Ontario Lawn Bowls Association Names 2020-2021 Board of Directors

The membership of the Ontario Lawn Bowls Association elected their 2020-2021 Board of Directors at their Annual General Meeting on Saturday, April 18, 2020. Joining the Board of Directors were Susan Newsham as Secretary and Wayne Daley as a Director at Large while outgoing board member Bill McCollam and Ron Charles were thanked for their…

Ontario Lawn Bowls Association Appoints Executive Director

The Board of Directors of the Ontario Lawn Bowls Association is pleased to announce the appointment of GARY OSWALD as its Executive Director. A graduate of Trent University and Durham College of Applied Arts and Technology, Mr. Oswald joins the Ontario Lawn Bowls Association after spending 18 years as Executive Director of Skate Canada –…

Bowls Canada Boulingrin Hires New Communications and Safe Sport Coordinator

BCB is thrilled to introduce the newest member of the bowls family: Casey Donnelly. Casey will be joining BCB part-time as she finishes up her Bachelor of Commerce degree, and will settle in full-time in May as the Communications and Safe Sport Coordinator. Using her past communications experience at the Bank of Canada and the…

Ottawa Sport Council VIRTUAL Concussion Education Initiative

In February 2020, The Ottawa Sport Council began to deliver its Concussion Education Initiative for Ottawa area community sport organizations. This 100% free education program is designed to equip coaches, players, parents, board members, staff, and volunteers alike with the knowledge of how to apply the 4 R’s of concussion management (Recognize, Remove, Refer, Return)…

Paul Sir Appointed Managing Director, 3×3 Basketball Development at Canada Basketball

TORONTO, ON (April 21, 2020) – Canada Basketball announced today the appointment of Paul Sir to the position of Managing Director, 3×3 Basketball Development. “Adding Paul to our organization to lead the development and execution of 3×3 basketball programming across the country is an important step as 3×3 basketball, as a new Olympic and professional sport,…

Mikaël Kingsbury Named Canadian snow sport Athlete of the Year

Freestyle skiing champion caps record-setting season, with John Semmelink Award Vancouver – In recognition of his continued domination in moguls and his community leadership, Canadian freestyle skiing Olympic and World Champion Mikaël Kingsbury has been named the 2020 recipient of the 2020 John Semmelink Memorial Award. The John Semmelink Award is the highest recognition for…

Relive Team Canada’s Run to Gold at the 2014 IWBF Women’s World Wheelchair Basketball Championship with Wheelchair Basketball Canada and CBC Sports

(April 20, 2020 – OTTAWA, ONT.) Missing sports? Us too. Join us as we relive all of the excitement of Canada’s magical playoff run to the gold medal on home soil at the 2014 IWBF Women’s World Championship in Toronto. Along the way, we’ll check in with the athletes and alumni who lived it.  Starting this Thursday,…

Softball Speaker Series Presented by Rawlings Canada

Softball Canada is excited to announce a series of webinars presented by Rawlings Canada that are open to all members of the softball community and featuring some of Canada’s most talented and respected softball representatives. These webinars are a great opportunity to come together as a softball community by engaging and learning together. Each of…

Bobsleigh Athlete Suspended Eight Years for Second Doping Violation

(Ottawa, Ontario – April 20, 2020) – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that Derek Plug, a bobsleigh athlete, received an eight-year sanction for a second anti-doping rule violation. The athlete’s urine sample, collected during out-of-competition doping control on January 9, 2018, revealed the presence of methyltestosterone, a prohibited anabolic agent….

Suspension of 2020 Jump Cup Initiative

Ottawa, ON, April 20, 2020 – The Jump Cup Initiative has been suspended until further notice due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Initiative was announced in December 2019 to support EC sanctioned hunter/jumper competitions in complying with a new rule requiring safety cups with breakaway track systems in all competition and warm-up rings. It…