STARTING IN JUNE, kids from across city will have the opportunity to come to the University of Ottawa and participate in a Gees-run sports camp. These camps, offered to kids ages 6−18, guarantee a fun learning experience. “We have two types of camps,” explained Michel Drapeau, intramural programs and camps manager. “We have general sports camps, those camps are mostly [...]
STARSTRUCK STUDENTS PILED into Montpetit Hall on March 29 to watch an annual game of basketball. Canadian artists took to the court with our very own Gee-Gee athletes to compete in the JUNO Hoops, a celebrity basketball game in support of MusiCounts. MusiCounts is a music education charity that helps keep music alive in schools across Canada. “If a school [...]
“ONCE YOU DO it, you won’t want to stop.” This phrase can often be heard from athletes competing in extreme sports, and Fannie Desforges is no different. This fourth-year hockey forward spent the weekend of March 15–18 speeding down icy hills and landing high-speed jumps in Quebec City as part of the Red Bull Crashed Ice World Championships. In the [...]
SIXTY-FOUR TEAMS, ONE winner—how could you not watch this sporting phenomenon? Every year, the top college teams from the East, Mideast, West, and South come together for a massive three-week, single-elimination tournament known as March Madness. The winner of this tournament gets a gold-plated wooden National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championship trophy and the prestige of holding the national title. [...]
ON JULY 27, millions of people will be glued to their computers and televisions to watch one of the greatest sporting events in history. That’s right—preparation is underway for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, England, and Canada has less than five months to ensure its athletes are organized and ready to compete. But what do we really know about [...]
LAST YEAR, THE Gee-Gees saw one of their own make it to the 2011 Canadian Football League (CFL) draft, chosen 29th by the Calgary Stampeders. Now two more University of Ottawa athletes have the opportunity to take that leap, having completed the 2012 CFL evaluation camp in Toronto.Fourth-year receiver Bogdan Raic and fourth-year linebacker Tyler Sawyer spent the last two [...]
MONTREAL (CUP)—A CROWD-FILLED INDIGO bookstore in Place Montréal Trust Feb. 2 to hear former Montreal Canadiens goaltender and politician Ken Dryden talk about his book, The Game, and weigh in on the concussion crisis currently rocking the hockey world. The event was put on as part of Canada Reads, a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation-run endeavour to choose and promote Canada’s best [...]
“LET’S GO, U of O!” Cheering is only one part of a sport fan’s mantra. The dedicated fan is loud, obnoxious, funny, and loves the Gee-Gees, even if they don’t quite understand the sport. You can spot them with a beer in one hand and a noise-making device in the other. They are the most popular and well-known people in [...]
Med student, national-level figure skater—Keven Boczar somehow manages to be both MONCTON (CUP)—THE CANADIAN FIGURE Skating Championships is probably one of the last places you’d expect to find a medical student. It would seem that no one could balance competitive figure skating with training to be a doctor. But Kevin Boczar does just that. Boczar is a competitive ice dancer; [...]
New sports facility gains ground WHEN STUDENTS RETURN to school after their summer break, they will find a new sports stadium sitting at Lees campus. The University of Ottawa Board of Governors has approved Sports Services’ proposal for the construction of a new facility after Frank Clair Stadium in Lansdowne was officially torn down in November. “The delivery date for [...]
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