SPORT AURORA BREAKFST OF CHAMPIONS 2023

Athletes at the October 22nd, 2023 event received Olympic-sized medals for top honours in a variety of sports: gymnastics, rugby, swimming, lacrosse, baton, and baseball. Also honoured were Coach of the Year and Athlete of the Year.

Sports Organizations Recognized: Evolution Gymnastics • Aurora Barbarians Rugby Football Club • Aurora Master Ducks • Redbirds Lacrosse Kids Super Gym • Spectrum North Baton Club • York Artistic Swim Club • Team Ontario Astros

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 Picture to the Left was Our Emcee this year once again was Jim Thomson

Picture to the Right was Our Guest speaker this year was a Canadian Transplant Athlete who set a 5-time World Record when he competed at the 2023 World Transplant Games.  He also swims with the Aurora Master Ducks Swimmer, Grey Brett.

ANOTHER Successful Breakfast of Champions October 23rd, 2022!

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR ATHLETES!

Presented by the Town of Aurora

Our Emcee this year in Jim Thomson's absense was our own President Ron Weese

and our guest speaker this year is Olympian and Honored member of the Aurora Sports Hall of Fame Mark Heese.

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2 Teams Recognitized for their Provincial Championships in 2020

The Aurora Barbarians Rugby Football Club

The Aurora Barbarians Rugby Club U17 girls team capped off a perfect 10 and 0 season by capturing the clubs first Junior Provincial championship in club history.

After finishing the regular season with a perfect record of 7 wins and 0 losses, the team were the favorites heading into Championship weekend.  After beating Brantford 48-5 in the quarter finals and Belleville 57-0 in the semis, the team faced their arch rival Oshawa club in the Championship game.  The Aurora Club clinched the gold medal with a decisive 27 -5 win over Oshawa.

Coached by Nick Daniels and Scott Bullock and captained by Jill Cope, the team finished the season a perfect 10 wins and 0 losses with scoring 536 points for and only giving up 35 points against.

The team also won the inaugural Great North 7’s Championship Tournament in July.

The team’s roster consisted of 14 Provincial level players, 7 members of the Rugby Canada Academy, 5 players who represented the club on the Canada East U18 team and two players (Chloe Daniels and Lara Jorgensen) who played for the Canada U18 team.

Redbirds Box Lacrosse - THE ROAD TO THE PROVINCIALS

It’s the final 27 seconds of the Championship game….the score is 3 to 2 and a time-out has been taken….the ref blows the whistle to start the play…..
The Newmarket Redbirds Midget boys began their run to the Provincial Box Lacrosse Championship on the afternoon of Friday August 9th, 2019, with a 5 to 4 loss against the North Shore Kodiaks at the Iroquois Park Sports Centre in Whitby. Coaches Cam Woods and Dustin Eng stated later that this loss was probably the best thing to happen to the team, who quickly
rallied together and never lost another game all weekend long. The Friday night game against the Kahnawake Mohawks gave the team their first win, 5 to 3. In Game 3 on Saturday morning, the final round robin game against the South Shore Centurions saw the Redbirds hit their scoring stride with a commanding 10 to 1 win. The team had a few hours before their 8:30pm quarter final game, and many of the boys, along with their families and the Coaches, joined the Sanderson’s at their overnight rental property for a game of hoops, while the Coaches strategized and created game plans poolside. It was a great afternoon of team bonding and getting braced for the game against the Owen Sound North Stars.
Another win, 9 to 5 against Owen Sound. Sunday morning would be the semi-final game against the Kitchener-Waterloo Braves, and a close 4 to 2 win would send the Redbirds to the Championship final game against the Sarnia Pacers.
Ryan “Langer” Langille scores in the last 2 minutes of the game to give the Redbirds a 3 to 2 advantage over Sarnia. It’s the final 27 seconds of the Championship game. A time-out has been taken by Sarnia. Coach Cam Woods gives the boys the game plan for the last seconds of the game. The ref blows the whistle to start the play. Sarnia has possession. Our amazing goalie, Nick “Sando” Sanderson and our defenders gather in our end before the whistle blows.
The ball comes down the floor. Sarnia has pulled their goalie to be 6 on 5. Bodie “Bode” Littlehales, Tyler” Kuch” Kuchar, Mason “Mace” Blacktopp, Caden “Hewie” Hewitt and Marcel “Marsh” Woods, form a wall for Sando. One pass toward the net by Sarnia and the Redbirds win back the ball. Bodie hangs on while the clock ticks down…..3, 2, 1….Redbirds WIN!!
Coaches Cam Woods, Dustin Eng , Steve Rose and Curtis Ross join the boys in celebration on the floor. It is a Midget Provincial Box Championship for the Newmarket Redbirds!
Celebrations send the team, their Coaches, Manager Nikki Littlehales and all of their families, to the Blacktopp’s for poolside festivities and heartfelt speeches by Coach Cam and Coach Dustin.
An amazing journey for these boys, many of whom wrapped up their minor lacrosse careers with this epic Championship.
Many players are never awarded a Provincial Championship during their athletic endeavours, no matter what the sport. Some of these players have been to the the Championship game before, only to finish as Finalists, making this victory an especially sweet one. And, a few of these teammates celebrate this Gold medal win for a second time, after having won a Provincial Field Lacrosse Championship together in 2011. For all of us, it has been a great pleasure to
watch these athletes compete and succeed through the years. Congratulations Midget Newmarket Redbirds, on your 2019 Provincial Box Lacrosse Championship!
Lori MacDonald - Parent

Sport Aurora's Mayor's Breakfast of Champions 2019

Our Returning Emcee for 2019 Jim Thomson

Former NHL player Jim Thomson has been playing career stretched over 10 season's where he played for 6 different NHL teams.  Jim's passion is connecting with youth as a motivational speaker and he currectly own's the JR. A Tigers Hockey Team.  He is the founder of Jim Thomson's "Dreams Do Come True" and is often invitied to speak at schools all across Noth America.

Guest Speaker for 2019 Paul Rosen

In 1999, after a severe hockey injury and years of surgeries, Paul Rosen had his right leg amputated above-the-knee.  Paul continued to love the game of hockey and focused his sights on mastering sledge hockey.  Paul then played the next 10 years with Team Canada.  He played in 3 Paralmpics, Sault Lake City in 2002, Turin Italy in 2006, and ending his career in Vancouver in 2010.  Team Canada won the Gold Medal in Turin, Italy.  In the gold medal game,, Paul shut out Norway leading Canada to the 3-0 victory.  This was the only Paralympics that Team Canada has won gold.  After Paul finished his playing career he then joined the braodcast booth for Paralympic Games in Russia, in 2014, and Korea in 2018.  Paul hopes to be invited back into the booth as apart of the TV crew in China for the 2022 Paralympic Games.  One of Paul's greatest moments was in 2013 when he received the Queen Elizabeth Jubilee award from then Prime Minister Stephen Harperr.  Paul is a very proud Canadian who lives each day encouraging people to strive for greatness.

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