VERSATILITY - Sport Nova Scotia

Issue 40
March 2011
A publication of
VERSATILITY
Well-Rounded Athletes Are Often Better Athletes
pg 6
Breaking The Seal
Gymnast Jared Goad kicks off
the Team NS medal collection
pg 5
Sport Makes A Difference
Benefits of sport reach far
beyond weight management
pg 13
The Results Are In
See a recap of the 2011
Canada Winter Games
pg 14

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March 2011 Issue 40
Sport Nova Scotia
Editor
Managing Editor
Chad Lucas Carolyn Townsend
Cover
Layout & Desktop
Danny Godfrey 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.
Letters to the editor must include
name, address and phone
number.
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Sport Nova Scotia
Jamie Ferguson
Ch i e f
Executive Officer
The last few months have been a
most exciting time for sport in
Nova Scotia. The initial build-up
to the Canada Games culminated
in a wonderful two-week event
that showed the power of sport
and captured the interest of Nova
Scotians and Canadians.
The opportunity for our athletes
to compete at home, in front of their
friends and family, is one they surely
won’t forget. I’m sure, for Nova Scotia
sport enthusiasts, it was something
we won’t forget either, and Sport
Nova Scotia would like to
congratulate all our Team
Nova Scotia athletes on the
way they represented our
province. We couldn’t be
more proud of you.
We’re also extremely
proud of the rest of Team
Nova Scotia—the coaches,
managers, mission staff and
other support workers—
who not only helped our
athletes during the Games
themselves, but helped
them get there. Their
work over the years and
months leading up to the Games was
exceptional, and we applaud their
passion and commitment. Finally,
we’d also like to say thank you to all
those who weren’t an official part of
Team Nova Scotia, but were certainly
as important to our athletes as
anyone else: that would be parents,
relatives, and all those who made
so many sacrifices so our athletes
could take part in the training and
competitions that helped them make
their way to Halifax for this great
Games Legacy Just
Beginning
event.
From a broader perspective, we
need to recognize all Nova Scotians
who helped make the Games
themselves a success. There were
literally thousands of people from
across the province who volunteered
over a period of years in order to
help the Host Society stage a truly
wonderful event. The volunteers
were proof that there are so many of
us who truly believe in the importance
and value of sport in our province,
and our communities.
The great thing is the value
and importance of sport can
only benefit from hosting
these Games. The real effect
is far from over; in fact it’s just
beginning. Sport Nova Scotia,
through our role as legacy
manager, will now start our
real work.
The great thing is the value and
importance of sport can only benefit
from hosting these Games. The real
effect is far from over; in fact it’s just
beginning. Sport Nova Scotia, through
our role as legacy manager, will now
start our real work. We’ll be working
with Provincial Sport Organizations
and their community members as
we seek to maximize usage of our
new and upgraded facilities and
equipment, and of course our legacy
fund that will help community sport
organizations provide new and
enhanced opportunities so more
Nova Scotians can reap the health,
educational, and other benefits that
sport participation provides.
And while we’re speaking of the
benefits of sport, we hope you have
a chance to view our latest Sport
Makes a Difference campaign. This
year, we’ll be focusing on those sport
benefits that we speak of so often.
There are many wonderful outcomes
that result from sport participation,
and this year we’re focusing on some
of the social development
benefits that sport can
provide. We’re hoping we
can make even more Nova
Scotians aware of the fact
that sport participation has
positive impacts on student
performance, helps reduce
youth crime, and generally
improves the quality of life
for those who take part. In
addition, we’re hoping that
this message will help even
more Nova Scotians decide
that they’d like to be part
of our sport community,
by taking part and helping create
chances for others to take part too.
Hosting the Canada Games was
a wonderful opportunity for Nova
Scotians to show their pride of
place, and their belief in the positive
impact sport has on our province.
Now, we’re hoping you’ll continue
to help as we work to make sure all
Nova Scotians have the opportunity
to participate, so that even more of
us can gain the advantage that the
benefits of sport provide.

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Athlete’s Column
Dartmouth’s Kita McRory doesn’t
mince words. The 21-year-old snowboarder
who specializes in slalom events competes
at the top of her sport – participating in
national and international events as well
as a pair of Canada Winter Games. And
yet, McRory is very open and honest
when it comes to discussing motivation
and how she sometimes questions whether
she wants to continue competing.
McRory represents Nova Scotian
snowboarding completely, training
currently out of Ski Martock, but
admitting that she has been at Ski
Wentworth from ‘Day 1’. Like a lot of
snowboarders, however, McRory’s story
began with two boards strapped to her
feet as opposed to one.
I
Taking It as It Comes
Kita McRory
Snowboard
“ didn’t start snowboarding until
I was 15, but I grew up skiing.
I was born in Calgary and when I
was young, my Dad took me out
to Canada Olympic Park to try it.
Then we moved, and I didn’t end
up picking it up again until the
fifth grade when I was in the Nancy
Greene program at Ski Wentworth.
We would also take family ski trips
all the time, and to be honest, it just
got to a point where I was bored with
it. I don’t hate it, though. I still look
at things and say, ‘that would be a
lot more fun on skis,’ but I think I
needed a change and that change was
snowboarding.
