NS Team Bulletin #2

Registration for the Nationals begins!

Following the guidelines from Bulletin #1, if you qualify to play in the Nationals, send an email requesting a registration form to our Nova Scotia Team Coordinator, Cynthia Boutilier.

To know how many participants or teams can qualify for each event, visit the National Games website events page. Under each event, you can click on the tab “Rules” to know how many participants or teams can register for each event.

If gold or silver medal winners who have qualified to go to the Nationals are unable to participate, bronze medalist or any other participant in the Provincial Games or any other Nova Scotian can then qualify.

If you do not qualify for an event that you participated in at the Provincials, you could still play an event in Quebec that was not offered in Pictou. So, check out all the events happening in Quebec!

Registration Timelines

The opportunity for Nova Scotians to register for the 2024 Games is as follows:

April 1st – Registration is open for all Gold Medal winners.

April 15th – Registration is now also open for Silver Medal winners where two or more entries are permitted.

May 1st – Registration is now also open for Bronze Medal winners.

May 15th - At this time registration also opens on a first come, first serve basis for any team or individual who participated in the 2023 Nova Scotia Provincial Games in Pictou and/or any other Nova Scotian to apply, depending on space available in any event until the deadline of June 24th.

Qualifying medal winners are reminded that your registration and payment must be submitted in a timely way. If you have not returned your registration form complete with payment by May 15th, your participation in a particular event can no longer be guaranteed. Some events only permit two or three participants per province/territory. Once these spots are filled, they are filled.

*Any teams that have an unexpected vacancy, please send an email to cynthiaboutilier13@gmail.com so efforts can be made to fill the vacancy firstly by someone who participated in the 2023 provincial games.

A Facebook account for the 2024 Games has been created, check it out!

Scrabble competitor? The Scrabble competition will be coordinated by a champion! You can read all the champion: Montreal Scrabble champion Joshua Sokol wins top prize at NASPA | CTV News

A “beat the pro” activity will be organized for participants to compete with Joshua!

Visit canada55plusqc.ca/en/ for national games updates.

Stay tuned for updates!

Les Anderson