Newsletters
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| Jan/09/2021 |
Happy New Year!Happy New Year Folks! Yesterday the province announced the current sport regulations, (originally announced on December 16), will remain in place for at least another two weeks. Sports can continue to practice or train with groups of up to 25 without social distancing. This number includes all participants in the sporting activity, (coaches, trainers, etc.). Games, competition, and events are not permitted, so all teams and training groups are to be consistent within their own personnel. Based on this announcement, both the registration and program start dates for the Multisport program will be delayed by 2 weeks. Registration for this program is now scheduled to open JANUARY 26th at 6AM. The program is now scheduled to begin on FEBRUARY 4th. In exciting news, Stoirm Volleyball has launched registration for a modified house-league 2021 season which is ONLY open to RETURNING (2020) players at this time due to the gathering limits. Details for how to get involved as a new athlete will be communicated in the near future if space permits, but feel free to email stoirmvolleyball@gmail.com to be placed on a waitlist for further communications. Additional information about the upcoming season can be found on the Stoirm details page. For unstructured opportunities to get active with your family, check out the Antigonish Town and Antigonish County Equipment Loan Programs. Groomed trails can be found for winter adventure at the Antigonish Golf Course and Keppoch Mountain. The Keppoch now has equipment to rent as well. Let’s take the roof off winter! We will be in touch with more updates soon. With any questions or information you may want to share, email admin@mysporthub.ca Wishing you all the best for this new year. Be well. Yours in Sport,
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| Dec/21/2020 |
Happy Holidays from the Sport Hub Team!Sending festive greetings from all of us in Community Sport to all families of Antigonish Town and County! Wishing you and yours a safe and restful holiday season and all the best in the year to come. We look forward to increased opportunities to gather for play in the near future. Depending on the status of the public health situation in our province and this area, we are hopeful the New Year may hold more programming options. Be sure to watch your inbox for newsletters from us! You may want to white-list this email address and add us to your address book so our notes don’t end up in your junk box. For anyone with children in grades primary and 1, just a heads-up there will be a modified multisport program launching in the New Year! There will only be one session per week, (as opposed to the usual 2), and numbers are restricted due to gathering recommendations. Registration will go live at 6am on Tuesday, January 12th on the Sport Hub Website. To view the program poster, click here! To view the program calendar, click here! Make sure your family account and all family member profiles are complete and accurate so you will be ready to register when the time comes. Sign in to ensure all participant waivers are signed to prevent delays. Check out the FAQ page for more detailed instructions, or send any questions to antigonishmultisport@gmail.com and/or admin@mysporthub.ca Yours in Sport,
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| Jul/20/2020 |
Summertime Greetings and Updates - July 21 2020
Hello there, Hope you are having a good Summer! Just stopping by with some updates from the sport and recreation world since our last newsletter. To start, if you are looking for some inspiration to keep active at home these days, check out this video that features some awesome local athletes demonstrating their favorite at-home activities! See if your kids notice any familiar faces here! Thank you to these athletes for contributing. The StFX Track and Field club is now offering programming for children aged 8-10, (along with their previously announced offerings for 11+). For more information please check out their Facebook page or head to the Sport Hub website to register. Registration for Antigonish Minor Baseball is now closed and the season is underway. Though games have not yet been approved, lots of fun is being had on the field! Baseball Canada recently released an interview with our very own Randy Crouse (local, provincial, and national coordinator). For more information on the program in general, and for updates on how they are moving forward while navigating Covid-19, check out this video. Antigonish Town and County Summer 2020 Equipment borrowing service started up successfully earlier this month. There is a huge variety of equipment available to borrow, as well as Activity Kits. For more information and to book equipment click here!
