June 2010 - Sport Nova Scotia

June 2010
Issue 37
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Off the beaten path: Sport offers options for everyone ............... p.6
NSYA brings Mobile Sailing School to rural communities........................... p.5
RICOH Sport Awards honour year’s best............................................................ p.8
Female footballers headed to world championships................................... p.13
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June 2010 Issue 37
Sport Nova Scotia
Editor
Chad Lucas
Cover
Denise Poirier
Managing Editor
Carolyn Townsend
Jamie Ferguson
Chief
Executive Officer
Layout & Desktop
Paula Yochoff
Senior Staff
Chief Executive Officer
Jamie Ferguson
Director of Finance
& Administration
Debbie Buckoski
Director of Public Relations
Carolyn Townsend
Director of Marketing
Jeff LeDrew
Director of Sport Development
Mark Smith
Sport Quarterly,
a publication of Sport Nova Scotia.
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n May 5-7, Sport Nova Scotia
and our member provincial sport
organizations hosted a Milk Energy
Sport Fair in Amherst. Over the three
days of this event, more than 3,000
children had the opportunity to try
out over 19 different sports, and
hopefully find one they not only like,
but continue to take part in.
As you read this edition of Sport
Quarterly, it might be interesting to
consider how many different types
of sports and sport opportunities
now exist in Nova Scotia. There are
currently 59 different provincial sport
organizations operating within our
province, and Sport Nova Scotia is
proud not only of the work they do,
but of the variety of programs and
options they offer in communities
across our province.
At Sport Nova Scotia, we believe
having a broad spectrum of available
sports is a valuable asset to our
provincial sport system for a number
of reasons. Like a restaurant with a
large menu, having a variety of sports
available increases the chances that
Nova Scotians will be able to find a
sport they like in their community.
Our provincial sport organizations
offer programs that lend themselves
to all kinds of different skill sets, and
indeed different types of people.
Some people like individual sports,
some prefer team experiences, some
like sports that involve a challenging
cardiovascular component, and some
might prefer to take part in sports
that have a greater emphasis on
dexterity. The important thing is, no
matter what type of sport experience
you prefer, you should be able to find
something you like.
There’s a Sport out
There for Everyone
The wide array of sports available
in Nova Scotia also gives you a better
chance of not just finding something
that matches your sporting interest,
but also your lifestyle. A variety
of programs at different times and
different levels means you have
options that can help you fit sport
into your schedule. It also offers
opportunities for you to participate
in sports you may not have heard
of! So if you don’t consider yourself
“sporty”, maybe that’s because you
haven’t seen all the different types of
sports that are out there.
The ability to choose different types
of sport to enjoy, or find new sports—
or even begin to take part for the first
time—is one sign of a healthy sport
system. More importantly, it’s one
“At Sport Nova Scotia, we know that
people who take part in sport are
more likely to live healthy lives. We
also know that schoolchildren who
are active through sport are more
likely to do well in school, and less
likely to break the law.”
at every stage of your life. If you took
part in a sport for years and you no
longer do, you might be surprised to
find that there are now programs in
that sport for all ages. Or you might
discover another sport you haven’t
tried before that suits you even better
now.
Finally, there’s one other very
valuable benefit that comes from
having so many sport options. With
so many sports and programs at so
many levels, you don’t have to have
any previous experience to take
part and find a new way to enjoy
yourself. No matter what your age
or experience level might be, there
are opportunities to get involved
and have fun. In fact, there are likely
opportunities to take part not just in
sports you haven’t played before, but
sign of a healthy province. At Sport
Nova Scotia, we know that people
who take part in sport are more
likely to live healthy lives. We also
know that schoolchildren who are
active through sport are more likely
to do well in school, and less likely to
break to the law. Sport offers benefits
to all who take part, no matter their
age. And those benefits help build
vibrant, healthy communities across
our province.
So take a few minutes and read
about all the different sports in this
issue, or visit our website at www.
sportnovascotia.ca and see even
more sport options. It’s important—
not just because there are so many
sports, but because there are so many
benefits that go with them.
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Locke is one of seven golfers on the
Royal Canadian Golf Association’s
2010 under-22 development team,
where he’ll have the chance to qualify for
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winning the junior
provincials as well
and I’ve just never
really lost my
confidence since
then. I’ve managed
to keep playing
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well.
2008. (Photo contributed)
Being named to
the
national
development
team
ordination with baseball, so he
was a big deal for me. As part of
thought I’d be good at golf.
I took to it right away, but when the tryout process I went down to
I was 14 I started working with my Florida once a month for week-long
swing coach, Ed Hanczaryk, and camps throughout the winter, and
that’s when things really took off. that really did a lot for my game.
We made a change in my swing and Henry Brunton, the development
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a practice-aholic, and golf fits my
personality that way. I can always
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Golf has taken me a lot of places.
I’ve been down south, I was out to
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Great Coaching is Worth the Cost
Mark Smith
Director
of Sport
Development
A
question that sometimes comes
up at coaches’ clinics and sports
events is what does it take to build a
high performance program? My first
response is, “please define what you
mean by high performance?” But my
response is always the same. Hire the
best possible coach you can find and let
them do their job.
Obviously there are other important
steps involved with building a quality
high performance program, but the
two most important pieces in my view
relate to leadership. The first important
piece is a committed and knowledgeable
board or executive that understands the
process of athlete development. In order
to move any initiative along, it requires
people in positions of authority who
“get it.”
Secondly, but of equal importance, is
hiring competent technical leadership;
however, the importance of this piece is
often underestimated. It is no coincidence
that wherever you find programs that
have a history of success, you will
also find dedicated people and strong
technical leadership in place. Good
coaches in sport, like good managers in
a workplace, develop happy, productive
and successful athletes and employees
and it’s been that way for 100 years.
These leaders have a knack for
Sponsor Spotlight
Gold Sponsor
W
hen the opportunity arose to
become the design sponsor
for the 2010 Manulife Dragon Boat
Festival, Studio 11 co-owners Leanne
Beddow and Paul Birmingham jumped
on board right away.
Both lifelong activists who have
worked with Sport Nova Scotia on other
projects, Beddow and Birmingham—a
sister-brother duo—knew the Dragon
Boat Festival would be a great project
to take on.
“When this opportunity became
available, we thought, ‘What a great
event to support,’” Beddow says. “It
was a natural fit for Studio 11 to be the
creative sponsor for the Manulife Dragon
Boat Festival.”
Studio 11 is a gold sponsor for the event,
providing all the design work for things
such as advertisements and billboards,
pledge sheets, website graphics and
the program for the races on Saturday,
July 10.
Birmingham said it was a fun creative
challenge to take on such an established
event. “We want to maintain the brand
and logo that’s been developed, but we
tried to add a fresh new design to capture
attention and hopefully attract people to
the event,” he says.
