Vancouver, BC – Canadian Sport Institute Pacific (CSI Pacific) would like to congratulate the athletes, coaches and support staff from British Columbia, as well as the entire Canadian Toron Team, for an outstanding performance at the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games. British Columbia-linked athletes came home from the Games with 63 medals, winning 29 per…
VICTORIA, BC – Canadian Sport Institute Pacific (CSI Pacific) and Swimming Canada are pleased to announce Brad Dingey as the new Swimming NextGen Coach in Victoria, effective August 17. Dingey will take the reins from Ryan Mallette, who assumed the role of Head Coach of the High Performance Centre – Victoria last month after the…
TORONTO – With Canada trailing host New Zealand 65-15 in the 73rd minute at the 2011 World Cup, 262-pound All Blacks prop Tony Woodcock headed towards the Canadian goalline with a teammate to his right if needed. There was just one Canadian defender in front of him – Adam Kleeberger. The 216-pound Canadian flanker flew…
Congratulations to all the following athletes who medalled at the 2015 Canadian Track & Field Championships in Edmonton, or qualified for the Pan Ams/Para Pan Ams! These athletes train at or are affiliated with Athletics Canada’s Western Hub, which is located at CSI Pacific. Athlete Event / Result Lucas Bruchet 5000m – Bronze 1500m –…
John Willcox, 16, qualified for Canada’s junior national track cycling team in April when he circled the Burnaby velodrome (with a much steeper bank than the West Shore Velodrome) for a total distance of three kilometres in three minutes and 30.92 seconds. “Willcox is an athlete first and foremost, he’s quite talented at picking up…
Canadian Sport Institute Pacific Talent Development Coach Ryan Mallette will assume the lead role of HPC – Victoria as Interim Head Coach immediately. Mallette has been coaching the top centre athletes since late January due to the late Randy Bennett’s battle with cancer. In the meantime Swimming Canada will also be undertaking a process of…
VICTORIA, BC – Canadian Sport Institute Pacific (CSI Pacific) is deeply saddened by the loss of Randy Bennett, Head Coach of the High Performance Centre – Victoria and Director of Island Swimming. A member of the CSI Pacific family since 2008, Randy was one of the most well-respected and decorated coaches in British Columbia. His…
The University of British Columbia will be offering an exciting new graduate certificate for high performance coaches and technical sport leaders in August 2015. The Canadian Sport Institute Pacific (CSI Pacific) has partnered with UBC to create the program, which has been endorsed by the Coaching Association of Canada. The UBC Graduate Certificate in High…
The Honourable Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay, Minister of National Revenue, on behalf of the Honourable Bal Gosal, Minister of State (Sport), today reiterated the Government of Canada’s continued support for the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Sport Institute Network. The Government of Canada is investing close to $16 million per year in the national network of seven…
Victoria, BC – Registration is now open for the International Coaching School (ICS), taking place from May 23-30 in Victoria, BC. Hosted by the Canadian Sport Institute Pacific in partnership with the Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence, the annual conference provides coaches with two different opportunities to become world-class leaders. The two streams of the…