StFX Athletics is running a fun promotion over the summer – youth age 12 & under are encouraged to ask a question to their favorite X-Men or X-Women athlete! Your question will either be answered on social media, or you will receive an email response. To ask a question please fill out this Google Form. Antigonish Multisport Statement released regarding 2020/2021 Season: "After much thought, consideration, and consultation about the upcoming Multisport season with our community partners, we feel that at this time, we are unable to offer our traditional Multisport program that was scheduled to start in September of 2020. We pride ourselves on a high-quality program, fully believe in the numerous benefits it offers, and strive to offer a safe and fun environment to play. Unfortunately, with the changing landscape of Covid-19, the multiple levels of logistics needed to implement our program, and the age of our participants, we feel it’s best to pause for this fall to ensure the safety, access, and enjoyment of all. Our partner organizations are committed to revisiting program planning this fall to look at potential modified programming for the new year". Sport Hub Antigonish and its partner organizations had originally created a "shared schedule" for this Summer Season that would avoid conflict within age groups so children could participate in multiple activities. This is one of the main functions that this collaborative project is meant to facilitate. However, like many of our plans this year, we had to change to adapt to the strange circumstances. Partner organizations had to adapt on the fly and do what had to be done to be able to offer programming when and however possible with the resources available. This means there may be some conflicts this season with the programming that gets off the ground, though it is our goal to eliminate as much conflict as possible in future seasons. Sending a HUGE thank you to our coaches, organizers, and other volunteers that are making the current programming possible with an immense level of effort behind the scenes! Way to make the most of these challenging circumstances. To view the most up to date information for each organization check out their websites and/or Facebook pages listed below:
Each organization is following the guidelines set out by the provincial government and their provincial sport organization, for the most up to date information on the Public Health recommendations, visit https://novascotia.ca/coronavirus/ . For specific Provincial Sport Organization (PSO) Return to Play plans, please visit each provincial organization’s website. The current NS Sport Guidelines for sport activities, such as practices and games remain in place. This means that there can be a maximum of 50 participants on a field of play, socially distanced, if the facility space allows, or there can be groups of 10 participants who are not distancing, provided each group is distanced from the other, again to a total of 50 participants. It is recommended that each group of 10 remains the same as much as possible. As of July 3, facilities that are registered businesses or organizations that are hosting amateur sporting events and competitions will be subject to the gathering limits of up to 250 people socially distanced for outdoor events, and up to 50% capacity to a limit of 200 people for indoor events. It is important to note that this applies only to facilities hosting events that are registered businesses or organizations, and the NS Sport Guidelines remain in effect for the field of play for each host facility. Please note that the up to 50 individuals involved in the field of play are part of the overall gathering numbers (up to 200 indoors or 250 outdoors. For more information, please see the Communities, Culture and Heritage COVID-19 Stakeholder Guidance Document. Finally, A reminder to “whitelist” (mark safe) our email addresses so our messages don’t end up in your spam or junk box. Both admin@mysporthub.ca and noreply@mysporthub.ca should be added to your address book. The method of marking a sender safe depends on which email provider you use, if you require assistance, give us a shout. You can also check out our FAQ page. If you wish to unsubscribe from this email newsletter at any time, log in to your Sport Hub account and "un-check" the Newsletter subscription box on your profile. Thanks for reading! and for being part of Sport Hub Antigonish. Wishing you all the best, Your Sport Hub Team |
| Jun/19/2020 |
Local Sport Update - June 19 2020Hi Everyone, Exciting news for athletes - registration has started for some sport programs! We appreciate your patience as we continue working to enhance the new website and registration portal. Our goal is to make the online registration process as simple and friendly as possible, so if you experience any issues while registering or have any feedback, please reach out. Organizations are working hard on return to play plans, some are at different stages of this process and some may need more time to get started or be unable to get going this Summer due to the nature of the activity. To view the list of sports that have submitted their return to sport plans please visit the Sport Nova Scotia Website. The recent increase of the gathering limits is great news for sport, this will help sport feel more like the sport we all know and love. However, all programming will look different than usual in order to ensure adherence to the guidelines. Each organization is following the guidelines set out by the provincial government and their provincial sport organization, for the most up to