British Columbia Blind Sports and Recreation Association

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March 2003
Insight - The Newsletter for the Membership of BC Blind Sports Volume 8 , Issue 8  - Spring  2003 Edition

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Table of Contents

President's Report
Message from Past President Dr. Phil Moir
To All the Great Volunteers in BC Blind Sports!!!!
Memberships
Survey
Names in the News
Sport BC's 37th Annual Athlete of the Year Awards
A New Winter Program: Ice Hockey
2003 BC Disability Games - Kelowna July 9-13
Lawn Bowls
Goalball
Golf
Showdown
"Swimming in South America" The World Championship
Tandem Cycling
BC Blind Sports Adds Triathlons
IBSA World Championships and Games August 2-12
Planet Bingo Supporting BC Blind Sports
Active Living Alliance Youth Exchange Program
Advocate for Sight Impaired Consumers
Calendar

PRESIDENT'S REPORT

During the latter half of 2002 the Board of BC Blind Sports and Recreation has been pleased to provide human resources assistance to the organization of the 2nd International Blind Sports Federation World Championships and Games - Quebec 2003. This assistance has been in the form of dedicating staff time to ensure the success of the games, and assisting CBSA President (former BC Vice-President) Gary Steeves.

Gary and Jane have traveled to Quebec City a few times for organizational meetings, and Mike Lonergan and I accompanied them in January on their most recent trip (on our way to a CBSA national board meeting).

The Games give us an opportunity to form working relationships with the National Sport Organizations governing five of the six sports included in the games (the 6th sport is goalball). The Games present a tremendous opportunity to further blind sports in Canada in many ways. We are all looking forward to next August.

Congratulations to Donovan Tildesley, Walter Wu and Brian Hill for their fine showing at the IPC World Swimming Championships in Argentina last December. Way to go guys!

Congratulations, also, to our former President, Don Steen, for his selection to the BC Sports Hall of Fame. This is a much-deserved honour to Don for his contributions as a competitor, coach and organizer. He has been a major player in all aspects of sports in BC for many years.

I am very encouraged with the progress being made by our staff in the area of connecting with the many other organizations involved in supporting people who are blind or visually impaired, especially young people. Susan and Mike are making major connections with the vision teachers and others in the education and community systems. This is our future.

I had the opportunity in January to attend a meeting, with Jane, of the Provincial Advisory Committee For Children With Visual Impairments and Their Families. At the table were parents, and representatives of the CNIB and other groups interested in the field of blindness. Our connection with these many groups has been a learning experience for me, a great asset to our organization, and a benefit to many children and youth.

The year 2003 is certainly going to be exciting. With the BC Disability Games in Kelowna in July and the IBSA World Games in Quebec City in August, we have a lot of work to do and a lot to look forward to. Good luck in all your endeavors.

MESSAGE FROM THE PAST PRESIDENT DR. PHIL MOIR

New Years Greetings to all our BC Blind Sports and Recreation Association members, volunteers, board members, Commissioners and local community volunteers. We are nearing the end of our 2002-3 year, and thanks to our staff we are on track to achieve the goals set out in our Strategic Plan. We are especially pleased with the contacts and programs being developed by Jane, Mike and Susan in the 8 Regions of the Province. These sport, recreation, and physical activity programs, events and activities are reported in the Winter 2002 Insight, with updates in this current issue. These programs are not only fun for the participants, but can also be rehabilitative in nature.

While British Columbia is our "ballpark", so to speak, this year we are playing an important role in conjunction with CBSA (Canadian Blind Sports Association) in organizing the IBSA (International Blind Sports Federation) Games being held in August 2003 at Quebec City. Your President Doug and Executive Director Jane are supporting Gary, who has undertaken the Presidency of CBSA, and our team of three brings important skills and energy to CBSA and the IBSA Games. As a Director of CBSA, Doug directly supports Gary and plays an important liaison role between our Provincial and National Associations. This team commitment gives our BC Association key National and International profile in the field of Blind Sports.

As your Past President, I work to supporting Doug, Jane and Gary on their CBSA/IBSA activities, and try to help Jane, David, Mike, Susan, and Mymy, with administrative matters and daily routines. I have chosen as my Past-President focus the all-important theme: Fundraising. Our Association is in a satisfactory budget situation overall. Your Treasure Frank and the Board of Directors is reasonably sure that this will continue into the next fiscal year. However, we need to be alert to economic realities and political issues that might arise and which could have an impact on our revenue sources and therefore ability to deliver programs.