It’s awesome
to compete
at two very
different
Canada Games.
The cool
thing about
Whitehorse
was, who is
going to go all
the way out to
the Yukon to
watch people in
-40 conditions
No one. So I
looked around
and all I saw
were the people
that I had been
competing
against for the past year and a bit,
people that I knew, so I could approach
those games as any other competition.
This year was very different, where
it’s on home turf and everybody
wants to come out and watch.
I’d say that my career highlight thus
far came earlier this season, when I
placed third in a FIS (International
Ski Federation) event at Mont Blanc
Nova Scotia’s Kita McRory finished sixth in the 2011 Canada Games Parallel Giant
Slalom and 11 th in Snowboardcross. (Halifax 2011/Doug Leahy).
in Quebec.
For me, the best part about
snowboarding is hanging out with
friends and having fun. There have
been a couple of situations where I
had to stop and say, ‘Is this something
that I want to keep doing Do I even
like this anymore’
But then there are other times
too. Recently, I was in Steamboat,
Colorado, with the team, and we
spent our day off freeriding in the
powder, which is something that
Nova Scotians don’t really get to
experience that often. It was basically
just that scenario, hanging out and
having a good time with a bunch of
friends. That reminded me that this
is why I like it. This is fun.
I’m taking snowboarding as it
comes right now. I’ve made long-term
goals for myself right out of high
school and you come to realize that
not everything always works out the
way you want it to. So I’m basically
just winging life right now. It kind of
drives everybody crazy.”
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4
he Benefits of Sport: Don’t Forget the Fun
Mark Smith
Di r e c t o r
o f Sp o rt
Development
Sport provides enjoyment in many
different ways. For the child who
cores his first goal, makes her first
atch, or connects with the softball off
he hitting tee for the first time, there
s that exhilarating sense of excitement
nd accomplishment.
And for us parents, to see our child
xperience that accomplishment is a
pecial moment we carry with us for a
ery long time. Seeing your daughter
ith a grin from ear to ear or your
on high-five his teammates is what
ommunity-based sport is all about.
I’ll never forget a conversation I
had with a little boy a few years ago.
He was a good all-around athlete, but
his parents had confided that his best
sport was basketball. One day I asked
him what other sports he enjoyed. His
answer caught me off guard: “I play
basketball and work real hard at it, but
I also play baseball and soccer. But I
play those sports just for fun.”
“For fun” I asked.
“Yeah, just for fun,” he replied.
“When I play those sports with my
friends I don’t have to worry about
competing or winning like I do with
basketball. You see, I’m supposed to
take my basketball seriously.”
His comments certainly caused
me to pause and wonder: how is it
that a child so young can already
be differentiating between sport
played seriously and sport played
for fun More and more we hear
stories of competition being forced on
children at younger and younger ages.
I’ve sat beside parents at sporting
events who have denounced Fair Play
values, rationalizing that fair play
stifles competitiveness, waters down
the playing field and encourages
mediocrity.
I remember one parent exclaiming,
“Why do we need all these rules—just
put your best five on the court and
let’s play. Why do we need time limits
and rotating positions and equal
playing time What good does that
do kids when they have to compete in
the real world If you’re good enough,
great; and if you aren’t, that’s life.”
I remember thinking to myself “is
this guy serious” as I observed his
daughter stumble and fumble her
way around the court with a smile on
her face, high-fiving teammates and
enjoying every minute of being out.
If the coach of his daughter’s team
was to subscribe to this parent’s way
of thinking, his daughter would be
discouraged from playing sport at a
very young age.
The benefits of sport are so much
more than wins and losses. Kids play
sport for dramatically different reasons
than why adults participate. They
play to have fun and be around their
friends. Learning skills is incidental
to the friendships, sleepovers, and
hotel pools that make sport a cool
place to be.
Access to sport is one of the most
important gifts we can give our
children. Physical and emotional
wellness, healthy lifestyle habits,
healthy relationships, friendships
and memories that have lasted a
lifetime are just a few of the rewards
my parents ensured my siblings
and I would experience through
participating in sport.
So as we make those all important
decisions about how we’ll spend
our disposable income and which
recreational experiences we want our
children to have, remember that the
benefits of sport last a lifetime.
Sponsor Spotlight
Official Uniform Supplier of Team
Nova Scotia at the Canada Games
Even though they’re based in
Ontario, the team at Schure
Sports Inc. tuned into the Canada
Games opening ceremonies and
watched with pride as Team Nova
Scotia marched into Metro Centre.
Schure Sports owns the brand
Karbon—the official uniform
supplier of Team Nova Scotia at the
Games.
“I was telling everyone to watch
the opening ceremonies,” says Eric
Risen, Corporate Sales Coordinator for
Karbon. “When we see kids wearing
our product, we really feel a part of it,
like we’re there with the team.”
Sponsoring amateur competitors is
Karbon’s bread and butter. The winter
sports apparel brand focuses entirely
on grassroots marketing—dressing
athletes for success.
“You won’t see us advertising in
print or on billboards. That’s just not
what we do,” says Risen. “The way
we build our brand is by sponsoring
amateur athletics.”
