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Aipril 7, 2004
An Awards Banquet to
Remember...Or Not
Flash Gordon
Sports Editor
More than anything, I was surprised
to receive an invitation from Judy
Weiss in the athletics’ office. Not
that I did anything to fall out of
favour with the athletics depart-
ment, I just wondered where I
would sit. I’m not one of the athletes
and I imagined the coaches and
players would sit at reserved tables.
I'm not part of the administration,
so I envisioned being cast off to a
corner somewhere. That wasn't the
case. Instead, my sweet ass was seat-
ed at one of the VIP tables among
the dignitaries of sorts.
Right next to me was Dave
Seaweed, First Nations Liaison at
the college and coincidentally the
master of ceremonies for the awards
banquet. Lucky Flash, you might
say to me. Easy to see, Seaweed was
nervous about the honour of his
position for the evening. He said to
me at one point, “If you write nice
things about me, I’ll see that you eat
first.” Then he realized we were sit-
ting at the same table amongst the
VIPs and that we would be eating
first anyway.
Dinner was culminated with the
keynote speaker Marni Abbott, a
Canadian Wheelchair Athlete. She
shared her inspirational story of her
skiing accident and the recovery she
endured that led to her success as a
representative of her country. I saw
more than a. few eyes get weepy
including that of the speaker as she
remembered the first gold medal she
won as a member of a Canadian
team. Even the hearty Flash Gordon
felt a twinge of emotion during her
speech. We should all ascribe to her
philosophy of maintaining a positive
mental attitude in life.
The awards followed and were
narrated by Dave Seaweed who
added in a few words of wisdom and
bad jokes along the way. The awards
went as follows:
Badminton:
Sarah Davis,
Most Improved Player
Robyn Shevchenko,
Most Determined Player
Amanda Hung,
Fair Play Award
Jason Chen,
Rookie of the Year
Oky Theodorus,
Most Valuable Player
Baseball:
Mike Pierce, Paul Daniel, Tyler
Marples, and Tyler Willson
Women’s Basketball:
Rachel Andrews,
Most Improved Player
Bridget O’Brien,
Rookie of the Year
Anna Rowinska,
Most Valuable Player
Men’s Basketball:
Geoff (Rudy) Lenahan,
Most Inspirational Player
Cody Berg,
Rookie of the Year
Nick Hope,
Most Valuable Player
Wheelchair Basketball:
Marni Abbott, Arley McNeney,
Jennifer Krempien, MJ Boudreault,
Shira Golden, Kei Futatsugi. Kevin
Hall, Ken Hall, Erik Hagreen, Brian
McLennon, Ross MacDonald, and
Richard Peter
Golf:
Ron Dorland,
Most Valuable Player
Women’s Rugby:
Jodie Lush,
Most Improved Player
Michelle Monchamp,
Outstanding Forward
Tanya Leigh,
Outstanding Back
Men’s Rugby:
Brian Fish,
Most Improved Player
Greg Doucette,
Outstanding Forward
Stan Ngalu,
Oustanding Back
Women’s Soccer:
Kelsey Lyster,
Most Inspirational Player
Kat Tesar,
Team Player
Katie Nelson,
Rookie of the Year
Hilda Simon,
Co-Most Valuable Player
Bronwyn Reelie,
Co- Most Valuable Player
Women’s Volleyball:
Jennifer Gerwing,
Most Improved Player
Kristy Alblas,
Rookie of the Year
Men's Volleyball:
Richard Forbes,
Most Improved Player
Mike Groff,
Best All Around Player
Amanda Gerhart, Raj Virdi, Jesse
Arnett, and Paul Sahota
All of the team awards were fol-
lowed by the froo froo scholarships
presented by the important people
of Douglas College. There were
some very deserving recipients of the
awards but by this point in the
evening, Flash was very very bored.