Continuing with the Fundraising theme, my Committee is working on a strategy and plan to raise funds for specific projects by applications to service clubs, foundations and private sector business for funding support. Part of our strategy is to conduct a Fundraising Workshop for committee members and staff to develop materials and procedures to support our applications for grants in order that we may continue to meet the goals in our strategic plan. Accordingly, we invite advice from members on possible sources of project funding, particularly relating to your Region. For example, service clubs and local businesses may prefer to donate to projects with direct benefit to people who are blind or visually impaired and living in the area of the service club or business.

If you have any fundraising ideas or advice, please leave a message for the Fundraising Committee with Mymy at the office.

TO ALL THE GREAT VOLUNTEERS IN BC BLIND SPORTS !!!!!

To all the GREAT VOLUNTEERS who give us your time and expertise to assist our Association and its athletes. Whether you're in the office or on the field as a guide, tapper, director, official, coach, or help out with special events such as Run For Light, and Bingo, WE THANK YOU!!!! Our athletes at all levels of recreation and competitive sports appreciate all that you do for them. Give yourselves a pat on the back.

MEMBERSHIPS

A reminder that all 2003 memberships are coming due!!! Please find enclosed a membership form for you to renew your annual membership. All memberships are due April 1, 2003. Membership fees are $15.00 for athletes and $5.00 for supporting members. Remember a membership has its benefits and privileges.

SURVEY

We are currently conducting a survey with people in BC who are blind or deaf/blind. Our purpose is to find out what additional services we could provide to these individuals. We are particularly interested in helping people keeping active as their lifestyle changes (e.g. graduating from school), or helping people who may be inactive to become active. We at BC Blind Sports are trying to find out what we can do to improve our reach to British Columbians. If you are a person who is 19 and over would like to participate in the survey, please call our office and speak to Susan. The survey is being conduct by a marketing company, Pacific Marketing Research, of Langley. A questionnaire has been put together; there are about ten questions. We will receive a final report from Pacific Marketing Research. All information given to the researchers will be kept confidential. We hope to have this completed by the end of March.

NAMES IN THE NEWS!

Congratulations to former BC Blind Sports president Don Steen on his recent selection to the BC Sports Hall of Fame. Don will be inducted in the builder category for his long time involvement in sport as a coach and administrator.

Don is the current Athletics Commissioner for BC Blind Sports, a member of the CBSA Athletics Commission, and represents blind athletes and coaches on the Athletics Canada Paralympic Committee. This selection follows his selection to the Burnaby Sports Hall of Fame in 2001.

Courtney Knight was selected as the Female Athlete with a Physical Disability at the BC Athletics Awards Banquet in January.

IPC World Championships, BC Blind Sports had 3 swimmers compete at the world Championships in Argentina in December with some outstanding results-

Donovan Tildesley 5 Gold Brian Hill 4 Silver Walter Wu 4 Gold

SPORT BC'S 37TH ANNUAL ATHLETE OF THE YEAR AWARDS

The 37th annual Sport BC Athlete of the Year Awards Banquet will take place on Thursday, March 13, 2003 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Vancouver. One nominee for the Disabled Athlete award is Brian Hill from Nanaimo, a BC swimmer who had a number of outstanding performances last year.

Our President's Award will be given to Dr. Gordon Douglas. Dr. Douglas has done the Sight Classification for our athletes for many years. He has also been involved with classification at National and International events.

A NEW WINTER PROGRAM: ICE HOCKEY

The Vancouver Blind Hockey Program has joined BC Blind Sports!!! The current hockey players are hoping that other members of BCBSRA will join in the fun and increase the number of players. Everyone is welcome both blind/visually impaired and sighted, male and female. Whether you are just starting out or already know the game we look forward to seeing you out.

The team is also planning a workshop for late March or early April. If you or someone you know would be interested in learning more about hockey or want to brush up your skills give us a call to put your name on the list for the workshop.

The team is always looking for any new or used equipment, so if you have any equipment your looking to get rid of and you think the program may benefit from it please let us know.

