SPORT INFORMATION

Athletics (male and female)

Ages 11 – 16

Team Size: 12 males and 12 females + 4 athletes with mental/physical disabilities, 2 coaches and 1 manager

Contact: George Stanoev at 576-1303 or e-mail athletics@nlaa.ca


Ball Hockey (male and female)

Male: ages 12 – 15

Female: ages 15 – 18

Team Size: 17males, 1 coach and 1 manager; 17 females, 1 coach, 1manager

Contact: Paul Barron at 726-4576 or e-mail paulbarron@gov.nl.ca


Baseball (male)

Ages: 11 – 13

Team Size: 15 males (females allowed to play), 2 coaches, 1 manager

Contact: Tom Devine at 739-7555 or e-mail berteau@nl.rogers.com


Beach Volleyball (male and female)

Ages: 15 – 18

Team Size: 2 males and 1 coach, 2 females and 1 coach

Contact: Finton Gaudette at 639-7095 or e-mail finton_gaudette@nf.sympatico.ca


Golf (male and female)

Ages: 11 – 18

Team Size: 4 males and 1 coach; 4 females and 1 coach

Contact (male golf): Bruce Martin at 834-8084 or e-mail exdirnlga@nl.rogers.com

Contact (female golf): Helena Bragg at 726-9439 or e-mail hbragg@nf.sympatico.ca


Soccer (male and female)

Ages: Under 15 as of January 1, 2008 and minimum of 11 years old as of July 31st, 2008

Team Size: 16 males, 2 coaches and 1 manager; 16 females, 2 coaches and 1 manager

Contact: Judi Kelloway at 891-2266 or e-mail jkelloway@persona.ca


Softball (male and female)

Ages: Under 16 as of January 1st, 2008 and at least 11 years old as of August 9th, 2008

Team Size: 15 males, 1 coach and 1 manager; 15 females, 1 coach and 1 manager

Contact: Paul Smith at 728-5231 or e-mail paulsmith@esdnl.ca


Swimming (male and female)

Ages:    Division 1:        11 - 14 years old 

            Division 2:        15 - 18 years old

Team Size:        12 males and 12 females + 2 athletes with physical disabilities and 2 athletes registered with Special Olympics; 2 coaches and 1 manager

Contact: Jason Warford at 728-5829 or e-mail: warford.jason@gmail.com

 

Tennis (male and female)

Ages: Two players ages 11 – 14 and two players 15 – 16

Team Size: 4 males, 4 females, 1 coach and 1 manager

Contact: Ryan Maarschalk at 576-0902 or e-mail tennis@sportnl.ca

 

 Contacts for Athletes with Disabilities

(must be members of their respective Associations)

 

NL & Labrador Special Olympics                              Athletes with Disabilities

Nelson White, Program Director                                   Margaret Tibbo

Suite 426, 354 Water Street                                         Recreation Specialist

St. John’s, NL                                                              (709) 753-3625 or 777-4872 (w)

A1C 1C4                                                                     margaret.tibbo@easternhealth.ca

(709)738-1923

nelsonw@sonl.ca


Sport Schedule: 1st Half

Saturday, August 9th – Tuesday August 12th, 2008

Baseball:           male

Tennis:              male and female

Soccer:            male

Golf:                 male and female

Ball Hockey:     female

Swimming:        male and female


Sport Schedule: 2nd  Half

Wednesday, August 13th – Saturday, August 16th, 2008

Athletics:           male and female

Beach VB:        male and female

Soccer:            female

Ball Hockey:     male

Softball:            male and female


Regions for the 2008 NL Summer Games


      The Host Region (White)
 -Corner Brook

St. John’s/North (Red)  - St. John’s north to Cape St. Francis, Bell Island, Torbay, Portugal Cove-St. Philips.  Also includes Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove, Kilbride, Southland and Goulds.

Mount Pearl/South (Denim Blue) - Mount Pearl, Paradise, and all communities on the Southern Shore southwest of Goulds from Bay Bulls to Trepassey inclusive.

Avalon (Dark Grey)  - generally, all communities on the Avalon Peninsula and Isthmus of Avalon which are not included in the St. John’s/North and Mount Pearl/South regions, up to and including Arnold’s Cove.  This includes Conception Bay South to Holyrood; the Conception Bay north shore (Conception Harbour to Grates Cove); the Trinity shore (Old Perlican to Blaketown) and up to Arnold’s Cove; the areas surrounding Long Harbour, Whitbourne, and Placentia; the Cape Shore and St. Mary’s Bay up to but excluding Trepassey.

Eastern (Tan) - northwest but exclusive of Arnold’s Cove including the Bonavista Peninsula, the Burin Peninsula, west to Pool’s Cove inclusive; Clarenville and northeast to Gambo but not including Gambo.

Central (Maroon) - Gambo to Hampden, north to Notre Dame Bay and south to the south coast.  This includes Bonavista North (Hare Bay, Wesleyville, Musgrave Harbour, Gander Bay); Gander; Fogo Island; Twillingate, Lewisporte; Botwood; Bishop’s Falls; Grand Falls - Windsor south to Harbour Breton; west of Harbour Breton to François inclusive; east of Harbour Breton to (but exclusive of) Pool’s Cove; Springdale and the Baie Verte Peninsula south to Hampden.

Western (RoyalBlue) - west of Hampden, including the Northern Peninsula, and all communities west of François.
Labrador (Forest Green) - all of Labrador
St. Pierre and Miquelon (Yellow) - All of St. Pierre and Miquelon