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<strong>September</strong> <strong>2009</strong> Issue 34<br />
A publication of
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<strong>September</strong> <strong>2009</strong> Issue 34<br />
<strong>Sport</strong> <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
Editor<br />
Managing Editor<br />
Chad Lucas Catherine McKellar<br />
Cover<br />
Layout & Desktop<br />
Lindsey Benson Paula Yochoff<br />
Senior Staff<br />
Chief Executive Officer<br />
Jamie Ferguson<br />
Director of Finance<br />
& Administration<br />
Debbie Buckoski<br />
Director of Public Relations<br />
Catherine McKellar<br />
Director of Marketing<br />
Jeff LeDrew<br />
Director of <strong>Sport</strong> Development<br />
Mark Smith<br />
<strong>Sport</strong> Quarterly,<br />
a publication of <strong>Sport</strong> <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong>.<br />
Letters to the editor must include<br />
name, address and phone<br />
number.<br />
<strong>Sport</strong> <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
5516 Spring Garden Road<br />
4th Floor<br />
Halifax, <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> B3J 1G6<br />
Tel: (902) 425-5450<br />
Fax: (902) 425-5606<br />
E-mail: sportns@sportnovascotia.ca<br />
www.sportnovascotia.ca<br />
Senior Funding Partner of<br />
<strong>Sport</strong> <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
Jamie Ferguson<br />
Ch i e f<br />
Executive Officer<br />
In this issue of <strong>Sport</strong> Quarterly,<br />
we discuss some of the positive<br />
impacts that sport can have in helping<br />
new immigrants become more<br />
integrated into their communities.<br />
Right now in Canada there are a few<br />
programs being funded for that exact<br />
purpose. Helping immigrants adapt<br />
to their new communities is one of<br />
the great benefits that sport provides<br />
to its participants, and an important<br />
reason for continued investment in<br />
sport.<br />
Discussing this type of benefit also<br />
helps to highlight some of the less<br />
obvious advantages that sport offers<br />
to people who take part, and indeed<br />
to our society as a whole. We often<br />
hear about the benefits of sport in<br />
terms of health and as a response to<br />
the current obesity crisis, and there<br />
is certainly no question that sport’s<br />
impact in these areas is real and<br />
important—but it is really just the<br />
tip of the iceberg in terms of what<br />
sport has to offer.<br />
Reports show that sport has a<br />
positive impact in a number of areas<br />
including youth crime and education.<br />
Children who are physically active in<br />
sport are less likely to break the law<br />
and more likely to do well in school,<br />
and these kinds of outcomes have<br />
a positive impact on our society as<br />
a whole. In addition to the justice<br />
and education benefits, there are<br />
numerous other social benefits to<br />
which sport contributes. There are<br />
also economic benefits, but that is<br />
another column.<br />
<strong>Sport</strong> provides these broad benefits<br />
because it has the ability to cut across<br />
societal barriers and help develop<br />
<strong>Sport</strong> Cuts Across<br />
Societal Barriers<br />
values and skills that individuals<br />
need in order to be productive in<br />
all aspects of their lives. That is<br />
why we’re seeing sport used as a<br />
tool to help new immigrants adjust<br />
to their communities, and also<br />
why we see sport being used in<br />
programs that help youth at risk.<br />
In fact, in 2005, a United Nations<br />
Task Force published a report called<br />
<strong>Sport</strong> for Development and Peace,<br />
which talks about the importance of<br />
sport and how its ability to connect<br />
people and communities can help<br />
foster prosperity and development.<br />
Perhaps that would seem far-fetched<br />
to some people, but in reality it<br />
isn’t.<br />
<strong>Sport</strong> was the setting for Jackie<br />
Robinson and the incredible social<br />
legacy that was created. Today, sport<br />
provides the setting for incredible<br />
benefits and opportunities to<br />
participants in communities across<br />
our province, and although not as<br />
well known as the Jackie Robinson<br />
story, these benefits are having a<br />
lasting, positive, and vital impact on<br />
our people and our province.<br />
At <strong>Sport</strong> <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> we haven’t<br />
forgotten the reason most people start<br />
and continue to play sports—because<br />
it’s fun. In fact, <strong>Sport</strong> <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> and<br />
our Provincial <strong>Sport</strong> Organization<br />
members are constantly working<br />
to try and provide fun, quality<br />
programs that allow more people<br />
to participate in sport. It’s a big<br />
part of what we do. We also haven’t<br />
forgotten why it’s important that<br />
people have the chance to take part<br />
in sport. The benefits of sport help<br />
create healthy, vibrant communities<br />
across our province. We will continue<br />
to work to improve awareness of<br />
the value of sport and its benefits<br />
“Helping immigrants adapt to their new<br />
communities is one of the great benefits<br />
that sport provides to its participants,<br />
and an important reason for continued<br />
investment in sport.”<br />
because people need to realize that<br />
participating in organized sport is<br />
more than building muscles: it is<br />
about building people.<br />
Finally, on a different note,<br />
<strong>Sport</strong> <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> would like to<br />
congratulate the athletes, coaches,<br />
officials, managers, mission staff,<br />
and everyone who was part of our<br />
Team <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> contingent and<br />
represented our Province at the <strong>2009</strong><br />
Canada Games in Prince Edward<br />
Island. For some, the Canada Games<br />
will represent the pinnacle of their<br />
competitive athletic careers, and for<br />
some it will be just the beginning, but<br />
we’re sure that for all it was a proud<br />
moment to represent <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong>.<br />
Rest assured that <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> is just<br />
as proud of you.
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<strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
Meghan Brown<br />
Softball<br />
Meghan Brown has been competing<br />
in softball since the age of seven. The<br />
18-year-old native of Lower Onslow,<br />
Colchester Co., has made numerous<br />
appearances at Eastern Canadian<br />
championships. She was named the top<br />
pitcher at the 2006 Eastern Canadians,<br />
where she helped her team capture a<br />
bronze medal, and an all-star at the 2007<br />
Eastern Canadians. The University of<br />
New Brunswick student also coaches<br />
and organizes tournaments in her<br />
community. Brown pitched and played<br />
outfield for the provincial Canada<br />
Games team this summer and she was<br />
named <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong>’s flag-bearer for the<br />
opening ceremonies. The softball team<br />
finished in fifth place at Charlottetown<br />
and Brown picked up one of <strong>Nova</strong><br />
<strong>Scotia</strong>’s four victories, giving up one<br />
run and striking out six in a 4-2 win<br />
over New Brunswick.<br />
I<br />
Meghan Brown (Courtesy <strong>2009</strong> <strong>Nova</strong><br />
<strong>Scotia</strong> Canada Games)<br />
“ got into softball just because I was<br />
at that age where Mom and Dad<br />
were trying to find something that<br />
I liked. We started with soccer and<br />
that was a no-go, so softball was the<br />
next sport I tried and that worked out<br />
better. I think I liked it because I was<br />
able to compete with the boys.<br />
I really got hooked on the sport<br />
when I went to my first Eastern<br />
Canadian championships when I<br />
was 11. We played an Ontario team in<br />
our first game and kept pretty close<br />
with them, and it was such a thrill. I<br />
thought, ‘This is kind of fun.’<br />
I won a silver medal at the Bantam<br />
Eastern Canadians with my team,<br />
the Pro-Cresting Steelers. A real<br />
thrill was in 2006 when the Eastern<br />
Canadians were held right here in<br />
<strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> in North River. I played<br />
with the North River Gators, and we<br />
finished third and I was named the<br />
tournament’s top pitcher.<br />
Playing with the Canada Games<br />
team has been a great experience.<br />
To prepare we went to the Montreal<br />
International Fastpitch Challenge,<br />
and we ended up winning the whole<br />
thing. We had to win four games<br />
in a row on Sunday to take the<br />
championship. That was a pleasant<br />
surprise. There were some pretty<br />
strong teams there, and it was nice to<br />
compete against teams from outside<br />
the Maritimes. There were some<br />
American teams there and they were<br />
pretty intense. So for us to come out<br />
in first place was not something we<br />
expected, I think. At least I didn’t.<br />
Being named the flag-bearer for<br />
the Canada Games was another big<br />
surprise. Honestly, I forgot I’d even<br />
been nominated until my coach<br />
called me and told me I was chosen.<br />
It started to sink in at the pep rally<br />
before the Games when I had to<br />
stand up in front of everyone and<br />
give some words of encouragement.<br />
