Sporting competitions whether on a recreational or professional level have been present and well appreciated by millions of people for decades and have since influenced the formation of our society. However with transgender athletes now competing at higher levels of sport is become somewhat blurry on what the new rules and regulations should be regarding the identity of the athletes. U SPORTS has announced their new policy for Canadian university athletics will be affected within universities such as Ryerson and 55 other U SPORTS. The new policy states that students will be eligible to compete on the team that either corresponds with their sex at birth or gender identity as long as they follow the Canadian Anti-Doping program. Committee and Manager of Varsity Sports Lisen Moore has been very excited to start the policy saying in a press conference “we are now looking forward to assisting our member institutions with the roll-out and implementation of that policy”. Previous policies have tried to clear up the situation but have failed numerous time because of certain steps athletes have to undergo to be able to compete. The end goal for the new trans gender U SPORT policy in to clear the blurry lines that come with having mixed gender in sport and hopefully present and future athletes will be able to have more freedom to be themselves in whatever sport they choose.

The Ryerson woman’s hockey team is one of the many varsity sports that have become increasingly popular over the years due to their increasing performance on the ice. However after having such an amazing track record during their 2017-2018 season going 15-9 for their season, how will the 2018-2019 woman’s hockey team fair with losing some of their start veterans? Ailish Forfar, an ex- Ryerson woman’s hockey forward had graduated from the team as of last year and has now joined the team as an assistant coach to help some of the newbies and support her team. In an exclusive RSJ interview with Ailish she was asked about the new 2018-2019 team as well as what she will do as an assistant coach to push her fellow athletes to the next level. “One of the big thing’s I will try to teach the new coming kids as well as the players that are still here is just bringing passion every time you come onto the ice” was Ailish’s response to what she as a coach will strive for when it comes to the new team. Ailish has also put a of faith into the newcomers this season as she believes that they are the one’s the watch for any fan of the Ryerson woman’s hockey team and it seems the newcomers will have no problem fitting in. Although teamwork is the essence of hockey in terms of stats the Ryerson woman hockey team are planning to build off their success of last years season and put some faith into the newcomers that can potentially make a huge impact on the ice. The Ryerson woman’s hockey team has suffered the loss of some great graduating players, however with the help of Alish returning as an assistant coach as well as the rest of the staff at Ryerson the rams look forward to another exciting and successful season. Full Interview available here

 

As of Sept. 23, 2018 Tiger Woods has now secured himself 80 Tour Championship wins with this most recent victory being his first win in over 5 years. During the tournament Tiger had a slow start that looked to be his downfall and maybe result in a loss in the PGA Tour Championship until a stunning comeback with a 1-over 71 for a two-shot win. Tiger had appeared to be more surprised about the win that the millions of people who were watching, exclaiming “I can’t believe I pulled this off,” during the award ceremony. Although Tiger Woods had played an amazing game of golf, what happened to the legend and why did it take him 5 years to finally get his 80th win? The main cause of Tiger’s absence in the golf scene is to believe to be because of the chronic back pain he was suffering from which he had announced had undergone surgery for back in April 20th 2017. Due to many health and personal problems it is suspected by many that Tiger Woods will not stay in the pro golf scene for much longer and may soon retire as a result Personally, I am very glad to see that Tiger woods is back on the playing field after such a long time but I do have my suspicions about whether Tiger will stay or not based on how much controversy revolves around him. Tiger has had a tremendous amount of golf history under his belt and deserves very amount of praise for his efforts in the various competitions he participates in. However, even though Tiger has now regained his glory once again I believe that his past injuries and other personal problems may come back and cause additional problems that could lead to him permanent retirement.

Tiger Woods wins TOUR Championship for 80th victory on PGA TOUR 2018

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