MAD HATTER SPORTS

Rugby team wins 2

The Douglas College rugby team showed excellent form on the weekend
winning their 2 matches.

On Saturday Douglas played probably their best game of the season,
overpowering Seattle Rugby Club by a score of 32 - 8. It did, however, take
Douglas a while to get going as they were 0 - 8 down in the first 15 minutes.
But after that Douglas came to life and couldn't make a wrong move for the
rest of the game. Al Benson and George Boon were outstanding for Douglas,
scoring 3 touchdowns and 2 touchdowns respectively. The balance of the scoring
for Douglas came from a touchdown by Jim Martin and two converts by Dave
Jagger.

On Sunday Douglas hammered out a hard-fought 13 - 3 victory over Royal
Roads Military College. Royal Roads was on the scoreboard first with a field
goal, but Jagger replied minutes later for Douglas to level the score at
3 all. The score remained deadlocked until the middle of the second half when
Chris Myring barged over for a touchdown which Jagger converted, thus giving
Douglas a 9 - 3 lead. In the final minutes Gordon Dennison scored another
touchdown for Douglas to put victory or a tie out of reach for Roads. As is
so often the case this time of year, the game was played in muddy conditions,
so the game was really a battle of the forwards.

The team is beginning to look good as the players start finding their
legs again after the winter layoff. They play UBC on Tuesday and BCIT on
Sunday.

G. van Niekerk

Golf Team puts up good show at Varsity Tournament

 

Wes Gibbons and the Douglas College Golf Team have had the honour
again this year of being the only college invited to participate in the
Universities spring tournament circuit.

The first stop was at Victoria last Thursday over the Gorge Vale and
Oak Bay golf courses. Represented at the tournament was UBC, SFU, the University
of Victoria, Puget Sound University and Douglas College.

Douglas finished 3rd behind Puget Sound and University of Victoria,
with UBC fourth and SFU fifth.

Scores for Douglas over the 36 holes were:

Cc. Bussey PISS TY: pS 4
L. Swope 81 - 78 - 158
G. Mink 82 =.7 7-2 =. 160
F. Kato 83 = 80 = 163
D. BAydala 86° =) 75 = Lel

The team after completing the circuit head down to California for a
series of matches, including the always powerful University of Stanford.

G. van Niekerk