INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / October 16, 1991

 

 

 

 

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D.C. sports in high gear

Make a wish. Trinity Western players try to dismantle an unidentified
Douglas ball carrier, but the Royals dissected their opponents 12-4.

More Royals victories, a provincial
coaching honour, and a trip to an in-
ternational wrestling championship
highlight the last two weeks on the
busy Douglas College sports scene.

The women’s soccer team
pushed its league record to 2-1 with
a 2-1 decision over Fraser Valley Col-
lege. Nichole Seney and Jennifer
Boone scored for the Royals, who
defeated BCIT 7-0 during the pre-
vious weekend.

The Douglas College women’s
squad settled for second place at
their own Royals Invitational Vol
leyball Tournament after losing the
final 3-1 to Trinity Western Univer-
sity. The Royals defeated Medicine
Hat College 3-1 in their semifinal
and placed Donna Furlani and Staci
Martin on the tournament all-star
team.

On the links, Douglas College
captured its third-consecutive
BCCAA golf tournament at
Ledgeview and took a commanding
30-stroke lead in the league, with
only one event remaining. Neil Dod-
son fired rounds of 74-77 to pace
the Royals. A week earlier, Douglas
won the tourney at tough and
windy Rivershore in Kamloops.

In rugby, Douglas College
defeated Trinity Western 12-4, led

by Sean Madigan with two tries. A
week earlier, the Royals crushed
Kwantlen 36-0.

Off the field, Steve Beauchamp
picked up some silverware to go
with his bronze medal.

The Douglas College men’s bas-
ketball coach, who guided the
Royals to the bronze at last year’s
national collegiate championships,
was honoured as top provincial
College-University basketball coach
at the Basketball B.C. awards
banquet on September 28.

Elsewhere, Douglas College
student Walter McLean is currently
representing Canada at the 1991
Commonwealth Wrestling Cham-
pionships being held in Dunedin,
New Zealand. Prior to the Common-
wealth tournament, the Canadian
squad, coached by Douglas College
wrestling coach Dave McKay,
travelled to Tokyo to tune up
against the Japanese Olympic
team.

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