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Sport Aurora Announces "I'm Going to Barbados" Winner

Carrie Ebenhardt was the lucky winner of the "I'm Going to Barbados" Raffle, held Sunday, December 16th at Dr. G.W. Williams Secondary School in Aurora. The multi-year volunteer with the Aurora Storm Volleyball Club was congratulated by (left to right); Ron Weese of Sport Aurora, Ron Kellman (Barbados-born and Aurora resident who helped obtain the grand prize) and Bruce Stafford, President of Storm Volleyball.


Sport Aurora Receive Trillium Grant to Make Aurora a Better Place to Play! January 11, 2012 (Aurora, Ontario) Sport Aurora began making Aurora a better place to play today, thanks to a $204,000 four year grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF). MPP for Newmarket/Aurora, Mr. Frank Klees joined OTF representative John Pugsley and Aurora Mayor Geoffrey Dawe in congratulating Sport Aurora at the announcement made in Aurora Town Council Chambers. Read More>>

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Women minority in coaching ranks Several programs to encourage more participation By John Cudmore yorkregion.com Half the world’s population — give or take a few percentage points — is female. The same math likely doesn’t apply to participants in high-performance athletics, but women’s sports have come a long way in the last few decades. However, coaching is still a male-dominated occupation, even among female teams. Placing more women in control of teams, particularly at high-performance levels, may be the next significant hurdle in the sporting community. For a variety of reasons, women haven’t picked up clipboards and whistles as rapidly as they have latched on to playing equipment in recent generations. READ MORE>>

Sport Aurora Trillium Grant and Award Ceremony SNAP Aurora- www.snapaurora.com Sport Aurora was awarded with a prestigious $204,000 Trillium Grant over four years, which they received at a ceremony in Town Hall last month. It is the largest grant given to any sport organization to date and the community presence accentuated the obvious local enthusiasm for this grant. Read More>>

Sport Aurora winning at getting things done By John Cudmore (The Era Banner & yorkregion.com) January 18, 2012 It is actually possible for rival sports organizations to share a sandbox. Turns out it can be beneficial for all concerned too. For evidence, consider Sport Aurora, a collection of community sports groups that has utilized an all-for-one-and-one-for-all approach to get things done in their interest. In short, there is collective realization teamwork and planning easily trump individual, selfish and knee-jerk reactions when trying to achieve goals. Read More>>

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