The team currently practices out of Riley Park Community center located at 30th and Ontario Street in Vancouver. The season starts in early October and runs until the end of March, the practice day is Fridays at 12:00 noon to 1:00pm.

For more information contact Mike, Program Director at the BC Blind Sports office or Rob Camozzi at 604-936-6544.

2003 BC DISABILITY GAMES KELOWNA JULY 9 - 13

Join BC Blind Sports at the annual Disability games in Kelowna this year! This years games will host BC Championships in Lawn Bowls and Golf. There will be Competitions in Athletics, Swimming and Tandem Cycling. This year will also see the return of Goalball as a medal sport. We look forward to your participation, with the games taking place July 9-13. Transportation and accommodation are provided by the Games. The registration deadline is in early June. If you don't plan to stay in Games accommodation, remember that hotel rooms are expensive in Kelowna in the summer. Plan now for your participation.

BC Blind Sports will send out the registration forms to you and provide any assistance in completing them. Please Contact Susan at the office to obtain the forms. For any further information that we can give you about training and events, please contact us!

LAWN BOWLS

To all lawn bowlers, Remember that the Provincial Lawn bowling Championships will be held this year in the Cherry Capital of the World here in Kelowna July 9 - 13th. We are on target, and we are looking forward to a good competition.

Here in Kelowna it will be hot, so get your sunscreens ready and be prepared to drink a lot of water. We will be staying at the new Kelowna Secondary School. We do have transit going throughout the city, which will enable you to enjoy the cool breeze off the Lake.

There are three invitational scheduled to be held around the Province so far. As usual Richmond will host theirs on June 17 and Nanaimo will host on May 20. A new community, Kamloops will join the series on June 8. For those of you in the Kamloops area there will be a seminar held to assist in hosting this event. We look forward to having everyone our, as we know these will be a great way to warm up for the Provincials in Kelowna.

It would be the time now to get your appointments in place for your annual sight classification test to be done. If you don't have a new form please ask the office to send them to you. I know that you still have a few months to do this. Please contact me by phone or E-mail with any questions.

GOALBALL

In early November a group of 15 individuals converged on Burnaby's Maywood Elementary school gymnasium to engage in some goalball action. Since then, an enthusiastic and dedicated group of individuals have come together on a weekly basis to participate. Goalball is a unique sport developed in 1946, which allows athletes with all levels of vision (total blindness, partial-sight, and full-sight) to participate equally in a team environment. Two teams comprising of three players orient themselves to face each other on a raised rectangular court measuring 9 meters by 18 meters. The object of the game is to role the ball (similar in size to a basketball, heavier, containing bells) past the opposing teams defensive stance and across the goal line. This basic premise combined with strategy, skill and technique adds up to an empowering, invigorating game, which at its highest level is played at the Paralympics.

We would like to invite people who may be interested in volunteering as court officials (referees, coaches, etc) or males and females (all ages) who may be interested in playing, to check this game out and give it a try. We currently play on Thursdays from 6:00PM to 9:00PM at Maywood Elementary School  4567 Imperial Street, Burnaby (near Metrotown Sky-train). For more information, please call Blind Sports at (604) 325-8638. Monty Lilburn  Acting Goalball Commissioner.

GOLF

The 2003 golf season is almost upon us. The BC Disability Games, as in the past will include golf. Kelowna Springs will be the host course and the Pacific Blind Golf Association will dovetail their event with the Games. The 36-hole tournament will be held over the two days following the Games at Shadow Ridge, next door to the springs.

Other events our members may be interested in are the Western Canadian Blind Golf Association (WCBGA) tournament in Coaldale in August and the US Blind Golf Association National Championships to be held in Portland Oregon in September. Interested golfers can contact Doug Stoutly through the BCBSRA office or at
info@bcblindsports.bc.ca .

Congratulations to Bob Comba for his fine showing at last year's US Open held in Texas.

Hit 'em outa sight!

SHOWDOWN

Showdown is continuing to flourish in more and more countries around the world. Most recently Showdown groups from France and England were set us. The Czech Republic, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Slovakia, are some of the other European countries where Showdown is strong. Other countries that have Showdown groups include Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. There are many more throughout the world: Africa, the United States and Australia.

