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�� June 2008 Issue 29 Sport Nova Scotia Summer Sports Editor Cover JAMIE FERGUSON Brent Sedo Katie MacAlpine CHIEF On-and-Off the Field Writer Layout & Desktop EXECUTIVE OFFICER Sean Flinn Paula Yochoff few interesting items to consider Nova Scotia will have its chance to passed the budget for the 2008-2009 Senior Staff Aas we head into a busy summer welcome the rest of Canada to the 2011 fiscal year. Sport Nova Scotia would Chief Executive Officer sport season: Canada Winter Games. Preparations like to highlight a few that will impact Jamie Ferguson have been underway for some time the sport community. Director of Finance Olympics: now, with the 2011 Canada Games Host Healthy Living tax credit expansion: & Administration Best of luck to our Canadian athletes, Society busy laying the groundwork for The commitment to extend this tax Debbie Buckoski who will soon be competing with a successful event. credit from children only to all Nova the rest of the world at the Olympic The opportunity to host the Canada Scotians is a significant move, and not Acting Director of Public Relations Games—especially our Nova Scotian Games is an important one for our only because it requires a financial Erin Gray Olympians. The 2008 Games has a province, not only so our athletes can commitment from the province. Nova Director of Marketing chance to see the largest contingent of compete at home in front of friends Scotia continues to lead the way in this Jeff LeDrew Nova Scotia athletes ever, as part of and family, but also for the legacies area across the country. Sport really is Team Canada, for a single Olympics. Games—hosting can bring. Legacy for life and the tax credit now reflects Director of Sport Development Our congratulations go out to Lisa discussion usually centres on funding that reality. Mark Smith Ross, Oliver Bone, Paul Tingley, Ian Kent, Devin Gotell, Chelsea Gotell, “The Games represent a great Sport Quarterly, Tracey Cameron, Karen Furneaux and a publication of Sport Nova Scotia. Andrew Russell who have already secured their place, and we’re watching chance for Nova Scotia to continue Letters to the editor must excitedly to see more Nova Scotians to improve many areas of its sport include name, address and take their place on the Olympic stage. phone number. In addition to being a great system, and the benefits will extend Sport Nova Scotia accomplishment by our Nova Scotia 5516 Spring Garden Road athletes, a larger Nova Scotian presence right across the province.” 4th Floor on Team Canada also speaks to a Halifax, Nova Scotia positive development in our sport resources and facilities and this is Infrastructure funding: Increased B3J 1G6 system overall. As has been mentioned natural in the sport community, given funding for sport and recreation Tel: (902) 425-5450 in this space before, high-performance the challenges that exist on both those infrastructure is always welcome and Fax: (902) 425-5606 athletes are part of a complete sport fronts. While there’s no doubt the 2011 always needed. The commitment in E-mail: [email protected] system that includes grassroots Games represents a very significant the budget to increase funding through www.sportnovascotia.ca programming, coaching, officiating chance to positively impact both those its B-FIT program, in addition to and countless other support services. areas, there are a number of other targeted monies to arenas, is important. If the system is healthy at every level, significant legacy opportunities that Unfortunately, given the facility crisis it is logical that the results at every should benefit sport at every level that exists right across the country, it’s level—be they participation numbers across Nova Scotia. Preparing for the becoming obvious that a real solution is or performance-based results—are Games requires significant training in going to require the federal government healthy as well. the areas of officiating, coaching and to make a meaningful attempt to do countless other volunteer capacities, their part in the sport and recreation Canada Games: so the different events and disciplines infrastructure area. Closer to home, Team Nova Scotia is that make up the Games run smoothly. Volunteer insurance program: Sport heading into its final year of preparation This means many more Nova Scotians and recreation make up the largest for the 2009 Canada Summer Games in will be trained in these areas, leading single component of the voluntary Prince Edward Island. The upcoming to an increased ability to both conduct sector in Canada. Insurance has year will be a busy one for the coaches competitions and to host