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Team PEI plans to bring it
They’re young and fit with bright futures in front of them.
And next week they’ll embark on a journey they’ll never forget.
Just ask any Canada Games athlete – even 30 years later –and they’ll say the chance to compete on the national stage was a highlight of their life. Many of them still have their Canada Games jackets, a few are still able to fit into them.
Team PEI Pep Rally
The 2013 Canada Games are being held in Sherbrooke, Quebec from August 2-17.
Best of luck to Team PEI!
For more information on Team PEI and to follow their progress at the Games, visit www.teampei.ca All 305 team PEI members heading to Canada Games 2013 in Sherbrooke, Quebec– representing sport as diverse as fencing to beach volleyball – gathered at the Delta Hotel to ring their cowbells and get each other psyched up for two weeks of fierce competition.
Team PEI plans to bring it.
Not only their best game, as MC Bruce Rainnie urged them, and playing til their tanks are empty, but also the sportsmanlike behavior Island athletes are known for.
“These athletes have been training for years, this is their chance to really shine,” Chef de Mission Francois Caron said.
“We are lucky to have such a competent, professional provincial committee who will help to make sure these young athletes’ time is memorable.”
Women’s Volleyball team member Teila Coulson, 17, is ready to hit the road with her “family.”
“We’ve trained so hard, now it’s time to compete.”
This is not the first Canada Games for Tennis Coach Brian Hall. He doesn’t expect his team will medal with all of the competition of larger provinces, but he is proud of their athletic ability and winning attitudes anyway.
“There is some tough competition there,” he said, adding that the experience of playing better players is invaluable.
Hall will take a team of eight tennis players – four girls and four boys – to hit the courts in Quebec.
This will be the second Canada Games for Health and Wellness Minister Doug Currie, who led the pep rally capacity crowd. Currie was head coach of the Prince Edward Island mens’ hockey team at the 1995 Canada Games in Grande Prairie, Alberta.
“To be able to step onto the national stage and represent your province and your sport is an unforgettable life experience,” he said. “The lessons and memories these young athletes will take home from Sherbrooke will stay with them for the rest of their lives.”
The athletes, wearing white Team PEI t-shirts, waved their arms and shouted when Currie told them to “go hard or go home.”
Proud parents and supporters lined the large ballroom as music accompanied photos of athletes in action flashing on large screens.
Rainnie sent them off with a rallying cry, reminding them of the importance of always giving it your all.
“See you at the Games!”
Team PEI plans to bring it.
Not only their best game, as MC Bruce Rainnie urged them, and playing til their tanks are empty, but also the sportsmanlike behavior Island athletes are known for.
“These athletes have been training for years, this is their chance to really shine,” Chef de Mission Francois Caron said.
“We are lucky to have such a competent, professional provincial committee who will help to make sure these young athletes’ time is memorable.”
Women’s Volleyball team member Teila Coulson, 17, is ready to hit the road with her “family.”
“We’ve trained so hard, now it’s time to compete.”
This is not the first Canada Games for Tennis Coach Brian Hall. He doesn’t expect his team will medal with all of the competition of larger provinces, but he is proud of their athletic ability and winning attitudes anyway.
“There is some tough competition there,” he said, adding that the experience of playing better players is invaluable.
Hall will take a team of eight tennis players – four girls and four boys – to hit the courts in Quebec.
This will be the second Canada Games for Health and Wellness Minister Doug Currie, who led the pep rally capacity crowd. Currie was head coach of the Prince Edward Island mens’ hockey team at the 1995 Canada Games in Grande Prairie, Alberta.
“To be able to step onto the national stage and represent your province and your sport is an unforgettable life experience,” he said. “The lessons and memories these young athletes will take home from Sherbrooke will stay with them for the rest of their lives.”
The athletes, wearing white Team PEI t-shirts, waved their arms and shouted when Currie told them to “go hard or go home.”
Proud parents and supporters lined the large ballroom as music accompanied photos of athletes in action flashing on large screens.
Rainnie sent them off with a rallying cry, reminding them of the importance of always giving it your all.
“See you at the Games!”
