Athletics

List of 3 news stories.

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  Summer Sports Roundup

  9/5/2025
  Over the weekend before they returned to school in earnest, many students were back on campus for pre-season sport camps, getting reacquainted and preparing for the upcoming ice hockey, field hockey and volleyball seasons.

   

  As those athletes settle into their fall routines, it is also an opportunity to celebrate the many successes our current students, alumni and staff members achieved during the summer in a wide array of sports.

   

  At the Canada Summer Games in Newfoundland and Labrador, Emma N. helped BC’s U18 girls to gold in rugby, while alum Jonty Nicholas and coach Mr. John Tait were part of BC’s silver-medal U20 men’s rugby team. Will E. helped BC to bronze in boys’ soccer, and Logan J. was part of Saskatchewan’s boys’ rugby team.

   
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  June Sports Roundup: Provincials and More

  6/23/2025
  The 2024-25 school year has been an excellent one at Shawnigan on several fronts, with standout performances in all sports over the course of the year. We wrapped up the year by qualifying for the provincial championships in rugby, tennis, badminton, golf, and track and field, and sent a big contingent to the national championships in rowing. Congratulations to all the athletes who represented Shawnigan in all sports this year.

   

  Rugby

   

  The senior boys’ and girls’ (Iron Women) 1st XV teams both won their respective Island championships and advanced to the provincial tournaments, where they both earned silver medals in their respective divisions.

   

  The boys moved through the AAA Tier 1 division with wins over Abbotsford in the quarter-finals and Oak Bay in the semis, then were beaten by St. George’s in the title game. The girls defeated Robert Bateman and Mark R. Isfeld before falling to D.W. Poppy in the AA championship match. The Colts also reached the junior boys’ provincial championships, where they battled through and finished the season with a victory.

   

  Three Shawnigan community members were honoured with awards during the coaches’ dinner held at provincials. Mr. Jeff Williams, head coach of the senior boys 1st XV, received the Distinguished Coaching Award; Eddie Evans ’81 (Lake’s) was presented with an Honourary Membership in the BC Secondary Schools Rugby Union in recognition of a lifetime of supporting high school rugby; and Walter van Halst ’84 (Lonsdale’s) also received an Honouray Membership in the BCSSRU for his time as Commissioner of the BCSSRU and Chair of the BC School Sports Rugby Advisory Committee.

   
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  Regatta Takes Over the Lake

  5/15/2025
  One of the largest events on the School calendar, with nearly every student and staff member involved in one way or another, the 64th annual Shawnigan Regatta roiled the waters of our namesake lake on May 9-11, with excellent showings from our own rowers and lots of promise for the future.

   

  “We had a great regatta,” Head of Rowing Mrs. Jennifer Parfitt said. “We are excited about the results we had and the conduct of our athletes in challenging conditions. There were lessons learned throughout which no doubt will help aid us in our journey to the Canadian nationals at the end of this month. Furthermore, the performance of our U17 novice crews and U15 crews were very promising for future years and the upcoming local regatta in Nanaimo on May 24.”

   

  It was a bittersweet moment for Grade 12 rower Shelby H., who will continue her rowing career at the University of Portland next year.

   
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