Crofton House School
WINNING CHAMPIONSHIPS THROUGH TEAMWORK
Senior School Athletics
The CHS Varsity Volleyball Team won
the AAA Varsity Girls BC Provincial
Volleyball Championships for the
first time in December 2017. This
exciting accomplishment was made
at home - with Crofton House hosting
the tournament, welcoming 15 teams
from throughout the province for this
three-day event.
tournament like this, it’s not about
the game. The event is really about
getting the entire sporting community
together to celebrate - the players,
the coaches, the spectators. It’s
about creating a fun atmosphere and
involving everyone from the opening
banquet right through to the final
game.”
Team captain, Lianne Strother ’18 Certainly the CHS community -
describes how this was more than
parents, teachers, students and
just a tournament, “Provincials are
coaches - all came out to support the
not just about the sport, but also
team and watch the Crofton Falcons
about uniting a community where
go undefeated in the tournament -
we all share that common interest.
never
losing a set! Jadyn Van Santen
Crofton House did a really good job of
’19
was
named the tournament MVP,
bringing everyone together. We didn’t
just put on a sporting event. It was a while Shea Baker ’19, Sana Arora
community event, starting with the ’19 and Lianne were all named
opening banquet, which was really fun Tournament All Stars.
for everyone. ”
Describing the teamwork that made
The theme of the tournament was their winning streak possible, Lianne
movies and TV series and teams says “we really came together, almost
showed incredible spirit dressing as a family. We had all these posters
up as their favourite movie or TV that we signed that said, ‘We are going
characters for the opening banquet be a family and we’re going to work
and performing some fantastic lip- to be champions. A lot of it was about
synching musical numbers.
playing for each other, especially,
being a senior on the team I felt a lot
As Gerald Lambert, Senior School
like the younger girls really worked to
Athletics Program Coordinator says
help us win in our final year.”
“whenever Crofton House hosts a
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