Nova Scotia boys capture silver at 2016 Canadian Junior Goalball Championships! The girls played hard throughout the whole tournament and placed fourth. GO NOVA SCOTIA GO!
Congratulations to all who played, coached, refereed, volunteered!
Here’s the full day 2 update and final results:
In the first game of the day our boys beat BC 11-1 in the semis. Our girls lost 7-2 to BC in the semis. Our boys lost their first game of the tournament to Ontario 13-3 in the gold medal game. This was the first tournament for three of our four boys and we are very proud of the tournament we had. The girls played really hard and lost a close game 8-6 against Ontario in the bronze medal game. They played really hard the entire game.
Junior Goalball Nationals 2016 Day 1 Update: Our boys started off with a 14-6 win over Quebec. They then beat BC 13-3. The boys’ last game of the day was against Ontario, Nova Scotia boys took that game 9-4 to come in first place after the round robin. The boys play the first game of the day tomorrow against BC in the 1 vs. 4 semi at 11:30 Atlantic Time. The boys final will be at 4:30 Atlantic Time.
Our girls had their toughest game of the day in their first game. They lost to Alberta 13-3. In their second game, the girls beat BC 7-6. In the girls’ final game of the day, they took on Ontario and won 11-10 to finish in second place after the round robin. We play BC tomorrow in the 2 vs. 3 semi at 2:00 Atlantic Time. The girls bronze medal game is at 3:40 Atlantic Time and the gold medal is at 5:20 Atlantic Time. GO NOVA SCOTIA GO!
We’re proud to announce Nova Scotia’s boys and girls goalball teams are in Alberta this weekend to represent at the 2016 Canadian National Junior Goalball Championships! Check us out on Facebook for updates and results. Click here to watch & listen LIVE!
This is the first time in Nova Scotia history we have a junior boys team on the roster and third year having a girls team. We are one of only three provinces to have both junior boys and junior girls teams.
First game is at 12:20 Atlantic time, with our boys taking on Quebec. Here’s today’s Schedule:
boys 12:20pm Quebec vs Nova Scotia
girls 2:00pm Alberta vs Nova Scotia
boys 3:40pm British Columbia vs Nova Scotia
girls 5:20pm British Columbia vs Nova Scotia
boys 6:10pm Ontario vs Nova Scotia
girls 7:50pm Ontario vs Nova Scotia
Join us for great deals and good times at the annual CCB Blind Sports NS Charity Auction! This fun evening is in support of blind and visually impaired athletes of all ages & skill levels! Just $5 for your auction paddle and 1 drink ticket! WHEN: Saturday, March 19th 6pm WHERE: Dave Doolittle’s Sports Bar & Grill 90 Tacoma Dr, Dartmouth
The Nova Scotia Men won Bronze at the 2016 Montreal Open Goalball Tournament this past weekend with a convincing 7-1 victory over Alberta! Nova Scotia lost a very close 2-1 semi-final against British Columbia who went on to win gold 7-6 vs. Delaware.
Blind Sports Nova Scotia is very proud to announce that Team Nova Scotia won second at the SEGL Tournament in Finland this past weekend! The team faced tough competition from teams across Europe and only had two losses over the entire weekend!
Chris Muise wrote a wonderful article in the Community Edition of the Herald about our tournament last week. Please read the complete article at: http://bit.ly/1N2jn1h
Members of team Nova Scotia’s Senior Men’s team are off to Finland for the first time to compete in a tournament! You can watch all the games this weekend live at: : http://bit.ly/1lVVuly
USA White beat USA Red 10 – 7 to capture gold and win the Nova Scotia Open Goalball Tournament. Alberta won the bronze medal defeating Team nova Scotia in the dying seconds of the game to win 4 – 3!
Blind Sports nova Scotia would like to send out a huge thank you to all of the volunteers and sponsors who made our first open tournament possible. We’ll see you all next year when we make this tournament even bigger and better!
Join uus for the Nova Scotia Open – November 20-22nd
From Friday, November 20th through Sunday, November 22nd we will be holding the Nova Scotia Open Goalball Tournament at Citadel High School in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Some of the top Goalball teams from across North America will be attending, including: Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and the United States Paralympic and development teams! Nova Scotia will be will represented at the tournament with our Senior men, women and junior teams participating. Come out and watch some world class Goalball at this FREE event!
Here are the details:
Where:
Citadel High School
1855 Trollope St, Halifax, NS
When:
Friday, November 20th – 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM.
Saturday, November 21st – 8:00 AM – 8:30 PM.
Sunday, November 22nd – Semi-finals/Medals! – 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
