Alpha Delta Phi – BC Chapter

The Brothers of Alpha Delta Phi are proud to welcome the 15 new initiates of the 2011 pledge class! The hard work of Rush chair Connor Morgan-Lang, Assistant Rush Chair Federico Ziza and all the other brothers produced these new brothers:

From left to right: Scott MacDonald, Troy Johl, David Miles, Ryan Yee, Kyron Harvett, Blake Kim, Brent Hanover, Corey Thomson, and Daudi Masinde. Not pictured: Vivaswan Venkat, Arjun Sangha, Sam Chian, Yaniv Pereyaslavsky, Sunil Suvarna, Mario Mendez.

All of us at Alpha Delta Phi are eager to see how the new neophyte class can contribute to the fraternity.

RULE BRITANNIA!!

It’s no secret that the brothers of Alpha Delta Phi BC Chapter are relentless in their pursuit of achievement whether it be social, academic or athletic, and even when all 3 of these aspects come together we do our best to make it work. Halloween weekend was such a case, where a gruelling week of midterms for the majority of the brothers ended with a Friday night Halloween bash at the house. Sleep deprived and a little worse for wear we all rallied early Saturday morning and assembled at the starting line of UBC REC’s Great Trek Race and Relay. The race is one of UBC’s oldest traditions, and it is held every year to commemorate the Great Trek of 1922 that led to the building of UBC’s Point Grey Campus. Amidst beautiful autumn scenery that we were a bit too tired to fully appreciate, 12 brothers ran the 8km relay, with 4 of us comprising the team that took first place overall and added one more trophy to our display case. Congratulations are in order for the winning team comprising Active Brothers Luka Bogdanovic, Anton Røthe and George Hatzikiriakos, as well as Pledge Brother Mario Mendez. This is now the second year in a row Alpha Delta Phi has taken first place at the Great Trek, and hopefully not the last!

October saw some older faces in with the new at this year’s Alumni Banquet. As ever, good times were enjoyed across the board, from the myriad of stories to the celebration and recognition of achievements, both in the Active Chapter and Alumni Association. As ever, the active brothers would like to thank all who attended and a special mention goes out to Alumnus Brother Howard Eckman who was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award that has been named in his honour. See you all next year!

A new year has dawned and brought with it new life back to the UBC campus after a fairly sleepy summer. Needless to say, we at Alpha Delta Phi could not be more excited as September means… RUSH! We are most looking forward to meeting all the young men who wish to find out more about what we are all about. In turn, we hope that we can get to know all those coming through the Rush process and enjoy the good times that are bound to ensue!

We at Alpha Delta Phi are currently looking for motivated young men who wish to better themselves through the bonds of brotherhood, and involvement in both fraternal and campus activities at UBC. Above all though, it is most important for us to find those who will be happy to not just call us friends, but their brothers. For more information on Rush events, please check out the ‘Recruitment’ section of this website.

Another year has passed and training has ended prior to the biggest Intramural event of North America this school year! Storm the Wall! There have been over 3,500 participants this year and another great event put on by UBC REC yet again.
8 Men’s teams and 13 CoRec teams of Alpha Delta Phi stormed the wall this year, in which many of them made it through to the semi-finals, but only 3 Men’s teams made it to the finals. Phiolators, Alpha Deltanators and Alpha Delta Phorze were in the Hindmarch Finals along with Sigma Chi, Phi Delta Theta, FIJI and our sport arch-rivals, Beta Theta Pi. An intense battle saw a Phi Delt wipe out on the cycle track, in which an ambulance had to be called, delaying the whole Storm schedule. However, Hindmarch finals continued and our top Men’s team eventually beat off the other fraternities to claim Number 1 in the Hindmarch Finals.
Being Hindmarch Champions, it was time for the UBC Divisional Finals that saw Alpha Delta Phi compete against the UBC MED team. With the brothers and the Alpha Delta Girls on the side cheering on Jesse Ory, Matthias Kempe, Jeff Hart, Luka Bogdanovic and Colin Keightley from the Phiolators, they pushed their limits, gave it everything they got in the rain and finally walking over the 12 foot wall to defeat the MED team to become UBC Champions for the 2nd year in a row.
So guess what?
Not only we are Storm the Wall 2011 Champions, BUT also Triple Crown Winners of 2011 too!
Congratulations boys on a fantastic result this year and now all that is left is the Sports Trophy!
Thank you to all the brothers who competed, all the brothers who cheered us on and especially UBC REC for putting on such a magnificent event.

Last week saw the end of another year in league sports. From soccer, basketball to ball hockey, Alpha Delt has had a mixed range of success throughout the year.
First semester, we had teams in Ball Hockey, Volleyball, Soccer, Futsal and Ultimate Frisbee. All Alpha Delt teams made it through into the playoffs, strong from normal league games, alas all the teams that made it to semi-finals or finals eventually lost. An unfortunate semester saw Alpha Delt and Adam’s Apples play in both soccer and futsal elite finals for the divisional trophy but after a hard fought battle, the Engineering team triumphed and beat us in both finals.
Second semester, registering in more teams than term 1, including a team in Basketball boosted our chances of gaining more points for the sports trophy. However, lack of communication saw a dodgeball team drop out, costing us some sport points. The semester looked bright for most teams, with Ball Hockey, Futsal, Basketball all reaching finals. Ball Hockey eventually fell to Beta and Futsal fell to Adam’s Apples again, but our glory came with the Basketball team. Battling against a staff team was no easy task, but the team came through, conquering them by over 20 points.
We are currently still fighting Beta Theta Pi for the Hindmarch Sports Trophy and it’s going to be a tight race to the finish with the only REC events of Storm the Wall and Spring Fever Slowpitch Softball left.