The Humber Institute of Technology Hawks and the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds captured the respective men’s and women’s titles at the 2007 Canadian University College Championship conducted by the Royal Canadian Golf Association which concluded Friday at Kingswood Park in Fredericton, N.B.

The University of British Columbia (UBC) continued to rule the women’s competition earning their fifth straight championship banner overtaking the University of Victoria Vikes during the final round. The Thunderbirds overcame a two-stroke deficit heading into today’s play to top the Vikes by nine-strokes finishing at 1237. The Vikes finished with a four-day team total of 1244.

The Thunderbirds have never seen the championship trophy travel off its Vancouver campus winning all five Canadian University College Championships contested to date. The University of Western Ontario was the closest to taking the title finishing six-strokes behind UBC in 2005.

Chris Macdonald, coach of British Columbia said “the competition was tough this year and the tournament has come a long way. The win was especially meaningful to our captain Erica Bennett who finished off her University golf career on a great note.”

Bennet is a Dieppe, N.B. native and was one of two veterans on the UBC squad. Kyla Inaba of Kelowna, B.C. was the other while rookies Melissa Core of Coquitlam, B.C., Kaitlin Troop of Brandon, Man. and Marianne Banton of Woodinville, Wash. USA, rounded out the team.

In the women’s individual competition, The University of Victoria’s Christina Spence of Cobble Hill, B.C. finished with a four day total of 74-72-76-76--298 to take top honours over University of Laval’s Gabrielle Dugré of La Sarre, Que.. Dugré finished in second five-strokes behind at 303.

On the men’s side Humber Institute of Technology captured their second title in five seasons upsetting three-time defending champions the University of Victoria Vikes. Humber cruised to victory with a team score of four-under par for the final round and team total of 1134. Victoria finished second at 1151 while UBC rounded out the top three at 1155.

Ray Chateau, coach of Humber, said “It feels great to have our team win against such an extremely talented field”.

Chateau will coach of the players representing Canada at the upcoming 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand, August 8-18. The team representing Canada at that competition will be selected by the CIAU in the coming weeks.

Humber’s victory was also a little sweeter for Lee French of London, Ont. as he claimed the men’s individual title in dramatic fashion defeating University of Laval’s Jean-Pierre Godin of Champlain, Que. Lee rallied to tie the third round leader by birding the eighteenth and forcing a playoff. Lee edged Godin in a sudden death playoff that lasted two holes.

Godin is also a member of the National Amateur Team and represented Canada at the Four Nations Cup last week in Australia. Victor Ciesielski, of Cambridge, Ont. also a member of the National Amateur Team finished tied for seventh at 284. Ciesielski was representing the University of Waterloo this week.

As part of the RCGA’s Pathway to Champions French and Spence have earned an exemption into the 2007 Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship and the 2007 Royale Cup National Women’s Amateur Championship respectively.

Last season, Todd Halpen of Calgary – then a member of the University of Victoria Vikes – followed a similar route all the way into the Canadian Open. Halpen competed at the 2006 Canadian University/College Championship and then earned runner up honours at the Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship giving him the right to play at the 2006 Canadian Open.

The following are final scores for the 2007 Canadian University/College Championships conducted by the Royal Canadian Golf Association on Friday, June 1, 2007. (Best four individual scores of five scores count towards team total).

Men’s Team Results
1 Humber College 286-287-277-284--1134 -18
2 University of Victoria 294-287-280-290--1151 -1
3 University of British Columbia 288-277-295-295--1155 +3
4 Université Laval 290-287-295-288--1160 +8
5 University of Waterloo 294-296-282-290--1162 +10
6 University of New Brunswick 298-285-293-289--1165 +13
7 University of Toronto 300-287-288-293--1168 +16
8 Université de Montréal 293-293-294-302--1182 +30
T9 Mount Royal College 302-298-290-294--1184 +32
T9 University of Ottawa 300-297-291-296--1184 +32

--Missed Cut--
CUT Queen's University 301-296-298--895 +31
CUT University of Western Ontario 299-296-300--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

Women’s Team Results
1 University of British Columbia 312-304-312-309--1237 +85
2 University of Victoria 316-303-307-318--1244 +92
3 University of Western Ontario 325-324-328-325--1302 +150
4 Université Laval 337-325-320-329--1311 +159
5 Univeristy of Toronto 333-325-327-337--1322 +170

--Missed Cut--
CUT University of Calgary 342-339-324-0--1005 +141
CUT University of Manitoba 347-335-331-0--1013 +149
CUT Humber College 350-354-333-0--1037 +173
CUT University of Alberta 354-334-354-0--1042 +178
CUT Université de Montréal 362-353-349-0--1064 +200
CUT Mount Royal College 400-397-362-0--1159 +295

