INSIDEVC NEWS

• Graduating Class of 2008

• Upcoming VC Events

VC SPoRTS

• Track and Field

• Rugby Team Captures 1st Crown

AluMNI NEWS

• Alumni take to the Ice

• 35th Annual VC Alumni & Friends Golf Tournament

A quarterly publication for the Vancouver College Community Issue 11 July 2008

The Irish Review is co-published

quarterly by VC Alumni and the

VC Millennium Foundation.

The VC Alumni Association

5400 Cartier St, Vancouver, BC

V6M 3A5

Phone: 604-261-4285

Contact us on our website

www.vcalumni.com

VC Millennium Foundation

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BC V6M 3A5

Phone: 604-261-3755

Fax: 604-261-3756

kfindlay@vc.bc.ca

alumnirelations@vc.bc.ca

3rd Annual AlumNI HomEcomINg gAmE

cAllINg All CollegiansThe Alumni Relations office at Vancouver College is looking for you to lend a hand in connecting alumni with VC students to further the school’s achievements and ambitions by creating opportunities to share your time, talents, and treasures. We welcome and value any time you can provide, whether it’s as a: • Class champion • Participant in our entrepreneur network • Participate in the upcoming job fair in the fall and spring • Mentor • Volunteer in organizing alumni events • Board member or committee member • Guest speaker in the classroom • Writer for the Irish Review

Contact Kim Findlay to learn how you can make a difference at VC and in the lives or our students. Call 604-261-3755 or email kfindlay@vc.bc.ca.

graduation ceremoniesStarting a new Tradition

Graduation can be a time of joy, sadness, freedom and change—joy for students as they take on the next challenge in their life at post secondary schools; freedom to explore and take control of their lives; sadness in leaving Vancouver College and the comfort it has provided over the years; and change, which can come in many shapes and forms. Commencement took on a new face for the 2008 graduates by changing the venue for the ceremonies this year to O’Hagan field under two large tents, which were capable of handling over three thousand guests in an idyllic setting. Irish luck was upon us as we were blessed with a warm brilliant blue sky. Carter Mann ’06 played the bagpipes, leading the graduates and distinguished presenters on to O’Hagan field under an arch of balloons. This is a scene that will be carried out for many more years to come as each foreseeable year of graduates will number around 160.

September 13th 12 noon, kick off 1:30Each of the first two years, more than 2,000 attended the homecoming games, making this one of the events you don’t want to miss. This year’s game at O’Hagan pits the Fighting Irish against cross town rivals and 2007 Subway Bowl runner up, Saint Thomas More Knights. Kick off is at 1:30. This is a game not to be missed! Barbeque, beer gardens and entertainment will be available for all ages to enjoy from 11:45 am to 3:30 pm. Classmates can plan to meet at the alumni tables in the beer garden from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Make your connections there and enjoy music provided by our very own VC Jazz band.

All alumni and families are invited to join us in the hospitality tent east side of O’Hagan field to leave a note for friends, register for the Irish Online, look up graduates in the alumni directory, and obtain information on Vancouver College and Alumni Association programs. First 100 alumni to sign in receive a complimentary gift.

Please RSVP your attendance by calling 604.261.4285 ext 265 or email kfindlay@vc.bc.ca

Steve Eivemark ’89, President

Greg Lynch ’79, Director of Finance

Jordan Rogers ’01, Newsletter Editor

Tom Faliszewski ’74, Reunion Director

Morgan Allan ’00, Sponsorship Director

Patrick Nixon ’02, Website Manager

Tom Crean ’74Member at Large

Bob Estey ’76 Member at Large

Peter Fahrmann ’90Member at Large

Steve Jagger ’96 Member at Large

Greg Smyth ’90 Member at Large

Michael Stephenson ’93 Member at Large

Vancouver College Alumni AssociationExecutive Committee

Bruno De VitaPartner, Alexander Holburn

Msgr. Stephen JensenEpiscopal Vicar for Education

Brother Anthony MurphyPresident Emeritus

Vancouver College Limited

John Nixon (VC’69)President, John Nixon

Public Affairs Consultants Ltd.

Most Reverend, Raymond Roussin

Archbishop of Vancouver

Vancouver College Limited Trustees

ChairJohn Nixon (VC’69)

President, John Nixon Public Affairs Consultants Ltd.

Vice ChairLauri Ann Fenlon

Partner, Fasken Martineau

Peter BullPresident, Blenheim Realty Ltd.

John CordonierVice President, Development,

Bentall Group

Teresa DomingoSenior Human Resources Manager

HSBC Bank Canada

Brother John Gale

Dr. Michael Varelas (VC’76)Neurologist,

Richmond Hospital

Brother Michael SegvichDirector of Education,

Six Christian Brothers Schools, USA

David HardyPrincipal, Vancouver College

Father Ian Stuart (VC’70)Pastor, St. Anthony’s Parish

John KettlewellBusinessman

Bob StewartRetired Chief of

Vancouver Police

Dr. David SylvesterPresident, Corpus Christi College

Dr. Stephen Ho (VC’82)Radiologist, Vancouver

General Hospital

Christine ChanChartered Accountant

Dominic SanpietroPresident, St. Thomas

More Collegiate

Craig HemerExecutive Recruiter,

Ray & Berndtson/Tanton Mitchell

Franco TrasoliniPartner, Davis LLP

Elizabeth Hong ChengCorporate Controller, BC Transmission Company

Board of Directors

Jim ClarkePresident, First Key Corporation

Jeff LowePartner, RBS Lawyers

Marilu MayugaHuman Resources Consultant

Sharon FederalController,

MacDonald Realtors

Most Reverend, Raymond Roussin,

Archbishop of Vancouver

Vancouver College Millennium Foundation Members

ChairPaul Chisholm

President, IFD Corporation

Trevor ArmstrongPartner, Hamilton Duncan

Armstrong & Stewart

Dr. Tony HollerChairman of the Board

Medsurge Medical Products Corp.

William O’Brien (VC’70)Financial Consultant

Roger Robillard (VC’72)President, Morgan Brake & Clutch

Ltd.

Barrie SmytheChairman, Craigmont Mines

Mike MclsaacPartner Johnsen Archer Chartered

Accountant

Directors

VC News

graduating Class of 2008“Although we all look forward to the end of each school year, it is a time of mixed emotions because it is also a time of the year for farewells. Foremost we bid farewell to our Grade 12 class; they have been an outstanding class, providing excellent leadership in all facets of the school life. We are very proud of them and feel they are well prepared to meet all challenges that lay before them.” - Dave Hardy, Principal

