Family Ties - Sport Nova Scotia

Issue 49
A
June 2013
publication
Family
Ties
Leaving a Legacy at
the Canada Games
pg. 6
Swimmer Sean Berrigan
will have his dad David, a
Canada Games alumnus,
cheering for him at the 2013
Canada Games this August
Hoops Flying High in
Cape Breton
pg. 4
Heads up:
Raising Awareness on
Concussions
pg. 13
Nate Darling:
A Canadian First
pg. 17
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June 2013 Issue 49
Sport Nova Scotia
Editor
Chad Lucas
Managing Editor
Carolyn Townsend
Cover
Adam Harbin
Jamie Ferguson
Chief
Executive Officer
Layout & Desktop
Paula Yochoff
Senior Staff
Chief Executive Officer
Jamie Ferguson
Director of Finance
& Administration
Debbie Buckoski
Director of Public Relations
Carolyn Townsend
Director of Marketing
Jeff LeDrew
Director of Sport Development
Amy Walsh
Director of Coaching
Mark Smith
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R
ecently the federal government
of Canada and the provincial
government of Nova Scotia agreed
to extend the Sport Futures bilateral
agreement for another three year term.
This was a significant occasion for
Sport Nova Scotia, and for sport in
our province. Sport Futures funds
our Community Sport Development
Coordinator initiative, and we are
thrilled that it will be continuing.
The Community Sport Development
Coordinator initiative started three
years ago as a pilot project in the Valley
region of Nova Scotia.
The concept was an
innovative one, to put
a staff person in a
region of the
province, not to run
programming, but to
facilitate the
expansion of existing
programs and the
creation of new ones.
The thinking was to
have a person who could be in contact
directly with community sport leaders,
as well as other partners in the area. The
person would act as a navigator, helping
those interested in providing sport
opportunities with the tools to make it
happen.
One of those tools, of course, is funding.
Information on funding programs and
opportunities is something that our
Community Sport Development
Coordinators are well versed in. Just as
importantly, if not more, is helping with
the actual capacity to operate the
programs.
This can mean helping to find other
organizations that have similar goals
where the pooling of resources might
make sense. Additionally, it can mean
providing assistance with access to
Working Together for
Community Sport
facilities, or connecting groups with
their provincial sport organizations to
help in the areas of coach training or
program content. In filling this role, our
Community Sport Development
Coordinators work with a wide range
of partners. From municipal recreation
departments, to schools, service
organizations and other groups such as
Boys and Girls Clubs, a network of sport
supporters is developed in order to
enhance sport participation
opportunities.
We are pleased to say that we now have
Coordinator in your region. They’re
here to help you continue to provide the
sport opportunities that Nova Scotian’s
need.
Team Nova Scotia
As this edition of Sport Quarterly is
going to print, our Nova Scotia Canada
Games team is in the final stages of their
preparation for the 2013 Canada
Summer Games in Sherbrooke. Nova
Scotia will be sending a team of well
over 300 athletes, coaches, managers
and support staff to represent us at the
Games. After the
tremendous success
at the 2011 Canada
Winter Games, we are
looking forward to
seeing our summer
athletes in action. As
the manager of the
Team Nova Scotia
program, Sport Nova
Scotia would like to
wish all those
involved the best of luck!
Congratulations are also in order for
all the athletes, coaches, officials,
volunteers, sponsors and sport
organizations who were honoured
at this year’s RICOH Sport Awards.
a staff person in place in all six regions
of the province. In each region our staff
works closely with the regional
representatives from the Department of
Health and Wellness, providing even
more resources and support. We are also
pleased to say that we have been thrilled
with the results. Informal gatherings of
community sport leaders, organized
sport summits, and one on one
interactions have led to improvements
in the number of sport opportunities
that exist in Nova Scotia and the quality
of those programs.
We would like to thank both the federal
and provincial governments for their
continued support of this initiative, and
if you’re a community sport leader, we
would encourage you to contact the
Community Sport Development
RICOH Awards
Congratulations are also in order for
all the athletes, coaches, officials,
volunteers, sponsors and sport
organizations who were honoured at
this year’s RICOH Sport Awards. Each
year we are amazed at the incredible
accomplishments we see, and we’re
thrilled to have the chance to recognize
all of the wonderful achievements that
help to build our sport system across the
province.
Thank you’s are also in order for
RICOH, for the incredible continued
support they lend to this event, and to
our Sport Nova Scotia staff, who do such
an amazing job of making it happen.
Congratulations to all.
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Commitment Leads to Success
Peter Millman
Track & Field
Truro’s Peter Millman is one of
Canada’s top young throwers in track
and field. The Cobequid Educational
Centre graduate shattered provincial
records when he was in high school,
and he just finished a stellar first year
with the University of Lethbridge
Pronghorns—earning the Canadian
Interuniversity Sport male track and
field rookie of the year award.
Millman, 19, has competed for
Nova Scotia at the Legion Track
and Field Games and represented
Canada at the 2011 World Youth
Championships in Athletics, held in
France. This summer he has his sights
set on competing at the Pan-American
Junior Championships in Peru in
August.
M
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y dad has always been a
throws coach, so he started
me out. I was always around the
track. At first I was really small and
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everyone thought I’d be a hurdler,
but that didn’t really work out.
Eventually I got bigger and became
a thrower.
The first time I went to the Legion
meet with Team Nova Scotia and
really got to experience the track
world outside our province, that’s
when I knew what I really wanted
to do with sport.
I played football and basketball
in high school as well, but I decided
to dedicate myself to throws.
My highlight so far was going to
the world youth championships in
France. That was an amazing
e x p e r i e n c e ,
something that’s
hard to describe.
Going to a world
event like that makes
you realize just
what’s possible and
where you can go.
I chose to come to
Lethbridge for
university because of
the coach, Larry
Steinke, who’s the Canadian
Olympic coach for throws. I first
trained with him when I was in
Grade 10, and he saw something
in me even when I wasn’t any
good, so I’ve always respected him
for that.
Moving here and getting to train
with Olympians on a daily basis is
really amazing. They’ve done
everything I want to do, and I can
see what they’re doing to do it
again.
I had a great first year, though it
was definitely a hard adjustment
at first. In junior you throw a
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but then things started going well.
My training routine right now, I
throw twice a day and lift weights
twice a day, five days a week. I’ll
do 20-30 throws in a practice, so
about 60 a day.
In throwing, you definitely need
to be committed to getting better.
If you’re not going to put in the
time and the work to get it done, it
won’t happen. You have to know
it’s what you want, because it’s not
for everyone.
My next goal is the Pan-Am
Championships. I’ve thrown what
I need to throw to be on the team—I
set a new personal best in May and
qualified for Olympic carding.
Now I just need to come first or
second at the Canadian nationals
in July.
My ultimate goal is definitely the
Olympics. It’s a big dream, but
hopefully I’ll be able to accomplish
it.”
