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En garde! U of O fencing team competes in OUA

Katherine DeClerq | Fulcrum Staff “WHO DOESN’T LIKE swinging swords?” Marc-André LeBlanc, second-year student at the University of Ottawa and veteran épéé fencer, explained fencing is a lot more than...

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Meet a Gee-Gee

Liam Williams | Men’s Volleyball Maclaine Chadwick | Fulcrum Staff “Meet a Gee-Gee” takes a look at the people under the jerseys. Whether they’re varsity athletes or otherwise, we ask the players...

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Meet a Gee-Gee

Kaylee Sparks | Women’s Ultimate Maclaine Chadwick | Fulcrum Staff “Meet a Gee-Gee” takes a look at the people under the jerseys. Whether they’re varsity athletes or otherwise, we ask the players...

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Row, row, row our boats

Gee-Gees face challenges at P.D. Ross Regatta  Spencer Van Dyk | Fulcrum Staff Photo by Mico Mazza  YOU WIN SOME and you lose some, as the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees rowing team discovered this past...

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Taking sports to the next level

Women’s softball team promotes community awareness Emily Glass | Fulcrum Contributor Illustration by Mathias MacPhee  THE UNIVERSITY OF Ottawa women’s softball team has been taking advantage of their...

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The hurdle

Men’s rugby team tries once again to attain varsity status Maclaine Chadwick | Fulcrum Staff Photo by Maclaine Chadwick They compete against other universities, they practice for hours every week, and...

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The Quidditch culture

Health sciences student finds connections between Quidditch position and athletic background  Emily Manns | Fulcrum Staff  Illustration by Mathias MacPhee No longer just for the fictional world of J.K....

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Hail Marys

She-Gees Powderpuff football team prepare to defend last year’s championship Maclaine Chadwick | Fulcrum Staff Photo courtesy of Simone Julien THEY LOVE TO play football, they do it all for charity,...

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Meet a Gee-Gee

Ashley Thompson | Women’s Golf Maclaine Chadwick | Fulcrum Staff Photo courtesy of Courtenay Whyte “Meet a Gee-Gee” takes a look at the people under the jerseys. Whether they’re varsity athletes or...

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Polishing off their brooms

U of O Quidditch team heads to World Cup Emily Manns | Fulcrum Staff The pressure is on for our quaffle-throwing, bludger-beating, Snitch-seeking athletes, who are taking their game to the next level....

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Gee-Gees return from international competition

Women’s rugby players bring home bronze medal from FISU World Games Maclaine Chadwick | Fulcrum Contributor SECOND ONLY TO the Olympics in number of participants, the International University Sport...

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Gee-Gee’s to open season with three NCAA exihbition games

Men’s basketball team welcomes new talent in off-season to replace key players Adam Feibel | Fulcrum Staff THE UNIVERSITY OF Ottawa men’s basketball team will host three exhibition games against...

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Making it to tryouts shouldn’t be as hard as making the cut

How to get involved with university athletics and competitive clubs Marc Jan | Fulcrum Staff Photo by Richard Whittaker NOT EVERYONE CAN get into university on a sports scholarship that guarantees them...

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What are we going to do?

A prank can’t resolve all rivalries; sometimes it takes love Photo by Tina Wallace CARLETON MUST KNOW an unkind truth: they cannot, and will never be able to possess Pedro’s copper replica because they...

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Quidditch redefines gender in sports

Title 9 ¾ promotes gender-integrated approach to interuniversity athletics Photo by Tegan Bridge RUNNING AROUND WITH a broom between your legs while trying to catch a tiny golden ball with wings is...

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The Highlight Reel

Men’s rugby opens with largest team yet THIRTEEN YEARS AGO, Coach Stuart Robinson had just started his first season with the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees men’s rugby team with only 17 players. Last...

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U of O sailing club jibes for competitive club status

“Over the past years, we have been developing a racing team,” said club president and fourth-year political science student Jacob Thornhill. “[We] have proven to be competitive enough to place in many...

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Women’s fastball ends with two silvers

“It was a great win for us,” said fourth-year U of O science student Elyssa Dobson. “Almost enough to make the season. Winning provincials would’ve been nice too.”

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I got 99 problems but a snitch ain’t one

On Nov. 9 in Toronto, the Canadian Cup featured 16 teams from various universities competing for four spots at Quidditch World Cup, established by the International Quidditch Association (IQA).

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Gees lacrosse goes competitive

With a growing interest among University of Ottawa students, a fourth-year engineering student Brett Parres and alumnus Jeremy Kearns have both headed a new Student Federation of the University of...

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