The nerves and the excitement really<br />
hit me.<br />
For me, when I’m pitching or<br />
getting ready for a game, I try not to<br />
think about it too much. I throw my<br />
warm-up pitches and joke around<br />
with my teammates. When I’m in<br />
there pitching to a batter I’m focused<br />
on that, but for me the key is to have<br />
a good time and relax. You can’t let<br />
yourself overthink things or get too<br />
tense.<br />
Coaching has been a lot of fun as<br />
well. Both of my younger sisters have<br />
come up through the same program,<br />
so I’ve helped out with their teams.<br />
My youngest sister is about the age<br />
I was when I first started, and it’s<br />
fun to watch. It’s funny to look back<br />
and think that that’s where I was<br />
once, and now I’m competing in the<br />
Canada Games.<br />
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etting Children Active…No Sweat!<br />
by Amy Walsh<br />
<strong>Sport</strong> Development Coordinator<br />
Sixty minutes—according to Health<br />
Canada, this is how much physical<br />
activity children should get everyday.<br />
But as children get older, increasing<br />
demands on their time can make<br />
getting a full 60 minutes of exercise a<br />
challenge. Some children get caught<br />
up in sedentary pastimes like watching<br />
television and surfing the Internet.<br />
The decisions regarding participating<br />
in sports are made early in life. Those<br />
who are naturally athletic and exposed<br />
early in life can end up increasing their<br />
time and commitment to sports, but<br />
more casual athletes may lose interest<br />
and decide to quit sports altogether.<br />
Unless children participate in other<br />
recreational activities, their physical<br />
activity levels drop drastically. The<br />
problem is exacerbated by inaccessibility<br />
to organized sport, especially in rural<br />
communities and among low-income<br />
families.<br />
<strong>Sport</strong> <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> has found a way<br />
to encourage children and communities<br />
to be involved in physical activity.<br />
The <strong>Sport</strong> <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> After-School<br />
Program (ASP) has broken down<br />
barriers and opened the door to children<br />
to participate in daily physical activity.<br />
Since 2005, the ASP has helped more<br />
than 2,500 kids participate in daily<br />
physical activity outside of school hours.<br />
At the end of every school day, the ASP<br />
provides children with free, fun, safe<br />
and developmentally-appropriate sport<br />
and physical activities. The program<br />
runs for two hours and the primary<br />
focus is on ‘fun’ and keeping the<br />
children active. The coordinator and<br />
youth leaders tailor the program to offer<br />
what is of interest to the students. One<br />
program may offer basketball or line tag,<br />
while another might favour skipping or<br />
‘Capture The Flag’.<br />
Along with providing opportunities to<br />
be physically active, another challenge is<br />
discovering ways to encourage children<br />
to be more receptive to physical activity.<br />
ASP has been successful in this area<br />
by recruiting and hiring local highschool<br />
students to deliver the program<br />
to children in their geographical area.<br />
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Official Media Partner of SNS<br />
When the opportunity arose for<br />
CHUM Group radio stations C100<br />
FM and 101.3 The BOUNCE to become<br />
the official media partner of <strong>Sport</strong> <strong>Nova</strong><br />
<strong>Scotia</strong> earlier this year, the group jumped<br />
at the chance to get involved.<br />
“It’s something we’ve wanted to be<br />
involved with for a long time,” says Matt<br />
Cleveland, marketing director for the<br />
two popular metro radio stations. “We<br />
were aware of the many great events that<br />
<strong>Sport</strong> <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> is a part of. It just so<br />
happened that there was an opening, so<br />
we jumped on it.”<br />
For Cleveland, working with <strong>Sport</strong><br />
<strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> was a ‘no-brainer’. The Cole<br />
Harbour native says he knows first-hand<br />
how sport can play a huge role in a young<br />
person’s life.<br />
“I came from a background that wasn’t<br />
great, and the opportunity to get involved<br />
with sports put me on the right path,” says<br />
Cleveland, who grew up playing baseball,<br />
basketball and football.<br />
“I do credit organized sports in our<br />
province for helping me become the person<br />
Children are more receptive to the<br />
activity when the youth leaders are<br />
closer in age.<br />
It is a win-win situation for everyone<br />
involved in the program. It gives highschool<br />
students the opportunity to earn<br />
a little extra money, receive leadership<br />
training and gain valuable experience<br />
in delivering sports to children. For<br />
children, they have young mentors<br />
helping them lead healthy lives and<br />
for the sport community, the pool of<br />
potential coaches and volunteers in<br />
the community is increased. Since the<br />
introduction of the program, <strong>Sport</strong><br />
<strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> has hired and trained more<br />
than 165 leaders in eleven different<br />
communities throughout <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong>.<br />
New to the program in <strong>2009</strong> was the<br />
addition of the After-School Program<br />
for Girls in upper elementary and<br />
junior high schools. This new initiative<br />
focuses on working with African <strong>Nova</strong><br />
<strong>Scotia</strong>n and Aboriginal girls. It is also<br />
targeted to young girls living in rural<br />
areas. We know from past experience<br />
that youth from these communities,<br />
especially females, tend not to be<br />
I am today,” he says. “I think there are a<br />
lot of stories out there like (mine). That, to<br />
me, is the first good reason to get involved<br />
with something like <strong>Sport</strong> <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> and<br />
help the youth in our province.”<br />
As official media partner of <strong>Sport</strong> <strong>Nova</strong><br />
<strong>Scotia</strong>, C100 FM and 101.3 The BOUNCE<br />
are heavily involved in <strong>Sport</strong> <strong>Nova</strong><br />
<strong>Scotia</strong> programs and events including<br />
Kid<strong>Sport</strong>, the Manulife Dragon Boat<br />
Festival, the IKON <strong>Sport</strong> Awards, <strong>Sport</strong><br />
Makes a Difference, Milk <strong>Sport</strong> Fair,<br />
<strong>Sport</strong>scape and <strong>Sport</strong> Sunsweep. They’re<br />
also the official sponsor to Team <strong>Nova</strong><br />
<strong>Scotia</strong> at the Canada Games.<br />
It’s a hands-on partnership: the radio<br />
stations provide airtime to generate<br />
publicity and traffic for the <strong>Sport</strong> <strong>Nova</strong><br />
<strong>Scotia</strong> events as well as to thank partnering<br />
sponsors publicly. They’ll also often<br />
supply MCs for events or volunteers to<br />
help out.<br />
For example, 101.3 The BOUNCE<br />
co-hosted the IKON <strong>Sport</strong> Awards in<br />
June, while C100 entered a boat in the<br />
engaged in regular sport and physical<br />
activity programs due to a number of<br />
factors including limited opportunities<br />
to participate. We also know that there<br />
tends to be fewer female role models<br />
present in these communities to model<br />
the benefits of living an active healthy<br />
lifestyle.<br />
Similar to the elementary school coed<br />
program, the Girls Youth Program<br />
uses female high-school students as<br />
leaders and role models to increase<br />
participation. The program is offered<br />
two to three days a week for one-anda-half<br />
hours after school. Again, the<br />
program is designed to engage young<br />
females by offering a variety of activities<br />
such as yoga, pilates, hip-hop dance,<br />
rope skipping and weightlifting to<br />
name a few.<br />
The <strong>Sport</strong> <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> After-School<br />
Program has grown and developed<br />
over the years into a very successful<br />
program. With continued support from<br />
its sponsors, volunteers and community,<br />
it will continue to be a success for years<br />
to come.<br />
Manulife Dragon Boat Festival and<br />
also provided MCs for the opening and<br />
closing ceremonies.<br />
“Basically we do whatever the<br />
sponsorship requires,” Cleveland says.<br />
The radio stations have long played<br />
an active role in the community. C100<br />
FM hosts the annual IWK Radiothon to<br />
raise money for the children’s hospital,<br />
and the three-day event generated more<br />
than $360,000 this past February.<br />
The station is also a major sponsor of<br />
the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.<br />
They’re hosting an event called ‘Bras<br />
across the Bridge’ on <strong>September</strong> 19. All<br />
funds raised from that event will benefit<br />
Team Moya from the C100 Breakfast Club<br />
who will be taking part in the Run for the<br />
Cure on October 4.<br />
“When we sponsor something, it makes<br />
sense for us as a radio station and for our<br />
community,” says Cleveland. “It’s a twoway<br />
street. We give our resources to an<br />
event and in return we get the satisfaction<br />
of being able to give back.”
