Sport Oakville

Seeking Your Input on Harmonized Sales Tax(HST)!

SPORT4ONTARIO, as a member of the Ontario Nonprofit Network’s cross-sectoral committee on Harmonized Sales Tax (HST), is meeting with senior staff in the Minister of Revenue's office on March 12 (2nd meeting) to further discuss concerns with respect to the impact of HST on the non-profit sector.

Items to be discussed include, but are not limited to:

Eligibility for transition funding
Clarification on government grants and HST
Simplified reporting requirements
Filing frequency
Training sessions, materials, schedule and timelines

To this end, Sport4Ontario is seeking your input on HST. Please take some time to complete the survey by clicking on the link below. Your input can and will inform their HST discussions with government.

Deadline for survey responses: March 11, 2010

Survey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JS582SM

The survey should take about 15 minutes to complete. If you have any questions, please contact Lizzie McArdle at lmcardle@sport4ontario.ca.

Sport Development Grant Fund

Accepting applicatons now - DEADLINE: March 26, 2010 4:30pm
for more information and to download applicatio form, click here

Diane Huneault, Halton Field Hockey Club, Received Ontario Coaching Excellence Award

Congratulations to Diane Huneault, Treasurer and Coach of Halton Field Hockey Club! Diane was one of nine recipients of the Ontario Coaching Excellence Award presented at an evening reception in Guelph during the Ontario Coaches Conference hedl February 26-28, 2010. The Ontario Coaching Excellence Awards recognize outstanding coaches and their contributions to both their sport and athletes in Ontario. Read more

For more information about the Ontario Coaching Excellence Awards, click here.

Sport Oakville Membership

Membership applications a due now.
for more information and to download application form, click here

Harmonized Sales Tax

For information regarding the new Harminized Sales Tax, to go into effect on July 1, 2010, visit the following links

Ministry of Revenue, Ontario
Sport4Ontario

Play, Live, Be Tobacco-Free
Ontario Grant Program pormotes tobacco-free sport and recreation programming in Ontario

In an effort to keep tobacco industry products out of sport and recreation and through a grant provided by the Ministry of Health Promotion Healthy Communities Fund, SPORT4ONTARIO, in collaboration with the Play, Live, Be, Tobacco-Free Provincial Collaborative*, is pleased to announce the Play, Live, Be Tobacco-Free…Ontario Grant Program. This grant program provides the opportunity for organizations to apply for grants up to $500.00 to develop and promote a Tobacco-Free Policy. More...

For additional information, contact Celina Degano, Health Promoter, Halton Region Health Department at 905-825-6000 ext 7693 or email at Celina.Degano@halton.ca

Oakville Makes “The Sporting News” Top 400 Sport Cities in North America

The Sporting News’ magazine released their 2009 Top 400 Sport Cities in North America with Oakville making the list as 309th. While this placing may seem far down the list, there are only 9 Canadian cities on the list:

Toronto (36)
Vancouver (39)
Calgary (42)
Montreal (45)
Edmonton (53)
Ottawa (54)
Oakville (309)
Winnipeg (313)
Hamilton (325)

Oakville, whose population is well below that of the other Canadian cities, does not have any professional teams. However, Oakville has produced and continues to produce a number of high profile professional, collegiate and world-class athletes. Home to many regionally, provincially and nationally ranked amateur sporting organizations, Oakville has an abundance of recreational and sporting facilities which guarantees access to athletes at all levels to develop their skills from “playground to podium”.

Congratulations to all of our great sporting community!