UBC Recreation
Spring Sailing: Two Weekends In
With the first two weekends of the spring sailing season completed, UBC has had a busy travel schedule. To start the season in style, Thunderbirds Sailing SC sent five sailors to take in some sun at the annual Peter Wenner Rainbow Invitational hosted by the University of Hawai’iat Mānoa. This past weekend, two members of […]
"Dough-not" Mess With the Equestrian Team After Another Successful Krispy Kreme Fundraiser
UBC TSC Equestrian Team has just finished their third successful Krispy Kreme fundraiser last Wednesday. We sold another hundred dozen doughnuts outside of the UBC bookstore. Over the course of four months we have sold over 4,000 doughnuts! The long day and rainy weather made for a great team bonding experience in preparation for the […]
USCSA Brundage Mountain Results
This past weekend the UBC alpine ski team competed in their first race of the season at Brundage mountain in McCall, Idaho. First years Samantha Bougnher and Anastasia Kiku along with second year Majia Wooton brought the Women’s team to our first victory of the season. Unfortunately we did not have enough men to make […]
Bellingham Invite 2018: Thunderbirds go undefeated for third year in a row
On January 20th, the team headed down to Western Washington University to compete in the annual Bellingham Invitational. The one-day tournament had the Thunderbirds playing 4 games in a row, with the wind and cold getting progressively worse throughout the day. Despite these conditions, the team persevered, decisively defeating Whitman, Western Washington, and Washington with scores […]
UBC Synchro Updates on 2017/18 Season
The first semester flew by for UBC Synchro! The season started out in full swing with practices 3 times a week at the new UBC Aquatic Centre. Although there were no competitions in the first half of the season, lots of exciting things were still happening in preparation for Westerns – held here at UBC […]
Whistler Training Camp
Last week, 15 UBC Alpine ski team athletes attended a three day training camp at Whistler Blackcomb. They were able to train with the Whistler Ski Club FIS team on Thursday and Friday working on both slalom and GS. Our athletes had the opportunity to get back into gates as well as work on some […]
Feature Athlete Of The Week: Grace Melchers
Ski season is fast approaching and the UBC alpine ski team is excited to get back on the USCSA circuit. We are excited to introduce another new member, Grace Melchers, to the women’s alpine team. Grace Melchers was born in England, however she grew up in Cambridge, Ontario. Melchers’ home club is Chicopee Ski Club, […]
Welcoming the 2018 Season!
UBC TSC Men’s and Women’s Tennis hope you all had a great exam season and a lovely holiday! It has been a very productive year for your favourite tennis teams! The TSC Tennis teams wrapped up the end of 2017 with wins against University of Calgary, University of British Columbia Okanagan, and Simon Fraser University, […]