Trent Athletics Launches Esports Allowing Students To Compete & Connect
/Trent Athletics has been focusing on new and innovative ways to support Trent students and provide sport, fitness and recreation opportunities both in-person and by remote delivery this Fall.
As Trent’s campus recreation coordinator, Matt Melo is tasked with ensuring students in both Peterborough and Durham have safe access to recreation opportunities in person (such as beach volleyball and badminton) as well as through remote delivery (online wellness programs, online fitness classes, online trivia nights) in the midst of unprecedented circumstances created by the pandemic.
Photo via Ontario Post-Secondary Esports (OPSE) League website.
One new virtual opportunity Melo has identified is Esports, through which Trent students connect to the Ontario Post-Secondary Esports (OPSE) League, competing both recreationally and competitively against teams from other Ontario universities in the games League of Legends, a strategy-based game, and Rocket League, a fast-paced take on soccer that sees cars substituted for players.
“The program promotes both competitive and recreational Esports and gaming opportunities in the Trent community,” says Melo. “This is the most accessible landscape we have worked with. We are able to provide a new recreational opportunity directly to our students without the need for them to leave their homes. During this time of evolving public health restrictions, recreation of this type is a safe and secure way for students to still interact with one another.”
Graphic via Trent University website