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Football Gaining a<br />
Foothold in the Valley<br />
Minor, varsity programs growing<br />
quickly<br />
When Jonathan Ingles moved to the<br />
Annapolis Valley nine years ago,<br />
he called up then-Acadia football coach<br />
Sonny Wolfe and asked if any local highschool<br />
teams could use a volunteer.<br />
Wolfe’s answer startled him.<br />
“He said, ‘Well, there aren’t any highschool<br />
teams,’” Ingles says. “I remember<br />
being utterly shocked that there was no<br />
high-school football anywhere in the<br />
Valley.”<br />
All that has changed in the past four<br />
years. Four schools in the Windsor/<br />
Annapolis Valley region—Northeast<br />
Kings, Avon View, Horton and Central<br />
Kings—have launched football programs<br />
since 2006.<br />
The varsity revival comes on the heels<br />
of huge growth of minor football in<br />
the region. At every level, football has<br />
surged because of the inspiration and<br />
dedication of grassroots volunteers, says<br />
Football <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> president Richard<br />
MacLean.<br />
“There’s been an influx of people<br />
willing to volunteer, and because of that<br />
it’s enabled the sport to grow there,”<br />
MacLean says.<br />
He points to people like Mike Upward,<br />
who spent 30 years coaching in New<br />
Brunswick before retiring to Middleton<br />
and launching the Western Valley Wings<br />
program this season.<br />
The Valley Bulldogs program has<br />
taken off because of volunteers like<br />
Ingles, who coached with the Bantam<br />
team since its inception before starting<br />
the Central Kings high-school team<br />
last year, and Stephen Melanson, who<br />
played varsity at Acadia and helped out<br />
with the Axemen coaching staff after<br />
graduating.<br />
The father of four boys picked up<br />
a clipboard again once his own sons<br />
showed an interest in the game.<br />
“For me it’s partly a selfish thing—<br />
that’s what happens when you have<br />
four boys,” Melanson says with a<br />
laugh. He’s coached at practically every<br />
level in the Valley, and helped start the<br />
Atom (under-12) team because his two<br />
youngest sons wanted to be playing<br />
too.<br />
The Valley program works to make<br />
football as user-friendly as possible<br />
for interested kids and their families<br />
—even supplying the protective gear.<br />
“It’s a growing sport and there’s a lot of<br />
enthusiasm for it here,” says Melanson,<br />
who joined the coaching staff at Horton<br />
high school this year. “A lot of kids are<br />
now coming through these programs<br />
and going on to university, where a few<br />
years ago they would have had to move<br />
to Halifax to do that.”<br />
Ingles says it was always the goal to<br />
move players from the minor level into<br />
varsity programs, and even beyond.<br />
“I remember way back when we started<br />
the Bantam program, the equipment<br />
showed up two or three days before the<br />
first game, and we were pulling it out of<br />
bags trying to gear up kids who had no<br />
idea what to do with it,” he says. “But<br />
for any of us who were involved with the<br />
minor program back in those beginnings,<br />
our long-term goal was always to see<br />
high-school football in the Valley.”<br />
Now that that dream is a reality,<br />
Football <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> is looking to<br />
translate some of the Valley’s success<br />
into other rural areas of the province.<br />
Cape Breton is already experiencing a<br />
resurgence at the minor level this season,<br />
while MacLean says he’d like to see other<br />
programs launch in Bridgewater and the<br />
Yarmouth/South Shore area.<br />
FNS administrative coordinator Karen<br />
Ouellette said the Valley program could<br />
start a ripple effect. “I think they can<br />
stand up as a role model: ‘We’re not<br />
in metro Halifax and we’re doing it,’”<br />
she says. “I think when you have those<br />
smaller communities, it’s important to go<br />
in and find out how they do it. Because<br />
they might do it differently than Halifax<br />
does.”<br />
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6<br />
Universal Language: Newcomers Use <strong>Sport</strong><br />
Ali Duale and his family arrived<br />
in <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> 11 years ago with<br />
little more than the clothes on their<br />
backs. For the Somali family, who<br />
had already spent seven years as<br />
refugees in Kenya after leaving their<br />
unstable homeland, Canada was like<br />
a foreign planet.<br />
“Everything was upside-down,”<br />
says Duale. “I was not able to speak<br />
the language. I had no financial<br />
means. I didn’t know anybody here.<br />
Basically I started everything with<br />
my bare hands.”<br />
Fast forward a decade and Duale is<br />
a Canadian citizen and a firefighter<br />
who’s also studying at Saint Mary’s.<br />
His family faced plenty of struggles<br />
in making a home in Halifax, but<br />
one of the things that helped Duale<br />
connect and meet friends was<br />
playing noon pickup basketball at<br />
Dalhousie University.<br />
Now he’s using sport to help other<br />
young immigrants connect with each<br />
other and the wider community.<br />
With the support of HRM<br />
Recreation, which donates space<br />
at St. Andrew’s and Northcliffe<br />
Centres, Duale has launched two<br />
programs—Sunday afternoon<br />
basketball and Saturday morning<br />
swimming lessons—aimed at<br />
drawing immigrant families.<br />
“<strong>Sport</strong> is one of the international<br />
languages,” Duale says. “Anywhere<br />
you go, basketball is basketball and<br />
soccer is soccer. This is one of the<br />
things we have in common, and<br />
one of the first places we can create<br />
healthy relationships.”<br />
<strong>Sport</strong> may be a great equalizer, but<br />
it’s not usually the first thing on the<br />
minds of recent immigrants—or the<br />
people who help them settle here.<br />
“A lot of research goes into<br />
employing people, justice issues…<br />
but leisure and sport aren’t<br />
necessarily focused on all<br />
that much,” says Dr. Susan<br />
Tirone, an associate professor<br />
at Dalhousie’s School of Health<br />
and Human Performance. “Yet<br />
we’re finding that it’s really<br />
important, especially for kids, to<br />
find a way to integrate into the<br />
community, have fun, and be on<br />
par with their peers.”<br />
Still, joining a club or team is<br />
usually low on a newcomer’s<br />
priority list, says Steven Claveau,<br />
an employment specialist with<br />
the Metropolitan Immigrant<br />
S e t t l e m e n t A s s o c i a t i o n<br />
(MISA).<br />
Ali Duale poses with Mahir Ibrahim at a basketball program Duale<br />
“I have a holistic approach<br />
runs for young immigrants at St. Andrew’s Centre in Halifax. (Photo<br />
and I try to let people know<br />
courtesy Chad Lucas)<br />
about being active and eating<br />
well,” says Claveau, who’s also<br />
a triathlete. “But it’s overwhelming<br />
—for most of my clients, they need<br />
to go to school, they want to work<br />
part-time, most of them are parents.<br />
When I mention sport, a lot of them<br />
say, ‘What are you talking about I<br />
don’t have time for that.’”<br />
For newcomers who are interested,<br />
there are often plenty of hurdles.<br />
Language is an issue for many, or<br />
cultural differences: Tirone, who<br />
has been involved in several studies<br />
on immigrants and sport activities,<br />
spoke with one young wrestler who<br />
was reluctant to tell his coaches that<br />
he was fasting during the Muslim<br />
holy month of Ramadan.<br />
For those who arrive in Canada<br />
as refugees with limited means, the<br />
price of registration fees can keep<br />
them on the sidelines. Then there’s<br />
just the sheer challenge of stepping<br />
into one more unfamiliar situation in<br />
a world already full of them.<br />
And for local sport groups largely<br />
run by volunteers who are<br />
often busy parents themselves,<br />
crossing that gap and reaching<br />
out to newcomers can be<br />
daunting, Tirone says.<br />
“Most of our sports in Canada<br />
are delivered at the local level<br />
by volunteers. If I have to go out<br />
and meet parents, do outreach,<br />
figure out a way to understand<br />
traditions… that issue of who’s<br />
responsible for reaching out and<br />
connecting is a huge question,”<br />
Tirone says. “A lot of volunteer<br />
groups felt really guilty that<br />
they hadn’t been able to do<br />
more.”<br />
Tirone advocates that<br />
sport governing bodies, from<br />
provincial sport organizations
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right up to the federal level, should<br />
provide coaches and officials with<br />
guidelines on how to help those<br />
from other cultures get involved in<br />
sport and recreation.<br />
“We really feel that policy-makers<br />
need to develop specific guidelines<br />
for people to follow,” she says. “Make<br />
up a toolkit for sport providers so<br />
they know what it looks like.”<br />
Daniel Worthington agrees. A<br />
native of England himself and a<br />
provincial coach in the diverse world<br />
of soccer (see sidebar), he says sport<br />
groups and immigration officials<br />
alike could do a better job of sharing<br />
information with groups like MISA<br />
and letting newcomers know how<br />
to connect, as well as highlighting<br />
programs like Kid<strong>Sport</strong> and<br />
Support4<strong>Sport</strong> that offset some of<br />
the costs.<br />
“It comes down to values and<br />
a feeling that in order to help<br />
everyone get better, newcomers<br />
and immigrants definitely have a<br />
place in sport,” Worthington says. “I<br />
don’t think we take advantage of it<br />
enough. We can do a better job with<br />
community programs.”<br />
The benefits of sport are obvious,<br />
says Duale, who draws about 20<br />
kids to his basketball program and<br />
as many as 50 to Northcliffe pool for<br />
swimming. He’s seen children come<br />
out of their shells on the court or in<br />
the water. “It’s a place where they can<br />
feel comfortable,” he says. “<strong>Sport</strong>s<br />
are one of those ways you can express<br />
yourself and who you are.”<br />
And he’s seen it in his own family,<br />
where his oldest son Mohamed<br />
Ibrahim played on the provincial<br />
under-16 team this summer.<br />
“My son didn’t have any friends<br />
and didn’t know anybody when he<br />
came here,” Duale says. “Now he has<br />
friends all across <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> because<br />
of his involvement with basketball.<br />
That’s another reason I think these<br />
programs will help kids make friends<br />
and become part of society.”<br />
And the benefits flow both ways,<br />
Tirone points out. Other athletes get<br />
to experience new cultures—and<br />
coaches often appreciate players<br />
who bring a new outlook on the<br />
game.<br />
“Coaches told us that they love<br />
to have a player from somewhere<br />
else, because their strategies are very<br />
different,” Tirone says.<br />
“It’s really community-building<br />
at its best. For immigrants it’s an<br />
opportunity to immerse and be part<br />
of their community in hopefully<br />
a healthy way. For established<br />
Canadians, it’s a chance to get to<br />
know another community group.”<br />
Soccer ‘Brings the World Together’<br />
“ It’s been said that soccer is the<br />
only game that brings the world<br />
together,” says Daniel Worthington,<br />
a staff coach with Soccer <strong>Nova</strong><br />
<strong>Scotia</strong> and a transplanted England<br />
native. “It’s one of the games that<br />
it doesn’t matter what you look<br />
like, how you speak, people will<br />
get along.”<br />
It certainly rings true on many<br />
soccer pitches in Halifax. Carmen<br />
King, the referee development<br />
officer with Soccer <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong>,<br />
says he recently coached an<br />
under-14 team that featured 13<br />
different ethnic groups who spoke<br />
seven languages between them.<br />
“From that perspective, it’s a wellintegrated<br />
game,” he says.<br />
But while many newcomers<br />
find their way to soccer clubs,<br />
Wo r t h i n g t o n s a y s t h a t h i s<br />
sport—like most others—could<br />
be more proactive. Whether it’s<br />
training coaches or finding ways<br />
to let immigrants know about<br />
opportunities and subsidies, he<br />
thinks the onus is on sport groups<br />
to reach out.<br />
“I think we’re missing something<br />
somewhere,” he says. “We need<br />
to develop courses and coaches<br />
that are specialized in newcomer<br />
integration. I know umpteen people<br />
doing fantastic jobs in their own<br />
communities. We just need more<br />
like them.”<br />
There are success stories out<br />
there: King recently worked with<br />
Steven Claveau of the Metropolitan<br />
Immigrant Settlement Association<br />
to train four recent immigrants<br />
as referees with the help of an<br />
interpreter. It’s something he plans<br />
to tweak and offer again next<br />
season.<br />
“I quite enjoyed the experience,”<br />
King says. “I know when (the<br />
referees) were awarded their<br />
badges, they were as excited as<br />
could be. It made them feel a part of<br />
the community. To put on a Canada<br />
badge, even as a soccer official, is<br />
one of the first steps toward saying,<br />
‘I am a Canadian.’”