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Hoops Flying High in Cape Breton
by Ryan Van Horne
B
asketball Cape Breton went into
fast-break mode right off the
opening tip-off.
In its first year of operation, it
attracted 750 kids to sign up for a
recreational spring league.
“It took us by surprise,” said
Kenneth MacQueen, the executive
director of Basketball Cape Breton. “It
definitely let us know that there’s
interest out there.”
Deano Morley, the Cape Breton
community sport development
coordinator with Sport Nova Scotia,
said it’s a good example of how a
coordinated and researched approach
can get more kids involved in sports.
“There had been a study done by
the Department of Health and
Wellness that looked at basketball and
the state of the game on the island and
it really gave me the foundation to
dive into that a little bit more,” Morley
said. “What I quickly found
is that there has always
been very strong
elementary level basketball
in the school setting.”
MacQueen said schools
do a good job continuing
that for better players in
junior high and high
school, but the lack of a
good club program makes
i t d i ff i c u l t t o a t t r a c t
recreational players.
Players from 18 teams across six divisions gathered for the first annual
“The club program was Cape Breton Classic in April. (Courtesy Basketball Cape Breton)
very sparse and there was
never had the opportunity to play
no consistency,” MacQueen said.
school basketball. Some people are not
But Basketball Cape Breton was
careful not to try to compete with athletes at all. They saw that there are
were no tryouts and they said ‘I’m just
school programs and other sports.
They saw an opportunity after going to come out and play.’”
“We got a lot more kids involved
hockey season and after school
this year than we expected, so we
basketball season, but before soccer
tested the limits of our infrastructure,”
and baseball start in earnest.
said MacQueen.
“It’s a great mix,” MacQueen said.
Even still, there are plans to make it
“Some kids are hockey players and
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isit one of Sport Nova Scotia’s
major fundraising or promotional
events during the year, or even a
provincial championship anywhere
in the province, and chances are
you’ll find the Subway logo.
Subway is a major supporter of
sport t h rough a mu lt i-faceted
partnership with Sport Nova Scotia.
Many franchise owners around the
province are hands-on when it comes
to sport—not only as sponsors, but as
volunteers and coaches.
“A lot of franchisees have kids in
sport and they’re involved in their
communities,” says Hannah Stuart,
Community Marketing Liaison for
Subway. “When the SEDMHA hockey
tournament comes to town, they’re
already there in the rink because they
have kids on the team. They have a
vested interest in supporting sport.”
Fundraising for trips or other
experiences is a natural part of youth
sport, and Subway helps make it easy
with the Subway Sunsweep and
Subway SportScape fundraisers. The
two annual campaigns are hassle-free
raffles where teams can sell tickets
provided by Sport Nova Scotia and not
worry about organizing and details.
Subway also takes part in a Sport
Nova Scotia lunch and learn series.
Stuart recently gave a presentation on
what sponsors are looking for in an
organization, in order to help teams
and sport associations attract support
more effectively.
“Many organizations are completely
volunteer-run, so we help give them
the skills to be able to fundraise on
behalf of their sport,” Stuart says.
The restaurant chain also sponsors
10 provincial championships each year
grow next year, but more effort will be
put into providing coach education
and getting more gym time for the
players.
Basketball Cape Breton formed in
January and also organized some rep
teams that went to provincials where
two of them won provincial titles.
These teams will stay together and
compete in tournaments on Prince
Edward Island and in Halifax this
summer.
Morley also organized a sport
summit in May in Sydney to follow
up on earlier events in Port
Hawkesbury and Inverness.
The summit was designed to help
foster amateur sport in Cape Breton
by connecting sports organizations to
resources and partners, Morley said.
“People learned what it takes to run
quality sport programs and the
difference that quality sport programs
can make in kids’ lives.”
ac ross t he prov i nce. Work i ng
through Sport Nova Scotia, they lend
financial assistance to sports that
don’t always attract high-profile
sponsors.
“We’ve done arm wrestling, karate,
squash, many of the ones that don’t
necessarily get the attention that
hockey does,” Stuart says. “It’s a
great way to have a presence at these
events.”
Subway’s partnership with Sport
Nova Scotia has grown over the
years. The company also plays a role
at big events like the Manulife
Dragon Boat Festival, the Milk Sport
Fair, and the Ricoh Sport Awards.
Stuart says working with sport is
a great way for Subway to promote
healthy living. “We want to start
(kids) making healthy lifestyle
choices at a young age,” she says.
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Canada Games –
Athletes to Watch
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N
ova Scotia will send about 300
athletes to Sherbrooke, Que., for
nthe 2013 Canada Summer Games from
pAugust 2-17. This year’s team will
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look to challenge the provincial record
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of 52 medals set at the 2009 Games in
d
Prince Edward Island. Here are a few
athletes to watch:
E mily R iddle
tCanoe-Kayak
w
and
M ariah G odin ,
Nova Scotia’s
paddling squad has
plenty of big-race
p
experience—
nincluding a pair of world champions in
oRiddle and Godin, who won gold
together in the C-2 500 metres at the
2011 world junior canoe and kayak
echampionships. Riddle represented
sCanada at the Women’s Canoe Cup in
France last summer and Godin joined
the national Under-23 squad in Poland
this year.
Andrew L’Esperance, Cycling
L’Esperance has raced
in national and
international events, and
he’s a rare three-time
Canada
Games
participant. He competed
in diving in 2005 and mountain bike
in 2009, and he returns to cycling in
2013 with high hopes of leaving
Sherbrooke with some hardware.
“I’ve had four years to mature quite
a bit and get a lot more experience
racing,” he says. “This year I’m
aiming for (at least) one medal and
maybe several.”
Corinne Peters, Sailing
The Laser Radial sailor
will represent Canada at
the 2013 Volvo Youth
Wo r l d
Sailing
Championships in Cyprus in July
after qualifying with strong results in
the 2012 Youth Nationals and the 2013
Laser Mid-Winters East in Florida.
Peters hopes to cap a busy summer
with a podium finish at the Canada
Games.
“It would mean a lot to represent
Nova Scotia, and people have done a
lot for me in the sailing community so
it would be nice to give back,” she
says.
Thomas Swinkels, Swimming
The 19-year-old
Sackville Waves swimmer
has
competed
internationally and won
a bronze medal in the
100-metre breaststroke at
the 2011 Para Pan Am Games in
Mexico.
“I know what it’s like already,” says
Swinkels, who was born with a
congenital back condition and
competes in the S10 classification for
swimmers with a disability. “I’ve been
training hard and I’m hoping to do
some best times and hopefully medal
in an event or two.”
Matt Short, Wrestling
Short is also a Canada
Games veteran after
competing in Judo at the
2011 Games in Halifax.
The graduating Lockview
High School student will
wrestle in the 85-kg weight class in
Sherbrooke.
