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In front of a raucous crowd of nearly 800 people, and for the second year in a row, the Brentwood Junior and Senior teams were victorious in their much anticipated "Showcase" showdowns against Shawnigan. The Junior game was a close affair with terrific end-to-end action. Mike M was MVP for Brentwood in their 5-3 victory. The senior game...

Last week we learned that Tony Healy, Head of Rugby, and responsible for the strength and conditioning program for rugby program has recently received his accreditation from the National Strength and Conditioning Association as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS). This accreditation is internationally recognized and respected,...

By Tom Pennells, '98 Godfrey Knox came to Brentwood in 1992 to join Dan O'Brien in the Rambling program (Outdoor Pursuits) as a coach and climbing specialist.  I met him in the spring of 1994 as a wide-eyed grade 8 in search of adventure.  My first day of Rambling was not what I had expected....

This January, eighteen girls are playing club volleyball at Brentwood twice a week. Club volleyball welcomes players from any school, including players from as far away as Campbell River and Victoria in recent years. This year our school is facilitating two teams (U16 and U18) playing for the Mill Bay Club. These teams will be participating in...

“Why Prince George? What brings you to Prince George?” These were the questions of the week last Wednesday through Sunday when a keen, enthusiastic group of 17 male and three female Brentwood hockey players travelled north to Prince George for a four -day series. The rationale behind the trip was to visit a different part of this beautiful...

The Vancouver Model United Nations is the largest high school event of its kind in North America. This year, 350 delegates used their knowledge of history, international relations, diplomacy, foreign policy and UN procedures to debate and ultimately resolve two vexing problems: nuclear non-proliferation and piracy in Somalia. Ian M emerged as...

Last week Kevin K, Alex B, and Evan M went for medical school interviews at Dundee, Aberdeen and St Andrews in Scotland, and St George's in London. The University Counselling team managed to arrange the interviews on consecutive days so that students would only have to fly to the UK once. By the third interview, the boys felt very much at ease...

Over the weekend, the Senior Boys continued their impressive run by going 4-0 and capturing the prestigious 16 team Victoria Police Tournament Title.  The tournament had a number of AAA teams but its strength lay in the five provincially-ranked AA competitors (including #1 ranked Southern Okanagan Hornets).  In the first round...

The Brentwood Jr. Boys basketball team completed another successful weekend of play with a 3rd place finish at the annual ISA championships held at Shawnigan Lake School. Brentwood opened play against Collingwood School from West Vancouver, and with some inspired play by 6'5'' forward Martin B, Brentwood was able to dominate play and end up with a...

Intrepid Privett houseparent and father of two, Ron Neufeld has begun an interhouse fundraising competition to help those in need in Haiti. Last night the Privett boys collected $176 in the house, straight from their pockets. Mr Neufeld then matched this amount and added a dollar bringing the total to $353. As of press time, the amount has grown...