8<br />
Basketball Players Go Globetrotting<br />
Four <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong>ns compete for<br />
Canada abroad<br />
It was a banner summer for <strong>Nova</strong><br />
<strong>Scotia</strong>ns on the international<br />
basketball scene as four Bluenoses<br />
suited up for Team Canada at<br />
competitions around the world.<br />
Justine Colley of East Preston<br />
helped Canada to a best-ever fourthplace<br />
finish at the FIBA U19 women’s<br />
world championship in Bangkok,<br />
Thailand in August, while Fergus<br />
Duke of Colby competed for Canada’s<br />
first Cadet national team in Argentina.<br />
University players Christian Upshaw<br />
(St. F.X.) and Zara Huntley (UBC),<br />
both of Halifax, represented the<br />
country at the World Universiade in<br />
Belgrade.<br />
A pair of Cape Breton Capers<br />
All-Canadians—Kelsey Hodgson of<br />
Fredericton and Phil Nkrumah of<br />
Brampton, Ontario—suited up for<br />
the women’s and men’s university<br />
squads as well. Capers coach Fabian<br />
McKenzie was an assistant with the<br />
women’s team.<br />
Competing on a national team was a<br />
brand-new experience for 15-year-old<br />
Duke, who’s just heading into high<br />
school at Auburn Drive in the fall. He<br />
says it was an eye-opening trip.<br />
“It was a lot of fun,” says Duke, who<br />
helped Canada earn a bronze medal at<br />
the Tournament of the Americas and<br />
qualify for next summer’s first FIBA<br />
U17 world championship. “I was one<br />
of the younger guys on the team, and<br />
the biggest adjustment was going<br />
from one of the go-to players to being<br />
more of a bench player.”<br />
But he learned to see the game in<br />
a new light as he trained with and<br />
competed against the best players<br />
his age in all of the Americas. “I had<br />
to think the game a lot better,” Duke<br />
says. “I had to make decisions a lot<br />
quicker. Coach (Roy) Rana is really<br />
intense and he introduced me to a lot<br />
of new concepts. I learned so much in<br />
training camp.”<br />
Fergus Duke. (Photo courtesy of Basketball <strong>Nova</strong><br />
<strong>Scotia</strong>)<br />
Playing overseas was a new<br />
experience for Duke and Upshaw,<br />
but the summer marked a return to<br />
the international stage for Colley, who<br />
helped Canada qualify for worlds at<br />
the U18 Tournament of the Americas<br />
last year, and Huntley, who graduated<br />
from Canada Basketball’s National<br />
Elite Development Academy before<br />
heading to UBC.<br />
Huntley says it was a thrill competing<br />
at a multi-sport event with 9,000<br />
athletes in attendance. The women’s<br />
basketball team struggled, finishing<br />
15th, but Huntley says she feels like a<br />
better player for the experience.<br />
“It was hard because we had no<br />
training camp, but it was still really<br />
fun,” she says. “It’s a lot more physical<br />
in international basketball and players<br />
are more versatile.”<br />
New Basketball <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
executive director Liam Blanchard<br />
says it’s a testament to the provincial<br />
coaching and development of athletes<br />
that local players are starting to earn<br />
more recognition from the national<br />
body.<br />
“We’ve been working hard over the<br />
last few years to properly develop<br />
our athletes,” Blanchard says. “We<br />
have some tremendous community<br />
programs, and that all comes back to<br />
the volunteers and coaches. And with<br />
our Centre for Performance, it really<br />
shows athletes what they need to do<br />
to get to the next level.”<br />
The provincial body has also just<br />
hired a new technical director – Saint<br />
Mary’s legend Mickey Fox, who will<br />
help with elite development programs<br />
and overseeing provincial teams.<br />
“To have a guy like Mickey involved,<br />
with his expertise and knowledge, is<br />
just a huge win for BNS and a next<br />
step for our organization to grow<br />
properly,” Blanchard says.<br />
Having players come back from an<br />
international experience also raises<br />
the calibre of play here at home, he<br />
says.<br />
In the Charlton house, the whole family<br />
is involved in making sure that their<br />
dairy products are top-quality. That is<br />
their top priority, and it takes a lot of<br />
work. There are always cows to be<br />
milked and chores to be tended to. The<br />
kids are part of the team, everyday.<br />
“<br />
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Corey and Kelsey of the Charlton Family<br />
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<strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
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“They bring that experience back<br />
to our province, to their club teams,<br />
provincial teams, university teams,” he<br />
says. “Coming back here and sharing<br />
their experience is so beneficial to our<br />
athletes and coaches.”<br />
Duke says his time with the national<br />
Cadet team has “absolutely” made<br />
him a better player. He carried that<br />
experience into the Canada Games,<br />
where he was one of the youngest<br />
players on the <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> team that<br />
won a silver medal.<br />
“When I got back from training<br />
camp and from Argentina, I started<br />
to play a lot harder,” Duke says. “My<br />
shot improved while we were in<br />
Argentina. The tournament helped<br />
me be a lot more aggressive and use<br />
the opportunities that I have in a game<br />
a lot better.”
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Jeff Carter PHI 82 46 38 84<br />
Henrik Sedin VAN 82 22 60 82<br />
Joe Thornton SJ 82 25 61 86<br />
Mike Ribeiro DAL 82 22 56 78<br />
X Round 6 - Left Wing Team GP G A PTS<br />
Patrik Elias NJ 77 31 47 78<br />
Alexander Semin WSH 62 34 45 79<br />
Ray Whitney CAR 77 24 45 69<br />
Rick Nash CLB 78 40 39 79<br />
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Marian Hossa CHI 74 40 31 71<br />
Corey Perry ANA 78 32 40 72<br />
Jamie Langenbrunner NJ 81 29 40 69<br />
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Jason Spezza OTT 82 32 41 73<br />
Eric Staal CAR 82 40 35 75<br />
Todd White ATL 82 22 51 73<br />
David Krejci BOS 82 22 51 73<br />
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Henrik Zetterberg DET 77 31 42 73<br />
Slava Kozlov ATL 82 26 50 76<br />
Thomas Vanek BUF 73 40 24 64<br />
Dany Heatley OTT 82 39 33 72<br />
Alexei Ponikarovsky TOR 82 23 38 61<br />
X Round 11 - Right Wing Team GP G A PTS<br />
Alex Kovalev OTT 78 26 39 65<br />
Devin Setoguchi SJ 81 31 34 65<br />
Jean-Pierre Dumont NSH 82 16 49 65<br />
Patrick Kane CHI 80 25 45 70<br />
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Jonathan Toews CHI 82 34 35 69<br />
Milan Lucic BOS 72 17 25 42<br />
Steven Stamkos TB 79 23 23 46<br />
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r o u g h t to y o u b y<br />
I<br />
t was a busy summer for big sports events in the Maritimes, with the World Canoe Championships on Lake<br />
Banook, the National Senior Men’s Baseball Championships in Dartmouth and Halifax, the Laser World Sailing<br />
on St. Margarets Bay and the Canada Summer Games in Prince Edward Island and Halifax. We asked <strong>Nova</strong><br />
<strong>Scotia</strong>ns:<br />
“How important do you think it is for a province to be hosting events such as these”<br />
Daniel Boudreau<br />
Cheticamp<br />
Jason Clarke<br />
Inverness<br />
Brittany Pickrem<br />
Halifax<br />
Nancie Smith<br />
Shelburne<br />
“It’s important because<br />
it gets more<br />
<strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong>ns on<br />
teams, thus giving<br />
them more exposure<br />
to scouts. You<br />
are also developing athletes at a high level<br />
of competition. My son played in the U17<br />
World Hockey Championships and it was<br />
super for him.”<br />
“It’s extremely important.<br />
You are<br />
showcasing these<br />
communities to<br />
not just Atlantic<br />
Canadians, but<br />
Canadians all over will see what we<br />
have to offer and take that back with<br />
them. Hosting such events is nothing<br />
but beneficial.”<br />
“Anything that<br />
draws people here,<br />
especially with the<br />
economic downfall.<br />
It’s good to bring<br />
people to the province<br />
in any way. It’s good for networking<br />
and the economy in general.”<br />
“It can only help<br />
to promote <strong>Nova</strong><br />
<strong>Scotia</strong>’s ability to<br />
host sporting, entertainment<br />
or corporate<br />
events. It can<br />
promote tourism and brings more dollars<br />
into the province.”<br />
Simon O’Rourke<br />
Shelburne<br />
Antonio Ouzounov<br />
Halifax<br />
“It is extremely important.<br />
It increases<br />
the exposure of the<br />
region and it just<br />
seems logical that<br />
any region would<br />
want the highest number of sporting<br />
events possible.”<br />
“I think it’s good.<br />
When big sporting<br />
events come to the<br />
province, people<br />
from the rest of<br />
the country, and<br />
around the world, see more of <strong>Nova</strong><br />
<strong>Scotia</strong>. It’s beneficial for everyone in the<br />
province.”<br />
Nick Brand<br />
Halifax<br />
Hank Bird<br />
Halifax<br />
“I think it is very<br />
important because<br />
it not only brings<br />
revenue to the<br />
province, but it also<br />
gives our athletes<br />
the recognition they deserve.”<br />
“They’re lots of fun<br />
for everyone. People<br />
get to see more of<br />
our province. I suppose<br />
it brings a little<br />
bit of economic activity<br />
as well, and it’s good entertainment<br />
for the locals.”
