exams used as regulation tests or tests of proficiency for students about to embark on the adventure of University life, as many post-secondary institutions find that reading and writing skills of first-year students maybe inadequate. Fortunately, this is not the case at Brentwood College. At this school, there is a wide and eclectic range of reading material that circulates throughout the school. One has only to observe the Lit 12 AP class, taught by Ms. Edna Widenmaier, to understand the volume of material that the students manage to get through each year. Apart from completing excessive amounts of reading course works and writing about them, these students also manage to fly through various books in their own time. Ms. Widenmaier wisely acknowledged that everybody can find that one special book they love, one to read over and over again and still offer something new with every reading. She also related how impressed she was with the quality of books and the level of reading displayed by her grade 8 English scholars, particularly the girls.

It only takes one young girl or boy in a class of 20 odd students to recommend a good book to a friend, and eventually the whole class is hooked on it. And it only takes one exceptional book to convert somebody into becoming an avid reader for the rest of their life. Some people may call books a fading medium, but a really great book is impossible to forget (or to put down!).

Story and pictures by: Amy Weinberg (Grade 12)

Eugenia Kwon loves The Lovely Bones

Stuck for reading material?

Staff and Students 10 Favourite Picks:

Angels And Demons by Dan Brown
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb
No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLeod
Forever Young by Marcel Danesi
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
Unless by Carol Shields
Stranger In A Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
The Chronicles Of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

THE MIGHTY KNEE SOCK

Every morning in the girl's houses of Brentwood College, over 100 girls, ages 13 to 18 race to beautify themselves, clean rooms and don uniforms before the first bell at 8:10 a.m. Generally, the biggest challenge of this routine is that posed by the knee sock... a seemingly trivial component to the polished, finished product each girl in her Number 1 uniform presents.

Each of us girls start out our new lives at Brentwood with around five pairs, newly bought from the school store and clearly labelled with our full names. After three months at the school, I noticed that my socks were no longer mine, but a combination of my roommate's, and another girl down the hall. Now in my senior year, it is only normal to discover that I am wearing one of Nicholle's, an Alex house day student (I am in Mackenzie House) and one belonging to Birgit Kamp, an old friend who left Brentwood last year to return to Germany and who lived two floors up from my room while she was here.

It would be easy to brand me as a sock thief, but sock trading, or switching by fluke, borrowing or stealing from someone else's top drawer in a panic five minutes after the first bell, is part of the Brentwood female experience. A careful analysis of the situation with friends made us realise that very rarely are our socks our own... my cousin Berit, for example, was wearing one of my Grade 10 roommate's who graduated last year and with whom she never exchanged more than a few words. How does this happen?

Then there's the question, why knee socks? "Knee socks, or turn-over-top socks as our British friends refer to them, became popular in the 1920s. They were generally worn in Britain and the continent with short pants of varying length." (www.histclo.hispeed.com). Clearly, the knee sock has a long history in Britain and so it is not surprising that we find them here at Brentwood, coupled with the kilt and blazer. Unfortunately, there is a fair amount of toil included in dealing with the knee sock as part of the uniform: one can rarely find a matching pair (it is almost inevitable that one will be navy blue and one black), the band of one will be thicker than the other, the elastic band leaves an indentation on the leg for the rest of

the day after the uniform has been removed, and the socks constantly edge their way down the leg to the calf to fall down around the ankle until you have a chance to awkwardly yank them back up, often creating an uncomfortable scene.

A symbol of history and memory of many from childhood, knee socks appear everywhere, even in one of my favourite books whose protagonist is the first person I thought of as an awkward wearer of knee socks: Eloise, a little girl who lived in the Plaza hotel in New York with her Nanny. Supposed to be refined and polite, Eloise was always tearing around the fancy hotel playing pranks and causing a disturbance, her white knee socks around her ankles in every illustration... at least the girls at Brentwood don't have the behavioral issue in common...

Story and pictures by: Ellen Kutscher (Grade 12)

LEADERS OF TOMORROW, UNITE!

