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Défi sportif AlterGo unveils its programming and its ambassadors
On Tuesday, during an event hosted by Jean-Marie Lapointe and Hugo Girard at Hôtel Universel Montréal, Défi sportif AlterGo revealed its 37th edition programming and athlete ambassadors. The organization also took this opportunity to present the new revamped website...
Victor-Doré Elementary wins the “Torch Relay” contest
Dozens of students from Victor-Doré Elementary, in Montreal, had their efforts rewarded on June 5. The youths, who won the “Torch Relay” contest, had the honour of receiving their Défi sportif AlterGo medals and banner, as well as a souvenir gift. The athletes were...
Monique Lefebvre: The Defi sportif AlterGo deserves official recognition
As I leave after being AlterGo’s Executive Director for 38 years and having founded the Défi sportif AlterGo, I would like to once again plead in favour of recognizing everyone’s effective right to sports activity, as I did on May 8 when I accepted SPORTQUÉBEC’s...
The Dazzling Rise of Lee Leclerc
Fate sometimes has a way of doing things right. About five years ago, Lee Leclerc decided to take a cooking class. While there, he happened to meet Catherine Dupont, the sister of Paralympic medallist Alexandre Dupont. That meeting completely changed his life....
Montreal…on the Road to Tokyo
The world’s top boccia players have converged on the Maurice-Richard Arena this week for the 2019 BISFed World Open, which is being held until Saturday as part of the Défi Sportif AlterGo. With close to 100 athletes from 20 countries in attendance, the Canadian...
Fourteen Years of Défis for the Mackay Centre
When physical education teacher Robert Simpson attended the Défi sportif AlterGo in 2004, he made an immediate decision: The following year, his students from the Mackay Centre School would absolutely have to attend. Fourteen years later, the annual event continues to...
From the Côte-Nord to Montreal: Alexia and Norah Tremblay Push Themselves Further at the Défi sportif AlterGo
Their names are Alexia and Norah Tremblay and they’re six years old. They live in Les Escoumins but that didn’t stop them, and their parents, from taking a 500-kilometre road trip to Montreal to compete in their first-ever Défi sportif AlterGo on Tuesday. The Tremblay...
Gabriel Barrette: dedicated educator!
Some 1,435 young athletes descended upon the Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard this Monday, to start the 36th Défi sportif AlterGo’s school competitions. Among the excited young athletes were fifteen students from École Curé-Antoine-Labelle, who hit the soccer field...
When the Défi sportif AlterGo inspires the Caribbean
One of the 1,300-plus volunteers participating in this year’s Défi sportif AlterGo’s has come all the way from Trinidad-and-Tobago to give a helping hand, but also to draw ideas for a like-minded event in her part of the world. This year again, Francine Look-Hong is a...