The Canadian-owned company
dresses dozens of Olympians and
15 international sport organizations
around the globe from Australia to
Slovenia to Chile. They outfit many
of Canada’s national teams, including
luge and biathlon.
Karbon supplied apparel to four
teams at the 2011 Canada Winter Games:
Nova Scotia, Ontario, the Northwest
Territories and Newfoundland and
Labrador.
“The reasons why we like doing
things like sponsoring Team Nova
Scotia is that these are our future
Olympians,” Risen says. “As a
company our goal is to sell products,
but we believe that by supporting
these kids we’re helping them and
also building our brand by dressing
them in our products.”
Karbon outfitted Nova Scotia’s
athletes with the same quality gear
that world-class athletes train and
compete in, Risen says. “What the
Olympians wear, that’s what Nova
Scotia is wearing.”
But at the same time, the team
put plenty of thought and care into
designing something specifically for
Nova Scotia—like the rich signature
blue that made the home team stand
out at the Games.
The goal, Risen says, was to design
something the athletes would be
proud to wear—and not just while
they were competing.
“Our hope is that the kids will still
want to wear their jackets long after
the Games are over.”

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Golden Goad Leads
Gymnastic Gains
by Daniel Bonner
Bible Hill’s Jared
Goad captured Nova
Scotia’s first gold medal
of the Canada Games,
crowning a great week for
the boys’ gymnastics team
and a shining example of
the province delivering
its best on home soil.
Six days into the
competition, the
gymnastics team had
already come close to
earning Nova Scotia’s
first medal, placing an
all-time-best fourth in
the team competition.
As the first week wound to a close,
Goad captured his gold with a flawless
floor routine, posting a personal-best
score of 13.6 to edge British Columbia’s
Kal Nemier at 13.4. Teammate Stephen
Clouter also claimed a bronze medal in
the parallel bars and Nova Scotia was off
and running.
Goad, 17, qualified for the floor event
final with a strong routine in the team
event, placing third overall. Still, he knew
he had to find something special if he
wanted to medal.
“I planned out when I was going to
breathe, every single step I was going to
take and focused it down to the perfect
details that I needed to win,” he said.
“Once I finished, I thought, ‘OK, that was
really good.’ But of course I didn’t think I
was going to score as well as I did (in the
team competition) because that was the
best I’d ever scored on this routine.”
When the crowd exploded into a frenzy,
Goad began to believe he had won a
medal. When word finally reached him
the medal would be gold, the teenager
was overcome with emotion.
The strong results weren’t limited to
the team competition and the pair of
individual medals. Evan Cruz placed
fifth in the all-around final, a massive
Nova Scotia’s Jared Goad receiving
his Gold Medal in the Floor Exercise.
(Halifax 2011/Shirley Robb)
improvement on four
years ago when Nova
Scotia’s top performer in
the all-around placed 25 th .
The team also placed six
entries in the individual
event finals, five more
than four years ago.
“The whole week went
as well as we could have
hoped, or even better,
and to do it at home as
well was fantastic,” coach
David Kikuchi said.
Kikuchi, a former
Olympian who competed
on nearly every major
stage, was quick to remind
his squad how unique
their situation was.
“One of the things that I wasn’t able
to do in my career was compete in a big
competition at home,” Kikuchi said. “I
tried to drill it home to these guys that
this was something special. We had lots
of fans there, the stands were full, and it
turned out great. To do it all on home soil
and be able to share it with everyone was
even better.”
For Goad, a Grade 12 student at
Cobequid Educational Centre, his thoughts
are turning to what’s next in life and sport.
He hopes to study science in university
next year. He thought he was nearing the
end of his gymnastics career, but now has
reason to reconsider.
“I wasn’t planning on continuing after
high school because I didn’t really think
I was that good or anything, and I wasn’t
expecting to do this well,” he said. “But
since this happened I think I’m going
to keep training and see how things go
and maybe try to go further than Canada
Games.”
Regardless of what happens next,
Goad’s medal will forever serve as a
reminder of a magical Thursday night in
front of a raucous home crowd.
“It’s hanging up right now in a special
spot where it’s going to stay.”
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A “Balanced Diet” Approach to Sport Development
Experts: young athletes need
a mix of activities to reach
full potential
Mark Smith has seen it all:
youngsters who think firing
,000 slapshots a day will turn them
nto the next Sidney Crosby. Parents
ho cart their budding Mia Hamm to
occer programs eleven months a year.
oaches who set demanding schedules
nd issue ultimatums that if a player
an’t commit to everything, he’s out.
In the sports world, some have
eveloped a philosophy that
arly specialization and increased
ompetition is the path to producing
uperstars.
“I couldn’t disagree more,” says
mith, director of sport development for
port Nova Scotia. “I look at the better
thletes out there, and they’re more
well-rounded.”
While the
options—and
the pressures—
increase for
young athletes to
participate in a
sport year-round,
the research backs
up Smith’s opinion:
it’s OK for your
LeBron-in-training
to put down his
basketball in the
summer and pick
up a baseball glove
or a kayak paddle.
