Hi Folks,
I thought I would send out a newsletter even though we have
not played since the last issue.
After sitting in the 11th spot in the National
poll since it was first published in November, last week’s edition moved us
into the Top 10 (albeit at the 10th
spot). Here’s a re-cap of our fall
league schedule:
W Q’s 64 – York 47
W Q’s 61 – Laurentian 51
W Q’s 71 – Nipissing 42
W Q’s 60 – McMaster 53
L Q’s 50 – Brock 69
W Q’s 64 – Laurier 61
W Q’s 84 – Waterloo 69
With that, we sit atop of the Eastern Division with a 6 – 1 record. Ryerson has a game in hand, with a 5 – 1 record,
followed by Toronto, 2 – 4 and York, 2 – 5.
The top 3 teams in each Division make the playoffs.
As mentioned in the previous newsletter, the NBA All-Star game is being hosted by
the city of Toronto in February and our basketball team has been invited to be
part of the weekend festivities. We have
moved our home league game with Windsor on Saturday, February 13th
to the Enercare Centre in Toronto, the venue for the NBA All-Star Fanfest. Game time will be 4:00pm. Please see the Q’s press release for further
information: http://gogaelsgo.com/news/2015/12/3/WBB_1203152546.aspx
We are still investigated the possibility of getting block
tickets set aside and will update you when the information becomes available.
In other exciting news, our former Physical Education Centre
(PEC), which was our home before building the Queen’s Centre which houses the
Athletic & Recreation Centre (ARC), is getting a complete over haul. As you may know, we opened and refurbished
portions of the PEC a few years ago, mainly the 3 gymnasiums. This has provided us with a total of 6
basketball courts between the ARC & the PEC. The next phase of refurbishment (actually
gut-job) will be on the lower level, where a new High Performance Training Facility will be built, including state
of the art strength & conditioning equipment, aerobic, anaerobic and
functional testing facilities, and many more aspects designed to train, test
and educate our high performance athletes.
I would like to take this opportunity, on behalf of our
entire basketball family, to wish you and your family a very safe and enjoyable
holiday season!
Cheers,
Dave.
