UBC Recreation
UBC TSC Nordic Ski Whistler Camp
Earlier in September, 8 members of the UBC Nordic Ski Team headed up to Whistler for a short training camp with other clubs from the region. Highlights included chatting with Olympian and World Champion Devon Kershaw, eating tons of amazing homemade baked goods and doing the Garibaldi Traverse. Check out the video below that was […]
One Month, Two National Qualifiers | UBC TSC Sailing Starts the Year off Strong
A month in and the UBC Sailing Sport Club has hit the ground running! Since the start of the term the team has competed in two major regattas and shown considerable success in both. With regattas happening nearly every weekend in the coming weeks the team is excited to keep this momentum going throughout the fall season. Read on to learn more about the team’s recent activities.
Women's Ultimate – Tryouts for the 2018-2019 Season
Our tryout dates and times have now been set: Monday Oct 22nd– Open Tryout Thursday Oct 25th– Closed Tryout #1 (Invite Only) Monday Oct 29th– Closed Tryout #2 (Invite Only) Thursday Nov 1st – Closed Tryout #3 (Invite Only) All tryouts will be held at Jericho West (https://www.vul.ca/fields/60) from 8pm-10pm. In order to attend tryouts, […]
UBC Cycling Season Starts Off Strong
The 2018-2019 cycling season is officially underway! The UBC Cycling Team held their first group ride/tryouts on Sept 8th, getting an early start to the training season. Despite the rainy and windy weather the ride had a high level of attendance, with more than 25 athletes coming together, from a wide variety of skill levels […]
Getting Firsts at Cultus
Last week two of our Triathletes went out to compete in the Cultus Lake Triathlon. We all drove out early at 5am from Vancouver in the morning to make it there on time for package pickup and bike drop off. It was pouring rain on the way to Cultus Lake. The lake area was dry […]
A Season of Firsts for the Thunderbirds Lacrosse Sport Club
The upcoming 2018-2019 season will be a season of firsts for the UBC Lacrosse Sport Club. It began with an offseason of roster turnover, in which almost two-thirds of the roster from last years squad graduated in the spring. With all 4 club executives graduating as well, the Thunderbirds began the offseason with a new […]
What's New for the 2018-2019 Women's Tennis Season
We would first like to congratulate our newest players on our team! The team will have three new players for this season! Madison Fan is from Vancouver and is a first year student planning on studying food and nutrition. Michelle Lim is a first year commerce student from Vancouver. Martina Capelli is an Italian commerce student on exchange […]
Equestrian Season Kickoff (and why you should try out!)
Classes are back in session at UBC, the rain has returned to Vancouver, and the UBC Equestrian Team is back for the 2018/2019 season! Our info sessions for this year will take place on Sept. 12th at 6pm in IBLC (Irving Barber Learning Commons) room 261 and Sept 17th at 6pm in IBLC room 155. […]
UBC Synchro – September Preview
As September begins, summer ends, and a new school year starts, a new season for UBC Synchro commences! The exec team (see our exec intro post) has been working hard over the summer to get ready for an exciting new season of Synchronized Swimming. Interested in finding out more about what we have in store? […]
UBC TSC Triathlon go to Smokanagan
We geared up last weekend for the Apple Triathlon. It would be a 4 hour drive to Kelowna starting Friday afternoon, not including all the time we spent trying to get our bikes to fit in or on the car by removing seat posts and stuff. Right about at Merritt you the haze became very apparent. […]