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Emily Tipton<br />
Shelburne<br />
“I think hosting<br />
national and international<br />
sporting<br />
events is important<br />
for promoting our<br />
province’s sporting<br />
infrastructure and for inspiring<br />
young athletes. Giving local athletes the<br />
opportunity to compete at the highest<br />
level and inspiring our young people<br />
promotes sport and healthy living and<br />
brings a different type of tourist to the<br />
region. It also encourages investment in<br />
our infrastructure, which leaves a legacy<br />
for our children.”<br />
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Is To Win.<br />
James Doyle<br />
Inverness<br />
“I’m for anything<br />
that brings people<br />
in—either as competitors<br />
or spectators.<br />
Plus, with<br />
sports like canoeing<br />
and sailing, you are perhaps planting the<br />
seeds of interest in the youth who might<br />
not have considered these sports as an<br />
option for them.”<br />
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12<br />
op Ten Ways to a Healthier School Year<br />
A message from Doctors <strong>Nova</strong><br />
<strong>Scotia</strong><br />
The beginning of the school year is<br />
an opportunity to start new healthy<br />
habits. The combination of a balanced<br />
diet and exercise is the best way to<br />
stay healthy through all stages of life.<br />
Below is Doctors <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong>’s top ten<br />
ways you can help your child to have<br />
a healthy and fun school year.<br />
10. Encourage your child to participate<br />
in intramurals<br />
Intramurals are a great way to get<br />
active during a recess or lunch break.<br />
They are a fun and noncompetitive<br />
means to try new sports and games.<br />
If your child’s school doesn’t already<br />
have recess or lunch intramurals<br />
encourage your child to start them at<br />
his/her school.<br />
9. Walk or bike to school with your<br />
child<br />
If you feel your child lives close enough<br />
to walk or bike to school, encourage<br />
them to do so. Incorporating physical<br />
activity into their daily routine is the<br />
best way for them to get and stay<br />
active. Try to walk with your child so<br />
you can get some exercise as well.<br />
8. Play sports with your child<br />
Being a member of a school team is<br />
another way to get active. Tryouts can<br />
be intimidating for youth so remind<br />
them that sports are supposed to be<br />
fun, not stressful. Practice a sport with<br />
your child so they’ll get extra physical<br />
activity and be more confident during<br />
tryouts.<br />
7. Set a bedtime<br />
Having a good night’s sleep is key<br />
to being productive. Your child<br />
needs sleep to stay healthy and keep<br />
developing. Youth between 7 and 12<br />
years of age should get between 10<br />
and 11 hours of sleep per day, while<br />
youth between 12 and 18 years of<br />
age need between 8 ¼ and 9 ½ hours<br />
of sleep per day. Developing bad<br />
sleeping habits in youth can lead to a<br />
lifetime of sleeping issues.<br />
6. Spend less time watching TV<br />
Encourage your child to spend one<br />
hour less a day watching TV or<br />
using the computer. There are lots of<br />
activities they can do outside such<br />
as basketball, skipping or flashlight<br />
tag. An hour a day could make a big<br />
difference in your child’s health.<br />
5. Encourage them to eat a healthy<br />
breakfast<br />
Breakfast is the most important meal<br />
of the day. Make sure your child<br />
always eats breakfast and try to<br />
incorporate dairy, grains and fruit into<br />
their morning routine.<br />
4. Wash your hands frequently<br />
With flu and H1N1 concerns this<br />
fall, make sure to wash your hands<br />
frequently and thoroughly, as well<br />
as your child’s. Hand washing is an<br />
effective way to protect yourself and<br />
your family from contracting a variety<br />
of illnesses. If your child is unable to<br />
wash their hands frequently at school,<br />
send them with an anti-bacterial hand<br />
sanitizer to use throughout the day.<br />
3. Start the Youth Running for Fun<br />
Program at their school<br />
Doctors <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> offers a<br />
noncompetitive youth running<br />
program free to all interested schools.<br />
It’s a great way to get active and<br />
learn how to run. In the 2008-09<br />
school year, more than 10,000 youth<br />
from over 170 schools took part in<br />
the program. If your child’s school<br />
doesn’t have the Doctors <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
Youth Running for Fun Program,<br />
visit www.doctorsNS.com for more<br />
information.<br />
2. Provide healthy drinks<br />
Drinking healthy beverages is an<br />
important part of maintaining a<br />
balanced diet. A large portion of<br />
calories consumed by youth comes<br />
from fats, sugars and sweetened<br />
drinks. Avoid serving your children<br />
beverages with high quantities of<br />
dye and sugar. Most importantly<br />
encourage them to never drink<br />
highly caffeinated beverages. These<br />
beverages, such as energy drinks and<br />
coffee, can have a negative impact on<br />
your child’s health and attentiveness<br />
in school. If your child is thirsty, the<br />
best way for them to quench their<br />
thirst is by drinking water.<br />
1. Encourage healthy eating<br />
Your child’s body needs vitamins for<br />
optimal growth and performance. To<br />
maintain a healthy diet, they should<br />
eat a variety of foods including cereals,<br />
grain products, vegetables, and fruit.<br />
Try to avoid serving your child foods<br />
with a high salt or fat content. Some<br />
easy snacks you can prepare for school<br />
are carrot sticks, a bag of cereal, and<br />
fruit.<br />
Enjoy a healthy and safe school<br />
year!
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Chimo Taekwondo<br />
Making a smash for Kid<strong>Sport</strong> tm<br />
If Kid<strong>Sport</strong> is all about breaking<br />
barriers that keep youth on the<br />
sidelines, then Chimo<br />
Taekwondo head instructor<br />
Doug Large might have<br />
picked the perfect activity<br />
for a fundraiser.<br />
Large is planning a oneman<br />
breakathon at the Milk<br />
<strong>Sport</strong> Fair this month in<br />
an effort to raise $10,000<br />
for Kid<strong>Sport</strong>, a program<br />
that helps families fund<br />
sport registration and/or<br />
equipment costs. He’s going<br />
to smash 1,000 boards in the<br />
span of about 15 minutes<br />
in what promises to be a<br />
very visual demonstration<br />
at the Milk <strong>Sport</strong> Fair, being<br />
held <strong>September</strong> 22-24 at<br />
Exhibition Park in Halifax.<br />
The Third Dan WTF Black<br />
Belt says the fundraiser is<br />
a good way to promote taekwondo<br />
and support a good cause at the same<br />
time.<br />
“Board-breaking is an integral<br />
part of the more advanced levels<br />
of taekwondo,” Large says. “It<br />
demonstrates several things, including<br />
mind over matter—you’re looking at<br />
that solid board and thinking, ‘How<br />
is my hand going to go through that’<br />
It’s challenging, especially for kids,<br />
but when they do it there’s no feeling<br />
like it.”<br />
The taekwondo club is selling tickets<br />
to sponsor boards at $10 each, with the<br />
hope of selling 1,000 tickets—one for<br />
each board to be broken. Large got the<br />
idea for the smash-up from a friend in<br />
Moncton who has staged three similar<br />
fundraisers on behalf of the United<br />
Way. Large says Kid<strong>Sport</strong> was an<br />
easy pick for him, since he’s seen the<br />
program’s benefits in his own gym.<br />
“A number of kids that have come<br />
through my club have benefitted<br />
from Kid<strong>Sport</strong>,” he says. “It’s a very<br />
worthwhile program.”<br />
Chimo Taekwondo instructor Doug Large demonstrates boardbreaking,<br />
which he’ll be doing plenty of at a fundraiser for<br />
Kid<strong>Sport</strong> later this month. (Contributed by Doug Large.)<br />
Large is also hoping that the<br />
demonstration will pique attendants’<br />
interest in taekwondo, which he says<br />
is a growing sport across <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
and around the world.<br />
“It’s one of two martial arts<br />
featured in the Olympics, and there<br />
are about 1,500 active participants<br />
in <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong>,” says Large, who’s<br />
the vice-president of the <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
Taekwondo Association.<br />
About 100 of those participants of<br />
all ages belong to his own club, Chimo<br />
Taekwondo on Herring Cove Road.<br />
Large is gearing up for a busy fall at the<br />
club, with a dozen students preparing<br />
for black belt tests in December and<br />
a large contingent getting ready for<br />
the Canadian Junior Championships<br />
being held in Halifax in January.<br />
“It’s a very busy club, a wonderful<br />
social atmosphere,” says Large, who<br />
started Chimo about six years ago.<br />
“Every community needs a social<br />
gathering place, and Chimo has<br />
become that for a lot of the kids in<br />
the area—and adults too. We have<br />
a lot of kids that come and hang<br />
out before their class, meet all their<br />
friends, do their classes and hang<br />
around afterwards. It’s a very safe<br />
place to be.”<br />
Taekwondo can help instill selfesteem<br />
and discipline while also<br />
serving as a good cross-training<br />
activity for people involved in other<br />
sports such as hockey, Large says.<br />
“Parents often look to taekwondo for<br />
discipline and a little more structured<br />
environment,” Large says. “We give<br />
kids a lot of confidence.”<br />
The club founder is preparing for his<br />
