{"id":248,"date":"2016-04-25T20:41:01","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T20:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/?p=248"},"modified":"2016-04-26T10:04:25","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T10:04:25","slug":"ns-men-snatch-gold-2nd-year-in-a-row-at-canada-senior-national-goalball-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/?p=248","title":{"rendered":"ns men snatch gold 2nd year in a row at Canada senior national goalball championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Quebec City,\u00a0Nova Scotia men&#8217;s team began day 3 of the Canadian Senior National Goalball Championships \u00a0by winning 6 to 1 over Alberta in the semi-finals. British Columbia be Quebec 4 to 1 in the other semi match,\u00a0This would\u00a0set the stage for Nova Scotia to defend their title as top national team in the fast-growing para sport of goalball. \u00a0Nova Scotia defeated BC 8 to 0 in the 2015 gold medal match.<\/p>\n<p>Nova Scotia remains on top, having beat BC 2 to 0 in another shut-out to take home gold.\u00a0Nova Scotia centre Simon Richard also won the MVP award for a second year in a row.<\/p>\n<p>Simon had to come out of the final game with a few minutes left because of a nose bleed. 16 year old Mason came in with seamless defense to help secure the victory.<\/p>\n<p>Tarah Sawler, 17 of Nova Scotia, played with Quebec last weekend. They made it to the semi-finals, losing to Ontario, and losing their bronze medal game with\u00a0BC. Tarah played very well\u00a0and at 17 years old, she has a bright future in the sport.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to all of the athletes at coaches who participated! On the \u00a0men&#8217;s side: 1st NS, 2nd BC, 3rd QC. Women: 1st ON Harlequins, 2nd ON Thistles, 3rd BC.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ns-gold-mp-stephane-lauzon-2016.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-249\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ns-gold-mp-stephane-lauzon-2016-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"NS men win gold sr nationals 2016\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ns-gold-mp-stephane-lauzon-2016-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ns-gold-mp-stephane-lauzon-2016.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/simon-nat-mvp-2016.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/simon-nat-mvp-2016-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Simon Richard MVP 2016\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/simon-nat-mvp-2016-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/simon-nat-mvp-2016.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Quebec City,\u00a0Nova Scotia men&#8217;s team began day 3 of the Canadian Senior National Goalball Championships \u00a0by winning 6 to 1 over Alberta in the semi-finals. British Columbia be Quebec 4 to 1 in the other semi match,\u00a0This would\u00a0set the stage for Nova Scotia to defend their title as top national team in the fast-growing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/?p=248\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ns men snatch gold 2nd year in a row at Canada 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\/248"}],"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=248"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":255,"href":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248\/revisions\/255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}