MARAUDERS TO VISIT ROUGE ET OR FOR PRE-SEASON FOOTBALL GAME
The trip will be excellent preparation for the Marauders as they look to move up in the OUA standings in 2010.
McMaster football fall training camp will open on Monday, Aug. 23 and the team will leave for Quebec City after practise on Friday, Aug. 27. The teams will have an integrated practice on Saturday, Aug. 28, enabling Marauder players and staff to work with their Laval counterparts as both teams prepare for conference play.
"This is an excellent opportunity for our players to experience something different and to see how one of the most successful programs in Canada runs training camp," said McMaster head coach Stefan Ptaszek. "We've had pre-season scrimmages before, but playing a team like Laval should be great preparation heading into OUA play."
The trip to Quebec will wrap up with a pre-season game on Sunday, Aug. 29 at PEPS Stadium, which will again host the Vanier Cup on Nov. 27, 2010.
The Marauders will return to Hamilton after the game to resume training camp in preparation for their OUA home opener versus the always tough Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks.
The season opener is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Labour Day Monday, Sept. 6 at Ron Joyce Stadium.
Source: McMaster Marauders