1997 Volume 2, Number 3
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June 08, 1997 Volume 2, Number 3 Summer Edition 1 1 1996/1997 National Champions 1 The Annual Summary Nova Scotia Report New Brunswick Report Manitoba Report Alberta Report British Columbia Report NATIONAL FINALS CHAMPIONSHIP GAME Top: runner-up GLOUCESTER HIGH SCHOOL-(sitting)-James Dunlop, Vivek Ontario Kvishnamurthy, Jonathan Richardson & Ryan Mill -(standing)- Andrew Jeacle (coach), Report Man-Yee Sun, Robert Kane & Kelly Oka (coach) Bottom: National Champions EARL HAIG COLLEGIATE-Tariq Muinuddin, Stephen Tu, Ontario Shelley Mercer (coach) Jonathan Ellenzweig & Joshua Arnold Playoffs National Report Letters Paul Russell to contact Deborah Angrave at Rogers Schoolreach Chair Community Television in Vancouver, and let Bulletin them know of your interest. (See page 5 for Board The big news this year was television! The details) Nova Scotia Finals were televised as was We hope that this media exposure of the final Toronto League game, on CBC Reach For The Top's Schoolreach Newsworld's Ralph Benmergui Live! The Subscription Program will increase National Finals were taped in Vancouver by incrementally across the country, giving our Rogers Community Television, to be aired in (Continued on page 6) September. If you would like to have these National Final programs aired locally, please ask your local community or cable channel 1 The REACH News Elfriede Budgey Bill Hay Nova Scotia Co-ordinator New Brunswick Co-ordinator Windsor Regional High School Oromocto High School The 1997 Nova Scotia Provincial Finals were once There was great competition in the New Brunswick again held in front of the television cameras of Windsor SCHOOLREACH League this past season. A different Cable, with Brian Lynch as a very calm and competent team was victorious in each of the four major producer. tournaments during the year. Oromocto High and Hans Budgey and his Windsor Regional High School Southern Victoria won the fall tournaments on the Reach team had prepared everything with great care Miramichi. And in Saint Andrews, Bathurst High and ingenuity and we had our smoothest playoffs ever. hosted its first ever tournament in April and it was a There was even a separate warm-up room with buzzer great success. The Fredericton High team was the system and a VCR set-up for viewing last year's game winner. which everybody seemed to enjoy. At the New Brunswick championship tournament at At the provincial finals, for the 5th time, Hamilton Fredericton High, James M. Hill defeated Oromocto in Maguire acted as judge, and for the 10th time Hans the final of a closely fought tournament. James M. Hill Budgey was quizmaster. from Miramichi, represented New Brunswick for the first The nearby "Subway" owner gave the champions a time at the Canadian Championship tournament in $100 prize and provided everybody with 2-for-the-price Vancouver. -of-one food coupons. Congratulations to coaches Carole Phalen and Lloyd Coles Bookstore in New Minas donated two Cameron and the James M. Hill team for a fine Canadiana CDs for the two top scorers and MT&T will showing. give the four winners access to Sympatico (which I do not understand, being a technophobe!) Six regional finalists represented the four regional leagues when we met on April 20, 1996: Game 1: Sackville High 340 Bob Taylor Riverview High 310 Manitoba Co-ordinator Dakota C.I. Game 2: Horton District High 360 Memorial High 170 At the provincials, a meeting was held with the regional winners to discuss a "revised" organization Game 3: Dartmouth High 340 plan for Reach this fall as a result of my retirement as Cobequid Educational Centre 240 co-ordinator. It was decided that the various regional winners, namely Region A (Carberry), Region C Game 4: Horton District High 550 (Shaftsbury), Region D (Miles Mac and Kelvin) and Riverview High 190 Region E (Pinawa and Joseph Wolinsky) would: Game 5: Dartmouth High 310 1. Serve as contacts for their region TB 2. Contact all other schools in their region to Horton 300 confirm their participation this fall as well as to Game 6: Prince Andrew High 360 contact new schools in Dartmouth High 270 their area re: joining Reach Horton District High School is the Provincial 3. Meet in September Championship Team members are: (rather than this June) to finalize the new system, Robin Bates Nancy Bishop to add new schools, and Mark Bouters Brent Whitman to decide if an overall coordinator should be appointed. (Note: This meeting in the fall Playoffs MVP: Robin Bates would be open to all schools) Coach: Mr. Jim Fetty Manitoba Provincial Playoffs The REACH News Chris Zarski Alan Sanderson Bashaw High School British Columbia Coordinator Alberta Provincial Co-ordinator The league is still pretty much confined