Congratulations to all athletes & coaches who participated in the 2018 Canadian Junior Goalball Championships!

Final Standings women:
1st British Columbia
2nd Nova Scotia
3rd Ontario

For all the scores, photos, and more from the tournament, visit the Facebook Event Page and Canadian Blind Sports’ page.

For the first time in the history, this annual parasport event comes to Halifax, Nova Scotia!

Blind Sports Nova Scotia and Canadian Blind Sports/Sports Aveugles Canada are proud to be hosting the 2018 Canadian Junior Goalball Championships.

This unique & exciting parasport event brings up-and-coming junior goalball athletes from across Canada to compete for top spot in the growing sport of goalball.

Spectators are welcome and admission to watch is free.

Full schedule and live stream information coming soon on Facebook.

Download the PDF programme, including schedule: 2018 CDN JR GOALBALL CHAMPS PROGRAMME

PDF Media RELEASE 2018 CDN JR GOALBALL CHAMPS

Download the posters: 
2018 CDN JR GOALBALL CHAMPS SPONSORS POSTER
CDN JR GOALBALL CHAMP 2018 POSTER

Thanks to our growing partnership with Canada Games Centre, some regularly-scheduled spin classes are now accessible for community members with vision loss! Indoor spinning  (on stationary bikes) is a safe and super fun way to get active, no matter the weather outside.

Schedule:

• Tuesday Spin 5:30pm with D.W.

• Thursday Spin Gold 10:15am with Melissa

• Friday Spin 5:30pm with Anne

• Saturday Spin 9am D.W.

For Canada Games Centre address, rates, and more, visit. www.canadagamescentre.ca 

What makes these spin classes accessible? Through a pilot project and by offering training to spin instructors, classes are made accessible by instructors using verbal cues to describe each exercise and technique. For example, instructors will count beats aloud so you know how fast you’re meant to be pedalling. Spin Instructors listed in the schedule have also received basic sighted guide and etiquette training. They can also help you get familiar with the stationary bike, including mounting and dismounting safely and how to adjust tension.

• Regular Canada Games Centre fees and policies apply, but sighted guides accompany you to classes for free and guide dogs of course are welcome.
• Canada Games Centre is accessible by public transit and is located directly next to the (new) Lacewood bus terminal.
• If your guide dog will be coming along, you may want to call ahead of time to arrange a safe and mutually-agreed upon place to park him/her during class.
• Canada Games Centre is a big facility and the location spin classes can be tricky to find and navigate if you’re not familiar with the space, so you may want to call ahead of time to arrange for sighted guide from the front desk to the locker room and/or class or consider bringing along a sighted guide for your firs time.

For any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact Jennie, Blind Sports NS Tandem Bike Club Coordinator and Communications Director, at tandembikes@blindsportsnovascotia.ca or 902-449-0320. You can also message us on Facebook!

Ontario Blind Sports Association‘s 2nd Pronvincial/Eastern Goalball Tournament got underway this past weekend. Huge congratulations are in order to the Nova Scotia Ship Recs, for capturing gold a second year in a row in the mixed rec division, overcoming Kitchener 5 to 4 in a close final game. Nova Scotia youth team, the Blizzards, brough home Bronze and the young Bluenosers gained valuable experienceon the court.

Update Jan 29, 2018: Visit us on Facebook & Twitter for updates on Nova Scotia’s performance and final tournament standings!

Best of luck to everyone at this weekend’s 18th Montreal Open Goalball Tournament hosted by Association sportive des aveugles du Québec!

The excitement gets underway tonight, January 26th through to Sunday, January, 28th.

The tournament kicks off with East versus West, with the Nova Scotia men’s team taking on Alberta at 6 pm Eastern (7 Atlantic). We’ll keep you up to speed, with updates & scores, this weekend!

Get the full schedule and details here. 

Happy New Year!!

Here’s a little motivation to kick off 2018 with living a healthy lifestyle in mind – 8 Habits of Highly Fit People, including “they make health a lifestyle”, “they have fun”, and other wisdom.

8 Habits of Highly Fit People

We’d like to say one last, enormous, thank you to everyone who helped us make the 3rd Nova Scotia Open Goalball Tournament such a great event!

Athletes, coaches, referees, volunteers, event organizing committee, our sponsors & supporters, the spectators. THANK YOU!

Here’s how the standings shook out:
1 Turnstone 1st Place
2 California Crown 2nd Place
3 Nova Scotia 3rd Place
4 Quebec 4th Place
5 Ontario All Black 5th Place
6 Atlantic Ship Recs 5th Place

Are you as pumped as we are? This year’s Nova Scotia Open Goalball Tournament starts tomorrow, Friday, November 17th!

Teams from Nova Scotia, Quebec (defending champions), the United States, and Ontario will compete for gold in the only parasprot event of its kind in atlantic Canada!

There will be a live stream & commentary on Saturday & Sunday. Click HERE to access our streaming channel.

Stay  up-to-date on the scores & standings by connecting with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Goalball Scoreboard.

Check out this video below and get even more pumped for action this weekend! A story from last year’s NS Open Goalball Tournament, about young goalball player Nick Gentlemen. He’ll be one of many local, national, and international athletes competing this weekend.

Made Possible by:

There’s still time to volunteer for our third annual NS Open Goalball Tournament – The only parasport event of its kind in Atlantic Canada!

We need goal judges, shot recorders, time keepers etc. No previous experience is required as we will provide training.

If you are able to sign up for more than one shift, it would be greatly appreciated. See shift schedule below.
Shift 1 – Fri, Nov 17 – 5:30 PM to 8:40 PM
Shift 2 – Sat, Nov 18 – 7:30 AM to 11:35 AM
Shift 3 – Sat, Nov 18 – 11:10 AM to 3:15 PM
Shift 4 – Sat, Nov 18 – 2:50 PM to 7:50 PM
Shift 6 – Sun, Nov 19 – 7:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Shift 7 – Sun, Nov 19 – 10:30 AM to 2:00 PM

The Nova Scotia Open Goalball Tournament, the only parasport event of its kind in Atlantic Canada, would not be possible without this year’s Sponsors.

There’s still time to support this event, message us on Facebook or email us at info@blindsportsnovascotia.ca!

We’re thrilled to have  Accel Physiotherapy & Sport Performance Centre back again this year! Visit them at www.accelphysio.ca

Thank you to our Goalball Supporters, Halifax Harbourside Rotary Club, Pizza Pizza, Lion’s Club Dartmouth, Lion’s Club Armdale, and Stuart and Davidson Orthodontics Inc.