Destination St. John’s: Play the Rock!

When you leave home to travel to an unknown destination for sport competition it can be unnerving. You want to perform your best. It helps to know that you are landing in a top notch sport region of Canada. We have exceptional facilities, great organizational committees and we promise to bring our A game when hosting you.

Win, lose or draw, we want your team to know that we welcome everyone with the hospitality for which Newfoundland & Labrador is known. No matter the colour of your jersey, we know you will feel at home here.
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Thank you to STEP, Sport Tourism Event Partnership, and to our supporting partners and funding agencies for assistance with this video.

Thank you to Roger Maunder, Up Sky Down Films, for capturing the faces, the places and the colourful greater St. John's region. We are a sports town and a great host. Thank you for helping us share our story.

Thank you to Everglow, Jon Pike and Gordon Huxter, for the music: "Back to the Start." See below for the lyrics. We chose this song because of its upbeat tempo and message. Win or lose you go back to the start to celebrate the good and learn from the experience.

Thank you,
to the City of Mount Pearl for sharing your footage
to Sport NL for asking members for their personal footage and to those that shared
to the Avalon Celtics, Cygnus Gymnastics, the Swilers Rugby Club and the Sea Hawks for letting us capture your practices and matches
and to Chris Andrews for lending us your uniquely NL voice!
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If you want to bring a sporting event to St. John's and explore all the surrounding area opportunities contact:
Jeanette Yetman
Manager, Leisure Travel & Event Tourism
Destination St. Johns
T:709-739-8924
F:709-739-8897
211B LeMarchant Road
St. John's, NL CANADA
A1C 2H5
Toll Free (877) 739-8899
http://www.destinationstjohns.com
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"Back to the Start"

These streets are all you know
These lines and open roads
Don't ever let them go
Don't you remember when
The light was coming in
Why not begin again

Just shake it off
They can't keep you down
Cause every time that I fall, I've found

This is the heart
This is the soul
Every time I come back this is home
This is the love
A beating heart
It's the light of a brand new dawn
I'm going back to the start ....