Beddow and Birmingham have a
understanding the “big picture”, what
it takes to succeed and an ability to
effectively teach and communicate
with the people they work with. There
are examples of sports in this province
where programs have prospered by
having the right coach in place to
develop the program. Conversely, there
are also examples of organizations that
have floundered because of a lack of
understanding of what is required
to create a true high- performance
environment.
Good coaching comes with a financial
cost; however, the culture of sport in
this province, and this country, has been
slow to accept this reality. For whatever
reason, we see the value in paying for
academic tutoring or instruction to
learn to play an instrument, but when
it comes to paying a qualified coach to
teach our kids life skills through sport,
we balk at the notion that a coach should
be financially compensated for the
countless hours they give to your child
and mine. As someone who has been
involved with sport my entire life, I fail
to understand this thinking.
Good coaches attract and retain the
best athletes. Long-term success begins
and ends with putting the best coaches
in place and allowing them to create an
environment where young athletes can
thrive. If giving kids every chance to
succeed at that next level in their chosen
sport is truly the goal, then accepting
the fact that organizations need to
hire the best possible coaches is an
important first step. Remember, when
it comes to athlete development in high
performance sport, more often than not
you get what you pay for.
wealth of experience doing public
relations, design and marketing for
fundraising and non-profit events.
Beddow spent several years as director
of marketing and communications for
the IWK Foundation, and she also led
the public relations department at Sport
Nova Scotia for five years starting in
1993, helping establish the Sport Makes
a Difference campaign.
The siblings decided to strike out
on their own and launch Studio 11 in
2007. Beddow describes their business
as a full-service public relations, design,
marketing and event management
agency, able to cater to the needs or size
of any company.
“We enjoy working with a variety of
clients,” she says.
They remain active in the sporting
community as well. Studio 11 provides
design and event management for
the East Coast Classic, a celebrity golf
tournament that has raised more than
$200,000 over the past three years for
Sport Nova Scotia, the Nova Scotia
Sport Hall of Fame and local charities
in Digby.
Even the company’s name has a
sporting twist: Beddow explains on
Studio 11’s website that members of the
Birmingham clan usually wear 11 on
their jerseys when they play sports.
“Sport has just always been a part
of our lives,” she says. “Our father
managed the local arena where we
grew up, and Paul played hockey
while I played ringette. Paul was also
a competitive snowboarder. It’s a
lifestyle and a lifelong pursuit of ours.
I try to instill in my own girls that it’s
important to have that involvement.
It’s important to stay active, as well as
feel a part of something.”
She says she hopes to continue a
working relationship with Sport Nova
Scotia for a long time to come. “Sport
Nova Scotia is just a great organization
and we really enjoy working with
them. It’s easy and it’s something that
we’re passionate about.”
Visit Studio 11 on the web at www.
studio11.ca
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Sponsored by
Have Boats, Will
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NSYA brings Mobile Sailing
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director Frank Denis. “The whole goal
is to establish sailing communities in the
communities we visit. Hopefully we’ll
attract young people and their parents
who say, ‘What a great program, we
should have this all summer.’”
The Yachting Association has run
similar programs in the past, and
they’ve had a mobile school from
Ontario come down and operate in
some areas of the province over the
past five years.
But the NSYA has expanded the
program to include a six-metre trailer
that will bring six Optimist dinghies
around the province, as well as an
Access dinghy that can be used by
people with a disability, or newcomers
who aren’t quite comfortable on the
water yet.
“It’s very easy to use, very safe and
very comfortable,” Denis says. “We’re
making it inclusive to everyone who’d
like to try sailing.”
Coaches will instruct youth between
ages 6-14 in the Canadian Yachting
Association’s Learn to Sail levels, Wet
Feet and White Sail 1-3.
Phil Hawkman is looking forward
to the sailing school’s return to
Guysborough. Hawkman, who is
Guysborough’s director of recreation,
has seen the benefits the program has
had in his community—and his own
family.
“We’re a small community right on
the water, and it’s a great opportunity
for us,” he says. “My 14-year-old
daughter has taken it, and now she
wants me to buy an Opti, so I guess
that’s the proof.”
Hawkman says he likes how sailing
balances sport and physical challenge
with practical knowledge such as water
safety.
“The thing about sailing is it provides
an alternate option to team sports, but
it really empowers the youth to become
responsible for their own actions,”
Hawkman says. “The safety is well
thought-out, but by the same token
you’re out there on the water, making
decisions.”
Denis says one of the program’s
goals is to break the stereotype that
sailing is solely a sport for the wealthy.
The mobile sailing school is geared to
keep costs down, and at the end of the
summer the NSYA hopes to sell the
boats used in the program to interested
communities at a discounted rate.
And some areas, including
Guysborough, offer subsidies to
participants which reduce the cost to
almost nothing.
“We try to make it affordable for
everyone,” Hawkman says. “From
my perspective, it’s great to see some
of the sport governing bodies provide
some outreach programs. It’s really
neat that sailing is making sure their
program gets distributed around the
province.”
Find out more about the Mobile Sailing
School at www.nsya.ns.ca.
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Off the Beaten Path
Sport offers options for everyone
A
ndrew McKinlay liked being
active and involved in sports,
but he wasn’t sure where he fit.
He loved swimming but wanted
something more team-oriented.
He tried basketball but, as he puts
it, “I’m not really good at land
sports.”
One day while he was swimming
at Dalplex he noticed a group
playing water polo. “It looked like
a lot of fun,” says Andrew, 16, who’s
just finishing Grade 10 at Citadel
High School. “It looked like football
in the water.”
He tried water polo and loved
it—and now he’s thriving at it. He
played for Team Nova Scotia at
the Under-18 water polo nationals
in May at Dalplex. The sport has
become a major part of his life.
“I love the team-sport part of
it, being a part of something,”
Andrew says. “It’s like swimming
and basketball combined. I love
the uniqueness of it. I just want to
keep getting better at it. I’d love to
make a national team or something
someday.”
It’s Sport Nova Scotia’s philosophy
that everyone is like Andrew: There’s
a sport for everyone, and it’s just a
matter of finding the right fit. The
good news is that there are more
options out there than ever.
In this and other recent issues of Sport
Quarterly, we’ve featured athletes
and organizations making their
mark in less “mainstream” sports,
such as disc sports, DanceSport, and
women’s tackle football. And we’ve
highlighted programs that make
sports more accessible to people
who may have never tried them
Presented by
before—such
as a highschool judo
program in
Truro, and a
mobile sailing
school visiting
communities
a ro u n d t h e
province this
summer (see
page 5).