own endurance test in what promises<br />
to be a very physical challenge.<br />
“I’ve broken lots of boards in my<br />
day but never 1,000 at once,” Large<br />
says. “Short of doing some of my more<br />
advanced belt tests, it will probably<br />
be one of the most strenuous things<br />
I’ve ever done. But it will be fun—I’m<br />
looking forward to it.”<br />
But he’s not looking forward to the<br />
day after. “I will be wearing a little bit of<br />
padding on my wrists and tape on my<br />
hands, but I know I’m going to be pretty<br />
tender for a few days afterwards,” he<br />
says with a laugh.<br />
For more information about Chimo<br />
Taekwondo or to sponsor a board in the<br />
fundraiser, call the club at 477-0538.<br />
For more on Kid<strong>Sport</strong>, visit the <strong>Sport</strong><br />
<strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> website at www.sportnova<br />
scotia.ca.<br />
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Profiles courtesy of the <strong>Sport</strong> Hall of Fame<br />
This year the <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> <strong>Sport</strong> Hall of Fame will welcome eight new inductees in the athlete, builder and team categories. Always one of the most anticipated<br />
events on the <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> sport calendar, the <strong>2009</strong> Induction Ceremony will take place on Saturday, November 7 th at the World Trade and Convention Centre,<br />
Halifax.<br />
Football League.<br />
Bruce Beaton wasn’t even interested in playing<br />
football until fellow Port Hood native Robert<br />
MacInnis—younger brother of hockey standout Al<br />
MacInnis—sang his praises to the coaching staff at<br />
Acadia University. Beaton himself needed some<br />
convincing to attend Acadia’s spring camp, but he<br />
soon proved the younger MacInnis a prophet: he was<br />
a three-time All-Canadian with the Axemen before<br />
going on to a professional career in the Canadian<br />
The offensive lineman was a three-time CFL all-star and seven-time alldivision<br />
selection. After a year in the XFL and a tryout with the Indianapolis<br />
Colts in the NFL, Beaton spent his final seasons in the CFL with the<br />
Edmonton Eskimos where he capped his stellar career with two Grey Cup<br />
victories. Since retiring, Beaton has returned to his football roots. He lives<br />
in Kentville where he helps coach the Acadia Axemen and develops selfmotivation<br />
and educational programs.<br />
Mickey Fox has left his mark on the <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
basketball community ever since he arrived<br />
from New York to attend Saint Mary’s University in<br />
1971. Fox was one of the most talented players and<br />
prolific scorers in Canadian university basketball<br />
history, and he elevated his game even more on the<br />
national stage.<br />
He helped the Huskies capture their first Canadian<br />
university championship in 1973, scoring 32 points<br />
in a semifinal win over Windsor and 39 in the final against Lakehead. He<br />
also scored 37 points in the Huskies’ 1979 national championship win over<br />
Victoria, and was named tournament MVP in both national title drives<br />
—the first player to earn the honour twice. Fox was a five-time Atlantic<br />
conference all-star and the first basketball player to be named a four-time<br />
All-Canadian. He was drafted by two NBA teams—Detroit and Portland—<br />
and in 2003 a national newspaper named him one of the 25 best Canadian<br />
basketball players of all time.<br />
Fox remained in <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> after his playing days and continues to make<br />
an impact. An elementary school teacher in the Halifax Regional School<br />
Board system, Fox has coached minor basketball and helped out at countless<br />
clinics. He was previously inducted into the <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> <strong>Sport</strong> Hall of Fame<br />
as a member of the 1973 Huskies and he’s in the Saint Mary’s Hall of Fame<br />
with the 1973 team and as an individual athlete.<br />
Brian Heaney held every single school offensive<br />
record by the time he finished his university<br />
basketball career with the Acadia Axemen in the<br />
1960s. The native of Rockaway, N.Y., still owns the<br />
all-time Atlantic University <strong>Sport</strong> record for singlegame<br />
points (74, set in 1968) and season scoring<br />
average (34.1 points per game in 1967-68)—and he<br />
accomplished both in the era before the three-point<br />
line. Heaney was a two-time All-Canadian and the<br />
first person to win Canadian university basketball titles as both a player,<br />
with Acadia in 1965, and a coach, with Saint Mary’s in 1973.<br />
Heaney was drafted by the NBA’s Baltimore Bullets in 1969 and spent<br />
one season with the Bullets before returning to Canada in 1972 to coach<br />
the Saint Mary’s Huskies. In seven seasons with Saint Mary’s he led the<br />
Huskies to two national championships—both with fellow <strong>2009</strong> inductee<br />
Mickey Fox, whom he recruited to Saint Mary’s, on the roster—and was<br />
named the Canadian university coach of the year in 1973. He also coached<br />
the Canadian women’s team at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. Heaney has<br />
worked as a television analyst and recently returned to Wolfville as the<br />
athletic director at Acadia. He was previously enshrined in the <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
<strong>Sport</strong> Hall of Fame as a member of the 1965 Axemen and 1973 Huskies<br />
basketball teams.<br />
Jody Hennigar was an international triple threat—<br />
pitcher, first baseman and hitter—on the softball field<br />
for more than two decades. The Halifax native first<br />
made his mark on the national scene in 1983, helping<br />
(Halifax) Fisherman’s Market win a Canadian midget<br />
championship. He went on to win all-star awards and<br />
championships at virtually every level in the sport,<br />
starting with an International Softball Congress world<br />
title with Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1987.<br />
Hennigar considers the 1992 ISF world championships a career highlight:<br />
with Team Canada trailing New Zealand 3-0 in the seventh inning of the<br />
championship game, Hennigar hit a tying, pinch-hit three-run home run<br />
and Canada went on to win gold in extra innings, earning the country’s first<br />
world championship in 20 years.<br />
Hennigar spent 12 years with Canada’s national team and also won national<br />
and Pan-American championships. The left-hander has been a five-time<br />
all-world player, six-time All-Canadian including two Most Valuable<br />
Pitcher awards, and a six-time All-American player. He was inducted to
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the Canadian Softball Hall of Fame in 2008, three years after he retired as an<br />
active player in 2005. He joins his brother, athlete Stan Hennigar, Jr. (softball,<br />
hockey and football) in the <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> <strong>Sport</strong> Hall of Fame. He now resides<br />
in Florida where he teaches softball to girls aged 7-20.<br />
Gordie Smith is the most successful golfer <strong>Nova</strong><br />
<strong>Scotia</strong> has produced to date. Playing out of<br />
Brightwood Golf and Country Club in Dartmouth,<br />
Smith won 11 provincial championships, 18 open<br />
invitational titles and was a <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> Golf<br />
Association Player of the Year. He attended the<br />
University of South Florida on a golf scholarship and<br />
turned pro in 1986, after winning provincial amateur<br />
championships in 1981, 1982 and 1985.<br />
As a professional, Smith made his mark quickly by winning his first event<br />
on the Canadian tour and qualifying for the Canadian Open. He finished<br />
seventh at the 1988 Canadian Open, shooting a final-round 67 and placing<br />
ahead of such golf legends as Jack Nicklaus and Greg Norman. He finished<br />
194th on the 1988 PGA money list. Overall, he won 37 amateur and five<br />
professional tournaments. After his playing days he moved over to the<br />
business side of golf, and Smith is now manager of Ashburn Golf and<br />
Country Club in Halifax.<br />
Acadia Axemen basketball team of 1976-77<br />
proved that <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong>ns can play the game as<br />
well as anyone in the country. The team won the 1977<br />
Canadian university championship with a roster that<br />
featured eight <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong>ns, including the starting<br />
backcourt of Liverpool’s Gordie West and Robert<br />
Upshaw of Lower Sackville. Freshman forward Ted<br />
Upshaw of Windsor, a future All-Canadian, was the<br />
team’s sixth man. Other key players on the team<br />
included Atlantic conference MVP Ed Shannon of<br />
Worchester, Mass., and All-Canadian Alvin Jessamy<br />
of Yonkers, N.Y.<br />
The Axemen won 23 of their final 24 games, including<br />
their last 16 in a row, culminating in the Canadian<br />
championship. Acadia captured the Atlantic conference title with a thrilling<br />
84-82 win in overtime against UPEI, and they went on to defeat Lakehead<br />
72-63 in the national final at the Halifax Forum. The team posted a 25-5<br />
record overall under coach Dick Hunt, the Atlantic coach of the year. Other<br />
members of the team were Bruce Hunt, who played high-school basketball<br />
at Horton, Tony Aker of Kentville, Al Oliver of Milton, Steve Johnson of<br />
Yarmouth, Eric Skinner of Amherst, John Archibald of Milford, Norm<br />
Whynot of Mahone Bay, Bruce Toigo of Mississauga, Ontario, and Doug<br />
Roberts of Rumford, Me. Hunt’s assistant coaches were Peter Leighton,<br />
Don Crosby, John Townsend and manager Liz Raaymakers.<br />