Julius Caesar. Alexander the Great. Joan of Arc. John F. Kennedy. What do each of these people have in common? They were all assassinated. Ignoring that, however, the point is that they were all leaders!

On Wednesday, some members of the Grade 11 class, accompanied by Mrs. Andrea Felix, braved the terrors of Nanaimo to find out how they, too, could become leaders. Though the linking of assassination and leadership may not have been quite the idea that the speakers hoped to instill, many good ideas were brought forward. Three keynote speakers from across North America each spoke to assembled youths from Vancouver Island, speaking to them on how they could be leaders within their respective school communities. Speaking topics ranged from the pecking order, with an analogy of bigger turkeys pecking constantly on those smaller than them, to steps for solving a problem. Speakers told stories of people they had met and situations they had encountered, enclosing in each a moral on how a proper leader should behave. These Grade 11s, the future leaders of Brentwood, listened and took notes as each speaker said his piece, joining in on the interactive presentations. Some did feel, however, that it seemed more directed at being a good person that being a leader: though all agreed that being a good person was also important, some would have preferred a more focused approach. Be that as it may, each attendee certainly took something out of the presentation, learning from the speakers’ techniques and information. Now to see if they can apply it at school. In other words...Et Tu, Brentwood?

Nicholas Chesterley (Grade 11)

BURSTING THE BUBBLE

Brentwood is an ecosystem all of its own; a stable and independent milieu, running at a level of homeostasis without external influence. Perhaps it will one day become its own country. We are already taking the first steps to autonomy: isolation.

I am referring, of course, to the “Brentwood Bubble”. For those who are not savvy with the Brentwood vernacular, this is the term Brentwood has earned, from staff and students alike, in regards to the social, cultural and political ignorance that tends to develop in those completely engulfed by this little country of ours. Ignorance has many negative connotations which I am not trying to infuse, but ignorance would be the most suitable description. Mill Bay is not exactly a bustling metropolis with the neighborhood focus appearing to be

more local than global thus students immerse themselves in the Brentwood culture in compensation. A 'Jeans Day' here is the equivalent of a 4th of July celebration.

It is not a sin nor is it beyond comprehension that students lose interest in a world they are so detached from, but many students are not complacent with life within the glossy iridescence of the bubble, and with the trademark of a Brentwood student, nor are they complacent with ignorance. How do students stay connected with the outside world, with so little free time to do so?

With internet access possible in each room, and certainly in each house, along with the myriad of computers between the library and the two computer labs, with the risk of sounding cliché, the world is at our itching fingertips. Many students will visit CNN.com or the web sites of their local news teams, despite perhaps being a world away. Some have current event pieces e-mailed to them from web sites, or even from parents.

There is also the Reading Room in the library, a sanctum often graced by those in search of research material or who have finished their prep early and have 5 or so minutes left of their library prep sentence. The browsers here immerse themselves in the pristine pages and soak in a turbulent rush of knowledge.

With an upcoming BC election about which many, myself included, are uninformed, there is still much more that needs to be done to keep students connected. We have the resources, and are even assigned current events projects in our humanities classes, but a genuine desire to be informed needs to germinate before any progress is made. Perhaps after students are finished recapping the events of Brentwood College this past week, they will take a look at what has happened in the world recently.

Story and picture by: Sydney Black (Grade 12)
Photo credit left: Katie Jackman (Grade 12)

ELECTION FEVER

With a provincial election due Tuesday, 17th May, various activities have been taking place around the school to further student awareness of the issues involved. On Monday evening, a public all-candidates meeting in the T. Gil Bunch theater provided a direct example of the election process, a forum that many students attended and presented questions to the panel of local candidates. In addition, Mr. Rob MacLean's Humanities class will stage a mock election this week and a number of student Liberal party supporters met the premier, Mr. Gordon Campbell, as his campaign bus stopped in Mill Bay.

CINCO DE MAYO

In honour of the decisive battle for Mexico's independence on May 5th, 1867, Señora Carr, the B.C.S. Mexican students and many of the Mosaic/Student Activities Committee hosted a unique dinner to celebrate "5 de mayo"! Green, white and red streamers, balloons, mariachi music, colourful posters, piñatas and blankets transformed the dining room into a true mexican fiesta!

