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B.C. Lions running back Andrew Harris rumbled to his second consecutive MSSA male athlete of the year award.

Harris romps to repeat as MSSA’s top male athlete

Ted (Dutch) Holland and T. Kent Morgan 5 minute read Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013

B.C. Lions running back Andrew Harris was named Manitoba’s male athlete of the year for 2012 on Jan. 27 at the Manitoba Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association 57th annual athletes of the year dinner. Harris also won in 2011 and he is the first repeat winner since golfer Rob McMillan took the honour in 1992 and again in 1993. The graduate of Oak Park High School led the CFL in yards from scrimmage with 1,830 including 1,112 yards rushing. He scored 11 touchdowns.

Brendan Shinnimin of the Tri-City Americans, the WHL player of the year for 2011-12, placed second in the balloting by 40 members of the media from across the province. He scored 58 goals and added 76 assists for a league-leading 134 points and his point total was the highest in the WHL since 1998-99.

Also nominated was Joey Johnson of Team Canada’s wheelchair basketball team, gold medal winners at the Paralympic Games in London. Johnson had eight points and four rebounds in Canada’s 64-58 victory over defending champion Australia.

U of M Bison volleyball star Dane Pischke, a first-team CIS All Canadian, was another finalist, as was Josh Wytinck, Manitoba’s amateur golfer of the year. Wytinck won the Nott Autocorp provincial championship and captained the Manitoba Bisons golf team, winners of five tournaments last season.

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Curler’s 50th MCA Bonspiel brings back memories

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Curler’s 50th MCA Bonspiel brings back memories

Ted (Dutch) Holland and T. Kent Morgan 3 minute read Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013

En route to the Iceplex on Jan. 17, Coffee stopped at the Charleswood Curling Club to say hello to Wayne Scott, who was curling on the opening draw of the 125th MCA bonspiel with a team from the Pembina. It was Scott’s 50th MCA, while his skip Bill Reid was playing in his first.

Octogenarian lead Al Wareham said he played in countless MCAs over the years and was wearing pins on his cap to commemorate the 75th in 1963 and the 100th in 1988. The fourth player, former Manitoba Sports Federation head knock George Fraser, was meeting a couple of his teammates for the first time. The fifth man, Bob English, got to sit out the match against Brian Stacey of Thistle, which Reid and company won 10-8.

Scott’s first MCA was in 1962 with the Gene Ruzak team from the Strathcona, a long-gone rink on Furby Place. More than 20 bonspiel grand aggregate champions curled out of the Strathcona, including Ken Watson, Leo Johnson, Gordon Hudson and his son Bruce, Mac Scales and Barry Fry. Over the years, Scott also played in the MCA out of Deer Lodge, Thistle, Elmwood and Victoria. His skips have included some recognizable names from the Manitoba sports scene such as outdoors guide/journalist and former Transcona Atomics baseball star Cam Hurst, Winnipeg Hawkeyes football executive Al Boitson, Canadian Firefighters champion Ernie Kovacs, Manitoba Softball Hall of Fame member Al Sharpe, Clubbers fastball pitcher Peter Todd, and Victoria Hackers slo-pitcher Roy Wiebe, who won the bonspiel championship in 1968.

Scott has never won an MCA event, but reached three event finals with Pembina teams skipped by Jim Pyper and Gavin Matheson. In 2012, his son James did him one better by skipping his team to victory in the Lazer Grant event.

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Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013

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Al Wareham (from left), Wayne Scott, Bill Reid and George Fraser are having a ball in yet another MCA Bonspiel.

Province’s lacrosse history remembered in Hall

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Province’s lacrosse history remembered in Hall

Ted (Dutch) Holland & T. Kent Morgan 5 minute read Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012

The Manitoba Lacrosse Hall of Fame and Museum has announced that three teams, three builders, two player/builders and five players will be added to its ranks at an induction ceremony slated for Oct. 14 at the Elmwood Legion.

The teams entering the Hall are the 1951, 1954 and 1955 Manitoba Junior All-Stars that played for the Minto Cup, emblematic of the Canadian junior championship. The 1951 team won the Western Canadian championship over B.C., but lost the Canadian title to the Mimico Mountaineers.

