Thursday, August 8, 2013

The Heartbeat



Photo credit: Suzanne Sewell

Coming up this week in Canada:
  • Canada Summer Games in Sherbrooke
  • Archery Canadian Championships in Woodstock, NB
  • Shooting National Championships in Calgary
  • Rogers Cup Tennis in Montreal and Toronto
  • Short Track Speed Skating in Montreal
  • Team Canada Men's Basketball in Toronto
  • Mountain Bike in Mont-Sainte-Anne
  • Golf amateur championships in Victoria
  • Lawn Bowling in Fredericton
  • Wheelchair Tennis in Ottawa
  • Open Water swimming in Lac Megantic
  • Para Swimming World Championships in Montreal
  • Mountain Bike in Whistler
Don’t forget to check the new SportCafé calendar (www.sportcafe.ca/events) for ongoing event information with links and updates.

If you are participating in or know of an event that could be featured in The Heartbeat, please contact me: suzanne[at]sportcafe[dot]ca or via Twitter @olympichearts.

Canada Summer Games
August 2-17
Sherbrooke, QC
Event website

Archery Canadian Championships
August 2-10
Richmond Corner, Woodstock, NB
Event website

Shooting Canadian National Pistol Championships
August 2-9
Calgary, AB
More info

Rogers Cup Tennis
August 3-11
Women in Toronto
Men in Montreal
Event website
Competitors in Toronto include Canadians Eugenie Bouchard, Stephanie Dubois and Sharon Fichman.
Competitors in Montreal include Canadian Olympians Milos Raonic, Vasek Pospisil and Daniel Nestor as well as Canadian Filip Peliwo, the world's best junior male player in 2012 reaching all four Grand Slam junior finals and winning Wimbledon and US Open.

Short Track Speed Skating 
Olympic and World Cup Team Selection
August 7-18
Montreal, QC
More info

Canada Basketball
Team Canada vs Jamaica
August 8 and 10th
Mattamy Athletic Centre (previously Maple Leaf Gardens)
Toronto
More info

UCI Mountain Bike World Cup VI
August 8-11
Mont-Saint-Anne, QC
More info
televised on Sportnet ONE 11am (women) 1:30pm (men) Aug 10

Golf Canadian Amateur Championships
August 6-9
Victoria, BC
More info

Lawn Bowling Juniors/U25 Canadian Championships
August 7-14
Fredericton Lawn Bowling Club
Fredericton, NB
More info

Wheelchair Tennis OAC Capital City Classic
August 9-11
Ottawa, ON
More info

FINA 10km Open Water Swim
August 10
Lac Megantic, QC
More info

Field Hockey Pan Am Cup
August 10-17
Brampton, ON
More info

Para Swimming World Championships
August 12-18
Montreal, QC
More info
livestream
Canadian team members

Mountain Bike Canada Cup
August 14-18
Whistler, BC
More info

Olympic Sports On Television

Canada Summer Games
Daily coverage on RDS and RDS2 (french)
Thursday Aug 8 2pm TSN2 Women's Volleyball - Gold Medal Game (repeat 3am)
Thursday Aug 8 5pm TSN2 Men's Volleyball - Gold Medal Game (repeat 5am)
Friday Aug 9 8pm TSN2 Men's Basketball - Gold Medal Game (repeat Sat 8:30am)
Monday Aug 12 1pm TSN Women's Basketball - Alberta vs Quebec (repeat 7:30pm TSN2)
Wednesday Aug 14 11am TSN Men's Soccer - Quebec vs BC (repeat 10pm TSN2)
Thursday Aug 15 3:30pm TSN Athletics (repeat 11pm, 2:30am TSN2)
Friday Aug 16 11am TSN Men's Soccer - seminfinals

Rogers Cup Tennis
Starting Monday Aug 5 Men's and Women's
daily 11am and 6pm Sportsnet and Sportsnet ONE
August 10-11 on CBC

Mountain Bike World Cup
from Mont-Sainte-Anne
Saturday Aug 10 11am Sportsnet ONE (women)
Saturday Aug 10 1:30pm Sportsnet ONE (men)
Sunday Aug 11 3:15pm Sportsnet ONE (Downhill)

Canada Basketball
from Toronto
Thursday Aug 8 Canada vs Jamaica 7pm on Sportsnet 360 (previously The Score)
Saturday Aug 10 Canada vs Jamaica Game 2 7pm on Sportsnet 360

Mountain Bike World Cup from Mont-Sainte-Anne
Saturday Aug 10 11:15 am on Sportsnet ONE (Cross-Country Women)
Saturday Aug 10 1:45am on Sportsnet ONE (Cross-Country Men)

IAAF World Championships (Daily Highlights)
no details found, but may be live streamed at sportsnet.ca/live
Saturday August 10 11pm EST (Sportsnet Pacific/West) 12am (SN ONE) 1am (SN ON/East)
Sunday August 11 10pm EST (SN Pacific) 1am EST (East/ON)
NBC coverage on Saturday and Sunday afternoon
Monday August 12 11pm EST (SN Pacific/West) midnight (SN ONE) 1am (SN ON/East)
Tuesday August 13 11pm EST (SN Pacific/West) midnight (SN ONE) 1am (SN ON/East)
Wednesday August 14 11pm EST (SN Pacific/West) midnight (SN ONE) 1am (SN ON/East)
Thursday August 15 9pm EST (SN ONE) 11pm EST (SN Pacific/West) midnight (SN ONE) 1am (SN ON/East)
Friday August 16  11pm EST (SN Pacific/West) midnight (SN ONE) 1am (SN ON/East)

Canoe Slalom World Cup
Saturday Aug 17 10:30am Sportsnet ONE

Livestreams and Other Events

FINA Swimming World Cup
August 7-8
Eindhoven, Netherlands
More info
livestream

FINA Swimming World Cup
August 10-11
Berlin, Germany
More info
livestream

Rowing World Junior Championships
August 7-11
Trakai, Lithuania
More info

UCI Junior Track World Championships
August 7-11
Glasgow, Great Britain
More info
livestream

Rugby Women's Nations Cup
July 30-August 10
Denver, USA
More info
livestream

Triathlon World Cup
August 10-11
Tiszaujvaros, Hungary
More info
Canadian competing: Alexander Hinton

Wheelchair Basketball Americas Cup (Men)
Aug 4-11
Bogota, Columbia
More info

Badminton World Championships
August 5-11
Guangzhou, China
More info
Canadians competing: Michelle Li, Adrian Liu and Derrick Ng.

Fencing and Wheelchair Fencing World Championships
August 5-12
Budapest, Hungary
More info
livestream

Beach Volleyball Grand Slam
August 6-11
Berlin, Germany
More info
livestream

IAAF Athletics World Championships
August 10-18
Moscow, Russia
More info

Softball Pan Am Championships (women)
Aug 10-18
San Juan, Puerto Rico
More info

Water Polo Junior World Championships
Szombathely, Hungary
Aug 12-18
More info

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