| December
15, 2009 - Special Olympics PEI Announces Team PEI 2010
- 30 athletes and 11 coaches and mission staff have been
selected to represent PEI at the 2010 Special Olympics Canada
National Summer next July in London, Ontario.
Athletes will be competing in the
sports of softball, swimming, track & field, 5-pin and
10-pin bowling during the week of July 12 – 17, 2010.
“We are very excited about
Team PEI 2010. Our Provincial Teams have a reputation of
recruiting very qualified and capable volunteers to serve
as mission staff and coaches. Once again we are very pleased
with the group that will lead our teams preparing for, and
during, the 2010 Games.” says Chef de Mission, Charity
Sheehan.
Team members will be busy over the
next year training weekly, attending training camps and
fundraising as they prepare for London.
Chef
de Mission: |
Charity
Sheehan |
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Team
Manager: |
Tracey Rochon |
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Mission
Staff |
Debbie Metcalfe
David Morrow |
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Swim
Team |
Alysia Angus-Lunt, Head
Coach
Alyssa Chapman
Amie Sullivan
Amber Metcalfe
Rachael Loggie |
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Athletics
Team |
Jodi Corcoran, Head
Coach
Charles Beaulieu
Lorne Blackett |
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5-Pin
Bowling Team |
Rickey Burns, Head Coach
Joey Blanchard
Dawn Larkin
Jonathan Watts
Rolanda MacLure
Roseanne Donahoe |
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10-
Pin Bowling Team |
Ann Kilby, Head Coach
Eric Smith
Wayne Dyment
Bryan Kinch
Kevin Ramsay |
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Softball
Team |
Richard Douillette,
Head Coach
Judy Gallant, Assistant Coach
Lew Champion, Assistant Coach
Blair Burns
Jerred Affleck
Travis Perry
John Anthony Laybolt
Greg St. John
Tommy MacGuigan
Marc McKearney
Aaron Myers
Shawn Mitchell
Chris MacPherson
Brian McNab
Jamie Trowsdale
Cedric Gallant
Glendon Arsenault
Mark Ramsay |
The 2010 Special
Olympics Canada National Summer Games will bring together
over 1400 athletes, coaches and mission staff from ten provinces
and two territories, competing in eight different sports.
From these games, Team Canada will be selected to compete
in the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Athens,
Greece
Special Olympics PEI is a charitable
organization dedicated to enriching the lives of Prince
Edward Islanders with an intellectual disability through
sport. Athletes can participate in either community or competitive
sport streams and have the opportunity to train year-round
and compete at games held provincially, nationally and internationally.
If you would like more information
about Special Olympics PEI and its programs, please contact
Charity Sheehan, SOPEI Program Director at 368-8919 or via
e-mail at csheehan@sopei.com.
December
15, 2009 - Make No Small Plans! - In celebration
of the 40th Anniversary of Special Olympics in Canada, a
new commemorative book "Make No Small Plans" has
been released. Your purchase of this book will help to create
awareness and raise much needed funds for Special Olympics
PEI.
Make No Small Plans traces the growth
of Special Olympics in Canada while honouring those who
know it best. From striking archival photographs to touching
recollections by volunteers and supporters, including NHL
legends Wayne Gretzky and Bobby Smith, this retrospective
is a fitting tribute to a movement that has enriched the
lives of thousands of Canadians over four decades.
. To purchase your very own copy
of the Make No Plans book (Available in hardcover for only
$29.95) please contact Tracey Rochon at (902) 368-8919 or
toll free 1-800-287-1196. Also via email at tracey@sopei.com
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