Thursday 5 April 2012

243 [PGBSC Blog] FW: Blog entry - Prince George Sports Hall of Fame Awards Night

Last Saturday night I had the honor to attend the biannual Awards night of the Prince George  Sports Hall of fame. I was there to receive a Sports Excellence Award for 2010/2011 on Danica's behalf as she was in Montreal at the Olympic Trials.

 

The awards were an eye opener for me in that the level of sporting excellence celebrated was amazing as was the spread and variety of different sports and sports persons achieving provincial and national sporting recognition.

 

Danica has followed some very illustrious Barracuda company in receiving this excellence award. Most recently, in  2008/2009 Andrew Cherbot and Katie Mann were recipients and in 2006/2007 Kyle McMahon was also awarded. 

 

This obviously speaks volumes about these swimmers themselves, but also is a tribute to the Barracudas Swimming Club in general. Without the club, its two coaches, Jerzy and Jason, and all the volunteers that make up the club in general none of these results could have happened.

 

I was obviously an extremely proud Dad on the night to accept the award for Danica. But I was also made mindful of where the PGBSC sits in the larger context of sports in Prince George and what it has to offer our children.

 

Thankyou

 

Jim Ludlow