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September 24, 2003

 

Women’s
Rugby
Update 4

  

Dave Pearcy
Op Columnist

Premiere

The Douglas
women took on Nanaimo
this Saturday at Queens
Park. After struggling against
Meralomas in the first week
of play, they were looking for
a better effort this week
against the team that upset
them in last season’s playoffs.
Seventeen-year-old Jamie
Callard was called up to play
fly half for the second consec-
utive week because Jennifer
Bailey was still out with an
injury. The Douglas backs
created some good opportu-
nities in the first half, but
some crucial ball-handling
mistakes kept them off the
board until the 25 minute
mark when a bruising run by
Corinne Jacobsen near the
goal-line resulted in space for
centre Tanya Leigh to score
her first Premier Division try.
Amber Cummings convert-
ed, 7-0. Just before the break,
quick ball movement sent
winger Vickie Dhillon into
the corner for her first-ever
try at the Premier level.

The second half saw the
floodgates open, as Douglas
received tries from Stacey
Webber (2), Carly Albiston,
Cummings and Callard (on a
strong 30 metre run through
the heart of the Nanaimo
defense). Cummings added 3
more conversions to make
the final 43-0.

Douglas hopes to continue
their winning ways as they
host James Bay next Saturday,
September 20 at Queens Park
at 11:30am. This game was
originally scheduled for the
Island, but has been switched
by mutual agreement.

In second division action,
the defending champions
played their first league game
on Sunday and relied on a
strong first half performance
to best UBC by a 26-7 score.
Meggi Dobbs, Jamie Callard,
Sharon Nguyen and Candace
Barry all scored tries before
the interval. Barry had 3 con-
versions to account for all the
scoring. UBC scored the only
points of the 2nd _ half.
Douglas travels to Abbotsford
next Sunday, September 21.

CCES Address Douglas
Student Athletes

Flash Gordon
Sports Editor

Wednesday, September 17 marked the
kick off of the Douglas Athletics year. It’s
true that the many teams have been work-
ing hard and even playing games until that
night but this was also the first time all (or
most) of the athletes are in one place. The
Centre for Sport, Recreation and Wellness
took the time to address the athletes new
and old. Centre Director and Fearless
Leader, Lou Rene Legge introduced her-
self to the crowd and then the audience
stood up in groups to show off the
2003/2004 rosters. From baseball to
wrestling, Centre for Sport Webmaster
Brian McLennon snapped headshots of
individual athletes before the assembly.
<www.douglas.be.ca/csrw/athletics for the
current rosters and ugly mugs of your
favourite athletes.

The more serious matter on the table
for the assembly was the topic of drug
testing. Corey Andreychuk of Kwantlen
University College spoke on behalf of the
Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport about
the processes of drug testing, rules of con-
duct, and responsibilities of the athletes.

For new athletes to the college level, the
practice of drug testing can be alarming.

The manual provided by the CCES lists in
detail all banned and restricted substances.
For the most part the crowd listened like a
student pretends to listen in class and they
laughed when the PowerPoint presenta-
tion showed a picture of a man peeing
into a cup. Andreychuk attempted to
instill the seriousness of the matter with
her presentation. It may be hard for the
athletes to recognize how serious it is until
they are asked to pee in a cup themselves.

In January 2004, the list of banned and
restricted substances is going to be updat-
ed. The crowd reacted unfavourably to
Andreychuk announcing that marijuana
will likely be included on the list. Since
the Winter Olympic scandal that almost
lost Canada a gold medal in snowboard-
ing, it has been a grey issue. The govern-
ing body has chosen to put all substances
up to a measure of three tests. If the sub-
stance meets with two of the three tests,
then it is a banned or restricted substance.
Marijuana under their idea meets two of
the requirements. The use of marijuana
has the potential to do physical harm
(which is entirely true) and it is in conflict
with the spirit of sport. The latter variable

leaves a lot of room for dispute. It sounds
more like an attempt by the governing
body to find a backdoor to the fact that
marijuana is not a performance enhancing
substance. To say it is in conflict with the
spirit of sport is an arbitrary decision
unless there is some valid argument to
back it up. Andreychuk was not in a posi-
tion to answer this for the crowd. (More
information can be found on
<www.cces.ca>.)

After the presentation, Lou Rene Legge
took the floor again to address the depart-
ment’ financial situation or lack thereof.
Like many facets of post-secondary life
there is always need for more money to
make programs run. When put to a vote,
the crowd accepted the financial position
and Legge asked for the group to take part
in fundraising. Funds are required to
finance road trips, jerseys, and among
other things anger management training
for the coaching staffs.

After the assembly finished, the athletes
were treated to a barbecue where they
could stuff themselves full before running
off to practice. Barf.

 

 

Alumni Exhibition
Sets Scene

for Competitive
Weekend

Men’s Soccer

Flash Gordon
Sports Editor

A “bye week” means a lot of
sitting around for a team.
While the rest of the league
is playing games, you sit at
home and rest your weary
bones. Not for the men’s
soccer team. Joe Ormerod’s
boys set up a first ever exhi-
bition against the fogies of
days gone past, the alumni
of Douglas College. On
short notice, old boots were
dusted off to play a game of
football, as the Brits call the
came of soccer. The gradu-
ates were made up a motley
crew who graduated as far
back as six years ago. While
they brought a talented
group to Queens Park for
the game, they were no
match for
Royals roster.
It was a relaxing evening
for the Royals, who sent
their predecessors back into
retirement, with a lop-sided

unexpected.

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victory. Both teams played
the game in good spirit and
made it as competitive as it
can be when one team wins
five goals to one. That’s not
to say the outcome was

have been practising and
beating teams for over a
month and the alumni just
got out of their rocking
chairs on the weekend.
Ormerod says this of the
game, “very pretty goals,”
and thanked the alumni for
“doing them a favour.” The
two teams will meet again
after the soccer national’s
tournament in November.
The alumni ought to start

The next challenge ahead

is a big weekend against

September 20 and 21 on
the home field by the

Coquitlam Town Centre.

The Royals

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Cramped Closet Space?

The Students’ Union’s Pride Collective
has some wonderful solutions. The Pride
Collective meets Thursdays at 4:30 in the

Pride Resource Room (Room 328 in the
Students’ Union Building). All lesbian, gay,
bi, transgendered, allied and questioning

students are welcome.

Py ere Students’ Union

Canadian Federation of Students Local 18