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March 2011

Board of Directors

• Executive Committee

    President: John Byl

    Vice-President: Helen Downey

    Treasurer: Bob Alderson

Members At Large

Diane Lourenco Doug Parry

Peter Rumble

• Board of Directors

Lori CooperAl CraigMichael Hall

   Dave KiselBob Krouse

Jim LamontangeDebbie LaPierreCathie MillerOlga PavlovichBill Urie

Breakfast of Champions

• Honouring nearly 500 people– Provincial Champions in a

recognized provincial organization

– Canadian Champions representing a provincial organization

– Representing Canada internationally having qualified to be on the national team • Proudly sponsored by

Carmen’s and Pearson-Dunn

Breakfast of Champions (con’t)

• Speakers Angela James (inducted into Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame) and Bryce Davison (Canadian Champion Figure Skater).

Volunteer Banquet

Lead organization assisting with the banquet; specifically with the awards selection and presentations

Assisted with speaker honorarium for Right to Play—Clara Hughes

Banquet (con’t)

Other Annual Awards Throughout the Year

• R. A. Riddell Sport Academy Award– Awarded to a Sport Academy student

who exemplifies leadership and commitment within the R.A. Riddell school community, and who has consistently demonstrated personal growth in their athletic and academic accomplishments

• Mary Keyes Award– Awarded annually to a female high school student in an inner

city school to attend the Olympic Academy

Other Awards (con’t)

• Dr. Gene Sutton Award– Providing funds for one female student to

attend the Ontario Olympic Youth Academy

• Online educational program:– It further ensures your commitment to your number 1 priority--safety for

participants – It provides your stakeholders with the tools to deal with:

• Abuse (Physical, Sexual, Emotional) • Emotional Maltreatment • Neglect • Bullying & Harassment • Legal and moral responsibilities

– It helps your organization, staff and volunteers to mitigate liability – It provides a proactive Risk Management Program for your front-line – Through education, it helps retain recreation leaders, coaches, officials and

volunteers by making them less vulnerable and more confident in dealing with sensitive issues

– It makes a values based statement on behalf of your organization to ALL stakeholders

– We have nearly 400 licences—please contact us if you wish to use some.

Educational Evenings

• Long Term Athlete Development with Steve Lidstone from McMaster

• Respect in Sport with Holly Abraham from Respect in Sport

Educational Evenings (con’t)

• Healthy Snacks Toolkit– Healthy Living Division

City of Hamilton– Becky Keller—Three

time Olympic gold medal winner (Women’s Hockey)

– Matthew Greenwood—Ontario Soccer Association

Educational Evenings (con’t)

Hamilton Accessibility Sport Council

• Formative meetings to get folks together, develop a constitution, and plan a formative meeting

• April 17, in the afternoon, Ready, Willing, and Able, at Huntington Park

• Received $2,500 from ParaSport Ontario• Looking into possibility of hosting Summer

Games

Web Site

• www.sporthamilton.com

• Web site visits

Other Initiatives

• Homeless Baseball—Help acquire equipment

• Ancaster Toyota bursary for inner city children to attend Hamilton Gymnastics Academy

• Assist the Hamilton Sport Hall of Fame in their selection of Hall of Famers

Other Initiatives in the Past

• Gained a grant throught the Ministry of Health Promotion to run an inner city soccer league for one year

• Assisted with various bids like Pan Am Games

• Assisted with the Ontario Elite Gymnastics Meet held in Hamilton

Other Initiatives

• Sport and non-sport members of any town, city or village of any size across the country are able to use good sport intentionally to live the True Sport principles

• Members of a True Sport community believe that good sport can make a big difference.

• The True Sport tips and tools will allow communities to actively pursue the True Sport Principles and create a healthy, fair, inclusive and fun sport atmosphere

• We were recognized with an award (2007) as a leading True Sport community in Canada—reviving momentum

Thank you tothe City of Hamilton for supporting us in

our joint workof promoting Sport for All!

Upcoming Events

• April 26: AGM—Redeemer University College—room 220 (6:30pm dinner, 7:00pm AGM)

• September: Sport Extravaganza• September 28: Volunteer Sport Banquet

– Nominations can be made online soon at the SportHamilton website

• December 5: Breakfast of Champions– Championship teams can already register online at

the SportHamilton website

• Educational Evenings to be announced

Contact Us

• office@sporthamilton.com

• www.sporthamilton.com