CSTA E-NEWS E-NOUVELLES D’ACTS Fall 2007 Automne 2007 Save the Dates! 2008 Sport Events Congress – April 27-29: Gatineau, QC Plan now to attend the 2008 Sport Events Congress at the beautiful Hilton Lac-Leamy Hotel in Canada’s Capital region. Accommodations and travel info are now available on our website, as well as a tentative Congress schedule. On-line registration will commence in January. A limited number of sponsorship opportunities are still available, including sponsorship of sessions, refreshment breaks, hospitality events and internet stations. Visit our website for information on pricing and benefits or contact Krista Benoit ([email protected]). CSTA HAS MOVED! The Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance has recently moved to a new office location in downtown Ottawa. Please note the new address: CSTA 116 Lisgar St., Suite 600 Ottawa, ON K2P 0C2 The telephone, fax and email address remain unchanged. International Conference: Legacy Lives 2008 (January 28-30) Legacy Lives 2008, presented by pmpLEGACY in partnership with UK Sport and Legacy Barbados, is an annual international conference and exhibition to focus specifically on the importance of legacy. Following the very successful inaugural Legacy Lives conference in London in 2007, Legacy Lives 2008 will be held in Bridgetown, Barbados and once again, will address the significance that legacy now plays in bidding for major events. This conference will bring together, from around the world, 300 senior policy and decision makers from cities, LOCs, National Olympic Committees (NOCs), major event rights holders such as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) plus International Federations to debate best practices and encourage knowledge transfer in legacy planning and implementation. Senior officials involved in bidding and staging a major event will benefit – whether looking at a potential bid in the future, currently engaged in the bidding process, have candidate city status or already be selected as the host city. Legacy Lives is not just about the mega events – it will look at the value of legacy planning for all sporting events regardless of their size. CSTA CEO, Rick Traer, is confirmed as a speaker at www.canadiansporttourism.com this event and will make a presentation on the STEAM Model. For more information, visit www.legacylives.com. 2007 Betty Tweedy Golf Classic is a hit! The 21st annual Betty Tweedy Golf Classic took place on September 14th and was a huge hit with both sponsors and the 125 participants who attended this year’s tournament. The event, sponsored by the CSTA and organized annually by the national sport and active living community, raised $12,500 for cancer research. Several CSTA members participated in the BTGC, L to R: Rick Turnbull & Bina Chohan (co-chairs including Tourism Hamilton who raved about the BTGC), Shannon Gorman (VP Operations and event. Sharon Murphy and Alana Henderson, Sport Communications, Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation) and Rick Traer (CEO, CSTA) Tourism Coordinators, said, “Thank you, CSTA, for allowing us to be a sponsor of this wonderful cause. It is a great day to network, meet new people and enjoy a great day of golf in our capital. We look forward to the 2008 Betty Tweedy Golf Tournament”. The 2008 Betty Tweedy Golf Classic has already been scheduled for Thursday, September 18th at The Meadows in Ottawa. Mark your calendar today! Mexico joins CSTA! Mexico has become the CSTA's first international member, following the creation of an international membership category earlier this year. "Sport tourism is an important, emerging segment of the tourism industry in our country," said Milko Rivera Hope, Director of Sport and Nautical Tourism with the Mexican Federal Ministry of Tourism. "We recognize the CSTA as a world leader in developing new and innovative industry tools, and we look forward to working in collaboration with the CSTA to promote sport tourism in our respective countries." "Our international membership category provides us with a vehicle to engage cities and countries around the world who wish to become more active participants in the sport tourism industry," said CSTA CEO Rick Traer. "In addition to contributing to each others annual conferences, we have begun to identify areas of future collaboration, including the development of additional industry tools." Event Hosting Opportunities CSTA’s Events Database helps connect communities across Canada with sport event hosting opportunities. In a new initiative, CSTA will now feature some of these opportunities in each edition of CSTA’s e-NEWS. If you have any questions about the events