NEWS

Fort Providence was the host for the 2016 Territorial Championships. What an amazing event the FIRST EVER NWT Territorial Table Tennis Championships were. We had a blast, a great time playing a fun sport.

Drum rolls please …

May we present, the 2016 NWT Territorial Champions!

1. Aurora Fraser / David Sangris (N’Dilo)
2. Riis Schaub / Tannish Sangris (Hay River, N’Dilo)
3. Mikaela Vandell / Amy Betsina (Fort Providence, N’Dilo)

OPEN Singles

1. Jeremy Kielstra, Fort Providence
2. Nick Jovic, Yellowknife
3. Mike Pickles, Fort Smith

Under 18 Boys Single

1. Brian Liang, Yellowknife
2. Riis Schaub, Hay River
3. Neilson Vandell, Fort Providence

Under 18 Girls

1. Mikaela Vandell, Fort Providence
2. Tamara Jovic, Yellowknife
3. Aurora Fraser, N’Dilo

A wonderful article on the AWG South Slave 2018. Check it out!!!

Ask any competitive athlete from the North about the legacy of the Arctic Winter Games and the answer will always be one of lifechanging influence, says Betsy Mawdsley, a former biathlete from Fort Smith who has competed on the national and international circuits.

“I don’t think you can find an athlete from the NWT who was successful who didn’t come out of Arctic Winter Games,” she says.

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Images from our trip with Aerobic Table Tennis at École Boréale in Hay River. GO Team NWT GO!!!

A big thank you to the Mackenzie Recreation Association.

Another amazing session in Yellowknife. 250 kids doing a session of Aerobic Table Tennis. YES, ALL AT ONCE!!!

What a great time we had at Weledeh School. 2 days of intense jumping up and down and seeing a lot of smiles on kids faces.

A great way to finish off a week filled with Table Tennis. Thank you Mackenzie Recreation Association, Aerobic Table Tennis and Butterfly North America for all the support towards making this possible.

A HUGE THANK YOU to all our amazing volunteers. Without YOU, all this would not be possible. And, the kids, adults, supporters and everyone involved have been GREAT!

Finally the website is online and we are ready to share the experience of Table Tennis in the Northwest Territories. GO NWT GO, GO TABLE TENNIS GO!

Table Tennis North WEBSITE
Table Tennis North FACEBOOK

SIGN UP every one for the Arctic Winter Games Trials and have a good chance to become part of the NWT Team going to Greenland in March 2016.

Table Tennis North is hosting a Table Tennis Trainings Camp in Fort Providence on November 13th till the 15th. For signing up or more information e-mail info@tabletennisnorth.ca

Did you notice that Table Tennis North has a Facebook page!? If not, you should definitely check it out, like us, share our articles and promote Table Tennis in the Northwest Territories.

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Table Tennis is big in Fort Providence and most of the kids play 4 days a week. Right now we have clinics with every class at the school for a few weeks.

Can you see the excitement in the kids.