{"id":1658,"date":"2025-06-03T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/?p=1658"},"modified":"2025-06-03T18:25:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T18:25:51","slug":"2025-support4sport-award-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/?p=1658","title":{"rendered":"2025 Support 4 Sport Award Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hosted by Sport Nova Scotia, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sportnovascotia.ca\/support4sport-awards\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support4Sport Awards<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the largest sport recognition event in the province.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blind Sports Nova Scotia recognizes and congratulates the following athletes, volunteers, and coaches on being selected for the 2025 edition of these honours!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Volunteer of the Year:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019re sending a heartfelt thank you and congratulations to <\/span><b>Jackie Warham<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, dedicated goalball volunteer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Official of the Year:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Beth Coish<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a dedicated goalball referee and well deserving Support4Sport Official of the Year! We&#8217;re incredibly grateful for Beth&#8217;s contributions to the Blind Sports Nova Scotia and competitive goalball communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Coach of the Year:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For those connected to the goalball community, <\/span><b>Linda MacRae Triff <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">needs no introduction! She&#8217;s been a fiercely committed coach and supporter to countless athletes over many decades.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Team of the Year:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Congratulations to the <\/span><b>Nova Scotia men&#8217;s goalball team<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a consistently inspiring force to be reckoned with on the goalball court.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Female Junior Athlete of the Year:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bravo<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to<\/span><b> Alexis Butler<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a tenaciously dedicated rising star on the Canadian goalball scene.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Male Junior Athlete of the Year:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Congratulations to the outstanding<\/span><b> Harry Nickerson<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a repeat MVP who demonstrates sportsmanship at every turn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Female Senior Athlete of the Year:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Tarah Sawler&#8217;s<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> love for and well-rounded skill in the sport of goalball are evident anytime she steps onto the court. Way to go!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Male Senior Athlete of the Year:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Peter Parsons <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a seasoned, consistent, and dedicated athlete. He&#8217;s an invaluable mentor in the local and broader community, proudly representing both Nova Scotia and Canada in the sport of goalball. Congratulations!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/vecteezy_congratulations-design-template-background-vector-illustration_4562687.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1615\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/vecteezy_congratulations-design-template-background-vector-illustration_4562687.jpg\" alt=\"graphic with &quot;congrats&quot; in handwriting style font on a purple background with colourful confetti\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/vecteezy_congratulations-design-template-background-vector-illustration_4562687.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/vecteezy_congratulations-design-template-background-vector-illustration_4562687-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/vecteezy_congratulations-design-template-background-vector-illustration_4562687-1024x637.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/vecteezy_congratulations-design-template-background-vector-illustration_4562687-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/vecteezy_congratulations-design-template-background-vector-illustration_4562687-1536x956.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hosted by Sport Nova Scotia, the Support4Sport Awards is the largest sport recognition event in the province.\u00a0 Blind Sports Nova Scotia recognizes and congratulates the following athletes, volunteers, and coaches on being selected for the 2025 edition of these honours! Volunteer of the Year: We\u2019re sending a heartfelt thank you and congratulations to Jackie Warham, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/?p=1658\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2025 Support 4 Sport Award Winners<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1658"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1658"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1660,"href":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1658\/revisions\/1660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}