That’s the
motive behind
the Milk Sport
Fair, which Andrew McKinlay prepares to take a shot during a water polo tournament at
has reached Dalhousie in March. (Photo contributed)
out to more
than 30,000 teachers, students and the sport—which involves finding
parents since 2002. Almost 3,000 a series of control points on an
youth attended May’s Milk Sport outdoor course using a compass
Fair in Amherst, where they had a and a map—holds something for
chance to try 20 different sports.
people of all ages, whether you’re
“We want to let students know a serious competitor or just out for
the different options out there,” says some fresh air.
Renée LeGrow, Sport Nova Scotia’s
“It’s like a treasure hunt,” he says.
Sport Projects Co-ordinator. “It “You head out in a public park, and
gives sport organizations a chance all of a sudden you’re exploring
to showcase what they’re about, areas you’ve never been before.
and it lets people know what’s out There are different levels from
there.”
beginner to expert, and you can go
Some people almost literally by yourself or as part of a group.”
stumble into their favourite sport.
If there’s no organization out there
Michael Price of Truro heard about yet for your favourite activity, you
an orienteering event at Victoria could always get the ball rolling
Park and decided to check it out.
yourself. That’s what Guy Lavoie
“I’ve always enjoyed being in and others did with water polo.
the woods, walking the trails, and I
Lavoie’s son Julien was in the
was curious to see how orienteering same boat as Andrew McKinlay:
would be different.” He laughs. “I “He loved the water but he wanted
totally bombed at that first event—I to do more than swim laps,” Guy
got everything wrong. But I really Lavoie says.
enjoyed it and fell in love with it
About five years ago they learned
right away.”
that a man named Nikolay Shulga
Price is now the president of had moved to Halifax and was
Orienteering Nova Scotia. He says starting a water polo club. As Julien
joined and fell in love with the
sport, Lavoie and other parents
talked about forming an official
association.
Now, the Provincial Water Polo
Association includes programs
at Centennial Pool, Dalplex, CFB
Halifax and Lower Sackville in the
metro area, as well as a club in Truro.
They’re looking to expand around
the province.
“We started with eight players and
now we have more than 200,” Lavoie
says. “We’ve had great support from
Sport Nova Scotia and Water Polo
Canada, and we’ve gotten lots of
advice and support from Water Polo
Quebec as well.”
The association also developed
a provincial team and hosted the
under-18 nationals in May—an
eye-opening experience for a group
that’s barely five years old.
“One of our goals was being
able to host a nationals within five
years, and we did it,” Lavoie said.
“We started from scratch with a
lot of fresh ideas, and it was very
successful.”
Lavoie discovered that he really
likes the sport too. “My son never
wanted to play soccer with me, so
I decided to climb in the pool and
try (water polo),” he says. “It’s a
demanding game, but it’s really
rewarding. Physically, you swim
about three kilometres every game.
You get out of the pool feeling
burned out, but satisfied.”
To learn more about these sports, visit
www.pwpa.ca or orienteeringns.ca.
For more on the Milk Sport Fair or a
complete list of sport organizations in
Nova Scotia, visit www.sportnova
scotia.ca.
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Never Too Old to Play, says 55+ Games Society
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iscovering new sports and finding
places to compete aren’t just for
children or young adults. Just ask the
Nova Scotia 55+ Games Society.
The Society offers athletes 55
and over a chance not only to stay
active, but to stay competitive if they
choose. The Society hosts a bi-annual
Provincial Games, where the top
finishers earn the right to advance to
the Canada 55+ Games.
“The attraction is to make it more
enticing for seniors to be more active,
with a lot of fellowship but also
competition if that’s what they’re
looking for,” says Joy McKay, secretary
for the Nova Scotia 55+ Games Society.
“There aren’t always a lot of options
for seniors to stay competitive in
sport.”
The Society has members as old as 98
Hubley says she was thrilled to
still competing at provincial games. Two
discover the provincial 55+ Games
years ago, the men’s over-75 hockey
Society when she moved to Tantallon a
team captured a
few years ago. “It’s
gold medal at the
been a great way
national games
to meet people,
in Dieppe, New
have fun and stay
Brunswick.
active,” she says.
That thrill of
“But as seniors,
both camaraderie
we still really
and competition is
like to compete. I
what keeps Joann
love going to the
Hubley active.
provincial Games
She captured gold Nova Scotian athletes prepare for their entrance knowing I have
medals in singles at the Canada 55+ Games in Dieppe in 2008. a chance to go to
(Photo contributed)
and team bowling
nationals.”
at the Provincial Games in Yarmouth
Hubley, who also attended nationals
last summer. Now she’ll represent Nova
in Dieppe in 2008, says it’s a thrill to be
Scotia this summer at the Canada 55+
treated like a “real athlete,” no matter
Games in Brockville, Ontario.
your age.
“At the nationals it was just like we
were real Olympians,” she says. “We
marched around Dieppe with our
flags and marched into the Sportsplex,
we were announced as we came in and
everybody clapped, just like the real
thing. I’d never experienced anything
like that.”
She says it goes to show that you’re
never too old to keep playing your
favourite sport—or to discover a new
one. “I meet a lot of people who say,
‘Well, I used to bowl,’ or ‘well, I used to
play hockey.’ Guess what? You can still
do it! This is the age where you’ve got
more free time and you can do things
like that. Don’t quit now!”
For more on the Society, visit www.
novascotia55plusgames.com.
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2010 RICOH Sport Awards
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Photos courtesy Mike Dembeck and Natasha Wagg
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2010 RICOH WINNERS
RICOH Team of the Year
Canadian Women’s C2 200m, 500m
RICOH Male Athlete of the Year
Luke MacDonald and Jeremy Law, Aerobics
First. (Category: RICOH Corporate Sponsor
L-R: Vincent Gauthier (RICOH), David Sharpe, Mattias
of the Year)
Wolter and a representative for Richard Dalton.
(Category: RICOH Male Individual Athlete of the Year)
Mattias Wolter
RICOH Female Athlete of the Year
Kevin Fancey, RICOH.
Adrienne Power
RICOH Male Team Athlete of the Year
Andrew Russell
RICOH Female Team Athlete of the Year
Jessica Wong
RICOH Coach of the Year
Mike Todd
RICOH Official of the Year
L-R: Maria Halavrezos, Jenna Marks, Tyler Scott,
Jonathan Reid, Ted Skiffington and Wayne Paddock L-R: Jamie Ferguson, Brian Lane and Jim Boudreau. Marie Mullally, Nova Scotia Gaming
(RICOH). (Category: RICOH Team of the Year)
Corporation.
Lou Davis
RICOH Corporate Sponsor of the Year
Aerobics First
RICOH Fair Play Award
Edward Whitehouse
RICOH Association of the Year
St. Margaret Sailing Club
RICOH Sport Makes A Difference
L-R: Rob Pickrem (RICOH), Rob Williams, Lou Davis. L-R: Duff Montgomerie, Joan Montgomerie, Farida
Marilyn and Ambrose White.