Men’s Individual Competition
* denotes – won in a playoff

1. Lee French, Humber College, ON, 70-70-67-70-277 -11*
1. Louis-Pierre Godin, Universite Laval, QC, 70-67-71-69-277 -11
3. Darren Roach, University of New Brunswick, NB, 72-70-70-70-282 -6
3. Jud Whiteside, University of Waterloo, ON, 74-70-64-74-282 -6
3. Jade Dennill, University of Victoria, BC, 73-71-66-72-282 -6
6. Michael Zizek, Humber College, ON, 71-71-72-69-283 -5
7. Patrick Forbes, Queen's University, ON, 75-71-69-69-284 -4
7. Sean Gibson, University of Toronto, ON, 76-67-68-73-284 -4
7. Victor Ciesielski, University of Waterloo, ON, 69-72-72-71-284 -4
10. Michel Landry, University of New Brunswick, NB, 75-70-71-69-285 -3
11. Charles Fitzsimmons, University of Western Ontario, ON, 72-69-74-71-286 -2
11. Ryan Willoughby, Humber College, ON, 71-76-67-72-286 -2
11. Cory Renfrew, University of British Columbia, BC, 73-65-76-72-286 -2
14. Jimmy Latta, University of Waterloo, ON, 73-73-70-72-288 E
15. Tyler Mancini, University of Manitoba, MB, 73-76-68-72-289 +1
15. Shelby Dreher, University of Victoria, BC, 77-70-70-72-289 +1
17. Andrew Jensen, University of Ottawa, ON, 72-73-72-73-290 +2
17. Sean Hurley, University of British Columbia, NS, 77-68-73-72-290 +2
19. Jonathan Moreau, Universite Laval, QC, 72-71-74-74-291 +3
19. Mitchell Evanecz, University of Victoria, AB, 70-74-73-74-291 +3
21. Rob Heynen, Mount Royal College, AB, 76-73-75-68-292 +4
21. Daniel Pow, Mount Royal College, AB, 74-75-66-77-292 +4
21. David Stewart, University of British Columbia, SK, 73-72-71-76-292 +4
24. Matt Sloan, Humber College, ON, 74-74-72-73-293 +5
25. Francis Pelletier, Universite de Montreal, QC, 71-72-73-78-294 +6
25. Brett Webster, University of British Columbia, BC, 72-72-75-75-294 +6
25. Ben Hatchwell, University of Victoria, BC, 74-73-71-76-294 +6
28. Andrew Robb, University of British Columbia, BC, 70-72-76-77-295 +7
29. Dax Phillips, University of New Brunswick, NB, 73-79-74-70-296 +8
30. Nicholas Lafleche, Universite Laval, QC, 76-75-74-72-297 +9
30. Paul Gortnar, University of Toronto, ON, 80-68-74-75-297 +9
32. Mathieu Gingras, Universite Laval, NB, 72-76-77-73-298 +10
32. Philippe Dupuis, Universite de Montreal, QC, 77-74-76-71-298 +10
32. Jasmin Frappier, Universite de Montreal, QC, 75-71-72-80-298 +10
32. James Castle, Humber College, ON, 75-72-71-80-298 +10
36. Scott Samuel, University of Toronto, ON, 76-74-77-72-299 +11
36. John Henry MacDonald, University of Ottawa, ON, 78-75-72-74-299 +11
36. Mark Coldham, University of Ottawa, ON, 75-72-73-79-299 +11
36. Steven Lane, University of Victoria, BC, 79-73-75-72-299 +11
40. Michael Bélanger, Universite de Montreal, QC, 72-76-73-79-300 +12
41. Mark Bania, University of Toronto, ON, 74-78-76-73-301 +13
42. Casey Hiebert, Mount Royal College, AB, 73-73-75-81-302 +14
43. Brent Deighan, University of Ottawa, ON, 76-78-74-75-303 +15
43. Nick Clark, University of Toronto, NB, 74-81-70-78-303 +15
45. Cameron Hiebert, Mount Royal College, AB, 79-79-74-73-305 +17
46. Kristopher Leask, University of New Brunswick, NB, 78-70-78-80-306 +18
47. Alexis Anghert, Universite Laval, QC, 80-74-76-77-307 +19
48. Alain Robichaud, University of Ottawa, ON, 77-77-80-74-308 +20
48. Marc-Antoine Lamoureux, Universite de Montreal, QC, 75-76-83-74-308 +20
50. Darcy MacDonald, Mount Royal College, AB, 81-77-75-76-309 +21
50. Matt Robson, University of Waterloo, ON, 78-82-76-73-309 +21
52. Jeremy Dube, University of New Brunswick, 81-75-83-80-319 +31
53. Arjun Walia, University of Waterloo, ON, 81-81-81-78-321 +33

