Madeline Dailey is a Grade 12 student at Pauline Johnson CVS who not only participates in sports and excels at them, but is also a great addition to her school and community.

Dailey has been playing for the Brant Youth Volleyball Club for five years, where she is currently a setter and captain for the 18U Brant Tornadoes team. Last year she played for both the 17U and 18U teams where she helped the 18U team win gold at the Ontario Championships. In 2011 Dailey was recognized for the Ontario Volleyball Association Award of Excellence for leadership.

While at PJCVS, Dailey has played volleyball, basketball, soccer and track and field. Dailey was named MVP for senior volleyball and track and field in the previous school year. Athletics are not the only thing that Dailey excels at; she is also the winner of the PJCVS Spotlight Award, which she was given for her contribution to community involvement by the school. Dailey is also an honour roll student looking to accept an offer for Medical Radiation Sciences at McMaster University.

Leadership is a big part of Dailey’s life, with being selected to represent PJCVS at the Ontario Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Conference. Along with being a part of HOBY, Dailey is a part of many councils and clubs in her school and community where she helps to being awareness to many global issues such as hunger.

Congratulations and good luck Madeline!

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Local Sports Calendar – May 2013

May 24-26

Brantford Boyle Plumbing Junior Braves Baseball Tournament. Located at Cockshutt Park and Bill Little Park.

May 31-June 1

7th Walter Gretzky Street Hockey Tournament, Steve Brown Sports Complex.

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sponsored by:

Each featured athlete will receive a gift package of items donated by the following sponsors: Mark’s Work Wearhouse, Sullivan Bay, Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Brantford, Moose Winooski’s, Montana’s Cookhouse. Do you know an athlete that deserves recognition? For further details about the Athlete of the Week program contact Brant News, Loren Butler 519-758-1157 ext. 202.

Spencer Brown is an eleven-year-old student at Cobblestone Elementary in Paris. He is a diver and swimmer, dedicated to his time in the pool.

This sixth grader has been diving for three years now, currently belonging to the KW Diving Club. Brown may not have been in the pool for very long but is certainly making a splash. He has brought home many medals and awards in his few competitions.

Brown competed in his first competition as a part of the Tier II competitive diving team, winning first place in the 3m, and two third place medals.

With a successful start Brown has been sailing through accomplishments at competitions.

In the current season Brown has participated in two competitions, taking home a gold medal for the 3m in the first competition.

In the next couple weeks Brown will be competing again, hoping to bring home another gold medal with new dives he’s been working on.

Although Brown may only be 11, his dedication and hard work at the pool has helped him to accomplish many great feats already in his career, and he’s hoping to keep up his successes in the future seasons.

Good luck and congratulations Spencer!

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Local Sports Calendar – May 2013

May 3-5

Briers Basketball hosts OBA U 17 Juvenile Girls Basketball Tournament. Various Brantford gymnasiums.

May 9

TCO Networking Lunch. Hampton Inn & Suites Brantford. 11:30 a.m.

May 14

The Brantwood Foundation’s 17th Annual Charity Golf Tournament. Northridge Municipal Golf Course. 12:00 noon – 7:00 p.m.

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sponsored by:

Each featured athlete will receive a gift package of items donated by the following sponsors: Mark’s Work Wearhouse, Sullivan Bay, Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Brantford, Moose Winooski’s, Montana’s Cookhouse. Do you know an athlete that deserves recognition? For further details about the Athlete of the Week program contact Brant News, Loren Butler 519-758-1157 ext. 202.

Matt Krason is a 15 year-old triplet who manages to juggle a triple sport schedule throughout the year. As a member of multiple teams in the community, Krason is kept busy all year round.

Krason’s main dedication to athletics is football. Since 2005 Krason has been a member of Brantford Bisons, on a variety of teams throughout the years. He has most recently been on the Bisons Junior Varsity Football team as quarterback for two years now. In the 2012 season, Krason played as quarterback on the North Park Collegiate Junior football team, where he helped lead the team to a city championship win.

He is also committed to basketball as his secondary sport of choice. With playing for the NPC Junior basketball team for the past two years, Krason has learned skills to help get him ready for other teams he plays for.

Krason also plays basketball for the Brantford Rep Basketball team, finding a way to use his skills when not playing football.

In the spring, Krason manages to keep the athletics going by joining the NPC Midget Rugby team. With his skills learned from football and basketball, Krason was on the CWOSSA championship team in 2012. He trains twice a week at Bradley Sports where he has learned many of the skills that have led to many successes in his athletic career.

Congratulations and good luck Matt!

