Welcome to the New Year!

Table of Contents Presidents Message

Presidents Message..1 It gives me great pleasure to
Badminton Training Camp..2 extend my warmest
congratulations to Alain Turpin
Curling Fun Bonspiel..3-4 on your appointment as CDSA
Canada Womens Volleyball.5-6 Chief Executive Officer. I trust
that you will continue to work
ASD Open Gym...7
for the improvement of ADSA
NCCP Workshop.8 relationship.
Canadian Deaf Curling Trials.9
Here's wishing the Alberta
High Five Cup.10-11
teams good luck for Canadian
Canadian Deaf Golf Championships..12 Deaf Curling Trials on January
World Deaf Golf Championships.13
19-21, 2017 at Avonair Curling
Club. Though the road may be
CDSA Updates14-17 rocky and filled with
ADSA 2-Day Casino18-19 difficulties, we know that you
can fight and win the games
ADSA Future Events.20
whatever challenges you face.
Calendar of Events.21-22 -Grant
Grant Underschutlz, ADSA President

January

2017
This is a new year. A new
beginning. Things will change.
- Taylor Swift
 Badminton Training Camp

Badminton Selection Camp

Montreal, Quebec
November 11-13, 2016
ADSA sponsored Hai Diec,
Nasir Uddin, and Brandon
Huynh who flew to Montreal
for the CDSA Badminton
Training Camp. The players
had a great time learning new
techniques from the coach
and want to thank the
students who helped improve
their skills.
Hai Diec, Brandon Huynh and Nasir Uddin

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 Curling Fun Bonspiel

ADCA and ADSA hosted

the Curling Fun Bonspiel
on December 3rd, 2016 at
Avonair Curling Club.
We had a total of 11
teams registered and
each team played to get
points to get to the top 3. Lucky Aces
Kryz Stobiecki, Craig Goryk, Sid Rahall, Othman Rahall
There was also a Best
Team Costume prize!

1st Place Knockout Kings

2nd Place Oddly Sporty Knockout Kings
Grant Underschultz, Wayne Johnson, Robert Cundy, Grant Robertson
3rd Place Robertson Team

Best Team Costume

Knockout Kings

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 Curling Fun Bonspiel

The Straighteners Alberta Team

Sarah Sniveley, Amorena Bartlett, Holly Jamieson, Sally Korol, Nyla
Kayla Bradford-Sinasac and Dani Sinasac Kurylowich and Andrea Scott

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 Canada Womens Volleyball

The Canada Deaf Womens Volleyball team, who won Bronze during the 2016 Pan Am Games, played an
exhibition match against Concordia University on December 16th and 17th, 2016.
The Canada Deaf Womens Volleyball team played an amazing match against Concordia and showed why
they are the best! Great sportsmanship and leadership throughout the whole match.
Great job, ladies!

I am honored to receive this award

from Canadian Deaf Sports
Association.

I need to recognize those that are

involved in the womens volleyball
program. Without their contribution
to the program, I would not be
receiving this award.

Steve Ivan assistant coach

Mary Dyck team manager
Vicki Yee team interpreter

Finally the players, what a great

CDSA 2016 Coach of the Year
Derek Usman
Canada Womens Volleyball
bunch of athletes. We would not be
where we are at without their
commitment and dedication to this
program. Steve Ivan
Assistant Coach
This is a total team effort and I accept Canada Womens Volleyball
this award for all those involved.
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 Canada Womens Volleyball

ADSA would like to congratulate Canada Deaf Womens Volleyball team for receiving $5000.00
from the Dairy Farmers of Canada.

The grant will be used for training camps in preparation for the 2017 Deaflympics in Turkey!

CONGRATULATIONS AND GOOD LUCK!

It never occurred to me that it would be

possible to represent Canada. I now have the
chance to represent my country, doing
something I love.
Madeline Brinkmann
Edmonton, AB
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ASD Open Gym

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National Coach Certification Workshop

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 Canadian Deaf Curling Trials

The Canadian Deaf Curling Trials is coming up soon!

When: January 19th to 21st, 2017

Where: Avonair Curling Club

10607 Princess Elizabeth Avenue NW

Come and support our Canadian curling teams to compete to go

to the 2017 World Deaf Curling Championships in Sochi, Russia!

