International athletes limited in Canadian team participation
As Canada’s population continues to rise, you can expect the number of immigrants entering the country to rise with it. A country commonly known to accept people from away as its own, Canada has become one of the world’s most prominent examples of multiculturalism. But Canada’s multiculturalism is beginning to cause a problem in Canadian [...]
Tom Coolen has coached a lot of teams in his 58 years. His career has spanned seven countries and 25 years. He’s spent thousands of hours in rinks with teenagers in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, to grizzled pros in Europe. And he knows how to win. During the 1992-93 season, he led the [...]
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Only a few months ago, the St. Thomas University men’s volleyball team didn’t exist. Suspended for a year for violating the school’s hazing policies after the death of rookie player Andrew Bartlett at a team party, the team lost many of its players. It had to rebuild from scratch. What emerged was a team made [...]
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Ed Welch carries a red book with him called A Season in Words. It has a chapter on how to communicate with your team as a coach, what to say before – and after – an important game. But sometimes, words from a book aren’t enough. After 50 years of coaching, and even with his [...]
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A million things are running through Francis Sirois’ mind when he jumps up in front of the net and prepares to smash the volleyball onto the opposing team’s side of the court. He needs to decide what he’s going to do with the ball almost instantly. He needs to see in front of him, to [...]
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The St. Thomas University women’s rugby team is making a habit out of defeating Mount Allison in the championship game. And this time, there was significantly less mud. The Tommies took home the ACAA championship banner for the second year in a row after defeating the Mounties 32-7 on Sunday. “It’s really exciting for all of the girls because we’ve [...]
Continue reading …School pulls together to organize national championships Nov. 12 will mark a day two years in the making for STU’s Cross Country team. The program, still in its infancy (the ACAA only brought Cross Country back as a sport in 2007), will host the Canadian Colleges Athletics Association National Cross-Country Championships. From the 12th to [...]
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Team core set to return and defend ACAA title On Sunday, at Loyalist Field in light rain, the women’s rugby team emphatically beat Mount Allison University 39-0 to capture the ACAA championship and remain undefeated. For head coach Sherry Doiron the win has been a long time coming. “We’ve been building this team for the [...]
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Stephanie Fauquier – The Aquinian The St. Thomas women’s volleyball team fought hard Sunday morning against Mount Saint Vincent, only to have come up a little short. The women were unable to win in five sets. Sunday’s game determined who would finish in either third or fourth place. St. Thomas is now in fourth place [...]
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Danny Carson here with this week’s On The Road. By the end of the column, you’ll understand why Matt Robertson didn’t write this one. This past Saturday the men’s basketball team traveled to P.E.I. to battle the Holland College Hurricanes. So much was on the line – the winner of the game would almost be [...]
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By Bailey White If you’d asked her four years ago, Hayley Doney wouldn’t have been able to say for sure that playing basketball for the Tommies was something she wanted to do. But after winning the ACAA championship in her fourth and final season with the Tommies, Doney was named STU’s Athlete of the Month [...]
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