Cheers & Jeers

CHEERS: To the frantic marathon runner who rushed into Tim Hortons on Kent Street in Charlottetown at 6:52 a.m. Sunday morning seeking anything with egg and sausage. The man was rushing to catch a bus departing for the race starting line but needed a quick breakfast before heading out. He apologized profusely to those in the line-up as he cut people off in order to make his connections. One wonders if he got to the bus on time and how he got along?

CHEERS: To Amanda Stanyer who delivered a stirring rendition of the national anthem before Mickey Place basketball tournament action Saturday evening at UPEI. Stanyer, the starting goalkeeper for the Lady Panthers soccer team, is the daughter of UPEI grad Phil Stanyer of Vancouver. Phil was in town for the weekend to attend lots of campus sports action, visit his daughter and numerous Pendergast cousins. Amanda may find herself in demand as an anthem singer for future UPEI events.

CHEERS: To UPEI which bucked a trend at other Atlantic universities to see its student enrolment rise this year. A preliminary survey of 2017-2018 enrolments for universities in the Atlantic region saw student numbers decrease overall in the last year (down by 0.4 per cent). But UPEI’s student population went up by 2.6 per cent, led by a 4.5 per cent jump in full-time undergraduate students, and an increase in full-time international students of 12.8 per cent. The total number of students at UPEI is now 4,549, up from 4,433 last year.

CHEERS: To Team Brudenell who claimed a narrow home course victory Saturday in the P.E.I. Finest Golf Championship which pitted teams from the three provincial courses against each other in match competition. Brudenell claimed 17.5 points to edge out a resurgent Mill River contingent, which earned 16.5 points. Defending champions from the Links at Crowbush Cove managed a meager 4.5 points. Crowbush, which won at home last year, was decimated by injuries and withdrawals, which left many in the starting lineup on the sidelines. Each club sent 12 players — who qualified from their club championships — and the club pro to the event.

CHEERS: To Downtown Charlottetown Inc. for organizing the annual Coats for Kids 2017 collection which started last week and runs to Oct. 28. The collection seeks new or gently used winter coats, (snowsuits, snow pants, hats, mittens, gloves, scarves and boots) for families. The campaign takes place in partnership with The Salvation Army, The Confederation Court Mall, which provides a Drop off Depot, Sterns Laundry, which cleans all the collected clothing and The Guardian. The Salvation Army will open the Free Shop on Nov.13–14 where families can pick out what they like from racks of clean winter coats and snow suits.