National Junior Goalball Championships

This past weekend the National Junior Goalball Championships were held here at the WRMS. It was an All Ontario final in the Men’s division as the Ontario Black Team scored in the final seconds of the game to defeat the Ontario White team by a score of 10-9. Members of the victorious Ontario Whites were Justin Lowery, Aaron Prevost, Kevin Rawlings and Tony Fraser. They were coached by Mr. Mannen and Mr. Breuls. The Ontario White squad consisted of Dylan Johnson, Arvin Carrandang, Donnovan Linton and Erik Miller. They were coached by Mr. Morgan and Mr. Edwards.

In the women’s Division the Ontario girls were upset by Alberta in the semi-finals in a shoot-out. They had came back from a 3-0 deficient at halftime to tie the game 3-3 on a Sarah Hargraves goal with 2 seconds left in regulation play before going on to loose in the shoot-out.. The Ontario girls went on to claim the bronze medal with a victory over New Brunswick. Members of the Ontario Team were Jillian Macsween, Sarah Hargraves, Julia Figueiredo, Brooke Perriam and Jessica Koury.

Justin Lowery and Jillian Macsween were both named to the All-tournament team in their respective divisions.

The tournament organizing committee would like to thank all of the staff who helped in making this tournament a success. Thanks to Sue Blackford and her crew for heading up the Transportation committee, Traci MacPhee for organizing the food committee, Debbie Jansen and Jason Osborne for looking after all of the tournament’s statistics and paperwork , thanks to Jen McMillan, Shawn Armstrong and Traci Macphee who have taken the time to become certified referees, and finally the coaching staff for the countless hours that they put into the school’s Goalball program.

Thanks to the school’s administration who allow us to use the school’s facilities to host the tournament. Finally thank you to all of the staff who dropped in during the weekend to watch the tournament and cheer on the athletes.

Mr. Ferras on behalf of the 2011 National Junior Goalball Championships Committee.

Also check out the article in the Expositor: WRM students dominate at Goalball championships