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Local Sports Calendar – April 2013

Apr. 28

Brantford Tournament of Races 2013 – 31st Annual Rotary Classic Run W. Ross MacDonald School.

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sponsored by:

Each featured athlete will receive a gift package of items donated by the following sponsors: Mark’s Work Wearhouse, Sullivan Bay, Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Brantford, Moose Winooski’s, Montana’s Cookhouse. Do you know an athlete that deserves recognition? For further details about the Athlete of the Week program contact Brant News, Loren Butler 519-758-1157 ext. 202.

Tianna Smith is a nine year-old student at Ecole Fairview. She is focused on her gymnastics career as well as being involved in the arts.
Smith is a Grade four student that has been practicing gymnastics for four years. For the past two years she has been competing with the Grand River Gymmies, while prior to that she was at the Hamilton Gymnastics Academy for two years.

While competing at the Lightening by the Falls competition, Smith took 7th place for bars and her overall age group. Smith almost won a medal for her vault routine, but just fell short, getting 4th place. Most impressively at the competition was Smith’s bronze medal win for her floor routine and beam routine.

Smith is dedicated to gymnastics and practicing as much as possible every week. Her favourite component of gymnastics is the uneven bars.

Smith has managed to overcome an obstacle of being told her height would end her gymnastics career and rather took it to drive her to working harder every week. Besides gymnastics, Smith is involved in the Sydenham Youth drama club, singing and acting in their annual musicals.

Smith loves to be involved in community activities in a variety of fundraising efforts, including raising money for her grandmother’s nursing home. Smith is determined to help out in the community more, and continue with gymnastics for many years to come.

Congratulations and good luck Tianna!

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Local Sports Calendar – April 2013

Apr. 19-21

Canadian Jr. Goalboal Championships. W. Ross Macdonald School.

Apr. 28

Brantford Tournament of Races 2013 – 31st Annual Rotary Classic Run W. Ross Macdonald School.

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sponsored by:

Each featured athlete will receive a gift package of items donated by the following sponsors: Mark’s Work Wearhouse, Sullivan Bay, Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Brantford, Moose Winooski’s, Montana’s Cookhouse. Do you know an athlete that deserves recognition? For further details about the Athlete of the Week program contact Brant News, Loren Butler 519-758-1157 ext. 202.

Kailey Russell is a 12 year-old student at James Hillier School.

She actively participates in swimming outside of school. Russell has also been involved in track and field when she attended Elgin Public School in Simcoe. Now, at James Hillier, she is part of the soccer team. Russell also played recreational soccer for eight years, but stopped playing at the age of 11 to pursue her swimming career.

This Grade 7 student started swimming for the Simcoe Swim Team at the age of six, and moved over to the Brantford Aquatic Club at the age of nine and continues to swim there today.

At age 11, Russell managed to win the Provincial Gold Medal in both 400 metre freestyle and 800 metre freestyle. In the same year she won the Provincial Silver medal in 200 metre backstroke in Ottawa.

Russell finished the 2011-2012 swimming season as a top ranked swimmer in the country for the 11 year-old girls’ 800 metre freestyle category.

When it comes to academics, Russell maintains good grades, which she is hoping to carry her through high school and university. With good academics, Russell is looking into becoming a chiropractor one day.

As far as her athletic goals go, she is hoping that one day she will get to competitively swim at the Olympics.

Congratulations and good luck Kailey!

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Local Sports Calendar – April 2013

Apr. 6-7

Brantford Church Hockey hosting Tyke House League Festival Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre.

Apr. 11

TCO Networking Meeting, Crock A Doodle, 11:30 a.m.

Apr. 11-14

CYO Boys Paul Mitchell Invitational Basketball Tournament – Midget to Junior Local gymnasiums.

Apr. 19-21

Canadian Jr. Goalboal Championships. W. Ross Macdonald School.

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sponsored by:

Each featured athlete will receive a gift package of items donated by the following sponsors: Mark’s Work Wearhouse, Sullivan Bay, Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Brantford, Moose Winooski’s, Montana’s Cookhouse. Do you know an athlete that deserves recognition? For further details about the Athlete of the Week program contact Brant News, Loren Butler 519-758-1157 ext. 202.

Staff Report
BRANT NEWS

Ryan Goodall is a 13 year-old student at Agnes Hodge who is very involved in a wide variety of sports. Goodall participates in football, hockey, skiing, and paintballing.

