Canada Games Team Selected
The final selections for the 2011 Canada Games team are complete. Coach Cheryl Corrigan and her staff had some big decisions to make in order to select the best team possible for the Canada Games next year. The games are being held in Halifax, Nova Scotia from February 11-18. The BC Wheelchair basketball team finished 7th at the last Canada Games and are looking to move up the ranks.
Congratulations to the following players on their selection to the Canada Games Wheelchair Basketball for Team BC:
Nathan Bragg
Stephanie Park
Coti Koski
Natalie Imbeau
Erin Higgins
Jack Kosterman
Kelsey Dyck
Matt Ficocelli
Dieon Green
Avril Harris
Derek Lundie
Erik Vliegenthart
Head Coach: Cheryl Corrigan
Assistant Coach: Ross McDonald
Team Manager: Makiko Harada
Corrigan will be looking to the veterans of the team Avril Harris, Eric Vliegenthart and Dieon Green who completed in the Games four years ago, to lead the team. The team are competing in Division II this season to get some much needed game experience as a team. The competition is going to be tough at this year’s Canada Games and all the players are working hard for team BC.
Find out more about Team BC and Canada Winter Games 2011on their websites.