{"id":1847,"date":"2026-04-29T20:53:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T20:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/?p=1847"},"modified":"2026-04-29T20:53:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T20:53:48","slug":"double-bronze-and-an-all-star-award-at-2026-junior-goalball-national-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/?p=1847","title":{"rendered":"Double Bronze and An All-Star Award at 2026 Junior Goalball National Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<h2 dir=\"auto\">Congratulations to all on spectacular weekend of goalball and community, at the Canadian Junior Goalball Nationals Championships!<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Massive shout outs are in order for our Nova Scotia athletes and coaches! Two teams from Nova Scotia left it all on the court and both earned bronze medals.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Way to go, Division 2 NS team! Lucas Kenny, Alexis Butler, Carter Ryan, Leo White, Linda Macrae Triff and Peter Parsons (coaches).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_1850\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1850\" style=\"width: 1536px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-Jr-Goalball-Nationals-bronze-Div-2-team-e1777495728678.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1850\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-Jr-Goalball-Nationals-bronze-Div-2-team-e1777495728678.jpg\" alt=\"6 people with bronze medals in front of a goalball net\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-Jr-Goalball-Nationals-bronze-Div-2-team-e1777495728678.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-Jr-Goalball-Nationals-bronze-Div-2-team-e1777495728678-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-Jr-Goalball-Nationals-bronze-Div-2-team-e1777495728678-1024x849.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-Jr-Goalball-Nationals-bronze-Div-2-team-e1777495728678-768x637.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1850\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Division 2 team Nova Scotia and coaches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Great job, Division 1 NS team! Griffin Hiltz, Caelin Lloyd, Edward Laba, Matt Gentleman, Linda MacRae Triff and Peter Parsons (coaches).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_1849\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1849\" style=\"width: 2012px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-Jr-Goalball-Nationals-bronze-Div-1-team.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1849 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-Jr-Goalball-Nationals-bronze-Div-1-team-e1777495871261.jpg\" alt=\"6 people wearing bronze medals standing in front of a goalball net\" width=\"2012\" height=\"1382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-Jr-Goalball-Nationals-bronze-Div-1-team-e1777495871261.jpg 2012w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-Jr-Goalball-Nationals-bronze-Div-1-team-e1777495871261-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-Jr-Goalball-Nationals-bronze-Div-1-team-e1777495871261-1024x703.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-Jr-Goalball-Nationals-bronze-Div-1-team-e1777495871261-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-Jr-Goalball-Nationals-bronze-Div-1-team-e1777495871261-1536x1055.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2012px) 100vw, 2012px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Division 1 Nova Scotia team and coaches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">A special congrats to Griffin Hiltz, for being recognized as one of three All-Star Athletes of the tournament.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_1848\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1848\" style=\"width: 1684px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-Jr-Goalball-Nationals-all-star-athletes-Griffin.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1848\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-Jr-Goalball-Nationals-all-star-athletes-Griffin.jpg\" alt=\"Three young people wearing sunglasses and holding plaques with gifts in front of a goalball net\" width=\"1684\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-Jr-Goalball-Nationals-all-star-athletes-Griffin.jpg 1684w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-Jr-Goalball-Nationals-all-star-athletes-Griffin-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-Jr-Goalball-Nationals-all-star-athletes-Griffin-842x1024.jpg 842w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-Jr-Goalball-Nationals-all-star-athletes-Griffin-768x934.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-Jr-Goalball-Nationals-all-star-athletes-Griffin-1263x1536.jpg 1263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1684px) 100vw, 1684px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1848\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All-Star Athlete award recipients.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<h1 dir=\"auto\">Nova Scotia loves goalball!<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to all on spectacular weekend of goalball and community, at the Canadian Junior Goalball Nationals Championships!\u00a0 Massive shout outs are in order for our Nova Scotia athletes and coaches! Two teams from Nova Scotia left it all on the court and both earned bronze medals. Way to go, Division 2 NS team! Lucas Kenny, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/?p=1847\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Double Bronze and An All-Star Award at 2026 Junior Goalball National Championships<\/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\/1847"}],"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=1847"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1851,"href":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1847\/revisions\/1851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}