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Volume 19 Number 6
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June 2018
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n the 20 years that Canada has been involved in Wheelchair Fencing, Ryan Rousell, at only 20 years of age, is the 1st Canadian to ever win a World Cup Gold Medal. He beat French fencers Serge Robin 15-11 in the top 16s, Robert Citerne 15-6 in quarter final and El Assine15-13 in semi final, to go on destroying the Japanese Shintaro Kano 15-4 in the Gold Medal Match at the Montreal World Cup on April 29th 2018.
Asquith 20-year-old Makes Canadian Sports History
Ryan has been training since he was 7 years old at the Asquith Garde Fencing Club, with saber coach Douglas Brecht. Ryan first started fencing because beating on others with a sword sounded pretty awesome to him. Since then he has been following his dream and continues to train at the Asquith Club which is now in it’s 26th year of existence. Even though he has Cerebral Palsy, Ryan was determined that could fence standing against able bodied fencers, and medal, on provincial circuit, and he has done just that. Coach Brecht founded of the Saskatchewan Wheelchair Fencing association 4 years ago. For years he has tried to convince Rousell to sit and fence in wheelchair… not cool to then teenaged boy. With help of John Brunning from Saskatoon, Doug Brecht introduced wheelchair fencing to the provincial circuit of tournaments. Ryan finally started wheelchair fencing in November of 2016, participating in the provincial tournament in Saskatoon. Since he was the only fencer who actually qualified as a wheelchair athlete, top provincial able-bodied fencers sat in chairs to help him train. Meeting Canadian Team Paralympian wheelchair fencer Sylvie Morel, at 2017 Saskatchewan Provincial Fencing Championships, in March of 2017, inspired Ryan to finally give it his best. Working on the family farm near Asquith, Ryan has had to take a break from Computer Systems Technology Program to be able to train and travel to national and international fencing tournaments.
From left: Shintaro Kano (Japan), Ryan Rousell (Canada), Presenter Monique Lefebvre, Moez Elassine (France), Naoki Yasu (Japan). (Photo by Doug Brecht)
New Scoreboard In Delisle
Coach Jordan Smith, former member of Canadian National Fencing team, started working with Ryan training him in Épée. This combined with Coach Brecht’s Saber training transformed Ryan into a double-threat. In 2017, Ryan travelled to his first World Cup in Standnskaal, Netherlands and then to the Warsaw Senior World Cup and Junior World Championships. Success ! He earned Canada's First Ever Medal at a Wheelchair World Championships when he won the Bronze Medal at the U23 Junior World Championships. Preparing for 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, athlete Ryan Rousell and coach Doug Brecht were awarded the Petro-Canada FACE program sponsorship. Only 55 Canadian coach-athlete pairs received this Olympic-preparatory sponsorship throughout Canada. Ryan has since travelled to the World Championships in Rome, Italy, and to the World Cup in Eger, Hungary. His has won gold and silver medals at the Canada Cup in Quebec City in January in saber and épée. Next stop: Warsaw in July 2018, again for the Senior World Cup and U23 World Championships. This time, thanks to Petro-Canada, coach Douglas Brecht will accompany him as coach, and as a fellow wheelchair athlete in Wheelchair Foil. The Montreal Gold Medal was the crowning achievement after a year of hard work, sacrifice, compromises, and expense. Ryan is looking for sponsors to support his bid go on to the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo. Funds are needed for fencing training, strength training, physiotherapy, equipment, travel and tournaments. Ryan trains 4 days a week rising at 5:00am to work on the farm before heading off to Strength Training at 7am, then back to the farm work before fencing class in the evening until 10pm. It sounds gruelling but is all in a day’s work for our Paralympic hopeful Ryan Rousell, as he strives to become one of the top 16 Wheelchair Fencers in the world. As his coaches have told him "You can do this!" Submitted by Genevieve Rosseel
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new scoreboard has gone up at the Harold Worth ball park on the west side of Delisle. There are also now brand new washrooms and a concession on site as well. Delisle Minor Ball is hosting a BBQ fundraiser at the Delisle
Co-op on June 1 from 10:30am 2:00pm. Money raised will be used to purchase equipment for the new concession. You can also make a donation to Delisle Minor Ball at the BBQ. Just make the cheque payable to Delisle Minor Ball.
Other events include Delisle Midget Pride vs New Zealand on June 15 at 6pm, Squirt vs Pee Wee Tournament on June 17 at 9am and Eagle Creek League playoffs on June 23. Come on out and enjoy some local ball action this summer.
Summer Destinations Guide
Classes of 2018
Graduation Photos Page 8
INDEX
Editorial........................... p. 2 Council Reports............... p. 4 RCMP Reports................. p. 5
and STAY-Cation Contest - Win $600 in Prizes Contest on Page 2 - Destination Guide on Pages 6 - 7 MP Report...................... p. 5 Summer STAY-Cation Feature Section Page 6-7
Graduation Pictures... p. 7 Consumer’s Corner.......... p. 9 School Reports................. p. 9
Agriculture Reports........... p. 10 Community Calendar........ p. 11 Business Directory............. p. 12
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