--Missed Cut--

CUT. David Williamson, Simon Fraser University, BC, 73-75-71--219 +3
CUT. Kevin Bryce, University of Western Ontario, ON, 79-70-72--221 +5
CUT. Mathieu Goyette, Trois-Rivières, QC, 78-72-72--222 +6
CUT. Matt Matheson, Holland College, NS, 74-79-70--223 +7
CUT. Seiji Miyazoe, University of Calgary, AB, 74-74-75--223 +7
CUT. David Trousdale, Queen's University, ON, 73-75-76--224 +8
CUT. Thomas Keddy, Holland College, NB, 75-77-73--225 +9
CUT. Jeffery Carrier, Trois-Rivières, QC, 73-75-77--225 +9
CUT. Jason Wellings, McMaster University, ON, 80-74-73--227 +11
CUT. Simon McMillan, Trois-Rivières, QC, 78-74-76--228 +12
CUT. Andrew Holtz, Simon Fraser University, BC, 77-73-79--229 +13
CUT. Mike Hossack, Queen's University, ON, 78-75-76--229 +13
CUT. Ryan Stevenson, University of Lethbridge, AB, 78-74-78--230 +14
CUT. Matt Kates, University of Alberta, AB, 78-75-77--230 +14
CUT. Ian Hodgins, University of Western Ontario, ON, 74-77-79--230 +14
CUT. Garrett Malayko, University of Alberta, AB, 75-82-74--231 +15
CUT. Dave Hilsenteger, University of Alberta, AB, 75-77-79--231 +15
CUT. Robert Clayden, McMaster University, ON, 77-77-77--231 +15
CUT. Shayne Fredborg, University of Manitoba, MB, 79-79-74--232 +16
CUT. Brent Steer, McGill University, QC, 78-70-84--232 +16
CUT. Philippe Foliot, Trois-Rivières, QC, 78-79-76--233 +17
CUT. Scott Borsa, University of Manitoba, MB, 78-77-78--233 +17
CUT. Brent Kamenz, University of Lethbridge, AB, 79-74-80--233 +17
CUT. Blake Lawrence, University of Calgary, AB, 77-76-80--233 +17
CUT. Garrett Scott, University of Alberta, AB, 76-78-79--233 +17
CUT. Craig Stayura, University of Calgary, AB, 78-76-79--233 +17
CUT. Michael Johnson, University of Western Ontario, ON, 74-80-79--233 +17
CUT. Lucas Skelton, University of Manitoba, MB, 76-80-78--234 +18
CUT. Jeff Diduck, University of Calgary, AB, 77-79-78--234 +18
CUT. Chris Abbott, Queen's University, ON, 75-82-77--234 +18
CUT. Scott Gloge, University of Lethbridge, AB, 77-76-83--236 +20
CUT. Jeff Clark-Crumpton, McGill University, ON, 78-80-78--236 +20
CUT. Daniel Cudmore, Holland College, PE, 81-79-77--237 +21
CUT. Jason Stagg, Holland College, NL, 80-78-80--238 +22
CUT. Cameron Gall, University of Western Ontario, ON, 81-82-75--238 +22
CUT. Sean Joyce, Holland College, PE, 84-79-76--239 +23
CUT. Chad Van Buuren, University of Lethbridge, AB, 81-76-82--239 +23
CUT. Michael Gowan, McMaster University, ON, 88-72-79--239 +23
CUT. Mitchell Vandenhanenberg, McMaster University, OR, 86-80-75--241 +25
CUT. Joey Sereda, University of Alberta, AB, 83-79-79--241 +25
CUT. Steve Patrick Commons, Simon Fraser University, BC, 80-84-78--242 +26
CUT. Greg Johnson, University of Calgary, 83-76-83--242 +26
CUT. Aidan Brownlie, McGill University, MA, 87-76-81--244 +28
CUT. Andrew Hennings, Simon Fraser University, BC, 78-85-81--244 +28
CUT. Sam Hayes, McGill University, QC, 81-81-83--245 +29
CUT. Richard Colton, Queen's University, ON, 86-75-84--245 +29
CUT. Vincent Larouche, Trois-Rivières, QC, 86-82-78--246 +30
CUT. Terry Reilly, University of Manitoba, MB, 84-86-77--247 +31
CUT. Jimmy duDomaine, McMaster University, ON, 79-80-89--248 +32
CUT. Kyle Schiissler, McGill University, QC, 81-83-87--251 +35
CUT. Michael Gretzinger, University of Lethbridge, AB, 87-87-81--255 +39
CUT. Ryan Gillespie, Simon Fraser University, BC, 83-91-83--257 +41