“I fully expect to get a medal,” Short
says. “I think my 2011 experience will
help me a lot.”
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Family Ties: Leaving a Canada Games Legacy
S
For some athletes the Canada
hand experience on what to expect.
Games
are a career highlight, and
Swimmer Sean Berrigan will also
for
others
they’re a springboard to
have a seasoned cheering section
bigger
things.
Kayaker Ann Dodge
behind him when he lines up on the
went
from
the
1973
Summer Games
starting block. The 17-year-old from
to
the
1976
Olympics
in Montreal.
Dartmouth
This
year
she
will
cheer
on her
is the third
daughter,
Jasmine
Smith,
a
member
Berrigan to
w e a r t h e of the Canada Games volleyball
Nova Scotia team.
Dodge looks back fondly on the
colours:
1973
Games in Burnaby, B.C.
his uncle
“I
was
a young kid from rural
competed
Nova
Scotia,
and the year before I
in 1977 and
was
still
tipping
in my boat… Here
h is fat her,
we
were
attending
a multi-sport
D a v i d ,
national
championship,”
she says.
swam for
“We
had
no
idea
what
we
were
Nova Scotia
getting
ourselves
into,
and
that
in 1981.
probably
worked
in
our
favour.”
“He told
Dodge came home from Burnaby
me stories
Thomas Hall (L) and his sister Sam will race at the 2013 Canada Games, following
with
three gold medals. She got to
about it to
in their mother Mary’s footsteps. (Photo: Communications Nova Scotia)
see
another
side of the experience
help me get
at
the
last
Summer
Games in PEI
The 20-year-old kayaker and excited and help me make the team,”
in
2009,
where
she
served
as part of
her brother, 17-year-old Thomas says Sean, a backstroke specialist
Nova
Scotia’s
mission
staff.
Hall, will be following in some big who’s just finishing Grade 11 at
footsteps at the Summer Games in Dartmouth High School.
David Berrigan calls the
Sherbrooke, Que.
Their mother, Mary Hall (nee 1981 Games “the pinnacle
Mullen), and her brother Jim Mullen of my career.”
“For me it wa s t he
both raced at the 1981 Games in
Thunder Bay, Ont. Two other Mullen carrot out there to keep
siblings, Paul and Monique, are also me swimming,” he says.
“My older brother had gone
Canada Games alumni.
The chance to carry on the family four years earlier in St.
legacy “has made me more excited,” John’s, and I hadn’t been to
says Sam Hall, whose father Tony anything at that level.”
Mary Hall, who has also
is also a high-level paddling coach.
“Mom has talked it up. She said coac hed at t he Ga mes, Jasmine Smith and Ann Dodge. (Photo provided)
“(As an athlete) I had no idea
it’s one of the most fun paddling echoed the thrill of racing for Nova
the
other stuff that went on—
Scotia. “It’s a combination of fun, a
experiences she’s ever had.”
worrying
about travel, meals,
The Halls won’t be the only Nova good level of competition, and the
accommodation,”
she says. “It
Scotians with family connections at pride in representing your province.
was
fun
to
see
it
from
a different
the Sherbrooke Games. Of the 300- I don’t think in any other national
perspective.”
plus athletes who will compete in 20 competition you get that sense of
Her advice to Jasmine is to savour
sports from August 2-17, several have competing for your province like
the
moment.
parents who can share their first- you do at the Canada Games.”
am Hall has raced in Germany
and Brazil, but she’s really
looking forward to carrying on a
family tradition at the 2013 Canada
Games.
“We tell her to put your heart
and soul into it and if it happens,
it happens,” Dodge says. “But
to me there is no greater honour
than representing Nova Scotia.
Appreciate what a significant event
it is in your life and try to make the
most of it.”
For the athletes, “making the
most” means doing all they can to
top Nova Scotia’s provincial-record
haul of 52 medals in the 2009 Games.
“Things are looking really good
and we’re going for gold. That’s our
goal,” says Smith, who just finished
her first year at Acadia University.
“I’m eager to get started.”
Sean Berrigan has high hopes
for the swim team. The 17-yearold, who holds several provincial
backstroke records and is a twotime gold medallist at Age Group
Nationals, is aiming for podium
results.
“The team’s really strong this
year,” he says. “The coaches keep
saying it’s one of the strongest teams
we’ve ever had, and I agree. If we
can all mesh together at the same
time, we’ll have a really strong
finish.”
The canoe-kayak team will likely
factor heavily in Nova Scotia’s
medal count. The 2009 paddling
squad collected 31 of the province’s
52 medals, including 20 out of 26
gold.
This year’s team features several
international medallists—including
Sam Hall, who won gold in the
long-distance race at the 2012 PanAm canoe championships in Rio
de Janiero.
“We’ve got a really good team,”
says Sam’s brother Thomas. “I think
we’ll definitely be in the hunt.”
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A Family Affair
F
amily connections run deep for
Nova Scotia at the Canada Games.
Here’s a look at a few other sporting
families where multiple generations
have donned Nova Scotia colours at
the Canada Games.
One of the province’s leading tennis
families has a legacy at the Canada
Games. Philip Anderson—one of
Nova Scotia’s most successful players
ever—helped Team Nova Scotia
to a fifth-place team finish in the
2005 Canada Games in Regina. His
parents, Michelle Karis and David
Anderson, played doubles together at
the 1977 Games in St. John’s.
It’s not unusual to find a member
of the Byrne family on the ski slopes
at the Canada Games. Damian Byrne
raced for Nova Scotia at the 1981
Games in Thunder Bay and his sister
Shannon Byrne competed six years
later at the 1987 Games in Cape
Breton. Damian’s son Lucas and niece
Shannon both represented Nova
Scotia on home turf at Ski Wentworth
in the 2011 Canada Games.
Brian Todd has coached at five
Canada Games as a skiing and sailing
coach, first in 1975. His son Peter won
a silver medal on the slopes at the 1999
Games in Corner Brook, N.L.
Natalie Vincent and her father
David Vincent also have a connection
on the ski hill. Natalie competed in
Super G, Slalom and Giant Slalom at
the 2007 Whitehorse Games, following
in her father’s footsteps from the
1975 Games. The elder Vincent has
remained connected with the Canada
Games, serving on committees in 2007
and 2011.
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he 2013 Games will bring together more than 4,200
athletes in Sherbrooke, Que., from August 2-17.
Here’s the lineup at a glance:
Week 1Week 2
Baseball (Male)
Athletics
Basketball (Male)
Basketball (Female)
Cycling (Mountain)
Beach Volleyball
SailingCanoe-Kayak
Soccer (Female)
Cycling (Road)
Softball (Female)
Diving
SwimmingFencing
TennisGolf
Volleyball (M&F)
Rowing
Wrestling
Soccer (Male)
Triathlon
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2013 Ricoh Sport Awards
Photos by Andrew Chow
2013 RICOH WINNERS
Ricoh Team of the Year
17U Girls Provincial Team ~ Basketball
Ricoh Male Individual Athlete
of the Year
Mark de Jonge ~ CanoeKayak
Association of the Year awards went to Steve Raftery
(second from left) of the Valley Speed Skating
Club and Kevin Hurd and Terry Yuill of the RNSYS.
