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CIS women’s basketball: Shoot for the Cure back for sixth year
OTTAWA (CIS) – The CIS Women’s Basketball Coaches
Association proudly announced Friday its fundraising initiative to
raise money for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation - and other
related charities - is up and running for a sixth straight
year.
The Shoot for the Cure campaign has proven an overwhelming success
since it was launched in the fall of 2007 with over half a million
dollars in donations ($512,394.58). For the first time last season,
all CIS women’s basketball programs participated in the
campaign.
At the 2012 CIS championship last March in Calgary, the WBCA
presented a cheque for $98,706.92 to the Canadian Breast Cancer
Foundation, while an additional $22,541.78 was amassed by schools
that elected to donate their fundraised money to local or
provincial organizations, bringing the 2011-12 Shoot for the Cure
overall total to $121,248.70.
In the first four years of the initiative, the WBCA had presented
cheques of $50,320.87, $81,512.96, $94,650.96 and $104,763.53 to
the CBCF, with another $82,439.34 going to local organizations.
Once again this year, CIS schools will raise money through regular
season games, non-conference matches, tournaments and special
events.
The Bishop’s University Gaiters kick off the 2012-13
activities this weekend in Sherbrooke, Que., with their Reebok
Shoot for the Cure tournament. The four-team competition runs from
Friday to Sunday.
“We are excited to be back to do our part to fight this
brutal disease,” says Jeff Speedy, University of New
Brunswick head coach and Shoot for the Cure project manager.
“It was great to push our total over half a million dollars
last year and it was also great that for the first time, all CIS
women’s basketball teams participated. The goal is to keep
our level of support at 100% and do everything we can to raise
awareness and money for the Canadian Breast Cancer
Foundation.”
The 2012-13 Shoot for the Cure schedule is currently comprised of
45 events on 40 campuses across the country. More events will be
announced over the next few weeks. A total of 44 universities
compete in CIS women’s basketball.
The fundraising initiative was the brainchild of Rod Gilpin, the
long-time bench boss of the Bishop’s women’s program
now in his fifth season as head coach of the Gaiters’
men’s team.
SHOOT FOR THE
CURE YEAR-BY-YEAR DONATIONS:
2011-2012: $121,248.70 ($98,706.92 to CBCF)
2010-2011: $143,596.25 ($104,763.53 to CBCF)
2009-2010: $104,715.80 ($94,650.96 to CBCF)
2008-2009: $92,512.96 ($81,512.96 to CBCF)
2007-2008: $50,320.87 ($50,320.87 to CBFC)
TOTAL: $512,394.58 ($429,955.24 to CBCF)
SHOOT FOR THE CURE 2012-2013 SCHEDULE:
Date – Time (all times local) - Host - Event
October
12-14
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Bishop’s
Reebok Shoot for the Cure tournament
19-21
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Manitoba
Shoot for the Cure tournament
November
1
18:15
Regina
Regular season vs. Saskatchewan
3
17:00
Thompson Rivers
Regular season vs. UNBC
10
17:00
UBC
Regular season vs. Thompson Rivers
16
18:00
Waterloo
Regular season vs. Ryerson
16
18:00
Alberta
Regular season vs. Lethbridge
16
UNBC
Regular season vs. UBC-O
17
18:00
Waterloo
Regular season vs. Toronto
17
18:00
Alberta
Regular season vs. Lethbridge
23
18:00
Carleton
Regular season vs. Lakehead
24
17:00
Trinity
Western
Regular season vs. Manitoba
30
18:00
Wilfrid
Laurier
Regular season vs. Ottawa
December
28-30 Concordia Rebook Invitational
January
5
13:00
Western
Regular season vs. Brock
10
17:00
Queen’s
Regular season vs. York
12
12:00
McMaster
Regular season vs. Western
12
16:00
UPEI
Regular season vs. Saint Mary’s
12
17:00
UBC
Okanagan
Regular season vs. Lethbridge
19
18:00
York
Regular season vs. Ryerson
19
13:00
Brock
Regular season vs. Laurier
19
18:00
Laurentian
Regular season vs. Toronto
19
18:00
Lethbridge
Regular season vs. Fraser Valley
19
18:15
Saskatchewan
Regular season vs. Thompson Rivers
25
18:00
Dalhousie
Regular season vs. UPEI
25
18:00
Ottawa
Regular season vs. Laurentian
25
18:00
Winnipeg
Regular season vs. Calgary
26
18:00
Acadia
Regular season vs. UNB
26
17:00
Fraser
Valley
Regular season vs. UNBC
26
18:00
Lakehead
Regular season vs. Wilfrid Laurier
26
18:00
Toronto
Regular season vs. Queen’s
February
1
McGill
Regular season vs Concordia
1
18:00
Cape
Breton
Regular season vs. UPEI
1
18:00
UNB
Regular season vs. Dalhousie
1
20:00
Calgary
Regular season vs. Regina
2
15:00
Windsor
Regular season vs. Brock
2
17:00
UQAM
Regular season vs. Bishop’s
2
17:00
Calgary
Regular season vs. Regina
2
18:00
Memorial
Regular season vs. Dalhousie
3
18:00
Memorial
Regular season vs. Dalhousie
7
18:00
St. Francis Xavier
Regular season vs. Acadia
7
18:00
Laval
Regular season vs. McGill
9
13:00
Guelph
Regular season vs. Brock
9
17:00
Mount
Royal
Regular season vs. Victoria
15
18:00
Saint
Mary’s
Regular season vs. Dalhousie
15
18:00
Brandon
Regular season vs. Regina
16
17:00
Brandon
Regular season vs. Regina
16
17:00
Victoria
Regular season vs.
UBC
16
18:00
Ryerson
Regular season vs. Toronto
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