Announcement of Final List of Ontario Card Nominations and Appeal Procedures

2012-2013 Quest for Gold – Ontario Athlete Assistance Program

Final List of Ontario Card Nominations Announced!

Rugby Ontario is pleased to announce a final list of athletes and alternates who have been nominated for Ontario Cards under the 2012-2013 Quest for Gold - Ontario Athlete Assistance Program (OAAP). The athletes nominated were selected using the sport specific selection criteria developed by Rugby Ontario, approved by its Board of Directors and applied by the Selection Committee. 

Nominated Athletes

Hannah Darling

Emily Belchos

Nadejda Popov

Breanne Nicholas

Katie McNally

Karley Heyman

Kelsey Bardy

Danielle Spice

Lori Josephson

Laura Klingenberg

Daria Keane

Sara Svoboda

Katie Svoboda

Jake Webster

Liam Underwood

Andrew Ferguson

Cam Stones

Jon West

Jon LaPlaca

Lukas Balkovec

Eric Garnham

Kainoa Lloyd

Matt Mullins

Byron Boville

Mike Santangeli

Dan Mathie

Alternates

Emily Ricketts

Saffara Whitely-Hoffelner

Makayla Albert

Jack Smith

Paul Ciulini

Andrew Coe

Athletes who have not been nominated and who wish to appeal this decision can do so by following the process set out in the Selection Criteria document.

2012/13 OAAP Selection Criteria 

Rugby Ontario and the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport have released the 2012/13 selection criteria for the 2012/13 cycle. 

Key information: 

Rugby Ontario is a Quest for Gold Sport, by virtue of the following two competitions: 

1 - Olympics - 7's
2 - Ontario Summer Games - 7's 

This means that to be an OAAP Carded athlete, you must be considered a 7's player. 

Athletes wishing to be selected for Ontario Carding must meet the following two criteria before the athlete is eligible for carding:

1. The player must have been selected into a Rugby Ontario Representative Squad in 2012 (15's or 7's).          
Exception – If the player could not financially commit to a Ontario Representative Program however did play for a Rugby Canada Team in 2012. Players must demonstrate documented evidence of communication to Rugby Ontario for this exception.

2. The player must have been identified for inclusion in Rugby Canada Programming in 2012/13 through the recognised pathways (detailed in the Selection Document). 

Players who meet the above two criteria will be ranked and selected for Ontario Carding based on the following:

1. The player must be ranked in the Top 13 of the Rugby Canada Ranked Depth Chart of Ontario Sevens (7's) Players as of 13^th December 2012 for final consideration.

* The Rugby Canada Ranked Depth Chart of Ontario Sevens Players is completed at the discretion of the Rugby Canada High Performance Staff. 

For full details on selection criteria: - 2012/13 OAAP Selection Document