ParaSport & Recreation PEI

Prince Edward Island

Archives for May 2018

2018 ParaSport and Recreation PEI Provincial Bowling Championship Results

ParaSport and Recreation PEI held its Annual Provincial Bowling Championships for individuals with a disability at Credit Union Place on Sunday, May 27, 2018. Bowlers participated in 5 different categories. The Overall Top Bowlers in the event were for the women,  Heidi White with a total pin fall of 232 and for the men, Jonathan Harper with an average pin fall of 157.5 .

Here are the total set of results from the weekend:

Category:  Women’s Standing

1st Place:  Lisa Webster
2nd Place:  Sandra Poirier
3rd Place:  Michaela Karis

Category:  Women Standing with a Chute

1st Place:  Heidi White
2nd Place:  Stella Walsh
3rd Place:  Tanya Matheson

Category: Men’s Standing

1st Place: Jonathan Harper
2nd Place: Victor Gallant
3rd Place:  Art Thibodeau

Category:  Men’s Standing with a Chute

1st Place:  Pierre Arsenault
2nd Place:  Nick MacIntyre

Category:  Men’s Seated with a Chute

1st Place: John O’Halleron
2nd Place:  Frank Larkin

Photos: Overall Top Male Winner, Jonathan Harper and Overall Top Female Winner, Heidi White accepting their awards from ParaSport and Recreation PEI Board Member, Cheryl Tanton.

2018 ParaSport and Recreation PEI Awards Presentation & Annual General Meeting Date Set

ParaSport and Recreation PEI is set to host its Annual General Meeting and Awards Presentation on Monday, June 11th, 2018 at the Holiday Inn Express in Charlottetown.

The evening’s Agenda is the following:

5:30 PM:  Meet and Greet Reception (Light snacks and refreshments will be provided)

6:00 PM:  Awards Presentation

6:30 PM:  15 Min Break

6:45 PM:  Annual General Meeting

8:00 PM:  Adjournment

Just a reminder that all Associate Members are encouraged to have a representative in attendance to present highlights from past year (April 1, 2017-March 31, 2018) on behalf of their respective organizations.  For more information,  please email info@parasportpei.ca.

Goodlife Kids Foundation Supports Wheelchair Basketball

ParaSport and Recreation P.E.I. have received a grant of $7,500 from GoodLife Kids Foundation to help develop wheelchair basketball on P.E.I.

The funding was used to purchase two new youth basketball wheelchairs as well as to support the Wheelchair Basketball Junior Program.

ParaSport and Recreation P.E.I. will continue to offer the Wheelchair Basketball Junior Program this fall. It is a free program that is open to children between the ages of 6-14.

GoodLife Kids Foundation raises funds to support national, provincial and local programs that provide ongoing physical activity opportunities for kids with special needs and to help remove some of the barriers currently holding children back from living a healthy life.

For more information or to get involved in wheelchair basketball, contact the ParaSport and Recreation P.E.I. office by email at parasportpei@.ca or by calling 902-368-4540.

 

Goodlife Fitness Charlottetown manager, Jillian Sproul, left, Wheelchair Basketball Junior Program athletes, Spencer Keenan and Reagh Keenan, and ParaSport and Recreation P.E.I. president Bob Kenny

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