Athletic Colours
This past term saw one of the worst starts to the sports year I have seen in my 19 years at Shawnigan Lake School. Because of the flu virus that ripped through the campus, our competitive teams were essentially two weeks behind their competition at the start of their seasons, missing important early season tournaments and games. From then on it was an up hill battle to improve, become competitive, and advance to the playoffs.
The School’s three main competitive programs in the fall – boys soccer, girls field hockey, and girls volleyball – all managed to peak at the right time, saving their best for when it counted. The result was that the Sr. Girls Volleyball team upset some teams at the Island Championships and advanced to the quarterfinals; the Sr. Field Hockey team narrowly qualified for the Provincials, but then upset some quality programs during the BC tournament; and the Sr. Boys Soccer team once again beat some of the Island’s better programs to advance to the Provincials for the 2nd year in a row.
Mixed around these team achievements were countless individual achievements and successes. We are recognizing those athletes who participated in our competitive programs and have demonstrated themselves to be the best in their sport. These students will be awarded Athletic School Colours.
– Darrin Austin, Director of Athletics