HALIFAX (CNB) – The Canada Games are now history, and members of Team New Brunswick won 16 medals during the two weeks of competitions in Halifax.
Judoka Vannessa St-Pierre led Team New Brunswick into the Halifax Metro Centre and the closing ceremonies Sunday. St-Pierre won a gold and a bronze medal in judo competitions.
Chef de mission Stéphane Hachey was pleased with the performance of his athletes during the games. Twenty teams and about 200 athletes were showcased during the various individual and team competitions.
“Members of Team New Brunswick can leave Halifax with their head up,” said Hachey. “I am very proud of our athletes and artists performances. They have showed us they are on par with all of Canada. We leave with 16 medals which is the third best performance in Canada Games history for our province. For the past two weeks, our athletes have had personal bests and established provincial records. Even without a medal, I know our athletes leave knowing they gave their best and will have positive memories of their experience in Halifax.”
In badminton, New Brunswick finished 7th overall following a 3-1 win over Saskatchewan, Sunday morning. New Brunswick finished 7th in snowboarding, 3rd in women’s and 5th in men’s judo, 4th in men’s curling, 9th in women’s hockey, 8th in archery, 8th in figure skating, 9th in boxing, 6th in synchronized swimming, 8th in women’s and 6th in men’s alpine ski, and 11th in women’s and 8th in men’s cross country skiing.
New Brunswick finished 9th in wheelchair basketball, 7th in ringette, 8th in men’s hockey, 6th in women curling, 5th in the men and 6th in the women for speed skating, 9th in men's and 10th in women's target shooting, 6th in men and 7th in women biathlon and 8th in both boys and girls in artistic gymnastics.
New Brunswick won 106.5 Canada Games flag points compared to 122.5 in 2007.
The next Canada Winter Games will be held in Prince George, B.C., in 2015.
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