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November 1, 2010

Athletes Benefit From Provincial Government Investment in Equipment

A wide range of new sports equipment will be purchased by 13 individual Provincial Sports Organizations, thanks in part to a $96,500 investment provided through the Provincial Government's Capital Grant Program.

"These grants are designed to help our Provincial Sports Organizations purchase new, state-of-the-art sports equipment, in turn allowing our athletes the opportunity to train and perform in environments which encourage high-calibre performances," said the Honourable Terry French, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation. "Our government is committed to supporting the further development of sport talent in Newfoundland and Labrador, and to seeing more of our athletes compete — and win — at the provincial, national and international levels."

A detailed list of approved projects can be found in the backgrounder below.

Budget 2010: The Right Investments — For Our Children and Our Future provides more than $2.5 million in operational and capital funding to support the development of emerging and established athletes in Newfoundland and Labrador.

For more information on the Capital Grant Program, visit: www.tcr.gov.nl.ca/tcr/sports/capital_grant_program.html 

Since the launch of the provincial recreation and sport strategy, Active, Healthy Newfoundland and Labrador (2007), the Provincial Government has invested more than $70 million in new funding for recreational and sports infrastructure and programming.

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Media contact:
Heather May
Director of Communications
Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation
709-729-0928, 697-5061
heathermay@gov.nl.ca 


BACKGROUNDER
Funding for Provincial Sports Organizations — 2010 Capital Grant Program

ORGANIZATON

PROJECT

AMOUNT

Alpine Ski Newfoundland and Labrador Purchase of a storage shed for skier protection system

$10,000

Boxing Newfoundland and Labrador Purchase of a electronic scoring system

$6,500

Handball Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Purchase of a handball court

$8,000

Newfoundland and Labrador Diving Association Purchase of a portable dryland dive stand and landing pit

$10,000

Newfoundland and Labrador Golf Association Purchase of golf training equipment

$4,000

Newfoundland and Labrador Rugby Union Purchase of a scrum-lite machine and a set of post pads

$6,900

Newfoundland and Labrador Table Tennis Association Purchase of tournament quality table tennis tables

$10,000

Newfoundland and Labrador Triathlon Association Purchase of triathlon training equipment

$10,000

Newfoundland and Labrador Volleyball Association Purchase of padded pyramid court dividers

$5,100

Newfoundland and Labrador WTF Tae Kwon Do Association Purchase of electronic body protectors and a scoring system

$5,000

Softball Newfoundland and Labrador Purchase of coaching, pitching, hitting and learn-to-play equipment

$10,000

Swimming Newfoundland and Labrador Purchase of wireless watch electronic timing systems

$8,500

Synchro Newfoundland and Labrador Purchase of under water film recording equipment

$2,500

Total  

$96,500

2010 11 01                                                   10:25 a.m.
 


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