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2009 Pitney Bowes Sport Awards
The 2009 Pitney Bowes Sport Awards took place
November 28th at the Crowne Plaza-Lady Beaverbrook
Hotel in Fredericton. Over 220 people came out to
show their support for New Brunswick's finest
athletes, administrators, coaches, and volunteers.
The event also helped raise $4000 for KidSport
through the Boston Pizza Balloon Pop, silent
auction, and basket of cheer. SportNB thanks
everyone who came out to celebrate New Brunswick's
best!
Comfort
Inn Female Athlete of the Year:
Krista Betts, Bass
River, Wrestling
Comfort Inn Male Athlete of the Year:
Luke Donovan, Dalhousie, Para
Alpine Ski
Female
Coach of the Year:
Marta Belsh, Fredericton, Swimming
Male
Coach of the Year:
Pat Zwicker, St. Stephen, Wrestling
BellAliant
Team of the Year:
Team NB Canada Games Men’s Eight
Official of the Year:
Chris Falconer, Riverview, Wrestling
Investors
Group Volunteer Sport Administrator Award:
Cynthia Benson, Quispamsis, Figure Skating
Outstanding
Media Coverage:
Kevin Barrett, Telegraph Journal,
Saint John
Corporate
Award:
Atlantic Lottery Corporation -
Moncton
Spirit
of Sport:
Allyssa Cleaves, St.Stephen, Wrestling
Lifetime
Volunteer Achievement:
Jack Campbell, Fredericton, Volleyball
President
Award – Female:
Allyssa Cleaves, St. Stephen, Wrestling
President
Award – Male:
Caleb
Jones, St.John,
Athletics
Roly
McLenahan Award:
Canada Games Men’s Wrestling
Team
Inside Sport NB
Sport NB would like to welcome
Lindsey Sparkes (Communications and
Event Coordinator) and René Julien (Program
Coordinator) to the Sport NB team. Also, Sport NB
would like to thank Lori Johnstone and John Hunter
for their years of dedicated service to the Sport NB
Board. Their two seats have been filled by Paul
Lavoie and Marianne Limpert.
News from the NB Sports
Hall of Fame
The New
Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame has put out the call
for nominations of individual athletes, teams, and
builders who have left their mark on sport in the
province.
The
deadline is January 15, 2010 and nomination kits
including forms and complete information on
eligibility are available from the NBSHF website
http://www.nbsportshalloffame.nb.ca
or by calling
506-453-3747.
Recreation NB
The
18th Annual Midseason Ice Maintenance
Seminars have been
scheduled for;
January 20, 2010 – at the Don
Henderson Memorial Sportsplex, in Brookfield, NS
January 21, 2010 – at the
University of
New Brunswick Aitken Centre, in
Fredericton, NB.
To register, follow the
link
Athlete Results
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Athlete
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Event/Competition
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Sport/Discipline
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Result
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Heather Moyse (PEI)
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Bobsleigh World Cup
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Women’s 2-man
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Bronze
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Marc Andre Leblanc
(NB)
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Senior Nationals
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Fencing Men’s Epee
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Bronze
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Patrick Cote (NB)
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North American Cup
#1
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Biathlon
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6th-
10km; 10th-
12.5km
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Geneviève Lalonde (NB)
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Canadian Cross
Country
Championships
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Jr. Women
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Bronze
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