gRAd ClASS 2008Jeffrey Abaquin, Mark Alban, Jamal Christopher Allen, Dimitri Arvanitis, Gurdeep Beesla, Riley Breen, Sebastian Browne, Mark Businius, Charles Canaan, Christopher James Carney, Timothy Chan, Nathan Chan, Chris Chan, Leo Yan Lok Chan, Kyle Chan, Nicholas Chan, Justin Cheng, Ryan Cheng, Aaron Yang Sheng Cheong, Matthew K. Cheung, Jonathan Chew, Jonathan Chiang, Gary King-Hang Chow, Ambrose Chung, Timothy Claridge, Marc Clayton-Carroll, Kevin Cleary, John Cordonier, Sean, Kelly Cotterall, Drew Cowank, Tom Curran, Philip David, Liam Deery, Julian Doan, Trevor Doyle, Kyle Doyle, Paul Duong, Anthony Esen, Telesford Esplana, Haydn Eviston, Jordan Fernandez, Desmond Foo, Daniel Gabrilo, Alex Gass, Brock Gonzalez, Harpinder Grewal, Charles Heath, Marco Heras, Alexander Hernandez, Christopher Heschl, Christopher Hicks, Herman Ho, Kody Hol, Jeffrey Hon, Alex Jang, Johnny Jankowski, David Kalinowski, Michael Keating, Christopher King, Gabriel Kung, John Lam, Tony Lam, Daryn Lam, Thomas Lattimer, Torey Lau, Gilly Lau, Andrew Lee, Donald Lee, Timothy Ko Lee, Kyle Lim, Jeremy Lin, Vincent Lo, Christopher Lee Louis, Alfred Ma, Bennett Macken, Michael Macken, Sam Madrussan, Curtis Mann, Scott Roderick Matheson, Andrew Mazzone, Tomi McDonald, Matthew McTaggart, Jerome Medina, Matthew Melville, Gabriel Morales, Akilesh Nair, Michael Nardi, Alfred Ng, Christopher Ng, Cyrille Panadero, Andrew Pangilinan, Sherman Pao, Kevin Parker, Michael Patko, Salvador Pimental, Nicolas Pimental, Eduard Pinlac, Peter Planta, Restie Provido, Braeden Ralla, Lawrence Ranada, Jordan Recto, Julian Recto, Julian Righton, Connor Roney, James Sally, Ryan Shams, Richard Sison, Michael Siy, Abhayjeet Sokhi, Jacob St. Cyr, Rohan Stewart, Cory Stout, Tony Tau Su, Peter Sum, Eric Jonathan Sy, Andres Szeitz, Don Ta, Angus Taylor, Sean Terrell, Edward Tiojano, Matthew Ton, Steven Tonzetich, Marc Trasolini, Tim Tumbagahan, Johann Tungohan, Farris Justin Tyab, Yun Zhe Wang, Jonathan Theodore Wearing, Joshua Whincup, Holden Whitehead, Trevor Wilson, Mark Wong, Victor N. Wong,Victor Wong, Nicholas G. Wong, Nicholas M. Wong, Andrew Wong, Evan Woo, Justin Yang, Michael Zhi Hao Yang, Patrick Yao, Colin Yau, Kevin Chun Kin Yim, Matthew Yiu, Chi Chun Yu, Edward Yu.

New Directors Join VCL Board

The VancouVer college TrusTees have appointed four new directors to the Vancouver College Limited Board of Directors. Joining the Board are Rose Sebellin, Robert McFarlane, Edward Wright and Michelle Rupp. In addition, Franco Trasolini, a lawyer, and current board member has taken over the position of Board Chairman from John Nixon who is stepping down.

RoSE SEbEllIN has been the Principal of McNair High School in Rich-mond for four years, prior to which she served 16 years as a Vice Prin-cipal in three different Richmond high schools. She holds a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of British Columbia and a Masters in Education Administration from Western Washington State University. Rose combines her broad experience in education administration with her love of VC as a former parent. Rose is a member of St. Joseph the Worker parish where she has taught catechism classes. Her daughter graduated from Little Flower Acad-emy and her son Mitchell Blaschuk graduated from Vancouver College in 2004.

RobERT MCFARlANE is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Telus. He grew up in Ottawa before receiving his Bachelor of Commerce degree from Queens University and his Masters in Busi-ness Administration from the University of Western Ontario. Bob is an experienced senior executive who brings strong leadership skills and knowledge of effective corporate governance to VC. Bob and his wife Mary Ann have a daughter at York House School and a son in grade four at Vancouver College.

EdWARd WRIghT, who was born in Glasgow, Scotland, came to British Columbia with his family at the age of 10. Edward took training in gemology into a 20 year career in the luxury goods business, rising to the position of Senior Vice President of Cartier Watches for North America, based in New York. Three years ago, Edward and his family returned to Vancouver where Edward is President and CEO of CRH Medical Corporation. Edward brings his strong commitment to Catholic education and his broad experi-ence in business leadership to the Board. Edward and his family are members of Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish. Edward’s wife Dana is a member of the Executive of the Vancouver College Parents Associa-tion. Edward and Dana have a daughter in kindergarten at OLPH School and a son in Grade 2 at Vancou-ver College.

MIChEllE RuPP, Principal of Lighthouse Leadership, a company that specializes in executive coaching and leadership development for business professionals and entrepreneurs. Michelle holds a Bachelor of Com-merce degree from the University of British Columbia and post graduate certificates in internet marketing studies from UBC and executive coaching from Royal Roads University. She has over 20 years of diverse business and board experience, having served as a Director on the Boards of Ronald McDonald House, Vancouver Opera and the YWCA. She is currently Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of BC Women’s Hospital Foundation. Michelle and her husband Neil de Gelder have two sons at Vancouver College.

“We’re delighted to have four talented

and experienced new directors joining our

Board. Each of these new directors will bring new

ideas, perspective and sound judgement to our

discussions and policy decisions.”

- Franco Trasolini,

New Board Chairman

We present to you the graduating class of 2008 and new alumni.

Student News

Remember Vancouver College in your will

uPCoMINg VC EVENTS77Th sTanley Park oPen PresenTed by acuraJuly 12 - 27 This year, Braedon Beaulieu Gr. 9 and Brett Miller Gr. 10 may compete in the doubles and top VC player Adam Min will also likely be playing.

3rd annual Vc alumni home coming gameSEPT 13Th, 2008 o’hAgAN FIEld12 NooN 1:30PM KICK oFFVC Varsity vs. cross town rivals STM. Each year has been a huge success, so come join us for an after-noon of fun, music, barbeque and beer garden.

35Th annual Vc alumni & Friends golF TournamenT Sept 20th McCleery golf CourseSee the registration form enclosed with this newsletter or check on line at vcalumni.com

VcPa Finnegan ballNoV 15The Parents’ Association’s annual gala fundraising event. An enchanting evening of entertainment, dining dancing and fundraising for VC.

Dear Alumni,At the suggestion of David Hardy, our Principal, we are planning a pilgrimage tour to Ireland in spring 2009 in order to return to the roots of VC, Blessed Edmund Rice’s homeland.

This 13 day tour is open to adults, and we invite all Alumni to join us. Our agent, a VC alumnus himself, Shawn Gallacher ’84, has put together an attractive itinerary, highlights of which are included here. We do hope that some of you and your significant others can join us. Highlights include visiting: Edmund Rice’s birthplace in Callan; his first school ‘Mt Sion’ in Waterford (1802); the North Richmond Street House and School/Museum-his first school in Dublin (1828); and the Glen Road active Christian Brothers school in Belfast. Limited space is available at $3,850.00. A detailed itinerary and a registration form are available on the VCAA website vcalumni.com or through Shawn at Affinity Tours. For questions or to book, please call:

Please contact me (jcbell@vc.bc.ca) or Shawn (shawn@affinitytours.com) if you are interested.

Regards and Semper Fidelis,Jim Bell

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susTainabiliTy aT Vc wiTh The enVironmenT club Under the direction of middle school teacher Kate Keogh, sustainability has taken on a new meaning at Vancouver College. Kate’s love for the outdoors and passion for teaching has led to the development of Environment Clubs (for each section the boys are taught how to minimize their footprint on the environment). This year has been very successful with Middle School and Senior School sections participating in an unprecedented number of conservation and environmen-tal education activities while the Elementary School section had another year of diligently running their paper recycling program.

In September the Middle School Environment Club visited the Wildlife Refuge at Grouse Mountain. After a spectacular gondola ride, students walked around the wildlife refuge and observed the two grizzlies. The timber wolves were evident in the lower enclosure at the base of the mountain. Septem-ber also saw a dedicated group of Grade 7 students helping the BC SPCA clean the shores of Trout Lake as part of the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup. Numerous cigarette butts were found (>1000!), but the most exciting sightings were of a giant caterpillar and a bullfrog (invasive species!).

The Middle School visited the Vancouver Compost Garden in Kitsilano to learn about different methods of composting, how to build a straw bale shed, and put together a worm composter. Senior members attended an overnight workshop at Camp Capilano as part of the Robert Bateman Engaging Youth program. Students helped evaluate a new interactive program for youth. They also attended the Environmental Educators Provincial Specialists Association of British Colum-bia professional development day.

The annual snowshoe trip was at Cypress Mountain this year. There was a lot of snow and fun was had by all as we tromped through the woods to Hollyburn Lodge.