Presented by Nova Scotia Hall of Famer Steve Giles.
Standing ovation for five Olympians (from left):
Danielle Dube, Ellie Black, David Sharpe, Custio
Clayton and Geoff Harris.
Keiji Yamanaka (right) won the overall Coach
of the Year. Presented by Rob Pickrem of
Ricoh Canada.
Ricoh Female Individual Athlete
of the Year
Ellie Black ~ Gymnastics
Ricoh Male Team Athlete of the Year
Nathan MacKinnon ~ Hockey
Ricoh Female Team Athlete of the Year
Nkem Ezurike ~ Soccer
Vince Gauthier (left) of Ricoh Canada congratulates
Brent MacDougall, one of three finalists for the
overall Male Team Athlete of the Year.
Ambrose White (left) presents the Sport Nova Scotia
Chair Award to Lowell Cormier of New Waterford
(represented here by son Kyle Cormier).
Chanel Smith (centre) and Alison Keough (right),
captains of the U17 Girls Provincial Basketball
team, took honours for Team of the Year.
Presented by Stuart Bunker of Ricoh Canada.
Ricoh Coach of the Year
Keiji Yamanaka ~ Gymnastics
Ricoh Official of the Year
Marie Bowness ~ Figure Skating
Ricoh Associations of the Year
Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron
Valley Speed Skating Club
Ricoh Sport Makes A Difference
Awards
Black Youth Ice Hockey Initiative
Luke Allen ~ TaeKwonDo
Event emcees Zach Bedford (left) and Brad Dryden
(right) from C100.
Major Sponsors
Title Sponsor
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Sport Nova Scotia Chair Award
Lowell Cormier
Vince Gauthier (far left) with Female Team Athlete
of the Year finalists Abby Czenze, Nkem Ezurike
(represented by mother Christie) and Kirsti Mason.
Official Sponsors
Ellie Black won overall Female Individual Athlete
of the Year for the second year in a row.
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2013 Provincial Sport Award Winners
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s part of the 2013 Ricoh Sport Awards, each Provincial Sport Organization named their athletes, team, coach, sponsor, official and volunteer of the year.
All award recipients are listed below. The winners of the overall Ricoh Sport Awards are determined from these selections.
Team of the Year
Alpine Skiing Basketball
CanoeKayak (Sprint)
Wentworth Ski Racing Club
Under-17 Provincial Girls’ Team
Austin Denman and Connor
Taras
Curling
Team Pinkney
Figure Skating
Axe-Elles Synchronized
Skating Team
Hockey
Halifax Hawks Bantam AA
Female
Lacrosse
Nova Scotia Founders Cup
Team
Ringette
Nova Central U14AA
Rope Skipping
Transformers (Jump Energy)
Rowing
Connor Booker and Sacha
Ruzzante
Rugby
NS Under-20 Women’s Team
Sailing
Dalhousie University Sailing
Team
Soccer
Halifax County United U-14
Girls
Softball
NS 98s Girls Provincial
Softball Team
Synchronized Swimming Atlantis Synchro
Volleyball
Meaghan MacDougall and
Hillary Monette
Male Individual Athlete of the Year
Alpine Skiing Athletics
Boxing
CanoeKayak (Sprint)
Cross Country Skiing
Diving
Figure Skating
Gymnastics & Trampoline
Judo
Karate
Orienteering
Sailing
Shooting Sports
Snowboarding
Speed Skating
Swimming
Table Tennis
Taekwondo
Triathlon
Lucas Byrne
Geoff Harris
Custio Clayton
Mark de Jonge
Edward Walsh
Tom Gillis
Brandon Bent
Hugh Smith
Marshall Fitt
Sean O’Neil
Brian MacCulloch
Paul Tingley
David Ferguson
Gregor Zed
Cooper Emin
David Sharpe
Josh MacMillan
Jackson Carroll
Corey Deveaux
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Boxing
CanoeKayak (Sprint)
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Figure Skating
Gymnastics & Trampoline
Judo
Karate
Orienteering
Rope Skipping
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting Sports
Snowboarding
Speed Skating
Swimming
Taekwondo
Triathlon
Amelia Johnston
Jenna Martin
Stephanie Walker
Michelle Russell
Mary-Ann Cranton
Stephie Walmsley
Ellie Black
Maddy Fitt
Trysten Deveau
Pam James
Kristyn Ball
Jane Smith-Van Horne
Danielle Dube
Wendy Reid
Alex Duckworth
Cassidy Bradley
Terri-Lynn Benison
Nicole Joycey
Kelly Stewart
Male Team Athlete of the Year
Basketball
CanoeKayak (Sprint)
Curling
Figure Skating
Goalball
Hockey
Lacrosse
Rope Skipping
Rugby
Soccer
Volleyball
Water Polo
Travis Adams
Austin Denman
Brent MacDougall
Matthew Webb
Peter Parsons
Nathan MacKinnon
Andre LaLeune
Sam Ashley
Mike Hamson
Derek Gaudet
Kristen O’Brien
Mohamed Rezk
Female Team Athlete of the Year
Basketball
CanoeKayak (Sprint)
Cross Country Skiing
Diving
Goalball
Hockey
Lacrosse
Ringette
Rope Skipping
Rugby
Sailing
Shooting Sports
Soccer
Synchronized Swimming
Volleyball
Alison Keough
Genevieve Orton
Maggie McClure
Elaena Dick
Stephanie Berry
Breanna Lanceleve
Teneal Perry
Kirsti Mason
Cameron Short
Emma Taylor
Allison Surrette
Macgillivray Smith
Nkem Ezurike
Paetra Addison
Abby Czenze
Coach of the Year
Alpine Skiing Athletics
Badminton
Basketball
Boxing
CanoeKayak (Sprint)
Curling
Diving
Equestrian
Figure Skating
Football
Goalball
Gymnastics & Trampoline
Hockey
Judo
Lacrosse
Ringette
Rope Skipping
Rowing
Rugby
Sailing
Shooting Sports
Snowboarding
Soccer
Softball
Speed Skating
Swimming
Synchronized Swimming
Table Tennis
Tennis
Taekwondo
Triathlon
Volleyball
Jordan Marczak
Paul Millman
Elliott Beals
Bev Greenlaw
Gary Johnson
Mike Kerrivan
Stu Cameron
Robert Breau
Norma Graham
Angela Coady Pennington
Reg Ogilvie
Linda MacRae Triff
Keiji Yamanaka
Nick Greenough
Jason Scott
Glenn Dunbar
Liz O’Hanley
Dwight Lucas
Nikolas MacLellan
Geno Carew
Agustin Ferrario
Robert Selig
Natasha Burgess
Sarah Allt
Dwayne Provo
Meredith Clayden
Aaron Maszko
Laura Casey
John Macpherson
Aaron Cumberland
Kathy Pyke
Shane MacLeod
Rick Scott
Official of the Year
Alpine Skiing Athletics
Badminton
Boxing
CanoeKayak (Sprint)
Cross Country Skiing
Curling
Figure Skating
Football
Gymnastics & Trampoline
Hockey
Karate
Lacrosse
Ringette
Tim Juckes
Tyler Rodgers
Mark Briscombe
Brad Ross
Laurel Russell
Tom Ward
Gorden Woodworth
Marie Bowness
Keith Layman
Kelly Thompson
Stephen Starzomski
David Griffin
Michael Melvin
Mandy Avery
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Snowboarding
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Speed Skating
Squash
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Triathlon
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Doug Lind
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Ashley Morton
Ralph d’Eon
Amanda Velutini
Bert Losier
Graham Waters
Kelley Polley
Hilary Cullen
Delano Lai Fatt
Marie-Claude Gregoire
Robert Moore
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Rugby
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Squash
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ATHLETES OF
February
Sean Berrigan ~ Swimming
Allison Surrette & Ali ten Hove ~ Sailing
Dartmouth’s Berrigan, 17,
earned two silver medals
at the Eastern Canadian
Swimming Championships
i n Mont rea l. He placed
second in the 50-metre and
100m backstroke, and fifth in
the 200m backstroke.
