Senior School Updates — January 17, 2025

1/17/2025

Upcoming Ministry Assessments Reminder

Grade 10 students are scheduled to write the Provincial Numeracy 10 and Literacy 10 Assessments on Wednesday, January 22nd and Thursday, January 23rd at 12:00 pm. Please bring a fully charged laptop and charger. Chrome Browser is recommended.

Grade 12 students are scheduled to write the Provincial Literacy 12 Assessment on Thursday, January 23rd at 8:30 am. Please bring a fully charged laptop and charger. Chrome Browser is recommended.

Athletics Updates

Welcome back and welcome to 2025 in Saints Athletics! Over the Winter Break, several of our teams were in action. The JV and Varsity Basketball Teams were in Palm Springs for the Desert Classic. Both teams played well all week and three of the boys earned ‘All-Tournament’ honours, Aryan S. ‘25, Dorian G. ‘25 for Varsity, and Francesco C. ‘27 for Junior Varsity — Well done, Boys! Our Hockey Teams were also in action, highlighted by the U18 Prep Team who won the Robertson Invitational last week at Shawnigan Lake School. Great work!

Basketball

Varsity

The Varsity Team is at the Snowball Tournament in Abbotsford this weekend from January 16th–18th. The team had a first-round bye and were awaiting the winner of Yale vs G.W. Graham, who they were set to play on Thursday. Next week, the boys will be on the road and are scheduled to take on Walnut Grove on Tuesday, January 21st at 8:00 pm. They host Holy Cross on Thursday at 8:00 pm, and Notre Dame on Friday, January 24th at 6:30 pm. Both games are scheduled to take place in Dixon Gym.

Check the Saints Athletics Instagram @saintsathletics for updates as the tournament progresses!

2nd Varsity

The 2nd Varsity Team was back in action on January 15th when they hosted Vancouver Christian School. Then on Thursday, they took on WPGA on the road. They will play away at Vancouver College on January 29th at 5:30 pm as part of the Saints vs. VC series. The games at VC that day will be live-streamed on their YouTube channel, which you can watch HERE.

Junior Varsity

The Junior Varsity Team is at the North Shore Invitational Tournament from January 16th–18th. They got their tournament run started on Thursday night against Heritage Woods. Check out the Saints Athletics Instagram for updates. Next week, the JVs take on Walnut Grove on the road on Tuesday at 6:30 pm. They host Holy Cross on Thursday, January 23rd at 6:30 pm before they head to the Spartan Invitational Tournament at Claremont on January 24th and 25th.

Juvenile

The Grade 9 boys are hosting the Saints Invitational this weekend in Dixon & Wallace Gyms. They play McNeil on Friday, January 17th at 3:30 pm to kick off their tournament run, and Tamanawis on Saturday at 10:00 am. Next week, the boys have a trio of weekday games. They take on Walnut Grove on the road on Tuesday, January 21st and host Holy Cross and Notre Dame on Thursday and Friday. All games tip off at 5:00 pm.

Grade 8A

The Grade 8A Team gets the 2025 portion of their schedule started next week on the road on Tuesday at Walnut Grove at 3:30 pm. They too will host games against Holy Cross and Notre Dame on Thursday and Friday, with those games getting started in Dixon Gym at 3:30 pm.

Grade 8B

The Grade 8B Team got things rolling again on January 16th when they played a road game at WPGA. They will host Fraser Academy on Tuesday, January 21st at 3:30 pm, and head to Stratford Hall on Thursday, January 23rd for a 3:45 pm tip-off.

CSSHL Hockey

U15

The U15 Team travels to Delta to take on Delta White on Saturday, January 18th at 8:15 pm. Then they will be back in action the following Saturday when they face Delta Black in Delta at 9:30 am.

U15 Prep

The U15 Prep Team is in Edmonton this weekend for the annual John Reid Memorial Tournament. They will play the Jr. Coyotes, the NWCAA Flames, and OHA Edmonton in a round–robin play. Keep an eye on the Saints Athletics Instagram for updates as the tournament progresses. Next Saturday, January 25th, the boys travel to Seattle to take on Star Academy at 3:00 pm and will rematch the next morning at 10:00 am.

U17 Prep

The U17 Prep Team will host PCHA on Saturday, January 18th at 5:15 pm at UBC’s Father Bauer Arena and will rematch the following morning at 10:45 am at UBC’s Thunderbird Arena. Next Saturday, January 25th, the boys will host OHA at Father Bauer at 5:15 pm.