date information on the Public Health recommendations, visit https://novascotia.ca/coronavirus/. With that being said, we are happy to offer registration for Baseball and Athletics at this time! Registration is available through the Sport Hub Website. The StFX Track and Field club is offering programming for children aged 11 and up, for more information please check out their Facebook page Antigonish Baseball Association is offering programming for children aged 5 and up, registration is also available for the North Nova Highlanders Girls 12U team, for more information please visit their website. To view the most up to date information for each of the other organizations, you check out their websites and Facebook pages listed below: The Municipality of the County of Antigonish or their Facebook Antigonish Challenger Baseball Antigonish Minor Softball Association Antigonish Celtics Soccer Club StFX Athletics Spring/Summer Sports Camps Port Hawkesbury Antigonish Swim Team (PHAST) Antigonish Minor Hockey Association Information can also be found on the Sport Hub website Finally, A reminder to “whitelist” (mark safe) our email addresses so our messages don’t end up in your spam or junk box. Both admin@mysporthub.ca and noreply@mysporthub.ca should be added to your address book. The method of marking a sender safe depends on which email provider you use, if you require assistance, give us a shout. Thank you for being a part of the Sport Hub, we hope to play together soon! Sent on behalf of your Sport Hub Team |
| Jun/10/2020 |
Thank you for your patience.Hi again, First of all, thank you for your patience while we deal with some glitches getting going with our newsletter system. Secondly, sincere apologies for the previous email with improper blind copy etiquette. It was the first newsletter we attempted to send using a new email server and a setup error caused this regrettable issue. It is fixed now, and hopefully, the error is resolved. This on the heels of a previous issue where not all subscribers were receiving the emails. This is also now solved. If you wish to see a backlog of all newsletters that go out, click here to view them on the site. Again, please accept our sincere apology and thank you so much for being an early adopter of the Sport Hub. Thanks for your patience as we build and improve on the system moving forward. Communication is key, and this project is meant to be collaborative not just among the organizations involved, but with the community as well. Any feedback you have, please send to admin@mysporthub.ca Many thanks, Your Sport Hub Antigonish Team
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| Jun/10/2020 |
Return to Sport - SurveyHello folks, There has been a lot of change in sport within the Antigonish community recently. Many sport activities have been cancelled or postponed indefinitely due to Covid-19. But Provincial Sport Organizations and Public Health officials are beginning to loosen restrictions and allow some gathering and activity to resume. As a number of sport organizations in Antigonish are preparing to return to modified play this Summer, they are looking for feedback from you to help inform their plans. A survey has been created - designed to gain insight into attitudes towards participating in organized sport this summer. This info will be shared with municipal recreation departments and local sports organizations to help plan any return to play based on the wants and needs of the community. This survey is open to everyone, even if you/your family have not participated in organized sport before. If you would like to have a say, you can find the survey here: https://forms.gle/XqVW8zySVUnC3kEU7 Thank you very much in advance for your participation. Best wishes, Sent on behalf of your Sport Hub Team
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| Jun/02/2020 |
Community Sport Updates & At Home Resources - as of June 2 2020And just like that, it’s June. Wow. This Spring has likely been different than usual for you and your family. We wanted to touch base (pun intended) and say hello. To say thanks for creating a Sport Hub account and being an early adopter! And to let you know that many Community and Provincial Sport Organizations have been super busy preparing to return to play in a modified way as public health related restrictions begin to lift. There is no question sport is going to look different this Summer – any programming that gets off the ground will likely be highly modified to stay within any approved provincial guidelines. Though news of “return to sport” guidelines is exciting, and sports may be approved to operate by these guidelines right away, it is important to recognize that many will require time in order to ensure they have proper plans in place and are able to communicate them out to their members. Other factors, such as facilities, could impact return time. Check out the breakdown below for status details of some of your favourite community sport organizations. These are current as of today, June 2 2020, and while we strive to provide the most updated information for all, the current situation means things change quickly. Please check with each organization for the most up-to-date information. Town of Antigonish: Wee Lads and Lassies (Mini Track and Field Program) has been cancelled for 2020. The Tennis Courts are open with regulations. The Skatepark is currently closed. Summer camps are officially cancelled as well. Stay tuned to the Facebook page for updates. The Municipality of the County of Antigonish: The difficult decision has been made to cancel traditional Summer