Group Partnership helps sustainable home sport system
This weekend at Tamanawis Park in Surrey, BC, the Girls’s Nationwide Staff and Males’s Nationwide Staff are taking to the sector as a part of the Sikh Video games Canada. In getting into this home multi-sport occasion, nationwide groups are leveraging the chance of dwelling home video games as a key a part of the preparation for the upcoming Pan American Cup from July 24-August 3 in Uruguay. Equally essential, they’re additionally serving to rejoice and help key work being finished for neighborhood, in neighborhood and by neighborhood.
Such neighborhood development and funding align completely to Subject Hockey Canada’s strategic intent of home system constructing. It speaks to activation of the system in any respect ranges, from golf equipment, communities, via provinces to the nationwide and worldwide physique, all in help of a stronger sport which delivers an athlete centred strategy.
Sikh Video games Canada (SGC) is a multi-sport group which hosts an annual multi-sport and cultural occasion for a world area of opponents. Located out of the quickly to be three area facility in Surrey, BC, the sports activities included within the occasion lengthen to wrestling, kabaddi, soccer, volleyball, and basketball. Amongst these nonetheless, it’s area hockey which continues to be the showcase occasion of the Video games. Hundreds flip as much as help the occasion over the weekend and benefit from the cultural and culinary experiences placed on by SGC for the neighborhood to collect round and revel in. It’s greater than a contest — it’s a celebration of id, variety, and the values rooted in Seva (selfless service). A spokesperson from Sikh Video games Canada stated:
“Every year, over an exciting four-day weekend, households collect at Tamanawis Park in Surrey, British Columbia, to witness 5 dynamic sports activities, get pleasure from free cultural showcases, and share meals ready with love and care. There aren’t any gates, no obstacles — simply open hearts and open fields.”
Accessible. Inclusive. Working for neighborhood and for nationwide groups. What’s on provide is really particular.
Subject Hockey Canada stays deeply dedicated to constructing a sustainable home sport system and deliberately integrating community-based partnerships into our long-term imaginative and prescient. We consider that aligning nationwide crew goals with grassroots and neighborhood initiatives is just not solely strategically vital but additionally profoundly significant in strengthening the game throughout all ranges.
As work continues in the direction of the completion of the third area on the Tamanawis advanced later this 12 months, Subject Hockey Canada is worked up to announce the creation of a partnership between Subject Hockey Canada and SGC. This dedication extends to 2032 and can see the annual occasion rework from a world membership stage occasion into a world invitational to serve Canada’s Nationwide Groups. A dedication to Canada’s nationwide groups to help Subject Hockey Canada’s objective of constructing sustainable success for MNT and WNT as world high 10 groups.
Home transformation takes time, however with each certainly one of these steps to construct home power, Canada’s long-term targets change into extra attainable. The partnership with SGC now ensures three dwelling worldwide video games every year and Subject Hockey Canada doesn’t intent to cease there as CEO Susan Ahrens explains.
“We’re grateful of the help of SGC and stay up for working with them to achieve our shared goals. An annual worldwide occasion is a large endeavor, and we admire and recognize the endeavour of SGC in making this a actuality for area hockey in Canada. As we launch this partnership, we proceed to emphasise that, as we search to construct an annual worldwide aggressive calendar again to pre-pandemic ranges whereas adjusting to rising prices, Subject Hockey Canada is actively looking for related partnerships in communities throughout Canada.”
Subject Hockey Canada can even construct on the success of latest dwelling internet hosting of continental occasions as we proceed to activate on the occasion internet hosting technique and convey PAHF and FIH occasions to Canada. As we do, this era from 2026-2032 ought to see Canada obtain 8-10 worldwide tournaments on dwelling soil.
Subject Hockey Canada is pleased with this community-based partnership. It displays our robust perception that Subject Hockey Canada is our neighborhood, and our neighborhood is Subject Hockey Canada. The group stays dedicated to working in alignment and partnership with our stakeholders to help the expansion and growth of the sport all of us are so enthusiastic about.