Roy Clements, who enters the Hall of Fame as<br />
a Builder, had an impact on soccer at virtually<br />
every level in <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong>. The native of Staffordshire<br />
coached at Saint Mary’s University for 22 years, leading<br />
the Huskies to four Atlantic conference championships<br />
and a national silver medal. He was twice named the<br />
AUAA coach of the year, in 1978 and 1981. He retired<br />
from Saint Mary’s in 1983 with a career record of 201<br />
wins, 80 losses and 22 ties, but continued to be part of<br />
the soccer program for 20 years as game-day ticket manager.<br />
Clements also coached Armed Forces league and senior teams, and he served<br />
terms as president of Soccer <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong>, chairman of the Atlantic University<br />
Soccer Conference and provincial delegate to the Canadian Soccer Football<br />
Association, as well as creating junior soccer clinics and indoor tournaments.<br />
He was inducted into the Saint Mary’s Hall of Fame in 2000 and was named<br />
a Coach Emeritus in 2005. Clements passed away in January <strong>2009</strong>.<br />
Gus Fahey’s influence on sport and youth in<br />
Westville, Pictou County, and throughout <strong>Nova</strong><br />
<strong>Scotia</strong> is impressive. He began a 41-year coaching<br />
career in 1968 as an assistant hockey coach at Saint<br />
Francis Xavier University and has since guided<br />
nearly 100 teams in basketball, volleyball, hockey,<br />
soccer, cross-country, track and field, softball and<br />
golf. Fahey has coached at the high-school level for<br />
32 years and has helped teams in both genders to 16<br />
NSSAF, provincial and Atlantic titles. His teams have competed all across<br />
Canada and also in the United States sometimes for national titles against<br />
international competition.<br />
Fahey has been instrumental in building up minor sport in Pictou County.<br />
He founded the Westville Minor Baseball Association as well as boys’<br />
and girls’ volleyball clubs in the area. He helped start the Westville Minor<br />
Hockey Association and has directed and instructed hockey schools and<br />
camps in every rink in Pictou County as well as in other parts of Canada<br />
and the Tampa Bay area in the United States. He joins his father, Leo (2003),<br />
as a member of the builder category in the <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> <strong>Sport</strong> Hall of Fame.<br />
Bruce Rainnie of CBC Charlottetown, a national play-by-play man and host for<br />
many CBC major sporting events, will be master of ceremonies.<br />
T<br />
ickets for the <strong>2009</strong> Induction ceremony will be available in<br />
<strong>September</strong> at the <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> <strong>Sport</strong> Hall of Fame (902.404.3321).<br />
Cost is $25 for adults and seniors and $10 for students. Children<br />
under 12 will be admitted free.
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NS Riders Jumping into Green Diamond Series<br />
rand-new jumping series has<br />
ova <strong>Scotia</strong>’s equestrian comunity<br />
aiming for new heights.<br />
he Green Diamond Maritime Jumper<br />
series kicked off its inaugural season<br />
n July—filling a void that’s existed in<br />
he community for a few years, says<br />
ova <strong>Scotia</strong> Equestrian Federation<br />
oard member Carrie MacDonald.<br />
For various reasons, the province<br />
ost some of its jumper competitions in<br />
ecent years. “Our jumper-riders have<br />
eclined in the province because they<br />
ust haven’t had competitions to take<br />
heir horses out to,” MacDonald says.<br />
But the seven-event Green Diamond<br />
eries is changing that. With jumps set<br />
t 1.20 metres, the series gives riders and<br />
quine athletes a serious challenge that<br />
hey no longer have to travel to other<br />
arts of the country to find.<br />
“It gives people who are developing<br />
something to work toward,” MacDonald<br />
says. “It starts developing the top level<br />
of our sport here in Atlantic Canada.<br />
This provides them with an opportunity<br />
to compete at home.”<br />
The Green Diamond series draws<br />
in riders from across the Maritimes.<br />
The series<br />
opened in<br />
Wolfville on<br />
July 17 and<br />
also made<br />
stops in Geary, N.B., and Stanhope,<br />
P.E.I. The next event will be held at the<br />
Hants County Exhibition in Windsor<br />
from <strong>September</strong> 24-26, before the series<br />
wraps up its first season at the Maritime<br />
Fall Fair in Halifax, October 8-12.<br />
The series provides a good balance<br />
alongside the Greenhawk Equitation<br />
Medal Series, MacDonald says, and<br />
gives younger riders something to<br />
strive for.<br />
“Because we didn’t have the<br />
competitions, younger athletes weren’t<br />
moving into the jumper divisions,”<br />
she says. “This has provided kids with<br />
an opportunity to see local jumperriders<br />
compete over good courses at<br />
a good height, for good prize money.<br />
It’s going to<br />
make more<br />
kids want<br />
to go and<br />
compete in<br />
that direction. If you’re developing a<br />
long-term athlete, that’s where they go<br />
to compete at the Olympics or national<br />
competitions.”<br />
The series couldn’t have happened<br />
without the support of Green Diamond<br />
Equipment, Atlantic Canada’s largest<br />
John Deere dealership. Marketing<br />
director Stephani Allison said Green<br />
Diamond was thrilled to team up with<br />
the Equestrian Federation.<br />
“We thought it was a good time to get<br />
our foot in the door with some equine<br />
associations,” she says. “It was a way<br />
for us to get out to that segment of<br />
customers and also fill a void to develop<br />
that kind of athletes. It was a win-win<br />
for everyone. There was a lot of input<br />
from the actual riders and competition<br />
organizers as to what they needed.”<br />
Allison has been to most of the events<br />
on the series, bringing her daughter<br />
along to hand out ribbons at one event,<br />
and she says she’s heard great feedback<br />
from riders and organizers.<br />
“They’re a great group to work with,”<br />
she says. “We’re really looking forward<br />
to the Fall Fair and the grand finale.”<br />
For more on the Green Diamond<br />
Maritime Jumper Series, visit the <strong>Nova</strong><br />
<strong>Scotia</strong> Equestrian Federation at www.<br />
horsenovascotia.ca<br />
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<strong>September</strong><br />
<strong>September</strong> 19-20<br />
Re s t l e s s Pi n e s Fa l l Cl a s s i c Go l d Co m-<br />
p e t i t i o n [Eq u e s t r i a n ], Restless Pines<br />
Farm, Hammonds Plains, NS. Contact<br />
Heidi MacInnes at 835-7433 or info@<br />
restlesspines.com.<br />
<strong>September</strong> 22-24<br />
Mi l k Sp o r t Fa i r [Sp o r t No va Sc o t i a],<br />
Exhibition Park, Halifax, NS. Contact<br />
<strong>Sport</strong> <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> at 425-5450.<br />
<strong>September</strong> 24-26<br />
Han t s Co u n t y Ex h i b i t i o n Go l d C<br />
Com p e t i t i o n [Eq u e s t r i a n ], Windsor<br />
Exhibition Grounds, Windsor, NS.<br />
Contact David Coombes at 798-0000 or<br />
hantscountyex@eastlink.ca<br />
October<br />
October 7-12<br />
Maritime Fa l l Fa i r Go l d Co m p e t i t i o n<br />
[Eq u e s t r i a n], Exhibition Park, Halifax,<br />
NS. Contact Dianna MacDonald at<br />
421-1302, ext. 712 or mff@tradecentre<br />
limited.com.<br />
October 11<br />
Pr o v i n c i a l Ca d e t Tr a i n i n g [Or i e n t e e r-<br />
i n g], Truro High School. For more information<br />
visit orienteeringns.ca.<br />
October 17<br />
Tri o-Cu p Ev e n t #1 Mi d d l e Di s ta n c e<br />
[Or i e n t e e r i n g ], Gitten’s Lodge,<br />
Manganese Mines, NS. For more<br />
information visit orienteeringns.ca.<br />
October 17<br />
T r i o -Cu p Ev e n t #2 Ni g h t - O<br />
[Or i e n t e e r i n g], Truro Valley School,<br />
Truro, NS. For more information visit<br />
orienteeringns.ca.<br />
October 18<br />
Tri o-Cu p Ev e n t #3 Bl u e n o s e Cl a s s i c<br />
[Or i e n t e e r i n g NS Pr o v i n c i a l Ch a m p i-<br />
o n s h i p], Debert, NS. For more information<br />
visit orienteeringns.ca.<br />
October 24<br />
Rea l ly Ch i l i Ro w i n g Re g a t t a a n d<br />
Atl a n t i c Un i v e r s i t y Ro w i n g Ch a m -<br />
p i o n s h i p s , Lake Banook, Dartmouth,<br />
NS. Contact novascotiarowing.ca for<br />
information.<br />
October 25<br />
Atl a n t i c Ra i d Ch a l l e n g e Ev e n t #4<br />
M i n i Ro g a i n e [Or i e n t e e r i n g ] ,<br />
Wentworth, NS. For more information<br />
visit orienteeringns.ca.<br />
October 25<br />
Fa l l i n t o Wi n t e r RSEC Br o n z e Hu n t e r<br />
Sho w [Eq u e s t r i a n], Reaching Strides<br />
Equestrian Centre, Antigonish County,<br />
NS. Contact Nadine Bollig at 863-6845 or<br />
reaching_strides2000@hotmail.com.<br />
Late October<br />
Fie l d La c r o s s e, Oktoberlax, Burnside<br />
Turf Fields, Dartmouth, NS. Date TBA.<br />
Check www.nsfll.ca for updates.<br />
October 31-November 1<br />
Fi e l d La c r o s s e Pr o v i n c i a l Fi n a l s , Div<br />
i s i o n s : Gi r l s, U13, U16,U19, Op e n.<br />
Burnside Turf Fields, Dartmouth, NS.<br />
For more information, contact 425-5454,<br />
ext. 370.<br />
November<br />
November 2<br />
KidSpo r t Ap p l i c at i o n s Du e. Contact<br />
Dave Wagg at 425-5454, ext. 350 or<br />
dwagg@sportnovascotia.ca. (The next<br />
deadline will take place January 4th.)<br />
November 7<br />
No va Sc o t i a Sp o rt Ha l l o f Fa m e In d u c-<br />
t i o n Ce r e m o n y . Cost is $25 for adults<br />
and seniors and $10 for students. Children<br />
under 12 admitted free. For more<br />
information, contact 404.3321.
