PACWEST basketball championships to be held at CamosunCamosun College Athletics will be hosting the 2012-13 Pacific Western Athletic Association (PACWEST) Provincial Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships from February 28 to March 2, 2013. It’s the first time that Camosun has hosted the event, which will go down on the Chargers’ home turf: the Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence (PISE) at Interurban. “This […] Continue Reading |
Chargers look forward to BC playoff berthsThings are looking up for the four main sports teams at Camosun College. The Camosun Chargers men’s and women’s volleyball and basketball teams all have a chance to make the playoffs, with two of the four teams currently holding winning records. The Chargers women’s volleyball team has put together some recent wins and is currently […] Continue Reading |
Charity event transforms regular people into boxersImagine having no combat skills and getting put into a boxing ring to duke it out. Imagine waking up every weekday morning and training at 6 am for two months straight to prepare for your big fight. That’s exactly what contenders in a local charity event called Fight 4 the Cause do. We spoke with […] Continue Reading |
MMA fights criticisms, continues to growMixed martial arts (MMA) is a combination of boxing, Muy Thai, wresting, and Brazilian Ju Jitsu with its own unique set of rules. MMA started as a competition to see which of those sports was the best, but quickly turned into its own sport entirely. But while the popularity of MMA is increasing rapidly, so […] Continue Reading |
Chargers volleyball home opener spikes for a causeHead on out to Camosun’s Interurban campus on October 12 and 13 to check out the Camosun Chargers volleyball home opener! Not only do you get to see fellow students diving and spiking, you get to feel good about it, as all proceeds go to the Canadian Cancer Society. The women’s game starts at 6 […] Continue Reading |
NHL alumni and former Flames assistant named Victoria Royals head coachFormer NHL player and Calgary Flames assistant coach Dave Lowry has been named the new head coach of the Victoria Royals, the team announced on July 19. “We are very excited to have Dave join our team,” Royals owner Graham Lee said in a press release. “Our goal for the Royals organization is to create […] Continue Reading |
Anyone for cricket? Canada’s other national sportWINDSOR (CUP) — It’s Canada’s other national sport. Cricket was given that distinction by none other than Canada’s first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, in 1867. At that time, it was quite a popular sport in the Dominion, with the first recorded game played nearly 100 years earlier, in 1785, at Ile-Ste-Helene in Montreal. […] Continue Reading |
Former New York Rangers assistant GM named new boss of Victoria RoyalsThe Victoria Royals have a new hockey mind to shape the team this year as former New York Rangers assistant general manager Cameron Hope has been hired to replace the outgoing Marc Habscheid. Hope, who spent seven years with the Rangers, is a resident of Edmonton, AB and grew up watching the Gretzky-era Oilers. He […] Continue Reading |
Victoria Royals thrilled about NHL draft selectionsTwo current Victoria Royals players recently saw their dream to someday play in the National Hockey League (NHL) come a little closer to fruition at the annual league draft in Pittsburgh on June 23. Royals forwards Steven Hodges and Logan Nelson were the first two players for the new Victoria franchise to be selected by […] Continue Reading |
Victoria Royals director honoured by CamosunCamosun College recently honoured an employer who’s no stranger to mentoring co-op students in the industry of sport. Victoria Royals director of hockey operations and communications Jeff Harris has been named co-op employer of the year by the college’s Centre for Sport and Exercise Education. “I’m surprised,” says Harris of the award. “You don’t […] Continue Reading |