Gabbani and Ken Bagnell.
(Category: RICOH Official of the Year)
Major Sponsors
Title Sponsor
Try Lacrosse
Girls’ Day in Baseball Committee
Sport Nova Scotia Chair Award
Media Sponsors
Bob Nauss
Official Sponsors
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Sponsored by
2010 Provincial Sport Award Winners
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long with the major RICOH Sport Awards, each provincial sport organization has the opportunity to name their athletes, team, coach, official and volunteer
of the year. All award recipients are listed below.
Team of the Year
Alpine Skiing Wentworth Ski Racing
Club K1-J2 Team
Baseball
Hammonds Plains–
Mosquito “AAA”
Basketball
Canada Games Men’s
Basketball Team
CanoeKayak (Sprint)
Canadian Women’s C2
200m, 500m
Curling
Team Mark Dacey
Figure Skating
InNOVAtion
Hockey
Cumberland County
Blues
Lacrosse
Dartmouth Bandits
Junior A Team
Ringette
Nova Scotia U-14
Team
Rope Skipping
Nova Scotia Power
Rugby
Halifax RFC Senior
Women’s Team
Sailing
Skiffington & Reid
Soccer
Halifax Dunbrack
Rooms Plus
Synchronized Swimming Atlantis Synchro Tier
6 Team
Triathlon
Canada Games Boys’
Team
Volleyball
Canada Games
Women’s Volleyball
Male Individual Athlete of the Year
Alpine Skiing Athletics
Badminton
Bicycling
Boxing
CanoeKayak (Sprint)
Cross Country Skiing
Diving
Figure Skating
Golf
Gymnastics
Judo
Karate
Racquetball
Rope Skipping
Sailing
Shooting
Snowboarding
Special Olympics (Golf)
Speed Skating
Swimming
Jordan Gibson
Mattias Wolter
Elliott Beals
Andrew L’Esperance
Custio Clayton
Richard Dalton
Ian Murray
Andrew Saunders
James Hazelton
Sam Holland
Hugh Smith
Sean Isnor
Tyler Deveau
Jesse Peck
Logan Carter
Tom Brosky
Martin Cashin
Jeremy Page
Garry Mounce
Aidan Cyr
David Sharpe
Table Tennis
Tennis
Triathlon
Wrestling
Ian Kent
David Anderson
Brad Piggott
Riley Otto
Female Individual Athlete of the Year
Alpine Skiing Cheyenne Coates
Athletics
Adrienne Power
Badminton
Tineke Vanderweit
Boxing
Stephanie Walker
CanoeKayak (Sprint)
Karen Furneaux
Cross Country Skiing
Jennie Mae Roy
Diving
Ali Robinson
Equestrian
Danica Ellis
Figure Skating
Jennifer Mahoney
Gymnastics
Ellie Black
Judo
Heidi Feit
Karate
Ashley McIntyre
Racquetball
Andrea Albert
Rope Skipping
Sarah Dobrowolski
Rowing
Katherine Harman
Sailing
Erin Rafuse
Shooting
Rauchelle Johnson
Snowboarding
Alexandra Duckworth
Special Olympics
Shyanne Dolliver
Speed Skating
Jillian MacDonald
Swimming
Olivia Feschuk
Synchronized Swimming Claire Whittaker
Table Tennis
Kirsten McCaffrey
Tennis
Sandy MacKie
Triathlon
Emily Wood
Wrestling
Jillian Mosher
Male Team Athlete of the Year
Baseball
Basketball
Blind Sports (Goalball)
CanoeKayak (Sprint)
Field Hockey
Figure Skating
Hockey
Lacrosse
Racquetball
Rugby
Soccer
Triathlon
Anthony McKinley
Tyler Scott
Peter Parsons
Andrew Russell
Shane Rajaraman
John Mattatall
Jake Brennan
Adam Desrochers
Dan Smith
Paul Hamson
Derek Gaudet
Brad Piggott
Female Team Athlete of the Year
Baseball
Basketball
CanoeKayak (Sprint)
Field Hockey
Gina Peori
Justine Colley
Genevieve Orton
Mandy Avery
Hockey
Lacrosse
Racquetball
Ringette
Rugby
Soccer
Volleyball
Jessica Wong
Raylee Godin
Andrea Albert
Lauren Morse
Megan MacIsaac
Molly Allen
Kerri Smit
Coach of the Year
Alpine Skiing Athletics
Baseball
Basketball
Bicycle
Blind Sports (Goalball)
Diving
Fencing
Figure Skating
Gymnastics
Judo
Karate
Lacrosse
Racquetball
Ringette
Rope Skipping
Roger Hardy
Tanya Daniels
John Shrider
Tim Kendrick
Andrew Parsons
Linda MacRae Triff
Jarrett McKay
Michael Barton
Ann Young
Keiji Yamanaka
Charlene Oliver
Mitchell German
Amy Bragg
Paul Keeping
Dan MacIsaac
Stefanie CondoneOldreive
Rugby
Phill Rodgers
Sailing
Mike Todd
Snowboarding
Natasha Burgess
Synchronized Swimming Danielle Poulos
Soccer
Stephen Hart
Softball
Glen MacKinnon
Speed Skating
Bernard Crane
Swimming
Kevin Ross
Table Tennis
John MacPherson
Triathlon
Jason Lawton
Volleyball
Darren Russell
Wrestling
Cheryse MacDonald
Official of the Year
Alpine Skiing Athletics
Baseball
CanoeKayak (Sprint)
Diving
Fencing
Figure Skating
Gymnastics
Hockey
Judo
Karate
Lacrosse
Heather Hoyt
Paul MacDonald
Dennis Crotty
Judy Williams
Carol Anne James
Ron Dewar
Sheila Beard
Kelly Thompson
Peter Sheppard
Patrick Whitney
David Griffin
Scott McMullen
Ringette
Chris Clarke
Rope Skipping
Sam Ashley
Rowing
Linda Lee
Rugby
Katherine Lewis
Sailing
Rob Williams
Shooting
Allen Roland
Snowboarding
Ralph d’Eon
Soccer
John Gray
Softball
Lou Davis
Speed Skating
Laurie Murchison
Squash
Tom Hori
Swimming
Sue Jackson
Synchronized Swimming Anne Peters
Table Tennis
Joe Fisher
Triathlon
Andrew Dacanay
Wrestling
Jonathan Clark
Volunteer of the Year
Alpine Skiing
Athletics
Badminton
Baseball
Basketball
Jean-Paul Deveau
Rosanne Gibson
Karen Stadnyk
Paul Arsenault
Karen & Neville
Provo
Blind Sports (Goalball) Dave Courtney
CanoeKayak (Sprint)
Don Mosher
Cricket
Bhan Deonarine
Diving
Robert Zed
Equestrian
Lisa Burd
Fencing
Nicholas Mills
Figure Skating
Lloyd Smith
Gymnastics
Dan MacDonald
Hockey
Nolan Borden
Judo
Anne Tobin
Karate
Karen Armour
Lacrosse
Darlene Fenton
Racquetball
Brian Haverstock
Ringette
Marlene Connell
Rowing
Susan Duann
Rugby
Lindsay Hilton
Sailing
Rod Millar & Barbara Pike
Snowboarding
Karen Chasse
Soccer
James Keast
Special Olympics
Bob Wade
Speed Skating
Greg Taylor
Squash
David Westwood
Swimming
Virginia Smith
Synchronized Swimming Heather Robbins
Table Tennis
Jennifer Tarrant
Triathlon
Mark Campbell
Volleyball
Joe Duggan
Wrestling
Jim Mosher
10
January
February
April
Paul Tingley
~ Sailing
Sarah Conrad
~ Snowboarding
Team Pinkney
~ Curling
The 39-year-old Halifax
native captured first place
at the Miami Olympic
Class Regatta, an ISAF
World Cup Event. Tingley
won a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics.
