The Lt. Colonel W.D.C. Holmes University Awards were established in 2021 to provide $500 awards to the Athletic Financial Awards of the 16 participating schools in the Canadian University Men’s Rugby Championship and the U SPORTS Women’s Rugby Championship. The awards honour a student from each team who has demonstrated leadership, commitment, and contributions to rugby off-the-field, with the idea the awards will assist these players to become rugby’s leaders of tomorrow.
The Col. W.D.C. Holmes Awards are presented by Michael Holmes in memory of his late father Lt. Col. W.D.C. Holmes, who won the sword of honour at RMC in 1942 before embarking on a distinguished career in the British Army during and after World War II.
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