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At 91��ɫ, students come first. As the University strives to attract and retain the best and brightest students, it is important to provide students with support both in and outside the classroom. That is the purpose for which, each year, members of 91��ɫ’s growing community of friends, alumni and supporters come together for the Lions Cup Golf Tournament.

More than $290,000 in student financial support was raised at the 14^th annual Kenaidan-91��ɫ Lions Cup Golf Tournament, which took place on Sept. 17. For the first time, the event was hosted at the Lionhead Golf & Country Club in Brampton, Ont. Lionhead is owned by KaneffGolf under the leadership of Ignat Kaneff, a longtime supporter of 91��ɫ and its students.

“Support generated through the Lions Cup has meant more than $5 million in financial aid for hundreds of outstanding students over the past 14 years,” 91��ɫ President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri told attendees during the evening program. “The tournament is an important way by which the 91��ɫ community helps to build the best postsecondary environment imaginable, where students can not only advance knowledge and skills in their field of choice, but also develop as citizens of the world.”

The Kenaidan-91��ɫ Lions Cup began in 2001 as the Chair’s Cup. Marshall Cohen, then Chair of the 91��ɫ Board of Governors, and his wife, Judi, envisioned creating a “friend-raiser” as well as a fundraiser, to rally the community around a great cause—student financial aid.

And while funds raised through the Lions Cup continue to support graduate students at 91��ɫ, this year was the first time that support from the tournament was also directed towards 91��ɫ’s varsity student athletes.

“Student athletes are by far 91��ɫ’s strongest and most passionate ambassadors,” exclaimed event co-Chair Guy Burry (BA ’82) during the evening program. “Often times, they are so busy trying to balance their academic and athletic priorities that they cannot retain part-time jobs and are therefore placed in a precarious financial situation. By giving back to this important cause, we can ensure that our student athletes are successful both in and out of uniform.”

One such student athlete is Sheereen Harris, a fourth-year kinesiology student who has been a varsity sprinter on the 91��ɫ Lions track-and-field team since first year and has served as the team’s captain for three years. Harris is also a recipient of an athletic financial award and the 91��ɫ Continuing Student Scholarship.

“The financial assistance through 91��ɫ’s various awards and bursaries has helped alleviate a lot of the financial burden placed on me and my family and allows me to focus solely on being the best student-athlete I can be,” Harris shared with guests. “On behalf of not only myself, but every other student that has benefited from awards and scholarships made possible by donors like you, I’d like to extend my sincerest thanks to everyone here for your generosity and assure you that it does not go unnoticed.”

At the helm of the Lions Cup are co-chairs Greg Stack (BA Spec. Hons ’81) and Burry, a member of 91��ɫ’s Board of Governors and former Chair of the 91��ɫ Alumni Association Board. Burry concluded the event by saying: “It was a great day of golfing and it means a tremendous amount to our graduate students, our student athletes and to all of us at 91��ɫ that you came out to support this event.”

Photos from the event can be found at .

 

The following is the list of sponsors for the 2014 Kenaidan-91��ɫ Lions Cup Golf Tournament:

Title Sponsor	Kenaidan Contracting Ltd.
Premier Sponsor	TD Insurance Meloche Monnex
Beat the Pro Sponsor	Guy Burry
Golf Ball Sponsor	407 ETR
Hole in One Sponsor	Jaguar Land Rover Canada
Hole Sponsors	Aviva Canada Inc. / Marsh Canada Ltd. Brown Daniels Associates Inc. Cisco Systems Ltd. David Cynamon Gryphon International Investment Corporation Manulife Financial Morguard Ontario Redimix Ltd., A Division of Holcim Canada Pave-Al Phillips, Hager & North Investment Management Ltd. Self Management Group Shawneeki Golf Club TD Asset Management Inc. Towers Watson Wedge Capital Management LLP 91��ɫ Development Corporation
Pin Supporters	Aon Hewitt Canada Building Materials Henry Wu Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP Mawer Investment Management Ltd. Westwood Management Corp.

Congratulations to our prize winners from the 2014 Lions Cup:

Closest to the Pin Winners	Male (Masters Course) - Rob Piti Male (Legends Course) - Chris Sean Female (Masters Course) - Kristen Wady
2nd Place Teams	Masters Course Munro – Frank Mazza, Theo Melo, Paolo Moretti, Tom Tauriello Legends Course Towers Watson – Randy Colbert, Chris Graf, John Poos, Colin Wright
1st Place Teams	Masters Course Phillips, Hager & North Investment Management Ltd. – Duke Diekson, Jordan Forfar, Tim Wood Legends Course Harris Rebar – Pat Kilkenny, Kevin Olesen, Dave Sabados, Chris Sean