Our process in grading the winter performances of Queen’s Interuniversity teams was highly unscientific. It is based quite simply on our perceptions of how each team performed, both in the regular season and playoffs, relative to their projected performances. The impressive results and high calibre of our teams made the grading process difficult. Congratulations to all the athletes, coaches and administrators who worked so hard to bring the University results to be proud of.

For one day only last weekend, the Ambassador Hotel became the home of the Queen’s Golden Gaels.
On Sunday the Queen’s athletic community came together to celebrate the year’s accomplishments and to recognize those people who made exceptional contributions to the Gaels’ success.
Beneath the OUA banners brought home by the figure skating and volleyball teams, and to choruses of the Oil Thigh, Queen’s honoured the best and brightest of its student athletes.

After 29 years at Queen’s, John McFarlane announced his retirement as Chair of Athletics and Recreation on Tuesday. His last day on the job will be Aug. 31.

Next year the varsity football team will go back to its golden era in an effort to get their mojo back.
After two straight lacklustre seasons, the football team is switching back to their traditional golden uniforms for the entire season.

From his early days playing hockey at Cook’s Arena on Montreal Street to his final game in the blue and white, Doug Gilmour left his legacy on Kingston’s hockey history.

When you think football, do you think of big, sweaty he-men, chest butting and towel whipping each other in a steamy locker room? If the answer is yes, think again.
On Feb 2., 25 Queen’s women and their three coaches braved the cold and headed to Wilfrid Laurier University for a weekend of tackles and touchdowns in the snow.

The gym was the same, the balls were no different, but the rules were slightly altered: it was two pushes—not two steps—after picking up a dribble.

On March 26, Queen’s students will have a chance to help out numerous worthy charities while reliving the glory of grade five gym class.
Committees of students representing the ASUS Heart and Stroke Committee, the ASUS Cystic Fibrosis Committee and Alzheimer’s Outreach are teaming up to hold ASUS Dodge ball ’06, a dodge ball tournament to raise money and awareness for their respective charities.

Since 1967, fans of the Toronto Maple Leafs have made the phrase “there’s always next season” a part of their regular vocabulary. After 38 years of failing to achieve a Stanley Cup victory, the 2005-06 season will be no different, except for the fact that players will be teeing off a few weeks earlier this year, at a golf course near you.

The Queen’s competitive dance team ended their season on a high note last weekend as they travelled to Guelph to take part in the University Dance Challenge, which brought together dance teams from 14 universities across Ontario and Quebec for a day of choreographed competition.

A trip to the CIS championships last weekend closed out what might be the track team’s second-best season of all time. Head coach Melody Torcolacci said she is working on compiling the statistics but believed from the start that this year’s team is one of the most talented that Queen’s has ever seen.