Category Archives: Update
Senior Men’s Goalball Team wins Silver at Nationals!
Congratulations to our Senior Men’s Goalball Team for winning Silver at the 2014 Canadian Senior Goalball Nationals in Calgary Alberta! The final Gold medal game was a very close 2-1 loss to British Columbia. The game was tied 1-1 through 2 full halves, 2 Overtime periods and was finally decided with one-one Penalty shots.
Please read the full article in The Chronicle Herald.
We’re very proud of all our Men, Women, Juniors and Coaches for a phenomenal year!
Game Schedule for this weekend!
Watch online or come out and watch live if you’re in Calgary!
We’re playing at:
Calgary French and International School
700 – 77 Street SW
Date | Time (Cal) | Time (Atlan) | Gym | Game |
Fri, Apr 25th | 6:55PM | 9:55 PM | 1 | NS Men vs. Ontario |
Fri, Apr 25th | 7:50 PM | 10:50 PM | 1 | NS Women vs. BC |
Sat, Apr 26th | 9:25 AM | 12:25 PM | 1 | NS Men vs. Quebec |
Sat, Apr 26th | 10:20 AM | 1:20 PM | 2 | NS Women vs. Ontario |
Sat, Apr 26th | 11:15 AM | 2:15 PM | 1 | NS Men vs. BC 1 |
Sat, Apr 26th | 12:45 PM | 3:45 PM | 2 | NS Women vs. Quebec |
Sat, Apr 26th | 1:40 PM | 4:40 PM | 1 | NS Men vs. BC 2 |
Sat, Apr 26th | 3:30 PM | 6:30 PM | 1 | NS Women Vs. Alberta |
Sat, Apr 26th | 4:25 PM | 7:25 PM | 1 | NS Men vs. Manitoba |
Sun, Apr 27th | 8:30 AM | 11:30 AM | 1 | NS Men vs. Alberta |
Sun, Apr 27th | 9:30 AM | 12:30 PM | 1 | Semi-final / Medal Games start |
We’re off to Calgary for Goalball Nationals!
Both our Senior Men and Women’s teams are off to Calgary this weekend for the Canadian Goalball Nationals. The games will be streamed live on ustream.com this Friday evening, all day Saturday and Sunday.
We’ll also be updating our twitter account @BlindSportsNS throughout the weekend.
Support Team Inspire in the Bluenose Marathon
Blind Sports Nova Scotia is a part of the 2014 Bluenose Marathon Charity Challenge.
Please help us reach our $6,000.00 fund-raising goal and support Team Inspire today!
Juniors finish firth in their first Tournament!
We’re very proud of our girls Junior Goalball team finishing 5th in their first Junior Nationals tournament in Brantford, Ontario!
Nova Scotia’s first ever Junior Goalball team is in their first year of competition, only forming this past fall and scored several goals against the top Alberta and British Columbia teams!
Please read the full news article. Awesome job girls!!
Trivia Night April 14th at Freeman’s Little New York (Fairview location)
Put your thinking caps on and please join us for a very fun Trivia night at Freeman’s Little New York on Monday, April 14th!
WHEN: Monday, April 14th, 2014, 7-9 PM
WHERE: Freeman’s Little New York (3671 Dutch Village Road, Halifax)
TICKETS: $10 each at the door
There will be:
- 50/50 Draw and Prizes
- Discounts on Wings and Buy one, Get one Free Steak Dinner.
All proceeds go towards Blind Sports Nova Scotia.
Thank you!!
A huge thank you from everyone at Blind Sports Nova Scotia goes out to all the great local companies who donated and everyone who attended our auction this past Saturday! With your help we raised $5,000 for Blind Sports Nova Scotia!
Your support is greatly appreciated for our Goalball/Junior Goalball, Tandem Biking, Yoga and Judo programs.
Nova Scotia Men Dominate the Montreal Open Winning Gold!
The Nova Scotia Men’s team dominates in convincing fashion to capture Gold at the Montreal Open Goalball tournament, January 25th and 26th, 2014 in Montreal Quebec. The team disappointed all challengers by not allowing a single goal to be scored against them during the tournament! We stopped counting but are told the final tally was 30 – 0 for team Nova Scotia! Great job boys!
Please read The Chronicle Herald article.
Another Golden Weekend in Michigan!
The Nova Scotia Men’s team captured 1st place and the Gold medal at the 30th Annual USABA Midwest Regional Goalball Tournament in Warren, Michigan this past weekend. They defeated Florida 5 – 1 in the final. (watch the game on YouTube.)
The Women’s team also had a phenomenal weekend winning their first two games ever in in tournament competition!
We’re very proud of all of our athletes!
Please read The Chronicle Herald article.