Bison Briefs

Parkman, Hoogsteen receive Shirley Rempel Memorial Scholarship

Fifth-year defenceman Stacy Parkman and third-year goaltender Dana Hoogsteen were selected as the first recipients of the Shirley Rempel Memorial Scholarship. The Bison women’s hockey players received the award on Thursday, Nov. 17 at a fundraising dinner. The dinner raised about $7,500 towards the scholarship. The award was created in honour of Bison women’s hockey coach Jon Rempel’s mother Shirley, who died from brain cancer in November, 2004. She was 60. Cancer Care Manitoba will receive about $2,300 from the social on Thursday.

Bison Golf gets $25,000 windfall

The U of M’s golf program is one of four Canadian post-secondary schools to receive a $25,000 grant from the RCGA Foundation’s $1 million university golf support program. The cheque is the largest the Bison Golf program has received in its short six-year history. The three-year grant, starting in the fall of 2005, will provide assistance to the Bison Golf program through the 2006-07 school year and will offer scholarships to student athletes for the first time. Other schools receiving the RCGA grant are the University of Laval, Humber College and the University of Victoria.

In other Bison golf news, Scott Markham has been awarded the John Dobson Foundation Scholarship for the 2005-06 season. The scholarship is given to student athletes with at least a year of schooling and an academic average of 70 per cent or higher.

CIS/CFL team up for weekend of football in 2007

It’s a little extra incentive for Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) football players, who are hoping for a Vanier Cup appearance. In 2007, the university football championship will be showcased on Grey Cup weekend in Toronto. The Vanier Cup will be played on Friday night (Nov. 23), while the Grey Cup game goes Sunday as usual. It will be the 40th time the Vanier Cup is held in Toronto and the first time since 1992 that the Grey Cup will be played in Canada’s largest city.

This year’s Vanier Cup will be played at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton between the CIS-second ranked Saskatchewan Huskies and the third-ranked Wilfred Laurier Golden Hawks on Saturday, Dec. 3. In 2006, Saskatoon hosts the Vanier Cup. The 2005 Grey Cup game is on Sunday, Nov. 27 at B.C. Place between the Montreal Alouettes and the Edmonton Eskimos.





Volume 93 • Issue 14	The Official University of Manitoba Students' Newspaper Website	November 23, 2005

Home About Us Advertise Contact Staff Current Issue PDF Employment Letters to the Editor Meet the Staff Online Archives Personals Volunteer	Font Size Respond Email Print-Friendly Bison Briefs Parkman, Hoogsteen receive Shirley Rempel Memorial Scholarship Fifth-year defenceman Stacy Parkman and third-year goaltender Dana Hoogsteen were selected as the first recipients of the Shirley Rempel Memorial Scholarship. The Bison women’s hockey players received the award on Thursday, Nov. 17 at a fundraising dinner. The dinner raised about $7,500 towards the scholarship. The award was created in honour of Bison women’s hockey coach Jon Rempel’s mother Shirley, who died from brain cancer in November, 2004. She was 60. Cancer Care Manitoba will receive about $2,300 from the social on Thursday. Bison Golf gets $25,000 windfall The U of M’s golf program is one of four Canadian post-secondary schools to receive a $25,000 grant from the RCGA Foundation’s $1 million university golf support program. The cheque is the largest the Bison Golf program has received in its short six-year history. The three-year grant, starting in the fall of 2005, will provide assistance to the Bison Golf program through the 2006-07 school year and will offer scholarships to student athletes for the first time. Other schools receiving the RCGA grant are the University of Laval, Humber College and the University of Victoria. In other Bison golf news, Scott Markham has been awarded the John Dobson Foundation Scholarship for the 2005-06 season. The scholarship is given to student athletes with at least a year of schooling and an academic average of 70 per cent or higher. CIS/CFL team up for weekend of football in 2007 It’s a little extra incentive for Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) football players, who are hoping for a Vanier Cup appearance. In 2007, the university football championship will be showcased on Grey Cup weekend in Toronto. The Vanier Cup will be played on Friday night (Nov. 23), while the Grey Cup game goes Sunday as usual. It will be the 40th time the Vanier Cup is held in Toronto and the first time since 1992 that the Grey Cup will be played in Canada’s largest city. This year’s Vanier Cup will be played at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton between the CIS-second ranked Saskatchewan Huskies and the third-ranked Wilfred Laurier Golden Hawks on Saturday, Dec. 3. In 2006, Saskatoon hosts the Vanier Cup. The 2005 Grey Cup game is on Sunday, Nov. 27 at B.C. Place between the Montreal Alouettes and the Edmonton Eskimos.


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