Athlete Handbook & Media Guide
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Congratulations Team Saskatchewan! Best wishes as you strive for personal bests and represent our province with pride. We’re proud to support amateur sport and Team Saskatchewan because we know that sport really is more than just a game. Sport helps build better people and vibrant communities, so we all win! www.sasklotteries.ca The fundraiser for over 12,000 volunteer non-profit sport, culture and recreation groups. Table of Contents Message from the Premier ....................................................................... 3 Message from Sask Sport Inc. .................................................................. 4 Message from the Chef de Mission .......................................................... 5 Notable Events ......................................................................................... 6 Conduct Expectaons ............................................................................... 7 Team Sask Rules for Athletes, Coaches, Managers & Arsts ................... 8 Mission Staff ............................................................................................. 9 Website & Newsleer ............................................................................ 10 Team Sask Transportaon ...................................................................... 11 To Halifax ........................................................................................... 11 To Regina ........................................................................................... 12 Outbound and Inbound Flights .............................................................. 13 Luggage & Sport Equipment Informaon .......................................... 13 Baggage Tags ..................................................................................... 14 What to Bring to the Games ................................................................... 15 Results Summary‐Whitehorse, Yukon .................................................... 16 Ceremonial Uniform ............................................................................... 17 Accreditaon .......................................................................................... 17 Athlete’s Village ...................................................................................... 19 Accommodaons ............................................................................... 19 Housekeeping ..................................................................................... 19 Keys .................................................................................................... 20 Incidentals .......................................................................................... 20 Linen & Towels ................................................................................... 20 Backpack ............................................................................................ 20 Damages ............................................................................................ 20 Athlete Entertainment ....................................................................... 20 Equipment Storage ................................................................................. 21 Team Sask 1 2011 CWG Halifax Table of Contents Curfew ..................................................................................................... 22 General Village ........................................................................................ 23 Village Informaon Center ................................................................. 23 Laundromat & Dry Cleaners ............................................................... 23 Food Services .......................................................................................... 24 Team Sask 2 2011 CWG Halifax Message from the Premier On behalf of the Government of Saskatchewan, I am pleased to bring greengs to Team Saskatchewan for the 2011 Canada Winter Games. Saskatchewan people are proud of our athletes who put their heart and soul into their chosen sport. As an accomplished athlete, you have dedicated yourself to years of disciplined training, hard work and sacrifice. Together with your friends and family, I congratulate you on reaching this impressive level of compeon. The Canada Winter Games is a showcase of some of the best seasonal sporng events that our great country has to offer. For many of you, this event represents an important step in your athlec careers; the fulfillment of a dream to represent our province on the naonal stage. As Premier of Saskatchewan, I salute you on your athlec achievements and offer my best wishes for your connued success in sport. I also offer my sincere thanks to the many dedicated coaches, officials, and volunteers for your demonstrated commitment to our athletes. The support and encouragement you provide is invaluable. Congratulaons and good luck! Brad Wall Premier Team Sask 3 2011 CWG Halifax Message from Sask Sport Inc. On behalf of Sask Sport Inc., I am pleased to congratulate all of the athletes, coaches, managers, and Mission Staff who will parcipate in the 2011 Canada Winter Games. You have already accomplished so much by earning the opportunity to represent Team Saskatchewan, and we know you will do Saskatchewan proud as ambassadors to the rest of the country. To the athletes, I commend you on the effort and perseverance you have demonstrated thus far in your athlec achievements. You are an inspiraon and a source of pride for the people of Saskatchewan. We encourage you to seize this moment to showcase your talent and skills, foster relaonships with your team mates and your opponents, and most of all to enjoy yourselves. To the coaches, managers, parents and Mission Staff, I thank you for the countless hours you have spent preparing these athletes for compeon. You are the foundaon that makes Team Saskatchewan possible. For the infinite number of ways you support these athletes we owe you a great debt of gratude. Sport shapes young people in a posive way, and we thank you for helping to culvate Saskatchewan’s next generaon of leaders. Congratulaons once again, and I wish you all the best of luck in the 2011 Canada Winter Games. Audra Young President, Sask Sport Inc. Team Sask 4 2011 CWG Halifax Message from the Chef de Mission Welcome to Team Sask! It gives me great pleasure, as the Chef de Mission to introduce the 320 athletes, coaches, managers, NAP arsts and mission staff as members of this year’s team. Saskatchewan is extremely proud of this group as they compete and parcipate to the best of their ability in this country’s premier amateur mul‐sport event. Congratulaons to all the athletes for your years of commitment and dedicaon in striving to become a member of Team Sask 2011. Enjoy the rewards of your hard work in the pursuit of excellence. Saskatchewan has always been proud of its athletes, team spirit, reputaon for fair play and compeon performance. Wear the provincial colours with pride and be good ambassadors for our province. Thank you to all the coaches and managers for your leadership in idenfying and preparing our young athletes to compete at this high level of compeon. The Games provide a smulus for our developing athletes to reach their athlec potenal, pursue personal excellence, and develop socially and culturally within the conduct of ethical compeon. Team Sask 2011 looks forward to the challenges, compeon and experience of the 2011 Canada Winter Games. The team has the desire to achieve and the spirit to excel. I wish them every success in their pursuit of excellence at the Games. Lorne Lasuita Team Sask 5 2011 CWG Halifax Notable Events TeamSask Parent and Coach Receptions The Saskatchewan Games Council will be hosng two come and go recepons for the supporters of Team Sask in Halifax. The recepons will celebrate the support and contribuons made to amateur sport in Saskatchewan by the parents and coaches. The evening will include local entertainment, door prizes, refreshments and island fare. Team Sask souvenirs will also be available for sale at the recepons. This is a come and go event so feel free to drop in at any me from 8:00p.m unl 11:00p.m. Team Sask 6 2011 CWG Halifax Conduct Expectations You have been selected as a member of Team Sask 2011 on the basis of your individual athlec merit, but as a Saskatchewan athlete, you are judged not only as an athlete, but also as a representave of Saskatchewan. Your personal conduct in and out of compeon reflects on Saskatchewan’s image and it becomes the responsibility of each member of Team Sask to promote and safeguard our provincial pride and reputaon. We are guests of the Host Society and can assure ourselves and our teammates a posive and rewarding experience by remembering: As members of Team Sask, we are ambassadors for our sports, our provincial sport organizaons, and all of the people of Saskatchewan. To conduct ourselves at all mes in a manner that shows a spirit of sportsmanship, fair play, co‐operaon, and respect for others at all mes. To parcipate in the spirit of fair play and faithfully adhere to the compeon regulaons. To abide by the rules of Team Sask 2011 and of the Canada Games as well as those guiding our behavior in the Athletes’ Village, the compeon site and in the Host Community. To put forth our best effort in all our compeons and accept, with pride, the result that effort brings us. To respect the efforts of our opponents and the decisions of compeon officials. To be gracious in victory and applause those who are victorious over us. To respect