FREDERICTON (GNB) – Team New Brunswick is proud to announce the final rosters of the 19 teams that will represent the province at the 2015 Canada Winter Games to take place Feb.13 – March 1 in Prince George, British Columbia.

“These talented youth have developed their skills in every corner of our province thanks to the many community partners and organizations that are helping families and making sport affordable and accessible to New Brunswickers,” said Healthy and Inclusive Communities Minister Cathy Rogers. “I am also particularly proud that this team represents one of the most inclusive teams we have ever had, with a clear recognition of the amazing talent of our para-athletes.”

Team New Brunswick held its Rally and Salute last month to provide final briefings to the teams in addition to unveiling the ceremonial uniform. Atlantic Lottery, a long-time sponsor, presented a cheque for $20,000 at the rally as part of their ongoing support.

The Canada Games alternate every two years between summer and winter games and are one of the largest multi-sport events held in the country with about 3,000 athletes and 19 sports. Team New Brunswick will be represented by 205 athletes, 60 coaches, managers and technical staff and 16 mission team members. The team is led by Chef de Mission Sherry Doiron.

The team rosters are presented based upon the week the team will be competing.

Week 1 – Feb. 13 – Feb. 21

ALPINE SKIING

Lucy Black – Fredericton;

Caeden Carruthers – Fredericton;

Jennifer Clarke – Fredericton;

Brandyn Cooke – Fredericton;

Alexis Laplante  – Edmundston;

Cameron Magee – Rothesay;

Olivia McLean – Penobsquis;

Katherine Mills – Fredericton;

Ian Morrison – Quispamsis;

Samantha Piekarski – Fredericton;

Gabriel Rutter – Fredericton;

Camden Sutherland – Fredericton;

Walter Teague – Woodstock; and

Frédéric Verret – Edmundston.

Para–alpine

Christel Robichaud – Moncton.

Ian Banks of Moncton is the head coach. The assistant coach is Karen Lenehan of Upper Kingsclear. Michele Leger of Fredericton is the Para-Alpine head coach and John Caron        of Edmundston is the technician.

ARCHERY

Hailey Baisley – Miramichi;

Christopher Golden – Tracy;

Sarah MacDermaid – Napan; and

Alyssa Murphy – Hanwell.

The head coach is Trina Snooks of Riverview. The manager is Maurice Levesque of Moncton, and Bobby Sylliboy of Burnt Church First Nation is the Aboriginal Apprentice Coach.

BIATHLON

Lindsey Arseneault – Dalhousie;

Zacharie Boissonnault – Campbellton;

Raphaël Daigle – Dumfries;

Gina Heppell – Charlo;

Alexandre Landry – Charlo;

Gabrielle Landry – Charlo;

Collin Niles  – Saint John; and

Emma Septon – Miramichi.

The men’s head coach is Mike Lushington of Dalhousie and the women’s head coach is Line Beattie    of Charlo. Philip Nadeau of Balmoral is the manager and Yves St. Germain of Miramichi is the technician.

CURLING –Men

Ben McFarlane – McLeod Hill;

Carter Small – Fredericton;

Adam Tracy – Charters Settlement; and

Brent Wishart – New Maryland.

The head coach is Andy Small of Fredericton.

GYMNASTICS

Griffin Clark – Fredericton;

Evan Crossman – Moncton;

Abigail Dolan – Quispamsis;

Antoine Gautreau – Rothesay;

Thomas Gautreau – Rothesay;

Cameron MacMaster – Quispamsis;

Maggie-Mae Nason – Fredericton;

Lexie Shannon – Fredericton;

Kaitie Shea – Grand Bay-Westfield;

Myranda Talbot – Quispamsis;

Patrick Talbot – Quispamsis; and

Chelsea Wilson – Moncton.

The coaching team consists of Debbie Calvin of Fredericton, Tanya McMahon of Moncton, Nick Blanton of Quispamsis, and Trip Lewis of Fredericton, who is also the manager.

HOCKEY – Women

Abby Beale – Sackville;

Marlene Boissonnault – Dundee;

Andrea Dinan – Miramichi;

Lindsey Donovan – Miramichi;

Grace Graham – Island View;

Janelle Graham – Dieppe;

Catherine Hache – Miramichi;

Marcia LaPlante – Waasis;

Ève Leblanc – Petit-Rocher;

Leah Leblanc – Noonan;

Caitie McCabe – Renous;

Kristen McKinley – Quispamsis;

Brooke Murphy – Bella Phllip;

Maddy Murphy – Quispamsis;

Marie-Jo Pelletier – Dalhousie;

Janie Poitras – New Maryland;

Christina Rombaut – Rothesay;

Faith Steeves – Havelock;

Julie Theriault – Campbellton; and

Talli Warren – Mundleville.

