We’re trying to up-to-date on the all the Rio 2016 Paralympic action, especially goalball! Yesterday, the Canadian men took the first goalball win, beating Germany 5 to 7. The Canadian women’s goalball team beat Ukraine 3 to 2 today. Unfortunately, the goalball live stream is not working, but you can find the schedule & results here : https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/goalball

Follow games live with play-by-play with the Rio 2016 app.

Day 1 Highlights: 
morning – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuPwjm9g9jI
evening – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNoCsaiuHtk

Blind Sports NS congratulates Simon Richard on his upcoming Paralympic debut in Rio! He has played with the Nova Scotia men’s goalball team, contributing to their many successes. Simon is an exceptional and beyond driven athlete. The countdown to Rio 2016 is on! Go Canada Go!!

Link to news story – Simon Richard of Dieppe headed to Paralympics for goalball

VOTE FOR BLIND SPORTS NOVA SCOTIA
We entered a video into the Support4Sport Grow Your Sport Contest. We have been selected as one of the 10 finalists and have a chance to win the grand prize of $10,000 CAD. You can help our chances of winning by voting and asking everyone you know to vote for us through the website at www.growyourgame.ca.

Voting starts TODAY at 9:00 a.m. Atlantic Time and ends on September 12, 2016 at 11:59pm A.T. There is a strict limit of ONE vote per person, per day. Please vote, share, and spread the word about this chance to help us grow goalball, along with recreational and competitive sport for Nova Scotians with vision loss. Thank you for your support! 

Thanks to CBC Nova Scotia for helping us get the word out about the Tandem Bike Club.

The response has been phenomenal and will help us grow the tandem bike club as well as recreational opportunities in the community! We received 22 messages within 24 hours of the article being published from people wanting to volunteer. Amazing.

A volunteer pilot orientation date is coming soon and we are beyond grateful for all of the support.

Link to news story – Volunteers needed to tandem cycle with people with vision loss

Nova Scotia’s own Terry Kelly teams up with the Halifax School for the Blind Janus Band for a once in a lifetime reunion show!

Featuring: John Greer, Terry Main, Paul English, Mike Day, Alfred Larter, Bill Livingston, Huey Rhyno, Barry Abbott, and special guest Tarah Sawler

Funds raised support Blind Sports Nova Scotia and the APSEA Auxilliary, providing students with special toys and adaptive materials to enhance development of their sensory, motor and communication skills.

Saturday, October 15th
Celebration from 7pm to Midnight
APSEA Cafeteria 5940 South Street, 2nd building

Tickets are only $10 with a cash bar
Silent Auction Included
For advanced ticket sales call Patsy
902 429 3785 / auxiliary@apsea.ca
or Peter 902-404-5263 / info@blindsportsnovascotia.ca

Check out the Facebook Event Page

JANUS BAND CONCERT POSTER 2016   P D F

On behalf of Blind Golf Canada, we would like to introduce you to the Western Canadian Blind Golf Association (WCBGA), the Nova Scotia Blind Golf Association (NSBGA), and the Ontario Visually-Impaired Golfers (OVIG)!

The WCBGA, NSBGA, and OVIG are to Blind Golf Canada what the Webb.com tour is to the PGA tour! At this level, our goal is to develop new blind golfers and promote competitive golf along with true sportsmanship amongst Canada’s blind and partially sighted community! For those who are eligible based on their visual acuities and wishing to play at a national and/or international level, Blind Golf Canada is a member country of the IBGA tour and is also an option for you!

The Nova Scotia League for Equal Opportunities and the Blind Sports NS Tandem Bike Club invites you, your friends, and family, to join us again at this year’s Picnic at the Oval! We’ll have tandem bikes and experienced pilots on hand for a spin around the Oval, there will be a BBQ, and other fun events!
When: Saturday, August 6, 2016
11:00 AM- 2:00 PM
Where: The Emera Oval, on the commons
Sighted guides and sign language interpreters on site
Thanks to the City of Halifax & the Nova Scotia Disabled Persons Commission for making this event possible!

Congratulations, Simon Richard, centre for Nova Scotia’s men’s goalball team,  on being selected to represent Canada at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games! (articles in French only)

Simon Richard participera aux Jeux paralympiques de Rio 

Goalball: Simon Richard est confirmé aux Jeux paralympiques de Rio

A fantastic article from The Casket featuring Alex Angus MacEachen, a 15-year-old from Mabou, won silver for Team Nova Scotia at the Junior Boys (20-and-Under) National Goalball Championships recently in Calgary.

MacEachen silver medallist

Check out this article about Mason Smith, Junior goalball athlete from Middleton, who was named Sport Nova Scotia’s Sport Chek Athlete of the Month for his performance at the 2016 Goalball Championships. Congrats, Mason.

Middleton teen helps provincial team secure national goalball win

In Quebec City, Nova Scotia men’s team began day 3 of the Canadian Senior National Goalball Championships  by winning 6 to 1 over Alberta in the semi-finals. British Columbia be Quebec 4 to 1 in the other semi match, This would set the stage for Nova Scotia to defend their title as top national team in the fast-growing para sport of goalball.  Nova Scotia defeated BC 8 to 0 in the 2015 gold medal match.

Nova Scotia remains on top, having beat BC 2 to 0 in another shut-out to take home gold. Nova Scotia centre Simon Richard also won the MVP award for a second year in a row.

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.

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 BC. Tarah played very well and at 17 years old, she has a bright future in the sport.

Congratulations to all of the athletes at coaches who participated! On the  men’s side: 1st NS, 2nd BC, 3rd QC. Women: 1st ON Harlequins, 2nd ON Thistles, 3rd BC.