The St. Margarets
Bay duo, who sail
out of t he Roya l
Nova Scotia Yacht
Squadron, were the
third female team
and ninth overall at
the Club 420 MidWinter Championships in Jensen Beach, Florida.
It marked one of the best Canadian results ever at
the international regatta.
Sean O’Neil ~ Karate
Matthew Manuel Team ~ Curling
Sean, a 17-year-old from
Halifax, won a national title
at the Karate Championship
in Toronto. He claimed gold
in the Kumite male junior
under-76kg division.
Manuel
and
tea m mates Nick
Z ac he r nu k, Rya n
Abraham and Alec
Cameron defeated
New Brunswick 9-1
in the final to win
the Atlantic under-18
curling championship in Stephenville, N.L.
Ellie Black ~ Gymnastics
David Sharpe ~ Swimming
Laura Polak ~ Hockey
Black, 17, finished first in
vault, beam and floor at the
Salamun World Challenge
Cup in Slovenia. She also
finished third all-around at
the Tokyo World Cup, tying
one Canadian record and
breaking another with three
first-place finishes.
Sharpe, 22, earned a silver
medal in the men’s 200m
b u t t e r f l y at t h e Wo rl d
Swimming Trials in Victoria.
The 2012 Olympian posted
a personal best of 1:58.55
and qualified to represent
Canada at the 2013 Summer
Universiade in Kazan, Russia.
Polak, 17, had six points in
five games and was named
tournament MVP as she
helped Metro Boston Pizza
win the 2013 Atlantic Female
Midget Championship in
New Glasgow.
Sarah Polley ~ Swimming
Female Individual Athlete
Polley, a 14-year-old from
Halifax, was Nova Scotia’s
top fem a le compet itor
at the Easter n Canadian
championships. She placed
seventh in the 50m backstroke,
ninth in the 100m backstroke
and 10th in the 50m butterfly.
Male Individual Athlete
Team
March
Trysten Deveau ~ Karate
Female Individual Athlete
Trysten, 15, brought home
two medals from the 2013
Karate Ca nada Nat ional
Championship in Toronto.
The Church Point resident
won gold in the Cadets 47kg
division and silver in the
junior 48kg division.
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Sport Nova Scotia Member Contact Information
PSOs
Alpine Ski Nova Scotia
Executive Director – Lorraine Burch
425.5450, ext. 349
Archers Association of Nova Scotia
President – Bill Currie
[email protected]
Nova Scotia Arm Wrestling Association
President – Rick Pinkney
864.1306
Athletics Nova Scotia
Executive Director – Anitra Stevens
425.5450, ext. 339
Atlantic Division, CanoeKayak Canada
General Manager – Tracy White
[email protected]
Badminton Nova Scotia
Executive Director – Jennifer Petrie
425.5450, ext. 353
Nova Scotia Ball Hockey Association
President – Gian Scalet
[email protected]
Baseball Nova Scotia
Executive Director – Brandon Guenette
425.5450, ext. 355
Basketball Nova Scotia
Operations Manager – Faye Richard
425.5450, ext. 351
Biathlon Nova Scotia
President – Bruce Jarvis
[email protected]
Bicycle Nova Scotia
Acting Administrator – Sarah Wood
425.5450, ext. 316
Boxing Nova Scotia
Admin. Coordinator – Gordon Brown
425.5450, ext. 368
Nova Scotia Amateur Body Building Assoc.
President – Georgina Dunnington
[email protected]
Climb Nova Scotia
President – Mick Levin
[email protected]
Nova Scotia Cricket Association
Primary Contact – Matthew Lane
[email protected]
Cross Country Ski Nova Scotia
Acting Administrator – Sarah Wood
425.5450, ext. 316
Nova Scotia Curling Association
Executive Director – Jeremiah Anderson
425-5450, ext. 345
DanceSport Atlantic Association
President – John McDermott
434.6828
Nova Scotia Amateur Diving Association
Admin. Coordinator – Andrew Hayes
425.5450, ext. 370
Nova Scotia Equestrian Federation
Executive Director – Heather Myrer
425.5450, ext. 333
Fencing Association of Nova Scotia
Sean Brilliant
[email protected]
Field Hockey Nova Scotia
Admin. Coordinator – Janessa Green
425.5450, ext. 357
Football Nova Scotia
Executive Director – Karen Ouellette
454.5105
Nova Scotia Golf Association
Executive Director – David Campbell
468.8844
Gymnastics Nova Scotia
Executive Director – Angela Gallant
425.5450, ext. 338
Hockey Nova Scotia
Executive Director – Darren Cossar
454.9400
Nova Scotia Horseshoe Players Assoc.