One of the conservation activities new to the club this year was Ivy Busting with the Stanley Park Ecology Society.A primarily Middle School group led the way in February, joining a public Ivy Pull near Brockton Oval. The Senior En-vironment Club worked in a nearby area in March, clearing the way for the planting of new trees. This invasive species removal was essential to the regeneration plans for Stanley Park after the loss of so many trees. Also new this year was the painting of yellow fish on some of the storm drains in the streets around Vancouver College. In two teams, Middle and Senior students worked together to increase community awareness of the link between storm drains and our river systems. In conjunction with the painting, members hung information flyers on neighbourhood doors.

Two other yearly traditions continued this year – a visit to the Steller sea lion research area at the Vancouver Aquarium, and a sea kayaking trip in Indian Arm. Both of these trips had recreational and learning components. At the Aquarium, Dr. Dave Rosen introduced students to marine mammal research and they had a chance to meet some of the sea lions up close, really close! The sea kayaking trip involved some strong paddling against a head wind, but everyone made the distance. The race without paddles was a highlight, at least for the teachers! Everyone else seemed to get rather wet.

Perhaps the highlight of the year for the Senior Environment Club was the camping trip to Newcastle Island, a small island off Nanaimo. The weather cooperated, and the week-end was sunny, warm and fun. We hiked for 10 km around the island, collecting beach trash along the way and learn-ing about the island’s natural and cultural history. The local fauna (deer and raccoons) were seen and the Canada geese made their presence known through early morning honking.

MIlESToNESAnnouncements & MarriagesAlvi Christopher Heikkila ‘99 is marrying Melissa Grace Magtang (St. Pat’s ‘00) on Saturday, August 9th, 2008 at 1:00 pm at St. Patrick’s Parish The wedding reception will be held at the Richmond Golf and Country Club in Richmond. Alvi is working as a Patient Care Attendant (PCA) in Richmond Hospital and will continue his education following the wedding in Business. Melissa Magtang, BSN is an RN at St. Paul’s Hospital.

John-Paul (JP) Planta ’97 married Cheryl Antonio on June 28, 2008 in St. Andrew’s Church. JP returned to Vancouver College in the fall of 2007 to teach the grade 4 class and basketball coaching duties working with elementary school students.

birthsDamian ‘89 and Charlene Kettlewell: Ivy Sweet Kettlewell entered this beautiful world at 6:36 pm on Monday, May 12, 2008. She weighed 3.88 kg and is 53 cm in length. Ivy came out with dirty blond curly hair, her mom’s skin and her dads cleft.

ThE SWINg oF ThINgS(SENIoR golF IN PRoVINCIAlS)

This has been a great spring for Golf at VC! This year we ran three squads: Senior A, Senior B, and Junior, all three very deep with talent. Although we have four players graduating this year, the future looks very solid. The Senior A team (Kyle and Nicholas Chan, Chris King, Julian Righton all grade 12’s along with Conrado Paderes, grade 11, and alternate Keaton Bast, grade 10) are the Zone Champions this year. They won the finals with a team score of 293 (par 284) and will go on to play in the Provincial Cham-pionship Tournament on May 26 - 29 in Nelson, BC.

SCIENCEVC’s dynamic duo Finishes 2nd in Physics competitionUnder grey mid-May skies, sixty Physics students representing schools from across BC scurried about the PNE grounds with calculators, accelerometers, and exam booklets in hand. Their three-hour mission was to put their money where their mouths were and solve three physics problems related to particular rides featured at Playland.One might, at first glance, see dozens of sopping wet, carefree, and gleeful grade 12s whirling, flipping and flailing about, but the students were definitely serious because at stake was a $3,000 cash prize put up by UBC, sponsors of the event which started three years ago.

VC’s first-ever entry of Michael Yang and Tom Curran garnered second place honours,scoring fractions of a point out of the big money. The duo are among the best physicsstudents to ever come out of the Christian Brothers school.

VC Claims gold and Silver at Science FairAfter being selected as a top BC entry at the provincial science fair, gradu-ating student Evan Woo went on to the Canada-Wide event to bring home gold and silver medals in two judging categories, as well as some $45,000 in scholarships. Despite his significant results, Evan was humbled by the experience. “I’ve never been around so many amaz-ing, smart people,” he gushed. This aspiring young scientist is headed to UBC in the fall for studies in biology.

The CWSF features the very best of the nation’s young scientists presenting project based research to panels of industry and post secondary-based judges over the span of a week in mid-May. From over 25,000 competitors in regional fairs across the country, a few hundred students compete in Ottawa for top honours in divisions such as life sci-ences, engineering, and environmental innovation. Mr. Ben Kim Senior Physics Teacher

Angus Taylor signs with uWAngus Taylor (Grade 12) has just signed with the University of Washington for a Track and Field scholarship next year. UW’s throws coach, Reedus Thurmond, is planning to come up north for a special event to recognize Angus.

Nathan Clare (Grad 2007) is part of an impressive freshman class that Simon Fraser University will be counting on for the upcoming field lacrosse season. Nathan was a starter at midfield for the U19 BC Selects last summer and also received an invitation to the U19 National Team tryout camp. Nathan has also flourished in the box version of the sport -- having finished second in scoring in the West Coast Junior Lacrosse League last season as a member of the Delta Islanders.

VC Sports

ThE ARTS

MusicThe Kiwanis Concert Band Festival March: Grade 7/8 Concert Band; Silver, Grade 9 Concert Band; Silver, Senior Concert Band; Gold, and of particular note, one of only nine invitations to Musicfest Canada issued by the festival (over 90 bands participating).B.C. Interior Jazz Festival in Kelowna April: Jazz 11; Silver, Jazz 12; Gold and a Musicfest invitation.

The Whistler Music Festival early May: Grade 9 Concert Band; Silver, Grade 9 Jazz Band; Silver, Grade 10 Jazz Band; Gold, Senior Concert Band; Silver, Choir; Bronze.For the Chancellor Music Festival May: Grade 7 Concert Band with The Immaculate Conception Delta) Grade 7 Band; Gold.

dramaSenior Drama class performed “The Complete Works of Shakespeare, Abridged.” It was held at the Kay Meek Centre this year but look forward to future performances in the Kucher Performing Arts Centre.

ClubS ANd ACTIVITIES

debateThe Debate Team had two individuals advance to the provincial competition: Stavros Arvantis and Adrian Francis (both in grade 8)

EnvironmentSenior Environment Club: In year three, students kayaked Indian Arm, camped on Newcastle Island and snowshoed on Cypress Mountain. Several students organized and led a clean up of Kitsilano Beach for Club members. Middle School Environment Club runs the recycling program at VC, collecting paper and beverage containers.

PhySICS CoMPETITIoNS

UBC Physics Olympics Team - 7th place overall, silver and bronze in two of seven eventsBCIT Underwater Robot Team - 2nd place overallSir Isaac Newton Contest - 94th percentile ranking by Michael YangBC’s Brightest Minds Competition - 2nd place overall for Tom Curran and Michael Yang.

ScienceSenior school students took the long trek westward to spend three days at Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre. UBC hosted its 29th province-wide Physics Olympics for BC high schools and VC emerged with its best finish in 10 years, winning silver and bronze medals.

EdmundiansThe Edmundians presented their second annual Human Rights Conference at Vancouver College to over 80 students from around the lower mainland. 2nd Los Embajadores Mexico Outreach Pilgrimage is waiting in the wings for our depar-ture on July 6, 2008.

AThlETICS

badminton 1st place 2008 Provincial Championships (VC & LFA), undefeated season, first time in either school’s history in the sport

basketballVarsity: 2nd at HSBC Classic, 1st Brit Invitational (Saskatoon) where they beat the #1 ranked team of Alberta, #1 of Manitoba and #1 and #2 of Saskatchewan; 1st Emerald Tournament; 1st Catholic Schools Tournament; 2nd place in Lower Mainland; placed 3rd in BC Provincial AAA Championships. Jr. Varsity: Just missed out of BC Provincial AAA Championships. Grade 9: Placed 2nd in BC Provincial AAA Championships. Grade 8: Just missed out of BC Provincial AAA Championships. Grade 5, 6 and 7: Teams captured the CISVA Championships

FootballVarsity: Lost quarterfinal game after compiling a 6-3 record. Jr. Varsity: Tied for 3rd in Province after compiling a 7-3 record. Grade 8: Compiled a 5-3 record.

hockeyFirst year for having three teams at the grade 8, Junior Varsity and Varsity levels.