Dave Seaweed’s collection of bad
jokes just wasn't keeping me awake
so I had to come up with some spe-
cial awards of my own to be award-
ed ata later date...or not at all. They
went something like this:
Drunkest table:
The men’s volleyball team
Hottest table:
The women’s volleyball team
Guy whose feet were the most tired
from going up to receive awards:
Brad Davis
Girl who will have the most diffi-
culty bringing home all the bling-
bling:
Amanda Gerhart
Hardest speech to understand:
Joe Ormerod,
Head Coach Men’s Soccer
Guy who looked like he had arrived
from a bachelor party:
Cody Berg
Pimpinest outfit:
Donald Burton or Nick Hope
(Either one looked like the should
have been in a streetball video)
Worst Joke:
The badminton crew
Biggest cheerleaders:
The women’s soccer team
Weirdest Drunk Guy:
Richard Forbes of the men’s volley-
ball team
SFU Sings the Consolation Blues
Women’s Rugby
Dave Pearcey
CSRW
ee
Douglas 36 SFU 24
How the mighty have fallen. In
November these two teams
were undefeated and faced each
other in a league game to decide
first place. Now Douglas moves
on to play for fifth place in the
post-season tournament for the
second year in a row, while SFU
is relegated to the seventh place
match,
Even though this was a con-
solation round match-up, both
teams have been long-time
rivals and combined to produce
a very entertaining game of
rugby. Douglas struck first as
Corinne Jacobsen scored near
the corner flag after SFU was
penalized at the five metre
mark. SFU fullback Tina Carey
equalized as Douglas fullback
Kelly Kitamura went for an
interception and missed, allow-
ing Carey a clear 15 metre run
to score. Tara Kay converted
and a try by fleet-footed Jenny
Harvey gave SFU the lead
5-12. Winger Carly Albiston
made a great pass out of a tack-
le to set up flanker Michelle
McDonald for a score. The
conversion by Kirstie Smith
tied the score at the half.
The second half did not start
well for Douglas, as a loss of
possession right from the open-
ing kick-off led to an overlap
and Harvey took advantage,
sprinting 40 metres to give SFU
the lead again. Douglas fought
back and drove deep into their
opponent’s end, only to lose
possession again within metres
of the line. SFU spun the ball
out quickly and caught the
Douglas backs out of align-
ment. Harvey ran 90 metres for
her third and easiest score of the
day as nary a hand was laid on
her. The conversion by Kay saw
SFU up by 12-24.
Douglas was now up against
a wall, behind by 12 points and
losing wingers Amber
Cummings and Vickie Dhillon
to injury in the first ten min-
utes. To their credit, they didn’t
quit. In fact, the team came on
and totally took control of the
game from the Clan. The for-
wards and backs ran hard and
retained possession down the
field until centre Stacey Webber
found a gap and dove in for the
try (17-24).
Solid defense kept SFU
penned up in their end and
after taking possession, a series
of phases led to a penalty
awarded at the five-metre line.
Jacobsen carried three defenders
backwards to score. Smith
added the conversion from a
difficult angle to tie the score.
SFU could not stem the tide.
Douglas battled for and won
possession again. This time
Jennifer Fletcher scored under
the posts and Smith brought
the score to 31-24. Tanya Leigh
scored her 12th try of the sea-
son on the final whistle to seal
the victory.
Second Division:
Abbotsford 12 Douglas 5
The second division semi-final
went to Abbotsford in a tightly
contested affair. Douglas scored
first when Laura Heer snatched
up a dropped pass and out-
raced several defenders on a 50
metre scoring run. Abbotsford
countered just before the half
off a line-out and a well execut-
ed play that saw their backside
winger take a pass and break
through the heart of the
Douglas defense. The conver-
sion gave them a 7-5 lead.
Abbotsford — consolidated
their lead when the Douglas
players allowed the second
half kick-off to roll almost
right to their goal-line.
Now against the wind, the
visitors could not make
any ground and
Abbotsford took over
Possession. Despite
some strong defense, the
home side found room
to score their second try
and leave Douglas seven
points behind.
Hard work by
scrumhalf Rikkilee Jones
and #8 Maggie Dobbs saw
Douglas make some long
breaks downfield, but too
many of these opportunites
were lost when the ball could
not be retained in contact.
Douglas had their best oppor-
tunity to score as the game
wound down, but time ran out
as the ball was taken out of
bounds within 15 metres of the
Abby tryline.
