{"id":788,"date":"2019-05-13T16:51:08","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T16:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/?p=788"},"modified":"2019-05-13T17:53:37","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T17:53:37","slug":"2019-canadian-senior-national-goalball-championships-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/?p=788","title":{"rendered":"2019 Canadian Senior National Goalball Championships Wrap-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Three days, 10 teams from across Canada, thirty-six games, and one incredible weekend of goalball!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_789\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-789\" style=\"width: 3245px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-GOALBALL-CHAMPS-ALL.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-789 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-GOALBALL-CHAMPS-ALL.jpeg\" alt=\"Group photo of all medal winners &amp; coaches\" width=\"3245\" height=\"1790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-GOALBALL-CHAMPS-ALL.jpeg 3245w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-GOALBALL-CHAMPS-ALL-300x165.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-GOALBALL-CHAMPS-ALL-1024x565.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-GOALBALL-CHAMPS-ALL-672x372.jpeg 672w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3245px) 100vw, 3245px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-789\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All 2019 medal winners &amp; coaches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Canadian Senior National Goalball Championships were held in Halifax May 10 to 12 for the 5th time in the competition\u2019s 43 year history.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For the third yea run a row, the Nova Scotia men\u2019s team captured\u00a0bronze in the final against Quebec, Alberta secured silver, and British Columbia won gold.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_790\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-790\" style=\"width: 3870px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-GOALBALL-CHAMPS-MEN.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-790\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-GOALBALL-CHAMPS-MEN.jpeg\" alt=\"2019 all medal winners Men\" width=\"3870\" height=\"1404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-GOALBALL-CHAMPS-MEN.jpeg 3870w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-GOALBALL-CHAMPS-MEN-300x109.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-GOALBALL-CHAMPS-MEN-1024x371.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3870px) 100vw, 3870px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-790\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2019 all medal winners Men<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_793\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-793\" style=\"width: 3735px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-NS-MEN-BRONZE-GOALBALL-NATIONALS.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-793\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-NS-MEN-BRONZE-GOALBALL-NATIONALS.jpeg\" alt=\"Nova Scotia 1 with &amp; coaches 2019 bronze medal winners\" width=\"3735\" height=\"2381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-NS-MEN-BRONZE-GOALBALL-NATIONALS.jpeg 3735w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-NS-MEN-BRONZE-GOALBALL-NATIONALS-300x191.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-NS-MEN-BRONZE-GOALBALL-NATIONALS-1024x653.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3735px) 100vw, 3735px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nova Scotia 1 with &amp; coaches 2019 bronze medal winners<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On the women\u2019s side, Ontario All Blacks defeated Alberta in a tight match to win 1st place at least the 10th year in a row. In the east versus west bronze medal game, British Columbia won over Nova Scotia with a score of 4 to 2.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/?page_id=786\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Detailed games\u00a0results and team rosters.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_791\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-791\" style=\"width: 3426px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-GOALBALL-CHAMPS-WOMEN.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-791\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-GOALBALL-CHAMPS-WOMEN.jpeg\" alt=\"2019 all medal winners women\" width=\"3426\" height=\"1428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-GOALBALL-CHAMPS-WOMEN.jpeg 3426w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-GOALBALL-CHAMPS-WOMEN-300x125.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-GOALBALL-CHAMPS-WOMEN-1024x427.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3426px) 100vw, 3426px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2019 all medal winners women<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nova Scotia\u2019s Nick Gentlemen, a student at Citadel High where the competition as held, received this year\u2019s Spirit Award. This honour is awarded to the athlete who most demonstrates great sportsmanship and love for the game.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_792\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-792\" style=\"width: 2643px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-GOALBALL-SPIRIT-AWARD-NICK-GENTLEMEN-NS.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-792\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-GOALBALL-SPIRIT-AWARD-NICK-GENTLEMEN-NS.jpeg\" alt=\"Nova Scotia's Nick Gentlemen with Spirit Award 2019\" width=\"2643\" height=\"3112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-GOALBALL-SPIRIT-AWARD-NICK-GENTLEMEN-NS.jpeg 2643w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-GOALBALL-SPIRIT-AWARD-NICK-GENTLEMEN-NS-255x300.jpeg 255w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-GOALBALL-SPIRIT-AWARD-NICK-GENTLEMEN-NS-870x1024.jpeg 870w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2643px) 100vw, 2643px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nova Scotia&#8217;s Nick Gentlemen with Spirit Award 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We congratulate everyone who competed &amp; coached this weekend and we\u2019re beyond grateful for the continued support of the dedicated community of officials, volunteers, organizing committee, and spectators.<\/p>\n<p>The competition was hosted by Blind Sports Nova Scotia, in partnership with Canadian Blind Sports, and would not have been possible without the following generous contributors:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/accel-physio.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-798\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/govt-canada-logo.png\" alt=\"Government of Canada Logo\" width=\"265\" height=\"63\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/govt-canada-logo.png 470w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/govt-canada-logo-300x71.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/NS-Gov-Logo-2016-Bilingual-3Col-002.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-796\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/NS-Gov-Logo-2016-Bilingual-3Col-002.jpg\" alt=\"Government of Nova Scotia Logo \" width=\"283\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/NS-Gov-Logo-2016-Bilingual-3Col-002.jpg 1814w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/NS-Gov-Logo-2016-Bilingual-3Col-002-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/NS-Gov-Logo-2016-Bilingual-3Col-002-1024x515.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/accel-physio.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-794\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/accel-physio.jpg\" alt=\"Accel Physiotherapy &amp; Sport Performance logo\" width=\"186\" height=\"79\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/accel-physio.jpg 1054w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/accel-physio-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/accel-physio-1024x433.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/accel-physio-1038x446.jpg 1038w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/accessible-media.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-795\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/accessible-media.jpg\" alt=\"Accessible Media Inc logo\" width=\"168\" height=\"137\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/lord-nelson.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-799\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/lord-nelson.png\" alt=\"Lord Nelson Hotel &amp; Suites\" width=\"289\" height=\"66\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Media:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/5268864\/goalball-nova-scotia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Goalball championships a chance for Nova Scotia athletes to showcase skills at home<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechronicleherald.ca\/sports\/other-sports\/ontario-takes-it-all-at-national-goalball-championships-in-halifax-310968\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Ontario takes it all at national goalball championships in Halifax<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three days, 10 teams from across Canada, thirty-six games, and one incredible weekend of goalball!\u00a0 Canadian Senior National Goalball Championships were held in Halifax May 10 to 12 for the 5th time in the competition\u2019s 43 year history.\u00a0 For the third yea run a row, the Nova Scotia men\u2019s team captured\u00a0bronze in the final against &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/?p=788\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2019 Canadian Senior National Goalball Championships Wrap-Up<\/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\/788"}],"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=788"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":807,"href":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788\/revisions\/807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blindsportsnovascotia.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}