From the creator Lindsey Sparkes Communications and Events Coordinator

Sport E-Focus May/June 2012 Sport NB 900 Hanwell Road Suite 13 Fredericton NB

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Staff Executive Director Darcy McKillop Communications and Events Coordinator Lindsey Sparkes Program Coordinator Sally Chamberlain Publications Coordinator Noreen Wetmore Accounting Dan Pederson

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The Sport NB office is very busy this summer with many of our tenants entering their peak season. We are very excited to have Special Olympics NB as a new tenant, Josh and Mallory are great to have! Sport NB is very excited to be hosting it’s first Multi Sport Camp as a fundraiser for KidSport NB. You can read more about it by checking out this edition of E-Sport Focus

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Ringette New Brunswick and Fredericton Youth Ringette are thrilled to announce that the 2013 Canadian Ringette Championships will be held in Fredericton from March 31 – April 6, 2013. Up to 50 teams from across Canada will converge on the capital city to compete in the U16, U19 and National Ringette League levels. All games will be played at the Grant-Harvey complex as well as the Willie O’Ree Arena. Additional events will be taking place in conjunction with the Championships to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the invention of the sport of Ringette. A true Canadian sport, ringette was developed by Sam Jacks in Thunder Bay, ON in 1963. It is now played by tens of thousands of people in Canada, and in several other countries around the world.

Baseball NB is proud to announce its first ever Pitch, Hit and Learn Baseball Camp, which is a one day event focusing on skill develop-ment in the areas of pitching and hitting. This camp is geared toward players from the ages of 9 through 13. The camp will take place on Wednesday July 25th, 2012 in Fredericton at Royals Field. It will run from 9:00am to 4:00pm with half of the day focusing on pitching techniques and skills which will be lead by none other than New Brunswick’s own Jason Dickson, former Major Leaguer, MLB All-star and Olympian. The final half of the camp will be capitalizing on hitting techniques and drills lead by two times NB Senior League All-star and 2011 NB Senior League Batting Champion, Dave Barr. All players wishing to attend our Pitch, Hit and Learn Camp must pre-register by completing a registration form provided below with a $10 registration fee payable to Baseball NB on or before Friday July 20th, 2012. Registration includes a free cleat bag and lunch. http://baseballnb.ca/en/home/238-pitch-hit-and-learn

RINGETTE NB athletes awarded SCHOLARSHIP Ringette NB is and has always been very proud and supportive of all its mem-

bership. Through this wonderful sport, dedicated athletes, officials and vol-

unteers have excelled. The sport has also permitted them to acquired skills

and qualities that serve them on different life experiences, to become active

members in our society and even leaders. Based on this, Ringette NB is proud

to offer a scholarship program to its members. With this scholarship pro-

gram, RNB is able to further support its members; especially the young

adults who will be graduating and moving on to bigger challenges with

promising beginnings and a very bright future ahead of them. That being

said, for the 2011-12 scholarship awards, RNB is very proud to announce the

2 recipients of the amount of $1,032.50 /each and the 2 recipients of the

amount of $250.00/each. They are: Julie Auffrey – from the Memramcook

Ringette Association; Cassandra Davidson – from the Riverview Ringette

Association; Chantal King- from the Atlantic Attack; Annie Gautreau- from

the Atlantic Attack. Congratulations as well to Cassandra Davidson of River-

view for winning the Agnes Jacks scholarship and Mallory Ross of Miramichi

for winning the Cara Brown scholarships awarded by Ringette Canada for the

amount of $1000 each.

To all winners: Best of luck in your future plans!!!

Baton New Brunswick recently chose it's Junior and Senior Athlete of the year. The winners were: Junior Athlete of the Year/Athlète junior de l'année: Victoria Robichaud, Les Étincelles Senior Athlete of the Year / Athlète sénior de l'année: Monica Boudreau, Club Baton Atlantik They are shown in the picture with Baton New Brunswick's presi-dent, Nadine LeBelle-Déjario, présidente de Bâton Nouveau-Brunswick

ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATE | Football New Brunswick Football New Brunswick has appointed a new President; Lisa Harlow. Lisa is 27 years old and works in Human Resources. She has been involved with football for 16 years and brings experience from coaching, playing, admini-stration, and officiating. She was a part of Team Canada that brought home a silver medal at the IFAF World Championships in 2010. Prior to becoming President, Lisa served on the Board of Directors for four years. Coming into this role, Lisa's main goals are to increase the number of opportunities for coaching development and program offerings, as well as participation in all disciplines of football. Olivier Eddie is the new Executive Director. He joins us with 7 years of playing and coaching experience at Mount Allison University and is currently an MBA Sports Management candidate at UNB. He is passionate about growing and improving the football experience and accessibility across the province. We also welcome Justin Richard and Emma Hicks as Program Managers. Justin is a born and raised resident of Sackville, New Brunswick. He has over 10 years of playing experience and is currently a CIS linebacker; he also has many years of coaching experience through camps. Justin is studying at Mount Alli-son University. Emma is a Fredericton resident and she brings a great back-ground in Physical Education teaching. She is also a talented athlete as she currently plays linebacker in the Women's football league. Emma is a Master's candidate in Kinesiol-ogy at UNB.

SUMMER FOOTBALL CAMPS | Football New Bruns-wick Athletes will learn fundamental football skills in a competitive and fun environment in three-day football camps. Registration can be done online through the minor association websites: Moncton – August 7-9 – monctonfootball.ca Fredericton – August 7-9 – capitalareaminorfootball.pointstreaksites.com Saint John – August 13-15 – fundyminorfootball.com

U18 TEAM NEW BRUNSWICK GOING TO THE CANADA CUP | Football New Brunswick Provincial coaches have selected 40 players to be a part of the U18 team. Af-

ter playing exhibition games with Nova Scotia and Quebec, this team will

compete in the Football Canada Cup (FCC) in London, Ontario from July 14-

23, 2012. Seven provinces will be represented at the tournament this year to

compete for the under-18 national tackle football championships. The FCC is

the premier pre-university football tournament in Canada, with CIS Rookie of

the Year recipients and future CFL and NFL players coming through the pro-

gram. New Brunswick has not sent a team to this tournament since 2002, and

we are pleased to be able to offer this opportunity to our young elite athletes

once again.

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