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© Sports
the other press e flashGordon e dcsportseditor@yahoo.ca
Aipril 7, 2004
An Awards Banquet to
Remember...Or Not
Flash Gordon
Sports Editor
More than anything, I was surprised
to receive an invitation from Judy
Weiss in the athletics’ office. Not
that I did anything to fall out of
favour with the athletics depart-
ment, I just wondered where I
would sit. I’m not one of the athletes
and I imagined the coaches and
players would sit at reserved tables.
I'm not part of the administration,
so I envisioned being cast off to a
corner somewhere. That wasn't the
case. Instead, my sweet ass was seat-
ed at one of the VIP tables among
the dignitaries of sorts.
Right next to me was Dave
Seaweed, First Nations Liaison at
the college and coincidentally the
master of ceremonies for the awards
banquet. Lucky Flash, you might
say to me. Easy to see, Seaweed was
nervous about the honour of his
position for the evening. He said to
me at one point, “If you write nice
things about me, I’ll see that you eat
first.” Then he realized we were sit-
ting at the same table amongst the
VIPs and that we would be eating
first anyway.
Dinner was culminated with the
keynote speaker Marni Abbott, a
Canadian Wheelchair Athlete. She
shared her inspirational story of her
skiing accident and the recovery she
endured that led to her success as a
representative of her country. I saw
more than a. few eyes get weepy
including that of the speaker as she
remembered the first gold medal she
won as a member of a Canadian
team. Even the hearty Flash Gordon
felt a twinge of emotion during her
speech. We should all ascribe to her
philosophy of maintaining a positive
mental attitude in life.
The awards followed and were
narrated by Dave Seaweed who
added in a few words of wisdom and
bad jokes along the way. The awards
went as follows:
Badminton:
Sarah Davis,
Most Improved Player
Robyn Shevchenko,
Most Determined Player
Amanda Hung,
Fair Play Award
Jason Chen,
Rookie of the Year
Oky Theodorus,
Most Valuable Player
Baseball:
Mike Pierce, Paul Daniel, Tyler
Marples, and Tyler Willson
Women’s Basketball:
Rachel Andrews,
Most Improved Player
Bridget O’Brien,
Rookie of the Year
Anna Rowinska,
Most Valuable Player
Men’s Basketball:
Geoff (Rudy) Lenahan,
Most Inspirational Player
Cody Berg,
Rookie of the Year
Nick Hope,
Most Valuable Player
Wheelchair Basketball:
Marni Abbott, Arley McNeney,
Jennifer Krempien, MJ Boudreault,
Shira Golden, Kei Futatsugi. Kevin
Hall, Ken Hall, Erik Hagreen, Brian
McLennon, Ross MacDonald, and
Richard Peter
Golf:
Ron Dorland,
Most Valuable Player
Women’s Rugby:
Jodie Lush,
Most Improved Player
Michelle Monchamp,
Outstanding Forward
Tanya Leigh,
Outstanding Back
Men’s Rugby:
Brian Fish,
Most Improved Player
Greg Doucette,
Outstanding Forward
Stan Ngalu,
Oustanding Back
Women’s Soccer:
Kelsey Lyster,
Most Inspirational Player
Kat Tesar,
Team Player
Katie Nelson,
Rookie of the Year
Hilda Simon,
Co-Most Valuable Player
Bronwyn Reelie,
Co- Most Valuable Player
Women’s Volleyball:
Jennifer Gerwing,
Most Improved Player
Kristy Alblas,
Rookie of the Year
Men's Volleyball:
Richard Forbes,
Most Improved Player
Mike Groff,
Best All Around Player
Amanda Gerhart, Raj Virdi, Jesse
Arnett, and Paul Sahota
All of the team awards were fol-
lowed by the froo froo scholarships
presented by the important people
of Douglas College. There were
some very deserving recipients of the
awards but by this point in the
evening, Flash was very very bored.
