The Humber Institute of Technology Hawks and the University of Victoria Vikes sit atop the standings heading into Friday’s final round of the 2007 Canadian University/College Championship, conducted by the Royal Canadian Golf Association (RCGA) at Kingswood Park in Fredericton, N.B.

In the men’s competition, Humber overtook the lead after a solid team round of 11-under par 277 to sit at 14-under through three rounds. First and second round leaders, University of British Columbia, dropped to second after posting a 7-over 295 on the day while the defending champions from the University of Victoria find themselves 11 strokes off the lead. The local favourites from the University of New Brunswick sit alone in seventh at 12-over.

The story of the day was Jud Whiteside of Waterloo, Ont. who set the course record 64, leading his University of Waterloo team back into contention and claiming second spot in the individual standings.

On the women’s side, the University of Victoria played their best round to date with a team-total 307 on the day to bump the four-time defending champions from UBC out of the lead heading into Friday’s final round.

Christine Spence continues to lead way for the lady Vikes after shooting even-par 72 for the third day in a row. Following the completion of Thursday’s third round, a cut was made to the low 10 male and 5 female teams.Final-round action wraps up Friday at Kingswood Park with starting times beginning at 7:30 a.m. (ASL).

The following are third round Men’s Team scores for Thursday, May 31, 2007:
(Best four individual scores of five scores count towards team total).
Par 72
Men’s Yardage: 7051

1 Humber College 286-287-277--850 -14
2 University of British Columbia 288-277-295--860 -4
3 University of Victoria 294-287-280--861 -3
T4 University of Waterloo 294-296-282--872 +8
T4 Université Laval 290-287-295--872 +8
6 University of Toronto 300-287-288--875 +11
7 University of New Brunswick 298-285-293--876 +12
8 Université de Montréal 293-293-294--880 +16
9 University of Ottawa 300-297-291--888 +24
10 Mount Royal College 302-298-290--890 +26
- missed cut -
CUT University of Western Ontario 299-296-300--895 +31
CUT Queen's University 301-296-298--895 +31
CUT Université du Québec à Trois-Riviéres 307-300-301--908 +44
CUT University of Manitoba 306-312-297--915 +51
CUT Holland College 310-313-296--919 +55
CUT University of Calgary 306-302-312--920 +56
CUT University of Alberta 304-309-309--922 +58
CUT McMaster University 322-303-304--929 +65
CUT Simon Fraser University 308-317-309--934 +70
CUT University of Lethbridge 315-300-321--936 +72
CUT McGill University 318-307-326--951 +87

The Following are third round Women’s Team scores for Thursday, May 31, 2007:
(Best four individual scores of five scores count towards team total).
Par 72
Women’s Yardage: 6084
1 University of Victoria 316-303-307--926 +62
2 University of British Columbia 312-304-312--928 +64
3 University of Western Ontario 325-324-328--977 +113
4 Université Laval 337-325-320--982 +118
5 Univeristy of Toronto 333-325-327--985 +121
- missed cut -
CUT University of Calgary 342-339-324--1005 +141
CUT University of Manitoba 347-335-331--1013 +149
CUT Humber College 350-354-333--1037 +173
CUT University of Alberta 354-334-354--1042 +178
CUT Université de Montréal 362-353-349--1064 +200
CUT Mount Royal College 400-397-362--1159 +295

The following are third round individual men’s scores for Thursday, May 31, 2007”
1 Lee French Humber College 70-70-67--207 -9
T2 Jud Whiteside University of Waterloo 74-70-64--208 -8
T2 Louis-Pierre Godin University of Laval 70-67-71--208 -8
4 Jade Dennill University of Victoria 73-71-66--210 -6
5 Sean Gibson University of Toronto 76-67-68--211 -5
6 Darren Roach University of New Brunswick 72-70-70--212 -4
7 Victor Ciesielski University of Waterloo 69-72-72--213 -3
T8 Ryan Willoughby Humber College 71-76-67--214 -2
T8 Michael Zizek Humber College 71-71-72--214 -2
T8 Cory Renfrew University of British Columbia 73-65-76--214 -2
T11 Charles Fitzsimmons University of Western Ontario 72-69-74--215 -1
T11 Daniel Pow Mount Royal College 74-75-66--215 -1
T11 Patrick Forbes Queen's University 75-71-69--215 -1
T14 Jimmy Latta University of Waterloo 73-73-70--216 E
14 Michel Landry University of New Brunswick 75-70-71--216 E
T14 Francis Pelletier University of Montreal 71-72-73--216 E
T14 David Stewart University of British Columbia 73-72-71--216 E
T18 Tyler Mancini University of Manitoba 73-76-68--217 +1
T18 Shelby Dreher University of Victoria 77-70-70--217 +1
T18 Andrew Jensen University of Ottawa 72-73-72--217 +1
T18 Mitchell Evanecz University of Victoria 70-74-73--217 +1
T18 Jonathan Moreau University of Laval 72-71-74--217 +1
T23 Ben Hatchwell University of Victoria 74-73-71--218 +2
T23 Jasmin Frappier University of Montreal 75-71-72--218 +2
T23 Sean Hurley University of British Columbia 77-68-73--218 +2
T23 James Castle Humber College 75-72-71--218 +2
T23 Andrew Robb University of British Columbia 70-72-76--218 +2
28 Brett Webster University of British Columbia 72-72-75--219 +3
T29 Mark Coldham University of Ottawa 75-72-73--220 +4
T29 Matt Sloan Humber College 74-74-72--220 +4
T31 Casey Hiebert Mount Royal College 73-73-75--221 +5
T31 Michael Bélanger University of Montreal 72-76-73--221 +5
33 Paul Gortnar University of Toronto 80-68-74--222 +6
34 Rob Heynen Mount Royal College 76-73-75--224 +8
35 Nick Clark University of Toronto 74-81-70--225 +9
T35 John Henry MacDonald University of Ottawa 78-75-72--225 +9
T35 Nicholas Lafleche University of Laval 76-75-74--225 +9
T35 Mathieu Gingras University of Laval 72-76-77--225 +9
T39 Dax Phillips University of New Brunswick 73-79-74--226 +10
T39 Kristopher Leask University of New Brunswick 78-70-78--226 +10
T41 Scott Samuel University of Toronto 76-74-77--227 +11
T41 Philippe Dupuis University of Montreal 77-74-76--227 +11
T41 Steven Lane University of Victoria 79-73-75--227 +11
T44 Mark Bania University of Toronto 74-78-76--228 +12
T44 Brent Deighan University of Ottawa 76-78-74--228 +12
46 Alexis Anghert University of Laval 80-74-76--230 +14
47 Cameron Hiebert Mount Royal College 81-77-75--233 +17
T49 Alain Robichaud University of Ottawa 77-77-80--234 +18
T49 Marc-Antoine Lamoureux Univeristy of Montreal 75-76-83--234 +18
51 Matt Robson University of Waterloo 78-82-76--236 +20
52 Jeremy Dube University of New Brunswick 81-75-83--239 +23
53 Arjun Walia University of Waterloo 81-81-81--243 +27
- Missed Cut -

