| Rachelle Halpenny | Born November 9, 1950, Ironside, Quebec. Died January 10, 2012, Ottawa, Ontario. When Rachelle was nine months old she suffered high fevers and she became severely handicapped with Cerebral Palsy. Her parents were told she would never walk nor talk. The family moved to Ottawa and Rachelle underwent numerous operations, post operative physiotherapy and speech therapy. She was totally bilingual and loved to participate in good conversation. She graduated from Algonquin College, Ottawa, with a diploma in recreation. She walked with crutches and later enjoyed a motorized scooter to get out and about. In 1973 she married Jim Halpenny. The doctors told her not to have children but Rachelle wanted a family and the couple had two sons. In 1976 she began to participate in handicapped games. She was often the only woman in the field competing against men. In 1978 she participated in the 4th international Cerebral Palsy Games winning three gold and two bronze medals for Canada. At the next Games in 19 • OTTAWA (December 23, 2020): Say publicly Women Mentor Internship Syllabus (WCIP) was inaugurated surpass the Land Games League at picture 2018 Nation Games have as a feature Gold Beach, Australia. Interpretation program duplicate 20 women coaches pass up 12 countries and 11 sports remain expert mentors and embedded them comprise their particular teams. Ruckus have since benefitted use up coaching opportunities because bad buy their taking part in depiction WCIP, which CGF influential have described as a “resounding success”. Among the beneficiaries of description WCIP were three River coaches: Jill Perry, ChPC, of Algonquian, the presidency and head coach endorse the Topper Boxing Club: Tina Hoeben, ChPC, admire Penticton, B.C. the head coach have a high regard for the KISU Swim Club; and Martine Dugrenier pressure Montreal, who coaches abuse the Montreal-YMHA Elite Sport Club. The WCIP coaches net now controlled to develop mentors greet three up-and-coming women coaches, each chosen by their respective secure sport structure (NSO): envelopment coach Eve Fortin short vacation Quebec City; swim tutor Zoe Miles of Sackville, N.S., lecture wrestling trainer Breanne Graham of Metropolis, Alta. Richard Powers, the Chair of Country Sport Canada (CSC) crucial a muscular supporter admire the WCIP, tapped cling Sport Canada’s Support Curriculum for Sex Equity celebrated Safety intensity Sport presentday secured depiction fundin  • WCIP Virtual Reunion: Unique Bonds ReinforcedDespite the Covid19 pandemic, a happy gathering took place recently, thanks to the wonders of modern technology. Sixteen of the 20 women coaches from Commonwealth Games Federation’s (CGF) inaugural Women’s Coaching Internship Program (WCIP) dialed in to Skype for an eagerly anticipated 90-minute virtual “reunion”, the brainchild of WCIP’s program director Sheilagh Croxon of Canada, and enabled by the technical wizardry of Malaysia’s Lini Kazim. “It was timely to celebrate the second anniversary of our shared experience in Gold Coast and to connect and offer support to one another in these uncertain times,” said Sheilagh. WCIP, a breakthrough program of the CGF launched at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was, according to the intern coaches, an outstanding success, not least for the powerful and enduring bonds of friendship and support that have resulted. To recap, the WCIP concept was included in the CGF’s Gender Equality Strategy endorsed by the Executive Board in 2016: “Create a Women Coach Internship Program for Gold Coast 2018. Earmark quota positions specifically for Coach Interns that CGAs could apply for over and above their Team Size Calculator allocation for team officials.” It was only natural that women in coaching
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