Join us in celebrating the recent successes of our Nova Scotia goalball teams & coaches!
Last weekend, at the Ontario Blind Sports Association‘s Goalball Provincials, our Nova Scotia Highlanders overcame the Kitchener Rangers 7-6 to bring home a gold medal.
The Nova Scotia men’s goalball team beat the Ontario Lions 13-3 to snag a bronze medal.
Congratulations to all who competed and thank you to everyone who made the competition possible!
Bring your family & friends and bid on a huge variety of incredible deals and buy from Nova Scotia businesses, all while supporting athletes who are blind.
Our energetic live auctioneer and Freeman’s great food & drink make for a fun night out!
Congratulations to the Nova Scotia A women’s goalball team and the Nova Scotia men’s goalball team for earning bronze last weekend, at the 23rd Montreal Open Goalball tournament hosted by Association sportive des aveugles du Québec – ASAQ.
At just 15 years old, Harry Nickerson of Nova Scotia won the tournament top scorer award, with 39 goals!
For the NS A women, this is their second year in a row securing a medal, winning silver in 2024. This marks three years in a row the NS men’s team have brought a medal home from the Montreal Open. The Nova Scotia B women’s team placed 6th overall.
Nova Scotia A women’s team and coachesNova Scotia men’s goalball team won bronzeHarry, won tournament top scorer on men’s side, at just 15 years old. Pictured with his mom, Alexis of Nova Scotia B women’s team.Nova Scotia B women’s team and coaches
Gold Bowl 12, held in Halifax Sunday, December 15, was a wonderful way to get into the holiday spirit!
The fun goalball tournament consisted of a three-team double round robin, resulting in a three way tie for first place between the Blizzards, Bluenosers and Ship Recs.
The winners of Gold Bowl 12, the Blizzards, are pictured below – Jennie B, Alexis N, and Alexis B.. Unfortunately, Ashlee W. wasn’t present for the photo.
Thanks to the referees, volunteers, and to all the who participated to make the event a success.
Thank you to to Peter Laba for donating the new Gold Bowl trophy. Thank you to Shanna Kinnear for all the yummy baked treats. Thanks to coaches Linda MacRae Triff and Peter Parsons for all they do.
Join us in excitedly congratulating Nicholas Gentleman for earning a Cleve’s Source for Sports Impact Award for the month of November!
“Male Athlete: Nicholas Gentleman, Goalball Nova Scotia
Achievements: Nick has played goalball for many years and has been integral to Nova Scotia’s success at the junior and senior levels. This month, at the CNIB Nova Scotia Open Goalball tournament, he played center for Team Nova Scotia. While the center position tends to be more defensive, Nick still had an important offensive impact, scoring 13 goals to help his team win the gold medal.”
Please join us in congratulating and thanking all those who made the 8th edition of this event a massive success.
Pictured from left to right: team Ontario B (bronze), team Nova Scotia (gold), and team Nova Scotia Juniors (silver).
First up, here are the final standings and semi-final results in the competitive Men’s Division:
1st Nova Scotia
2nd Nova Scotia Juniors
3rd Ontario B
4th Ontario A
Semifinal 1 vs. 4 – Nova Scotia vs. Ontario A
8 – 3
Semifinal 2 vs. 3 – NS Juniors vs. Ontario B
11 – 4
Bronze Medal – Ontario A vs. Ontario B
5 – 9
Gold Medal – Nova Scotia vs. Nova Scotia Juniors
13 – 3
Congratulations to every person who showed in the biggest way to compete and coach, in both the Men’s and Rec divisions! Your sportsmanship and dedication were on full display.
Thank you to all the incredible volunteers, from organizing, to the food, to goal judges and time keepers, and who offered their time leading up to and on this weekend.
Thank you, referees! We have the utmost respect and admiration for your commitment to this sport, and we can tell you love goalball just as much as we do.
