Halifax (Saturday May 27, 2023) – The greatest in the Nova Scotia amateur sport sector were recognized tonight as Sport Nova Scotia revealed the winners of the 2023 Support4Sport Awards at the Halifax Convention Centre. Over 200 awards were given to the province’s top athletes, coaches, officials, volunteers, and community sport organizations.
The Support4Sport Awards recognize the achievements of Nova Scotia’s top athletes, teams, coaches, officials and volunteers in amateur sport over the past year. 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.
(across all sports)
Raya Mae Porter, Taekwondo
Gassan Alkurdi, Karate
Ellie Black, Gymnastics
Ben Brown, Canoe Kayak
Craig Spence & Bret Himmelman, Canoe-Kayak
David Kikuchi, Gymnastics
Marie-Soleil Beaudoin, Soccer
Halifax RFC Pride Rugby
Ignite Soccer Newcomers Program
The Speedy Kids Community Skate at the Oval Program
Ron Shaw
Halifax RFC
Pride Rugby Ignite Soccer Newcomers Program
The Speedy Kids Community Skate at the Oval Program
Soccer- Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Halifax)
Gymnastics – David Kikuchi (Fall River)
Canoe-Kayak-Craig Spence & Bret Himmelman
Karate- Gassan Alkurdi (Halifax)
Taekwondo-Raya Mae Porter (Wellington)
Canoe Kayak – Ben Brown (Dartmouth)
Gymnastics- Ellie Black (Halifax)
Ron Shaw
Support4Sport Awards Judging Process
Provincial sport organizations submit one nominee per category. These are the provincial sport organization winners. Winners for each sport can then go forward for the overall award in the same category (across all sports). There were two committees who reviewed all of the selections. The volunteer judging committees are comprised of leaders of the Provincial Sport Organizations, representatives from the Canadian Sport Institute Atlantic, members of the media, Sport Nova Scotia’s board of directors and community sport stakeholders.
The first committee looked at the nominee’s most outstanding performance of the past year-worth 60% of the nominee’s overall score. The top five candidates in each category advanced to the second committee. Members of the second committee looked at the whole picture, the year overall, past successes, obstacles, the competitive field and any other outstanding considerations. The second committees mark was worth the other 40% of the nominee’s overall score.
Associated Links https://sportnovascotia.ca/support4sport-awards/