The head coach is Maryelle Hannam of Quispamsis. The assistant coaches are Zach Ball of Sackville and Kayla Blackmore of Rothesay. The manager is Nancy Haslett of Rothesay and the equipment trainer is Steve Richardson of Moncton.

RINGETTE

Katia Arsenault – Bouctouche;

Isabelle Cormier – Dieppe;

Sabrina Cormier – Memramcook;

Shanie Cormier – Shediac;

Claudia Cullinan – Moncton;

Zoé Gagnon – Dieppe;

Amélie Gould – Memramcook;

Catherine Lang – Dieppe,

Dominik LeBlanc – Dieppe;

Jade MacDonald – Miramichi;

Kim Melanson – Shediac;

Nathalie Poirer – Dieppe;

Miguelle Proulx – Dieppe;

Renee Richard – Grande-Digue;

Brigitte Savoie – Dieppe;

Lauren Scott – Pepper Creek;

Britney Snowdon – Moncton; and

Jenny Snowdon – Moncton.

The head coach is Gilles Proulx of Dieppe. The assistant coaches are André Vautour of Dieppe and Kathryn Pringle of New Maryland.

SPEED SKATING

Short-Track

Brendan Corey – Fredericton;

Rikki Doak – Fredericton;

Heidi Evans – Fredericton;

Roger Fulton – Fredericton;

Sarah Gilbert – Fredericton;

Brady Oakes – Dalhousie;

Courtney Sarault – Moncton;

Alyssa Seymour – Baxters Corner;

Seamus Smith – Saint Andrews; and

Paul Tremblay – Saint John.

Long-Track

Freya Clark – Saint Andrews;

Danielle Dumouchel – Quispamsis;

Maggie Oliver – Grand Bay-Westfield;

Abbygail Jackson – Moncton;

Andrew Peppard – Chamcook;

Gabriel André Savoie – Dieppe;

Spencer Thorpe – Saint Andrews; and

Ian Verschoor – Berwick.

The head coach is Derrick MacLeod of Fredericton and the assistant coach is Miriam Verschoor of Berwick. The manager of long-track is Peter Steele of Norton and the manager of short-track is Sarah Groom of Saint Andrews.

TARGET SHOOTING

Joshua Bastarache – Dieppe;

Emily Dean – St. Stephen;

Delayne Donahue – St. Stephen;

David Knockwood – Sackville;

Tonisha Noddin – St. Stephen;

Spencer Tapley – Stanley;

Scott Ring – St. George; and

Katelynn Turner – Sackville.

The head coach is Tony Wood of Woodpoint. The assistant coach is April Brewer          of Burtts Corner and the manager is Raoul Leblanc of Memramcook.

WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL

John Collins – McGivney;

Marc Cyr – Edmundston;

Jacob Fudge – Saint John;

Alexandre Hayward – Quispamsis;

Colin Higgins – Rothesay;

Brandon Humphrey – Little Lepreau;

Jamie Leblanc – Saint John;

Sarah Lord – Hanwell;

Spencer Price – Prince William;

Sean Wilson – Saint John; and

Natalie Young – Saint John.

The head coach is Sabrina Durepos of Charters Settlement. The assistant coach is David Durepos of Charters Settlement and the manager is Andy Hayward of Quispamsis.

Week 2 - Feb. 21 – March 1

BADMINTON

Sneha Desai – Fredericton;

Francois Dionne – Drummond;

Brandon Howland – Fredericton;

Curtis Quigley – Rothesay;

Pascal Roy – Dieppe;

Samantha Rogers – Moncton;

Sophie Skinner – Fredericton;

Sarah Stewart – Sackville;

Jenny Wang – Saint John; and

Jerry Zhang – Fredericton.

The head coach is Mike Butler of Saint John and the manager is Guy-Laine Legacé of Sormany.

CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING

Thierry Dugas – Caraquet;

Mélanie Hamel – Hanwell;

Kevin Heppell – Charlo;

Michelle Landry – Saint-Louis-de-Kent;

David Lanteigne – Caraquet;

Vincent Leclair – Balmoral;

Alexandre Leclair – Balmoral;

Juliana Luiker – Fredericton;

Luisa Schwarz – Fredericton; and

Harriet Wright – Fredericton.

Para-Nordic

Louis Fortin – Fredericton.

The men’s head coach is Paul Dugas of Caraquet. The women’s head coach is Manon Losier of Benoit. The manager is Marc Leclair of Balmoral and the technician is Gilles Landry of Bathurst.

CURLING –Women

Brigitte Comeau – Hanwell;

Justine Comeau – Hanwell;

Emma Le Blanc – Fredericton, and

Keira McLaughlin – Beaver Dam.

