{"id":1502,"date":"2016-09-07T02:15:29","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T02:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/?p=1502"},"modified":"2016-09-13T03:27:16","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T03:27:16","slug":"the-canadian-goalball-team-starts-paralympic-action-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/?p=1502","title":{"rendered":"The Canadian Goalball team starts Paralympic action Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/goalball_coaches.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1513\" alt=\"goalball_coaches\" src=\"http:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/goalball_coaches-300x168.jpg\" width=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/goalball_coaches-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/goalball_coaches-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/goalball_coaches-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/goalball_coaches-200x112.jpg 200w, https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/goalball_coaches-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/goalball_coaches-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/goalball_coaches-900x506.jpg 900w, https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/goalball_coaches.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Canadian Goalball team has landed in Rio in preparation for the upcoming 2016 Rio Paralympics!<\/p>\n<p>ASRAB is proud to have three members set to compete for Canada in the Goalball event at the 2016 Paralympics.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We have:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trent Farebrother (Red Deer) \u2013 Women\u2019s Coach<\/li>\n<li>Blair Nesbitt (Stony Plain) \u2013 Men\u2019s Team<\/li>\n<li>Darren Hamilton (Calgary) \u2013 Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Assistant Coach<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The full <a href=\"http:\/\/paralympic.ca\/news-and-events\/news\/canadian-blind-sports-nominates-12-goalball-players-to-team-canada-for-rio-2016\">Canadian Goalball Team was announced<\/a> in Toronto on August 26, 2016 &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>The pools for the competition are:<\/p>\n<p>Men&#8217;s pool A: Brazil, Algeria, <b>Canada,<\/b> Germany and Sweden<\/p>\n<p>Men&#8217;s pool B: Finland, USA, Turkey, China and Lithuania<\/p>\n<p>Women&#8217;s pool C: USA, Japan, Algeria, Brazil and Israel<\/p>\n<p>Women&#8217;s pool D: Russia, Turkey, Ukraine<b>, Canada<\/b> and China<\/p>\n<p>The full schedule can be found at: <a title=\"http:\/\/www.ibsasport.org\/sports\/files\/586-General-Rio-2016-Goalball-Match-Schedule.pdf\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ibsasport.org\/sports\/files\/586-General-Rio-2016-Goalball-Match-Schedule.pdf\">http:\/\/www.ibsasport.org\/sports\/files\/586-General-Rio-2016-Goalball-Match-Schedule.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Opening Ceremonies will take place September 7, and the competition will run September 8-16.\u00a0 The team will be training from now until the Games begin, and getting used to the Athletes Village and the competition venue.<\/p>\n<p>Trent will be our \u2018Man on the Ground\u2019, and will be posting a blog of his experiences &#8230; and including commentary from Blair and Darren as well.\u00a0 Follow Trent at: <a title=\"http:\/\/www.tf1111.wordpress.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tf1111.wordpress.com\/\">www.tf1111.wordpress.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ASRAB wishes the Canadian Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Goalball Teams all the best with their competitions &#8230; and quest for medals!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Canadian Goalball team has landed in Rio in preparation for the upcoming 2016 Rio Paralympics! 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