Humber student and leader of the Humber Olympics admin department, Theo Tenerife is proud of the accomplishment that was the highly-anticipated Humber Olympics at the Humber gymnasium.
“Today’s the first time in our school year running events,” Tenerife said. “We’re here to make a difference and support a local food bank today either raising funds or are collecting non-perishable items.”
The Humber Olympics occurred Nov. 25 with games and raffle prizes including a new soccer ball. Created by the students of the Humber Sports Management program, the goal of the event was for students to have fun and to provide non perishable food items for the Daily Bread Food Bank.
One of Tenerife’s jobs was to oversee the safety of the Humber Olympics, ensuring everyone knew the risks.
“In our department, we make sure things like all the risk management stuff are in place,” he said. “Say if anyone were to risk injuries and stuff, they make sure they’re playing at their own risk, no matter what.”
Both players and student-staff members enjoyed taking part. Humber sports management student Mohammed Alafandi always wanted to participate in managing a sporting event.
“It’s something I always wanted to do,” Alafandi said. “Organize soccer games and be a part of [the] behind the scenes of the sport. I’m so glad to be here. I really appreciate everyone’s effort to put this together and everything.”
Students signed up to compete in three sports including volleyball, basketball and soccer.
Each set of teams was rotated after a two-period session on each court. The soccer team would rotate to volleyball, volleyball to basketball and basketball to soccer. The winning teams would then compete against each other in dodgeball to win the event.
While the event was moderately sized, students from all corners of Humber came to test their skills, win prizes and contribute to the food bank. Business administration student Vincent Spina got into the competition after hearing about the event through a friend’s social media post.
“I saw their Instagram, we messaged them, made a team, we’re all friends, so we got together excited to make the team,” Spina said.
Spina said he took part in the Humber Olympics as a way to relieve the stress of both assignments being completed and exams still to come later this month.
“Exam season’s coming soon,” Spina said. “Get the stress off a little bit. We just had a bunch of assignments, so why not?”
Humber sports management student Benjamin Agate found the activities so entertaining, he joined in with the other players, even though he’s from the same class that manages it.
“I wanted to see it from the player perspective,” he said. “I wanted to try to play, It just looks fun.”