Dave Seaweed’s collection of bad
jokes just wasn't keeping me awake
so I had to come up with some spe-
cial awards of my own to be award-
ed ata later date...or not at all. They
went something like this:
Drunkest table:
The men’s volleyball team
Hottest table:
The women’s volleyball team
Guy whose feet were the most tired
from going up to receive awards:
Brad Davis
Girl who will have the most diffi-
culty bringing home all the bling-
bling:
Amanda Gerhart
Hardest speech to understand:
Joe Ormerod,
Head Coach Men’s Soccer
Guy who looked like he had arrived
from a bachelor party:
Cody Berg
Pimpinest outfit:
Donald Burton or Nick Hope
(Either one looked like the should
have been in a streetball video)
Worst Joke:
The badminton crew
Biggest cheerleaders:
The women’s soccer team
Weirdest Drunk Guy:
Richard Forbes of the men’s volley-
ball team
SFU Sings the Consolation Blues
Women’s Rugby
Dave Pearcey
CSRW
ee
Douglas 36 SFU 24
How the mighty have fallen. In
November these two teams
were undefeated and faced each
other in a league game to decide
first place. Now Douglas moves
on to play for fifth place in the
post-season tournament for the
second year in a row, while SFU
is relegated to the seventh place
match,
Even though this was a con-
solation round match-up, both
teams have been long-time
rivals and combined to produce
a very entertaining game of
rugby. Douglas struck first as
Corinne Jacobsen scored near
the corner flag after SFU was
penalized at the five metre
mark. SFU fullback Tina Carey
equalized as Douglas fullback
Kelly Kitamura went for an
interception and missed, allow-
ing Carey a clear 15 metre run
to score. Tara Kay converted
and a try by fleet-footed Jenny
Harvey gave SFU the lead
5-12. Winger Carly Albiston
made a great pass out of a tack-
le to set up flanker Michelle
McDonald for a score. The
conversion by Kirstie Smith
tied the score at the half.
The second half did not start
well for Douglas, as a loss of
possession right from the open-
ing kick-off led to an overlap
and Harvey took advantage,
sprinting 40 metres to give SFU
the lead again. Douglas fought
back and drove deep into their
opponent’s end, only to lose
possession again within metres
of the line. SFU spun the ball
out quickly and caught the
Douglas backs out of align-
ment. Harvey ran 90 metres for
her third and easiest score of the
day as nary a hand was laid on
her. The conversion by Kay saw
SFU up by 12-24.
Douglas was now up against
a wall, behind by 12 points and
losing wingers Amber
Cummings and Vickie Dhillon
to injury in the first ten min-
utes. To their credit, they didn’t
quit. In fact, the team came on
and totally took control of the
game from the Clan. The for-
wards and backs ran hard and
retained possession down the
field until centre Stacey Webber
found a gap and dove in for the
try (17-24).
Solid defense kept SFU
penned up in their end and
after taking possession, a series
of phases led to a penalty
awarded at the five-metre line.
Jacobsen carried three defenders
backwards to score. Smith
added the conversion from a
difficult angle to tie the score.
SFU could not stem the tide.
Douglas battled for and won
possession again. This time
Jennifer Fletcher scored under
the posts and Smith brought
the score to 31-24. Tanya Leigh
scored her 12th try of the sea-
son on the final whistle to seal
the victory.
Second Division:
Abbotsford 12 Douglas 5
The second division semi-final
went to Abbotsford in a tightly
contested affair. Douglas scored
first when Laura Heer snatched
up a dropped pass and out-
raced several defenders on a 50
metre scoring run. Abbotsford
countered just before the half
off a line-out and a well execut-
ed play that saw their backside
winger take a pass and break
through the heart of the
Douglas defense. The conver-
sion gave them a 7-5 lead.
Abbotsford — consolidated
their lead when the Douglas
players allowed the second
half kick-off to roll almost
right to their goal-line.
Now against the wind, the
visitors could not make
any ground and
Abbotsford took over
Possession. Despite
some strong defense, the
home side found room
to score their second try
and leave Douglas seven
points behind.
Hard work by
scrumhalf Rikkilee Jones
and #8 Maggie Dobbs saw
Douglas make some long
breaks downfield, but too
many of these opportunites
were lost when the ball could
not be retained in contact.
