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by Natalie Dunleavy
Support to sport The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) is accepting applications for a new scholarship aimed at supporting female high school athletes in post-secondary education. The 2008 Carol Anne Letheren Leadership and Sport Scholarship is a national, three-year $1,500 annual university award presented to one outstanding female high school graduate. Applicants must be in their graduating year, applying to a Canadian university or college in business or sport-related fields, and demonstrate qualities and personal values that personify that of the Olympics. The award is named after the late Carol Anne Letheren, former chief executive officer of the COC. Juniors take the court Basketball teams in Grades 6 to 8 from several communities were in Yellowknife for the NWT Power Corp. Junior Cagers tournament last weekend. See next week's edition of News/North for full coverage of the event. Game on The women's Hazardous Hockey Tournament 2008 will take place in Hay River Feb. 29 to March 2. The tournament, in its fourth year, will host nine teams split in two divisions from Yellowknife, Hay River, Fort Smith, and Fort Simpson and High Lever, Alta., in the tournament. The tournament will also be give the female AWG team, which will play in the A division, some added ice time before the Games. Arctic Winter Games on the money The Arctic Winter Games Host Society surpassed their $3.6 million goal and raised more than $4 million in cash and gifts-in-kind for the event in Yellowknife March 9 to 15. The committee also reached their goal of 2,500 volunteers ready to take on the event which will welcome more than 2,000 youth throughout the week. Support for sport The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) is accepting applications for a new scholarship aimed at supporting female high school athletes in post-secondary education. The 2008 Carol Anne Letheren Leadership and Sport Scholarship is a national, three-year $1,500 annual university award presented to one outstanding female high school graduate. Applicants must be in their graduating year, applying to a Canadian university or college in business or sport-related fields, and demonstrate qualities and personal values that personify that of the Olympics. The award is named after the late Carol Anne Letheren, former chief executive officer of the COC. AWG boot camp With the Arctic Winter Games only weeks away, many teams will participate in training camps to get final preparation for the March 9 to 15 event in Yellowknife. After competing in several Alberta tournaments, the girls basketball team will join the boys basketball team to compete at the NWT Power Corp. Senior Cager tournament in Yellowknife. The AWG badminton team will attend a training camp in Baker Lake Feb. 29 to March 8. The AWG girls hockey team will train in Baker Lake for a camp of their own, while the bantam hockey team will hit the ice in Iqaluit, and the midget team in Rankin Inlet. The under-14 boys soccer team will meet in Baker Lake for a training camp Feb. 29 to March 8. The AWG wrestling team will have a training camp and coaching clinic in Coral Harbour Feb. 22 to 29. Plate success The Rankin Inlet Falcons defeated their hometown rivals, the Avalanche, 3-2 in a thrilling championships tilt to capture the 2008 Polar Bear Place junior hockey tournament earlier this month. - Darrell Greer
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