In Prague, last May, Showdown representatives proved to me again, the real magnificence of what Showdown can be to the blind. Each country has several clubs within their National, regional, and invitational tournaments are being held in the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, and the Czech Republic annually.

Showdown tables are being built in Sweden, in Denmark, Holland, and Czech Republic and are being sold to other European clubs throughout Europe.

Twenty-five years ago Showdown was invented in Canada. More than twenty years ago Showdown entered Europe. In all of the above countries and more, Showdown is an official sport. Hopefully the direction for Showdown in Canada will change and will flourish as in other countries.

A Showdown group has been formed in Vancouver to promote a regular gathering for games and tournaments. More information will be available shortly on where and when the group will meet.

Pat York,
Showdown Commission.

"SWIMMING IN SOUTH AMERICA" THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

This past December, the World Championships for Swimmers with Disabilities was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina. Canada was one of fifty countries in attendance. The competition was held from December 10-15.

Team Canada consisted of 17 swimmers and nine support staff including three blind and visually impaired swimmers from BC; Brian Hill (B3) from Nanaimo, Walter Wu (B3) from Richmond, and me, Donovan Tildesley (B1) from Vancouver. BC coaches and support staff included Walter's long-time coach Craig McCord, Brian's coach Shane Esau who was the physiologist for the team, and my Dad, Hugh Tildesley, who was my coach and tapper. Despite some organizational snags, we were able to win six gold and four silver medals on the first day. It gave me great pride to beat the great Tim Reddish of Great Britain to win gold in the 100m freestyle, Canada's first gold medal of the meet! The feeling of victory to me was incredible. My fellow British Columbians, Walter Wu and Brian Hill, won gold and silver respectively in the B3 men's 200m IM.

For me, the second day of the meet is one, which I won't soon forget. I was swimming two races: the 400m freestyle and the 100m backstrokes. What more is that both of these races had preliminaries in the morning and finals at night. It was definitely going to be a big day! With some trepidation, I prepared for the day wondering if I would have both the physical and mental stamina to swim both of these races to my full potential. After qualifying first in the morning, I won the 400m freestyle in a time of 4.59,14, breaking an eighteen-year-old Canadian Record set at the 1984 Paralympic by Winnipeg's Tim McIsaac. What made my 400 even more exciting was that I once again beat Tim Reddish from Great Britain by 26th/100ths of a second! Later that evening, I won another gold in my 100m backstroke, taking my second gold medal of the day and my third gold medal of the meet! The feeling I felt after stepping out of the water after my 100m backstrokes eclipsed the pride I had felt the night before. All in all, Canada won five more gold medals and three silver medals that day including silver by Brian Hill in the100m freestyle.

By the third day of the meet, Canada was still going strong and only second to Great Britain in the other all medal count. I swam the 100m butterfly and although I got a silver medal, I beat my previous best time by over two seconds. Although Tim Reddish of Great Britain won the butterfly race, he was so exhausted by the end that he had to be dragged out of the pool and placed in a wheelchair in order for him to recover. It just goes to show that if Canada can't win against our competitors, we certainly can put them through a lot of pain! As well that day, Walter Wu took his second gold medal of the meet in the B3 men's 400 freestyle. We finished the day with 4 gold medals, 3 silver medals, and 2 bronze medals.

I was happy to have the fourth day of the competition off. Nevertheless, I came to the pool to cheer my teammates on. One of the more notable performances on this day was the 100 butterfly for B3 men. Walter Wu came first and Brian Hill, despite his best efforts, was a close second. What made this race even more enjoyable was to see Walter and Brian both swimming to their full potentials and supporting one another at the same time.

The fourth day of the meet brought me another excellent swim. In my 200 IM, I swam a time of 2.32.90, beating my previous best time by over two seconds to capture my fourth gold medal of the meet. Besides the medal, this swim brought me even more success, as I was able to swim .1 seconds under the time to give me an International Card. This means that I am now eligible to receive funding from Swim Canada in order to further my swimming career!

The fifth and final day of the meet once again brought Canada more success. I was able to win my fifth gold medal of the meet in the men's B1 50 freestyle tying Kirby cote (B3) from Winnipeg for Canada's most gold medals won. Interestingly enough, my gold medal was Canada's final one of the meet! As well, Walter Wu won his fourth gold in the 100 backstroke while Brian Hill won his fourth silver in the same event. The team ended the meet with a record 28 gold, 14 silver, and 5 bronze second only to Great Britain. This is a great accomplishment considering that Great Britain's team was comprised of 42 swimmers while Canada only had 17!

