Today, the Honourable Lisa Dempster, Minister of Children, Seniors and Social Development, announced the members of the Team NL Chef Team for the 2021 Canada Summer Games.
The appointees are:
- Chef de Mission – Gary Martin,
- Assistant Chefs – Tom Godden and Brenda Congram
- Chef Team Advisor – Karen Sherriffs
Biographies for each appointee are provided in the backgrounder below.
The Team NL Chef Team will begin preparing for the 2021 Canada Games, which are scheduled to take place in the Niagara region of Ontario, from August 6-21, 2021. This includes participating in meetings, working with the Canada Games Council and the 2021 Host Society.
Minister Dempster also issued a call for applications for the 2021 Team NL Mission Staff. The Mission Staff, led by the Chef Team, manage logistics, disseminate information, organize events, handle administrative tasks and liaise with the host society to support and promote Team NL prior to and during the Games. Applications can be found online and the deadline to apply is June 30, 2020.
The Canada Games is Canada’s largest multi-sport event and is held every two years, alternating between summer and winter. Team NL will be made up of approximately 350 athletes, coaches, managers and Mission Staff. Athletes will have the opportunity to compete in 18 different sports.
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“The individuals appointed to the Team NL Chef Team for the 2021 Canada Games have extensive experience with the Canada Games and are actively involved in the sport and recreation community in our province. I know these individuals will rise to the challenge to oversee Team NL’s contingent of athletes, coaches and managers at the 2021 Canada Games. I thank them for taking on these important roles and for their contributions to sport in Newfoundland and Labrador.”
Honourable Lisa Dempster
Minister of Children, Seniors and Social Development
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BACKGROUNDER
Biographies for Appointees to the 2021 Team NL Canada Summer Games Chef Team
Gary Martin
Mr. Martin was Assistant Chef for Team NL at the 2019 Canada Winter Games and he was a member of the Team NL Mission Staff in 2005, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017. He was also head coach of the women’s hockey team at the 1999 Canada Winter Games. He has over 20 years of extensive coaching, officiating and volunteering in sport and is currently a member of the Sport NL Board of Directors.
Brenda Congram
Ms. Congram currently resides in Happy Valley-Goose Bay and has extensive experience with the Canada Games. In 2003, as a member of Team NL, she won a bronze medal in the sport of target shooting. In 2007, she was also an athlete, competing for Team NL at the Canada Games and was Manager at the 2015 Canada Games. She was a member of the Team NL Mission Staff in 2017 and 2019.
Tom Godden
Mr. Godden has extensive sport and Canada Games experience and was Assistant Chef de Mission in 1993 and 1995 and Chef de Mission in 1997. In 2017 and 2019, he was a member of the Team NL Mission Staff. He has extensive coaching background in the sport of gymnastics, is a former President, Vice-President and Board Member with Sport NL and is a current Board Member with the Newfoundland and Labrador Sports Centre.
Karen Sherriffs
Ms. Sherriffs is currently employed as Supervisor of Community Development with the Recreation Division in the City of St. John’s’ Department of Community Services. She was a member of Team NL, as Mission Staff in 2007 and 2011. Ms. Sherriffs was Assistant Chef de Mission in 2013, 2015 and 2017 and Chef de Mission at the Canada Games in 2019. She also worked with the Host Society for the 1999 Canada Winter Games in Corner Brook.