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MAD HATTER SPORTS

Rugby team splashes to victory

The Douglas College rugby team opened its
Spring schedule with an easy 28-0 victory over
Trinity Western College at Hume Park on Friday
afternoon.

This is the first semester that a rugby |
program has been attempted at Trinity. This
was painfully obvious on Friday as the Trinity
squad was no match for the experienced Douglas
players.

Being early in the season and seeing it
was Trinity's first full scale rugby match,
the game was shortened from the usual 80 min.
to 50 min. At half time the score was 20-0 in
favour of Douglas on the touchdown by Jagger (2),
Andrews, Steve McDonald and Edworthy. Mercifull
for Trinity the heavens opened up and it poured
with rain in the second half, making playing
| conditions extremely difficult, and keeping
the score down. Jim Martin and Burt Kirby did
score for Douglas however, to round the score
out to 28-0.

The Sunday game against Richmond was cancel fed

because of the poor weather conditions.

This weekend the team travels to Victoria
for its annual tussles with Royal Roads
Military College and the University of Victoria.
Douglas hasn't ever lost a game to Royal Roads
in the five years these teams have met, and
Douglas hasn't lost to the University of
Victoria in two years. They are hoping to
keep their record intact, but the competition
in these matches is always something to behold.

The rugby team is still frantically
raising funds for its trip to the Santa
Barbara International tournament April 12 &
13th. Word is now out that there will be at
least six overseas teams from Australia, New
Zealand and Britain competing, with the
remaining teams coming from Canada and the
United States. So Douglas are going to have
their hands full, to say the least.

 

Debbie Smith
Cinda Rishel
Barb Reyklin

Jul Atkinson
Gwen Boyle
Michele Heal

 

Womens Volleyball Team Finish Second

THe Douglas College women's volleyball
team finished second in the Totem Conference
championships conducted at BCIT over the
weekend. Douglas were the defending champions
but bowed out this year to the team they beat
in the final last year, namely, Vancouver City
College. In the match between these two teams
over the weekend Douglas won the first game
convincingly 15-9, but lost the next two games
12-15, 9-15. In their other matches Douglas
easily defeated BCIT,Malaspina, Capilano and
Cariboo.

A serious blow to Douglas’ chance of re-
taining the championship title this year was
struck when their outstanding spiker and team
captain, Karen Morely, broke her arm in a
trampoline accident three weeks ago. Howéver,
coach Harish Dalpatram is proud of the team's
efforts and performance. throughout the season,
and he is to be congratulated on a job well
done. Team members this year were:

Sharon Gill
Gail Cleverley
Barb Ingle

Bev Amundsen

Karen Morley
Sherry Fletcher
Jackie Parnell
Jul Atkinson
Pam Johnson
Dianne Smith

Women's Basketball Team Finish Fourth

The Totem Conference Women's basketball
championship playoffs were conducted at
Vancouver City College over the weekend, and the
qualifying teams were Douglas, Vancouver City
College, BCIT and Cariboo College.

Douglas lost to Cariboo in the first
match by a score of 61-43, with va] Law scoring
22 points for Douglas. Vancouver City College
edged BCIT 51-48 in the other semi-final. In
the final Cariboo defeated Vancouver City Colleg
in overtime, while in the consolation final
Douglas lost an exciting match to BCIT by a
score of 51-47. The Douglas team sorely missed
the services of their "big gun” Karen Morley,
who was out with a broken arm.

Coaches Roy Moyer and Glen Budden are to
be congradulated for their efforts, as they took
over the team late in the season and got them
into the playoffs. Team members were:

Karen Morely Hillary Knowles
Val Law ; Jadine Murray
Colleen Henderson Wendy McFarland