March 2011
Board of Directors
• Executive Committee
President: John Byl
Vice-President: Helen Downey
Treasurer: Bob Alderson
Members At Large
Diane Lourenco Doug Parry
Peter Rumble
• Board of Directors
Lori CooperAl CraigMichael Hall
Dave KiselBob Krouse
Jim LamontangeDebbie LaPierreCathie MillerOlga PavlovichBill Urie
Breakfast of Champions
• Honouring nearly 500 people– Provincial Champions in a
recognized provincial organization
– Canadian Champions representing a provincial organization
– Representing Canada internationally having qualified to be on the national team • Proudly sponsored by
Carmen’s and Pearson-Dunn
Breakfast of Champions (con’t)
• Speakers Angela James (inducted into Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame) and Bryce Davison (Canadian Champion Figure Skater).
Volunteer Banquet
Lead organization assisting with the banquet; specifically with the awards selection and presentations
Assisted with speaker honorarium for Right to Play—Clara Hughes
Banquet (con’t)
Other Annual Awards Throughout the Year
• R. A. Riddell Sport Academy Award– Awarded to a Sport Academy student
who exemplifies leadership and commitment within the R.A. Riddell school community, and who has consistently demonstrated personal growth in their athletic and academic accomplishments
• Mary Keyes Award– Awarded annually to a female high school student in an inner
city school to attend the Olympic Academy
Other Awards (con’t)
• Dr. Gene Sutton Award– Providing funds for one female student to
attend the Ontario Olympic Youth Academy
• Online educational program:– It further ensures your commitment to your number 1 priority--safety for
participants – It provides your stakeholders with the tools to deal with:
• Abuse (Physical, Sexual, Emotional) • Emotional Maltreatment • Neglect • Bullying & Harassment • Legal and moral responsibilities
– It helps your organization, staff and volunteers to mitigate liability – It provides a proactive Risk Management Program for your front-line – Through education, it helps retain recreation leaders, coaches, officials and
volunteers by making them less vulnerable and more confident in dealing with sensitive issues
– It makes a values based statement on behalf of your organization to ALL stakeholders
– We have nearly 400 licences—please contact us if you wish to use some.
Educational Evenings
• Long Term Athlete Development with Steve Lidstone from McMaster
• Respect in Sport with Holly Abraham from Respect in Sport
Educational Evenings (con’t)
• Healthy Snacks Toolkit– Healthy Living Division
City of Hamilton– Becky Keller—Three
time Olympic gold medal winner (Women’s Hockey)
– Matthew Greenwood—Ontario Soccer Association
Educational Evenings (con’t)
Hamilton Accessibility Sport Council
• Formative meetings to get folks together, develop a constitution, and plan a formative meeting
• April 17, in the afternoon, Ready, Willing, and Able, at Huntington Park
• Received $2,500 from ParaSport Ontario• Looking into possibility of hosting Summer
Games
Web Site
• www.sporthamilton.com
• Web site visits
Other Initiatives
• Homeless Baseball—Help acquire equipment
• Ancaster Toyota bursary for inner city children to attend Hamilton Gymnastics Academy
• Assist the Hamilton Sport Hall of Fame in their selection of Hall of Famers
Other Initiatives in the Past
• Gained a grant throught the Ministry of Health Promotion to run an inner city soccer league for one year
• Assisted with various bids like Pan Am Games
• Assisted with the Ontario Elite Gymnastics Meet held in Hamilton
Other Initiatives
• Sport and non-sport members of any town, city or village of any size across the country are able to use good sport intentionally to live the True Sport principles
• Members of a True Sport community believe that good sport can make a big difference.
• The True Sport tips and tools will allow communities to actively pursue the True Sport Principles and create a healthy, fair, inclusive and fun sport atmosphere
• We were recognized with an award (2007) as a leading True Sport community in Canada—reviving momentum
Thank you tothe City of Hamilton for supporting us in
our joint workof promoting Sport for All!
Upcoming Events
• April 26: AGM—Redeemer University College—room 220 (6:30pm dinner, 7:00pm AGM)
• September: Sport Extravaganza• September 28: Volunteer Sport Banquet
– Nominations can be made online soon at the SportHamilton website
• December 5: Breakfast of Champions– Championship teams can already register online at
the SportHamilton website
• Educational Evenings to be announced