It won’t hurt his
chances of success.
In fact, it might increase them.
“I’ll sit with parents and pull
documents that show them kids need
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Dartmouth’s Ben Russell (front) excels in a
canoe, but he played basketball throughout his
youth as well. (Credit: Canoe Kayak Canada)
different types of
activities in order
to develop,” says
Darren Steeves,
strength and
conditioning coach
with the Canadian
Sport Centre-
Atlantic. “I’ve had
13-year-olds in my
office who were
doing 21 hours
of soccer a week.
At a certain point
it’s about quality,
not quantity. You
actually need
to do less to see
improvement.”
Canadian Sport Centres across
the country have developed a
strategy called Long-Term Athlete
Development (see page 7), which
emphasizes that young athletes need
to develop fundamental skills from a
healthy variety of activities before they
focus on an exclusive sport.
With the exception of a few
early-specialization sports such as
gymnastics, athletes who narrow their
activities too early actually hurt their
chances of long-term success.
“The mentality in our society is that
more is better,” Steeves says. “I see
parents and coaches who want very
specific programs, but at these early
stages we need to be developing the
whole athlete. We’ll hear parents say,
‘This is what we need to be doing.’ And
I say, ‘No, actually your son needs to
go for a run.’”
Branching out can also help an athlete
pick up some intangibles that help in
unexpected ways. National-team
paddler Ben Russell says he learned
valuable lessons about leadership on
the basketball court, where he was a
captain of his high-school Dartmouth
Spartans.
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“With canoeing being such an
individual-based sport, it was good
to expose myself to the teamwork
and leadership skills that I gained in
basketball,” says Russell, 23. “The team
atmosphere in basketball has helped
me quite a bit in the paddling world,
especially now that I’m paddling more
crew boats.”
Dartmouth’s Russell comes from a
family of paddlers—his older brother
Andrew is an Olympian—but he
says he always had the freedom to
try different things. “Paddling was
my main focus, but I loved playing
basketball and I had a lot of friends
(in the sport).”
Smith says that’s another oftenoverlooked
benefit of mixing it up:
youth who play different sports build
a wider variety of friendships—and
they’re more likely to enjoy themselves
while avoiding another common
symptom of early specialization.
“(With specialization) we really
increase the risk of burnout,” Smith
says. “I think we do kids a real
disservice... is it really in their best
interest to be so focused on one sport
that they can’t enjoy anything else
That’s probably what frustrates me
most.”
Steeves adds that the competitive
atmosphere behind early specialization
tends to label kids far too early, focusing
resources (and pressure) on kids with
“potential” while forcing others to the
sidelines.
“I’ve seen it shown that in most
cases and most sports, identifying a
kid before he’s 14 is basically futile,”
Steeves says. “Those ‘Next Ones,’
they’re few and far between. And in
the meantime, we’re losing kids who
would be good at the sport but just
haven’t developed yet.”
Sport development specialists say
See “Balanced Diet”… on page 16

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Ages and Stages of Athlete Growth
Raising athletes for life
Human beings develop at a gradual
rate, and their sporting path should
e no different. No one would expect
n eight-year-old to memorize Hamlet
r drive a car; neither should he be
laying a hockey schedule worthy of
n NHL prospect.
The Canadian Sport Centres’ Longerm
Athlete Development strategy
dentifies seven stages of an athlete’s
rowth, each with its own appropriate
evel of focus and competition.
Active Start (ages 0-6) – Young
hildren need a healthy dose of
nstructured physical play for at least
n hour a day, with 30-60 minutes
f more organized activities. Unless
hey’re asleep, toddlers and prechoolers
shouldn’t be sitting still for
ore than 60 minutes at a time.
☛ FUNdamentals (ages 5-9) –
Children at this age are learning the
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coordination, and speed. It’s a time
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participate in a favourite sport once or
twice a week, but they should be trying
many other sports three to four times a
week to give them a healthy balance.
☛ Learning to Train (ages 8-12) – This
is one of the most important stages
of a child’s motor development, and
one where they’re too often pushed
into specialization at the expense of
developing fundamentals. These youth
can narrow their focus to three sports,
but they should be spending more
time training than competing (a 70:30
ratio). It’s also vital to have plenty of
unstructured play… free of strict rules
and competitive pressure.
☛ Training to Train (ages 11-16) – At
this age, young athletes build an aerobic
base and develop speed and strength,
so it’s still important to focus on the
basics. These youth may pare down
to two sports and learn to cope with
the physical and mental challenges
of competition, but they should still
train more than they compete (a 60:40
ratio).
The Canadian Sport Centres note
that these two middle stages are the
most crucial period that can “make
or break” an athlete. Pushing youth
into highly competitive, specialized
arenas too early can actually hamper
their development—or drive them to
burnout.
☛ Training to Compete (ages 15-23)
and Training to Win (ages 18 +/-) –
This is the period where the serious,
elite athletes begin focusing on their
prime sport, with tailor-made training
programs and a higher degree of
competition.
