1st week of 2022 Canada Games already the 'best Games ever' for Team N.L.
CBC
With the second week of the 2022 Canada Summer Games just underway in Niagara, Ont., Gary Martin, the chef de mission for Team Newfoundland and Labrador is already calling the competition the province's "best Games ever."
Martin said para swimmer Nathan Luscombe of Grand Falls-Windsor started off on the right track on Day 1, earning Newfoundland and Labrador's first medal: a bronze in the 400-metre freestyle.
There have been other high points in the first week: Jaida Lee, 16, who became the first female to play the men's game at the Canada Games, threw the first pitch last weekend at a Toronto Blue Jays game.
And then there's tennis player Declan Walsh.
Out of about 2,500 athletes, the 14-year-old won the inaugural Pat Lechelt True Sport Award.
The award commemorates a former Alberta chef de mission who was involved the Games from 1989 to 2019 and who died suddenly in 2020.
The award is given to a young athlete who demonstrates the principles of sportsmanship, including fair play, respect, and competitiveness.
"It was quite a shock to me, honestly," Walsh said Tuesday.
Walsh says he doesn't know who nominated him for the award, but said respecting opponents, umpires and volunteers is a priority for him.
"Being kind and being respectful towards everyone, it's just so important. Not only in sport, but just in life in general," said Walsh.
While Walsh was shocked, Martin said the young tennis player deserved the award.
Not only is Walsh ranked as one of the top 10 tennis players in the country in his age group, said Martin, but he also knows how to give back to sport: he raises money for kids who can't afford to play tennis and during a hot day at the Games gave water to Canada Games volunteers who didn't have any.
"It's an unbelievable honour for Declan to get this," said Martin. "I almost cried. It was that much excitement.… It's just been one positive day after another."
Walsh, who won five singles matches and lost one doubles match, said he's happy with his performance at the Games.
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