From August 10-13, the Town of Burin will host the 2010 Burin Peninsula Regional Games thanks in part to a $10,000 investment from the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. The funding will be used to assist with the costs associated with hosting the games.

"The Regional Games Program allows our province's youth to participate in organized, yet non-competitive sport programming," said the Honourable Terry French, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation. "It is part of the Provincial Government's efforts to provide our young people with opportunities to engage in physical activity, and encourage them to continue a healthy, active lifestyle throughout their lives."

The $100,000 Regional Games Program, administered through Recreation Newfoundland and Labrador, provides 10 communities with up to $10,000 to provide youth, aged 11-18, with an opportunity to participate in multi-sport events within their regions.

"The Burin Peninsula Regional Games provide a great opportunity for the youth of the region to showcase their athletic abilities, while developing many new friendships," said the Honourable Clyde Jackman, MHA for Burin-Placentia West. "I congratulate the host committee for their hard work and dedication, and wish the participants, coaches and volunteers good luck during the week."

Budget 2010: The Right Investments — For Our Children and Our Future provides over $1.2 million in new funding to improve existing programming and introduces new initiatives which support the goals and objectives of the provincial recreation and sport strategy, Active Healthy Newfoundland and Labrador.

Since the launch of the strategy in 2007, more than $70 million in Provincial Government funding has been committed to recreational and sport infrastructure, programming, and athlete development.

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