Sport Excellence Community Speaker Series: Building Future Champions
Sport Injury and Prevention
Wednesday, September 28th 2011  |  6:00 - 7:30pm Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence, Victoria BC  |  Room 329
Geared towards athletes and coaches at the Training to Train (T2T) to Training to Compete (T2C) stages of the Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD) model, join us as we explore the issues surrounding chronic and acute injuries, their effect on your performance, and best practice preventative measures.
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	Brad Curry  |  MSc, MScPt    Brad is a Sport Physiotherapist specialising in return to play and functional assessments. He currently works as a physiotherapist in Victoria and an instructor at the University of Victoria. Brad has worked with athletes at various levels of competition from a variety of sports, with the most experience in rugby, rowing, field hockey, and football athletes.
	Sandeep Nandhra  |  BAET, CSEP, CSCS   Sandeep received his Bachelors in Athletic and Exercise Therapy from Camosun College and has recently been certified as an Athletic Therapist. Sandeep currently works as a Strength and Conditioning Coach with the Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence as well as an Athletic Therapist at LifeMark.
	Steve Van Knotsenburg  |  National Team Athlete, Rowing Canada Aviron World Championship Silver and Bronze Medallist   Hailing from Beamsville, Ontario, Steve rowed for the St. Catharines Rowing Club and the Ridley Grad Boat Club. He has been a Canadian National Team member since 2005, achieving a World Championship Silver medal in 2009 in the men's 8+ and most recently a Bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships in the men’s pair. Steve studied Biology at Brown University in Providence, RI and has worked with CSC Pacific since October 2008 in a dynamic role as a Sport Intern. Steve is training hard towards the London 2012 Olympic Games.
	Mike Lewis  |  National Team Athlete, Rowing Canada Aviron Olympic Bronze Medallist, U23 World Championship Gold Medallist, Pan Am Games Silver Medallist      A local Victoria athlete, Mike has been training full time with the Canadian National Team for the past four years, achieving a Gold medal at the 2002 Under 23 World Rowing Championships, two Silver medals at the 2003 Pan American Games and being named the 2003 University of Victoria Outstanding Male Athlete. In 2004 Mike went to the Athens Olympics as a spare for the lightweight men’s four and in 2008 he competed in the Beijing Olympics winning a Bronze medal in the lightweight men’s four. Mike is currently training hard with the goal of winning a gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics in the lightweight men’s four.
Island Savings is proud to present this educational Speaker Series in partnership with Canadian Sport Centre Pacific and the Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence, featuring Olympic athletes, coaches, and the team of world-class experts working to build current and future sport champions.