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1. Save Court Sports Halifax (YMCA) 
The Handball Association of Nova Scotia needs your support !! Rumour has it that the new YMCA replacing the South Park St facility in Halifax will NOT have courts!
Many have went through this before and there is ONLY one way to try and avoid NO Courts ...speak up , make noise and be heard.
Please sign the petition and help us be heard!
On February 14th, the youth of Bahrain started a peaceful movement demanding constitutional reform & more participation in the running of the country’s affairs under the umbrella of a constitutional monarchy.
However, over the span of one month, this movement was faced with a brutal crackdown by the Bahrain regime, culminating into a full-blown attack by the Bahrain police, army and national guard aided by the GCC joint forces led by Saudi Arabia, on the very basic human rights of the people of Bahrain. This led to over two dozen deaths, hundreds injured, over six hundred detainees, over one thousand job dismissals, the demolishing of places of worship and the prevention of religious practices; in what is a clear “sectarian cleansing” process against a majority sect in the country. All this has been in an effort to silence any further dissent.
During this movement, and as an integral part of the society, the athletes in the country also organized a rally in support of these demands for reform. The Bahrain regime replied to this rally by indefinitely suspending and banning around 200 athletes from any local, regional or international play on charges of “supporting the popular revolution in the country”, according to a government official. The regime went further to arrest about 10 athletes incommunicado, along with several staff members of the Bahrain International Circuit from their workplace.
It is important to note that these athletes include regionally and internationally renowned ones, including but not limited to:
• A’ala Hubail (arrested footballer); the 2004 Asian Cup Golden Boot winner, helping Bahrain in the process to reach its first semi-final round at the regional stage. He is also a trained paramedic and EMT who was also acting as a volunteer nurse treating the injured during the brutal crackdown of protesters. His brother, Mohammed (another National team player), has also been arrested.
• Jafar Abdulqader (arrested handball player); also a national handball team player, helping Bahrain reach its first ever Handball World Cup participation in 2011. Other players from that national team have been arrested and suspended.
• Tariq Al Farsani (arrested bodybuilder); an Asian Bodybuilding Champion.
The list extends to many other sports, and the Bahrain Football, Handball, Volleyball and Basketball Federations, along with the Bahrain Olympic Committee, have all backed this decision.
3. Include 1W and 4W Handball in the 2011 World Police and Fire Games in NYC
The World Police & Fire Games is a Mini Olympics for active and retired Police Officers, Firemen, Corrections Officers, Prison Officers, Probation Officers and Customs officials.
It caters for 65 sports which are listed on the World Police & Fire Games website at www.wpfg2011. org
Handball has always been one of the sports when the games were hosted in countries where Handball is played. It was included in 2005 in Toronto and 2009 in Vancoover in 2009. WPFG 2013 will be hosted by Belfast, Ireland and handball will be a sport there.
In recent years the number of participants dropped and the organizing committee has suggested that the sport be dropped to make room for Rock Climbing and Dodgeball.
A decision will be made shortly on the final list of sports that will be played. This petition has been formed to support the inclusion of handball as a sport at WP&FG in 2011.
4. Replay Ireland vs. France World Cup Qualifying Match
On November 18th, 2009 Ireland took on France with a chance to qualify for the World Cup.
In the final seconds, however, France was allowed to get away with a blatant handball that caused Ireland to lose the game and any chance of qualifying for the World Cup as well.
Since then many surveys have been taken, all with the overwhelming majority crying for a rematch.
5. FIFA must video review the Ireland vs France Qualifier
On Wednesday 18th November Ireland was robbed of its chance to qualify for the world cup by a blatant and obvious foul.
