CSCS News Home Team Concept - Commonwealth Games Canada (CGC) The 2010 Commonwealth Games will be held in Delhi, India - October 3 to 14, 2010. Canada, which finished third overall at the 2006 Games in Melbourne, Australia, is expected to send a highly competitive team of approximately 400 athletes, coaches, and volunteers. Given the likelihood that few Canadian media will attend these Games, the primary objective of the Communications Team is to generate local print, broadcast, and online coverage about hometown athletes and coaches. >> more NEWS CAAWS Meet & Greet The Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity (CAAWS) is extending an invitation to join us for a wine and hors d’oeuvre reception. Enjoy the chance to mix and mingle with CAAWS Board of Directors’ members and personnel, meet new friends and expand your networks! When: Friday, June 25, 2010 Where: Regina Inn – Diefenbaker Room, 1975 Broad St, Regina, SK Time: 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Please email Laura Spragge at to confirm your attendance before Friday, June 18, 2010. Furlong hopes to extend 2010 Olympic success by heading board of Own the Podium Jim Morris, The Canadian Press - May 19th, 2010 The man who helped organize Canada's most successful Winter Olympics is taking on the challenge of making sure the country's athletes have the funding and resources they need to win medals at future Games. >> more NEWS National Team Coaching Apprenticeship Program Graduate Promoted by Athletics Canada May 17, 2010 Carla Nicholls of Regina, a graduate of the Coaching Association of Canada's (CAC) National Team Coaching Apprenticeship Program (NTAP), has been promoted to the position of National Talent Development Coach for Athletics Canada's Olympic Program. She remains responsible for the organization's Women in Coaching initiatives and continues as National Event Group Coach for Combined Events, Jumps, and Hurdles. She is also Canada's head coach at the 2010 world junior championships slated to take place in Moncton, N.B., in July. >> more NEWS Chevrolet Announces 2010 High Performance and Community Club Coach Grant Recipients Ten Canadian high performance coaches and their Olympic hopeful athletes were each awarded a $10,000 grant for coach development through Chevrolet’s Making Dreams Possible Program. In addition, 51 community clubs from across Canada each received a grant of $2,000 for coach training and development activities. >> more NEWS Own the Podium - News “The Canadian Olympic Committee welcomes Roger Jackson's engagement as CEO of ... The primary leaders and funding parties of Own the Podium under its new naming ... Merklinger is also on the Board of Directors of Special Olympics Canada. ..... of staging the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2010," said John Furlong, ... >> more NEWS

 

