ATHLETICS: 2025/26

20 June 2026Blake Gage, Director of Athletics

It has been an action-packed year for Brentwood Athletics. In addition to strong competitive team results, we were also able to offer an outstanding breadth of recreational programs that continued to provide our students with wonderful experiences. Our climbers engaged in inter-school competitions for the third consecutive year and also took to the outdoors with a trip to Squamish. Jiu-Jitsu students took their skills into local competitions, and programs like SCUBA, Squash, Fitness Performance, Dance, and Yoga continued to thrive.  Our Outdoor Pursuits members were again fortunate to be part of a program that takes students to pristine places of which the rest of us can only dream. And our Cross-Country runners ran all over Vancouver Island—with some of our top runners competing in Island and Provincial meets.

On the competitive side, we once again hosted a vast array of invitational tournaments, in addition to hosting three Island Championships—including our first-ever Island golf championship. For many of our teams, it was a year of adjustment as they got used to competing in higher tiers. Tennis saw the sport move to just one tier, so we found ourselves battling all the big schools in the province. Volleyball made the move up to 3A due to our increased girls population, and both boys rugby and boys basketball were moved up by BC School Sports due to the success they had achieved at the 2A Provincials over the last 6 years. It was definitely a more competitive landscape for all these teams, but they performed well and, in some cases, were still able to garner success at both the Island and Provincial championships. I will list some highlights below, but I would suggest that one of the biggest surprises of the year was our Senior Girls Soccer team. The team had only three Grade 12 players, and expectations were low, but this young group just kept finding ways to win games—winning Bronze at the North Island Championship and finishing 4th overall at Islands. 

One of the big reasons behind our successful teams and programs is the talented, caring, and committed coaching staff. Sadly for us, Ms. Tiara Hobbs, our Head of Tennis, will be moving to Calgary in the summer. Tiara has been leading our program for the past five years and has done an outstanding job. The good news is Mr. Conrad Alscher, who has been working alongside Ms. Hobbs for the last few years, will be taking over the reins, and we are excited for him to build upon Tiara’s legacy.

Competitive team highlights this year included:

• Senior Girls Field Hockey win Bronze at the Island Championship and finish 9th at Provincials

• Senior Girls Volleyball finish 5th at 3A Islands

• Senior Boys Soccer win Gold at Islands and finish 6th at Provincials

• Senior Ice Hockey win an overtime thriller in the Showcase event with Shawnigan Lake School

• Junior Boys Basketball win Gold at Islands (second time ever) and finish 8th at Provincials (2nd best finish ever)

• Senior Boys Basketball win Bronze at Islands and finish 5th at 3A Provincials 

• Junior Girls Basketball win the Mid-Island League and finish 7th at Islands

• Golf finish 4th on the Island 

• Boys Tennis win Gold at Islands and finish 6th at Provincials

• Girls Tennis win Silver at Islands and finish 8th at Provincials

• Rowing brought home an impressive 11 total medals from the CSSRA National Championships in St. Catharines, Ontario:

5 Gold

Senior Women’s 8+

Senior Women’s 4+

Senior Men’s 2-

Novice Men’s 8+

Novice Men’s 4X+

2 Silver

Junior Women’s 8+

Senior Women’s 2-

4 Bronze

Senior Men’s 8+

Junior Girls 4+

Junior Boys 4+

Novice Girls 8+