☛ Active for Life (any age) – Whether
an athlete has reached the peak of her
field, or decided he just wants to play
recreational sports, people who’ve
developed a well-rounded skill set are
poised to stay active for the rest of their
lives. They can join pick-up leagues,
volunteer as coaches or officials, or
compete in Masters programs. But if
they’ve moved through the other stages
successfully, they’ll still see sport as
something valuable—and fun.
(Adapted from Canadian Sport for Life,
published by the Canadian Sport Centres.
Learn more at LTAD.ca)

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hort-Track Skating gets Long-Term Boost
here has been plenty of attention
fixed on the long-track speed
kating oval erected on the Halifax
ommon for the Canada Winter
ames. But no matter what happens
ith the oval, the Games will leave
ehind a long-term legacy for speed
kating across the province.
Padding and other equipment
urchased for the Games will
evitalize two short-track clubs and
elp a third get up and running
ext fall.
Of the 84 new pads brought in
or the Games, 56 will remain at the
efurbished St. Margaret’s Centre,
here the Dartmouth Speed Skating
lub will make its new home to
ake advantage of the expanded ice
urface. Another 28 pads went to the
orthside Blades Club in Sydney
ines. And the Dartmouth club’s
old padding was sent to the new Tri-
County Skating Club in Yarmouth,
which will launch next season.
New padding may not sound like
a big thing, but it’s a huge deal to the
clubs, says Speed Skate Nova Scotia
president Terri Dixon. Safety pads
placed along the edges of the track
are an integral part of training and
competition in a sport where skaters
reach high speeds.
“Skaters’ skin suits are made of
very thin material and everything is
meant to be aerodynamic, so skaters
don’t wear a lot of padding,” Dixon
says. “Those safety pads are very
important.”
And they’re also costly – between
$500-$600 each. Factor in that a rink
needs as many as 50 pads or more,
and that’s a hefty bill for non-profit
sport organizations to bear.
“This legacy for us, it puts
equipment in a rink that otherwise
we wouldn’t have,” says Laurolea
Crane of the Northside Blades Club.
“A lot of the pads we have now have
been in use almost 20 years. It’s
important that we meet the (safety)
criteria that are set out. It wouldn’t
be too far of a reach to say that if
we were required to upgrade (on
our own), we might not be able to
do it.”
Not only are the new pads a big
boost for existing clubs, they’re
indirectly helping the growth of the
sport elsewhere in the province.
The new Tri-County club was in
the works before the Games, but
receiving the Dartmouth club’s
existing pads will help it get off the
ground quicker.
“They started the planning stages
more than a year ago, but of course
one of their biggest hurdles was
start-up costs,” Dixon says. “This
has helped them move their process
up a lot.”
Speed skating also received stateof-the-art
new timing equipment—
but that’s just the tangible legacy.
Dixon says the sport also comes
away from the Winter Games with
30-40 more trained officials and more
people interested and aware of the
sport than ever before.
She says Masters programs have
taken off as former skaters lace up
again, and between 300-400 people
registered for “learn to speed skate”
classes at the long-track oval.
“There’s been a huge increase in
interest,” she says. “I can see that
developing more and more as we go
forward.”
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No matter the results, Lauren
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Alpine team, they were breaking
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at Ski Wentworth.
It was the first time fielding a
Para-Alpine team for Nova Scotia,
where the competitive sport is new.
While the province has a recreational
program for skiers with a disability,
the members of Steeves’ threeperson
squad had never been in an
official race before they joined the
Canada Games team.
“We’ve been on a busy schedule,
because we’re trying to progress
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been learning to ski and learning to
Black Youth Hockey Initiative Taking Off
Dean Lee is having a blast seeing
young hockey players find their
legs on the ice.
“I remember in the second week
watching a kid stand up on his own
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he says.
Since October, Lee and other
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through the brand-new Black Youth
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in Bedford.
It’s a partnership between Hockey
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to youngsters who might have
Claire McNally at Halifax 2011 Canada Winter
Games Grand Slalom Para race. (Derek Coombs)
race at the same time.”
Steeves, an able-bodied skier,
learned more about Para-Alpine
when she was training out west,
never strapped on a pair of skates
otherwise.
“It’s one of the highlights of my
week to go to the rink on Saturday,”
says Lee, a teacher who helped start
the program out of his Masters in
Lifelong Learning studies at Mount
Saint Vincent University.
Along with learning the basics
of skating and stick-handling, the
young hockey players have hit the
ice with the Dalhousie Tigers hockey
team and taken in a game honouring
the Colored Hockey League of the
Maritimes—a rich but little-known
chapter of local hockey history.
“It’s been great not only to expose
the kids to hockey, but to be able to
talk to them about their history in a
where the sport is more developed.
When she returned to Nova Scotia
she looked around and said, “Why
not here”
Matt Brown at Halifax 2011 Canada Winter Games
Giant Slalom Para race. (Derek Coombs)
way that’s fun for
them,” Lee says. “I
really look forward
to sitting down with
them in the last
session and saying,
‘Do you know how
far you’ve come’”
The program runs
until mid-April
and plans are in
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“I felt like it was something we
needed,” she said. “The Canada
Games was a good reason to get
started, but we’re still trying to reach
out to people and tell them that
anyone can do it.”