CSCS Athletes Results & Achievements Saskatoon's Odegard first at racquetball nationals The StarPhoenix - May 31, 2010 Tim Landeryou of Saskatoon placed second at the Canadian racquetball championships in Burnaby, B.C. Landeryou was beaten by Mike Green of Burlington, Ont., 15-11, 9-15, 11-4 in the singles final Saturday. Landeryou beat Kris Odegard of Saskatoon in a semifinal in three games. >> more NEWS Van Koeverden earns gold in seven-medal day for Canada Canwest News Service - May 30, 2010 Adam van Koeverden of Oakville, Ontario (file photo).Photograph by: Paul Darrow, ReutersSZEGED, Hungary — Adam van Koeverden of Oakville, Ont., won the gold medal in the K-1 500 metres and Richard Dober Jr., of Trois-Rivieres, Que., made two podium appearances on Sunday to cap a seven-medal day for Canada at a World Cup paddling competition. >> more NEWS Odegard top seed in racquetball The StarPhoenix - May 28, 2010 Kris Odegard of Saskatoon won his opening match at the Canadian racquetball championships in Burnaby, B.C. Odegard, the No. 1 seed and defending champion, beat Colin Mohr of Regina 15-5, 15-4 on Thursday. >> more NEWS Canadian teams open with wins The StarPhoenix - May 28, 2010 Both the Canadian senior men's and women's teams started their wheelchair basketball tournaments off right with opening day victories at the 2010 BT Paralympic World Cup in Manchester, England, on Thursday. >> more NEWS Cumpstone makes Team Canada The StarPhoenix - May 27, 2010 Saskatoon's Erin Cumpstone earned a spot on the 22-player roster for the Canadian national ringette team following a selection camp held in Ottawa last week. >> more NEWS Sister's record falls at city championship Jordan Hartshorn, The Star Phoenix - May 27, 2010 There are sibling rivalries and then there's this. Gabrielle Edwards of Holy Cross ran the 1500-metres in four minutes, 50.41 seconds to set the junior girls' record at the city high school track and field championships Wednesday at Griffiths Stadium. The previous mark of 4:50.78 was held by Rachel Edwards, Gabrielle's older sister. >> more NEWS Canada confirms roster for Norway match Canadian Soccer Association - May 28, 2010 Canada's women's national team has confirmed its roster for the upcoming international friendly match in Hamar, Norway. Coach Carolina Morace has selected 27 players that will travel with the team this 28 May in advance of the 3 June match. >> more NEWS Rush aiming for Olympic gold in 2014 Vicki Hall, Canwest News Service - May 26, 2010 Cancel those lavish retirement party plans for Lyndon Rush. The Canada 1 bobsled pilot committed Tuesday to another four years on the World Cup circuit. His ultimate goal? Gold at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. >> more NEWS Coaches Week aimed at lauding hard-working bench bosses Jordan Hartshorn, The StarPhoenix - May 26, 2010 When coaches garner attention, it's typically from a negative standpoint, be it losing or not playing a kid enough. The positives can be taken for granted. The Coaches Association of Saskatchewan is hoping to rectify this. >> more NEWS Regina teen wins spot on Canada's junior team Rob Vanstone, Leader-Post - May 25, 2010 Drake Greschner was not impressed when he initially tested the waters. His introduction to water polo hardly foreshadowed the level of excellence he would achieve, or the passion with which he would approach the sport. >> more NEWS Twirlers vying for spot Jonathan Hamelin, The Leader-Post - May 25, 2010 For fans of baton twirling, Regina was the place to be over the long weekend. From Saturday to Monday, the Canadian team trial championships were held at the University of Regina's Centre for Kinesiology, Health and Sport. Competitors from across Canada were vying for a spot on the national team, which will represent Canada at the 31st annual world baton twirling championships in Bergen, Norway, this August. >> more NEWS Priel on national baton team The StarPhoenix - May 25, 2010 Danielle Priel of the Saskatoon Myracles baton twirling club has been named to the Canadian national team in senior women's freestyle. Priel earned her spot after finishing second at the national team trials during the weekend- Regina. >> more NEWS Russell Lenferna, 15, a future Canadian senior national water polo team prospect GREG HARDER, Leader-Post - May 22, 2010 Russell Lenferna grew up idolizing local water polo luminaries like Kevin Graham and Noah Miller. Now he's officially swimming in their wake. >> more NEWS Raising sport's profile at event Greg Harder, Leader-Post - May 21, 2010 The sport of water polo continues to make waves in Regina. Already a reputed spawning ground for some of the top players in Canada, the city is diving back into the shallow end this weekend for the 2010 16-and-under boys national club championship at the Lawson Aquatic Centre. By staging a grassroots-level event, the local water polo community believes it can continue to increase its profile while also exposing the next generation of players to the game. >> more NEWS Thiel able to beat the heat Craig Slater, The Leader-Post - May 19, 2010 Danielle Thiel admits it can be a struggle to make it through the gruelling 3,000-metre race, especially in Tuesday's desert-like heat. But the red ribbon she was given was no mirage. >> more NEWS Fastball execution key to Benesh's no-hitter Craig Slater, Leader-Post - May 19, 2010 Nolan Benesh was so good on the mound on Tuesday that his teammates started to heckle him from the field. But the 15-year-old rookie was unflappable. >> more NEWS Baerg the wheel deal Jordan Hartshorn, The StarPhoenix - May 19, 2010 Ashley Baerg will be playing with Team Saskatchewan this weekend in the wheelchair basketball national championships in Saskatoon. >> more NEWS Paddlers Byers, Fense headed to major meets The Leader-Post - May 18, 2010 Two members of Regina's Wascana Racing Canoe Club have been named to the teams that are to represent Canada in international events this summer. >> more NEWS Former Huskies on national team The StarPhoenix - May 18, 2010 Mark Dodds of Lucky Lake and Gavin Schmitt of Saskatoon, both former members of the University of Saskatchewan Huskies, have been named to the Canadian senior men's volleyball team by fifth-year head coach Glenn Hoag. >> more NEWS Kenke makes junior kayak team The StarPhoenix - May 18, 2010 Jarret Kenke of the Saskatoon Racing Canoe Club qualified for the junior national men's canoe/kayak team after finsihing sixth in the junior men's K-1 1000-metre C final and eighth in the junior men's K-1 500m event at the Canadian national team trials in Montreal this past weekend. >> more NEWS Medal bonanza for Canadian junior divers at Dutch Open Canadian Sport Centre Calgary - Sport Performance Weekly - May 17th, 2010 Canadian junior divers earned victories in five on seven finals on Saturday including medal sweeps in two events at the Dutch Open. >> more NEWS Dalton paddles away with pair of titles at team trials Canwest News Service - May 15, 2010 Richard Dalton of Halifax kicked off the 2010 paddling season Saturday with wins in the C-1 200- and C-2 1,000-metre events at the first of two national canoe and kayak team trials. Andrew Willows of Gananoque, Ont., and Kia Byers of Regina were also victors in opening 200-metre finals under cloudy and sometimes rainy conditions at the Olympic Basin. >> more NEWS CSCS Registered Athletes and Coaches Don't forget to send us your results and achievements.

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