Story, images and slideshow By Khadija King
Have you ever wanted to unleash your inner Serena Williams or Roger Federer? As a Durham College student, you have the chance to learn how to play tennis for free at the Tennis Centre, through an introductory one hour lesson offered twice a year.

“Tennis is the sport of a lifetime, it’s the easiest sport to play for your entire life,” said Ken Crosina, Tennis Director and Head Tennis Professional.
Whether you’ve played tennis for years, or it’s a sport that has always interested you and …

Story, image and slideshow by Paul Bates
It may be March but many people are still going strong with their New Year’s resolution to get fit.  As well, people may be starting to think about summer and what they might look like as they are strut their stuff on the beach. Well, to keep fit, you might just want to check out the Campus Recreation and Wellness Centre (CWRC) at Durham College.
The facility has grown, since it started in the Gordon Willey building of Durham College, from two gyms and a …

Story, image and audio by Jonnel Briscoe
The Lady Lords has done it again. For the second straight season, the Durham College women’s indoor soccer team finished second place in the East Region Championship qualifying for the OCAA Championship next week.
The Lords will be going up against the top eight teams at the OCAA Championship from March 25- 26 at the OSA Soccer Centre in Vaughn.
The top two teams from each region qualifies for a shot at the Championship, but the men however were one game away from their chance as …

Story, images and audio by Shayna Brown
It’s one thing to be able to do something you love for a living, but it’s another to take something you love and turn it into a world of success and triumph for not only yourself but the people around you.
Mike Duggan has taken his passion for golf and turned it into a stream of success with this season being his 12th season as the golf coach here at Durham College. It’s interesting, he explained, because he got the position by a fluke.
Budget cuts …

Story, image and audio by Amanda Allison
Do you love sports? Do you have extraordinary skills in business? Do you dream of becoming the next Jerry Maguire?
If so, the Sports Administration program (SPAD) may be for you.
Under the Durham College School of Business, IT and Management, SPAD offers three levels of education for potential managers in the sports scene.
Sports Administration is a two-year Ontario College diploma program, with a focus on learning the crucial business, communications and management skills necessary to succeed. The additional Sports Management option, to extend into third …

Video by Liisa Sahamies
The Campus Ice Centre at Durham College and UOIT has a March Break 2010 special. So whether you like skating, stick and puck, shinny or maybe you want to try it all out, the Campus Ice Centre has what you need.

Story and image by Matt Bird
With few exceptions on-campus sports are pretty much over for the year, and it’s time to hand out some accolades to deserving athletes. Yes, the UOIT Athletics Banquet is on the horizon, coming up on Friday April 8 at Sikorsky Hall in Oshawa.
An annual event now hitting its fourth year, the Athletics Banquet brings athletes, their coaches and any guests they want to attend together to celebrate the year’s athletic accomplishments. Awards and congratulatory pictures are given out to the top athletes.
“Ken Babcock will be …

Story, image, video by Ryan Joseph
Durham College and U.O.I.T will be hosting a prestigious high school basketball tournament from March 8th to 10th.  The top 18 quadruple A teams will be coming on campus to participate in the 2010 AAAA OFSAA Boys’ Basketball Championship, a three-day provincial tournament.
“The Durham Region hasn’t hosted this event since the 1960s’ when it was held in Whitby,” said Tournament Convenor Mike Kennelly.
Before the teams began playing they were invited to a banquet dinner at the Jubilee Pavilion in Oshawa.
“Ethan Markham and Chuck Smith, the …

Story and image by Jayme Quinn
MC Hammer said it best and now it’s time for the UOIT Dance Pack to follow in his dance steps and bust-a-move.
On March 27th the Campus Recreation and Wellness Centre (CRWC) will be packed with college and university dance teams for the third annual B.A.M- Bust-a-Move dance competition.
B.A.M started in 2008 with the goal of providing a dance competition in Canada specifically for university and college students. One of the visions of B.A.M is to provide dancers with an affordable competition that allows them to …

Story and image by Andrew Huska
If you love golf and have $30 be sure to pick up the 2010 Durham Golf and Leisure Savings book to support the Durham Lords Golf team.
Durham’s varsity golf coach Mike Duggan is selling the book here on campus to raise money for the golf team.
The book is full of coupons for more than 50 different golf clubs in the Durham Region, Peterborough and Kawartha Lakes area. As well, it also contains 150 coupons for free rounds of golf. There are also more than 100 …