Alberta Womens Curling Team Alberta Mens Curling Team

Andrea Scott, Nyla Kurylowich, Sally Korol, Holly Jamieson Mark Korol, Calvin Novak, Lehman Drew,
Kryz Stobiecki, Kamil Burnat

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High Five Cup

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High Five Cup

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 13th Canadian Deaf Golf Championships

13th Canadian Deaf Golf Championship hosted by ASSQ

July 24 to 27, 2017
Mount-Tremblant, Quebec
www.assq.org

Registration Deadlines:
Feb. 1st ($375.00)
July 1st ($450.00)
http://www.assq.org/en/competition/online-registration

Registration fee include:

3 golf days (July 25-26-27) + cart + unlimited practice There will be 2018 Team Canada
Closing Ceremony Banquet Selection for:
CDGA membership fee World Deaf Golf Championships
July 21 to 28, 2018
Maynooth, Ireland
Rules for score handicap to participate are:
Men - 10.4 For more information, please contact:
ASSQ
Women - 22.4 2017 CDGC committee:
Senior Men - 16.4 Alain Turpin and Alexandre Ouellet

Categories:
1 - MEN Competition (average score of 95 or less)
2 - WOMEN Competition
3 - SENIOR Competition (50+)
4 - RECREATIONAL
5 - VISITORS (Closing Ceremony Banquet - $ 50)

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 12th World Deaf Golf Championship
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World Deaf Golf Championship

July 21st to 28th, 2018

Carton House Golf Club

Maynooth, Ireland

The Mens Individual/Team Championships will be playing on

the Montgomerie course.

The Ladies & Seniors Individual/Team Championships will

be playing on the OMeara Golf Course.

Accommodation: Carton House Hotel

An 18th-century manor house on 1,100-acre grounds

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 CDSA

CDSA New CEO Announcement

Hello - my name is Mark Kusiak, Canadian Deaf Sport Association (CDSA) President.

First of all, I want to thank to the selection committee for their hard work and in selecting
the right person to fit in for CDSA.

Secondly, I want to thank all applicants who applied for the CDSA CEO position.

Now, I want to announce whom weve chosen this person to work for CDSA as CEO:

This person has a lot of experiences and involvement with different non-profit
organizations, board members including governance. In addition, served as an Executive
Director for different non-profit organizations.

His display for visions, leadership and builder are what we need for our CDSA.

Now I want to introduce who is the new CEO for CDSA - Alain Turpin.
He will begin his duties in January.

For more information, please watch the vlog.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Nfnh0WSUEo

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 CDSA

Here is the list of sports which will be represented by CDSA's

athletes at the next Summer Deaflympics held in Samsun
(Turkey) from July 18-31, 2017.

If you have new athletes, please contact the Sports Committee

or Head Coach to determine the level of eligibility to take part in
these Games.

Athletic Paul Landry, Head Coach pauljlandry@shaw.ca

Badminton Daniele Bouffard, Head Coach danielebouffard@videotron.ca

Bowling Lydio Trasporto, Head Coach jun.trasporto@gmail.com

Golf Ron Lampman, Head Coach rlampman@zomaron.com or Dana McCarthy, Team Manager danamccarthy48@gmail.com

Judo Blair Bradbury, Head Coach blairb@nfld.com

Volleyball Derek Usman, Head Coach Derek.Usman@lethsd.ab.ca or Mary Dyck, Team Manager mary.dyck@uleth.ca

Swimming Judy Baker, Head Coach judy401@shaw.ca or Carolynn Osborn, Team Manager cdosborn@mymts.net

Tennis Scott Hurtubise, Head Coach scotthurtubise@icloud.com or Lois McIntyre, Team Manager lois.mcintyre.22@gmail.com

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2017 ADSA Casino

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ADSA Future Events

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 Calendar of Events

Pickleball at ASD NCCP at ASD Sunroom

Open Gym at ASD Canadian Deaf Curling

Trials

Pickleball at ASD NCCP at ASD Sunroom

Open Gym at ASD High Five Cup at ASD

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 Calendar of Events

Pickleball at ASD Pickleball

Tournament at ASD
Open Gym at ASD

Pickleball at ASD ADSA Casino at

Yellowhead Casino
Open Gym at ASD

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