Douglas had their best oppor-
tunity to score as the game
wound down, but time ran out
as the ball was taken out of
bounds within 15 metres of the
Abby tryline.
http://www.otherpress.ca
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© Sports
the other press e flashGordon e dcsportseditor@yahoo.ca
Aipril 7, 2004
An Awards Banquet to
Remember...Or Not
Flash Gordon
Sports Editor
More than anything, I was surprised
to receive an invitation from Judy
Weiss in the athletics’ office. Not
that I did anything to fall out of
favour with the athletics depart-
ment, I just wondered where I
would sit. I’m not one of the athletes
and I imagined the coaches and
players would sit at reserved tables.
I'm not part of the administration,
so I envisioned being cast off to a
corner somewhere. That wasn't the
case. Instead, my sweet ass was seat-
ed at one of the VIP tables among
the dignitaries of sorts.
Right next to me was Dave
Seaweed, First Nations Liaison at
the college and coincidentally the
master of ceremonies for the awards
banquet. Lucky Flash, you might
say to me. Easy to see, Seaweed was
nervous about the honour of his
position for the evening. He said to
me at one point, “If you write nice
things about me, I’ll see that you eat
first.” Then he realized we were sit-
ting at the same table amongst the
VIPs and that we would be eating
first anyway.
Dinner was culminated with the
keynote speaker Marni Abbott, a
Canadian Wheelchair Athlete. She
shared her inspirational story of her
skiing accident and the recovery she
endured that led to her success as a
representative of her country. I saw
more than a. few eyes get weepy
including that of the speaker as she
remembered the first gold medal she
won as a member of a Canadian
team. Even the hearty Flash Gordon
felt a twinge of emotion during her
speech. We should all ascribe to her
philosophy of maintaining a positive
mental attitude in life.
The awards followed and were
narrated by Dave Seaweed who
added in a few words of wisdom and
bad jokes along the way. The awards
went as follows:
Badminton:
Sarah Davis,
Most Improved Player
Robyn Shevchenko,
Most Determined Player
Amanda Hung,
Fair Play Award
Jason Chen,
Rookie of the Year
Oky Theodorus,
Most Valuable Player
Baseball:
Mike Pierce, Paul Daniel, Tyler
Marples, and Tyler Willson
Women’s Basketball:
Rachel Andrews,
Most Improved Player
Bridget O’Brien,
Rookie of the Year
Anna Rowinska,
Most Valuable Player
Men’s Basketball:
Geoff (Rudy) Lenahan,
Most Inspirational Player
Cody Berg,
Rookie of the Year
Nick Hope,
Most Valuable Player
Wheelchair Basketball:
Marni Abbott, Arley McNeney,
Jennifer Krempien, MJ Boudreault,
Shira Golden, Kei Futatsugi. Kevin
Hall, Ken Hall, Erik Hagreen, Brian
McLennon, Ross MacDonald, and
Richard Peter
Golf:
Ron Dorland,
Most Valuable Player
Women’s Rugby:
Jodie Lush,
Most Improved Player
Michelle Monchamp,
Outstanding Forward
Tanya Leigh,
Outstanding Back
Men’s Rugby:
Brian Fish,
Most Improved Player
Greg Doucette,
Outstanding Forward
Stan Ngalu,
Oustanding Back
Women’s Soccer:
Kelsey Lyster,
Most Inspirational Player
Kat Tesar,
Team Player
Katie Nelson,
Rookie of the Year
Hilda Simon,
Co-Most Valuable Player
Bronwyn Reelie,
Co- Most Valuable Player
Women’s Volleyball:
Jennifer Gerwing,
Most Improved Player
Kristy Alblas,
Rookie of the Year
Men's Volleyball:
Richard Forbes,
Most Improved Player
Mike Groff,
Best All Around Player
Amanda Gerhart, Raj Virdi, Jesse
Arnett, and Paul Sahota
All of the team awards were fol-
lowed by the froo froo scholarships
presented by the important people
of Douglas College. There were
some very deserving recipients of the
awards but by this point in the
evening, Flash was very very bored.