Alexandra Duckworth
~ Snowboarding
Duckworth, 22, of Kingsburg, captured a bronze medal at Canada’s
first Slopestyle World Cup in Calgary in January. She also finished
eighth at the Stoneham World Cup Halfpipe.
John Mattatall
~ Figure Skating
Wallace native Mattatall, 27,
and partner Myléne Brodeur
of Quebec, finished a personalbest fourth at the Canadian
N a t i o n a l F i g u re S k a t i n g
Championships.
InNOVAtion ~
Synchro Figure
Skating
Dartmouth-based
InNOVAtion captured
first place at the 2010
Atlantic Regional
Synchronized Skating Championships, recording a
team personal-best 45.95 points. The win advanced
them to the national championships in March, where
they placed 13th in the Open category. InNOVAtion
was also named Team of the Month for March.
Dartmouth native Conrad,
25, was one of two athletes to
represent Nova Scotia at the
Vancouver Olympics, along
with hockey star Sidney Crosby.
Conrad reached the semifinals in
the Ladies’ Halfpipe Event, finishing 18th overall.
Skip Colleen Pinkney
and her team of
Wendy Currie, Karen
Hennigar and Susan
Creelman became the
first Nova Scotian rink ever to win gold at the World
Senior Women’s Championships.
Whitney Lohnes
~Judo
March
Mattias Wolter
~ Athletics
(Cross Country)
Bridgewater’s Wolter, 19, raced
to a sixth-place finish in the
junior men’s six-kilometre event
against a large and talented field
at the North American and Carribean Cross-Country
Championships in March. Wolter’s result qualified
him for the world championships, where he placed
76th.
Ashley McIntyre
~ Karate
McIntyre,
of
Coldbrook, took home
a silver medal from
the Canadian Karate
Championships. The
17-year-old qualified for the 2010 Pan American
Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Montreal.
Lohnes, 17, won four straight
matches to take home the gold
at Couple Claude Berthelette,
a national judo competition in
Zack Francis
~ Snowboarding
The 19-year-old Francis
reached the top 32 at the
n a t i o n a l s n o w b o a rd c ro s s
championships, only the
second time a Nova Scotian
has accomplished that feat.
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Nova Scotia Doctors Shed Light on Sun Safety
A message from Doctors Nova
Scotia
H
ot sunshine, warm water and
leisurely hours spent outside
with the entire family are some of the
things that make summer so special.
But as the days get warmer, physicians in the province are reminding
Nova Scotians to take precautions to
keep sun-safe.
Doctors encourage you to have fun
in the sun, but to be wary of preventable injuries. The sun’s rays on our
skin feels good, but they can also be
harmful. That’s why it’s important to
pay close attention to the UV index
before you go outside, and always
wear sunscreen with a Sun Protection
Factor (SPF) of at least 15 or higher.
There are positive effects from the
sun, including warmth, light, and
vitamin D3 in the body. Sunlight also
enhances people’s moods and kills
pathogens. Despite these advantages,
overexposure to the sun can have
adverse health effects, like sunburn,
premature ageing, skin cancers,
diseases of the eye, and immune
suppression.
A sun tan is a sure sign of damaged
skin due to overexposure to ultraviolet radiation. Skin damage caused by
the sun is cumulative, which means
exposure to the sun adds up. UV
exposure causes damage in the DNA
of our skin cells. If the damage is too
severe, the body’s cells cannot repair
themselves, resulting in the development of skin cancer.
Whether indoors or outdoors, there
is no safe way to get a tan. Tanning
beds and sun lamps are not a safe
alternative. We no longer suspect that
tanning beds cause cancer – we know
they cause cancer. According to the
International Agency for Research on
Cancer, being exposed to UV radiation from indoor tanning equipment
before the age of 35 increases your
risk of melanoma (skin cancer) by 75
per cent.
Many people use tanning equipment to develop a base tan before
they expose themselves to natural
sun rays, believing that the base tan
provides protection to their skin. This
is not true. Indoor tanning equipment
does not prepare the skin for natural
sun exposure.
Although skin cancer is the most
common type of cancer, it’s also one
of the most preventable. To reduce
your risk of getting skin cancer, simply don’t use tanning beds or sun
lamps and practice sun-safety when
you’re spending time outdoors.
The doctors of Nova Scotia encourage all Nova Scotians to avoid
using tanning beds, sun lamps and to
practice sun safety whenever you’re
active outdoors. Doctors Nova Scotia
wishes all Nova Scotians a happy,
healthy, and safe summer. Remember
to keep yourself hydrated by drinking plenty of water and practice sunsafety at all times.
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Female Footballers Headed to
World Championships
P
laying tackle football has long been
a passion for Katie Archibald, Laurel
MacInnis and Kelly Martell. But they
never suspected it would take them to
the world stage.
Now they’re hoping to help put
women’s football on the map when
they represent Canada at the first-ever
Women’s World Championship in
Stockholm, Sweden starting June 27.
Archibald, MacInnis and Martell are
the three Nova Scotians on Canada’s
first national women’s tackle team. All
three play on the Halifax Xplosion in
the Maritime Women’s Football League,
which began in 2004.
Archibald, a student at St. Francis
Xavier University, remembers being the
only girl on her Timberlea Titans football
team, and she played a season with the
boys at Sir John A. Macdonald High
School before joining
the Xplosion.
“My sister was
really involved in
soccer, but it just
wasn’t for me,” says
Archibald, who also
plays for the St. F.X.
rugby team. “When I
went into junior high, that was the first
time I was introduced to sports like
wrestling. I really liked it, and some
of the guys who were on the wrestling
team played football too. They said
‘Come try out.’ I did, and I loved it.”
