{"id":10285,"date":"2011-05-30T08:09:41","date_gmt":"2011-05-30T13:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=10285"},"modified":"2011-05-30T09:01:04","modified_gmt":"2011-05-30T14:01:04","slug":"presidents-golf-tournament-raises-funds-for-student-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2011\/05\/presidents-golf-tournament-raises-funds-for-student-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"President&#8217;s Golf Tournament raises funds for student athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Golfers joined President Jack Lightstone at Legends on the Niagara in Niagara Falls yesterday for the ninth annual <a href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/president\/presidents-golf-tournament\" target=\"_blank\">President&#8217;s Tournament<\/a> in support of Brock Athletics.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s tournament, led once again by David Howes, chair of the President&#8217;s Tournament and immediate past chair of the Brock Board of Trustees, raised $75,000 which goes exclusively to awards and financial support for the University\u2019s student athletes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe proceeds from this event make the difference in helping some of Canada\u2019s smartest young athletes fulfill their university studies and become key contributors to society,\u201d Howes said.<\/p>\n<p>Brock has a tradition of athletic excellence. In its 44-year history, the Badgers have captured 28 national and 56 provincial championships. It currently offers 26 varsity sports, which includes 14 men\u2019s and 12 women\u2019s programs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrock athletes not only excel in sport, but also in academics,\u201d said Lightstone. \u201cIn addition, they are active members in the Niagara community. Athletes who benefit from these awards maintain a high academic standing, all the while juggling athletics, studies, part-time jobs and volunteering.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sodexo was the tournament\u2019s presenting sponsor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Golfers joined President Jack Lightstone for the ninth annual President&#8217;s Tournament in support of Brock Athletics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,58],"tags":[112,16],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10285"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10285"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10292,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10285\/revisions\/10292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}