Goodall’s main passion is football, which he’s been playing for five seasons with a variety of teams. Goodall has been a member of the Bantam Red Championship team, which won the 2012 season. He has also been participating in Brantford Bison’s Varsity football for two seasons in the spring, and Bison’s regular fall team for three seasons. Because of all of his hard work and constant training for football, it has led him to receive the Annual Offensive Lineman Award for two years in 2011 and 2012.

In addition to every year being full of playing football, Goodall also plays for the Brantford Minor Hockey Association and the Hockey League Peewee championship team. Keeping up with hockey and football is no small feat but Goodall manages to do it all while still having a great time.

Currently, Goodall is training for the Bantam spring football season with Jykine Bradley of Bradley Sports Performance. This is helping him to stay in shape and train to become a more skillful member of the team. But this hasn’t kept Goodall from having some fun with sports as well; he loves to ski and play paintball as recreational activities to keep him busy and have some fun with his friends.

Congratulations and good luck Ryan!

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TCO Calendar – April

Apr. 6-7

Brantford Church Hockey hosting Tyke House League Festival Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre

Apr. 11

TCO Networking Meeting, Crock A Doodle, 11:30 a.m.

Apr. 11-14

CYO Boys Paul Mitchell Invitational Basketball Tournament – Midget to Junior Local gymnasiums.

Apr. 13

Brantford Aquatic Club hosts LC Evening in Brantford Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre.

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sponsored by:

Each featured athlete will receive a gift package of items donated by the following sponsors: Mark’s Work Wearhouse, Sullivan Bay, Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Brantford, Moose Winooski’s, Montana’s Cookhouse. Do you know an athlete that deserves recognition? For further details about the Athlete of the Week program contact Brant News, Loren Butler 519-758-1157 ext. 202.

Staff Report
BRANT NEWS

Kennedy Russell is a 15 year-old student at North Park Collegiate. She is in Grade 10 and has focused her athletic career on swimming.

Russell started swimming with the Simcoe Swim Team at the age of seven before coming to the Brantford Aquatic Club at the age of 12 where she won the highest award for leadership, the Squad 4 LEAD Award for the 2010-2011 season.

For the 2011-2012 season, Russell managed to get the Age Group Performance Award. Russell was also presented with the Provincial and Eastern Championship Qualifier Awards while at the Brantford Aquatic Club.

When Russell temporarily went to Simcoe Composite School for Grade 9, she was the only swimmer to qualify for OFSAA where she swam two events.
Although Russell participates in many different events in swimming, her favourite to perform in is the Individual 400m swim.

Swimming isn’t the only thing Russell excels at though. This Grade 10 student is looking to use her honour roll grades to get her into university for sciences which is her favourite school subject, and eventually become a psychiatrist.

When it comes to swimming, Russell wants to qualify for her age group at nationals and eventually, at senior nationals. She isn’t afraid to dream big though – she’s hoping to one day make it to the Olympics as a swimmer.

Congratulations and good luck Kennedy!

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TCO Calendar – April

Mar. 22-24

Briers Basketball hosts OBA U11 Atom Girls Basketball Tournament.

Mar. 23

Crocus Bonspiel. Brantford Golf and Country Club.

Mar. 23

Annual Flashing Blades Carnival. Brantford & District Civic Centre.

Mar. 28

32nd annual Strodes Scotch Doubles Bonspiel, Brant Curling Club.

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sponsored by:

Each featured athlete will receive a gift package of items donated by the following sponsors: Mark’s Work Wearhouse, Sullivan Bay, Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Brantford, Moose Winooski’s, Montana’s Cookhouse. Do you know an athlete that deserves recognition? For further details about the Athlete of the Week program contact Brant News, Loren Butler 519-758-1157 ext. 202.

Anthony Escobar is a 13 year-old student who is dedicated to playing football. He attends Our Lady of Providence as an eighth grader.

Escobar has been playing football for six years now for the Brantford Bison’s. He has played as a dedicated member of the team and proceeds to improve every year that he plays. Escobar has many awards to show for his hard work, something very gratifying for a student this young.

Playing football can be a challenging thing at the age of 13, but Escobar has managed to win a variety of awards while playing for the Bison’s. Escobar has won many line-man awards as well as a few defensive awards. Clearly Escobar has a wide range of abilities on the field, and this helped lead him to winning the Bison’s award for his hard work. In addition, he has also won the Most Improved award.

In order to learn these skills and win these awards, Escobar has had some great training from Jykine Bradley, with Bradley Sport Performance, who has helped to focus on essential skills for the field. Escobar’s participation in Bradley’s training is helping him to not only learn new skills but to learn how to use them on the field to become an even bigger asset to his team. With the help of Bradley Sport Performance, Escobar is becoming a better play for his team on and off the field.

