Womens’ sports 
     
    
   
   
    
     at UPEI: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Is there a future ? 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Athletic Committee Task 
     
     Force’s report is almost ready 
     
     folks! I, and hopefully many of 
     
     you, would like to know what the 
     
     group discovered about women’s 
     
     sports here at UPEI and what 
     
     changes they would like to see 
     
     made. 
     
    

    
     Apathy has been a major 
     
     obstacle in the making of the 
     
     reports. The group’s chair, Doris 
     
     MacPhee, explained that the 
     
     meetings held in September 
     
     (remember?) got a very poor re- 
     
     sponse in terms of numbers. “The 
     
     feedback from those who attend- 
     
     ed, however,” says Doris, “was 
     
     very good.”” 
     
    

    
     Overall, the project was des- 
     
     cribed asa qualified success. The 
     
     task force members had a hard 
     
     time getting together for the meet- 
     
     ings. Also the report was due in 
     
     October. The group chair , how- 
     
     ever, says that the recommenda- 
     
     tions are really good. “If some- 
     
    
   
   
    
     body decides to implement them, 
     
     there will be an improvement in 
     
     the whole sports scene at UPEI.”” 
     
    
   
   
    
     The basic content of the rought 
     
     copy of the report was described 
     
     as follows: 
     
    
   
   
    
     What is the present status of 
     
     women’s sports at UPEI? 
     
    

    
     — The women’s intramural 
     
     program is virtually non-existent. 
     
     Participation has gone down over 
     
     the last few years. 
     
    
   
   
    
     = January 30, 1986 
     
    
   
   
    
     — Participation for interecol- 
     
     legiate teams has remained equal. 
     
    

    
     Note: “Men’s and women’s 
     
     sports were not compared by the 
     
     task force. Doris explained that 
     
     the group felt there was no con- 
     
     flict between the two. The men’s 
     
     teams get more money, but they 
     
     also bring in more money, support 
     
     and participation. 
     
    

    
     What does the task force re- 
     
     commend? 
     
    

    
     Note: These suggestions still 
     
     had to be approved by some of the 
     
     task force members at the time of 
     
     this interview. 
     
    

    
     — Do not eliminate the existing 
     
     women’s teams. Basketball should 
     
     be maintained. Field Hockey and 
     
     Volleyball need more financial 
     
     and moral support. The training 
     
     fo skills should also be improved. 
     
    

    
     — For new teams, such as 
     
     lady’s soccer, the-support should 
     
     be tested first by implementing 
     
     them ona club basis. 
     
    

    
     — A new intramural program 
     
     needs to be devised, with the 
     
     possibility of separate super- 
     
     vision for it. (At present, the pro- 
     
     gram is supervised by the hockey 
     
     coach.) 
     
    

    
     The report will go to the 
     
     Athletics Council, who will then 
     
     hold a meeting to discuss its 
     
     recommendations. The council 
     
     may then make policy recom- 
     
     mendations to the various univer- 
     
     sity bodies, depending on what 
     
     aspects of the university their 
     
     suggestions affect. 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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