Cross Country18th place BC Provincial Cross Country Championships.

golf11th place BC AAA Provincial Golf Championships Independent Zone Tournament Champions

Rugby1st place AAA Tier II Championships. Season record of 6 - 2.

Ski & Snowboard TeamSr. team placed 4th in the Vancouver-Burnaby zone.

Soccer9th place at AAA Provincial Soccer Championships out of 80 teams3rd place in Vancouver/Richmond Zone Championships

SwimmingQualified the largest number of swimmers (eight) for provincials in Irish history.

Tennis9th place at the Vancouver Zone Tennis Tournament, with a 3-1 record.

Track & Field1st place Boys 2007/2008 Provincial Champions Track and Field, placed 3rd overall in combined standings. 1st place finish at the Zone Championships.23 competitors qualified for the Sr. and Jr. Provincials. Irish are ranked 2nd in the prov-ince.

Wrestling10th place Provincial Wrestling Championships out of 130 schools Gurdeep Beesla, Gold, 2 time provincial champion; Tim Lee, Silver; Mike Terrell, 5th in the toughest weight class of the tournament.

IRISh CuRRICulAR hIghlIghTSA year in Review...

VC Sports

Remember Vancouver College in your will.

2008 gRAduATINg ClASS MoVINg oN IN SPoRTS AT uNIVERSITy lEVEl

MARC TRASolINI, Santa Clara University, BasketballANguS TAyloRUniversity of Washington, Track & FieldJAMAl AllENUniversity of Saskatchewan, FootballdANIEl gAbRIlloUniversity of British Columbia, FootballMIChAEl PATKoSimon Fraser University, FootballKylE ChANDickinson State University, Golf guRdEEP bEESlASimon Fraser University, Wrestling MIChAEl NARdIUniversity of Northern BC, Ice HockeyRohAN STEWARTUniversity of British Columbia, Track & Field

TRACK ANd FIEldIRISh WIN boyS TRACK & FIEld TITlE85 athletes started a cold early season training on the track at the beginning of March. Aided by the use of the new fitness facility, the team made great strides improving their strength and speed. League meets started in April with competitive meets on weekends. The team won the Fraser Valley Invita-tional in Surrey with Angus Taylor setting a meet record in the Discus. Rohan Stewart easily won the 100m and 200m sprints, while James Emerson also placed first in the Long Jump. At the Ocean Athletics meet, Rohan Stewart set a meet record in the 100m with a time of 10.94 seconds, James Emer-son also set a record in the Long Jump and Michael Pember followed in the 1500m Steeple Chase. Dur-ing the Zone final, Rohan also broke the school re-cord of 10.7 seconds set by VC sports Hall of Famer Al Dukowski in 1972. Rohan ran a blistering time of 10.5 seconds. Angus Taylor was the Senior Boys ag-gregate winner placing first in the Hammer, Discus and Shot Put. At the provincial championships Angus continued his winning ways dominating the Hammer by 10 meters, and winning the Discus and placing second in the Shot Put; Rohan Stewart placed 2nd in 200m and 3rd in 100m after a terrible start; Ryan Cheng won the 100 m Hurdle and James Emerson was 2nd in Long Jump; Chris Adams 3rd in Triple Jump; James Lee placed 3rd in Hammer; Andrew Mazzone 5th in 1500m Race Walk; and Peter D’Arcy came in 7th in 110m Hurdles. After all their performances, the team took 1st in the men’s division and 3rd overall with 78 points. The junior 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams placed 2nd in both events. The team members were Lendl Magsipoc, Sean Mayzes, Graeme Fonseca, Matt Alviz , and Kevan LaGuardia.

CRoSS CouNTRyThe cross country is short 35 runners this year, but they placed second in team division at the Zone Championships and qualified to run a the provin-cials held at Elk lake on Vancouver Island. Lead by junior runner, Michael Pember, the team place 18th without any seniors on the team.

after starting their inaugural rugby season with two losses, the Fighting irish out together a string of five consecutive wins earning them a berth in the cham-pionship game. The competition was none other than burnaby central wildcats who they faced in their first game losing 36-12.

They played under clear sunny skies at brockton oval, the site of the last recorded irish rugby game in 1928, where the boys carried off the labrie Trophy beating king george high school 16-6.

an aggressive rush at the start of the game by burnaby central pinned the irish in their own end for much of the first fifteen minutes. yet the irish fought back brilliantly staying off any rush towards our goal line, demoralizing the wildcats as they were unable to capitalize. after sustained pressure, the irish got a break as Jamal allen broke free running clear into their end with three de-fenders hot in pursuit. allen was brought down near the twenty five yard line only to have another irish player pick the ball up and switch the attack to the far side of

the field where fine passing out the line lead to sean Terrell crashing over the touch line for the first try of the game. a missed convert by ryan shams meant the score stayed at 5 – 0 irish. soon after shams converted a penalty kick making it 8 – 0. with the nerves settling the irish dug in for a spirited game. before the half the wildcats made a try and con-verted the kick making the score 8 – 7 in favour of the irish.

The second half started with renewed pressure from the wildcats. but the irish stayed off the pressure to quickly counterattack and score another try moving ahead 15-7. Taking every advantage to score when the opportunity arose, ryan shames kicked a penalty moving the score to 18 -7. The wildcats were not to be taken lightly as they pressure the irish late in the game scoring a try by taking it wide around the corner. The only left to do was for the irish to hold off for another three minutes to seal the victory which they did.

“we have a squad of 30 players and it took contribu-tions from everyone throughout the season to earn this title. They deserve it” said mark “Freddie” davies.

special thanks go to gary Jones, gerry stafford, mark davies, Jeremy sabell (Vancouver rowing club coach) and the meralomas for supplying equipment and jer-seys. This ones for you!

ROWING 2008Congratulations to the Irish rowers, who have just completed a suc-cessful season! The season started off with a celebration as this was the 20th year of irish rowing. it was great to see old rowers pull on their unisuits and attempt to defeat the erg one last time at the “twenty years in a row” reunion.

The season started with some big wins at the bc indoor rowing champi-onships as rowers brought home three gold and four silver medals. with this record we knew we were ready for a competitive season on the

water.

The crews did not disappoint and at the two major bc regattas the crew raced well. The first regatta was at brentwood college which had the athletes compete against some tough club and school crews from bc and washington. The junior lightweight four of louis leung, liam Todd, angus Todd, ryan wong, and Patrik lau won gold. The regatta continued with many successes including a silver in the Jr. c quad who narrowly missed the gold. other strong finishes included: Jr b 8+ - silver, Jr b 4+ - silver, Jr a school 8+ - bronze, Jr a lwt 4+ - bronze.

next up was the shawnigan lake regatta, where the crew competed against both bc club and school crews. unfortunately, the second day of competition was cancelled due to bad weather conditions. however, the boys competed well on the first day. There were three big wins including the first ever irish gold in the Junior c double. The crew of John darby cole and adam dvorak led the competitors for the entire race and finished well ahead of the rest of the field. The irish also took home gold in the Jr a JV 8+ and Jr a JV 4+, silver in the Jr. a lwt four and bronze in the Jr. b JV 4+.

For the JV and novice crews the next regatta was hosted by the delta deas rowing club. The crews performed well but the big win of the day went to the Jr, c 4X+ that won the gold with ease.

For the senior rowers the final regatta of the year is the premium event – canadian nationals in st. catharines, ontario. The boys were champions both on and off the water as coaches and officials applauded their respect-ful attitudes and good sportsmanship. it was a great week with every athlete making it to a final on sunday. special congratulations to charles heath and Thomas lattimer, two five-year men to finish off their high school rowing career with a silver medal in the senior lightweight pair.

Photo Above: Silver Medalist Charles heath and Thomas lattimer

ANguS

Wraps up Final year in StyleANguS TAyloR is never one with a lot to say.

