Facilities
Supported VI Mountain Sport Society in accessing the National Sport Trust Fund which allows them to offer taxable receipts. VIMSS broke ground on their $2.2 M facility on Mt. Washington that will serve as the High Performance facility for winter sports on Vancouver Island with anticipated opening by the end of 2011.

A permanent home for PS on the VIU campus remains a priority. New energy in this regard will be focus for coming year.

Capital Projects
No developments in the past year.

2) Performance Pathways

Long term athlete development
LTAD & Physical Literacy display materials showcased in 9 different venues in 5 communities (Shawnigan Lk, Duncan, Nanaimo, Ladysmith & Campbell River) over the past year.

GM attended Canadian Sport for Life Conference in Ottawa in Jan. with emphasis on the Physical Literacy presentations.

Coach Training & Certification
Part A
April 10/11, 2010 – 19 participants
October 23/24, 2010 – 7 participants

Part B
April 24/25, 2010 – 12 participants
September 18/19, 2010 – 5 participants
March 19/20, 2011 – 10 participants

Fundamental Movement Skills
Learning Facilitator Course – 10 participants

3) Athlete and Coach Services
Services    
Total number of fitness centre facilities offering free access to our athletes now stands at 25. New GymWorks partners Moksha Yoga Nanaimo and CrossFit Nanaimo offering big discounts off classes.  SportHealth partnerships now stands at 14 across the region offering priority access and discounts off services within each community. 
ACS to expand MoreStuff and FoodStuff partnerships in ’11-’12.

Athlete & Coach Workshops 10/11
  Strength & Conditioning May 2010
  Public Speaking August 2010
  “Meet the Press” Media Training September 2010
  Sport Readiness November 2010
  Functional Assessments December 2010
  Field Testing December 2010
  “Goal Coaching” January  2011

Functional Assessment training delivered in October for 10 coaches who are now certified to assess athletes’ basic movement abilities in order to identify unresolved injuries and/or potential biomechanical issues that may impede maximal performance. 

4) Key Stakeholder Satisfaction
XploreSportZ Programs
The PacificSport Youth Conference (PSYC) focusing on leadership delivered at Mountain View School in Nov. Over 100 grade 5, 6 & 7 students participated. The events featured PS hired staff delivering leadership workshops based on the Olympic values. This program provides opportunities for VIU education students to mentor the 12 follow up community development projects.

Camp Offerings
 July 12 – 16th Uplands Park Elementary School
March 21 – 25th Georgia Ave. Community School, Nanaimo
Total: 33 participants

Sports offered– Volleyball, Basketball, Football, Field Hockey, Yoga, Skipping Fitness, Snorkelling, Synchronized Swimming, Swimming, Badminton, Lacrosse, Shaku Martial Arts, Ultimate Frisbee, Golf, European Handball, Curling, Softball, Run Jump Throw, Soccer, Kids Can Move, Taekwondo, Wrestling, Cycling & Canoe/kayak

Public Awareness
Social Media –PacificSport Facebook account launched on August 5, 2010

Media Training: Working with Athlete & Coach Services Coordinator, organized a two part Media Training Series for all PacificSport Athletes that delivered a Public Speaking workshop followed by an interactive “Meet the Press” workshop featuring mock interviews with local TV, radio and print media. The session was profiled on Shaw TV.

Home Team Advantage & Athlete Sponsorship Support: Working with Athlete & Coach Services Coordinator, developed support materials for our athletes in the area of individual sponsorship. We also started the groundwork for the Home Team Advantage Program that will be made available to our top athletes in 2011. 

Marketing Materials: All program marketing materials updated with current athlete images and standardized look

Sponsorship: Secured new key Red Nose sponsor – Columbia Fuels new this year as Official Fuel Sponsor
Key Stakeholder Relationships:
  Legacies Now investment in Participation Services provides mandate to deliver Grass Roots programming and services
  City of Nanaimo committed to 3 year funding term.
  VIU continues to be a stalwart partner supplying facility access and funding support

5) COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Early childhood education
Established connection with ECE department within Vancouver Island Health Authority in January and was invited to deliver 2 presentations on Physical Literacy as it relates to ECE;
  March 30th to the VIHA Licensing Officers
  follow up presentation to approximately 60 licensed daycare operators & staff scheduled for April 19th.