I believe that everyone including myself was impressed with our performances. We did what we had to do and made our country proud! The next major meet will be Swimmers with Disability (SWAD) nationals in Edmonton this July 17-20, followed by IBSA Swim Championships in Quebec City in early August. Donovan Tildesley.

TANDEM CYCLING

The 2003 season is fast approaching. The first big event is the Defy Sport if in Montreal to be held at the end of April. It is a multisport event that is held over a 5-6 day period. This year BCBSRA hopes to send teams including our first all women's team of stoker Shawn Marcela's and her pilot Lisa Sweeney. Also scheduled to compete will be Gene Della Siege, and his pilot Murray Solemn, and Brian Cowie and as yet an unnamed pilot. Some other major events on the calendar this year include the road nationals in Hamilton in June, the Pan Am Championships in New York in July and the IBSA World Championships in Quebec City in August.

Brian Cowie

BC BLIND SPORTS ADDS TRIATHLONS!!!

The sport of Triathlon has been added to the BC Blind Sports Cycling Commission. This first year shows excellent results from Brian and his pilot Ian Nelson. Brian is an experience tri-athlete, having competed in a number of Iron-man competitions. In 2002 Brian and Ian took part in two events. In June they competed in the Victoria International Triathlon. This was an Olympic distance triathlon, which consists of a 1500-meter swim, a 40km bike and a 10km run. They finished first in the (AWAD) Athletes With A Disability category and qualified for the International Triathlon Union World Triathlon Championships in Cancun, Mexico in November 02. The conditions in Mexico were difficult with temperatures on race day reaching 40 degrees Celsius. Despite the conditions, Brian and Ian finished second, winning the World Championships Silver Medal.

This year the National Championships will be held in Edmonton, Alberta in mid July. This event will be the qualifier for the ITU World Championships to be held in Queenstown, New Zealand on December 6, 2003.

Please contact Brian for any further information on how one can compete in this very popular and growing sport!

INTERNATIONAL BLIND SPORTS ASSOCIATION WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AND GAMES AUGUST 2 - 12, 2003

These Championships and Games are a multi-sport event hosted by CBSA in partnerships with Sports Internationaux de Quebec (SIQ). The events will be held in Quebec City at a number of locations.

There will be competitions in six IBSA World Championships in Athletics (except marathon), Power lifting, Swimming, and Tandem Cycling. These Games will be Paralympic qualifiers in Goal ball and Judo. If you or someone you know is interested in a volunteer position at these exciting upcoming Games please call the office, or if you want further information on the Games check out the web page at www.ibsaquebec2003.com .

PLANET BINGO SUPPORTING BC BLIND SPORTS

Bingo has been played within the walls of the historic Royal Canadian Legion Memorial Building on Main Street for decades. But is was in the late 1980's that the Planet Bingo journey began, and the game of bingo in the province of BC was changed forever! In 1988, Planet Bingo (then called Starship Bingo) became the home of the first electronic bingo pilot project in Canada. Needless, to say, it was a tremendous success.

By 1995, Planet Bingo had become the largest freestanding charitable bingo operation in North America. It operates, (on behalf of the British Columbia Lottery Corporation) and by the Mount Pleasant Starship Community Charitable Association (MPSCCA) which is comprised of over 75 charities. Through these member charities, which include, BC Blind Sports, the monies raised at Planet Bingo serve hundreds of thousands of people.

Planet Bingo has continually been voted the Number 1 Player Preferred Hall! They are widely regarded, and looked to internationally, as an industry leader. They are the only continuous drop-in bingo in the lower mainland! In the last calendar year, they've paid out over 10 Million Dollars in prize money.

Since their humble beginnings, they've grown into the incredible establishment that you enjoy today. Their modern 3-story facility includes 2 lottery centers, a bingo store, six (6) Pull Tab machines, an automatic banking machine, and the Galaxy Grill  serving, right to your table.