He prefers to do his talking through his actions.

Last weekend at the BC High School Track and Field Championships those actions spoke volumes, as the Grade 12 Vancouver College student and Rich-mond resident won three—count ‘em—three medals to cap his high school career on a high note.

He won the boys’ hammer throw with a toss of 63.78 metres, just missing the Vancouver College record of 65.26 metres. He was also just shy of the BC record of 54.28 metres in winning the discus with a throw of 53.18 metres, and placed second in the shot put with a personal best throw of 14.99 metres.

“This was a great track meet to throw the distances I did,” said Taylor, “I feel this was an excellent way of ending my high school season and transitioning me into the club season where I hope to achieve the world junior standard and travel to Poland for the World Junior Track and Field Championships in July.”

He also hopes to qualify for the Commonwealth Youth Games in India in October. Taylor is off to the University of Washington in September where he ac-cepted a track and field scholarship with the Huskies after considering offers from several other universities.

RUGBY TEAM CAPTURES FIRST CROWNVC Fighting Irish Rugby 2008, AAA Division II Championships

Alumni News

35Th ANNuAl VC AluMNI & FRIENdS

golF TournamenTThe 35th annual Vc alumni & Friends golf Tournamentan event open to the entire Vc community

no labour dispute to get in the way of our plans this year! we’re back at beautiful mccleery and back on a saturday. we are limited to 72 spots and tee times will be assigned on a first come first serve basis. demand is growing every year so get your registrations in early. This event is open to everyone – you don’t have to be an alumnus, you don’t even have to be any good. we just want you to come out and have some fun.

everybody gets a round of golf, dinner, a framed photo, a door prize and a shot at a whole bunch of prizes – more stuff than you can shake a 9 iron at!!• Early Bird draw for all paid registrations received before aug 29• Hole In One Contest• Putting Contest• Longest drive, closest to the Pin and a whole bunch more.

Power carts must be pre-arranged by you. Phone the pro shop at 604-257-8191

all regisTraTions, wiTh PaymenT musT be receiVed no laTer Than sePT 12

“corPoraTe sPonsorshiP and PriZe donaTions graTeFully accePTed”

regisTraTion:Please send cheque payable to “Vcaa (golF)” to:steve eivemark65-1195 Falcon drivecoquitlam bc V3e 2h1

Please provide your contact information (phone number and email), preferred early/late Tee Time, who’s in your foursome, and any extra banquet tickets.

Questions: contact steve at 604-942-2215 or stephen_eivemark@vancity.com

It wasn’t quite like the ’72 Canada Russia Summit Series but for the 13 VC alumni participating in the first ever Vancouver College Alumni Hockey Tournament on March 14, 2008 at UBC’s main ice rink, it was close to it. Headlining the home team was 1959 graduate Dan Kolesnik from Kelowna who made the trip down to Vancouver to face off against members from grad classes ranging from 1990 to 2003. Thanks in part to Vancouver College hockey coach Enzo Nardi (‘96) and Chris Clarke (‘01), both teams wore authentic home and away Vancouver College hockey jerseys.

The away team was lead by coach Nardi, who played centre ice and fearless right winger Paddy Mahoney, while the home team was lead by Dan Kolesnik and power forwards Galen Allan and Brent Robinson.

BC Lions CEO and President, Bob Ackles and his wife, cheered for the home team and were Dan Kolesnik’s number one supporters.

The final score was 14-13 for the home team. Both Allan (‘02) and Robinson (‘02) scored over 4 goals each, lead-ing their home team to victory.

Afterwards, both teams headed to Mahoney & Sons for a post game meal and awards ceremony.

For all those budding hockey players, next years tournament is slated to have more games, allowing Vancouver College Alumni to face off against both the Varsity and Junior Varsity hockey teams. Are you up for it? We hope so, see you next year. Special thanks go to all of those who participated and: Chris Clarke, Morgan Allan, Pat Nixon, Tyler Goodwin, Greg Lynch, Steve Eivemark, Mahoney & Sons.

Old Guys Retain Title in AluMNI gRIdIRoN bATTlE

The 2008 VC Alumni Football game took place in its 24th edition on Saturday May 10th along with the Mayfair festivities.

In a twist of irony, two of the three referees were Notre Dame Graduates. However, VC Grads from 1981 to present took to the field in traditional VC colours, and live play-by-play returned to O’Hagan field for another afternoon. Some last minute player trades resulted in some young guys playing on the old guys’ team and vice versa. However, the game still started in tradi-tional fashion with the old guys scoring early as quarterback Nigel Palma ’06 scrambled over the line from two yards out for the first touchdown on the opening series. The series was largely set up by Conrad Lakowski ’82, who despite playing as a lineman during his VC days, displayed amazingly good

hands and became a regular target as he consistently caught passes in heavy coverage and finished the day with a touchdown and a two point convert.

The young guys had an effective running game, but the old guys found a way to snuff out the early drives, as Kevin Wilkie ’05, picked off a pass from Cris Marincat ’03. Wilkie featured in the subsequent scoring play, as he tucked in the ball on a pass from Nigel Palma widening the margin for the old guys to 13-0.

The young guys had an effective pass rush that forced a number of hurried passes, and a number of interceptions throughout the game. Brody McKnight ’07, used one hand to catch a 30 yard pass from Cris Marincat putting the young guys in scoring position, and Cris went right back to Brody to get the young guys on the board. Alvin Tejuco ’06, caught the one point convert pass to make the score 13-7 for the old guys.

A big play from Palma to Edgardo Pinillos ’05, set up the touchdown by Conrad Lakowski, and Mike Tchao ’05 secured the convert giving the old guys back their 13 point lead.

Alumni game regular Bill Sherrit ’88 must have found the fountain of youth, because he was wearing a young guys jersey, and he got wide open after an unscripted pick play helped him to secure a touchdown narrowing the score to 20-13.

Under pressure, Nigel Palma found Mike Tchao who scrambled for a huge 45 yard gain, and led to Mark Ramos ’00, scoring to give the old guys a 27-13 lead.

Pardeep Beesla ’05 made a big 30 yard gain, which then led to Nigel Palma getting his second running touchdown of the game and a 34-13 lead for the old guys.

The young guys continued to push late in the game, as Alexander Hernandez scored from 30 yards out, but Liam Coughlan ’81 picked off the final pass of the game securing the 34-21 victory for the old guys who, after last year’s loss, were happy that a new tradition had not begun.

The rain politely held off until the game was over, and we were able to celebrate another injury free year of col-legial activity with VC grads spanning 27 years with the t-shirts to prove it.

Special thanks again go out to game sponsors, Mahony & Sons Public House and for the volunteer efforts of Jim Canil and his kids, Stephen Eivemark ’89, Patrick Nixon ’02 and Wayne Steele and his referees.

Every year there are first time players participating in the Alumni Football Game. Next year, join us in celebrat-ing the 25th Annual Alumni Game during Mayfair 2009.

Liam Coughlan, Grad 1981

PlACE: mccleery golf course – 7188 macdonald st, Vancouver

dATE: saturday, september 20, 2008

TIME: Tee off starts at 11:00, registration Table opens at 10:30

FIEld: alumni, Family, Vc staff, Parents, and Past Parents

CoST: $90 early bird, paid registrations received before aug 29$100 after august 29

if you just want to come for dinner, $30 banquet only (dinner at 6:00 pm)

AluMNI TAKE To ThE

Alumni News

Sixty years ago, 3 cents bought you a 1st class stamp, 5 cents a soda or $1.50 a lift ticket at Westlake Lodge on Hollyburn Mountain. It was also the graduation year of an eclectic group of students who went on to live varied lives, yet still took every opportunity to meet socially, rekindling the bonds of brotherhood that began in high school.

The Class of 1948 celebrated their 60th reunion on June 26 & 27 at Vancouver College. For many, it was the first time back since graduating, for others the college has continued to be part of their lives as seen through the eyes of their sons and grandchil-dren who attended or are attending VC. One thing is for sure, though there have been many changes since 1948, two things haven’t changed — the strong memories and friendships created while attending Vancouver College.

