Gryphon 1962 - Adm.monash.edu.au

SWIMMINGBack Row (L . to R.): S. Ashley, V. Biro, T . G iles, P. Buchl er, B. Cl ifford , R . Eva ns, S. Gr iffin, J. Connell, J. Eterov ic,L. Davey.Sitt ing ( L. to R. ) : G . McPhie, D. Arn ell , A. Goldsworthy, P. Crccnall (Capt.), Mr. N. Gordne r, P. Solkowski (V.-Ca p t.),D. Negus , S. Co llis.Fr ont Row ( L. to R. ) : D. Murr -ay, F. Calway, R . Hannan, R. Thomson, W. Mills, N. M itch ell , J. McPhie, J. Loxton ,A. Vinck.SOCCERJust as soccer is ge ll ing more popula r everyyear, th e Junior School Soccer T eam is doingbetter each yea r.This year we managed to win our section dueto the co-operation of every member of th e teamand also due to the coach, Mr. Jones, who spentmany hours training the team . W e were justunfortunate to lose in the semi-finals.The s~earh ead of the team was our Captain,Victor Biro, who made every effor t to score. Hewas assisted by the forwards, Sam Mavrias an d RayBoyd, both of wh om have left th e country, alsoby Keith Needham and Colin McGrath.The opponents ran against a stone wall whenth ey tried tackling the backline. Headed by thecentre half, Peter Tsirns (Vice.Captain), the backline consisted of Bernard Weiss, left back, RobertWeiss, right back, Michael Sh u lma n, left halfand Robert Erdos, right half. The last barrierof th e back line was Va n Willigen , who had kep t(he goals.Out of ten ga mes in o u r section , we won eigh tand lost two. ' \Ie cam e first in our section .Rob ert Erd os (Ri ght H alf) .SWIMMINGAll members of th e swim m ing team performedreas onably well , but their effor ts wer e not jus tgood en ough to lift the team to a winning position.Perhaps the most notable p erformance of theyear was the expert fashion in which PhillipGreenall (Capt.) recorded first placings in 100metres Freest yle a nd Butterfl y events, both onsection da y and cham p ionshi p day.Peter Salk owsk i gained third placing in the ope ndive, also on cham p ionship day. Peter was Vice­Captain of th e schoo l team .I wish to thank since rel y all team me m bers forgiving their excellent su ppor t to both Captain andVice-Ca p ta in , and to m yself.N . E. Ga rd ner.GOL F(L. to R. ) : P. Burke, T. Bilsto n, D. Sargean t, E. Stirling.BASEBALLT he ba seb all ers had quite a su ccessful year withlive win s, th ree d raws , and two defeat s. Most ofthe credit goes to Alan Rob ert s, who not o nlycap tai ned th e side but also pl a yed the major pa rtin coachi ng them. Thanks also go to Jim Mitchellwh o very capably assisted in hi s capaci ty as Vice­Cap tai n . T he rest of the team, Alister Brookman(pitch er), J ohn Connell (catche r), Don Hall (secondbag), Alan T urner and Bob Ellis (sha red thirdbag ), John Norris, Peter Michael, Len Horne,Jeoff- R obinson, John Strickland (out-fielders) allplayed the game as true sportsmen should.