President – Eddie Maher
[email protected]
Judo Nova Scotia
Admin. Coordinator – Gordon Brown
425.5450, ext. 368
Nova Scotia Karate Association
Admin. Coordinator – Janessa Green
425.5450, ext. 357
Lacrosse Nova Scotia
Admin. Coordinator – Greg Knight
[email protected]
Lawn Bowls Nova Scotia
President – Paul Currie
[email protected]
Orienteering Association of Nova Scotia
Admin. Coordinator – Amy Scott
425.5450, ext. 371
Nova Scotia Powerlifting Association
President – Brian George
[email protected]
Nova Scotia Rhythmic Sportive
Gymnastics Association
President – Heather Gillis
[email protected]
Nova Scotia Rifle Association
President – Andrew Webber
456.SHOT (7468)
Ringette Nova Scotia
Executive Director – Lindsay Bennett
[email protected]
Rope Skipping Association of Nova
Scotia
Admin. Coordinator – Amy Scott
425.5450, ext. 371
Row Nova Scotia
Admin. Coordinator – Janessa Green
425.5450, ext. 357
Rugby Nova Scotia
Admin. Coordinator – Anna Carew
425.5450, ext. 341
Shooting Federation of Nova Scotia
President – David Grantham
[email protected]
Skate Canada Nova Scotia
Executive Director – Jill Knowles
425.5450, ext. 336
Nova Scotia Snowboard Association
Admin. Coordinator – Andrew Hayes
425.5450, ext. 370
Soccer Nova Scotia
Chief Executive Officer – George Athanasiou
445.0265
Softball Nova Scotia
President – Dave Houghton
425.5450, ext. 313
Speed Skate Nova Scotia
President – Troy Myers
[email protected]
Squash Nova Scotia
Admin. Coordinator – Gordon Brown
425.5450, ext. 368
Surfing Association of Nova Scotia
President – Justin Huston
[email protected]
Swim Nova Scotia
Executive Director – Bette El Hawary
425.5450, ext. 314
Synchro Nova Scotia
Executive Director – Pam Kidney
425.5450, ext. 332
Nova Scotia Table Tennis Association
President – Erica Ans
[email protected]
Provincial TaeKwonDo Society of NS
President – Bruce Carroll
[email protected]
Tennis Nova Scotia
Executive Director – Roger Keating
425.5450, ext. 318
Triathlon Nova Scotia
Executive Director – Sarah Wood
[email protected]
Volleyball Nova Scotia
Executive Director – Michelle Aucoin
425.5450, ext. 322
Water Polo Association of Nova Scotia
Admin. Coordinator – Andrew Hayes
425.5450, ext. 370
Nova Scotia Water Ski Association
President – Gary Allen
[email protected]
Wrestling Nova Scotia
Admin. Coordinator – Amy Scott
425.5450, ext. 371
Nova Scotia Yachting Association
Executive Director – Frank Denis
425.5450, ext. 312
Associate Members
Blind Sports Nova Scotia
President – Jennifer MacNeil
[email protected]
Nova Scotia 55+ Games Society
President – Bob MacLeod
[email protected]
Nova Scotia Deaf Sports Association
President – Justin DeBaie
[email protected]
Nova Scotia Disc Sports Society
Chair – Greg Van Slyke
[email protected]
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 – Michael LeDuc
[email protected]
Canadian Ski Patrol, Nova Scotia Zone
Acting Administrator – Sarah Wood
425.5450, ext. 316
Canoe Kayak Nova Scotia
Acting Administrator – Sarah Wood
425.5450, ext. 316
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award – Nova
Scotia Division
Executive Director – Connie Miller
425.5450, ext. 329
Nova Scotia Fitness Association
Admin. Coordinator – Zena Snider
[email protected]
Lifesaving Society, Nova Scotia Branch
Executive Director – Gordon Richardson
425.5450, ext. 331
Recreation Facility Association of Nova
Scotia
Executive Director – Catherine Kersten
425.5450, ext. 330
Recreation Nova Scotia
Executive Director – Rhonda Lemire
425.1128
Snowmobilers Association of Nova Scotia
General Manager – Mike Eddy
425.5450, ext. 360
Nova Scotia Trails Federation
Executive Director – Vanda Jackson
425.5450, ext. 325
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acceptance to Memorial University in
now treats more from rugby than from
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“(In rugby), concussions are a part
of the game. It’s a contact sport,” he
says. “The reality is, what can we do
to prevent them? We need to promote
proper technique, proper tackling, and
knowledge.”
Green-Simony says his experience
made him regret not wearing a scrum
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scrum caps can do some good for the
sport.
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Personal Skills Paramount for Coaches
A
bout 170 coaches from across the
Atlantic provinces gathered for the
first annual Atlantic Coaches
Conference, held April 26-27 at the
Bella Rosa Arts Centre in Halifax.
T h e c o n f e re n c e i n c l u d e d 2 5
professional development sessions and
plenty of quality conversations that
carried on well into the evening at the
coaches’ social.
Keynote speaker Stephen Norris,
vice-president of the Calgary-based
WinSport, set the tone for the event. A
world-renowned sport physiologist and
strategic planner, Norris was the author
of Team Canada’s preparation plan for
the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
Norris’s keynote address, “By
design, not chance,” challenged the
audience and their understanding of
what true high performance looks like.
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provided coaches with insight and
information that they can implement
into daily training and overall program
structure.
The goal for this year’s conference
was to provide non-sport specific
professional development for coaches
at all levels. Coaches who attended the
conference lead teams at every level
from club to university, and the range
of topics provided something for
everyone.
Conference chair Mark Smith said
the goal was to go deeper into the “art”
of coaching.
“The National Coaching Certification
Program (NCCP) does a terrific job in
teaching the X’s and O’s of a sport, but
the softer skills of coaching, those skills
that build trust, confidence,
commitment, mutual understanding,
and life-long relationships that
transcend sport, those are the skill sets
that little time tends to be invested in
nurturing,” said Smith, the director of
coaching for Sport Nova Scotia and the
Canadian Sport Centre Atlantic.
He stressed that personal skills can
be even more valuable than technical
knowledge, and it’s an area coaches
and organizations should invest in
more.
“Sport loses more coaches and
athletes each year due to poor
relationship-building skills than a
coach’s inability to correctly teach a
technical skill,” he said. “Athletes don’t
care what you know until they know
that you care, and for many coaches
this is an aspect of their professional
development that receives little
priority until problems surface.
“An event like this provides the
opportunity for coaches to come
together, learn together and hopefully
recognize that if we invest in our own
learning, we can only become more
effective in our role as coaches and
leaders in the sport community.”
Smith says becoming an effective
coach takes time, commitment and
hard work. Opportunities to learn
how to create positive environments,
become a pro-active leader, and how to
instill pride and passion in a program,
classroom or a workplace are the
types of key learning that come from
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rying a water sport for the first time
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“There are people who won’t go on
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Katherine Harman, the para rowing
coordinator for Row Nova Scotia.
When mobility is a challenge, the fear
eof trying a new sport in a boat that might
dtip is almost palpable.
n “That’s a pretty big barrier,” said
Harman, who has been working for eight
years to introduce people to rowing.
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able-bodied rower in a boat.
“We’re always thinking of integration,”
Harman said.
The idea behind the centre is to
identify potential athletes for the 2016
Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.
