{"id":1825,"date":"2026-03-10T19:17:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T19:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/?p=1825"},"modified":"2026-03-10T19:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T19:18:13","slug":"ns-wins-gold-and-bronze-at-24th-montreal-open-goalball-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/?p=1825","title":{"rendered":"NS wins Gold and Bronze at 24th Montreal Open Goalball Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">A winter storm may have left the Nova Scotia goalball teams stuck in Montreal a couple extra days in January, but they had gold and bronze medals to keep them warm!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">On the final day of the <span class=\"html-span xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\"><a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 x3ct3a4 xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xkrqix3 x1sur9pj x1fey0fg x1s688f\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/953401154522702\/?__cft__[0]=AZYARvXHuCA200tf_gVbjRW-pk3ysiyDUO8oYKkdIDt85XoLsf2FMIrARW6sZ-HtHCiIGA1CVKsrZGIfLx0zS7c-Ynk-AuJP7FJyyBi-7eKe2IroSf8_ggw7qFUzC6fuDTWTC0dPGZJZO6erbCObeo8eCxafHAc6jTGPynPuJ_ighLKsZ7HJV877DJHCFMXgpUU&amp;__tn__=-UK-R\"><span class=\"xt0psk2\"><span class=\"xjp7ctv\">Tournoi invitation de goalball de Montr\u00e9al &#8211; 24e \u00c9dition<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span> (24th Montreal Open Goalball Tournament), the Nova Scotia men\u2019s team earned first place over Alberta in the final, with an impressive 10 to 4 score.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Nova Scotia B women\u2019s team take home the bronze medal, with a slick 4 to 3 overtime win over the Jawnettes (Philadelphia).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Nova Scotia A women\u2019s team secured 6th place, following a riveting match with Quebec.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_1826\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1826\" style=\"width: 1439px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-MTL-Open-gold-bronze-6th.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1826 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-MTL-Open-gold-bronze-6th.jpg\" alt=\"A group photo of 2 poeple in a gymnasium, some are wearing sports jerseys, some wear gold medals, and some wear bronze medals. They are in front of a long and tall net and smiling.\" width=\"1439\" height=\"1137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-MTL-Open-gold-bronze-6th.jpg 1439w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-MTL-Open-gold-bronze-6th-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-MTL-Open-gold-bronze-6th-1024x809.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-MTL-Open-gold-bronze-6th-768x607.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, 1439px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1826\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Included is a photo of the men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s teams after the medal ceremony. From left to right in the top row is Mason Smith, Matt Bartley (coach), Harry Nickerson, Peter Parsons, Griffin Hiltz, Nick Gentleman. In the bottom row from left to right is Tarah Sawler, Shams Hamad, Alexis Butler, Jennie Bovard, Linda MacRae Triff (player\/coach), Alexis Nickerson. Missing from photo &#8211; Contessa Scott and Ruby SOliman.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A winter storm may have left the Nova Scotia goalball teams stuck in Montreal a couple extra days in January, but they had gold and bronze medals to keep them warm! On the final day of the Tournoi invitation de goalball de Montr\u00e9al &#8211; 24e \u00c9dition (24th Montreal Open Goalball Tournament), the Nova Scotia men\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/?p=1825\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NS wins Gold and Bronze at 24th Montreal Open Goalball Tournament<\/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\/1825"}],"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=1825"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1830,"href":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1825\/revisions\/1830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}