Dave Seaweed’s collection of bad
jokes just wasn't keeping me awake
so I had to come up with some spe-
cial awards of my own to be award-
ed ata later date...or not at all. They
went something like this:
Drunkest table:
The men’s volleyball team
Hottest table:
The women’s volleyball team
Guy whose feet were the most tired
from going up to receive awards:
Brad Davis
Girl who will have the most diffi-
culty bringing home all the bling-
bling:
Amanda Gerhart
Hardest speech to understand:
Joe Ormerod,
Head Coach Men’s Soccer
Guy who looked like he had arrived
from a bachelor party:
Cody Berg
Pimpinest outfit:
Donald Burton or Nick Hope
(Either one looked like the should
have been in a streetball video)
Worst Joke:
The badminton crew
Biggest cheerleaders:
The women’s soccer team
Weirdest Drunk Guy:
Richard Forbes of the men’s volley-
ball team
SFU Sings the Consolation Blues
Women’s Rugby
Dave Pearcey
CSRW
ee
Douglas 36 SFU 24
How the mighty have fallen. In
November these two teams
were undefeated and faced each
other in a league game to decide
first place. Now Douglas moves
on to play for fifth place in the
post-season tournament for the
second year in a row, while SFU
is relegated to the seventh place
match,
Even though this was a con-
solation round match-up, both
teams have been long-time
rivals and combined to produce
a very entertaining game of
rugby. Douglas struck first as
Corinne Jacobsen scored near
the corner flag after SFU was
penalized at the five metre
mark. SFU fullback Tina Carey
equalized as Douglas fullback
Kelly Kitamura went for an
interception and missed, allow-
ing Carey a clear 15 metre run
to score. Tara Kay converted
and a try by fleet-footed Jenny
Harvey gave SFU the lead
5-12. Winger Carly Albiston
made a great pass out of a tack-
le to set up flanker Michelle
McDonald for a score. The
conversion by Kirstie Smith
tied the score at the half.
The second half did not start
well for Douglas, as a loss of
possession right from the open-
ing kick-off led to an overlap
and Harvey took advantage,
sprinting 40 metres to give SFU
the lead again. Douglas fought
back and drove deep into their
opponent’s end, only to lose
possession again within metres
of the line. SFU spun the ball
out quickly and caught the
Douglas backs out of align-
ment. Harvey ran 90 metres for
her third and easiest score of the
day as nary a hand was laid on
her. The conversion by Kay saw
SFU up by 12-24.
Douglas was now up against
a wall, behind by 12 points and
losing wingers Amber
Cummings and Vickie Dhillon
to injury in the first ten min-
utes. To their credit, they didn’t
quit. In fact, the team came on
and totally took control of the
game from the Clan. The for-
wards and backs ran hard and
retained possession down the
field until centre Stacey Webber
found a gap and dove in for the
try (17-24).
Solid defense kept SFU
penned up in their end and
after taking possession, a series
of phases led to a penalty
awarded at the five-metre line.
Jacobsen carried three defenders
backwards to score. Smith
added the conversion from a
difficult angle to tie the score.
SFU could not stem the tide.
Douglas battled for and won
possession again. This time
Jennifer Fletcher scored under
the posts and Smith brought
the score to 31-24. Tanya Leigh
scored her 12th try of the sea-
son on the final whistle to seal
the victory.
Second Division:
Abbotsford 12 Douglas 5
The second division semi-final
went to Abbotsford in a tightly
contested affair. Douglas scored
first when Laura Heer snatched
up a dropped pass and out-
raced several defenders on a 50
metre scoring run. Abbotsford
countered just before the half
off a line-out and a well execut-
ed play that saw their backside
winger take a pass and break
through the heart of the
Douglas defense. The conver-
sion gave them a 7-5 lead.
Abbotsford — consolidated
their lead when the Douglas
players allowed the second
half kick-off to roll almost
right to their goal-line.
Now against the wind, the
visitors could not make
any ground and
Abbotsford took over
Possession. Despite
some strong defense, the
home side found room
to score their second try
and leave Douglas seven
points behind.
Hard work by
scrumhalf Rikkilee Jones
and #8 Maggie Dobbs saw
Douglas make some long
breaks downfield, but too
many of these opportunites
were lost when the ball could
not be retained in contact.