to its Alberta's SCHOOLREACH teams had a wonderful Vancouver base of about eight schools. Hatzic year. There was some restructuring of leagues which Secondary, in the Fraser Valley, joined the league this saw some schools playing with new league partners. year, but was unfortunately not able to make the We had 8 leagues and four intramural schools for a provincial tournament in April. The Vancouver schools total of 36 schools playing. The St. Albert league, played each other at least once before Christmas and newly formed, consisted primarily of schools new to again before the provincial tournament. The SCHOOLREACH. It is our hope that an additional tournament was held at Crofton House School league in Fort Vermillion will join us next year. It Crofton House and Saint George's claimed the title seemed that coaches through the province reported again with University Hill placing second. As there was tough competition through the league season. Many of an opening for two schools from B.C. at the Nationals our teams were flying high in scores! held at Saint George's, both schools were able to A HUGE bouquet goes out to the staff, students and participate. The intermediate zone finals were held at community of Ponoka Composite High School for Saint George's and this time Crofton House was the hosting this year’s provincial competition. There has winner. These games were played, using the stage and been nothing but great comments from all who lighting/scoring system that would later be used at the attended. The hospitality and excellent organization Nationals. The winning schools in both categories was much appreciated by all. This year’s provincial received a trophy, now in its third year. Players on the competition supported 12 senior and 12 intermediate winning senior team received individual shields. teams. It's our hope that the showing of the Nationals on Our congratulations go out to the following winners in Rogers Television in September will spark more each division: interest in Schoolreach and result in more schools around the province participating next year. INTERMEDIATES First - Lindsay Thurber Second - Hilltop High Third - Sir George Simpson Paul Russell Schoolreach Chair SENIORS The Ontario Tournament took First - Leduc Composite place at Jarvis Collegiate; the Second - Lindsay Thurber finals were held in the Debates Room at Hart House at Third - Pigeon Lake the University of Toronto, May 10, 11 and 12, 1997. Thanks again to teacher-coach Karen Schindler and We were proud to have Leduc Composite and her "Reach" students for opening their school to the Lindsay Thurber represent Alberta at Nationals this Schoolreach invasion - the biggest ever - with 38 year. We are certain the memories and new-found teams competing. Explorers and World War One friends they made at this prestigious event will be long- soldiers looked down from George Reid's 1920's lasting. murals on about 260 staff and students as Eric Please note the address and phone for all Schoolreach- Reach For The Top business: Novakovics explained his Round-Robin and passed out information sheets explaining whom would play 460 Palmerston Blvd. who in what room. Toronto, Ontario Richard Mageau returned from Ottawa to help us M6G 2P1 once again in keeping up-to-the-minute scores and 416-534-8115 (tel.) Schoolreach alumnus Ravi Lall maintained his serene 416-535-7651 (fax.) demeanour as the final appeal judge for all disputed questions and answers. These games ran smoothly thanks to the efforts of (Continued on page 6) The REACH News Richard Mageau satisfying end of the school year, the very best in all of their endeavours next year, and a speedy return to The 1997 tournament was held in Toronto again, Reach for as many as possible! players and coaches residing at the Margaret Addison May great packs be with you! residence of the U. of T. playing the round-robin games at Jarvis Collegiate and the finals at Hart RESULTS OF THE ROUND ROBIN TOURNAMENT House. With 38 teams involved, it was Team Won Lost Points Rank the largest tournament in recent Kingston C.V.I. 8 2 3450 9 history, if not all time. The draw East Elgin 3 7 2680 28 arranged by Eric Novakovics divided the College Ave. 2 8 2420 32 teams up into four groups, and, with a Glenview Park 5 5 2930 19 bit O’Neill C.V.I. 9 1 3760 4 of finagling and crossovers, Sir Winston Churchill 7 3 3170 11 every team played 10 games. General Vanier S.S. 0 10 1730 38 As the results started to come North Park 4 6 2750 26 in, it became evident that this Jarvis 5 5 2730 22 year's tournament was going to be one of the most fiercely contested Team Won Lost Points Rank in a number of years. No one team Dennis Morris 0 10 1920 37 dominated the early going as teams seemed to Leaside 6 6 3150 14 be very well balanced.