Thomas White was the sports editor of the Fulcrum in 1955, and he wanted to share his story about the origins of a tradition that will surely make a comeback in the 2013 football season after the resurrection of Carleton University’s football program. A week after the phone call, I received a handwritten letter from Thomas in the mail (complete with an Anthony Calvillo postage stamp), sharing the following memory, written in the third person:
Last year we did the NHL All-Star game and got to perform for the fans there. That was the coolest thing ever; I felt like I could do that for the rest of my life.
Think you know your Gee-Gees sports? Think again! Tweet your answers to @Fulcrum_Sports to receive a prize!* 1. The annual football game against Carleton University—a tradition that will resume with the comeback of the Ravens football program—was called what? a. The Bubba Bowl b. The Capital Hoops Classic c. The Badger Bowl d. The …
It’s a great feeling to get this win for our program and for the guys who did so much for our program 20 years ago,” said Berhanemeskel after the game. “They did so much for this team’s culture and history.”
What better way to demonstrate your fandom than plastering it all over your beautiful face? Use face-paint sticks—conveniently available in our school colours at Dollarama—for best results.
…they fell short of the Harlequin perfection I had dreamed up.
Even though Zach Raynor has played for the Gee-Gees football team for the last four years of his life, he is now looking to pull off something that few of his friends or family expected: starting a career as the frontman in his own rock band.
For me, coming from a different country, I never felt lonely being here. I just love my team so much, and it’s amazing how we have each other.
“This is where I went to school, I understand what winning means here —for the kids, for the players, for the community, and for the alumni.”
“We just have to wait for the word from them,” said Elliott. “The last word we got was that there will be no dome this year, but we don’t know if that’s going to change or not.”
I personally am a superstitious person—I have a lot of little rituals before the games that I’ve always been doing for years. As a team, we always do the same exact stretch and play the same ball game before every game.
No longer just for the fictional world of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, Quidditch has been gaining ground as a legitimate sport in many North American universities—combining a love for Harry Potter with the competitive nature of sports.
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The best part of being a Gee-Gee is probably how supportive our school is. We’re so lucky to be attending a university that cares as much about its student-athletes as it does its other students.
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“I’ve been happy with what I have been able to achieve at the U of O,” said Owen McMorris, a fourth-year health sciences student and captain of the men’s rugby team. “But I want the new guys coming in to be able to get more from it than I did, and that means going varsity.”
Right now I’m working on perfecting my own version of Gangnam Style (stay tuned at future games for my breakout performance).
The Gees defeated the University of Cape Breton Capers 3-1 during this afternoon’s quarterfinal game.
After performing in an undefeated season and staying on top of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) rankings for over half of it, the Gee-Gees were the team to beat during the 2012 Ontario University Athletics (OUA) playoff tournament on Nov. 3 and 4.
“I thought we controlled the match,” said Woods. “Guelph played well and did good things against us and were trying some things, but we took away their favourite things.”
Three University of Ottawa players were honoured by the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) as league all-star players.
“We’ve been preparing for this since last year, so it is an amazing feeling knowing that we have a chance to go back to nationals.”
The Gees didn’t fall easily in the shootout—it took Concordia nine attempts before left-winger Veronique Laramee-Paquette got a shot past Gees goaltender Cassie Seguin.
After winning an emotional game against crosstown rivals the Carleton University Ravens on Oct. 26, the University of Ottawa men’s hockey team lost their second game of the weekend to the Université du Québec à Trois Rivières (UQTR) Patriotes 3-2.
