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  • Sports Day was Appleby's track and field event that was introduced in May 1913 and ended in 1999. In the 1950's, a track team was established outside of Sports Day.

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          Alumni softball players
          F02-P009749 · Item · Jun. 1993
          Part of Archives Photograph Collection

          Item consists of a colour photograph of alumni softball players on the Appleby College campus. Note on verso: "Spring Alumni Softball Round-Robin - Believe it or not, these ever-growing alumni did play softball on a beautiful Saturday in June 1993. The year vs. year round-robin has great potential for the future! From left to right, Vince Valentini '88, Vince Rinaldi '88, Jamie Stuart '88, Ross Wace '88, Bill Jappy '89, Michael Still '88, Chris Funnell '88, Scott Jarrett '86, Brett Coleman '89, Jamie Nadeau '88, Michael Rickards '88 and Rob Carmichael '86." This event was described in The Appleby Quarterly (December 1993, vol. 15, no. 2).

          Annual Games Day/Sports Day
          F01-S09-SS09-FL01 · File · 1913 - 1991
          Part of Appleby College Fonds

          File consists of records pertaining to the Annual Games/ Sports Day at Appleby College. The programs also contain the awards and prizes given to during the Annual Prizegiving Ceremony, which was held after the games. These were also known as prize lists.

          File also consists of the invitations for attending the annual sports day and prizegiving ceremony. These invitations often list the guest of honour who is presenting the awards to students.

          File also consists of a field measurement log book which belonged to David "Digger Smith". There are also final scorebooks/ledger books for each of the events. In the 1980-1988 ledger book are also programmes for the years between 1982 and 1988.

          Annual Games programs
          F05-S04-FL3 · File · 1917, 1926
          Part of Wentworth Dillon Walker fonds

          File consists of two Appleby School Annual Games programmes, one for 1917 and one for 1926. They list the sports events, the prizes, the judges and the names of individuals who are presenting the prizes to the students. The 1917 programme also lists the students who are competing. Raymond Hart Massey is listed as one of the judges for the 1917 competition.

          Argus 1920 Jun
          Item · June 1920
          Part of Appleby College Fonds

          Item consists of the June 1920 Argus yearbook. It discusses a large donation for the fundraising of the Memorial Chapel on campus as well as the formation of the Appleby College Old Boys' Association (now the Alumni Association).

          F05-S04-FL5 · File · 1938-1939
          Part of Wentworth Dillon Walker fonds

          File consists of correspondence to E.B. Walker (Ewart Buchan Walker was the father of Wentworth Dillon Walker) regarding different Appleby School issues. It includes a speech given by Rev. J.A.M. Bell to the Appleby School Fathers Association entitled "What Appleby does for a Boy", a copy of the 1938 Appleby School Prospectus brochure, and the June 1922 Appleby School Prize List.

          Father's race on Sports Day
          F11-S01-PH01-0094 · Item · 1913
          Part of Alastair Walker fonds

          Item consists of a black and white photograph of the Father's Race on Sports Day. People in the photograph include Mr King, Mr. Osler, Dad [Mr. Strathy].

          Footrace on Sports Day.
          F02-AC01_2059 · Item · ca. 1949-1950
          Part of Archives Photograph Collection

          Item is a photograph of a what is believed to be Lancaster winning the 440 yards footrace open event on Sports Day with Mr. Whittington looking on in the background.

          F16-S01-PH01-0536 · Item · 1925
          Part of David Guest fonds

          Item consists of a black and white photograph depicting two young men racing towards the finish line. The caption reads, "Freddie Clarke winning the mile".

          Inter-house Sports
          F01-S09-SS09-FL02 · File · [19-]
          Part of Appleby College Fonds

          File consists of records pertaining to Inter-house sports and includes a score card between Powell's House and School House for track and field events for both junior and senior students.