The head coach is Tim Comeau of Hanwell.

FIGURE SKATING

Jolain Benoit – Brantville;

Andrew Boudreau – Belledune;

Malika Boudreau – Petit-Rocher;

Valérie Déry – Bouctouche;

Lissa Anne McGaghey – Campbellton; and

Lexi McGrath – Dieppe.

Special Olympics

Miranda Dedam – Miramichi; and

Kelley Doucet – South Tetagouche.

The head coach is Raoul LeBlanc of Memramcook. The assistant coach is Kattie Rioux of Tracadie-Sheila. The head coach for Special Olympics is Sabrina Van der Pluijm of Bathurst. The manager is Steven Keith of Quispamsis.

HOCKEY –Men

Samuel Bastille – Dieppe;

William Basque – Tracadie-Sheila;

Pierre Bourgoin – Grand Falls;

Walker Campbell – Bass River;

Ethan Crossman – Sackville;

Michael Cyr – Sainte-Anne-de-Madawaska;

Curran Daley – Bathurst;

Cole Easton – Rusagonis;

Christopher Ferron – Grande-Anse;

Peyton Hoyt – Fredericton;

Michael Joseph – Moncton;

Alex Lavoie – Saint-Basile;

Samuel Leblanc – Dieppe;

Adam McCormick – Woodstock;

Tristan Mercure – Dieppe;

Ben Reid – Quispamsis;

Dominik Reid – New Maryland;

Jack Ryan – Fredericton;

Jacob Stewart – Quispamsis; and

Denis Toner – Saint-André.

The head coach is Eric Bissonnette of Fredericton. The assistant coaches are Doug Doull of Dieppe and Mike Gillingham of Fredericton. The director hockey operations is Norbert Laforge of Grand Falls and the equipment manager is Mike Burrell of Woodstock.

JUDO

Audrey Caron – Saint-Quentin;

Jonathan Chiasson – Tide Head;

Maud Chouinard – Saint-Quentin;

Alex Colpitts – Fredericton;

Maxime Emond – Saint-Basile;

Micayla Gregory – Harvey;

Tom Hanlon – Saint John;

Jédrick Imbeault – Oromocto;

Alexandra Levesque – Saint-Quentin;

Samuel Leclerc – Saint-Quentin;

Vanessa Ouellette – Lac Baker; and

Andrew Vienneau – Quispamsis.

The head coach is Jean Pierre Cantin of Oromocto. The assistant coach is Nadine Perron of Saint-Quentin and the manager is Dave McManus of Hanwell.

SQUASH

Stéphanie Babineau – Moncton;

Luke Burton – Fredericton;

Julia Cook – Moncton;

Véronique Cyr – Dieppe;

Sebastien Leblanc – Dieppe;

Eric Melanson – Dieppe;

Jane Woodworth – Moncton; and

Bryson Woodworth – Moncton.

The head coach is Jan Prieditis of Moncton. The manager is Joy Cook of Moncton.

SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING

Véronique Cyr – Dieppe;

Jillian Downey – Saint John;

Josée Goguen – Dieppe;

Jenelle Maillet – Moncton;

Megan McGuigan – Fredericton;

Emma Morrissy – Fredericton;

Allie Murchison – Saint John;

Jaiden Regnier – Fredericton;

Bianca Symonds – Saint John; and

Josee Thomas – Fredericton.

The head coach is Ashley Hines of Saint John. The assistant coach and manager is Melissa Hoadley of Moncton. The apprentice coach is Erin Moir of Quispamsis.

TRAMPOLINE

Meili Adam-Reimer – Fredericton;

Melisande Logelin – Dieppe;

Noah McCoy – Keswick Ridge; and

Andrew Polegato – Beaver Dam.

The head coach is Rachelle Perry of Dieppe. The manager is David LeBlanc of Fredericton.

MISSION STAFF

Sherry Doiron, Fredericton – chef de mission;

Jason Arseneault, Fredericton – assistant chef de mission;

Eddie Rutanga, Moncton – office management;

Christine Powers-Tomsons, Fredericton – office management;

Normand Léger, Dieppe – communications;

Kevin Lunn, Hanwell – communications/webmaster;

Bruce Macfarlane, Fredericton – communications;

Jean-Luc Benoit, Fredericton – sport liaison;

Jodie DeSolla, Fredericton – sport liaison;

Meaghan Donahue-Wies, Fredericton – sport liaison;

Kent Kuhn, Hartland – sport liaison;

Serge Manuel, Fredericton – sport liaison;

Darcy McKillop, Fredericton – sport liaison;

Manon Ouellette, Fredericton – sport liaison;

Ann Phillips, Saint John – sport liaison; and

Chris Robicheau, Moncton – sport liaison.

 

 

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