RECAP: Canadian Boccia Championships
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Our BC provincial team athletes have returned home after a busy week at the Canadian Boccia Championships!
Results:
BC1: Hanif Mawji captured the silver medal and Chris Halpen captured bronze
BC2: Nathan Bragg captured the silver medal in his first complete Canadian Championship Tournament, coming second to Paralympian Danik Allard (ranked 16th in the world)
Open: Daniel Hutchinson (Wildcard) won gold, Rene Poirier captured silver, and Mildred Thomas captured bronze. Overall, BC athletes cleaned up their class (3 of 4 participants were BC athletes)!
Congratulations also to Nathan Bragg for receiving the Spirit of the Games award! Check out more results in the press release from Boccia Canada.
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Media Coverage: Matteo Pellizzari
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Matteo Pellizzari with his silver medal following Team Canada's appearance at the 2022 Para Hockey Cup.
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“I was thinking this is really cool that they’re even considering me for this,” Pellizzari says. “I was super excited just to play at the highest level in Canada, and then all of a sudden I made the team and that was mind-blowing.”
BC's Matteo Pellizzari was featured in two articles in the lead up to his international debut at the 2022 Para Hockey Cup!
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RECAP: Sledge Hockey Showdown
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Thank you to everyone who helped make this year’s Showdown a success! It was so great to see all of the returning teams for this year’s Showdown after a couple years’ hiatus. Your energy and efforts both on and off the ice is what made the event so special.
Congrats to the Sledge Hammers for their back-to-back Championships! Each game was so exciting and came down to a nail-biter final. We are looking forward to watching next year’s match-ups!
We’re excited to share that the total amount raised at this year’s Showdown was $10,116.00, which will go towards the growth and development of para hockey.
Thank you everyone for your continued support!
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RECAP: Para Hockey 3-Game Series
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It was a big weekend for Para Hockey as Team BC won the first two games in a three-game series against Edmonton Impact!
We had a friendly for the third game by mixing the teams, with the Edmonton team winning the final game. Thanks to the Edmonton Impact para hockey club for flying out to play.
We look forward to doing this again next year!
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Check out our programs page and click on the blue bar to expand and view more program times for Para Hockey, Boccia, and Power Soccer program times near you!
We have updated and will continue to update the winter program information as it is received. If you do not see a program in your community or one near you and you would like to, please email Jade at jadewerger@sportabilitybc.ca to discuss further.
We also offer equipment loan programs to help reduce barriers to sport
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Maple Ridge Power Soccer is looking for another volunteer at their weekly program.
Winter program times are Saturdays, 1:00 – 2:30pm from January 14 to March 25 at the Maple Ridge Leisure Centre Gymnasium. If interested, please contact Jade at jadewerger@sportabilitybc.ca.
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ParticipACTION Community Challenge Grant
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The ParticipACTION Community Challenge is coming back from June 1 - 30 2023.
The Community Challenge is helping to level the playing field by reducing barriers to physical activity and sport and building stronger and healthier communities.
Thanks to funding from the Government of Canada’s Community Sport for All Initiative, ParticipACTION is providing $4 million in grants to increase sport and physical activity participation of equity-deserving populations as part of the 2023 ParticipACTION Community Challenge.
Eligible organizations have until February 1, 2023, to apply for grants of up to $5,000 that can be used for staffing, training, promotion, programming, partnership and equipment.
Learn more at their upcoming webinar on December 15.
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Happy Holidays from all of us at SportAbility!
From everyone on the team, we'd like to thank you all for another great year with fun and enthusiastic returns to sport. We wish everyone a joyous holiday season!
Please note that our offices will be closed from December 22nd to January 3rd. We will be back in 2023 with renewed energy and ready for a great year of adapted sport!
If you need to get in touch during this time, please email us at info@sportabilitybc.ca.
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2022-2023 Membership Renewal
Please register for your 2022-2023 membership with SportAbility. Membership with SportAbility includes insurance for all registered athletes, volunteers, and officials, and also entitles athletes to attend SportAbility sanctioned events.
Full Membership ($25): Individuals who are pursuing participation in Provincial Team Programs and/or Competitions.
Recreation Membership ($10): Individuals who participate in weekly club or program sessions and compete in regional/provincial tournaments.
Supporter Membership (Free): Individuals who support programs and/or competitions. Any individual having an interest in furthering the object of the Association (eg. coaches, referees, volunteers).
Becoming a member also helps our organization grow and receive funding from the provincial government. If you are not a participant and want to stay connected and help support SportAbility, consider registering for a supporter membership (at no charge) so that we can continue offering adapted sport opportunities across the province. |
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