Jeux de l’Acadie weekend results
Many Par-en-Bas athletes advance to Finale des Jeux de l’Acadie
There were cheers, Acadian flags and lots of great sportsmanship on display at the Nova Scotia Jeux de l’Acadie (Acadian Games) held in the Municipality of Clare over the May 18-20 weekend.
A variety of sports and events saw competition, including mini handball, soccer, volleyball, Ultimate Frisbee, mountain biking and improvisation.
Following the weekend, many teams and athletes will advance to this year’s Finale des Jeux de l’Acadie, which will take place in Miramichi, N.B., from June 27 to July 1.
The host Clare delegation only had teams competing in boys and girls soccer and girls volleyball over the May 18-20 weekend. These teams did not advance.
Par-en-Bas does see many of its athletes advance.
Here are local results:
MINI HANDBALL
The team from Ecole Par-enBas captured the mini handball championship to advance to the Finale des Jeux.
The team had a 22-15 victory over Halifax in the championship game. Par- en- Bas went undefeated in seven games, scoring a total of 183 goals with just 39 scored against them. Nine teams competed in mini handball.
BADMINTON
Par-en-Bas will also send athletes to the Finale des Jeux from its mixed badminton team.
Advancing are Zach D’Arcy and Connor Boudreau in male singles, Marcy d’Eon in female singles and Jade Robbins and Yanick Cottreau in mixed doubles.
IMPROVISATION
The other team to advance to Les Finale des Jeux from Par-enBas is the school’s improv team.
TRACK AND FIELD
Par-en-Bas also will send a track-and-field delegation following competitions that were held May 12 in Dartmouth.
Advancing from PEB are Celine Cottreau, Jacques Surette, Keaton Muise, Alyre Richardson, Courtney Joudrey and Ethan Saulnier.
There are no Clare athletes who will compete at Les Finale. The Par-en-Bas mini handball team went undefeated in seven games over the May 18-20 weekend are is advancing to the Finale des Jeux de l’Acadie. The Par-en-Bas improvisation team has made it through to the Finale des Jeux de l’Acadie.
SOCCER
In girls soccer Rive-Sud defeated Truro 1-0 in the championship to advance. The Par-en-Bas team did not advance but was awarded the Jeux banner for sportsmanship. The Clare girls soccer team finished in third place, defeating Sackville 5-1 in their final game. There were eight teams in girls soccer. In boys soccer Halifax defeated Dartmouth 7-1 in the championship game. In the round-robin, the Jeux host Clare team had a 4-0 win over PEB and a 5-2 win over Richmond on Day 1 but lost 5-0 to Halifax on Day 2. Par-en-Bas and Clare played each other one final time on May 19 with PEB winning 4-3 for third place in Les Jeux. The boys soccer
VOLLEYBALL
In girls volleyball Halifax defeated Par-en-Bas in two sets in the championship game to advance to the Jeux Finale. During the weekend Par-en-Bas had wins over Rive-Sud, Richmond, Cheticamp and Clare.
The Clare team had wins over Pomquet and Greenwood.
ULTIMATE FRISBEE
Ultimate Frisbee saw Dartmouth edge out Halifax 9-7 in the championship. Dartmouth had been the dominant team of Les Jeux, winning all five of its games and outscoring their opponents Some members of the Par-en-Bas badminton team are advancing to the Finale des Jeux de l’Acadie. 89-20. Halifax, which had a 3-1 record going into the championship, had rebounded from a 15-6 loss to Dartmouth in the opening game of Les Jeux. Par-en-Bas finished in third place with a 12-8 win over Pomquet. Previously in the tournament Par-en-Bas had three wins and two losses. Five teams competed in Ultimate Frisbee. Next year the Nova Scotia Acadian games will be held in Truro. Par-en-Bas will host the event in 2020.