Horns rugby to play major role on U20 team

trevor.kenney — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:51:07 +0000

Four ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Pronghorns women's rugby players have been named to Canada's U20 National Women's Team that will compete at the U20 Nations' Cup in July.

Jill Antkutowicz (second-year), Lindsay Duxbury (first-year), Juhee Thompson (first-year) and Tiffany Wideen (first-year) will all p[articipate in the Nations Cup, to be hosted by Santa Barbara, Cal. July 11 to 24. The event will feature matches versus the traditional participating nations of England and the United States, with the addition this year of a U20 squad from South Africa.

Horns head coach Neil Langevin is also the head coach of the U20 program and he said the selection process was very detailed.

"Our staff went coast to coast this spring looking for talent," says Langevin. "Clubs, schools and provincial programs all helped out by identifying and developing players to move to the international stage. With the 2016 Olympics a definite reality for some of these athletes, this group's development is an important part of the medal quest. "

He likes the makeup of the final squad.

"The 26 selected players are a diverse group from across the country and will be expected to perform well at this summer's Nation Cup," says Langevin.

In addition to the four current Horns on the national team roster, Langevin says another four players on the U20 squad are headed to the U of L this fall. Cassandra Orr (Vulcan, Alta.), Bailey Campbell (Lethbridge, Alta.) and Sarah Gordon (Surrey, B.C.) were all originally named to the squad and have verbally committed to the Horns. Ashley Delany was named to the non-travelling reserve side but has now been called up for the Nations Cup.

For more on the U20 team and the Horns, follow this link.

Billy McCarroll

trevor.kenney — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:14:50 +0000

Billy J. McCarroll was born in Santa Barbara, Cal. in 1937. He received a golf scholarship to California State ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ in 1962 and played varsity golf while pursuing a BA in visual arts.

In 1969, McCarroll completed his MA at California State ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ, and two years later joined the Department of Art at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge.

McCarroll taught printmaking, drawing and painting from 1971 to 1994 and was director/curator at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Art Gallery from 1972 to 1981, during the formative years of the collection.

McCarroll continues to be an active member of the southern Alberta art community, participating in collaborative projects such as The McIntyre Ranch Project and group exhibitions, as well as numerous solo exhibitions. McCarroll is also an accomplished jazz musician and continues to be an avid golfer.

McCarroll's early work focused on procedural abstraction, as he created paintings composed of layer upon layer of paint, building up textured surfaces. His practice then became preoccupied with geometric abstraction until 1983, when Calgary artist (and McCarroll's frequent golf partner) John Will gave McCarroll a copy of the instructional book, Sam Snead's Natural Golf.

McCarroll began appropriating images from the book as the focus of his paintings, prints and drawings – and has continued to do so for over 20 years. His use of stylized shapes, thick black outlines and vibrant colour palette often cause McCarroll's work to be categorized as Pop Art, referencing figurative art of the 1960s that drew on advertising imagery.

Much of the critical response to McCarroll's work has made a link between his subject matter and a philosophical life approach. The challenges inherent in the game of golf are often presented as metaphors for the wins and losses we face in contemporary life.

It has also been suggested, however, that McCarroll himself somewhat rejects the deep symbolism imparted upon his work. It is not difficult to imagine advice he has imparted on the golf course as also influencing his art practice: "analysis leads to paralysis, keep it in one piece, stop thinking so much".

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