MAD HATTER SPORTS

Golf Team finishes second

The Douglas College golf team put up a good showing again over the
weekend in an inter-varsity golf match played over the tough Richmond Golf and
‘Country Club course. The tournament was won by the University of Victoria with
a team total of 306. Douglas was tied for second at 322 with UBC, while SFU
finished fourth at 337. Douglas scores were:

Dave Baydala 79
Craig Bussey 80
Gordon Mink 81
Fred Kato 82

Coach Wes Gibbons is happy with the team's efforts as they prepare for
their trip to California in May.

Rugby team wins one, loses one

An understrength Douglas rugby team went down 10-0 to Richmond Rugby
Club in Richmond on Saturday. Richmond had five Fraser Valley all-stars in
their lineup and were a far heavier team than Douglas. Despite this, Douglas
put up a fine showing in an entertaining game of rugby. Douglas actually
enjoyed a territorial advantage for most of the game and won most of the line-
outs, loose and scrums. But Richmond had excellent backs and their
tackling was devastating. In fact, it was probably the erratic tackling of
the Douglas backs that cost them the game.

On Sunday Douglas relieved the frustrations of Saturday's loss by
crushing Burnaby Eastmen 30-10. However, for the first ten minutes it seemed
as if the game was going to be a repetition of Saturday's game as Burnaby went
ahead 10-0 on runaway touchdowns, largely the result of ineffective tackling.
Fortunately, a severe tongue lashing by coach Van Niekerk seemed to jar Douglas
to their senses and they dominated the rest of the game with superb rugby.

By the half the score was 12-10 in favour of Douglas and this was extended to
30-10 by the final whistle. Scorers for Douglas were Ponti, Andrews, Boon,
Harness and McDonald with touchdowns, while Russ Laurie kicked two penalty
goals and two conversions.

This was a high note for Douglas to conclude their spring schedule in
B.C. on as they leave for the Santa Barbara International Tournament on
Thursday. Rumour has it that competition in Santa Barbara is going to be
something fierce, so here's wishing the lads good luck.