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# Government of Yukon announces further funding for territory’s high performance athletes

The Government of Yukon, in partnership with the Yukon Lottery Commission, today announced 20 Yukon athletes and one official will receive $33,000 for the second intake of this year’s High Performance Athlete Assistance Program.

In June 2020, $69,500 was awarded to 26 athletes and three officials for the program’s first intake for 2020. There were two intakes this year due to the impacts of COVID-19.

The High Performance Athlete Assistance Program offers support to individual Yukon athletes and officials who have demonstrated they are at a high or elite performance level.

> Though COVID-19 has temporarily interrupted major sport competitions, we look forward to the day when Yukoners can again compete at these events. This funding will support our territory’s amazing athletes during this time, allowing them to continue their training and skill development and ensuring they are ready for competition when these events return.

Quick facts

- The Yukon High Performance Athlete Assistance Program provides funding for athletes who have demonstrated performance that is beyond the territorial level, with the potential for improvement at the provincial, national or international levels.

- Typically, there is only one intake for this program every year, which is announced in June. However, a second intake was introduced in 2020 to give athletes and officials an opportunity to apply for funding once they had a better understanding of the impacts of COVID-19 on their training and competitions.

- Given the evolving situation of COVID-19, the Government of Yukon is approaching this year’s sport and recreation funding with flexibility and will continue to do so.

Backgrounder

Athletes
Emmett Kapaniuk | Archery | $1,500
Anton Tutdhorn Menzel | Badminton | $1,500
Jayden Demchuk | Basketball/Soccer | $2,500
Julianne Girouard | Canoe Kayak - Flatwater | $2,500
Rogan Parry | Canoe Kayak - Flatwater | $1,500
Natalie Hynes | Cross Country Skiing | $2,000
Bayly Scoffin | Curling | $500
Neizha Snider | Curling | $500
Taylor Legge | Curling | $500
Camille Belanger | Gymnastics | $500
Maude Molgat | Gymnastics | $1,500
Wynne Anderson-Lindsay | Hockey | $1,000
Taylor Bierlmeier | Hockey | $2,000
Conner LaBar | Hockey | $1,000
Owen Palfreyman | Hockey | $2,500
Joseph Hanson | Soccer | $3,000
Bennett Kishchuk | Soccer | $2,000
Dawson Weir | Soccer | $1,000
Callum Weir | Soccer | $2,000
Arcel Siosan | Volleyball | $2,500
Officials
Jessica Woodhouse | Gymnastics | $1,000

Media contact

Matthew Cameron
Cabinet Communications
867-393-7136
matthew.cameron@gov.yk.ca

Odile Nelson
Communications, Community Services
867-332-0886
odile.nelson@gov.yk.ca

News release #:
20-316
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