Mexican student hosts Vanessa Cochrane, Renata de la Peña, Felipe Urquiza, Rodrigo Amodio, Jeronimo Cervantes and Javier Alvarez created a fun and vibrant atmosphere filled with song and dance. Even the duty master Mr. Maclean enjoyed the samba!

The menu of enchiladas, quesadillas, chiles rellenos, chorizo, tortillas, frijoles, guacamole, salsa, virgen margaritas, churros and helado was authentic and delicioso! Thanks to Ms. Wilson and all the kitchen staff who helped make this one of the best, most memorable meals of the year!

The "5 de mayo" dinner marks the finale of Mosaic's first year in celebrating different the cultures, beliefs and ethnic diversities at Brentwood. Since September, the school community has learned about, and participated in, Jewish Rosh Hashannah, American Thanksgiving, Japanese Hinamatsuri, Chinese New Year, the Welsh St David's Day and Mexico's "5 de mayo." We anticipate more student-led education in 2005-06. iViva Mexico! i0lé!

Story and pictures by: Leslie Carr

Kayaking photo credits: Dan Norman

Alex Lee (Grad of 1998) hosted our team at the Seattle Yacht Club for dinner. Tables were reserved on the deck overlooking the course and the yachts all dressed up ready for the parade on Saturday. The SYC is the host for the Opening Day Regatta so the atmosphere was amazing and it was in full swing for the kickoff to the boating season in Seattle. After dinner the athletes toured around the docks looking at the million dollar boats or spent time dancing to the Opening Day band. Our thanks go out to Alex who was a generous and gracious host on this spectacular evening. To end the day, Mr. Nichols and Mr. Ganley took the crews down to the shores of Lake Washington to watch a 25 minute fireworks display and tour through the new $8.6 million dollar crewhouse.

The girls crew fought hard down the course, with a blistering opening half. Holy Names Academy of Seattle, Sammamish of Seattle and Rose City of Oregon stormed down the course, as over 100,000 spectators cheered on this crew from Canada as they showcased excellent technique and control in rough water through “The Cut.” The Cut is a narrow passage reinforced by low, concrete walls, with graffiti from the racing crews from past years. Thousands of people gather along “The Cut” to cheer and support the crews. It marks the last third of the race and, with a bridge overhead – also packed with supporters – it is a real boost to the athletes to finish strong. Stroke seat Gigi McQueen was heard remarking, “This Cut wasn’t painful at all; in fact it was energizing!”

The boys’ team was a composite crew made up of five Juniors and four Seniors with Chris Turyk as coxie. They were up against some great competition, and were

excited to see how they might perform. With youth and enthusiasm on our side, the boys took off with the attitude of racing to “The Cut” and relying on the excitement to help them hang on. They raced their guts out to the bridge and passed through the thousands of supporters in 2nd place! Just like they planned, they were able to hang on to finish just behind Shawnigan Lake School, defending national champions who were only seven seconds ahead. The Brentwood crew beat Rose City by one second and Sammamish by two seconds. Sebastian Kallos was overheard remarking, “The first Cut is the deepest, and we were able to row well through it – it was quite the experience!”

Michelle Furbacher (2002) and Robyn Johnston (2000) also attended the regatta representing Cornell University. Michelle rowed in two seat for the Cornell Varsity 8+ which finished third behind the national team of the Czech Republic and the University of Washington Varsity crew. We were thrilled that they were able to take some time after their race to visit with our team.

All crews enjoyed the University of Washington Band as they paraded back down the course with the other eighty shells. It was truly a spectacle of rowing and our crews had a front row seat, and an impressive showing. They also surprised the coaching staff by returning to the dock in mixed crews! How they did that while waiting at the finish line remains an unsolved mystery.

After the racing, Ms. Julianne Versnel and Mr. Alan Gottlieb (Andrew’s parents) generously hosted the two crews for a picnic

Photo credit: Jim Ganley

lunch in the new boathouse. It was an incredible lunch and was much appreciated, as we were able to get on the I-5 early and make the 5:00 pm ferry back to the island.

