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Grant-A-Week WINNER
My years as an athlete in skiing and in track and field as a thrower ended with injuries and as college pursuits demanded more of my time. I attended my first NCCP course in 1995 while I was completing my recreation program in Saskatoon. Since that first course I have gone on to complete full Level ill Certification in throws and am working on Level 4~5 Certification and am a Theory Level I and 11 Course Conductor. In addition, I am certified at a variety of levels in alpine skiing, softball, 5-pin bowling, tennis, and Special Olympics and have coached these sports which is effective professional development for a course conductor.
When Ontario initiated a Women Only NCCP program I became a Course Conductor for that program hoping to increase the number of women who are actively coaching especially at higher levels. At the lunch table at a recent national coaching conference as materials to promote women in sport were being circulated I overheard a comment about the "man-hating propaganda" and am reminded of how far we have yet to go. In 2001 I will be coaching with the Ontario Track and Field Team at the Canada Summer Games, thirty years after my first Canada Games. I can easily say that during all of my life my involvement in sport has been the one constant and major grounding factor in my life through divorce, cancer, unemployment, relocation and many lesser trials. The positive impact that sport has played in my life is second only to my two sons who have been very patient and understanding when I would take my holidays from work to go the meets with other people's children. My grandson is a new source of joy. I am the Recreation Co-ordinator in Strathroy, Ontario and am proud to have written the Gender Equity in Recreation Policy for the City of London. I am active with the Ontario Track and Field Association Coaches Council and coach throws with the St. Thomas Legion Track and Field Club. The Nike-CAAWS grant will assist with the cost of attending a recent Level 4 task and I appreciate the support provided. Ann Barteaux
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My
coaching experience started while I was still competing in alpine
skiing in the early 1970's in Manitoba. The competitive highlight
of my career as an athlete was attending the 1971 Canada Winter
Games in Saskatoon. My first coaching highlight occurred a couple
of years later when I coached a Nancy Greene Ski League Team to
a Provincial Championship the in same year I won the Junior Alpine
Combined title.