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‘North Islands’ Volleyball

November 14, 2016

High School Volleyball
Gulf Islands Secondary hosted the Senior Boys North Islands Volleyball Championship this weekend.

Filed Under: People, Volleyball Tagged With: autumn, b&w, ganges harbour, giss, school

Sandon-Salt Spring Connection

September 29, 2016

Hal Wright, Sandon

Hal Wright in Sandon: A Salt Spring Island Connection

Way back in the mid-1980s I worked with Hal’s parents in the Gulf Islands School District. I remember him driving the grade seven class from Fernwood School up to Mount Washington aboard his real bus (not school bus). It was a great trip and one in which Hal didn’t just drive the bus but kept involved with the kids.

I remember all kinds of sliding devices in use at night once the lifts had closed. Not one to be left out of the fun, Hal hurried back to the bus and returned with a big aluminum shovel…and proceeded to race the kids down the hill aboard his shovel.

While heading from New Denver to Kaslo, we stopped in at Sandon, where Hal operates the Sandon Hydroelectric Station. This is the oldest continuously operating hydro-electric plant in western Canada (since 1897). Sandon is now a ‘ghost town’ but Hal and area residents seem to have great plans for restoring the town and the great many collected items (somehow Hal’s acquired and moved a 1908 CPR Locomotive (261 000 pounds) and many Vancouver electric buses).

We missed Hal the day we visited Sandon as he was on the road to Idaho. What we didn’t miss though was a crazy mountain road leading to an exhilarating great hike to Idaho Peak. Lots more on that tomorrow.

Filed Under: Architecture, Construction, Looking Back, Musings, Off-Island, People, Volleyball Tagged With: Hal Wright, sandon

End of Match

November 21, 2015

End of Match

Staff vs Grads Volleyball Game, Gulf Islands Secondary School

The game official signals end of match (and it certainly was for the staff), but she couldn’t seem to suppress the grin.

And here are the winners:

Winners

Filed Under: Ganges, People, Sports, Volleyball Tagged With: colour, point of view

Senior Boys Volleyball North Islands 2014

November 10, 2014

Sr Boys Volleyball North Islands 2014 at GISS

Gulf Islands Secondary hosted this year’s Vancouver Island, ‘North Islands’. The local team qualified for the upcoming ‘Islands’, and have the ‘Provincials’ in their sights.

It’s tough for a small school to compete in several sports at the same time. For example, the Senior Boys also qualified for the Soccer Provincials on the weekend. And the Swimming Provincials are next weekend…

Filed Under: People, Volleyball Tagged With: b&w, giss, north islands

Volleyball Island Championships

November 20, 2013

Senior Boys Volleyball 2013 Islands

The Senior Boys AA Vancouver Island Championships was hosted at Gulf Islands Secondary School this year. The local team placed 6th on Vancouver Island.

Meanwhile, the GISS Senior Boys AA soccer team are currently at the BC Provincials. They won the first three games to take their pool. I just heard they lost a heartbreaker yesterday afternoon and will play today at 11 am for 3rd place in British Columbia. Amazing result for the small town group!

For those who are interested in photographing movement in a dark place like the GISS gym:
photo info: ISO 6400,  f/4,  1/400 sec,  135mm  white balance 3800K

Filed Under: Ganges, People, Volleyball

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