Women’s Individual Competition

1. Christina Spence, University of Victoria, BC,74-72-76-76-298 +10
2. Gabrielle Dugré, Universite Laval, QC,78-76-74-75-303 +15
2. Anne Balser, University of Victoria, NS,80-75-72-76-303 +15
4. Kaitlin Troop, University of British Columbia, MB,76-75-80-75-306 +18
5. Shauna Wilde, Humber College, ON,78-77-79-77-311 +23
5. Kyla Inaba, University of British Columbia, BC,80-79-78-74-311 +23
5. Melissa Coré, University of British Columbia, QC,79-78-75-79-311 +23
8. Marianne Banton, University of British Columbia, WA,77-74-81-82-314 +26
8. Sue Gleeson, University of Western Ontario, ON,76-78-81-79-314 +26
10. Danielle Greene, University of Toronto, ON,76-74-83-82-315 +27
11. Erica Bennett, University of British Columbia, NB,80-77-79-81-317 +29
12. Kimberly Nadeau, Universite Laval, QC,81-82-83-75-321 +33
12. Kenzie Janzen, University of Victoria, BC,79-80-80-82-321 +33
14. Kristen Chew, University of Victoria, BC,83-76-79-84-322 +34
15. Christan Bosley, University of Western Ontario, ON,80-81-85-82-328 +40
16. Cheryl Beech, University of Western Ontario, ON,83-79-80-87-329 +41
17. July Fraser, Universite Laval, QC,88-79-77-90-334 +46
18. Jane Jhung, University of Toronto, ON,86-84-81-84-335 +47
19. Jen Beattie, University of Toronto, ON,87-83-82-84-336 +48
19. Beth Evans, University of Toronto, ON,84-84-81-87-336 +48
21. Jennifer Mound, University of Western Ontario, ON,86-86-87-81-340 +52
21. Stephanie Grenier, University of Western Ontario, QC,86-89-82-83-340 +52
23. Nadine Sykora, University of Victoria, BC,88-82-85-90-345 +57
24. Christine Arsenault, Universite Laval, QC,90-89-86-93-358 +70
25. Anne Marie Lussier, Universite Laval, QC,94-88-88-89-359 +71
26. Sarah Devonshire, University of Toronto, ON,97-86-86-91-360 +72

--Missed Cut--

CUT. Bev Peel, Humber College, ON,85-77-77-0-239 +23
CUT. Kim Valleau, Mount Royal College, SK,81-80-79-0-240 +24
CUT. Alexandra Levy, Université de Montréal , QC,85-79-76-0-240 +24
CUT. Jen McLean, University of Alberta, AB,87-75-83-0-245 +29
CUT. Lauren Diederichs, University of Calgary, AB,85-88-76-0-249 +33
CUT. Margaux Ullett, University of Calgary, AB,85-83-81-0-249 +33
CUT. Faye Zachedniak, University of Manitoba, MB,92-86-75-0-253 +37
CUT. Megan Davies, University of Alberta, AB,84-81-88-0-253 +37
CUT. Aryn Flette, University of Calgary, AB,83-87-84-0-254 +38
CUT. Lauren Rousseau, University of Manitoba, MB,88-84-83-0-255 +39
CUT. Angela Klindworth, University of Manitoba, MB,85-84-86-0-255 +39
CUT. Anne Thorimbert, University of Manitoba, MB,85-85-87-0-257 +41
CUT. Ashley McDonald, University of Calgary, AB,92-82-83-0-257 +41
CUT. Michelle Vienneau, University of New Brunswick, NB,88-83-87-0-258 +42
CUT. Jani Fortin, Universite de Montreal, QC,87-87-85-0-259 +43
CUT. Vanessa Watson, University of Manitoba, MB,89-82-89-0-260 +44
CUT. Stephanie Dunbar, University of Alberta, AB,86-88-89-0-263 +47
CUT. Karla Gustafson, University of Calgary, AB,89-87-92-0-268 +52
CUT. Jacinthe Lachapelle, Universite de Montreal, QC,91-90-90-0-271 +55
CUT. Hillary Salvian, Humber College, ON,92-94-85-0-271 +55
CUT. Kim Gillespie, University of Alberta, AB,97-92-94-0-283 +67
CUT. Amy Lewis, Mount Royal College, AB,100-102-86-0-288 +72
CUT. Emily Gauthier, University of Alberta, AB,105-90-97-0-292 +76
CUT. Amanda Milward, Humber College, ON,95-106-92-0-293 +77
CUT. Fany Loranger, Universite de Montreal, QC,99-97-98-0-294 +78
CUT. Leanne Laverick, Mount Royal College, AB,106-106-100-0-312 +96
CUT. Tanzi Lee Kosten, Mount Royal College, AB,113-109-97-0-319 +103

Par 72
Men’s Yardage: 7051
Women’s Yardage: 6084

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.

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Royal Canadian Golf Association
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