Nova Scotia Athletes Head to the Games

Team Nova Scotia athletes are boarding buses and heading to New Brunswick today, Feb. 21, for the 2003 Canada Winter Games.

About half the team will compete in the first week of the Games. Nova Scotia athletes will compete in badminton, cross-country skiing, women's curling, fencing, men's hockey, rhythmic gymnastics, ringette, speed skating and squash next week.

Nova Scotians are encouraged to send good luck messages to the athletes through the Team Nova Scotia Web site at http://winter2003.ns.canadagames.ca .

The Games run from Feb. 22 to March 8 in Bathurst-Campbellton, N.B.

Team Nova Scotia will compete in 18 of the 21 sports represented during the two weeks of the Games. The team has 284 athletes, coaches, managers and mission staff.

Team Nova Scotia is funded by the Nova Scotia Sport and Recreation Commission, a division of the Office of Health Promotion. Team Nova Scotia sponsors include Avis, Spring Rain, ATV, and Aliant. The Atlantic Lottery Corporation sponsors Team Atlantic -- supporting all teams from Atlantic Canada for the 2003 Games.