Congratulations and good luck Anthony!

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TCO Calendar – March

Mar. 14

Tournament Capital of Ontario – Sport Networking Lunch.

Mar. 15

50th anniversary St. Patrick’s Mixed Bonspiel. Brantford Golf and Country Club.

Mar. 22-24

Briers Basketball hosts OBA U11 Atom Girls Basketball Tournament.

Mar. 23

Crocus Bonspiel. Brantford Golf and Country Club.

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sponsored by:

Each featured athlete will receive a gift package of items donated by the following sponsors: Mark’s Work Wearhouse, Sullivan Bay, Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Brantford, Moose Winooski’s, Montana’s Cookhouse. Do you know an athlete that deserves recognition? For further details about the Athlete of the Week program contact Brant News, Loren Butler 519-758-1157 ext. 202.

Staff Report
BRANT NEWS

Timmia Bomberry is a Grade 6 student at Central Baptist Academy. She loves to participate in basketball inside and outside of school.

Bomberry may only be 11 but she has been playing for the Major Atom traveling team through Brantford CYO for two years now. Previous to this, she played for the Haldimand Huskies for two years. While playing for the Huskies, Bomberry was awarded the Core Player Award in 2010.

She also participates in box lacrosse, or indoor lacrosse. Bomberry has played for the Six Nations Bantam Girls team this past year. Before that, she played for two years on the novice team. While on the novice team, Bomberry was awarded the Best Defensive Player in 2011.

Along with playing basketball and box lacrosse outside of school, Bomberry is also active in playing basketball and volleyball for her school. When it comes to her grades, Bomberry manages to keep an excellent average including her favourite class, phys-ed.

She keeps a steady average of A’s and B’s on her report card. In 2011, Bomberry was awarded the Character Quality Award at her school.

In the future, she is hoping to go to university, but to continue to play basketball all the while. She is dedicated to the sport and has no plans to stop playing anytime in the near future.

Congratulations and good luck Timmia!

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TCO Calendar – March

March 1

17th annual Senior Men’s Spring Thaw Bonspiel. Brant Curling Club.

March 1

Brantford & District Civic Centre. 7:30 p.m.

March 5

Men’s Masters Bonspiel. Brantford Golf and Country Club.

March 14

Tournament Capital of Ontario – Sport Networking Lunch.

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sponsored by:

Each featured athlete will receive a gift package of items donated by the following sponsors: Mark’s Work Wearhouse, Sullivan Bay, Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Brantford, Moose Winooski’s, Montana’s Cookhouse. Do you know an athlete that deserves recognition? For further details about the Athlete of the Week program contact Brant News, Loren Butler 519-758-1157 ext. 202.

Staff Report
BRANT NEWS

Austin Wagenaar is a Grade 10 student at Pauline Johnson. He plays a wide variety of sports in and out of school.

Wagenaar started his athletics as a seven-year-old playing soccer. From there the commitment to sports seemed to grow as the years went on. After soccer, Wagenaar decided on baseball for a couple of years and got a basis for the sport.

It was in Grade 8 that Wagenaar got the male athlete of the year award, and from there he blew into the world of athletics. At the age of 12, he started playing house league ball hockey for Ball Hockey International. Wagenaar continues to play for BHI, but now also plays for Brantford Thunder, a travel team for ball hockey.

Now as a high school student, Wagenaar hasn’t held back on getting involved in school sports too. He has joined the baseball team at P.J., bringing out the skills he learned as a kid. Even more impressive is Wagenaar’s spot as captain of the junior basketball team, where he also won the Heart & Hustle award. In addition to these, Wagenaar is also the starting quarterback and captain of the junior football team. In last year’s season, he won the junior football player of the year award.

With these commitments, Wagenaar also manages to work part time and keep up respectable grades to help pursue his dreams of going to school for athletics.

Congratulations and good luck Austin!

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TCO Calendar – February

Feb. 21-24

32nd annual Walter Gretzky Girls Hockey Tournament. Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre.

Feb. 22-24

Paris Ringette Spring Tournament, Brant Sports Complex.

Feb. 22

9th annual Bell City Stik Bonspiel, Brant Curling Club.

Feb. 23

Scout Week and Open House, Walter Gretzky Elementary School.

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sponsored by:

Each featured athlete will receive a gift package of items donated by the following sponsors: Mark’s Work Wearhouse, Sullivan Bay, Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Brantford, Moose Winooski’s, Montana’s Cookhouse. Do you know an athlete that deserves recognition? For further details about the Athlete of the Week program contact Brant News, Loren Butler 519-758-1157 ext. 202.