News

My first memory of Mr Felix was meeting him during Orientation of my first year. My father had just left, and in a sudden flash, I realized I was alone in the middle of nowhere. But standing tall as ever by the Ross Building was Mr Felix, a lighthouse drawing in students who felt lost. Recognizing him from the stories my father, an Old...

Recreational basketball is no joke. And despite it being possible that some people participating have not touched a basketball ball for three years prior to joining, it is not, by any stretch, some easy out for a third term sport option. The conditioning is tough, with consistent workouts and excruciatingly hard circuits on a regular basis....

For most Brentwood students and staff, Monday morning was the final in a quartet of long weekend sleep ins. Not so for the intrepid foursome of Ella D, Ella S, Jensa NG and Miranda N who threw themselves headlong into a 3 on 3 basketball tournament in Victoria. Under the watchful eye of coach Mrs Napier, the girls battled it out with teams of both...

At Assembly on Thursday, some of our finest basketball and hockey players were presented with Winter Athletic Awards. Miranda NP ‘23 was awarded the Lister Trophy for the Junior Girls Basketball player who is an outstanding leader - not necessarily in a vocal manner - but through her actions both on and off the court every day. Her preparation,...

On the 28th of February, the Brentwood Junior B Boys Basketball team headed off to provincials with low expectations. We had qualified by placing second on the Island. Dylan G, a Junior A player and a classmate of mine stated, “I think that if you play six games you will win two” and that was the most generous of all the predictions people in our...

The Junior B Boys initially struggled, opening with four consecutive losses as the team began to develop its identify, install its team concepts, and lay the foundation of a very successful season to come. In the Jr B CVIAA league, the team went undefeated over seven games en route to winning the league tournament. Jayden L’s buzzer-beating 3...

After countless ups, and very few downs, the Junior Boys capped off their season finishing 5th at the Island Championships. The season was a blur: winning the Lambrick Park Tip Off Tournament, second at the ISAs, winning our Brentwood Challenge Tournament, earning a Mid-Island title, and then Islands. The boys fought hard throughout the entire...

The Senior Boys Basketball team captured it third consecutive Islands AA Championship in a nail-biting 72-70 victory over SMUS last Saturday night. After defeating Timberline and Lambrick Park in the early rounds, the lads traded baskets with their Victoria rivals right down to the final buzzer. Ian G, Rogers ‘19 was named Tournament MVP while...

Today, despite the fact that the mercury hovered around freezing, was the first day of spring term sports. Only Senior Boys Basketball and and Grade 9 Boys Basketball, both bound for the provincials in the next week, continued their second term athletics. As the photo above suggests, our campus fields are still covered by a foot of snow....

As we continue to embark on our journey as students in Brentwood, we often reflect on how fast time is accelerating with each and every moment spent in campus. Within a couple of weeks, students will be approaching their Term 3 sport endeavours after a magnificent Term 2 of sports. In order to make this term in sports transcending and spectacular,...