more single- continually been recognized as one and athletes as they enter their final and multi-sport events in the future. of the biggest challenges volunteers months of training and we wish The Games represent a great chance and voluntary organizations face. The them the best of luck as they get for Nova Scotia to continue to improve development of a volunteer insurance ready to represent our province in many areas of its sport system and the program could be a vital component Senior Funding Partner of Charlottetown and Summerside next benefits will extend right across the that helps us create a more positive Sport Nova Scotia summer. province. and productive environment for the Staying with the Canada Games, thousands of Nova Scotians who give it’s hard to think about the 2009 event Provincial Budget: millions of hours so sport programs can without thinking ahead to 2011, when The provincial government recently take place. They deserve it. Athlete’s Column Paddling to Beijing JILLIAN D’ALESSIO on the Banana River or a canal that is around 10:30 or 11:00 for KAYAK parallel to the river, separated by an an hour-long weight ses- island. It’s a spectacular place to train sion. On alternate days, passed the budget for the 2008-2009 To be Beijing-bound means travelling a because we have accommodations and a weight training is replaced fiscal year. Sport Nova Scotia wouldpath of tight training schedules and tough boat launch area on one site. On the canal by a run in the middle of like to highlight a few that will impactqualifying events. Jillian D’Alessio, a 23- we can paddle 14k-m straight out and the day, often a steady run year-old paddler who started competing back to start—ideal for training sessions. lasting 30 to 40 minutes the sport community. when she was eight years old at Cheema When there’s a large group—over 20 or an interval run with Healthy Living tax credit expansion: Aquatic Club in Waverley, spent the past people—on the water the river gives us varying intensities and The commitment to extend this taxspring in Florida while training and pre- all enough room; the only other thing to speeds. Jillian D’Alessio credit from children only to all Novaparing to compete for a place on Canada’s contend with is the wind or traffic from Usually, I’d get a few Scotians is a significant move, and not2008 Olympic team. She made it through motorboats and yachts. hours in the afternoon to do some All you need is one goal and then it’s a only because it requires a financialqualifying rounds in Georgia and then Mon- The Canadian team has held training schoolwork—four classes left for a series of choices between you and your commitment from the province. Novatreal. At press time, she was off to Europe to camps in Melbourne since the early double major in political science and goal; you get to decide which ones make Scotia continues to lead the way in thisrace in World Cup events in Hungary and 1990s and, more recently, has been joined philosophy from SMU and I’m just you successful. area across the country. Sport really isGermany—the final and deciding factors by Hungarian, Norwegian, Swedish, finishing up a couple of classes this Among team members, the situation in Tibet has come up with many opinions for life and the tax credit now reflectsfor Olympic qualification. D’Alessio has Danish, Slovakian, French and German semester. Or I’d read, sleep, watch a already raced in the 2004 Olympic Games teams, as well. movie or relax in the sun until 4:30 pm, expressed and questions raised. Speak- that reality. in Athens—part of Canada’s K-4 500-m At this camp, we trained 10 times per when we would head back out on to the ing for myself, the Olympic Games are boat—finishing eighth. She has close to 30 week on the water and add three weights water for another couple of hours. an opportunity to celebrate the human “The Games represent a great international medals to her credit, includ- sessions and two-to-three runs per week, It’s all worth it. All the choices I’ve spirit and bring the world together ing two gold and two bronze Pan American with Wednesday and Saturday after- made are worth it. To any young athlete to embrace sport and fair play. As an chance for Nova Scotia to continueGames medals. noons off, as well as Sundays—the only I would say you’re different and you’ll athlete, that’s how I view the Games. I day I didn’t get up by 7:30 am. Practice lead a much different life than others support the public debate because I see to improve many areas of its sport“ rom February to May I was living and on the water starts at 8 am for a kayak because of what you choose to achieve.

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