All those who were able to attend enjoyed them-selves immensely. Thursday night, the alumni and guests gathered for dinner in the Alumni room at Vancouver College to muse over the good old days, recounting the memories of classmates, teachers, school activities including detentions and how they all moved on in diverse directions, yet remained true to their education. The next day, several of them attended the traditional grad brunch held each year for the new grads, staff and faculty. Jack Herb,

addressing the class on behalf of his graduating class, said “the strong Vancouver College tradition, beliefs and bonding engrained in you over the years will give you strength as you move forward. The key is to remain in touch as we have over the years, not just with your class, but with those before and after you. Semper Fidelis”

back Row (L-R): Mike Boreham ’70, Jack Herb, Jack Christian, Bill

Gatewood, Cliff Cyr, Stan Stordy, Cyril Battistoni, Norm Lesage,

Rev. Joe Carney Middle Row (L-R): Donna Herb, Barbara Kinahan,

Ray Adam, Irene Cyr, Pat Kinahan, Charlie Paris, Bill Dunn, Leo

Smythe, Richard Archambault, Arlene Boreham, Anne Paris

Seated (L-R): Mary Lou Lesage, Llew Adam, Claire Stordy, Tanya

Carney, Pat Archambault Missing: John Armstrong, Father Law-

rence (Len) Bilesky, Ben Macdonald, , Joe Montalbetti, Peter Muir,

Bruce Legree, George Rawlinson

IN MEMoRIAMBrian J. Carrigan (’42) – April 5, 2008Charles W. Nash (’43) – April 20, 2008 NASH Charles W. July 24, 1917 - April 20, 2008 With great sorrow we announce that Charlie died on Sunday, April 20, 2008 in Lions Gate Hospital. He was born in Lee-on-Solent, England July 24, 1917, and came to Vancouver with his mother, Hilda and brothers in 1925. Dad was predeceased by his loving wife, Bette, and brothers Jack, John, Peter and Sandy. “Chuckie” is survived by his loving family, daughters Rita and Terre, son Paul, grandson Adrian, and many nieces, nephews and friends. He was a generous community volunteer and avid outdoorsman. His hiking boots, skis and kayak were in active use until three years ago. Charlie graduated in mechanical engineering at U.B.C. He then served in World War II as Flying Officer (Pilot) in the RCAF in Canada and England. He was a professional engineer who retired from B.C. Hydro as a Vice-President in 1981. He served as Hon. Vice-President of the National Council and Hon. President of Vancouver Coast Region, Scouts Canada; Chairman, Holy Family Hospital; Chairman of Shaughnessy Hospital and Shaughnessy Hos-pital Foundation; Board member, University Hospital; international volunteer, advisor and member of Board of Directors, CESO. He was a long-time member of St. Anthony’s Parish, West Vancouver. Charlie’s keen interest in other cultures led him to travel the world both personally and professionally. At age 73, Charlie attended S.F.U. to study Mandarin and later went to China as an exchange student. He was a member of the Vancouver Mandarin Club and his book club until age 90. For 23 years, Charlie was known as ‘Cougar’ to hundreds of West Vancouver school students to whom he taught Wilderness Survival. Charlie’s wishes are to leave flowers to grow in the wild; instead, donations may be made to Holy Family Hospital, Scouts Canada or the charity of your choice, in Charlie’s memory. Our dad’s silent suffering is finally over. We extend our deepest ap-preciation to his caregiver, Jenny, and the staff of 4-East, Lions Gate Hospital, especially Christine and Krista. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Anthony’s Church, 2347 Inglewood Ave., West Vancouver on Friday, April 25, 2008 at 11:00 a.m.

Gordon Winter (’47) Gordon passed peacefully in his sleep at Burnaby Hospital on April 30, 2008 after a lengthy 12 year battle with cancer. Gordon was 80. It is fitting that he should spend his last days at BH as he served on the BBY Hospital Board and the Foundation Board for 18 years. He is survived by his loving wife of 33 years, Cleona, daughter Beverley (Reg), son Brian, and grandchil-dren Brianne and Kristopher, stepchildren - Greg, Graham (Wendy), Grant (Joanne), Julie (Rob) and step grandchildren - Shawn (Ash-ley), Craig (Danielle), Chris (Lindsay), Elyse, Reid, Brandon, Dylan, Kerris, Erin and great-grandson Parker. Gordon is also survived by first wife Frances. A student of Point Grey, Magee High, Vancouver College and UBC Gordon had successful careers first with Firestone Tire and then Mohawk Oil Company Ltd. until he retired at 65. He continued on as a Board member with Mohawk Oil until he was 67. Gordon had many passions but his commitment to Com-munity and Charity prevailed. He was an active Rotarian (33 years) and sat on several boards until failing health prevented him from continuing. Board member positions include the PNE, Westminster Savings, BCIT, Canadian Mental Health, Canadian Diabetes Society, BC Variety Club and several more. Gordon deemed his most cher-ished work to be that of his 30 year commitment to the Salvation Army alongside his lifelong friend, Hugh Sutherland. Gordon could be found spending most of his retirement days where he was his happiest, playing the course and wandering the clubhouse of the Vancouver Golf Club. He was an active member since 1984. Gordon will be dearly missed by his family and his many friends.

Mitchell Ho was a Grade 5 student in Brother Conti’s class at Van-couver College. On April 15, 2008, during recess in the playground, Mitchell suffered a spontaneous cardiac arrest. Despite the best efforts of school officials, first responders from the Fire Hall next door, paramedics and the medical team at BC Children’s Hospital, Mitchell suffered a devastating stroke and passed away peacefully due to heart failure six weeks later. Although he did have a pre-existing heart condition, Mitchell was an extremely active young VC gentleman. He played Rep Hockey and his conduct on and off the ice was an inspiration to teammates, coaches and parents. He was the team player that could be relied upon; he was not the star player, nor did he need to be. In addition, he was keen to play basketball with his classmates and baseball with his buddies. He faced his many challenges with dignity and dedication. His heart condition mandated many painful procedures, including open heart surgery in 2003. Yet, he chose to live life at full speed, infecting all around him with his joie de vivre. He worked conscientiously in academics and in his favorite discipline of Shito-Ryu Karate. He remained humble and actively practiced his Faith, serving as altar boy at Saints Peter and Paul Parish. Mitchell’s parents Dr Stephen (’82) & Sarah Ho, brother Spencer (VC student), sister Merissa and family wish to thank the VC community, classmates, staff, friends and family for your support through this difficult time.

Class of 1943, 65 Year ReunionHerb and Tony are interested in Reunion but have not yet orga-nized anything.Contact Herb Lim: 604-879-1144or herblim@gmail.comTony McLorg: 604-531-0649or t-gmclorg@webtv.net

Class of 1953, 55 Year ReunionRon Schuss is hoping that some of his fellow Classmates will step up to the plate and help organize a reunion for later this year.Contact Ron at 604-277-5123 orronschuss@dorsetrealty.com

Class of 1968, 40 Year Reunion Weekend of August 22 and 23 Re-union planning is well underway. Contact Mark Schulhof (Chairman of Org. Committee) 604-263-3437 or mark@carafinancial.com

Class of 1973, 35 Year Reunion Looking at the Weekend ofOct 3rd and 4th.Contact Stefan Schulhof 403-208-5458 or schulhof@telus.net

Class of 1978, 30 Year Reunion Saturday Sept. 13th. We’ll be enjoy-ing all of the Homecoming Game Festivities with the game starting at 2:00 on O’Hagen Field and then a tour of School, Appy’s & Dinner in the Alumni Room.

Contact Ed Rogers 604-945-3565 or e_rogers@telus.net

Class of 1993, 15 Year ReunionReunion planning has startedContact Matt Stewart 604-767-9328 or matt7stewart@gmail.com

Class of 1998, 10 Year ReunionNothing firm but hoping for a date later in the year.Contact Julian Jamieson604-219-9738 orjulian.jamieson@telus.net

I’d lIKE To WElCoME ThE ’08 ClASS into the VC Alumni. You leave this school with energy, enthusiasm and the ability to choose your course and I know you will make us proud.

