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.

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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.

APSEA Auxiliary Fall Fair is back this year and they are still accepting donations from fantastic people, like you!

This event is also a great way to get your holiday shopping started early!

Funds raised support of Children and Youth Who Are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Deafblind, Blind or Visually Impaired and takes place Saturday, November 4th, from 1 to 3 pm at APSEA 5940 South St, Halifax

The 2017-18 competitive & recreational goalball season gets underway Saturday, September 16th at the George Dixon Centre in Halifax!

Rec goalball, for teens & adults of all levels, will be Saturdays from 3:30 to 5 p.m.

Junior goalball will be Saturdays from 2 to 3:30 p.m.

Competitive men’s goalball will be Sundays from 3 to 5 p.m.

Everyone is welcome, including new volunteers! Drop in and give goalball a go. We’ll provide the gear, experienced coaches & officials, and fun & inclusive environment! See you out on the court!

Questions? Email us at info@blindsportsnovascotia.ca or message us on Facebook.

We’re pretty psyched about a few upcoming running events!! the Navy 10K in Halifax, Maritime Race Weekend in beautiful Eastern Passage, and one of our members is even training for her first half-marathon in Ottawa.

If you have vision loss and are interested in running, we’d love to hear from you, and so would our amazing Guide Bunny friends!

Check out the Guide Bunny website to learn more about how they help make running & racing accessible for those of us with vision loss.

Hi Parents/Athletes etc.,

Hope your summer is going well. We are now open to accepting registration for the first year of the Nova Scotia Blind Hockey. Our ice will be at the Shearwater Rink, Dartmouth and it will be Sunday evenings from 7:30 to 8:30 PM.

We have attached the 2017-18 season Registration Forms. Our season will start on September 10th this year and will go to March 25, 2018 for a total of 27 on ice sessions.

Registration will have two parts this year, one of insurance through Hockey Nova Scotia (see attached form) and the second part the registration of the athletes for Nova Scotia Blind Hockey through the attached form. We are hoping for free insurance from HNS for our start-up year and it will be confirmed later. The other option it would cost $25.00 per for insurance.

The second portion of registration involves filling out the attached  form. Our Nova Scotia Blind Hockey registration fee will be $200.00 for this season.

Steve Coates as administrator will accept these registration forms and payment in the form of a cheque (Payable to Nova Scotia Blind Hockey ).

You may mail the completed forms with a cheque to the below address:  Nova Scotia Blind  Hockey C/O Steve Coates 43 Dorothea Drive Dartmouth, NS, B2W 5X4

Alternatively we can meet some place if that is the preference.

Thanks for your interest and we all look forward to the start of the program.

Any questions or concerns can be directed to either Ian Readey or Steve Coates.

Ian Readey President – Nova Scotia Blind Hockey 902-414-9205

Steve Coates Administrator – Nova Scotia Blind Hockey 902-471-9178

Forms: Nova Scotia Blind Hockey – Athlete Registration form ; Player Registration Certificate (2)