Wear Your Team Canada Gear!

Please bring one item of non-perishable food for admission to kick off the 2010 Coach4Food Campaign. All proceeds will be donated to the North Bay Food Bank.

Thank you for your support!     GO CANADA GO!

Seating is limited, so first come, first seated!

When the Olympic Flame arrives in North Bay in just 3 weeks time, it will be proudly carried by Nicholas Fung, nominated as our community torchbearer to light the celebration cauldron for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay.

Nicholas, 13, is a student at Chippewa Intermediate/Secondary School and is known in the community for his unwavering desire to be a hockey goalie which was the impetus behind Northern Ontario's only special needs hockey team, the North Bay North Stars. Nicholas has a very sweet disposition and a disarming innocence and leaves a positive impression on most people he interacts with.  He is happy with a great sense of humour, involved in his community and connected uniquely to the world around him.  What makes him so remarkable is that he has managed to do so despite having challenges that affect the way he thinks and learns.

“We’re pleased to announce Nicholas as North Bay’s torchbearer for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games,” said Mayor Vic Fedeli. “This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Nicholas, who is one of 12,000 Canadians chosen to carry the Olympic Flame on the longest domestic torch relay in Olympic history! On December 30th, we want everyone in our community to join together with other Canadians and show the world how inspired we feel by the Olympic Flame and its message of peace, brotherhood and friendship.”

To celebrate the arrival of the flame, the community is planning an array of stage entertainment that includes an aboriginal welcome, the Interlink Choir, Dreamcoat Theatre, Renata Dolata, Nishnaabe Eshkiniijig and Spirit Star Singers.  The Widdifield High School Choir will be performing the national anthem in both French & English. 

There will also be performances, interactive displays and giveaways by sponsors including Coca-Cola and RBC.  Crowds will be dazzled by a spectacular grand finale fireworks display.  Admission is free to the public and the first 1000 people will receive a free treat of toffee on snow. Dress warmly and help paint the town red by wearing your red clothing.

Midway through the two-hour celebration program, Nicholas will carry the Olympic Torch on its final 300 metres to the stage where he will light the 1.3-metre high celebration cauldron, in a move similar to the dramatic highlight of what will occur during the Opening Ceremony for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

For more information on the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay, visit www.vancouver2010.com/torchrelay.

Items up for bid include an autographed Toronto Blue Jays Jesse Carlson baseball, and an autographed 8 X10 Toronto Maple Leafs Ian White plaque. There will also be other items included in the silent auction, as well as a shoebox silent auction with other items.

All of the proceeds raised from the silent auction will go towards the Kidney Foundation of Canada, to help find a cure for kidney health and disease.

“This is a great opportunity to bid for some really great items, especially the autographed memorabilia of the Toronto Blue Jays and Toronto Maple Leafs, all while raising funds for the Kidney Foundation and raising awareness of kidney health in North Bay,” Kidney Foundation of Canada North Bay coordinator Andrew Hopkins explained. “Come on out on November 21 by doing some early Christmas shopping on some great items and support the Kidney Foundation in this worthwhile cause.”

For more information contact 476-3615.

and in honour of North Bay being the birthplace of ringette, Kenneth Tregenza the superintendent of the North Bay Canada Post Depot will present the West Ferris Ringette Association with a framed first-release of the stamp.

This stamp presentation will be held on Monday August 10, 2009 from 4:30-5:30PM in the Hall of Fame Room at Memorial Gardens.

It was in 1963, that Sam Jacks, a City of North Bay Parks and Recreation Director created the sport of ringette because he felt that there was a need to have a winter ice sport for girls. Since that time, the sport has grown and is now played worldwide. Ringette is 100% Canadian and is North Bay invention in the sporting world.

“This is a great honor for the West Ferris Ringette Assocation that Canada Post selected ringette as part of their Canadian invention stamp series,” WFRA Publicity Director Andrew Hopkins said, "and that Canada Post wants to do something for us, in honor of this prestigious ringette stamp release.”

Stamp Presentation by Canada Post:

Date: Monday August 10, 2009

Time: 4:30-5:30PM

Location: Hall of Fame Room, Memorial Gardens

 For more Information contact:

As a result of many ideas discussed, Sport North Bay looks forward to working with our partners to assist all groups with their promotions. Many thanks to Chris, Greg, and Ken for their contributions to our meeting!

Following the annual reports from the Chair, Treasurer, Communication Committee and Program Committee, the Board of Directors for 2009 – 2010 was selected!

Members are: Cathy Caruso, Heather Chambers, Karen Cobb, Sharon Fung, Sandy O’Grady, Anthony Scarfone, Roy Swanson, Laurie Vezina, Don Wheeler, and Les Wilkinson.

Sport North Bay thanks all who attended last night and looks forward to moving forward as an advocate for Sport and Recreation during the upcoming year!