ATHLETE NEWS | ISSUE 1 HEAD COACH Steve Bialowas Place of Birth: Montreal, Que. Resides: Richmond Hill, Ont. OUR ATHLETES! Birthday: 12-06-1960 Height: 5’7” Variety Village is very proud of Head Coach Steve Bialowas and Occupation: SMNT Head Coach the following athletes who started their sport/coaching career Coaching Since: 1985 at Variety Village and are now representing their country at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio! ABDI FATAH DINI TRACEY FERGUSON Place of Birth: Somalia, Africa Place of Birth: Richmond Hill, Ont. Resides: Scarborough, Ont. Resides: Toronto, Ont. Birthday: 01-01-1981 Birthday: 07-09-1974 Height: 6’3” Height: 5’0” Occupation: Athlete Occupation: Sr. Program Officer, Sport Club(s): Variety Village, Canada National Academy Club(s): Trier Dolphins, Classification: 1.0 Variety Village Classification: 3.0 ADAM LANCIA JAMEY JEWELLS Place of Birth: Scarborough, Ont. Place of Birth: Sydney, N.S. Resides: Toronto, Ont. Resides: Donkin, N.S. Birthday: 17-01-1980 Birthday: 23-08-1989 Height: 6’3” Height: 5’6” Occupation: Prosthetic/Orthotic Occupation: Athlete Technician Club(s): Variety Village, Club(s): Variety Village, National Academy National Academy Classification: 1.0 Classification: 4.0 Our athletes at home > KAITLYN WIENS Member of the National Team in preparation for World Championships in are training and Lima, Peru September 2016. competing for the Jr. Female: Ranked #8 in Ontario and # 6 in Canada following events this Bronze Medal: Ontario Black Belt Challenge summer and we are Gold Medals: proud of all of their 2015 Toronto Open – Team Event, 2016 Sport TKD tournament – Individual accomplishments. 2016 Canada Open Team Event, 2016 National Championships – Team Event > RAMZI ABDULLAHI Ramzi competed in the Canadian Junior /Senior Para Track and Field Championships Alberta July 7 – 9, 2016 – Congratulations on your 3rd place finish in the 200m Ramzi! • 2015 Metro Championships 400m champion and new record holder (47.86 seconds) • 2015 Ontario High School Championships OFSAA) senior boys silver medalist • 2015 Canadian Junior Championships silver medalist in the 400m • 2015 Pan Am Junior Champion Athletics bronze > JESSICA TINNEY medalist 4x400m relay Jessica also competed at the Canadian Junior /Senior Para • 2016 Ontario University Athletics (OUA) silver medalist Track and Field Championships in Alberta July 7 – 9, 2016. in the 300m • 2016 Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) finalist in the Congratulations Jessica on your second place finish in the • 300m national championships Women’s 200 metre in just 44.55 seconds and third place in • 2016 Western University Track Male Rookie Athlete of the Women’s 100 metre in only 24.76 seconds! the year MEMBERS OF THE 2016, ONTARIO SUMMER LC CHAMPIONSHIPS 13-15 PROVINCIAL SYNCHRO TEAM JUNE 30 - JULY 3, 2016 ETOBICOKE OLYMPIUM Congratulations to Madeline Whitten and Laura Bellantone on your selection to the Provincial Team! You’ve both worked Variety Village had three athletes from the Flames very hard for this. Competitive Para Swim Team attend this meet along with Coach Corrine Bainton. As well on June 5, at the conclusion of the 2016 Canadian Espoir Championships in Winnipeg, MB, Synchro Canada • Megan Sherwin – competed in 7 events held the last phase of the selection trials for its 2016 13-15 • Aly Van Wyck-Smart – competed in 3 events National Team, slated to compete at the UANA Pan American • Victoria Grzincic – competed in 5 events Synchronized Swimming Championships in San Juan, Puerto • Hanna Lang - qualified for Provincials but had to pull Rico, on September 1-4. out due to an injury. Feel better soon Hanna! Former VVAC Synchro Club member Maura McLean has been selected to the team and current VVAC Synchro team member Emma Spott has been invited to attend the training camp. > MEGAN SHERWIN Megan Sherwin will also travel to Quebec this month to attend the 2016 Speedo Can Am Para-swimming Championships Megan will compete in the following events: 400, 100, 50 free; 100 fly; 100 back; 100 breast; and 200 IM A sports, fitness and life skills For more information please contact: facility for people of all abilities. Chris Murdoch #EveryBodyWelcome Manager of Teams 416-699-7167 ext 255 varietyvillage.ca [email protected].