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\u201cA group of eight of us got together for a community project in a leadership class,\u201d says Rollin (the other students involved are Paige Krelow-Weinberger, Kim Teichroeb, Anikka McTavish, Hannah Flahr, Carly McAndrews, Anna Walker, and Aaron Nauta). \u201cWe all noticed a community void here on Interurban campus, so we decided to try to get a drop-in night started.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rollin points out that all the students pay the same athletics fee when they register at Camosun but, depending on location, could be missing out on all that the fee pays for.<\/p>\n
Meghan Lambeth, Camosun\u2019s Recreation and Fitness coordinator, says there\u2019s a good reason for the lack of intramural sports for Interurban-bound students.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe situation was such at the Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence (PISE) that it wasn\u2019t easy to get access to the gym,\u201d says Lambeth. The combination of bus schedules and evening drop-in times made the location less than desirable, she explains.<\/p>\n
Rollin and her classmates discovered the extent of the interest in Interurban intramurals through a survey of the student body.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith surveys, we got over 280 positive responses,\u201d says Rollin. \u201cWe booked four trial dates for our pilot period, and they went really well.\u201d<\/p>\n
With their positive results in hand, the students met with Lambeth to discuss their findings.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe talked about how there was interest there,\u201d says Lambeth. \u201cI was more than happy to put a little funds towards continuing it, to see if that interest remains for a full academic year, and so far it\u2019s looking successful.\u201d<\/p>\n
Holly Dickinson, a third-year Sport and Fitness Leadership student at Interurban and a regular attendee, considers the drop-in basketball nights a success so far.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s really fun,\u201d she says. \u201cWe get a good mix of guys and girls and it\u2019s a nice medium, not playing competitively, but still having fun.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dickinson says that Rollin and her classmates were encouraged by their peers to continue the project after the completion of the assignment.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s just great,\u201d says Dickinson. \u201cThe people are great who come out; they\u2019ve got the right attitude and it\u2019s not too competitive. It\u2019s enjoyable, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n
And this kind of positive response is just what Rollin, her classmates, and Lambeth are hoping for.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf it goes well, we will incorporate it in and make it a regular part of the drop-in sports that we fund every year,\u201d explains Lambeth. \u201cI\u2019m hoping that we start seeing reasonably good numbers out there, and I\u2019m willing to run it for another year and see if that interest grows.\u201d<\/p>\n
Seven sessions are planned so far, after which an assessment can be made as to whether the drop-in night will be a permanent event at Interurban. Rollin and her classmates are hoping for the best.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe really wanted to unite the community of Camosun here through something that we enjoy doing,\u201d says Rollin. \u201cWe chose a good sport, with minimal setup and simple rules. We just want it to be a fun, social, and safe environment for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
Drop-in basketball runs every Tuesday from 8:30 to 9:30 pm at the PISE gym at Interurban.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Students at Interurban will be pleased to hear of a new drop-in sport event that Camosun\u2019s Recreation and Fitness office has added. Drop-in basketball started up in the fall as a student project and could become a permanent part of Camosun\u2019s recreation and fitness agenda. If it\u2019s successful, it will be the first drop-in sports […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,140],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus","category-february-18-2015"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10263"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10265,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10263\/revisions\/10265"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}