U18 Prep

The U18 Prep Team will head to the Summit Centre to take on Yale on Saturday, January 18th at 10:30 am. Next Saturday, January 25th, the boys travel to Delta Planet Ice to play Delta at 5:30 pm. The following morning they will host OHA at 10:45 am at Thunderbird Arena.

CSSHL League schedules are available HERE.

Curling

The Curling Team will continue to practice on Wednesdays after school at the Vancouver Curling Club. They are looking forward to Regional Zone Championships, which are being held at Marpole Curling Club on February 4th and 5th.

Rowing

Rowers will remain in training throughout the Winter Term with their next event being the Beat The Beast Indoor Erg Competition, taking place January 31st–February 1st.

Beat The Beast is the signature Indoor Rowing Competition of St. George’s Rowing, which traditionally takes place in February. Hundreds of rowers from across BC convene at our Dixon Gym to compete in a variety of races. The most competitive athletes from 2,000 m races progress to Sprint Showdowns, a series of 500m sprints at the end of the day, and there are team relays. At the end of racing, two championships will be awarded to the team with the most overall points and the most efficiency — an exciting team component to this regatta!

We'd love to welcome as much of the St. George's community as possible. While most of our boys will have the bulk of their racing from 10:00 am–1:00 pm, the most exciting races will take place from 2:00–3:30pm.

Come out, wear Saints colours, and feel the excitement of this unique event!

Please reach out to Coach Duncan at: bduncan@stgeorges.bc.ca or Coach Jess at: jdavis@stgeorges.bc.ca if you have any questions.

Keep an eye on the Saints Rowing Instagram for updates!

Sport Climbing

The Sport Climbing Team has been back in the gym this week and will be at Hive Surrey on Saturday, January 18th, before they return to their usual location on Tuesday, January 21st. The team is preparing for their next competition coming up in mid-February at Brentwood.

Ski and Snowboard

The competitive Ski and Snowboard Team was in action for race day number two on January 16th, and they look forward to being back at Blackcomb Mountain on Friday, January 24th for their third race day of the season.

Swimming

Before the Winter Break, the Swim Team capped off their Fall Season with a team gathering and award recognition.

MVPs were awarded to:

JV "B" — Allan C. ‘27

JV Open — Preston S. ‘27, Joshua O. ‘27

SV "B" — Aidan Z. ‘26

SV Open — Raymond F. ‘25, Kris Y. ‘25

Performance Awards:

Stephenson Trophy (highest performing 15&U swimmer) — Matthew C. ‘28 for his 200m IM bronze at the BCSS Champs in a new all-time Saints school record of 2:08.39.

Gemyn Trophy (highest performing 16&O swimmer) — Ivan S. ‘25 for his 100m Breaststroke bronze at the BCSS Champs in a new all-time Saints record of 1:03.82.

Conroy Cup (exceptional contributions to the Saints Swim Team) — to be awarded June 2025.

Provincial Team Recognition:

Grade 8s — Hagan T. ‘29

Grade 9s — Matthew C. ‘28, Nathan L. ‘28, Jack W. ‘28

Grade 10s — Allan C. ‘27, Juno Kim, Joshua O. ‘27, Preston S. ‘27, Michael X. ‘27, Robin X. ‘27

Grade 11s — Julius C. ‘26, Aleph W. ‘26, HanRui W. ‘26, Aidan Z. ‘26

Grade 12s — Raymond F. ‘25, Larry J. ‘25, Derek L. ‘25, Keven P. ‘25, Max S. ‘25, Ivan S. ‘25, Kris Y. ‘25, Nicholas Y. ‘25

2024 Records Recognition:

Matthew C. ‘28:

ISA — JV 50m Breaststroke, 100m Freestyle, 100m IM
Sea-to-Sky Zone Champs - Open

200m IM

All-time Saints - Open 4x50m Freestyle Relay, 200m IM

Ivan S. ‘25:

ISA - SV 50m Breaststroke, 100m IM
All-time Saints - Open 50m Breaststroke, 100m Breaststroke, 100m IM, 4x50m Freestyle Relay, 4x50m Medley Relay

Raymond F. ‘25:

ISA — SV 100m Butterfly
All-time Saints - Open 4x50m Medley Relay

Kris Y. ‘25:

All-time Saints - 4x50m Freestyle Relay, 4x50m Medley Relay

Joshua O. ‘27:

All-time Saints - 4x50m Freestyle Relay

Preston S. ‘27:

All-time Saints - 4x50m Medley Relay

Table Tennis

The Table Tennis Team will continue to practice on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Lower Great Hall.

Follow @saintsathletics on Instagram.

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