Programs due to COVID-19. These programs are being replaced with new recreation activities including a listing of virtual resources, activity kits, free equipment loan program and more. The recreation team is working with community partners to compile a list of activities and resources on their Website that will be available this summer, coming soon. Stay tuned for more information and follow on Facebook to stay in touch. Antigonish Baseball Association: A return to play document was submitted by Baseball Nova Scotia last week. Once it has been reviewed against the provincial guidelines and there are no points of clarification, modified play can resume as per the return to play plan. Suspension of play is currently still in effect until June 15 2020. Follow on Facebook for updates. Antigonish Challenger Baseball: The health and safety of Challenger Baseball athletes, volunteers, and families is always at the forefront. After countless hours of planning, consideration, discussion, and review, guidelines that adequately mitigate the heightened risks to Challenger Baseball participants and volunteers amid the COVID-19 outbreak could not be created. As such, all in-person Challenger Baseball programs remain postponed until at least September 15 2020. Follow on Facebook for updates. Antigonish Minor Softball Association: Play is still suspended until further notice, more details will be released via Facebook and Sport Hub when they become available. Antigonish Golf Club: The club is now open with safety protocols in place. Currently planning for and hoping to be able to offer both member and non-member youth programming and look forward to sharing details soon. Keep an eye on Facebook and Sport Hub for updates. StFX Track and Field Club: All programming is on hold until further notice. A "Back to Track" document was submitted by Athletics Nova Scotia last week to the province. Once it has been reviewed against the provincial guidelines and there are no points of clarification, modified play can resume as per the plan. Follow us on Facebook for updates. Antigonish Celtics Soccer Club: For the full statement from Soccer Nova Scotia regarding the cancellation of all sanctioned events click here. Updates will continue to be posted to Facebook and Sport Hub. Antigonish Rowing Club: All club activities are postponed until further notice, stay tuned for more info as the typical rowing season approaches, updates will be posted on Facebook and Sport Hub. Xavier Taekwondo Club: Re-opening June 8 2020 with limited class sizes and new class times. Members will have the opportunity to train twice a week as well to continue with online classes. Return to play guidelines set out by provincial and national sports organizations will be followed. Check out Facebook for continued updates. StFX Athletics Spring/Summer Sports Camps: The safety of the community is top priority. All sport and recreation facilities remain closed as a plan is created with Public Health officials in order to begin safely reopening campus. Keep an eye on the Facebook page in the meantime - thank you for your continued patience. Antigonish Badminton Club: Suspension of all programming will continue until further notice in response to social distancing measures. Follow the Facebook page for updates. Port Hawkesbury Antigonish Swim Team (PHAST): All activities are suspended until further notice due to the ongoing public health situation. Check Facebook and the Sport Hub for updates. Stoirm Volleyball Club: Though the remainder of the season had to be cancelled, a summer event may be able to take place where t-shirts could be distributed and team equipment collected. Follow the club Facebook page for updates. For the most up to date information on the Public Health recommendations, visit https://novascotia.ca/coronavirus/ For updates specifically related to Sport, check out http://www.sportnovascotia.ca/ We also wanted to provide you with a few ideas and resources to keep you and your family active and playing from home! It is recommended children 5-17 years-old are partaking in an accumulation of at least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity daily. Here are some ways to be active from home:
For additional resources check out: Here are some things to keep in mind to motivate your child to be active:
Finally, A reminder to “whitelist” (mark safe) our email addresses so our messages don’t end up in your spam or junk box. Both admin@mysporthub.ca and noreply@mysporthub.ca should be added to your address book. The method of marking a sender safe depends on which email provider you use, if you require assistance, give us a shout. And if you wish to unsubscribe from this email newsletter at any time, log in to your Sport Hub account and "un-check" the Newsletter subscription box on your profile. Stay active, stay safe, and have fun! Sent on behalf of your Sport Hub Antigonish Team
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| Apr/20/2020 |
Welcome!
Take a look around the site. Many new features will be released as we continue to plan and enhance the service. We invite you to create a free account to be added to the newsletter list so you'll be the first to know when community programming is back up and running and how you can use Sport Hub to register and manage your family's schedule. If you have any questions about the Hub or run into any issues creating your account, please contact admin@mysporthub.ca (If you don't see a timely reply from this email address, please check your junk/spam folder and mark our address as safe!)
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