Sports and Recreation
FHQTC Sports and Recreation is committed to providing the opportunity for all youth from our member First Nations to participate in the Tony Cote Winter and Summer Games, as well as encouraging healthy lifestyles through sport, recreation, and culture programming.
Some of the activities we provide include:
- Coaching and skills clinics
- Planning sports and recreation activities within the File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council
- Promoting athletes’ involvement in the North American Indigenous Games and provincial games
- Identifying sports and recreation needs in each community to develop programs
Mission
To empower our First Nations youth to grow and live healthy, active lives regardless of where they fit on the recreation and sport continuum. We accomplish this through programming, education, partnerships, and appropriate nation-based facilities, and through an effective sport, culture, and recreation delivery system.
Goals
The Sports, Culture, Recreation, and Youth Program strives to encourage healthy lifestyles through sports and recreation for all First Nations youth residing within member First Nations by providing activities that foster and promote the following:
- Skill development and enhancement of abilities
- Increased participation in sport
- Increased capacity for volunteers, officials and coaches
- Friendship and healthy lifestyles for our youth, teams and communities
- The fostering of a sense of community and companionship to enhance quality of life
- The development of sport, healthy competition and healthy productive lifestyles
Tony Cote Summer and Winter Games
Each year, FHQTC members ages 10-18 compete in the Tony Cote Summer and Winter Games held in various locations across Saskatchewan. The games are sanctioned by the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) and have participation from all First Nations in the province. The games are held on a two-year cycle; for example, the Summer Games were held in 2024, they will be hosted again in 2026. FHQTC has around 300 athletes they send to each Games including coaches, chaperones and mission staff.
Summer Games Sports:
- Beach volleyball
- Softball
- Golf
- Canoeing
- Soccer
- Athletics
Winter Games Sports:
- Basketball
- Hockey
- Curling
- Badminton
- Volleyball
- Table Tennis
FHQTC Indigenous Rookie League
FHQTC Indigenous Rookie League is a summer baseball program delivered in partnership with the Toronto Blue Jays Care Foundation. The League is for all ages within the 11 member First Nations of FHQTC.
This League is unique because it measures more than wins and losses. We created a point system that is all about community involvement, teamwork, and intergenerational connections. The Nation with the most points at the end of the League wins a trip to Toronto to see a Blue Jays game live!
The theme of this league is family fun, sportsmanship, and First Nations coming together to create positive experiences and impacts for all community members.
