AMHERST, N.S. – Five teams and 29 individuals who achieved gold medal performances in provincial or higher level of competition were honoured by the Town of Amherst during the 2019 Athletic Achievers Award Ceremony on Feb. 12.
“On behalf of Mayor David Kogon and all members of council I want to congratulate all the athletes we are honouring here tonight,” Deputy-Mayor Christie said before the awards were handed out.
“These athletes have achieved gold medal performances at the provincial, national or international level. We acknowledge it takes practice, hard work and sacrifice to achieve the level of success that each of you have enjoyed.”
Christie said the athletes should take pride in their performances and that every resident of Amherst is proud of their accomplishments.
“Your successes encourage others to become more active and that helps Amherst meet its goal of becoming the most active, healthiest community in Nova Scotia.”
Those presented with certificates were:
Special Olympics – N.S. Provincial Summer Games – Gold Medalists
Brad Coady – 200 metre race and shot put
Laura Mooring – Singles Bocce
Jarrett Green – Running long jump
Kyle Dillman – Shot put
Matthew Porter – Shot put
Savanna Snowdon – Shot put
Special Olympics – NS Provincial Summer Games – Amherst Coyotes Soccer Team
Robert Babineau, Tim Bird, Terry Black, Allison Borden, Jacob Fisher, Corey Hanson, Ryan Mootrey, Robyn Munro, Brandon Ott, Rebecca Sprague, Jesse Williams, Lisa Hines (coach) and Acacia Dunphey (coach)
Cumberland Spartans Swim Club
Reagan Bushen – Gold Medal in 200 IM at the Nova Tech Explosion Provincial Championship
Ava Taggart – Gold Medal in 100 IM at the Nova Tech Explosion Provincial Championship
Simon Busk – 50m freestyle, 50m backstroke, 50m breaststroke and 50m butterfly at the Fast and Furious Invitational
Olivia Bacon – 50m freestyle
Maine LRSC Junior Olympics Trials Provincial Team Members
Olivia Bacon, Adam Bobadilla-Amaran, Jordan Beaton, Ella McGuigan and Lauren Millard
Amherst Regional High School Boys Slo-Pitch Team – Division 1 Provincial Champions
Jackson Comeau, Cal Hoeg, Brady Crowe, MacKenzie Comeau, Mike Farrell, Cole Stevens, Jackson Colborne, Jacob Melanson, Zac Boudreau, Matthew Hunter, Frank Bacon, Jayden Matheson, Kyle Walker, Darren Collins (coach) and Charlie Chambers (coach)
Amherst Sonics Basketball – N.S. under-18 AAA Provincial Champions
Patrick Liebmann, Sam LeBlanc, Sam Wade, Justin Milner, Frank Bacon Caleb van Vulpen, Kegan Chitty, Aidan Devine, Nabil Mohamad, Brady Crowe, Adam Blair, Jason Morse (coach) and Chris McCarthy (coach)
NSSAF PARA – Gold Medalist Track & Field 2018
Quentin Knock – gold medalist in the 200 metre and 800 metre races, and shot put.
Amherst Figure Skating Club
Savanah Cobbett – pre-juvenile ladies under-11 2018 provincial champion, pre-juvenile ladies under-11 tri-province section 2018 provincial champion
Eve Scott – Star 4 Elements 2018 provincial champion
Aerials Gymnastics – 2018 N.S. Provincials
Imogen Quinn – Open 6 beam provincial champion
Amherst Shotokan Karate Academy – 2018 Maritime International Karate Daigaku Regional Tournament Winners
Jace Cousins – Gold, male brown and black belt, age 10-12, Individual Youth Kumite (sparring)
Nicole Robinson – Gold, combined male and female green belt age 16+, indivicual Kumite (sparring)
Amherst Shotokan Karate Academy – 2018 International Karate Daigaku Officials – Barbados
David Pyke – arbitrator
Janice Pyke – tournament director
Norman Robitza – judge
Amherst Regional High School Vikings – NSSAF Baseball Division 2 Provincial Champions
Jackson Comeau, Aaron Sjanic, Brady Crowe, Cal Hoeg, Michael Farrell, Cole Stevens, Graden Chitty, Jayden Matheson, Jake Adams, Isaac van Snick, Declan Leblanc, Kyle McCarthy, Ryan Rideout, Ethan Herrett, Darren Collins (coach), Jeff Hoeg (assistant coach) and Matt Chitty (assistant coach)
JC’s Tae Kwon Do – 2018 Gold Medalists
Jessica Liebmann – Canadian National Junior Women’s – heavy-weight sparring red belt and junior women’s red belt patterns red
Kaden Wilson – Eastern Canadian ITF Championships – boys 10-12-year-old green belt heavy-weight sparring
Nathaniel White – Eastern Canadian ITF Championships – boys 10-12-year-old blue belt patterns and boys 10-12-year-old middle-weight sparring, and Canadian National boys 10-12-year-old blue belt patterns
Brandon Arseneault – Maritime Open Martial Arts Championship pre-junior light-weight sparring; Mastering the Elements Championship pre-junior boys black belt patterns
Sue Smith – Canadian ITF National Championships senior-women’s hyper-weight sparring (Ms. Smith has also been selected to be a member of Team Canada that is going to the World Championships in Germany this April)
William Dickinson – N.S. ITF open boys’ 10-12-year-old yellow-belt light-weight sparring; Maritime Open Martial Arts Championship 10-12-year-old yellow-belt, light-weight sparring
Beau Janes – Canadian ITF National boys’ 10-12-year-old, green-belt, middle-weight sparring
Alex Rossong – Maritime Open Martial Arts Championships 10-12-year-old boys’ red-belt light-weight sparring; Mastering the Elements boys’ 10-12-year-old red-belt light-weight sparring; Canadian ITF National boys’ 10-12-year-old red-belt light-weight sparring
Oliver Perron – Maritime Open Martial Arts Championships boys’ 6-8-year-old yellow-belt patterns
Owen Baker – Mastering the Elements boys’ 6-8-year-old yellow-belt sparring; N.S. ITF Open boys’ 6-8-year-old yellow-belt sparring.
