TORONTO- Six Canadian University golfers will don the Maple Leaf, representing Canada at the 2024 FISU World University Championships held in Kuortane-Seinäjoki, Finland from August 27 – 30.
On the men’s side, Anthony Jomphe of Université de Montréal will join William Forgues of Université Laval and John Paul Kahlert of the University of British Columbia.
On the women’s side, University of Guelph golfer Ela Jones will unite with Kristi Godkin of Wilfrid Laurier University and Morgan Best of the University of the Fraser Valley to round out the Canadian contingent.
Leading the Canadian squad as team officials are Tara Savoie of the University of Waterloo, Adam Wagner of the University of Windsor and Kevin Corriveau of St. Clair College.
The competition will take place at Ruuhikoskigolf, rated as one of the best 100 golf courses in the Nordic Countries. Ruuhikoskigolf has organized many major competitions including the Finnish stroke-play Championship in 2019 and European Men’s Senior Team Championship in 2006.
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U SPORTS is the national brand for university sports in Canada. Every year, over 15,500 student-athletes and 700 coaches vie for 21 national championships in 12 different sports. U SPORTS also provides high performance international opportunities at FISU Winter and Summer World University Games, World University Championships, University World Cups and various educational initiatives.
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For further information, please contact:
John Bower
Director, Marketing and Communications
U SPORTS
780-667-5646
jbower@usports.ca