Douglas had their best oppor-
tunity to score as the game
wound down, but time ran out
as the ball was taken out of
bounds within 15 metres of the
Abby tryline.
http://www.otherpress.ca
Page 21
© Sports
the other press e flashGordon e dcsportseditor@yahoo.ca
Aipril 7, 2004
An Awards Banquet to
Remember...Or Not
Flash Gordon
Sports Editor
More than anything, I was surprised
to receive an invitation from Judy
Weiss in the athletics’ office. Not
that I did anything to fall out of
favour with the athletics depart-
ment, I just wondered where I
would sit. I’m not one of the athletes
and I imagined the coaches and
players would sit at reserved tables.
I'm not part of the administration,
so I envisioned being cast off to a
corner somewhere. That wasn't the
case. Instead, my sweet ass was seat-
ed at one of the VIP tables among
the dignitaries of sorts.
Right next to me was Dave
Seaweed, First Nations Liaison at
the college and coincidentally the
master of ceremonies for the awards
banquet. Lucky Flash, you might
say to me. Easy to see, Seaweed was
nervous about the honour of his
position for the evening. He said to
me at one point, “If you write nice
things about me, I’ll see that you eat
first.” Then he realized we were sit-
ting at the same table amongst the
VIPs and that we would be eating
first anyway.
Dinner was culminated with the
keynote speaker Marni Abbott, a
Canadian Wheelchair Athlete. She
shared her inspirational story of her
skiing accident and the recovery she
endured that led to her success as a
representative of her country. I saw
more than a. few eyes get weepy
including that of the speaker as she
remembered the first gold medal she
won as a member of a Canadian
team. Even the hearty Flash Gordon
felt a twinge of emotion during her
speech. We should all ascribe to her
philosophy of maintaining a positive
mental attitude in life.
The awards followed and were
narrated by Dave Seaweed who
added in a few words of wisdom and
bad jokes along the way. The awards
went as follows:
Badminton:
Sarah Davis,
Most Improved Player
Robyn Shevchenko,
Most Determined Player
Amanda Hung,
Fair Play Award
Jason Chen,
Rookie of the Year
Oky Theodorus,
Most Valuable Player
Baseball:
Mike Pierce, Paul Daniel, Tyler
Marples, and Tyler Willson
Women’s Basketball:
Rachel Andrews,
Most Improved Player
Bridget O’Brien,
Rookie of the Year
Anna Rowinska,
Most Valuable Player
Men’s Basketball:
Geoff (Rudy) Lenahan,
Most Inspirational Player
Cody Berg,
Rookie of the Year
Nick Hope,
Most Valuable Player
Wheelchair Basketball:
Marni Abbott, Arley McNeney,
Jennifer Krempien, MJ Boudreault,
Shira Golden, Kei Futatsugi. Kevin
Hall, Ken Hall, Erik Hagreen, Brian
McLennon, Ross MacDonald, and
Richard Peter
Golf:
Ron Dorland,
Most Valuable Player
Women’s Rugby:
Jodie Lush,
Most Improved Player
Michelle Monchamp,
Outstanding Forward
Tanya Leigh,
Outstanding Back
Men’s Rugby:
Brian Fish,
Most Improved Player
Greg Doucette,
Outstanding Forward
Stan Ngalu,
Oustanding Back
Women’s Soccer:
Kelsey Lyster,
Most Inspirational Player
Kat Tesar,
Team Player
Katie Nelson,
Rookie of the Year
Hilda Simon,
Co-Most Valuable Player
Bronwyn Reelie,
Co- Most Valuable Player
Women’s Volleyball:
Jennifer Gerwing,
Most Improved Player
Kristy Alblas,
Rookie of the Year
Men's Volleyball:
Richard Forbes,
Most Improved Player
Mike Groff,
Best All Around Player
Amanda Gerhart, Raj Virdi, Jesse
Arnett, and Paul Sahota
All of the team awards were fol-
lowed by the froo froo scholarships
presented by the important people
of Douglas College. There were
some very deserving recipients of the
awards but by this point in the
evening, Flash was very very bored.