School districts, and individual public and independent schools
  Met with representative of Nanaimo Christian School in the fall to introduce some LTAD concepts that could be implemented in their PE and sport programs.
  Met with SD68 representative on March 29th to discuss issues around elementary school PE and the possibility to connect with Secondary school PE teachers to explore possibility of them being a mentor/resource. Also offered teaching staff trained in Run, Jump, Throw & Kids Can Move. More meetings with additional district leaders proposed.

Collaborated with BC Sport Hall of Fame to deliver presentations to 2 local elementary schools. Feedback from both principals was very enthusiastic.

Post-secondary institutes
  Presented LTAD initiative ideas to VIU PE dept with a view to increasing Physical Literacy training for their dept and exploring potential for inter-departmental engagement on LTAD, especially areas of health & recreation.
  Subsequent to presentations to ECE, the VIU ECE Dept. Chair was contacted to explore implementation of LTAD into their curriculum.
  Delivered presentation to VIU PE Class to ID LTAD and Phys Lit issues. Solicited feedback from students as to what could be done locally to enhance access to sport & phys activity programs.

Physical Literacy/LTAD
Through the support from Drew Mitchell, we were able to host Stephen Norris in the Fall. Stephen delivered 3 presentations with 350+ attendance in total for the day.
  Sport School & staff
  Regional teachers and recreation professionals
  Sport community

The event was an opportunity to create some awareness around LTAD/Physical Literacy issues and serve as a springboard for more such presentations in other communities. We are working with Comox Valley and tentatively scheduled a September 2011 date to deliver a similar presentation. 

6) Financial Sustainability
Cash for Operations and Programs
Legacies Now investment doubles previous level of provincial funding

Key partnerships with Thrifty Foods and Coast Bastion Inn continue to form the core of our Cente sponsorship.

Operation Red Nose
Overall rides and revenues down this year. This corresponds to the reduced business experienced by the hospitality sector after the introduction of new drinking and driving regulations.
  15,487 kilometres were driven between Lantzville and Ladysmith
  330 volunteers, forming 99 teams, served during 10 nights of operation
  669 vehicles were driven home
  1,400 people were taken home safely!
  $13,813.00 raised through sponsorship and donations.

Sport Achievement Awards
Sport Achievement Awards night sold out for the fourth straight year. Great recognition for PS and some funding anticipated for the Centre on top of the $10K raised for 2 of our athletes.

Federal Funding
Successfully secured two summer student grants that allowed us to advance some special projects (e.g. Physical Literacy awareness) that we would otherwise not been able to tackle.

Professional Development Funding
Provincial government funding ($5K) was secured to support Pro-D training for the staff. The following training was taken by centre staff;
  Board Development     University of Toronto
  Developing Strategic Public Partnerships   Sauder Business School, UBC
  Website Development    BCIT
  Strength and Conditioning Certification   National Strength and Conditioning Association

7) Governance, Organization and Culture
Board, Staff & Peer Reviews
Quarterly reviews with staff to outline short term (3 month) goals and objectives continues to form part of an ongoing staff review process.
Marketing/Communications Coordinator, Chris Densmore accepted a f/t coaching position at UBC and was replaced by Liza Taylor who has been an admirable replacement.

Canadian Sport Centre - Pacific
Funding through CSC-P has been expanded to provide funding for IGNITE, a Learn to Train stage program designed to provide an introduction to Strength/Resistance training and remediation in Athletics and Gymnastics related activities such as running, jumping and throwing mechanics (athletics) and balance, coordination, agility and kinesthetic awareness (gymnastics).