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WINDSOR JUNCTION:<\/strong> A water-skier from Windsor Junction and a gymnastics coach from Fall River are among the finalists in their respective categories for the 2022 Sport N.S. Support4Sport Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The winners will be honoured and announced May 28 by Sport Nova Scotia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Support4Sport<\/em> Awards recognize the achievements of Nova Scotia\u2019s top athletes, teams, coaches, officials, and volunteers in amateur sport over the past year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Each of the finalists were nominated by their provincial sport organization as the best in their sport. Their achievements were judged through a multi-level selection process that considers their complete athletic performance throughout the year, as well as their top achievement of the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”8″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”156″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seventeen-year-old Olivia Chute of Windsor Junction is a finalist for Junior Female Athlete of the Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Abby Baker of Halifax (Golf) and Annika Leslie of Halifax (soccer) are the two other finalists in her category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the Coach of the Year category, Fall River\u2019s David Kikuchi is a finalist, alongside Troy Ryan of Hubbards (hockey); and Falmouth\u2019s Mark Smith in softball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jamie Ferguson, CEO of Sport N.S., said they\u2019re delighted to be hosting this year\u2019s Support4Sport Awards in person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSport Nova Scotia is incredibly proud of all the athletes and members of the amateur sport sector being recognized at the event,\u201d he said in a release. \u201cIt is wonderful to see sport programs and events begin to get into the swing of things again after the past 2 years of challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe pandemic made it very clear just how important sport is to all of us and what a necessary part of our lives it is. These awards are an excellent venue to celebrate all that Nova Scotians do in sport and the sports themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe are honoured to celebrate with all the award recipients and recognize the important contributions each has made.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”111″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”164″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Overall <\/strong>Support4Sport<\/strong><\/em> Awards finalists<\/strong> Senior Female Athlete of the Year<\/strong> Additional awards to be announced on May 28 include the Sport Makes a Difference Award, the Community Sport Organization Award, and the Chair Award. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Volunteers of the Year and Corporate Sponsors of the Year from each provincial sport organization will also be recognized. <\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”25″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”84″] [adrotate banner=”78″] [adrotate banner=”123″] WINDSOR JUNCTION: A water-skier from Windsor Junction and a gymnastics coach from Fall River are among the finalists in their respective categories for the 2022 Sport N.S. Support4Sport Awards. The winners will be honoured and announced May 28 by Sport Nova Scotia. The Support4Sport Awards recognize the achievements of Nova Scotia\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[3735,2,48,82,1928,20,3736,40],"class_list":["post-28774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-david-kikuchi","tag-fall-river","tag-n-s","tag-olivia-chute","tag-sport-n-s","tag-sport-nova-scotia","tag-support4sport-awards","tag-windsor-junction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Junior Male Athlete of the Year<\/strong>
Canoe Kayak \u2013 Ian Gaudet, 18, Dartmouth
Figure Skating \u2013 Jacob Cote, 16, Dartmouth
Golf \u2013 Owen Mullen, 18, Shortts Lake<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gymnastics \u2013 Ellie Black,\u00a026, Halifax
Hockey \u2013 Blayre Turnbull,\u00a028, Stellarton
Rowing \u2013 Brienne Miller,\u00a028, Summerland
Senior Male Athlete of the Year<\/strong>
Canoe Kayak \u2013 Connor Fitzpatrick, 23, Dartmouth
Snowboarding \u2013 Liam Moffatt,\u00a025, Londonderry
Soccer \u2013 Jacob Shaffelburg,\u00a022, Halifax
Official of the Year<\/strong>
Gymnastics & Trampoline \u2013 Thorne Sutherland,\u00a0Lunenburg
Hockey \u2013 Shauna Neary,\u00a0Herring Cove
Soccer \u2013 Ben Hoskins,\u00a0Lower Sackville <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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