May 2019 Newsletter

President’s Message

In the month of April, we had the many Alberta winners in the tournaments: • Congratulation to Ammar Alkawarit and Nasir Uddin for winning the ADSA’s badminton tournament on April 13-14. • Congratulation to Team Canada Men’s team secured the Division B Championships by beating Florida by 18 points at the USA Deaf Basketball National Tournament in Indianapolis, Indiana. • Congratulation to Brent Novodorski for winning the Alberta Powerlifting competitions. • Congratulation to Lehman Drew and Kyle Badree for winning the silver medal in the Men’s doubles pickleball tournament in St. Albert.

ADSA‘s AGM and Board of Directors meetings went very well last Saturday. • Prepare the proposals for CDSA’s AGM in Winnipeg on June 14-15, 2019. • Prepare the grant proposal for Long-Term Athletes Development (LTAD) program for youth athletes. • Sponsor the program ads in the support of George Stothart for Alberta Hall of Fame banquet in Red Deer. • Modified a bit on the ADSA Membership form based on Alberts Connection (ASC) requirements. • Revised to improve the ADSA’s sponsorship criteria. • Work with CDSA’s finance assistance to assist 7 ASD students to participate the 2019 Rocky Mountain Wrestling Camp in Jasper, AB this July.

In order to participate the 2019 Canadian Deaf Golf Championships (2019 CDGC) in Richmond, BC on July 22-25, 2019, the Alberta golfers are required to participate the ADGC’s Spring Golf Tournament first at Wetaskiwin, AB on June 22, 2019 to qualify for trip with ADSA’s financial assistance to 2019 CDGC. The on-line registration is still open. Come and have fun golfing!

Grant

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Table of Contents ADSA Annual Badminton Tournament...... 3 Team Canada Women’s ...... 4 Team Canada Basketball ...... 5 ADSA Highlight: Brent Novodorski ...... 6 ADPC Highlights...... 7 ADGC Spring Golf Tournament Flyer ...... 8 CDSA Curling Funspiel ...... 9 Canadian Deaf Pickleball Championships Flyer ...... 10 World Deaf Curling Championships Logo Competition ...... 11 May Calendar ...... 12 June Calendar ...... 13

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2 ADSA Annual Badminton Tournament ADSA had its Annual Badminton Tournament with a total of 8 teams. All proceeds went to fundraising for the 2020 Canada Deaf Games. Thank you for all those who participated!

1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place

Ammar Alkawarit Brooklyn Wilson Demar Bailey-Morrison Nasir Uddin Megan King David Schneider

3 Team Canada Women’s Curling Team Canada Women’s Curling was in Morris, Manitoba to train at the official National Deaf Curling Training Centre in preparation for the upcoming 2019 Winter in Italy. ADSA is very proud of our very own Alberta curlers, Holly Jamieson, Nyla Kurylowich and Solly Korol with their perseverance and hard work!

4 Team Canada Basketball

At the USA Deaf Basketball National Tournament in Indianapolis, Indiana, our Team Canada Men’s Basketball team secured the Division B Championships by beating Florida by 18 points. Congratulations to the team especially our Alberta players, Troy Meier and Rahul Vishwakarma.

5 ADSA Highlight: Brent Novodorski ADSA would like to congratulate Brent Novodorski, a powerlifter who is making waves in the Alberta Powerlifting competitions. He won first place with a total of 575 kg – 207.5 kg squats, 127.5 kg bench press and 240 kg deadlifts.

He came 20 kg short of qualifying for the nationals on his first try! What an amazing achievement and we look forward to his growth in this sport. Congratulations!

6 ADPC Highlights

7 ADGC Spring Golf Tournament Flyer

8 CDSA Curling Funspiel

9 Canadian Deaf Pickleball Championships Flyer

10 World Deaf Curling Championships Logo Competition

11 May Calendar

May Calendar

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01 02 03 04 Pickleball Seniors Program Calgary Pickleball Canada Deaf Games 630p-830p Activities 7pm to 9pm 2020 Committee 630pm to 830pm at Meeting at ASD Rosscarrock ASD Community Centre 05 06 07 08 09 10 11

Pickleball Seniors Program Pickleball Calgary Pickleball 630p-830p Activities 7pm to 9pm 630p-830p 630pm to 830pm at at ASD Rosscarrock at ASD ASD Community Centre

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pickleball Pickleball Seniors Program Calgary Pickleball

630p-830p 630p-830p Activities 7pm to 9pm 630pm to 830pm at at ASD at ASD Rosscarrock ASD Community Centre

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Pickleball Seniors Program Calgary Pickleball

630p-830p Activities 7pm to 9pm 630pm to 830pm at Rosscarrock at ASD ASD Community Centre

26 27 28 29 30 31 Pickleball Pickleball Calgary Pickleball 630p-830p 630p-830p 7pm to 9pm Rosscarrock at ASD at ASD Community Centre

12 June Calendarune Calendar

June Calendar SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

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02 03 04 05 06 07 08 Calgary Pickleball 7pm to 9pm Rosscarrock Community Centre

09 10 11 12 13 14 15 Calgary Pickleball Canadian Deaf 7pm to 9pm Rosscarrock Funspiel at Community Centre Morris, MB

CDSA AGM CDSA AGM Winnipeg, MB Winnipeg, MB 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Calgary Pickleball Canadian Deaf ADGC Spring Golf 7pm to 9pm Tournament at Funspiel at Rosscarrock Westaskiwin, AB Morris, MB Community Centre

23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Calgary Pickleball 7pm to 9pm Rosscarrock Community Centre 30

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