There are three floors to choose from when playing at Planet Bingo! Each floor offers a full range of services, and combined, have enough seats to comfortably host 750 bingo players, including almost 200 seats for electronic bingo!! Planet Bingo is a warm and inviting, friendly place to spend time. After all, it is the most popular game in the world, and millions of people can't be wrong!

There are two easy ways to support BC Blind Sports and Planet Bingo.

Come out and play BINGO with friends and family or on your own. Be a volunteer at BINGO, as BC Blind Sports has three volunteers at the Hall almost every Sunday night from 6:30PM to 10:00PM. So what are you waiting for come on out and join in the fun and help support your charities.

For more information, please call the Planet Bingo Hotline at (604) 879-8930, or visit their website at www.planetbingo.ca .
Or for VOLUNTEER info contact Susan at the Provincial office at (604) 325-8638, also E-mail info@bcblindsports.bc.ca . Hope to see you there.

ACTIVE LIVING ALLIANCE YOUTH EXCHANGE PROGRAM

The Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability is pleased to celebrate the International Day of Disabled Persons by inviting youths from across Canada to Ottawa for the experience of a lifetime. The third annual Youth Exchange will be held in Ottawa at Carleton University from June 28 to July 3, 2003. This event is supported by the YMCA Youth Exchanges Canada Program, which is funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage.

The youths will interact with their peers from coast to coast, learn leadership skills and participate in events with an "active living" flavor. Activities during the 2002 Exchange included rock climbing, sledge hockey, sailing and swimming. Through similar activities and leadership sessions, future participants will be equipped with the knowledge and experience to act as ambassadors for healthy, active lifestyles by advocating for more inclusive active living opportunities in their communities.

The Alliance encourages any youths between the ages of 14 and 17 as of June 1, 2003, to sign up before the March 1, 2003 deadline. Space is limited. You can download the registration forms from the website at www.ala.ca/ye .

For more information on the 2003 Youth Exchange contact Wendy Ireland at 1-800-771-0663, E-mail at mailto:wendy@ala.ca . or log on at www.ala.ca .

You may also contact Susan at the office at (604) 325-8638 or E-mail susan@bcblindsports.bc.ca

ADVOCATE FOR SIGHT IMPAIRED CONSUMERS

Descriptive Video Services at Famous Players: After two years of correspondence with Mr. John Bailey of Famous Players. ASIC was able to persuade the chain to make Descriptive Video Services (DVS) available in their theatres. A number of Lower Mainland theatres are now equipped with DVS technology. The same technology also provides Rear Window Captioning, which makes the movies accessible to the deaf and hard of hearing. To find out which movies are currently being shown in DVS format, call your theatre or check the rwc/dvs link at www.famousplayers.ca.

CALENDAR
MARCH
13 Sport BC's 37th Annual Athlete Of the Year Awards, Vancouver, BC
14 - 16 Goalball Nationals Sudbury, ON
21 - 23 Children's Early Intervention, Camp Bowen Island, BC

APRIL
1 MEMBERSHIP FEES DUE
23 - 27 Defi-Sportif Goalball and Tandem Cycling, Montreal, Que

MAY
20 Bowls Invitational, Nanaimo, BC
30 23rd Annual RUN FOR LIGHT Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC

JUNE
TBA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
6 - 8 Tandem Track Nationals, Bromont, Que
8 Bowls Invitational, Kamloops, BC
13 - 15 Dragon Boat Festival Vancouver, BC
17 Bowls Invitational, Richmond, BC
27 - 29 Tandem Road Championships, Hamilton, ON
28 ALA - Youth Exchange Program, July 2, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON

JULY
9 - 13 BC Disability Games, Kelowna, BC
9 - 13 BC Provincials for Bowls and Golf, Kelowna, BC
17 - 20 Swimmers With A Disability Nationals, (SWAD) Edmonton, AB
25 - 27 Athletics National Championships, Toronto, ON
TBA Pan Am Championships Events for Tandem Cycling, New York, USA

AUGUST

2 - 12 IBSA World Championships And Games, Quebec City, Que
16 - 17 Dragon Boat Festival, Victoria, BC
11 - 12 Western Canadian Blind Golf Association Golf Tournament, Coaldale, AB

SEPTEMBER

12 - 14 Dragon Boat Festival, Kelowna, BC
TBA US Blind Golf Association National Championships, Portland, Org

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