12 - North Share News -

Wednesday. May 2, 2CGO

—— BRIGHT LIGHTS————
Elite athletes honoured at N. Shore awards

NEWS photos Catherine Barr

The Carson Graham boys curling rink won the Fair Play award for their sportsmanlike
conduct. From left: Ryon Wrexier, Nicolaas Kuit and Jonathan Norrish.

Boxer Les Hamilton
knows how to overcome
adversity. His inspiring
story shows why he
earned the Sports
Comeback award.

Michael Campbell is usu-
ally know for his BCTV
financial) advice, but on
this night. he was pulling
extra duty as MC.

Rob Boyd, seen here with wife Moira, was on both the
awards comrviittee and the awards steering committee.

Organizers like these are hard to come by. A big thank
you to (from left) Cathy Matheson, Tom Walker and
Bernie Duffy for all their help.

lights

Alex Mahcod is well-
known in rugby circles. He
won one of the awards in
the prestigious Community
Soort Volunteer category.

Distance runner and world
gold medal winner Lynn
Willlams was on hand to
deliver the keynote speech
for the evening.

Olympic figure skater and
Carson Graham grad
Karen Magnussen was
looking fabulous. She was
an award presenter.

PiCS som stines surpesing to realize jast how much talent there
won the North Shore. Athictics are a big part of lite here and
this past saturday night, it was ume to honour those dedicated
competitors, Coaches and vohanteers alike. The North Shore
Sports Awards, a fun and fanciful affair, was heid ar the new
Canlan Tee Sports complex and awards were passed out to
deserving community members of all ages. Congratulations to
all ree pients and to the many volunteers whe helped organize
s. (See awards results, page 45.5

event coverage to Bright Lights c/a North

From leit: Francis Habibi, Jerry Tighe and Elizabeth
Austin accepted awards in the Open Female category
on behalf of Erin Porter, Carol Montgomery and Cindy
O’Krane respectively.

These Handsworth hams really know how to wing it.
From left: Hilary McNaughton, Nilov Shahvarani,
Dytan Maher and And:ew Sutherland (back) enter-
tained the crowd with a hilatious improv sketch.

You should see what these NS News gals did to the ice
rink. From left: Wanda Griffiths, Jennifer Atkins and
Norisa Anderson painted wonderful designs for all to see.

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