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CIS women’s basketball fights breast cancer: Shoot for the Cure back for third year
OTTAWA (CIS) – The CIS Women’s Basketball Coaches
Association (WBCA) proudly announced Friday its fundraising
initiative to raise money for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation
- and other related cancer charities - is up and running for a
third straight season.
The Shoot for the Cure campaign has proven an overwhelming success
in its first two years as the WBCA presented a cheque for $81,512
to the Breast Cancer Foundation at last March’s CIS
championship in Regina, a year after collecting $50,320 in its
inaugural season.
In 2008-09, an additional $11,000 was amassed by schools that
elected to donate their fundraised money to local cancer
organizations.
Once again this year, CIS women’s basketball programs will
raise money through regular season games, exhibition matches,
tournaments or special events.
Memorial University of Newfoundland kicked off the 2009-10
activities with the Sea-Hawks Think Pink Weekend held Oct. 9-11,
while Royal Military College played an exhibition game against St.
Lawrence College on Oct. 14.
The initiative resumes this weekend during the University of
Manitoba’s Bisons Invitational Tournament, and with York
hosting Wilfrid Laurier in exhibition action at Bill Crothers High
School, on Friday night.
“The WBCA raised over $92,500 last year. Our goal this year
is to exceed $100,000,” said UNB head coach and Shoot for the
Cure project manager, Jeff Speedy. “Each CIS women’s
basketball program will hold its own fundraising event and the WBCA
will also raise some additional funds at the CIS championship at
McMaster University in Hamilton, next March.”
“We’re very proud of our efforts over the past two
years but we want to do even more and really hope to go over
$100,000 this year. We lost one of our own this year in former
Laurentian star Carolyn (Swords) Sturgess. This has really hit home
for many of us and will certainly serve as extra motivation to
reach our goal.”
The fundraising initiative was the brainchild of Rod Gilpin, the
longtime bench boss of the Bishop’s women’s program now
in his second season as head coach of the Gaiters’
men’s team.
The 2009-10 Shoot for the Cure schedule is currently comprised of
over 30 events, with more dates to be announced over the next few
weeks.
2009-10 WBCA
SHOOT FOR THE CURE EVENTS:
Date - School - Event
Oct. 9-11 Memorial Sea-Hawks Think Pink Weekend
Oct. 14 RMC Exhibition vs. St. Lawrence College
Oct. 23-25 Manitoba Bison Night Shoot For The Cure Initiative
Oct. 23 York Exhibition vs. Laurier (at Bill Crothers High
School)
Oct. 30 Thompson Rivers Regular season vs. Fraser Valley
Oct. 30 UBC Regular season vs. Trinity Western
Oct. 30-31 Calgary Regular season (2) vs. Winnipeg
Nov. 6 Saskatchewan Regular season vs. Brandon
Nov. 6-7 Winnipeg Regular season (2) vs. Alberta
Nov. 13 StFX Regular season vs. Cape Breton
Nov. 20 Guelph Regular season vs. Ryerson
Nov. 20 Saskatchewan Regular season vs. Calgary
Nov. 27 Bishop’s Regular season vs. Concordia
Nov. 27-28 Waterloo Real Warriors Wear Pink Weekend
Nov. 27-28 Toronto Varsity Blues Think Pink Weekend
Nov. 28 Trinity Western Regular season vs. Lethbridge
Dec. 29-31 Concordia Concordia Reebok Invitational Tournament
Jan. 8 Cape Breton Regular season vs. UNB
Jan. 9 Ottawa Regular season vs. Laurentian
Jan. 13 McMaster Regular season vs. Brock
Jan. 20 Western Ontario Regular season vs. Windsor
Jan. 22 Regina Regular season vs. Brandon
Jan. 22 Laval Regular season vs. UQAM
Jan. 22 Laurentian Regular season vs. Toronto
Jan. 22 Lakehead Regular season vs. Guelph
Jan. 23 Fraser Valley Regular season vs. Saskatchewan
Jan. 27 Saint Mary’s Regular season vs. StFX
Jan. 29 Queen’s Regular season vs. Laurentian
Jan. 30 Simon Fraser Regular season vs. UBC
Jan. 30 Windsor Regular season vs. Lakehead
Feb. 5-6 UNB Varsity Reds Shoot For The Cure Weekend
Feb. 5 UPEI Regular season vs. Saint Mary’s
Feb. 13 Wilfrid Laurier Regular season vs. Windsor
Feb. 13 Lethbridge Regular season vs. Calgary
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