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Top moments from the 2021 Laurier sports year
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Following the cancellation of OUA sports last year, sports editor, Mark Cascagnette highlights the Golden Hawks return to play and their most memorable moments from the past year OUA announces a return to play for all fall and winter sports; USPORTS announces the resumption of national championships (June 2021) A year removed from competition, the…
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The importance of the OUA’s and USPORTS’ partnership with CBC Sports
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University sports across Canada should garner more attention and see an increase in viewership, following agreements by the National Governing Body of University Competition (USPORTS) and Ontario University Athletics to partner with CBC for exclusive streaming rights. In a significant move for the growth of university sports in Canada, USPORTS — the national governing body…
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Men’s football and curling headline seven impressive inductees into the Golden Hawk Hall of Fame
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The Laurier athletic department will continue their annual tradition this Homecoming weekend by celebrating and honouring seven new members as a part of the 2021 Hall of Fame class. Created in 1986 to honour coaches, student athletes and teams who have made outstanding contributions to varsity sports at Laurier, the Golden Hawks will celebrate seven…
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What a return to in-person recreation and activities will look like for students this fall
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“You can feel the energy,” Sarah Broderick, head of Wilfrid Laurier recreation said. For the first time since March 2020, Laurier Recreation is finally re-opening throughout the fall semester. After a year away from many of the in-person activities such as intramural sports and fitness classes, Broderick and the Golden Hawks staff are excited to…
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Highlighting some of the bigger moments in sports for women this past year
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With International Women’s Day on Mar. 8, it is a good time to examine some of the great progress being made for women’s athletics in North America. Women sports have made great strides in the past decade, and so has the representation. This past year was especially important as women made some ground-breaking moves…
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Four Laurier alumni join current Hawks curler Megan Smith to compete for Women’s Championship
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The 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts kicked off this past week in Calgary and will crown the top curling club in Canada. The annual tournament, which will be held in a bubble this year in Calgary, is loaded with plenty of Golden Hawk talent. The tournament, which takes place over the course of this week,…
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How Laurier’s department of athletics is keeping fans engaged through their innovation
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With university sports having been out of sight since last March, Laurier’s department of athletics and recreation has been making sure Golden Hawk sports have not been out of mind. With their social media outreach, creative programming and innovation, the department has worked hard this year to keep Golden Hawk fans engaged, even though there…
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OUA working hard towards 2021-2022 return to play
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Ontario University Athletics (OUA) continues to remain laser focused on a return to competition in the fall of this year. The newly created OUA Recovery Plan has been implemented to “guide the conference and its 20 member institutions towards a return to sport.” Given the pandemic, it has nearly been a full year since the…
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Megan Smith to compete at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts
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Megan Smith will be traveling to Calgary, Alberta with Team Krysta Burns to compete in the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts later this February, where she will represent Northern Ontario. From the young age of four, Megan Smith discovered her passion for curling and has been participating in the sport ever since. Smith is a…
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2021 FISU Winter Universaide postponed
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In what will come as disappointing news to Laurier’s undefeated men’s curling team, the 2021 FISU winter games which were set to be held in January have officially been postponed. Matt Wilkinson and his curling team, the OUA male team of the year were set to represent Canada at the 2021 FISU Winter Universiade following…
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