OUR NEW LOOK!

Effective Thursday, April 18 - the Canadian Sport Centre Calgary officially became the Canadian Sport Centre Calgary (CSCC).

Our new logo and name reflect a formal partnership between the eight other national sport centres located across the country who have all joined together under the title of the Canadian Sport Centres.

"The formalization of our partnership further illustrates how we have evolved in our support of Canada's athletes and coaches," said Dale Henwood, President of the CSCC. "There is already a high degree of consistency and standardization across the centres network and now we want to get better and raise the bar across the country."

The eight other centres are located in Victoria, Vancouver, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Montréal and the Atlantic provinces.

TEAM CANADA CHEF De MISSION NAMED

FOR 2002 COMMONWEALTH GAMES

OTTAWA - The COMMONWEALTH Games Canada (CGAC) has named Marg McGregor as Chef de Mission of Team Canada for the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England (July 25 to August 4).

"Marg represents everything the CGAC promotes: she works for development through sport, equality and accessibility. Athletes are her priority, in her day job and in her volunteer work," stated Joan Duncan, CGAC President. "Marg is an accomplished and well respected veteran of the Canadian amateur sport community."

"The 2002 Commonwealth Games have a special significance in that athletes with a disability will join the team and compete for full medals, and not in demonstration events. This is a first," said McGregor. On the challenges of being Chef, she added: "I'm totally committed to creating the best circumstances for athletes and coaches to succeed in Manchester".

The 2002 Commonwealth Games will include 14 individual and 3 team sports: Aquatics (Diving, Swimming, Synchro), Athletics, Badminton, Boxing, Cycling, Field Hockey (Men and Women), Gymnastics (Artistic, Rhythmic), Judo, Lawn Bowls, Netball, Rugby 7, Shooting, Squash, Table Tennis, Triathlon, Weightlifting, Wrestling. Known as the inclusive Games there will also be 8 full medal events for athletes with a disability. Approximately 5,250 athletes and team officials from 70 countries will compete at these 17th Commonwealth Games. The Chef de Mission is honorary head and main spokesperson for Team Canada. McGregor, who lives in Ottawa, is also Chief Executive Officer at the Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union (CIAU), the national governing body of university sport in Canada. She previously worked many years as Executive Director of the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women in Sport (CAAWS).

ATHLETE IN PROFILE:
Tanya Dubnicoff - Cycling
By Canadian Sport Cenre practicum student - Kristy Brown

Winning. It is the primary focus of an elite athlete - of any athlete. It represents the culmination of hard work, perseverance and sacrifice. During a career that can span years and even decades, winning is all that matters. It's what gets an athlete out of bed at 5am and encourages them to 'play through the pain.'

But what happens when it's over? When times and scores and medals don't really matter anymore. How does an athlete adjust after retirement, and where do they go to help them begin a new chapter in their life? The Canadian Sport Centre (CSC) is more than just a service for competing athletes. It also offers programs to help those whose goals no longer revolve around winning. So when Tanya Dubnicoff, national team cyclist and 3-time Olympian, decided to move on, the NSC was there to help her get on the right path toward entrepreneurial success.

For Tanya, planning for her retirement actually began two years prior, after attending one of the employability skills workshops conducted by Dorothy Holden through the Sport Centre. Although she was still heavily training for the upcoming Sydney Games, the workshop "got me thinking," says Tanya.

By the time Sydney had come and gone, Tanya had networked her way towards turning her thoughts into reality. In anticipation of a coaching career, and after speaking with Karen Strong - the Athlete Services Manager - she traveled to Quebec to learn French and instantly made herself more marketable. Last summer, she was hired as the Junior Cycling Development Coach at the National Cycling Centre in the Olympic Oval.

According to Tanya, one of the biggest adjustments an athlete has to make after retirement is to find new sources of motivation. "You don't have that same gratification that you get after a hard workout or competition. You have to find it elsewhere." In coaching, Tanya has been able to find that satisfaction through motivating her athletes and seeing the results of their hard work.

Tanya has also managed to find her passion. She and her partner opened an art gallery/café, which travels to its destination. The Sugar Gallery Café is a 1935 Bowlus trailer pulled by a 1950 Monarch. On Sunday nights during the summer, it is parked on the corner of 10th St and 2nd Ave NW. While there, you can pick up a bag of one of Tanya's special blends of coffee, or just try out her famous Espresso con panna.

If coaching and owning her own business aren't enough, Tanya travels across Canada for numerous speaking engagements throughout the year. It's a win-win situation: the audience receives inspiration, and Tanya "gets reacquainted" with her accomplishments. Although already blessed with public speaking skills, she sharpened her axe on the CSC's public speaking seminar wheel. "The greatest thing about the Sport Centre was that they were always available to me when I needed them." Tanya has been able to take advantage of what the CSC has to offer, proving that one can still have a life after sport.