It was a similar story for
MacInnis, who played pickup
football with her friends in
high school, and Martell,
who grew up playing rugby
and jumped at the chance
to become one of the first
members of the Xplosion
when the team joined the
MWFL in 2005.
“I saw an article about the
women’s league and went out
with a group of friends,” says
Martell, one of the Xplosion’s
veteran players at age 40.
“We all really like full-contact
sports, and it was something
we loved right away so we
stuck with it.”
All three players jumped
at the chance to try out for
Canada’s first national team,
which is coached by Larry
Harlow of the MWFL’s Saint
John Storm. After impressing
coaches in an open tryout in
November, the three Nova
Scotians were invited to a
camp in March where they
earned spots on the 40-woman
roster for the world championships.
Naturally, the players have their
eye on winning gold at the worlds,
where they’ll go up
against teams from
the U.S., Germany,
Austria, Finland
and host Sweden.
But beyond that,
they’re hoping that
a solid international
performance will
help raise awareness of the game back
home.
“A lot of people just don’t know it’s
available,” says Archibald. “I meet a lot
of girls who say, ‘I’d love to play but
there’s just nothing available where
I live.’ I think this is the first step to
spreading (football) across the country
and making it available to everyone.”
MacInnis says that many people
see football as a man’s game, and she
hopes the world championships will
change that.
“Women in football have been around
for a long time, but nobody really knows
about it,” says MacInnis, who also
attends St. F.X. “There’s just a stigma that
women are too delicate or fragile. But to
have the first world championships is
definitely going to break some barriers.
Right now I’m working with a group
of girls in Antigonish, and I can just
see there’s so many doors opening for
young girls and women in sport. I think
this is going to be a really good chance
to expand women’s football.”
14
“The Chance of a Lifetime”
Special Olympians head to
Canada Summer Games
L
ynette Sampson is a few weeks away
from her first trip to the Special
Olympics Canada Summer Games, but
she already feels like a champion.
Sampson, a swimmer, got to carry the
Special Olympics torch and light the
cauldron in her home town of Sydney.
She’s thrilled about making the trip to
London, Ontario in July for the national
games.
“I’m excited to be going to London,”
she says. “It’s going to be a lot of fun,
the chance of a lifetime.”
Sampson is one of about 50 Nova
Scotian athletes headed to the Summer
Games, where Special Olympians
will compete in athletics, bowling,
powerlifting, rhythmic gymnastics,
soccer, softball and swimming.
New experiences can
For the athletes, having
be both exciting and
a chance to represent
their home province is an
challenging for some
eye-opening experience,
Special Olympians, so
Greek and his coaches
says Michael Greek, the
and staff work hard
president of Special
Olympics Nova Scotia
to make sure all
the pageantry and
and the summer team’s
commotion of the
chef de mission.
“Not to be cliched
Games is a positive
experience and not an
about it, but for many
overwhelming one for
of the athletes it’s a lifethe athletes.
changing experience,”
Lynette Sampson poses with the
“We do a lot of teamhe says. “There will be
aquatics medals she won at last year’s
some who’ve never been Special Olympics Provincial Summer b u i l d i n g e x e r c i s e s
to make everyone
on a plane before or never Games. (Photo contributed)
comfortable,” Greek
left Nova Scotia. When
says. “In some cases athletes are
you’re there with all the other provinces
and people are starting to recognize
travelling without their regular coaches,
so we try to identify anyone who might
you as a Nova Scotian athlete and you
be anxious and really help them get
appreciate that you’re representing your
used to the idea.”
province, it’s a good feeling.”
For Sampson, the chance to mingle
with other athletes from across Nova
Scotia and beyond is as much of a thrill
as the Games themselves.
“I met most of my team already, but
there’s one person I didn’t meet,” she
says. “I can’t wait to meet people from
all over Canada.”
Sampson, who also does track and
field, snowshoeing, and aerobics and
yoga, says the Special Olympics have
given her a chance to pursue something
she loves at a higher level.
“Swimming is my passion,” she
says. “I love swimming breaststroke
and freestyle. It makes me feel good
to exercise. Sometimes I get nervous
at competitions, but I still really like
it.”
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Sponsored by
Effort Equals Success for Tyler Deveau
Hard-working teen making his
mark in karate
and swimming to
build up his cardio
fitness.
He, his younger
sister and a group
of friends also
travel to Halifax
just about every
weekend—a sixhour round trip
from his Digby
County home—
to train with the
provincial team.
“All of those kids
tend to be really
high achievers,”
Armour says of
Ty l e r a n d h i s
N
o one can accuse Tyler Deveau
of not dreaming big.
A year into his karate training—at
the ripe old age of 10—the native
of Church Point set a lofty goal
for himself: to become a world
champion.
Then he started training like
crazy to get there.
Talk to his coaches and they’ll
tell you that Tyler, now 15, has one
of the most impressive work ethics
they’ve ever seen.
“When he first started getting
into karate, you could see that he
had a natural talent,” says Karen
Armour, an assistant coach with
the provincial karate team. “But the
thing about Tyler is he just works
and works and works at it. He’s
always been very driven, always
wanting to improve.”
The hours of practice have paid off
for the Grade 9 student. He’s won
silver medals in his age and weight
category at the past two Canadian
championships, earning berths in
two straight Pan-American junior
championships. He’ll travel to
Montreal in August for this year’s
Pan-Ams—after a trip to Japan to
compete in an international event
in his style of Chito Ryu karate.
Not bad for a kid who hadn’t
even been on a plane until he
flew to Calgary for nationals last
summer.
“I’m really excited about going
to Japan,” says Tyler, who was
recently named the Nova Scotia
Karate Association’s male athlete of
the year. “I went to El Salvador last
year for the Pan-Ams and that was
amazing. The level of competition
Tyler Deveau (right) competes at the 2010 Karate
Canada National Championships in Toronto in
March. (Photo contributed)
there was just unreal, but I found
it brought out the best in me. To
date that’s still the best I’ve ever
fought.”
Tyler ’s a well-rounded teen
who competes in badminton
and basketball, mentors younger
athletes and keeps up an honourroll average in school. But karate is
his first love; the passion is evident
in his voice as he discusses his
favourite sport.
“I can’t imagine myself doing
anything else,” he says. “If I’m into
something, I’m going to do it 110
per cent. I train so hard because I
want to be the best.”
Success hasn’t come without
sacrifices. Tyler watches what
he eats carefully, avoiding junk
food, and because he has asthma
he spends extra time running
friends Michel Maillet and Vincent
Doucet, who also won silver at
nationals last year. “They’re going
the extra mile just to get to practices,
and you can see it paying off.”
It’s a huge help having supportive
parents and friends to train with,
Tyler says. “We’re known as the
Karate Guys,” he says with a laugh.
