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Games Schedules:

• Athletics
• Ball Hockey - Female - Male
• Beach Volleyball  
• Baseball
• Golf
• Soccer - Female - Male
• Softball
• Swimming
• Tennis

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

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