For the Canada Games skiers –
Matthew Brown of Halifax, Keltie
Saulnier of Dartmouth and Claire
McNally of Bridgewater – racing has
added a whole new dimension to the
experience for them.
“Being in competition really makes
me think more about it than just
recreation,” says Claire, 15, who took
up para-skiing at age five. “It’s helped
me progress in my technique and get
more comfortable on skis. And it’s
great exercise—you’re definitely tired
by the end of the day.”
Participants take a knee at the Black Youth Hockey Initiative.
(contributed)

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ATHLETES OF THE MONTH
ovember
Emily Phelan ~ Athletics
Female Individual Athlete
Emily, from Dartmouth, set
a new provincial record in
the 60-metre hurdles at the
Gagetown Invitational track
and field meet in Oromocto,
N.B. It was the second
provincial mark broken in 2010
by Emily, who also set four
personal bests at the meet.
December
Ellie Black ~ Gymnastics
Female Individual Athlete
Fifteen-year-old Ellie Black
won a silver medal at an Elite
Canada artistic gymnastics
event, her first competition at
the senior level. The Halifax
gymnast also finished fourth
on the balance beam and
eighth on the floor, earning her
second Athlete of the Month
award in 2010.
January
Olivia Feschuk ~ Swimming
Female Individual Athlete
Olivia came home from the
Acadia Senior Meet with five
gold medals. The 15-year-old
Halifax swimmer topped the
podium in the 1,500-metre
freestyle, 400m freestyle, 200m
freestyle, 200m breaststroke,
and 50m butterfly.
Mohammed El-Dah ~ Swimming
Male Individual Athlete
Mohammed, a 16-year-old
swimmer from Halifax, set
four new club records for the
Dartmouth Crusaders at the
Canada Cup in Toronto in
November.
James Hazelton ~ Figure Skating
Male Individual Athlete
Digby’s James Hazelton
captured the provincial figure
skating championship and
went on to place 24th in the
Novice Men category at the
Skate Canada Challenge, a
new personal best. James
earned the right to represent
Nova Scotia at the Canada
Games.
Sean Berrigan ~ Swimming
Male Individual Athlete
At the Acadia Senior Meet,
the 15-year-old Dartmouth
swimmer placed fourth in the
100-metre butterfly, fifth in the
200m backstroke, and sixth
in the 50m backstroke and
200m individual medley. The
following week he set a new
provincial age-group record in
the 50m breaststroke.
Dartmouth Destroyers Bantam ~ Football
Team
The Destroyers
bantam
f o o t b a l l
squad captured
its second
straight
provincial
title in November.
The team went on to defeat New Brunswick’s
top squad to claim the title of Maritime
champion.
Alex Green ~ Figure Skating
Male Team
Green, of Fall River, skated
to a 10th-place finish in the
pairs Novice Dance category
with partner Jayden Rau at
the Skate Canada Challenge.
A provincial champion, Green
qualified for the Canada Games
and the Junior Canadian team
in dance.
John Mattatall ~ Figure Skating
Male Team
Mattatall and partner Mylene
B ro d e u r p l a c e d f o u r t h
at the BMO Skate Canada
Championships in Victoria,
B.C. The result qualified the
28-year-old Wallace native for
the Canadian national team.

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Doctors Doing More to Promote Healthy Habits with School Kids
A message from Doctors Nova
Scotia
Nova Scotia has one of the highest
rates of obesity in Canada. With
inactivity and unhealthy eating
becoming more prevalent, doctors in
the province encourage children and
youth to lead the way to a healthier
society.
For the last seven years, doctors
in Nova Scotia have been helping
kids get active by offering a free,
school-based running program to
schools across the province. The
Youth Running for Fun program
celebrated its sixth anniversary last
year with more than 11,400 kids at 182
schools participating. The program is
offered in all nine of the province’s
school boards and has both French
and English materials.
“As a family physician, I see the
negative effects inactivity has on
our youth,” said Dr. Jane Brooks,
president of Doctors Nova Scotia.
“It’s imperative that children in Nova
Scotia spend less time in front of
screens and more time participating
in physical activities. Our hope is that
the running program will encourage
children to adopt healthy active
lifestyles that will last.”
This year, Doctors Nova Scotia
introduced the Youth Running for
Fun program to First Nation schools
and communities across Nova Scotia.
Eskasoni Elementary and Middle
School is implementing the program
school-wide to include over 800
students.
“Introducing the program to
First Nations children is extremely
important because it encourages them
to be physically active now and into
their adult lives,” said Phil Moore,
principal at Eskasoni Elementary and
Middle School. “It’s much easier to
adopt new habits when we are young
than to try to start something new
when we are older.”
Much of the success of the running
program can be attributed to its
non-competitive nature. Doctors
Nova Scotia employs a full-time
program coordinator who supports
participating schools by providing
running clinics and tailoring the
program to each individual school.
All program participants receive a
runner’s handbook when they join
and a finisher’s prize at the end of the
program. The program coordinator
is a valuable resource to teachers
and coaches by visiting participating
schools and providing a coach’s
handbook to help make the program
the best experience possible for each
and every participant.
