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QSSF football training camps open saturday
MONTREAL - Hundreds of gridiron players will don their shoulder
pads and helmets for the first time this season when the six
members of the Quebec University Football League (QUFL) open their
respective training camps this Saturday.
Over the coming weeks, teams will be studying playbooks, game film
and practicing in preparation for the 2010 season that kicks-off at
on September 2 when the Sherbrooke Vert & Or travel to Montreal
to take on the Carabins on the new turf at CEPSUM Stadium.
Each team will play nine (9) regular season games in 2010, one more
than in previous campaigns. The top-four teams in the QUFL
standings at the end of the season qualify for the Dunsmore Cup
playoffs beginning with the semi-final round on Saturday November
6. The championship final will be contested a week later on
Saturday November 13.
Like a year ago, the race to the playoffs should come down to the
wire in 2010. Last season, fans were treated to a hotly contested
race with the final two playoff berths being decided on the final
day of the campaign.
The QUFL has seen an increase in parity on the field in recent
years as the league thrives in its production of elite football
players. This past spring, ten (10) QUFL players were selected in
the Canadian Football League (CFL) Canadian college draft and
despite having four fewer teams than its Ontario counterpart, the
QUFL tied the OUA for the most players drafted into the pro
ranks.
From coast-to-coast
For the second consecutive season, QUFL fans across Canada will be
able to watch their favourite teams each week, as Radio-Canada
(SRC) returns as the official French language television and web
broadcaster of the conference. SRC will show nine regular season
games, including the September 18th inter-conference match-up
between the Saint Mary’s University Huskies and the Laval
Rouge et Or. Exclusive post-season coverage includes the league
semi-finals and the Dunsmore Cup.
The network’s schedule continues with the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) national semi-final bowl games on November 20 and culminates with the 2010 Desjardins Vanier Cup from Quebec City on November 27.
The play-by-play tandem of announcer Jean St-Onge and analyst Jacques Dussault return for their second season behind the microphone on Radio-Canada and will call every second of exciting QUFL action beginning with the season opening telecast between the powerhouse Laval Rouge et Or and up-and-coming McGill Redmen on Sunday September 5 at 2 pm.
All other games on Radio-Canada air Saturdays at 1 pm.
Complete QUFL game and broadcast
schedule
NOTE:
This season, the Quebec Student Sport Federation (QSSF) will
release a team-by-team preview beginning on Monday, August 23. Here
is the release schedule:
August 23: Sherbrooke Vert & Or
August 24: Montréal Carabins
August 25: Bishop’s Gaiters
August 26: Concordia Stingers
August 27: McGill Redmen
August 28: Laval Rouge et Or
TEAM-BY-TEAM
TRAINING CAMP SCHEDULE & MEDIA CONTACTS
Bishop’s University Gaiters
Practice Schedule (Coulter Field)
August 18, 20, 21: 9 am – 1 pm
August 23 –27: 9 am – 1 pm
August 28: 9 – 11 am
August 30 - September 2: 7:30 – 9:30 pm
September 3: 3 – 5 pm
Concordia Stingers
Practice Schedule
August 14-15: 4 - 8:30 pm
August 16: 4 - 6:30 pm
August 17-18: 4 to 8:30 pm
August 19: 4 - 6:30 pm
August 20: 4 - 8:30 pm
August 21: 1 - 4 pm – Scrimmage (Vanier & FX Garneau)
August 23: 4 - 7 pm
August 24: 4 - 8:30 pm
August 25: 4 - 5:30 pm
August 27-28: 4 - 6:30 pm
August 30-September 1: 6-8 pm
September 2: 4:30 - 6:30 pm
September 3: 5:15 - 6:15 pm
Pre-season game:
August 26: Guelph University at Concordia, 12 pm (Concordia
Stadium)
Laval Rouge et Or
Practice Schedule (PEPS)
August 14: 8:30 - 1 - 4 pm
August 15: 8:30 - 11:30 am & 3 - 5:30 pm
August 16: 8:30 - 11 am
August 17: 8:30 - 11:30 am & 3 - 5:30 pm
August 18: 8:30 - 11:30 am & 3 - 5:30 pm
August 19: 8:30 - 11 am
August 20: 8:30 - 11:30 am & 3 - 5:30 pm
August 21: 3 - 4:30 pm
August 23-27: 3:30 - 6 pm
August 28: 9 - 11:30 am
Pre-season game:
August 29: York University at Laval, 1 pm (PEPS Stadium)
McGill Redmen
Practice Schedule
August 14-15: 1 – 3 pm
August 16-17: 5 – 7 pm
August 18: 6 – 8 pm
August 19: 8 pm
August 20: 5-7 pm
August 21: 12:30 pm
August 22: 12:30 pm – Scrimmage
August 24-26: 4:30 pm
August 27: 9:30 am
Pre-season game:
August 28 : McGill at University of Toronto, 1 pm
Montréal Carabins
Practice Schedule (CEPSUM):
August 14-15: 12:30 - 5 pm
August 16-20: 6:30 - 8:45 pm
August 21-22: 12:30 - 5 pm
August 23-27: 6:30 - 8:45 pm
August 28: 4 - 6:30 pm
NOTE: Regular practice schedule begins August 30:
Monday-Friday: 6:30 - 8:45 pm
Sherbrooke Vert & Or
Practice Schedule :
August 14-19: 9 - 12 pm (artificial surface)
August 20: 10 am - Scrimmage (artificial surface)
August 22: 6-8:30 pm (artificial surface)
August 23-24 : 6-8:30 pm (University of Sherbrooke Stadium)
Pre-season game:
August 25 : University of Ottawa vs University of Sherbrooke,
18h30, (University of Sherbrooke Stadium)
La Fédération québécoise du sport
étudiant assure la promotion et le développement du
sport et de l’activité physique en milieu
étudiant, de l’initiation jusqu’au sport de haut
niveau. Elle favorise ainsi l’éducation, la
réussite scolaire et la santé des jeunes.
Source:
Mylène Vézina - Fédération québécoise du sport étudiant