below, please contact the individuals listed or Denisa Horak, Events Database Manager, at [email protected]. DIVING 2008 Senior Winter Nationals and 2010 Senior Summer Nationals (to be hosted in Saskatchewan) Contact: Saskatchewan Diving Incorporated ([email protected]) www.canadiansporttourism.com 2009 Senior Winter National (to be hosted in Alberta) Contact: Alberta Diving (Tel: 780-988-5571) 2010 Senior Winter Nationals (to be hosted in Atlantic Canada) Contact: New Brunswick Diving ([email protected]) or Nova Scotia Diving ([email protected]) or Newfoundland Diving ([email protected]) 2008 Senior Summer Nationals and 2010 Junior Nationals (to be hosted in Manitoba) Contact: Manitoba Diving Association ([email protected] ) 2009 Senior Summer Nationals (to be hosted in Quebec) Contact: Plongeon Québec ([email protected] ) 2008 Junior Nationals (to be hosted in Ontario) Contact: Dive Ontario ([email protected] ) 2009 Junior Nationals (to be hosted in British Columbia) Contact: British Columbia Diving Association ([email protected] ) CANOE/KAYAK Canadian Sprint CanoeKayak Championships (2009 event to be hosted in Western Canada, 2010 event to be hosted in Ontario, 2011 event to be hosted in Atlantic Canada) Contact: John Edwards, Domestic Development Director, CanoeKayak Canada ([email protected]) BASEBALL 2009 Bantam Girls National Championships and 2009 Bantam Boys National Championships and 2010 Junior National Championship (to be hosted in British Columbia) Contact: Baseball B.C. ([email protected]) 2010 Bantam Girls National Championship and 2009 Midget National Championships and 2010 Senior National Championships (to be hosted in Ontario) Contact: Baseball Ontario ([email protected]) 2010 Bantam Boys National Championship and 2009 Senior National Championships (to be hosted in Atlantic Canada) Contact: Baseball NB ([email protected]) or Baseball NS ([email protected]) or PEI Amateur Baseball Assoc. ([email protected]) or Newfoundland Baseball ([email protected]). 2009 Pee Wee National Championship and 2010 Midget National Championship (to be hosted in the Prairies) Contact: Baseball Manitoba ([email protected]) or Saskatchewan Baseball ([email protected]) or Baseball Alberta ([email protected]) 2010 Pee Wee National Championship (to be hosted in Quebec) Contact: Baseball Quebec ([email protected]) HOCKEY 2010 and 2012 IIHF World Junior Championships (Open to all bids) Contact: Scott Farley, Director, Marketing Services/Events - Hockey Canada ([email protected]) CANADA GAMES 2013 Canada Summer Games (to be hosted in Quebec) Contact: Eric Pilote, Sport Consultant ([email protected]) www.canadiansporttourism.com ATHLETES CAN 2010 AthletesCAN Athletes Forum (to be hosted in Eastern Canada) Contact: Ashley Kilburn, AthletesCAN ([email protected] ) WOMEN AND SPORT (CAAWS) Point of View Event (open to all bids) Contact: Ali Riel, Marketing and Project Manager, CAAWS ([email protected] ) ONTARIO SPORT ALLIANCE 2009 Ontario ParaSport Winter Games 2009 Ontario ParaSport Summer Games 2010 Ontario Winter Youth Games 2010 Ontario Summer Youth Games 2010 Ontario Senior Games – Actifest 2011 Ontario Senior Games - Winterfest Ontario Contact: Blair McIntosh, Director of Games - Ontario Sport Alliance ([email protected] ) STEAM Training Web Conference A Sport Tourism Economic Assessment Model (STEAM) training web conference for CSTA members is scheduled for Wednesday, November 21st from 12:00 pm -1:30 pm EST. The web conference will promote the newly designed STEAM model, which has been recently converted to an Excel based platform, using the latest software and technology available. The model has also been updated to include the most recent Statistics Canada data. Please send an email to [email protected] to reserve your spot on the web conference. Participants will require telephone and internet access and will receive connection details prior to the session. STEAM PRO Available to CSTA Members Interested in conducting primary research at a sport event in your community? Since its launch in 2006, the CSTA has worked with several communities, events rights holders and public sector funding agencies to collect spending data from participants and spectators at a variety of sport events in communities across Canada. The STEAM PRO package has been designed to empower organizers of sport events with the latest tools and data gathering technology and includes the following elements: • a customized survey for your event on Techneos Entryware Pro software • a quantity of Palm PDA’s to conduct the surveys • a copy of the Canadian Tourism Commission’s Survey Field Manual • a Surveyor Training Module • access to the STEAM PRO model