“ B e s i d e s t h e e x c i t e m e n t I
experience from all the participants,
it’s rewarding to hear the positive
feedback from the teachers, coaches
and parents who lead the program at
the individual schools,” said Kerry
Copeland, program coordinator.
“Teachers find the program easy to
implement and fun for the students.
As a result, they continue the program
year after year.”
Many of the Youth Running for
Fun participants train for a final fun
run, several of which are sponsored
by Doctors Nova Scotia. The most
popular one is the Doctors Nova
Scotia Youth Run which takes place
in May at the Scotiabank Blue Nose
Marathon in Halifax. Last year, it
saw almost 3,000 youth complete
the 4.2 kilometre run. Having a goal
event such as a fun run increases
the number of kids who join the
program and motivates them to keep
running.
The Youth Running for Fun
program is made possible by the
Canadian Medical Association, Nova
Scotia Department of Health and
Wellness, RBC and TELUS Health
Solutions. These partnerships allow
Doctors Nova Scotia to continue
to offer this program to schools for
free.
New this year, Doctors Nova Scotia
has introduced a health promotion
pilot project called the Healthy
Living Challenge (HLC). The HLC
is being offered to schools across
the province with support from the
Canadian Medical Association. The
goal of the project is to teach students
about the importance of leading
healthy lifestyles and to support
Nova Scotia teachers who facilitate
this learning.
“Introducing the HLC was a
perfect follow-up to the success of the
running program,” said Dr. Brooks.
“Being healthy means adopting a
lifestyle built on nutritious eating, as
well as being physically active.”
The HLC has been approved by the
Nova Scotia Department of Education
for teachers to use to support
active healthy living curriculum. It
includes a teacher’s guide which
supports teachers introducing
and implementing the program,
basic nutritional, physical activity
and screen time information, and
exercises to enhance learning. A list
of resources related to active healthy
living and teaching tools such as
handouts, PowerPoint presentations,
website and interactive online tools
for students are also provided.
The HLC can be adopted along
with the running program, or
independently within the classroom.
For more information about the
Youth Running for Fun program
or the Healthy Living Challenge,
contact Kerry Copeland at (902)
468-8935 ext. 278 or email: kerry.
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Krista MacBurnie is one busy sports
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Winter weekends are filled up at the
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18, was a standout high-school running
back at Northeast Kings High School.
Throw in soccer in the summer, and
school sports like curling, volleyball and
table tennis, and the active Kentville family
spends a good portion of every week at the
gym, the rink or the field.
But that’s the way everyone likes it—
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“I notice a difference. They’re more
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Sport has taught him leadership skills as
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Canada Games in Photos
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8
1. Stephen Clouter, Nova Scotia’s
Bronze medalist on the balance
beam. (Halifax 2011/Shirley Robb)
2. Team Nova Scotia skip Robert
Mayhew mulls a shot in a 6-2 win
over PEI. (Halifax 2011/Kevin Hall)
3. Wheelchair basketball, Nova Scotia
vs New Brunswick. (Halifax 2011/
Shirley Robb)
4. Tia Dolliver of Team Nova Scotia
gets some encouragement in the
Special Olympics women’s singles.
(Halifax 2011/Shirley Robb)
5. Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter
helps open the Halifax 2011 Canada
Games Friday night in Halifax.
(Halifax 2011)
6. Team Nova Scotia’s John Liam
Mcinerney works uphill in the 10km
free. (Halifax 2011/Shirley Robb)
7. Team Nova Scotia’s Bradley
Keeping-Myra and Rebecca
MacDonald skate in the Dance
Pre-Novice Mix event. (Halifax
2011/Scott Clouthier)
8. Speed Skating – Women’s Short
Track. (Halifax 2011/Michael
Bayer)
9. Team Nova Scotia Captain Blayre
Turnbull winds up to fire home
the first goal of the game vs PEI.
(Halifax 2011/Brent McCombs)
10. Nova Scotia halfpipe Silver medalist,
Dallas Rourke at Martock. (Halifax
2011/Scott Clouthier)
11. Nova Scotia’s Josh MacMillan faces
an opponent from Alberta in Table
Tennis action. (Halifax 2011/Shirley
Robb)
12. Ann McCrea of Nova Scotia makes
her way down the giant slalom
course in Wentworth, Nova Scotia.
(Halifax 2011/Len Wagg)
13. Nova Scotia’s Brent McDonald in
Silver Medal action in Judo. (Halifax
2011/Shirley Robb)
14. Jason Downey (L) prepares for a
punch in his gold medal fight for
Nova Scotia. (Halifax 2011/Shirley
Robb)
15. Synchro Nova Scotia team
practicing for their team finals.
(Jennifer Powell)

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“Balanced Diet”
Continued from page 6
the key to reversing the specialization
trend is education—convincing people
that more isn’t always better.
While the sport leaders at the top
seem to be getting the message as
the Long-Term Athlete Development
strategy takes root, the trick is making
sure it trickles down to athletes, parents
and coaches at the grassroots level.