“We’ve all been training together
since we were little, and we stick
together.”
Ty l e r ’ s f u t u r e p l a n s a r e
straightforward: he wants to earn
his full black belt once he turns 16
in October. After that? “One day I
want to be the best in the world.”
16
Going the Extra Mile for KidSport™
W
hether they’re giving up
birthday presents or bicycling
across Portugal, Nova Scotians are
finding creative ways to support
KidSport™.
Halifax resident Suzie Ketene had
KidSport™ in mind
when she took
part in a gruelling
mountain-bike race
called the TransPortugal Garmin
in May.
Racers in the nineday event covered
1,150 kilometres
on an unmarked
course, with only a GPS to guide
them. Ketene, a champion mountain
biker, was one of only six women in
the field.
She entered the race with the goal
of raising $1,150 for KidSport™—one
dollar for every kilometre of the race.
She more than tripled her goal.
“I wanted to give back,” Ketene
said before the
race. “I’ve been
fortunate enough
to have had a
life filled with
organized team
and individual
sports, and
I could not
imagine a child’s
life without such
critical team-building and healthy
activity.”
KidSport™ is a national program,
administered locally through Sport
Nova Scotia, that provides young
athletes in need with up to $300
per year toward
re g i s t r a t i o n a n d
equipment costs.
Peter Thompson
made a hefty
sacrifice of his own
for KidSport™: when
he celebrated his
eighth birthday in
March, he asked his
friends to donate to
KidSport ™ instead
of buying him
presents.
He raised $149 at a skating party
with his Bedford Blasters novice
hockey teammates.
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“We’re really proud of him,” says
Peter’s mother, Jen Thompson. “It’s
a hard thing to do at such a young
age.”
Peter did a similar
thing for his seventh
birthday, foregoing
presents to raise
money for the IWK
Health Centre. This
year the avid hockey,
lacrosse and soccer
player decided to
support KidSport™.
“He loves sports, so
he thought KidSport™
would be a great cause
(to support),” says Jen. “He’s seen
the ads on TV, and he knows that
he’s helping.”
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June - September
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Sanctioned Tournaments. For more
information, visit www.soccerns.
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June
June 19
The Infamous Wentworth Mount
Buster [Orienteering], Wentworth
Youth Hostel, Mini Rogaine. For
more information, visit www.
orienteeringns.ca.
June 19-20
Masters @ Banook Rowing Camp,
Lake Banook, Dartmouth, NS.
June 24-27
W indsor S ummer H orse S how ,
Windsor Exhibition Grounds,
Windsor, NS. For more information,
visit www.horsenovascotia.ca.
June 26-27
Annapolis Valley Triple Challenge
[Orienteering]. For more information,
visit www.orienteeringns.ca.
June 27
K e p p o c h M o u n ta i n D o wn h i l l
[Bicycle], Antigonish, NS. Contact
Jeff Teasdale at 863-1623 or email
jeffteasdale@hotmail.com.
July
July 1-4
U-13 and U-14 Eastern Canadian
Club Championships [Basketball],
Halifax, NS. For more information,
visit www.basketball.ns.ca.
July 2
KidSport™ Applications Due. Contact
Dave Wagg at 425-5454, ext. 350 or
dwagg@sportnovascotia.ca.
July 10
2 0 1 0 M a n u l i f e D r a g o n B o at
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NS. For more information, visit
www.dragonboat.halifax.ns.ca.
July 24
C a n o e / K ay a k O r i e n t e e r i n g
Adventure, Pugwash, NS. For more
information, visit www.orienteeringns.ca.
August 26-29
C oveside C lassic [E questrian ],
Coveside Stables, Chester, NS.
For more information, visit www.
horsenovascotia.ca.
July 11
Lower Prospect Area [Canoe Kayak].
Rain date - July 18. Contact Dave
Adler at dadler@eastcoastoutfitters.
net.
July 31 - August 1
2 6 t h A nn u a l A t l a n t i c C u p
Tournament [Field Hockey], Saint
Mary’s University Stadium. For more
information, visit www.fieldhockey.
ns.ca.
September
September 1
KidSport™ Applications Due. Contact
Dave Wagg at 425-5454, ext. 350 or
dwagg@sportnovascotia.ca.
July 11-17
2010 F o o t b a l l C a n a d a C u p U-18 C anadian T ackle F ootball
C hampionships , Raymond Field,
Acadia University, Wolfville, NS.
July 16-18
R olling H ills G old H unter &
Jumper Show [Equestrian), Rolling
Hills Stable, Wolfville, NS. For
more information, visit www.
horsenovascotia.ca.
July 17
Shelter Cove [Canoe Kayak]. Rain
date - July 24. Contact Dusan Soudek
at soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca.
July 17-18
NS Sprints - Bud Myra Memorial
R egatta [R owing ], Lake Banook,
Dartmouth, NS.
July 17-18
Basketball Nova Scotia Bluenose
Tournament, Halifax, NS. For more
information, visit www.basketball.
ns.ca.
July 18
F i t z o f F u ry - P r o v i n c i a l
Championship [Bicycle], Scotsburn,
NS. Contact Troy Turple, Pictou
County Cycle 253-2062 or email
troy@pedaltrout.com.
August
August 7-8
CNHP Gold C Dressage Show 1 &
2 [Equestrian], Truro, NS. For more
information, visit www.
horsenova scotia.ca.
August 19-21
A nn a p o l i s V a l l e y
Exhibition Gold
C Hunter Jumper
S h o w [E q u e s t r i a n ],
Lawrencetown,
Annapolis County, NS.
For more information,
visit www.horsenova
scotia.ca.
August 22
B l u e R o c k s [C a n o e
K ayak ].Contact Blair
Doyle at adventure@
hfx.eastlink.ca
August 22
Provincial Time
T rial C hampionships
[Bicycle], Brooklyn, NS.
Contact Al Mumford,
Breakaway Cycling,
792-1026 or email
amumford_ca@yahoo.
com.
September 11
Bring a Friend Event [Orienteering].
Steeltown Park, Trenton, NS. For
more information, visit www.
orienteeringns.ca.
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Sport Nova Scotia Member Contact Information
PSOs
Alpine Ski Nova Scotia
Executive Director – Lorraine Burch
425-5454, ext. 349
Archers Association of Nova Scotia
President – Lindsey Poehl
lpoehl@hotmail.com
Nova Scotia Arm Wrestling Association
President – Rick Pinkney
864-1306
Athletics Nova Scotia
CEO – Dan Bainard
425-5454, ext. 339
Atlantic Division, CanoeKayak Canada
Program Coordinator – Laura Lewis
ccaatlantic@sportnovascotia.ca
Nova Scotia Badminton Association
Executive Director – Jennifer Petrie
425-5454, ext. 353
Baseball Nova Scotia
Executive Director – Brad Lawlor
425-5454, ext. 355
Basketball Nova Scotia
Operations Manager – Faye Richard
425-5454, ext. 351
Biathlon Nova Scotia
President – Murray Wylie
biathlon@ns.sympatico.ca
Bicycle Nova Scotia
Administrator – Tamara Stephen
425-5454, ext. 316
Boxing Nova Scotia
Admin. Coordinator – Gordon Brown
425-5454, ext. 368
Nova Scotia Amateur Body Building Assoc.
