{"id":1858,"date":"2026-05-19T19:10:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T19:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/?p=1858"},"modified":"2026-05-19T19:14:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T19:14:28","slug":"success-for-nova-scotia-at-2026-senior-national-goalball-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/?p=1858","title":{"rendered":"Success for Nova Scotia at 2026 Senior National Goalball Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Congratulations to the Nova Scotia men&#8217;s goalball team, who earned first place again this year at the Senior National Goalball Championships!<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Our women&#8217;s team placed 4th at the competition, after succumbing to Quebec in a close 5-3 bronze medal game.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_1859\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1859\" style=\"width: 1323px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1E7366E4-FE17-452C-89DA-33215E060DF6_1_201_a.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1859\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1E7366E4-FE17-452C-89DA-33215E060DF6_1_201_a.jpeg\" alt=\"Six people in a row in a gym wearing sports jerseys and gold medals\" width=\"1323\" height=\"992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1E7366E4-FE17-452C-89DA-33215E060DF6_1_201_a.jpeg 1323w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1E7366E4-FE17-452C-89DA-33215E060DF6_1_201_a-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1E7366E4-FE17-452C-89DA-33215E060DF6_1_201_a-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1E7366E4-FE17-452C-89DA-33215E060DF6_1_201_a-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1323px) 100vw, 1323px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1859\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Team Nova Scotia men: Linda MacRae Triff (coach, Peter Parsons, Mason Smith, Nick Gentleman, Harry Nickerson, Matt Bartley (coach).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">At just seventeen years old, Nova Scotia&#8217;s Harry Nickerson was also named MVP of the tournament.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Join us in celebrating every athlete, coach, and volunteer who make the sport of goalball great all year long!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to the Nova Scotia men&#8217;s goalball team, who earned first place again this year at the Senior National Goalball Championships! Our women&#8217;s team placed 4th at the competition, after succumbing to Quebec in a close 5-3 bronze medal game. At just seventeen years old, Nova Scotia&#8217;s Harry Nickerson was also named MVP of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/?p=1858\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Success for Nova Scotia at 2026 Senior National Goalball 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\/1858"}],"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=1858"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1864,"href":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1858\/revisions\/1864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}