A fantastic Chronicle Herald profile of stellar Nova Scotian goalball athlete, and Blind Sports NS Chair, Peter Parsons! We love seeing parasport and its athletes getting mainstream attention like this.
“I used to think, when I was 40, oh, maybe I have two years left, maybe I have five years left,” says Parsons. “But I’ve stopped doing that. I think I was putting a time limit on myself because that’s kind of what the norm is. But now I’m 45 and I’ve just decided to stop saying that. I’ll basically keep playing until I don’t enjoy it anymore.” – Peter Parsons
Now’s your chance to keep Blind Sports Nova Scotia programs going through Sport Split, a province-wide multi-sport online 50/50 draw to help teams, clubs and organizations raise funds in partnership with Sport Nova Scotia.
Tickets are just 3 for $5, 10 for $10, 30 for $20 and 100 for $50, until Friday, Dec 31st at 6pm. The draw takes place the following day at 10am. The November winner snagged $10,222.50!
Any resident of Nova Scotia who is 19 years of age or older is eligible. to purchase tickets.
We could all use a bit of good news right now and we’ve sure got you covered there. Blind Sports NS is beyond proud to say that three, yes three, Nova Scotians have been named as part of Canada’s national men’s goalball team pool!
The newest addition is Nick Gentleman and returning to the team pool are Peter Parsons & Mason Smith.
A massive congratulations to all of the athletes on your hard work and accomplishments! Visit the link for all the juicy details
Blind Sports NS Chair, as well as goalball athlete & coach, Peter Parsons joined the show to talk, with his usual passion, about how we’re handling the impact of Covid-19 on our organization as well as the hopeful plan to return to play this fall. Check out the show, available at the following links. Peter is on around the 23-minute point.
Did you know Canadian Blind Hockey has a podcast? Better yet, episode 6 is all about the blind hockey boom here in Atlantic Canada. Friends of Blind Sports NS, Jillian and Simon, share fond memories, their contributions, and hopes for the future of the sport. Check it out!! Check it out HERE!
Congratulations to this year’s Blind Sports Nova Scotia #Support4Sportwinners!!
Nova Scotia Junior Boys Goalball Team – Team of the Year and OVERALL Finalists!!
Linda MacRae Triff- Coach of the Year
Shams Hamad – Junior Female Athlete of the Year
Mason Smith – Junior Male Athlete of the Year
Peter Parsons – Senior Male Athlete of the Year Jeff Sawler – Official of the Year
Tarah Sawler – Senior Female Athlete of the Year
Cathy Sawler – Volunteer of the Year
Blind Sports Nova Scotia‘s own Junior Boys Goalball team are a finalist for Team of the Year, along with the Nova Scotia 17U Selects baseball team! This is big news because this is the first time that we have had a team, athlete, coach, official or volunteer make it as a finalist.
The NS Junior Boys Goalball Team team, consists of Mason Smith, Nick Gentleman, Matt Gentleman and Griffin Hiltz. The boys won the gold medal at the 2019 Canadian Junior Goalball Championships, was held last April and it was the second straight year the NS Junior boys won junior nationals. They also won at home in 2018. Alex Angus MacEachen played on the 2018 team that won Nova Scotia’s first ever junior national title. Also, it’s exciting to note that we celebrated double gold last year with our junior girls team winning gold.
It is with very sad and heavy hearts that we share news of the passing of Nancy Morin. Our condolences go out to her family and those closest to her. Nancy will be fondly remembered as a friend & mentor and accomplished goalball athlete who consistently demonstrated genuine sportsmanship.
She will be greatly missed, but never forgotten, by the Blind Sports Nova Scotia family and all those whose lives she touched through sport and beyond. May you rest easy, Nancy.
Learn all about Nancy’s accomplishments in representing Canada on the world’s goalball court here.
The photos below are from 2017, when Nancy joined the NS Women’s goalball team to form Nova-Q. Nancy was key in the team capturing silver at the annual tournament in Michigan. Nancy and her legendary shot also helped Nova-Q win the first ever medal at Goalball Nationals for Nova Scotia women in 2017. At 2017 Goalball Nationals, she also assistant-coached the Nova Scotia men’s team, securing double-bronze for Nova Scotia, another first.
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