“Provincial and national sport
organizations have a responsibility to
make sure kids have opportunities to
try a bunch of things, and one sport
isn’t eating up all their time,” Smith
says. “But parents have a role to play
too. It all comes back to what’s actually
in the best interests of their child.”
“At the end of the day, what are we
trying to accomplish” Steeves adds.
“We want to develop well-rounded
people who do sport for life.”
Canada Games Results
Team Nova Scotia wrapped up
the 2011 Canada Winter Games
with 12 medals, the province’s best
results since the Games’ sporting
lineup was revamped in 2000. At
the closing ceremonies, the host
squad captured the Centennial Cup
for most improved team and the
Jack Pelech Award for performance,
sportsmanship and spirit of fair
play.
Congratulations to Team Nova
Scotia athletes, coaches, mission
staff and the thousands of volunteers
who helped make the 2011 Games a
record-breaking success.
To p Fi n i s h e s:
GOLD
Jared Goad, gymnastics (floor)
Dylan Landry, judo (under 60 kg)
Whitney Lohnes, judo (under 48 kg)
Jason Downey, boxing (49-52 kg)
Matt Whitford, boxing (81-91 kg)
SILVER
Taylor Gordon, boxing (60-64 kg)
Cyrus Taylor, boxing (64-69 kg)
Tia Dolliver, figure skating special
olympics (level III)
Brent McDonald, judo (over 100 kg)
Jeremy Page, snowboarding (halfpipe)
Dallas Rourke, s n o w b o a rd i n g
(halfpipe)
BRONZE
Stephen Clouter, gymnastics (parallel
bars)
Ot h e r Hi g h l i g h t s:
Artistic gymnastics team (male) –
fourth
Emily Dwyer rink, curling – fourth
Evan Cruz, gymnastics (pommel
horse) – fourth
Stephen Clouter, gymnastics (horizontal
bar) – fourth
Kimberly Sutherland, snowboardcross
– fourth
Robert Mayhew rink, curling – fifth
Wheelchair basketball team (mixed) –
fifth
Alex Green/Jayden Rau, figure skating
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Female squash team – fifth
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April 17
Gym n a s t i c s No v a Sc o t i a Pr o v i n c i a l
T&T Ch a m p i o n s h i p s , Titans Gymnastics
& Trampoline Club, Dartmouth, NS. For
more information, contact Gymnastics
Nova Scotia at 425-5454, ext. 338.
April 30 - June 26
NS Yo u t h Fl a g Fo o t b a l l Le a g u e Season.
For more information and to register
online, visit footballnovascotia.ca.
May
May 2
KidSpo r t Ap p l i c at i o n s Du e. For more
information, contact Dave Wagg at 425-5454,
ext. 350 or dwagg@sportnovascotia.ca.
May 4-7
Milk Sp o rt Fa i r, Cape Breton University,
NS. For more information, visit sport
novascotia.ca or contact Tyler Smith at
425-5454, ext. 362.
May 6-8
Eastern Ca n a d i a n Ch a m p i o n s h i p s [Art i s t i c
Gym n a s t i c s], Canada Games Centre,
Halifax, NS. For more information, contact
Gymnastics Nova Scotia at 425-5454, ext.
338.
May 6-8
Ea s t e r n Ca n a d i a n Ch a m p i o n s h i p s [T&T
Gy m n a s t i c s], Acadia University, Wolfville,
NS. For more information, contact
Gymnastics Nova Scotia at 425-5454, ext.
338.
May 6-8
Foo t b a l l No v a Sc o t i a Yo u t h Sk i l l s
Cam p – Pr a c t i c e w i t h a Pr o. For more
information and to register online, visit
footballnovascotia.ca.
May 7
Ska t e Ca n a d a No v a Sc o t i a An n u a l
Gen e r a l Me e t i n g, 2 pm, Cole Harbour
Place, Dartmouth, NS. For more
information, contact Skate Canada Nova
Scotia at 425-5454, ext. 336.
May 7
Ska t e Ca n a d a No va Sc o t i a Aw a r d s &
Ice Sh o w , 7 pm, Cole Harbour Place,
Dartmouth, NS. For more information,
contact Skate Canada Nova Scotia at 425-
5454, ext. 336.
May 23-28
Can a d i a n Gy m n a s t i c s Ch a m p i o n s h i p s ,
UPEI, Charlottetown, PEI. For more
information, contact Gymnastics Nova
Scotia at 425-5454, ext. 338.
May 26-28
2011 Pr o v i n c i a l Sk i p Ch a m p i o n s h i p s ,
Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax,
NS. For more information, contact the
Rope Skipping Association of Nova Scotia
at 425-5454, ext. 371.
June
June 4
2011 RICOH Sp o r t Aw a r d s , Halifax
Marriott Harbourfront Hotel, Halifax,
NS. For more information, visit sport
novascotia.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 – Alfred O’Quinn
alfieandchris@eastlink.ca
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 – Vacant
executivedirector@adckc.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 – Matthew Lane
matthewverionlane@gmail.com
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 – Jessie Wallace
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 – Jessie Wallace
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 – Jessie Wallace
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 – Darrell Dempster
425-8662
Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame
Executive Director – Bill Robinson
421-1266
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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