The following are third round individual women’s scores for Thursday, May 31, 2007

1 Christina Spence University of Victoria 74-72-76--222 +6
2 Anne Balser University of Victoria 80-75-72--227 +11
3 Gabrielle Dugré University of Laval 78-76-74--228 +12
4 Kaitlin Troop University of British Columbia 76-75-80--231 +15
T5 Melissa Coré University of British Columbia 79-78-75--232 +16
T5 Marianne Banton University of British Columbia 77-74-81--232 +16
7 Danielle Greene University of Toronto 76-74-83--233 +17
8 Shauna Wilde Humber College 78-77-79--234 +18
9 Sue Gleeson University of Western Ontario 76-78-81--235 +19
10 Erica Bennett University of British Columbia 80-77-79--236 +20
11 Kyla Inaba University of British Columbia 80-79-78--237 +21
12 Kristen Chew University of Victoria 83-76-79--238 +22
13 Kenzie Janzen University of Victoria 79-80-80--239 +23
14 Cheryl Beech University of Western Ontario 83-79-80--242 +26
15 July Fraser University of Laval 88-79-77--244 +28
T16 Kimberly Nadeau University of Laval 81-82-83--246 +30
T16 Christan Bosley University of Western Ontario 80-81-85--246 +30
18 Beth Evans University of Toronto 84-84-81--249 +33
19 Jane Jhung University of Toronto 86-84-81--251 +35
20 Jen Beattie University of Toronto 87-83-82--252 +36
21 Nadine Sykora University of Victoria 88-82-85--255 +39
22 Stephanie Grenier University of Western Ontario 86-89-82--257 +41
23 Jennifer Mound University of Western Ontario 86-86-87--259 +43
24 Christine Arsenault University of Laval 90-89-86--265 +49
25 Sarah Devonshire University of Toronto 97-86-86--269 +53
26 Anne Marie Lussier University of Laval 94-88-88--270 +54
For a complete list of competitors, starting times and full post-round results visit www.rcga.org.

A total of 158 male and female golfers from post-secondary institutes from across Canada are competing this week in Fredericton, N.B. Competitors will compete for both team and individual titles. In total the field will is comprised of 21 men’s and 11 women’s teams.

The team championship will involve five-player teams competing over 72 holes with the top four individual scores counting towards the team total. After 54 holes, the field will be cut to the low 10 male and low five female teams. Any team within 15 shots of the lead will also make the cut. Individual champions will also be crowned after 72 holes.

As part of the RCGA’s Pathway to Champions both the male and female achieving the low score after four rounds of play will earn an exemption into the 2007 Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship and the 2007 Royale Cup Women’s Amateur Championship respectively.

ABOUT THE ROYAL CANADIAN GOLF ASSOCIATION
The Royal Canadian Golf Association (RCGA) is the governing body of golf in Canada, representing 377,000 members at 1650 clubs across the country. Some of the RCGA’s core services include the Rules of Golf, handicapping and course rating, support of turfgrass and environmental research, the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame and Museum and CN Future Links, Canada’s national junior golf program. In addition, the RCGA conducts Canada’s most prestigious golf championships. The Canadian Open and CN Canadian Women’s Open attract the best professional golfers in the world, while six regional junior championships, 10 national amateur championships and the CN Canadian Women’s Tour showcase the best of Canadian golf. For more information please visit www.rcga.org.

For more information contact:

Dan Pino
Manager, Media and Public Relations
Royal Canadian Golf Association
(t) 1-800-263-0009 x 406
(c) 416-434-5525
(e) dpino@rcga.org

Michael Grobe
Senior Coordinator, Media and Public Relations
Royal Canadian Golf Association
Phone: 1-800-263-0009 ext. 230
Cell: 905-467-2944
mgrobe@rcga.org