In April, the Ho family suffered an immense tragedy, which you can read about on the school website. I extend my deepest sympathies to the family and continue to pray for Mitchell.

On a different note and by no means on the same level, the May Fair was a huge success. The rain held off, the crowd was huge, and the raffle had some amazing prizes. The Alumni Football game turned in a hard

fought edition with victory reclaimed by the Veterans. The Alumni Basketball Tournament was, unfortunately, canceled due to low registrations. Given the tradition that has been established, I’m not sure why, but I hope that it’s just a quirk of timing. Thank you to all the organizers for their hard work and I’m looking forward to bringing it back stronger than ever next year.

You’ll also notice that our website is live again. It’s still a bit raw but Pat Nixon ’02 would be upset if I didn’t give it a plug – www.vcalumni.com. It’s an important com-munication channel and we hope you check it out. Send us your comments and let us know what you’d like to see added or changed.

I often speak of Vancouver College as a Community and that has real meaning to me. A community comes together and shares in successes, tragedies, failures, and grows stronger together from these shared experi-ences.

Students, Parents, Faculty, Alumni – we are Vancouver College.

Semper Fidelis Steve Eivemark ‘89 VCAA President

President’s Message

Class of 1963 ReunionTwenty eight graduates from the class of 1963 celebrated their 45th reunion on Saturday May 31st. Starting the evening off with a wine and cheese reception and tour of Vancouver College with host Dave Hardy, Principal. Moving to the Arbutus Club later for dinner.

uPCoMINg REuNIoNS

60th Reunion for Class of 1948

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Way back in September 2002, a quiet young hon-ours student named Toby Ng ‘03 approached staff to

resurrect the badminton team, one that had not competed since the 1970’s.

Thanks to Toby’s gentle persuasion over half a decade ago, the Van-couver College and Little Flower Academy badminton team have arisen to never-before heights in becoming one of the most power-ful high school teams in the sport every year. In 2008, VC/LFA captured their first-ever BC High School Championship after three consecutive silver medals in 2005-2007. The inaugural 2003 team with Toby as captain finished 6th at the championships. During his grad year, Toby also balanced his honours level marks in addition to representing BC in February 2003 at the Canada Winter Games.

Since graduation, Toby has continued to train and compete. While studying at Langara and UBC in 2007 Toby was chosen to team BC and carried the flag for the 2007 Canada Winter Games ceremonies in White Horse. There, he captained the squad that won the gold medal. In May 2007, Badminton BC selected Toby as the top U-23 player of the year. Toby is currently finishing studies in Human Kinetics at UBC. He is a member on Team Canada that recently won the Pan American Games. The victory qualifies Canada to play in The Thomas Cup, oft referred to as the World Men’s Team Championships.

Father Francis Ng continues to be an assistant coach to the VC/LFA badminton, and Brother Derrick (grad 2005) coached VC/LFA to their BC Championship victory this year.

Where are they now?1960’sFred J. Beruschi (’65) lives in Revelstoke and is the Vice President of the Regent Inn. Fred is the Vice President (past President) of the BC & Yukon Hotel’s Association. He is also the Vice President of the Board of Directors of ABLE BC (Alliance of Beverage Licensees) and a member of the BC Liberals. David J DeCamillis (’68) is a Chiropractor in Burnaby.

1970’sMark Bitz (’74) lives in Port Moody. He is the Manager of C2 Media / Pacific Screenprint ULC. Gabriel E. Horvath (’74) works as a Vocational Rehabilitation Councellor for the IWA Forest Industry Plan. Gregor Belgardt (’76) is a Project Manager at The Artek Group. Greg also teaches Construction Management at BCIT. Neal McGarry (’77) lives in Chetwynd, BC. He is an Applied Science Technologist working for Spectra Midstream BC Division. Kevin Pember (’78) is the President of KJP Consulting and Consumer Goods. Antonino Mabanta (’79) is a Doctor working at Notre Dame Medico Dental Clinics Inc.

1980’sAlexander Hayne (’80) lives in West Vancouver. He is the President of Instafund Financing. Tasoe Tsiandoulas (’82) lives in Vancouver with his wife, Colleen. He works in Sales at Ploutos Enterprises Ltd. Tony Miles (’83) is the Manager of Financial Services at TD Canada Trust. He and his wife, Anita, live in Surrey. Jon S Ormaechea (’84) works for Sea Land Air Flight Centre in Maintenance., Jon holds a Private Pilot License and Ultralight Instructor Permit and has logged over 1,300 hours of flight time. Tomas Malapitan (’84) lives in Burnaby. He is a realtor with REMAX Crest Realty (Westside) and specializes in condos. Peter Tsiandoulas (’85) is the Vice President, Branch Manager & Investment Advisor at TD Waterhouse Private Investment Advice. He lives in Vancouver. Peter De Souza (’87) lives in London, England. He is the International Managing Director of CityXpress Corp. Gordon Iwata (’87) lives in Richmond and is the Regional Manager of Bell Canada in Vancouver. Roger Keizer (’87) lives in Vancouver and works for Surround Technologies Inc. Brian Ewanchuk (’88) lives in Redmond, WA with his wife, Cynthia. He works for Microsoft Corporation and is also a Patent Inventor. Joe Friedt (’88) lives in Vancouver and works for Berkshire Investments as a Financial Planner. John Lau (’88) works in sales at Canada Post. He lives in Richmond. John-Paul Morrison (’88) is the President of Bogomits. Dominic Chibber (’89) lives in Vancouver and works at Monke Skateboards. Joe Muego (’89) works at Hearthworks and lives with his wife, Gina, in Tsawwassen. Brad W. Pennefather (’89) lives in East York, ON. He is the Manager of Commercial Operations, Western Region at Labatts. Adrian G. Strench (’89) works at Terrecom Systems.

1990’sStephen B. McNamara (’90) lives in Düsseldorf, Germany. He works at Peek & Clop-penburg KG as the Director of International Sourcing. Brandon D. Crick (’91) lives with his wife, Jaylene, in Surrey. He is a Brand Manager for Nokia. Brett Duzita (’91) lives in Richmond. The internet design company he owns, I Spy My Design, is merg-ing with Magnum Creative, where Brett is the Creative Designer. Frank Mandarino (’91) is the General Manager of the White Spot Restaurant at Georgia and Cardero. He lives in Coquitlam. Ken Foster (’91) is an Account Manager at Ryzex. LJ Eiben (’92) is the Resident Director, Portfolio Manager- PIA Program for Merrill Lynch in Bellingham. He and his wife, Kristine, live in Blaine. Todd Zickler (’92) is the As-sociate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Harvard University. He was educated at McGill and Yale universities. Eric Balana (’92) is the General Manager of Martinis Restaurant. He lives in Surrey. David G. Clutterham (’92) is a Lumber Trader for Lignum Forest Products LLP. He lives in Delta. Toby Ellis (’92) is a Camp Medic for Action Minerals. He lives in Vancouver. John Robertson (’92) lives in Richmond. He is a Client Relations Manager for Marketwire. Sheldon Suen (’92) lives in Vancouver. He works at Microserve as an Account/ Relationship Manager. Derek Ibanez (’93) lives in Calgary. He works in Inside Sales for Canada Tech. Adam Chodkowski (’94) works as a realtor at Angell, Hasman & Associates Realty Ltd. in West Vancouver. Jesse Galarneau (’94) is the CEO and Director of Capital Expenditures for Galarneau Enterprises Ltd. Tyler Merkel (’94) lives in Vancouver. He is the owner and operator of Inspired Plantings. Jerome Lee (’95) is a Doctor of Psychiatry at St. Paul’s Hospital. He lives in Vancouver. Marco Felicella (’95) works as a Key Account Manager at the Pepsi Bottling Group. He lives in Port Coquitlam. Marin Katusa (’96) is the Chief Investment Strategist, Energy Division of Casey Research, and specializes in finding undervalued companies in the junior resource sector. He lives in Burnaby. Jordan Commandeur (’96) is the Publisher of Thick Magazine Online. He lives in Vancouver. Ray Estrella (’96) lives in Richmond. He is a realtor with Macdonald Realty Westmar. Ray’s parents came from the Philippines in 1976. In 1978, Ray became the first-Canadi-an born member of the family. Living in Richmond, BC his entire life, he has watched Richmond evolve into the glorious city it is today. After graduating from VC, he con-tinued his education in Marketing and Criminology in Kwantlen University College, and then later into Real Estate through UBC. Ray Estrella still continues to participate in numerous activities around Richmond. For six years, Ray has been involved with the local Richmond hockey associations as well as the youth roller hockey league as a coach. He dedicated his time in being the guide for kids from ages ten to seventeen. He has also been a volunteer with the local sport compact car scene as an event organizer for a local club (VancouverCivics.com). With the help of local police and the RCMP, the group sets their goals in getting the community, young car enthusiasts, as