In sailing, the Royal Nova Scotia
Yacht Squadron will host the Mobility
Cup from Aug. 27-30. The premiere
disabled sailing event in Canada, the
gold fleet attracts some of the world’s
best competitors and serves as a prelude
to the IFDS world championship at
RNSYS in 2014, says Michael Archibald,
chairman of the event.
The Mobility Cup is put on by the
Sail Able Network. The RNSYS has
two boats in its Sail Able program to
introduce people to the sport. Four-time
Paralympian Paul Tingley of Halifax
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started that way, but once he entered his
first competition, he was hooked.
“It was a good atmosphere that I
wanted to be involved in,” Tingley said.
“I got to have fun, I loved the freedom
and being challenged.”
The boats are set up so it doesn’t
matter what level of ability you have –
or even if you’re able-bodied: sailors are
on even terms with other competitors.
Winning is determined by sailing skill
and the decisions made in a race.
That’s the beauty of disabled sailing,
Archibald says, and no other sport
integrates quite like sailing.
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Senobe Aquatic Club of Dartmouth runs
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Coach Rob Baert had a member with
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and told some friends.
“We really targeted people in the
Special Olympics swimming program
because they weren’t afraid of the water,”
Baert said. “Safety is an important
factor.”
Baert said parents used to stay
and watch their kids take part in the
90-minute sessions, but now many just
drop them off.
“I think that’s a good sign that your
program is doing really well when
parents are comfortable enough to leave
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Doctors Awards $10,000 to Community Group
A message from Doctors Nova Scotia
D
octors Nova Scotia named Happily
Ever Active as the winner of its
2013 Strive Award. The association’s
health promotion award has been given
annually since 2011, to a community
group making innovative and strategic
decisions to support and improve the
health of the province.
Happily Ever Active, a Halifaxbased organization, brings arts and
fitness programming to seniors where
they live – inpatient settings, long-term
care facilities, and low-income seniors’
housing units. Since its establishment,
the organization has fostered a culture
of “active aging” through the design,
implementation and sharing of
creative programming accessible and
enjoyable for seniors experiencing
health challenges as well as those with
social or financial limitations.
Happily Ever Active was brought
to life about two years ago by Jesse
Robson, a lifelong dancer and
neuroscience graduate from Dalhousie
University. Ms. Robson’s idea to create
a special dance program in Halifax to
help older adults facing health, social
and financial challenges re-engage in
physical activity, was a hit right from
the get-go.
“Happily Ever Active not only
serves seniors, it serves young adults
who seek to create change and interact
meaningfully with their communities,”
said Ms. Robson.
Today, the volunteer organization
is operating six programs, having
reached 250 participants and engaged
25 volunteers, all of whom are young
adults.
“We do our very best to offer young
adults opportunities to develop skills
which are valuable and meaningful for
them, and to encourage them to take
on new challenges while becoming
leaders who take the time to observe
and learn from the environments
around them,” said Ms. Robson.
Doctors Nova Scotia awarded
Happily Ever Active with the Strive
Award at its annual conference on
June 8 at Digby Pines Golf Resort and
Spa. The organization was awarded a
$10,000 grant to spend on advancing
health promotion initiatives in their
community.
Happily Ever Active will use
its $10,000 grant to fund more
programming for seniors and to recruit
more volunteers who can be certified
in First Aid and seniors’ fitness
instruction. A portion of the grant
will be used to purchase resistance
bands, weights and performing arts
supplies for new participant groups,
DOCTORS HELPING YOUTH
lead healthy, active lives
To find out more about the program contact:
Kerry Copeland Program Coordinator
(902) 468-8935 ext. 278
[email protected]
program sponsors
www.doctorsNS.com
and to support new programs and
workshops such as dance, juggling
and drumming.
Happily Ever Active continues to
provide and develop programming for
seniors in an effort to help individuals
maintain or improve their health. All
programs are offered at no cost.
Doctors understand the importance
o f p ro m o t i n g a n d s u p p o r t i n g
community health and wellness
initiatives. The Strive Award is one
way to keep Nova Scotia communities
healthy and happy.
Thirty-seven community groups
applied for the Strive Award this year,
each one driven by volunteers with
a desire to improve the health and
well-being of their neighbours and
community. The application process
will reopen for the 2014 Strive Award
in September.
For more information, visit www.
doctorsns.com.
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Basketball’s Darling Shooting to Success
B
edford’s Nate Darling is going where
no Canadian basketball player has
gone before.
After playing for Team Nova Scotia
at the Canada Games in August, the
14-year-old will move to Hyattsville,
Maryland to attend school and play ball
at DeMatha Catholic High School.
Darling will be the first Canadian
to attend the renowned school, whose
alumni include former NBA players
Danny Ferry, Sidney Lowe, and Hall of
Famer Adrian Dantley.
The sharp-shooting six-foot-one guard
hopes his time at DeMatha will lead to
even bigger and better things.
“The learning opportunities and the
basketball opportunities are just crazy
down there,” Nate says. “I’m hoping to
get an opportunity to get a scholarship
to a Division 1 (NCAA) school. I’m going
down there to see what I can get out of it
and where I can take basketball.”
The Grade 9 student at Bedford South
School is already turning heads in
Nova Scotia. He is one of the youngest
players on the Canada Games squad
but he’s already playing a big role in
the rotation. He scored 24 points in
the team’s opening game at a tune-up
tournament in May, a 114-83 victory over
Newfoundland and Labrador.
“Nate is definitely one of the bright
young players in our province,” says
Kevin Duffie, an assistant coach with the
Canada Games team and an assistant at
Nate Darling. (Contributed)
Acadia University. “As he continues to
work on his game and develop, he is
going to be a special player. Add in that
he is a great person, (and) he is on the
right path to do great things.”
Fellow Canada Games assistant
Danny DePalma agrees. “The thing
that impressed me the most with Nate,
aside from his talent, is how vocal he is
for a player at his age,” says DePalma,
head coach at C.P. Allen High School in
Bedford. “He is a very good teammate
and has a high basketball IQ. There are
times when he acts as an on-the-floor
coach.”
Basketball runs in Darling’s blood.
His father, Jason Darling, played at
Saint Mary’s University from 1988-1992
and won a bronze medal with New
Brunswick at the 1989 Canada Games.
“My mentor is my dad,” Nate says.
“He has taught me a ton about basketball
and life.”
Darling’s road to DeMatha began last
year when the school’s assistant coach
Alan Stein—a renowned strength and
conditioning coach who has worked
with NBA superstars like Kevin Durant
and Chris Paul—came to Halifax for a
clinic in September.
Stein was impressed with what he saw
and invited Nate to Maryland to check
out DeMatha. “I love his attitude and his
work ethic,” Stein says of Nate. “And he
can shoot the lights out!”
The trip was a success and the school
officially sent Darling an acceptance
letter in May.