We would like to single out Mrs. Versnel and Mrs. Bester for their assistance on Friday afternoon and evening through our surprise medical emergency. Their support was much appreciated. Mr. Tony Carr is also to be thanked for adding his contagious enthusiasm and 20 years of Opening Day experience to our adventure.

Congrats to all crews and coaches for such a wonderful experience!

Garth Nichols

Senior Girls

Brentwood 1,
Ballenas 1.
Brentwood win 4-2 in penalty kicks.

The senior soccer girls have had a very successful week. On Thursday (May 5th), Brentwood played Ballenas from Parksville and eventually won in a shoot-out, placing them second in the North Island league. The game started with Ballenas gaining an early lead of 1 – 0, but only ten minutes later, Claire Dickens crossed the ball the width of the field to Katherine Higginson, who scored easily from the left side, tying it up at 1 – 1. Brentwood controlled the ball for the remainder of the game, but both teams’ midfields were equally strong, and neither team managed to score again. Finally the whistle blew, and both teams put forward their five best kickers to settle the issue. Every Brentwood shooter that was called up (in order: Claire Dickens, Mariya Young, Caroline Philippson, and Tamara Thornton) triumphed with easy goals, giving Brentwood a 4 – 2 win in shoot-outs.
Thanks to this win, the team will now face Gulf Islands in an away game this coming Thursday (May 12th), a game that will determine their place in the Islands tournament. A win means that Brentwood will face the fourth ranked team of the South Island league in their first match. An early advantage such as this should set them in good stead for the remainder of the tournament. They are not, however, forgetting that first they must beat Gulf Islands, the only team that has defeated them all season. It should be an exciting game, as our girls are looking forward to avenge that loss, and to earn a secure position at the Island finals.

Frances Candy (Grade 11)

Junior Girls

Brentwood 2,
Saltspring 0.

Brentwood 0,
Quamichan 1.

Brentwood 1,
Frances Kelsey 2.

The culmination of the junior girls soccer season took place this past week with the Mid-Island tournament at Frances Kelsey on Thursday-Friday, May 5-6th. The draw was set up with two pools of 4 teams with the winner of each pool going through to the final.
The ladies first game was against Saltspring Middle School on Thursday morning. The team seemed more than ready to take on their opponents and managed to score a goal through Rebecca Pointon just before the half. Great work by Charlotte Murray and Brigid McCormack in the midfield kept Saltspring from generating any quality scoring chances. Mid-way through the second half Lauren McClellan let off a great shot to the left corner past Saltspring's goalkeeper to increase the lead. The final whistle soon blew and Brentwood was victorious 2–0.
After a brief trip back to the school for lunch the team was soon back on the pitch for their afternoon game against Quamichan. The Quamichan team was expected to be a considerable challenge with metro and club players in their roster. For the first half, Brentwood had no problem keeping up the pace with the solid defensive work from Rachelle Young and Bridget Scott. At half there was no score and the ladies were gaining confidence. The second half proved to be more of the same defensive battle. As the game wore on the teams were tiring under the effort of playing a game earlier in the day. With 5 minutes to go in the game, Quamichan's star player received the ball and put a blazing shot into the upper half of the Brentwood goal. Running out of energy, but never in spirit, the girls battled to the end but were unable to pull back another goal. The loss left Brentwood with a 1 – 1 record with one game to go.
Friday morning saw the girls still in contention to make it through to the finals if they could win their last game against Kelsey. The 8:30 a.m. kick-off was certainly not a normal experience for the team and the energy level was noticeably down with the quietest bus ride of the season on the way to the field. The girls needed little time to wake up once the game started and Kelsey turned out to be the team that was on their heels in the first half. The best goal of the season was produced by the ladies in a sweeping movement linked together with 5 seamless passes and finished off with a great left foot shot from Rebecca Pointon. Going into half time up 1-0 was a great motivator for the girls. The second half, however, proved to be a different story and Kelsey was able to tie the game 10 minutes into the half. Then, with 5 minutes to play, a questionable penalty shot was awarded by the referee that proved to be the deciding goal in the game. The girls left the field with heads held high and were extremely proud of their efforts. The progress made by the team this year in less than a month was phenomenal. At the beginning of the season the team had trouble scoring a single goal but by the end of the Mid-Islands it was clear that the girls could compete with the top teams.