well as expert racers and mechanics together to create positive meeting grounds and to educate young drivers on proper road safety and street racing dangers. Before step-ping into the Real Estate field, Ray did cellular communications sales for five years. Ray also did another year as a product advisor for home theatre goods to broaden his versatility in sales, and knowledge in HD (High Definition) technology. It was one day that a member of the Macdonald Realty team advised him that his enjoyment of working with people belonged to the real estate industry. Ray enjoys the performing arts, especially Broadway musicals and stand up comedy. Ray also has a very passion-ate pastime in watching movies and still currently acts as a guest services representa-tive at Richmond’s Entertainment Boulevard complex. Career wise, Ray has dedicated himself to working with people and creating long lasting relationships. Marin Katusa (’96) lives in Burnaby. He is the Chief Investment Strategist, Energy Division, at Casey Research. Conan K. Leung (’96) is an Analyst for Evans & Evans Inc. He lives in Vancouver. Wilson Man (’96) is in Operations at Portside Consulting. Nick Crooks (’97) is self employed as a Massage Therapist. He lives in Vancouver. Bernard Fung (’97) lives in Richmond. He is a Computer Virus Analyst at Fortinet. Richard Hais-inger (’97) is the Manager, Information Technology at Nicola Wealth Management Ltd. He lives in Vancouver. Renny Husada (’97) is the Vice President of Yess Products Ltd. Ryan Lees (’97) lives in Port Coquitlam with his wife, Kristine Sinclair-Lees. He is a bus driver with Coast Mountain Bus Company. Carlos Ramirez (’97) is an Engineer with KPFF Consulting Engineers. He lives in Vancouver. Scott M. Yaworski (’97) lives in Richmond with his wife, Lindsay Barluk. He is in Sales at Xerox Canada. André Ladouceur (’98) lives in Delta. He is the President of Astatic Solutions, a web design company that he founded. After graduating from university with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, André spent three years working with one of the internet’s leading online marketing companies. He decided to branch off with a very specific form of internet marketing in mind - Search Engine Optimization. As André began using his educational background of studying the human thought process and transformed this into studying the search engine thought process, Astatic Solutions was born. André heads the Search Engine Optimization and eMarketing components of the business. Thor Diakow (’98) lives in Richmond and is a producer for CKNW.Renato (Jigs) Dimaculangan (’98) is the writer and producer at No Plan B. Entertain-ment, a world-class music production company and independent label. He also works at Hockey Now Publications in production. Renato lives in Vancouver. Edwin A. Kosobucki (’98) lives in El Segundo, CA. He works at WISE & Healthy Aging as the Manager of Contracts and Compliance. Plato K. Leung (’98) lives in Kowloon, China. He works for Guys & Gals (Asia) Limited. Sean Mazzucco (’98) works for Metro Vancouver as a Utility Systems Controller. He lives in Burnaby. Scott Pettipiece (’98) is the Manager of Sales and Marketing at The Salient Group. He lives in Richmond. Luke Powell (’98) lives in Surrey. He works as an Environmental Scientist at Rescan Environmental Services Ltd. Stuart R. Sequeira (’98) is a Technical Consultant at Ventyx Software Inc. He lives in Richmond. Nathan Siy (’98) lives in Beijing, Chon-gwen District in China. He works for Global Education in Tourism – China. Ryan Stefani (’98) is a Paramedic with the BC Ambulance Service. He lives in Vancouver. Tristan Story (’98) lives in Vancouver. He works at Ernst & Young as a Senior Tax staff member. Whalen Wong (’98) is an NOCC Technician for Bell Canada. He lives in Vancouver. Renato N. Dimaculangan (’99) lives in Vancouver and is a writer and producer for No Plan B. Entertainment. Christopher Fallen (’99) is an underwriter for ICBC. He lives in Vancouver. Adam Haisinger (’99) lives in Vancouver and is a videographer for CTV – Much Music. Alvi Heikkila (’99) lives in Richmond. He is working as a Patient Care Attendant (PCA) in Richmond Hospital, and is also the Director of Operations at Alvibe Productions. Anthony Madani (’99) is the Execu-tive Image to Life Facilitator for Studio B Productions. He lives in Vancouver. Marin Mrsic (’99) lives in Burnaby. He works for Air Canada as an Aircraft Engineer. Eric Tai (’99) is a Senior Analyst at HSBC. He lives in Richmond. Usoff Tsao (’99) lives with his wife, Michelle Chu, in Vancouver. He is an Executive Associate with Salzer Consulting. Cedric Wong (’99) is a Business Support Analyst for GCT Global Con-tainer Terminals Inc. (TSI Terminal Systems I) and he lives in Vancouver. Karl Yeh (’99) lives in Calgary, AB. He is in Corporate Properties and Buildings for the City of Calgary.

2000’sRichard Belleza (’00) lives in Richmond. He works for Sun Life Canada as a Financial Advisor. Peter Chun (’00) works for Rogers Communications as a Moves & Transfers Customer Consultant. He lives in Vancouver. Jonathan J. Da Silva (’00) is a Consultant for Deliotte. He lives in Richmond. Matt Deutsch (’00) is a Trader Member for Bright Trader. Ryan Gerard (’00) lives in Point Roberts. He is the Vice President, Sales at Pets Agree Industries Ltd. Jason Lo (’00) is an Account Executive at The Active Network. He lives in Coquitlam. Brandon J. Modenesi (’00) lives in Vancouver and is a Customer Service Representative at AVW-Telav. Chris Nor-wood (’00) works at the Nettwork Music Group as a Business Analyst. He lives in Richmond. Chris Tang (’00) is an Administrative Supervisor for Lululemon Athletica. Brendan Wing (’00) is an IT Analyst for HSBC. He lives in Richmond. Alexander Yeung (’00) is a Project Managing Engineer at Con-Force Structures. Rimo Yoo (’00) is the CEO of R. & G. Media Inc. Marcel A. Hewamudalige (’01) lives in Vancouver. He is an Investment Banking Analyst for CIBC World Markets. Justin Lardizabel (’01) is a sports professional - a golf pro for Wii Professional Golf Association, where he recently won the Wii World Golf Championships; bowling with the WII World Bowling Tour; a tennis professional with the WII World Tennis Tour, where he Won 12 straight doubles titles with Roger Federer, and is a model for J’Appelle, where his stage name is Guy Le Coque. Friedrich Po (’01) is an Engineer in training at Teck Cominco. He lives in Richmond. Antonino M. Ugarelli (’01) is a Flight Attendant for Air Canada. He lives in Vancouver. Pat Villarama (’01) lives in Vancouver. He works at the River Rock Casino Resort as a Banquet Houseman/ Server in Hotel Operations. Luis Balao (’02) is a bartender at Joeys. He lives in Coquitlam. Philip Cheung (’03) is an Interactive Designer at Dreamlife. He lives in Vancouver. Andy Roy (’04) works at the South Arm Community Association as a Youth Worker. He lives in Richmond. Brody McKnight (‘ 07) has transferred to the University of Montana where he has accepted a full ride (100%) athletic scholarship to play football for the University of Montana Grizzlies.

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