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port <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> Member Contact Information<br />
PSOs<br />
Alpine Ski <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
Executive Director – Lorraine Burch<br />
425-5454, ext. 349<br />
Archers Association of <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
President – Lindsey Poehl<br />
lpoehl@hotmail.com<br />
<strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> Arm Wrestling Association<br />
President – Rick Pinkney<br />
864-1306<br />
Athletics <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
Executive Director – Peter Lord<br />
425-5454, ext. 339<br />
Atlantic Division, CanoeKayak Canada<br />
Program Coordinator – Matt Slaney<br />
403-2071<br />
<strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> Badminton Association<br />
Executive Director – Jennifer Petrie<br />
425-5454, ext. 353<br />
Baseball <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
Executive Director – Brad Lawlor<br />
425-5454, ext. 355<br />
Basketball <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
Operations Manager – Faye Richard<br />
425-5454, ext. 351<br />
Biathlon <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
President – Murray Wylie<br />
biathlon@ns.sympatico.ca<br />
Bicycle <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
Administrator – Tamara Stephen<br />
425-5454, ext. 316<br />
Boxing <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
Admin. Coordinator – Gordon Brown<br />
425-5454, ext. 368<br />
<strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> Amateur Body Building Assoc.<br />
President – Georgina Dunnington<br />
dunningtongm@hfx.eastlink.ca<br />
Climb <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
President – Mick Levin<br />
climbnovascotia@gmail.com<br />
<strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> Cricket Association<br />
President – Bhan Deonarine<br />
bhandds@ns.sympatico.ca<br />
Cross Country Ski <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
Administrator – Tamara Stephen<br />
425-5454, ext. 316<br />
<strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> Curling Association<br />
Executive Director – Jeremiah Anderson<br />
425-5454, ext. 345<br />
Dance<strong>Sport</strong> Atlantic Association<br />
President – John McDermott<br />
434-6828<br />
<strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> Amateur Diving Association<br />
Admin. Coordinator – Natasha Burgess<br />
425-5454, ext. 370<br />
<strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> Equestrian Federation<br />
Executive Director – Heather Myrer<br />
425-5454, ext. 333<br />
Fencing Association of <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
Admin. Coordinator – Janessa Green<br />
425-5454, ext. 357<br />
Field Hockey <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
President – Mario DeMello<br />
497-1150<br />
Football <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
Admin. Coordinator – Karen Ouellette<br />
425-5454, ext. 371<br />
<strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> Golf Association<br />
Executive Director – David Campbell<br />
468-8844<br />
Gymnastics <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
Executive Director – Angela Gallant<br />
425-5454, ext. 338<br />
Hockey <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
Executive Director – Darren Cossar<br />
454-9400<br />
<strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> Horseshoe Players Assoc.<br />
President – Margaret Berry<br />
maggie_berry51@hotmail.com<br />
Judo <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
Admin. Coordinator – Gordon Brown<br />
425-5454, ext. 368<br />
<strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> Karate Association<br />
Admin. Coordinator – Janessa Green<br />
425-5454, ext. 357<br />
Lacrosse <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
Admin. Coordinator – Natasha Burgess<br />
425-5454, ext. 370<br />
Lawn Bowls <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
President – Valerie Bechard<br />
864-0836<br />
Orienteering Association of <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
Executive Director – Andrew Harding<br />
446-2295<br />
<strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> Powerlifting Association<br />
President – John Fraser<br />
567-0893<br />
<strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> Racquetball Association<br />
Director of Communications – Colleen Bussard<br />
bussard@ns.sympatico.ca<br />
<strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> Rhythmic <strong>Sport</strong>ive<br />
Gymnastics Association<br />
President – Heather Gillis<br />
heathergillis@hotmail.com<br />
<strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> Rifle Association<br />
President – Andrew Webber<br />
456-SHOT (7468)<br />
Ringette <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
Acting Executive Director – Janet Martin<br />
425-5454, ext. 335<br />
Rope Skipping Association of <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
Admin. Coordinator – Karen Ouellette<br />
425-5454, ext. 371<br />
<strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> Rowing Association<br />
Admin. Coordinator – Janessa Green<br />
425-5454, ext. 357<br />
Rugby <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
Admin. Coordinator – Marty Williams<br />
425-5454, ext. 341<br />
Shooting Federation of <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
President – Ray Fisher<br />
462-7048<br />
Skate Canada <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
Executive Director – Jill Knowles<br />
425-5454, ext. 336<br />
<strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> Snowboard Association<br />
Admin. Coordinator – Natasha Burgess<br />
425-5454, ext. 370<br />
Soccer <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
Executive Director – George Athanasiou<br />
445-0265<br />
Softball <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
President – Dave Houghton<br />
425-5454, ext. 313<br />
Speed Skate <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
President – Terri Dixon<br />
826-2399<br />
Squash <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
Admin. Coordinator – Gordon Brown<br />
425-5454, ext. 368<br />
Swim <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
Executive Director – Bette El Hawary<br />
425-5454, ext. 314<br />
Synchro <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
Executive Director – Pam Kidney<br />
425-5454, ext. 332<br />
<strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> Table Tennis Association<br />
President – Erica Ans<br />
435-1205<br />
<strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> Taekwondo Association<br />
President – Kathy Pyke<br />
kathypyke@eastlink.ca<br />
Tennis <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
Executive Director – Roger Keating<br />
425-5454, ext. 318<br />
Triathlon <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
Executive Director – Sarah Wood<br />
triathlon@sportnovascotia.ca<br />
Volleyball <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
Executive Director – Vacant<br />
425-5454, ext. 322<br />
Water Polo Association of <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
President – Guy Lavoie<br />
lavoie.ghg@forces.gc.ca<br />
<strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> Water Ski Association<br />
President – Gary Allen<br />
president@nswsa.com<br />
Wrestling <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
Admin. Coordinator – Karen Ouellette<br />
425-5454, ext. 351<br />
<strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> Yachting Association<br />
Executive Director – Frank Denis<br />
425-5454, ext. 312<br />
Associate Members<br />
Blind <strong>Sport</strong>s <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
President – Darlene Clement<br />
yvon.clement@forces.gc.ca<br />
<strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> 55+ Games Society<br />
President – Vivian Wright<br />
638-8068<br />
<strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> Deaf <strong>Sport</strong>s Association<br />
President – Justin DeBaie<br />
justin.debaie@ns.sympatico.ca<br />
<strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> Disk <strong>Sport</strong>s Society<br />
Chair – Scott MacDonald<br />
scottmac13@hotmail.com<br />
<strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> School Athletic Federation<br />
Executive Director – Tom Fahie<br />
425-8662<br />
<strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> <strong>Sport</strong> Hall of Fame<br />
Executive Director – Bill Robinson<br />
421-1266<br />
<strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> Wheelchair <strong>Sport</strong>s<br />
Federation<br />
President – Ben Marston<br />
453-7777<br />
Special Olympics <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
President & CEO – Mike Greek<br />
429-2266<br />
Registered Users<br />
Camping Association of <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
President – Katherine Orlick<br />
info@campingNS.ca<br />
Canadian Ski Patrol, <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> Zone<br />
Administrator – Tamara Stephen<br />
425-5454, ext. 316<br />
Canoe Kayak <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
Administrator – Tamara Stephen<br />
425-5454, ext. 316<br />
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award – <strong>Nova</strong><br />
<strong>Scotia</strong> Division<br />
Executive Director – Connie Miller<br />
425-5454, ext. 329<br />
<strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> Fitness Association<br />
President – Sandra Jamieson<br />
nsfa@nsfa.info.ca<br />
Hostelling International – <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
Contact – Shane Pizzariello<br />
422-3863<br />
Lifesaving Society, <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> Branch<br />
Executive Director – Gordon Richardson<br />
425-5454, ext. 331<br />
Recreation Facility Association of <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
Executive Director – Bill Cruickshank<br />
425-5454, ext. 330<br />
Recreation <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
Executive Director – Trudy Payne<br />
425-1128<br />
Snowmobilers Association of <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong><br />
General Manager – John Cameron<br />
425-5454, ext. 360<br />
<strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> Trails Federation<br />
Executive Director – Vanda Jackson<br />
425-5454, ext. 325
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