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ROWING T EAMROWINGThe newly reformed rowing squad started offwith considerable en th usias m, and the membershelped to make the venture a great suc cess.First day at sea-s-er, on the lake, was quite anexperience to us, the in experienced, and many ofus found out what it was like to be sitting wa istdeep in water with our feet tied to the bottomof the boat. On other occasions however manygot wet feet while still in the boar.Apart from the sensations of sea-sickness, coni ­plete soakings, cramps, bruised shins, skulls andbacks, nagging coxswain, nagging crews, completeexhaustion, cold feet and nagging coxswain, wediscovered that this was indeed a m ost enjoyablesport.We scored little success at our first regatta atBallarat despite the fact that we were turned toblocks of ice. But our great succ ess was encounteredwhen we got hold of the coach's transistorizedmegaphone and we used it on young lovers. slackingcouncil workers and speeding motorists. No successwas encountered in the "M ac Rob: ' girls' schoolarea.Attempts to drown the coxswain were unsuccessfulalthough the splashes of water from somewell-aimed bad rowing stakes made things alittle grim.Sincere appreciation is extended by all memohers of the rowing team to Mr. Tyler. who, as ourcoach, has done everything humanly possible toboost the ego of th e team. Mr. Tyler. who has hada good deal of experience in coas tal rowing inEngland, had no tr ouble in guiding us throughthe treacherous weather conditions which sometimesbefell us on the Albert Park Lake.Talk was going around, about the designing ofa boat which we hope to build. Optional extraswe hope will include hand and foot warmers;wind canopies; rear-vision mirrors; back rests; sunvisors; um brellas; transistor radios an intercomsystem (not linked to the cox); and, of course,vitamin pills.The suggestion of a small outboard motor wasrej ected as we agreed that it would make thecrew into a lot of softees as well as being degradingto this rugged sp or t.We since rely hope that Mr. T yler will continuehis excellen t work as coach next year . With theaid of strong, enthusiastic members. Mr . Tylerwill undoubtedly raise a crew which will be fearedby all othe r noteworthy crews of Melbourne.SOCCERCaulfield Tech, senior school soccer started off ashor t season (3 matches) w.ith a rushed-up teamwhen we lea rnt we were to play Footscray Tech , onour own ground. We did as well as could ha vebeen expected but lost 4-2 to a ver y strongFootscra y team.The second game, versus th e Go rdon Instituteof Technology, was played at Geelong. and we hada considerably stronger team . After a hard andclose battle we came o u t the victor s bea tingGordon by 4·2.The return match against Footscray was playedat ].U.S.T.'s ground not far from Footscray Tech.Caulfield won the toss and kicked with a very strongwind. At half time we were leading by only 2-0and we prepared ourselves for an all-out Footscrayattack. But our forwards started to function andwith good co-operation from the backs we wereable to score another 3 to their I.Final score 5·1 for Caulfield.Goal score rs: Brouwer 3. Sack 1, Lakusa 1.Marty Gibbs played extremel y well in goal, andAlby Brouer was a very forc eful forward.The deciding m atch against Melbourne Tech,was not played because at the last m inuteR .M.LT. "chickened out",The boys in the soccer team are:-Kilvert(capt.), Xoss (U ,C.); Gibbs, Ralton, Blackburn.Middleton, Lakusa, Sack. Kanakis and Gombos;and we would like to thank Mr. Gowty for hisefforts throughout the season.PETER KILVERT (Cap t.)~.!I