A Strategy of Inclusion; A Call for Donations
 The renovation of the Terry Fox Athletic Facility is both a great relief for athletes and symbol of hope for the future of athletics in Eastern Ontario. After years of band-aid repairs, the facility is now getting a complete face lift, which will include low energy and profile high illumination field lights, IOC standard jumping runways and pits, a sound system and portable four-colour scoreboard, and last, but not least, a new Super-X performance Mondo 400 metre track. If there is such a thing as track and field heaven in Canada, it exists in Ottawa at the Terry Fox Athletic Facility. Read more 
Board—what board? Do you mean the take-off board for the triple jump? How about the long jump board? Well, then – the board where they post all of our results? No, we’re talking about your friendly Board of Directors – the group of people that helps make everything happen in your club, and more importantly, that shapes the future of the Ottawa Lions.
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Learning Your As, Bs and Maybe Even Cs
Canadian sprinting has come a long way in the last 40 years. In the 1950’s, the 60’s and early ‘70s ‘to sprint’ meant ‘to run a short distance’. That all changed in late 1972 with the arrival of Gerard Mach, who assumed the job of Canadian national coach in the sprints, hurdles and relays. In a few short years, ‘to sprint’ took on a new meaning and that meaning was ‘to run extremely fast’. Read more |
