SPORTS

 

 

Royals to Host Tournament

Brian McLennon, Sports Editor

 

For the first time in many years, Douglas College will
host a men’s basketball tournament in New

Westminster. The tournament begins Friday, October
14, at 6:00pm and runs until Sunday, October 16. The
round-robin format tournament will consist of BCCAA
conference rivals, Langara College Falcons from
Vancouver, Capilano College Blues from North
Vancouver, and ACAC (Alberta Colleges Athletic
Conference) powerhouse, Mount Royal Cougars.

After scrimmages against the University of British
Columbia and Trinity Western University, as well as a
game against the Royals’ Alumni, the men’s basketball
team will spend the next week preparing for their first
tournament of the year where they will see their first
CCAA-caliber opponents.

“We believe we have put together a strong tourna-
ment and we look forward to seeing how our team
stacks up against some of the best teams in the coun-
try,’ says Royals bench boss Jamie Oei.

The tournament opens on Friday, October 14, at
6:00pm with Langara facing Mount Royal, followed by
the Royals with their season home opener against

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Capilano at 8:00pm. All games are located in the gym-
nasium of the New West Campus. Douglas College stu-
dents and children under 12 can attend for free, adult
admission is $3.

In other basketball news...

The 2005-06 Royals’ roster will feature their third
International student-athlete in two years when
American, Nicholas Holman, suits up for the Royals
this weekend. Holman follows Australian import Hugh
Foster and Swedish import Mats Ericsson, who were
both part of the 2004-05 Royals team.

The Royals have added a pair of games against
NCAA Division II University of Alaska-Fairbanks. The
Royals will travel to Fairbanks, Alaska to play in the
Nanooks home opener on November 6 and 7 at the
Patty Center.

The Royals are pleased to announce that former
high school all-star Clayton Heuring will join the Royals
second semester. Heuring played high school basketball
at Maple Ridge before playing last year at UCFV.

 

Woman's Basketball
Royals’ capture Capilano tournament

Source : www.douglas.bc.ca/athletics

 

On Sunday, October 9, the Douglas College
Women’s basketball team won the Capilano
College kick-off tournament, defeating the
Malaspina Mariners 64-56 in the final. The
tournament started with a 82-27 victory
over the Camosun Chargers on Friday,
October 7, followed by a 67—56 semi-final
win over the host Capilano Blues on
Saturday, October 8.

This year’s team features an experienced
group of returning players, along with a
deep bench. In total, there are 14 players
on the roster. In any given game, any of
these 14 players could be called upon to
play key minutes. This proved to be the dif-
ference in defeating both the Blues and
Mariners on the weekend.

In both games, the Royals team fell
behind early and played catch-up ball. The
Royals took the lead and secured the victo-
ries in the final five minutes, with the depth
and experience coming through with clutch
defensive stops and key shooting, Overall,
the weekend provided all players with valu-
able playing experience, which in this early
part of the preseason will help solidify the
Royals’ quest to win a CCAA National
Championship.

The Royals travel to Calgary this week
to play in the Mount Royal Cougars tourna-
ment. This tournament features the previ-
ous three CCAA National Champions,
which should provide for some exciting
basketball.

 

Men's Soccer

Matt Telford named BCCAA Athlete of Week

Source: www.bccaa.ca

Matt Telford is in his 2nd year at Douglas College. This 5'11" Maple Ridge native has
been an inspirational player in the middle of the park and was an integral piece in last

year’s provincial championship win.

This past weekend was important in helping Douglas move closer to securing a
playoff spot. In Saturday’s game against Kwantlen, the Royals went down 2-0 but
clawed their way back to a 3—2 win. Matt started the comeback with a late goal in the

winning goal. On Sunday vs. UCFV, in a hard fought and emotional game, Douglas
once again found themselves down 1-0 early in the game. Matt brought his A game,

playing a full 90 minutes, scored the equalizer, and eventually set up the play that led

3-1.

first half. He then scored to tie the game in the second half and eventually set up the — ond-place Malaspina Mariners.

 

to a penalty shot and the game winner. Douglas would score another late goal to win

Next up for the Royals are away games vs. the first-place Capilano Blues and sec-