Dave Seaweed’s collection of bad
jokes just wasn't keeping me awake
so I had to come up with some spe-
cial awards of my own to be award-
ed ata later date...or not at all. They
went something like this:
Drunkest table:
The men’s volleyball team
Hottest table:
The women’s volleyball team
Guy whose feet were the most tired
from going up to receive awards:
Brad Davis
Girl who will have the most diffi-
culty bringing home all the bling-
bling:
Amanda Gerhart
Hardest speech to understand:
Joe Ormerod,
Head Coach Men’s Soccer
Guy who looked like he had arrived
from a bachelor party:
Cody Berg
Pimpinest outfit:
Donald Burton or Nick Hope
(Either one looked like the should
have been in a streetball video)
Worst Joke:
The badminton crew
Biggest cheerleaders:
The women’s soccer team
Weirdest Drunk Guy:
Richard Forbes of the men’s volley-
ball team
SFU Sings the Consolation Blues
Women’s Rugby
Dave Pearcey
CSRW
ee
Douglas 36 SFU 24
How the mighty have fallen. In
November these two teams
were undefeated and faced each
other in a league game to decide
first place. Now Douglas moves
on to play for fifth place in the
post-season tournament for the
second year in a row, while SFU
is relegated to the seventh place
match,
Even though this was a con-
solation round match-up, both
teams have been long-time
rivals and combined to produce
a very entertaining game of
rugby. Douglas struck first as
Corinne Jacobsen scored near
the corner flag after SFU was
penalized at the five metre
mark. SFU fullback Tina Carey
equalized as Douglas fullback
Kelly Kitamura went for an
interception and missed, allow-
ing Carey a clear 15 metre run
to score. Tara Kay converted
and a try by fleet-footed Jenny
Harvey gave SFU the lead
5-12. Winger Carly Albiston
made a great pass out of a tack-
le to set up flanker Michelle
McDonald for a score. The
conversion by Kirstie Smith
tied the score at the half.
The second half did not start
well for Douglas, as a loss of
possession right from the open-
ing kick-off led to an overlap
and Harvey took advantage,
sprinting 40 metres to give SFU
the lead again. Douglas fought
back and drove deep into their
opponent’s end, only to lose
possession again within metres
of the line. SFU spun the ball
out quickly and caught the
Douglas backs out of align-
ment. Harvey ran 90 metres for
her third and easiest score of the
day as nary a hand was laid on
her. The conversion by Kay saw
SFU up by 12-24.
Douglas was now up against
a wall, behind by 12 points and
losing wingers Amber
Cummings and Vickie Dhillon
to injury in the first ten min-
utes. To their credit, they didn’t
quit. In fact, the team came on
and totally took control of the
game from the Clan. The for-
wards and backs ran hard and
retained possession down the
field until centre Stacey Webber
found a gap and dove in for the
try (17-24).
Solid defense kept SFU
penned up in their end and
after taking possession, a series
of phases led to a penalty
awarded at the five-metre line.
Jacobsen carried three defenders
backwards to score. Smith
added the conversion from a
difficult angle to tie the score.
SFU could not stem the tide.
Douglas battled for and won
possession again. This time
Jennifer Fletcher scored under
the posts and Smith brought
the score to 31-24. Tanya Leigh
scored her 12th try of the sea-
son on the final whistle to seal
the victory.
Second Division:
Abbotsford 12 Douglas 5
The second division semi-final
went to Abbotsford in a tightly
contested affair. Douglas scored
first when Laura Heer snatched
up a dropped pass and out-
raced several defenders on a 50
metre scoring run. Abbotsford
countered just before the half
off a line-out and a well execut-
ed play that saw their backside
winger take a pass and break
through the heart of the
Douglas defense. The conver-
sion gave them a 7-5 lead.
Abbotsford — consolidated
their lead when the Douglas
players allowed the second
half kick-off to roll almost
right to their goal-line.
Now against the wind, the
visitors could not make
any ground and
Abbotsford took over
Possession. Despite
some strong defense, the
home side found room
to score their second try
and leave Douglas seven
points behind.
Hard work by
scrumhalf Rikkilee Jones
and #8 Maggie Dobbs saw
Douglas make some long
breaks downfield, but too
many of these opportunites
were lost when the ball could
not be retained in contact.
Douglas had their best oppor-
tunity to score as the game
wound down, but time ran out
as the ball was taken out of
bounds within 15 metres of the
Abby tryline.
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