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UBC TSC Triathlon Compete at the Apple Triathlon Nationals and Edmonton World Triathlon Series
The TSC Triathlon team enjoyed the warm July weather with a very busy race schedule. First up, the team competed at Kelowna’s Apple Triathlon in the 2019 Triathlon Canada National Sprint and Standard Distance Championships. In the sprint event, Thomas Watson took the lead and won the race despite being hit by a car the […]
NEW UBC TSC Artistic Swimming Youth Program
As the new Artistic Swimming season gets underway, so does the launch of a new Artistic Swimming program for youth being run at the UBC Aquatic Centre. After having a successful day-camp in the summer, a couple of the experienced Artistic Swimming athletes belonging to the TSC club have agreed to coach the new program, […]
Meet our 2019/2020 Executive Team
With the summer road cycling season coming to an end, we are looking forward to layering up, and maybe even swapping our road bike for a cyclocross bike. Meet the 2019/2020 executive team who work behind the scenes to plan group rides, social events, travel to and from races, and so much more. Club Lead: […]
Tom Watson Represents UBC TSC Triathlon at the ITU World Final
On Labour Day weekend, Tom Watson represented Canada and UBC TSC Triathlon at the ITU World Final in Lausanne, Switzerland. He did incredibly well in his second ever draft-legal race and finished 5th in his age group despite a bike crash. “It was a brilliant experience to compete at the ITU world final last weekend. […]
UBC TSC Women’s Tennis is back: here we go 2019-20!
After a long and well deserved summer, the UBC TSC Women’s Tennis Team is getting back into gear for the 2019-20 season! It is shaping up to be another record-breaking year for the team with returning coaches, new executives, and many team events! Although the team was officially off for the summer, some of […]
And… We’re Back!
Welcome to the 2019/2020 UBC Ski Team Season! We are very excited to be starting a new year with many returning athletes and many new recruits! Our summers have been busy with varying activities amongst the team from travelling to summer school and visits home for many of our athletes from a far! Our first […]
Looking back, looking forward: A midsummer update from UBC TSC Sailing
After a couple of busy months and a couple of relaxing summer months, UBC TSC Sailing is enjoying the time summer brings to reflect upon last year and look forwards to what is coming up. NWICSA Co-ed Championships Despite being in the midst of exams, a few members of our team were able to […]
Oh Canada! UBC TSC Triathlon Celebrates… with a 4km Swim!
TSC Triathletes and alumni celebrate Canada Day with their annual 4km endurance swim.
UBC Nordic Skiing Season Round Up
UBC Nordic Year-End Review! All good things come to an end, and the Nordic Ski Team’s season finished in style in March at the Canadian Ski Nationals, held at Nakkertok Nordic in Cantley, QC. Four UBC athletes made their way East to compete in the team’s biggest race of the season where we threw […]
TSC Triathletes Start their Summer Race Season
The Thunderbirds Triathlon Sport Club’s summer season started with a rainy race in North Vancouver, the North Shore Triathlon. Ashley Lloyd and Jonathan Chan competed in the slightly short ‘Sprint’ event consisting of a 444m swim, 17.6km bike and a hilly 4.8km run. They started swimming before the rain started but by the time they […]