President – Georgina Dunnington
dunningtongm@hfx.eastlink.ca
Climb Nova Scotia
President – Mick Levin
climbnovascotia@gmail.com
Nova Scotia Cricket Association
President – Tushar Sehgal
Tushar.Sehgal@nspower.ca
Cross Country Ski Nova Scotia
Administrator – Tamara Stephen
425-5454, ext. 316
Nova Scotia Curling Association
Executive Director – Jeremiah Anderson
425-5454, ext. 345
DanceSport Atlantic Association
President – John McDermott
434-6828
Nova Scotia Amateur Diving Association
Admin. Coordinator – Natasha Burgess
425-5454, ext. 370
Nova Scotia Equestrian Federation
Executive Director – Heather Myrer
425-5454, ext. 333
Fencing Association of Nova Scotia
Admin. Coordinator – Janessa Green
425-5454, ext. 357
Field Hockey Nova Scotia
President – Mario DeMello
497-1150
Football Nova Scotia
Admin. Coordinator – Karen Ouellette
454-5105
Nova Scotia Golf Association
Executive Director – David Campbell
468-8844
Gymnastics Nova Scotia
Executive Director – Angela Gallant
425-5454, ext. 338
Hockey Nova Scotia
Executive Director – Darren Cossar
454-9400
Nova Scotia Horseshoe Players Assoc.
President – Cecil Mitchell
cmitchell@rainbownetrigging.com
Judo Nova Scotia
Admin. Coordinator – Gordon Brown
425-5454, ext. 368
Nova Scotia Karate Association
Admin. Coordinator – Janessa Green
425-5454, ext. 357
Lacrosse Nova Scotia
Admin. Coordinator – Natasha Burgess
425-5454, ext. 370
Lawn Bowls Nova Scotia
President – Mark Robar
markrobar@hotmail.com
Orienteering Association of Nova Scotia
President – Michael Price
896-5544
Nova Scotia Powerlifting Association
President – John Fraser
567-0893
Nova Scotia Racquetball Association
Director of Communications – Colleen Bussard
bussard@ns.sympatico.ca
Nova Scotia Rhythmic Sportive
Gymnastics Association
President – Heather Gillis
heathergillis@hotmail.com
Nova Scotia Rifle Association
President – Andrew Webber
456-SHOT (7468)
Ringette Nova Scotia
Executive Director – Lindsay Bennett
425-5454, ext. 335
Rope Skipping Association of Nova Scotia
Admin. Coordinator – Karen Ouellette
425-5454, ext. 371
Nova Scotia Rowing Association
Admin. Coordinator – Janessa Green
425-5454, ext. 357
Rugby Nova Scotia
Admin. Coordinator – Marty Williams
425-5454, ext. 341
Shooting Federation of Nova Scotia
President – Ray Fisher
462-7048
Skate Canada Nova Scotia
Executive Director – Jill Knowles
425-5454, ext. 336
Nova Scotia Snowboard Association
Admin. Coordinator – Natasha Burgess
425-5454, ext. 370
Soccer Nova Scotia
Chief Executive Officer – George Athanasiou
445-0265
Softball Nova Scotia
President – Dave Houghton
425-5454, ext. 313
Speed Skate Nova Scotia
President – Terri Dixon
826-2399
Squash Nova Scotia
Admin. Coordinator – Gordon Brown
425-5454, ext. 368
Surfing Association of Nova Scotia
President – Justin Huston
hustonje@gov.ns.ca
Swim Nova Scotia
Executive Director – Bette El Hawary
425-5454, ext. 314
Synchro Nova Scotia
Executive Director – Pam Kidney
425-5454, ext. 332
Nova Scotia Table Tennis Association
President – Erica Ans
435-1205
Nova Scotia Taekwondo Association
President – Phil Power
mrpower@grasshoppers.ca
Tennis Nova Scotia
Executive Director – Roger Keating
425-5454, ext. 318
Triathlon Nova Scotia
Executive Director – Sarah Wood
triathlon@sportnovascotia.ca
Volleyball Nova Scotia
Executive Director – Al Scott
425-5454, ext. 322
Water Polo Association of Nova Scotia
President – Vacant
pwpa@gmail.com
Nova Scotia Water Ski Association
President – Gary Allen
president@nswsa.com
Wrestling Nova Scotia
Admin. Coordinator – Karen Ouellette
425-5454, ext. 371
Nova Scotia Yachting Association
Executive Director – Frank Denis
425-5454, ext. 312
Associate Members
Blind Sports Nova Scotia
President – Darlene Clement
yvon.clement@forces.gc.ca
Nova Scotia 55+ Games Society
President – Bob MacLeod
bob.regina@ns.sympatico.ca
Nova Scotia Deaf Sports Association
President – Justin DeBaie
justin.debaie@ns.sympatico.ca
Nova Scotia Disc Sports Society
Chair – Jazmine Hayden
nsdssinfo@gmail.com
Nova Scotia School Athletic Federation
Executive Director – Tom Fahie
425-8662
Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame
Executive Director – Bill Robinson
421-1266
Nova Scotia Wheelchair Sports
Federation
President – Ben Marston
453-7777
Special Olympics Nova Scotia
President & CEO – Mike Greek
429-2266
Registered Users
Camping Association of Nova Scotia
President – Russell Prime
info@campingNS.ca
Canadian Ski Patrol, Nova Scotia Zone
Administrator – Tamara Stephen
425-5454, ext. 316
Canoe Kayak Nova Scotia
Administrator – Tamara Stephen
425-5454, ext. 316
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award – Nova
Scotia Division
Executive Director – Connie Miller
425-5454, ext. 329
Nova Scotia Fitness Association
President – Sandra Jamieson
nsfa@nsfa.info.ca
Hostelling International – Nova Scotia
Contact – Shane Pizzariello
422-3863
Lifesaving Society, Nova Scotia Branch
Executive Director – Gordon Richardson
425-5454, ext. 331
Recreation Facility Association of Nova Scotia
Executive Director – Catherine Kersten
425-5454, ext. 330
Recreation Nova Scotia
Executive Director – Rhonda Lemire
425-1128
Snowmobilers Association of Nova Scotia
General Manager – John Cameron
425-5454, ext. 360
Nova Scotia Trails Federation
Executive Director – Vanda Jackson
425-5454, ext. 325
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