“I chose DeMatha because I felt they
were the right fit for me,” Nate says. “I
was very impressed by their campus and
its facilities.”
Before he heads south, he’ll try
to help Nova Scotia turn in another
strong showing at the Canada Games
in Sherbrooke, Que., in August. The
Bluenose squad brought home a silver
medal from the 2009 Games in PEI.
“Going to Canada Games is a big
opportunity,” Darling says. “My hope is
to medal. I’m going to go out there and
play as hard as I can.”
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Calendar of Events
Various Dates & Locations
T e a m N o va S c o t i a Q u a l i f i e r s
for Canadian Interprovincial
Equestrian Championships. Contact:
nsefmembership@sportnovascotia.
ca, 425.5450, ext 337, or visit www.
horsenovascotia.ca/CompetitionsCIEC-AthleteInformation
June
June 15
Yarmouth Cup [Karate], Yarmouth,
NS. Contact: tournaments@novascotia
karate.com
June 16
H ershey P rovincial T rack F inal ,
Beazley Field, Dartmouth, NS. Contact:
[email protected]
June 18
Sport Nova Scotia AGM, Halifax, NS.
Contact: Sport Nova Scotia at 425.5454,
ext. 327.
June 26
Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame Golf
Tournament, New Ashburn Golf Club,
Halifax, NS. Contact: 404.3321.
June 27-July 1
40th Annual Lobster Trap Lacrosse
Tournament, Dartmouth, NS. Contact:
Lacrosse Nova Scotia at lacrosse@
sportnovascotia.ca
June 29
Bedford Kids’ Triathlon, Lions Club
Pool, Bedford, NS. Contact: triathlon@
sportnovascotia.ca
June 30
Epic Kids’ Triathlon, Lake Banook,
Dartmouth, NS. Contact: triathlon@
sportnovascotia.ca
July
July 1
S o u t h S h o r e K i d s ’ T r i at h l o n ,
Bridgewater, NS. Contact: triathlon@
sportnovascotia.ca
July 2
KidSport™ Applications Due. Contact:
Dave Wagg, 425.5454, ext. 350 or
[email protected]
July 4-7
East Coast Long Course
Championships [Swimming], St. John’s,
Nfld. Contact: Swim Nova Scotia at
425.5454, ext. 314.
July 5-7
C anada G ames T rials /P rovincial
Championships, Metropolitan Field,
Lower Sackville, NS. Contact:
[email protected]
July 6
16th Annual Manulife Dragon Boat
Festival, Lake Banook, Dartmouth,
NS. Contact: Tyler Smith at 425-5454,
ext. 344 or [email protected]
July 6-7
ARK Regatta [Sailing], Bedford Basin
Yacht Club, Bedford, NS. Contact:
Nova Scotia Yachting Association at
425.5454, ext. 312.
July 7-11
Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race
[Sailing], Royal Nova Scotia Yacht
Squadron, Halifax, NS. Contact: Nova
Scotia Yachting Association at 425.5454,
ext. 312.
July 8
NSEF 8th Annual Trail Ride/Drive,
Evangeline Trail Rides, Stanley, NS.
Start time - 9:00am. Contact: Suzanne
Killen at [email protected]
July 12-14
H alifax B each V olleyball O pen ,
Vo l l e y b a l l N o v a S c o t i a B e a c h
Volleyball Park, Dartmouth, NS.
Contact: Volleyball Nova Scotia at
425.5454, ext. 322.
July 17-21
Canadian Senior National Summer
Championships [Swimming], Montreal.
Contact: Swim Nova Scotia at 425.5454,
ext. 314.
July 19-21
S u b way P r o v i n c i a l B a l l H o c k e y
Championships, Kings Mutual Centre,
Berwick, NS. Contact: Gian Scalet at
[email protected]
July 19-22
B ay W i n d R e g atta [S a i l i n g ], St.
Margaret Sailing Club, Halifax,
NS. Contact: Nova Scotia Yachting
Association at 425.5454, ext. 312.
July 20
M o t i o n b a l l [S p e c i a l O ly m p i c s ],
Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS.
Contact: Special Olympics Nova Scotia
at 429.1266, ext. 4.
July 20-21
NS S prints (B ud M yra R egatta )
[Rowing], Lake Banook, Dartmouth,
NS. Contact: [email protected]
July 8-9
2013 B antam G olf C hampionships ,
Seaview Golf Club, North Sydney, NS.
Contact: [email protected]
July 24-29
C a n a d i a n A g e G r o u p N at i o n a l
Championships [Swimming], Montreal.
Contact: Swim Nova Scotia at 425.5454,
ext. 314.
July 8-11
2013 J unior G olf C hampionships ,
Seaview Golf Club, North Sydney, NS.
Contact: [email protected]
July 26-29
Q ualifying C anoe K ayak N ational
Championships, Lake Banook,
Dartmouth, NS. Contact: [email protected]
July 8-14
Canadian Table Tennis Championships,
Citadel High School, Halifax, NS.
Contact: [email protected]
July 27-28
2013 Family Classic [Golf], Berwick
Heights Golf Club, NS. Contact:
[email protected]
July 12-14
Provincial Summer Games [Special
Olympics], Acadia University, Wolfville,
NS. Contact: Special Olympics Nova
Scotia at 429.1266, ext. 4.
August
August 3-4
Field Hockey Nova Scotia Atlantic
Cup, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax,
NS. Contact: [email protected]
August 12-13 (Tentative)
E questrian D evelopment C linic ,
( We s t e r n D r e s s a g e , C l a s s i c a l
Dressage, Ranch Horse Pleasure
and Trail) Windsor, NS. Contact:
www.horsenovascotia.ca, email
[email protected]
or call 425.5454, ext. 337.
August 16-18
Swim Nova Scotia Summer Provincial
Championships, Halifax, NS. Contact:
Swim Nova Scotia at 425.5454, ext. 314.
August 16-18
Beach Volleyball Atlantic
Championships, Volleyball Nova Scotia
Beach Volleyball Park, Dartmouth,
NS. Contact: Volleyball Nova Scotia at
425.5454, ext. 322.
August 22-24
U nder 13/U nder 15 C hampionships
[ C a n o e K ay a k ] , L a k e B a n o o k ,
Dartmouth, NS. Contact: [email protected]
August 24-31
Bell and Grant Nova Scotia Open
P rovincial T ennis C hampionships ,
Waegwoltic Tennis Club, Halifax,
NS. Contact: Tennis Nova Scotia at
425.5454, ext. 318.
August 27-31
C a n o e K aya k C a n a d a N at i o n a l
C hampionships , Montreal. Contact:
[email protected]
September
September 3
KidSport™ Applications Due. Contact:
Dave Wagg, 425.5454, ext. 350 or
[email protected]
September 19-21
2013 Nova Scotia 55+ Games, Truro,
NS. Contact: [email protected] or
visit novascotia55plusgames2013.ca
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