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Run for Light 2010

The 30th annual Run for Light will take place at Lumberman’s Arch, Stanley Park on Friday, May 28, 2010. Warm up will start at 9:02 p.m. and the run/walk at 9:32 p.m. All participants will have glow-in-the-dark t-shirts and light sticks. Everyone who registers is eligible for the post-run prize draws.

Click here to register on line for this year's run!

CBSA National Lawn Bowls Championships

BC bowlers win Men's B1, B2 and B3 Men's titles, Women take silver in B2 and B3

BC’s Randy Fred successfully defended his National Title from 2008 in the B1 totally blind class. Randy capped off an undefeated tournament by beating Geoff Connor of Alberta by a score of 21 – 8, while Calgary’s Brian McIvor won the bronze.

In the men’s B2 partially sighted class, last year’s silver medalist Ken Wahl from BC won the gold medal as he was uncontested. Ken played exhibition games throughout the preliminary double-round-robin portion of the event in the B3 class.

In the men’s B3 legally blind class, BC’s Al Hanet defended his 2008 National Championship Title by beating newcomer Bob Smith from Calgary 21 – 14.

The final game of the women’s B2 partially sighted class was one of the more exciting of the event as the players were tied at 17 points each when the 3 hour time limit expired and had to play an extra tie-breaker end. Calgary’s Heather Hannett beat last year’s champion Iris Ferguson from BC by a score of 18 – 17 in the extra end with bowls so close they had to measure to determine the winner.

In the women’s B3 legally blind classification, last year’s champion Arlene Stapleton from BC was upset in the finals by Ontario’s Nel DeBruyn.
(Results courtesy of Canadian Blind Sports Assoc.) For full results visit the CBSA website at www.canadianblindsports.ca.

Summer 2009 Newsletter

The 2009 Summer newsletter is now available in .pdf or as a word document. It includes results for several sports, plans for upcoming events and more. To download the pdf, click here. To download the word document, click here.

Nanaimo Sports Hall of Fame Inducts Edgson -2009

Long time BC Blind Sports member and Paralympic swimmer, Michael Edgson has been inducted into the Nanaimo Sports Hall of Fame. Michael began his swimming career in Nanaimo. More...

IBSA Pan American Games / IBSA World Youth and Student Championshsips

Competition update – Day 4
Canadian Jr Men’s Goalball Team and Pan American Women’s Teams Win Silver Medals, Team Canada Athletes did extrodinarily well at the events winning 23 medals with 9 gold, 8 silver, and 6 bronze. Even more impressive, every Canadian competitor won a medal! More from the Canadian Blind Sports website.

Competition Update – Midway Through Day 2
July 17th, 2009. Colorado Springs, Colorado -Canadian Blind Sports Goalball Teams have played 6 out of 11 scheduled games for the day at the 2009 IBSA Pan American Games and IBSA World Youth and Student Championships.
Canada’s Junior Men’s Goalball Team began the day by beating Russia 8 – 6 on the strength of an impressive 8 goal performance by Dylan Johnson. All Athletics athletes who competed in last night's events won medals for a total of 2 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze as well as a win by Team Canada in the exhibition 4 X 400m race. To read more of this story and others from CBSA, visit the CBSA website.

Official IBSA Showdown Rules for 2009-2012

IBSA showdown rules are now available in word or pdf formats. Download Word version / .pdf version.

2009 Run for Light:

The 29th annual Run for Light Fun Run was held on Friday, May 29, 2009 in Stanley Park. What a great night for the Run, we had great weather for the approximately 1000 participants. What better way to spend a Friday evening than by the ocean supporting BC Blind Sports!
Thank you to all participants, volunteers, community partners, and our sponsors, for your tremendous support. See you next year!

BC Junior Goalball Teams win Gold/ Bronze at Nationals

The BC junior men's goalball team won the gold medal defeating Ontario, giving BC its first gold medal in Junior Goalball Nationals. The junior women's team finished third. after losing to Alberta in the semi-final, 2 - 1. More...

4 BC Goalball players named to CBSA National/ Development Team Pools

CBSA has announced the 2009 National Men's and Women's National Team pools, and Development Team pools, and 6 BC athletes have been identified.
As well, 3 athletes have been named to the IBSA World Youth Games to be held in Colorado Springs, USA. More...

2009 BCBSRA Insight Newsletter

The Winter edition of Insight is now available as a downloadable pdf. To download, click here.

2009 Island Open

Randy Kruzeniski followed up his 2 world titles at Karate Super Grands 2008 in December with 3 silver medals at the Island Open in Victoria, B.C. More...

Inside Coaching - The Official Newsletter of the CAC and the NCCP.

Visit the Coaching Association of Canada website, Click here.

BC Blind Sports and Recreation Association acknowledges the financial assistance of
the Province of British Columbia

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