Mike Minckler

1st XV:

Brentwood 0, Shawnigan 43

The big game of Brentwood vs Shawnigan, despite the score, was a close battle of titans. The first ten minutes of the game were nail biting as both teams were unable to score. Brentwood was defending exceptionally as Shawnigan could not do anything to get the ball into the Brentwood try zone. The SLS fullback Matt Evans then broke the trend by slipping through a gap on the wing and running the ball in for the first try of the day. 0-7

Brentwood then came close to scoring after a boot from Kraig Vale. The ball was won with a scrum right outside the Shawnigan try zone, but SLS won the ball back. Brentwood conceded a penalty and Shawnigan booted the ball for a lineout on Brentwood’s 22. Hot hands off the line-out and SLS scored their second try. 0-12

After this try, about three players got injured, adding to the already long list of injuries. Fletcher Evans, the scrum half, got sin binned. This was when the game took a turn. With so many injuries and the scrum half off, overlaps were everywhere on the field. Shawnigan had only to pass the ball every time and score. After this, Brentwood fell apart.
The final score to the game was 0-43.
With so many injuries and hard luck, the game score hardly depicts the reality. Later in the season the Brentwood boys will play Shawnigan again, hopefully this time we’ll have a full squad.

Tom Dickens (Grade 12)

The rugby girls played no games this past week. Instead of ripping apart other teams and adding to their tally of victims, they practiced. They ran, tackled, lifted, and drove until their arms hung limp by their sides and their legs refused to carry them. They practiced their driving mauls, rucking, line-outs, and plays. They practiced to prepare themselves for their busy week ahead.
After a game against Stellys, the girls will be participating in the Islands tournament on Friday, May 13th, and Saturday, May 14th. They will play one game each day – the exact times are unknown at this time. The girls are hoping for a win, which should be quite likely since they are the defending champions. That’s all for this week, but next week there should be a lot to report!

Frances Candy (Grade 11)

Game 5 vs Brittany Carriere’s “Peanut Butter Jars”– Tie: 0-0 (May 10)

It was a bizarre evening all around as Brentwood took the field for their weekly battle in the Cowichan Valley Senior Field Hockey League. The team was working hard and was implementing the game plan with their attack up the right side of the field. Confidence was growing and our attack was sparked with the guest appearance of Sean Foote on the right wing. Unfortunately, at the end of the first half, Jennifer Mann fell awkwardly and was taken off with a suspected broken ankle (X-Ray’s were taken in this morning). Stephanie Kral was whacked in the leg with an arrant stick, and the game ended with a member from the other team going down with a contusion on her cheek. All is well, and we will be preparing for next week's adventure by working on scoring in the open net (no hard feelings, Jackman!)

A special thanks to Nurse Decker (who was conveniently on duty in Mack house), Chelsea Theriault who ran for ice (twice) and Yvonne McGuire for calming the storm on the bench.

Rachel Peters

Our first match on Thursday, May 5th was against a team from Saltspring Island. They were unable to bring a full team, so we loaned them some of our players. It was a good warm-up for our next match of the day.

Immediately following the Saltspring game, our opposition was Shawnigan Lake School, our toughest competitor in league match play. Our team shone again, winning by 8 games to 3. The team played the entire series of league matches with great intensity, enthusiasm, and team spirit and I am proud to be the coach of such a talented group of students. We are looking forward to playing the Island Championship and hope to continue our winning ways.

Franco Biondo (Tennis Coach)

T. GIL BUNCH CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

Future presentations:

Pacific Institute of Piping and Celtic Performing Arts Concert

www.celticperformingarts.com, 250-758-0208, 1-866-301-2358

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