Fleming College

City of Kawartha Lakes ON – (Oct. 26, 2017) – Sawdust will be flying at Fleming College’s Frost Campus on Saturday, Nov. 4 when the campus hosts its annual varsity Loggersports competition.

The competition will draw college and university teams from across eastern Canada – Lakehead University, University of Toronto, Algonquin College, McGill University, University of New Brunswick, and Dalhousie University.

Loggersports features 14 events, a mix of team, doubles and individual races that include everything from ax throwing to pole climbing to chainsawing. During the competition, each participant will compete in all four team events, then one of three doubles events, and one of six single events. In addition, one individual per team will compete in the pool event. (Each competition has a different pool event, and Fleming’s pool event is the Choker Race.)

Fleming has a total of 14 women and 13 men competing on two men’s and two women’s teams (each have an A and a B team).

The event starts at 8 a.m. on Nov. 4 and wraps up with an awards ceremony at 5:30 p.m. For more information on Fleming’s Loggersports team, visit: flemingknights.ca/varsity/loggersports/.

About Fleming College
Located in the heart of Central Ontario, Fleming College has campus locations in Peterborough, Lindsay, Cobourg and Haliburton. Named for famous Canadian inventor and engineer Sir Sandford Fleming, the college features more than 100 full-time programs in Arts and Heritage, Business, Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, General Arts and Sciences, Health and Wellness, Justice and Community Development, Skilled Trades and Technology, and Continuing Education. Fleming College has more than 6,200 full-time and 10,000 part-time students, and 74,000 alumni.

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Members of the media, for more information please contact:
Laura Copeland
Communications Officer
laura.copeland@flemingcollege.ca
705.749.5530 x 1370