Women's Sports at UNB

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Year Sport Awards, Events
1939 Hockey The formation of the first coed hockey team
1929 Basketball Provincial Championship
1940 Basketball Maritime Intercollegiate Championship
1941 Basketball New Brunswick Senior Championship
1942 Basketball Tunics made their first appearance this year as the uniform of the girls’ team.
1942 Badminton 3 Cups for Fredericton Badminton Tournament

Enid Bruce - Ladies’ Single Enid Bruce, Leslie Stevens – Ladies’ Double Enid Bruce, Bill Thompson – Mixed Double

1943 Basketball Due to war-time restrictions the Inter-collegiate title was not contested this year. So the UNB team still held it from pre-war days.
1944 Basketball The City League Championship was carried off by the UNB girls without a single loss.
1945 Basketball The Co-ed Games came to a victorious end by their winning “City League”.
1946 Basketball Throughout the season UNB played in the “City League” and terminated the year’s activities by winning the City Championship.
1947 Basketball Maritime Intercollegiate Championship
1949 Tennis The talented red and black Co-eds captured the ladies championship.

Individual championships acquired by UNB were: Joene Moores – ladies 1st singles Faith Baxter – ladies 2nd singles

1950 Tennis Individual trophies were given to Joene Moores. Maritime Intercollegiate Ladies double champs.Trophy winner: Peggy Stewart
1951 Tennis No tennis tournament was held this year. The UNB team kept for another year the Maritime Intercollegiate championship cup. One lady was in the team: P. Stewart.
1952 Tennis UNB managed to win only one Maritime title. This was the ladies’ double play. Marion Gaunce and Janette Webb.
1954 Tennis Ladies’ doubles team of Jane Hickman and Pam McCready won the ladies’ doubles competition in the MIAU meet.
1954 Basketball Enough points were gained by UNB in the second game to win the total-point series, emblematic of NB championship for the 1953-54 season.
1954 Badminton Margot Roach won the ladies’ singles crown in MIAU tournament.
1954 Swimming Pam McCready set a new open record for the 40-yard backstroke. Shirley Hitchen did in the 40-yard freestyle.

This is the first time in four years that there has been a swim team from coed ranks.