Amateur Sports

Skate Canada Recognizes Volunteers

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May 31, 2012

Skate Canada announced a number of award winners over the weekend at its Annual Convention and General Meeting (ACGM) in Vancouver, British Columbia.

The recipients were presented with their awards at the Saturday night at the annual awards gala.

The winners received their awards from various presenters, including, World Champion Patrick Chan, Canadian silver medalists Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje, Canadian Champion Amélie Lacoste, Canadian Pair Champions Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford and NEXXICE team caption Nichole Manahan.

The Skate Canada National Award Program honours dedicated members of the skating community who have donated their time to help contribute to improving the quality of skating in Canada.

The 2011-2012 recipients are as follows:Skate Canada Club and Recreation Coach Award of Excellence
Lynnell Moss
Airdrie Skating Club
Alberta/NWT/Nunavut Section

Skate Canada Competitive Coach Award of Excellence
Richard Gauthier
CPA St-Léonard
Quebec Section

Skate Canada Officials Award of Excellence
Laura Carr
Kelowna Figure Skating Club
British Columbia/Yukon Section
Elizabeth Swan Memorial Award
Kathy Mackowski, Kitchener-Waterloo SC, Western Ontario Section

Skate Canada CanSkater of the Year Award
Jason Tran
Gloucester Skating Club
Eastern Ontario Section

Skate Canada also presents a volunteer award to one member of each of the 13 Skate Canada sections.

The following outstanding volunteers have been awarded the 2011-2012 Skate Canada Volunteer Award of Excellence:

British Columbia/Yukon Section

Janice Hunter, Hollyburn Country Club

Newfoundland/Labrador Section

Joyce Martin-Stuckless, Island Blades Figure Skating Club Two additional awards were given out to the home section in the STARSkate and competitive athlete area, as representatives of those categories.

Skate Canada STAR Skate Athlete Award (REPRESENTATIVE)
Caitlin Jarvis
Sunshine Coast Skating Club
British Columbia/Yukon Section

Skate Canada Competitive Skate Athlete Award (REPRESENTATIVE)
Nam Nguyen
North Shore Winter Club
British Columbia/Yukon Section

About Sportswave

Sportswave Productions is located in Delta, BC.

Sportswave promotes/broadcasts Amateur Sports within the Lower Mainland.

Sportswave Productions is owned and operated by Steve Erickson who has a long standing career within the broadcasting and refereeing for Minor League Sports in BC and across Canada.

Steve is recognized by his peers, associations, communities and colleagues for his endless contributions to multiple Amateur Sports within the Lower Mainland.

Steve was recognized as Volunteer of the Year Award by the Delta Chamber of Commerce in 2015 and inducted into the Vancouver Canadians Baseball Hall of Fame in 2017.

He was recognized by Ravi Kahlon, BC’s MLA Minister for Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation in September 11, 2017.

In December 2022 he was Awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Pin.

Awarded Rotary Paul Harris Fellow Award for tangible for significant assistant given for the better understanding and friendly relations among peoples of the world.

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