In 1954, the powerful Long Branch Monarchs came west, but lost to Manitoba. B.C. beat Manitoba in what was the east-west final. The next season, Manitoba was once again the Western champ before losing to the Monarchs in the final. Goalkeeper Mike Tymchyshyn and Gord Horner played for the three teams while Gary Aldcorn, Len Morrow, Ross Fargey, Dick Paulley, Gord Chem, Joe Hunt, Ted Derrett, Ralph Lyndon, Daryl Young and Barry McQueen were on both the 1954 and 1955 teams coached by John Arondeus. Les Swaffer coached the 1951 team and Jim O’Dowda managed all three.Keith McLennan, the youngest inductee, began playing lacrosse for the Kelvin Shamrock peewees in 1967 and went on to be the top-scoring junior in the Winnipeg Junior/Senior League and later was the league scoring champion in 1990, 1992 and 1996. In a national championship against Orangeville in the mid-1980s, McLennan was in on almost every Manitoba goal. He scored late in the game to give Manitoba a 12-11 lead. Orangeville finally found a way to stop him. As he scored the 12th goal, he received a cross-check to the face that broke his jaw. Orangeville won the game 13-12.

When field lacrosse was re-introduced to the province, the Manitoba All-Stars won the Canadian Division 2 title in 1985 and again in 1986. McLennan was named series MVP both years. McLennan continues to be involved in the game and coached the Gryphons to the Manitoba junior championship this year, a team that included his son, Trent.

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Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012

Province’s lacrosse history remembered in Hall

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Ted (Dutch) Holland & T. Kent Morgan 3 minute read Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012

Thirty-four young athletes participated in the T3 Triathlon Club Kids of Steel Splash & Dash at the 17 Wing fitness and recreation centre on Aug. 12.

Morgan Yarish, with a time of 29:03 for the 500-metre swim and 4.8-kilometre run topped the 14- and 15-year-old boys division. Zayden Verheul in 6-7, Aric Tetrault in 8-9, Carson Cortvriendt in 10-11 and Mark Naylor in 12-13 led the other boys divisions. They competed in runs with the distance increased by age group.

Emily Unger was the only girl up to the challenge in the combined 500-metre swim and 4.8-kilometre run for girls aged 14 and 15. Hailee Morisseau, with a time of 18:44, edged Emily Davidson by three seconds in the 3.6-kilometre run for 12-13 girls. The 10-11 girls 2.4-kilometre run attracted the most competitors, seven, with Tess Derksen’s time of 11:52 more than a minute faster than Megan Van Heyst. Riley Petley and Alyssa Ryan ran the 1.2-kilometre for 8-9 girls and Avery Arnold was the only entry in the 6-7 girls division

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Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012

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Emily Unger (foreground) didn’t have any competition in the 14-15 age group of the T3 Triathlon Club Kids of Steel Splash & Dash.

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Ted (Dutch) Holland & T. Kent Morgan 5 minute read Wednesday, May. 30, 2012

The next few days could have a major impact on the baseball career of 18-year-old Winnipegger Chris Shaw.

The catcher from Charleswood is showcasing his talent in front of major league scouts in the Dominican Republic where Canada’s national junior team is playing against teams of Major League Baseball Dominican prospects.

The 11-game series concludes May 31 with games against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim prospects and a team of the best players from the Dominican Summer League Camp.

As a 2012 high school graduate, Shaw, who left Oak Park to take his final year at the Okotoks Dawgs Baseball Academy in Alberta, is eligible for the MLB first-year player draft that runs June 4 to 6.

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Wednesday, May. 30, 2012

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Rob Hill competes in the equestrian portion of the modern
pentathlon at the 1999 Pan Am Games in Winnipeg.

High school hockey’s best get their due

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High school hockey’s best get their due

Ted (Dutch) Holland & T. Kent Morgan 5 minute read Wednesday, May. 23, 2012

Manitoba Hockey Hall of Famer Ed Belfour would be pleased that the Manitoba High Schools Athletic Association hockey awards given in his name to the best male and female players in Manitoba were handed out by his old Carman Collegiate principal Frank McKinnon on May 14.

Liam Bilton of the city and provincial champions St. Paul’s Crusaders received the male award while high-scoring Jessica Kaminsky of Fort Richmond Collegiate was the first winner of the new female Belfour Award. Bilton, a league and provincial all-star, was the Crusaders’ leading scorer and the MVP in the city championship. He plans to play NCAA hockey in the future. Kaminsky, the MVP of the all-star game, will attend Union College in the fall.

Winnipeg Free Press sportswriter Ashley Prest was on hand at the awards but wasn’t carrying her notebook. She came to watch her daughter, Beverley Lunney of the Garden City Fighting Gophers, receive one of two $1,000 scholarships presented by the Winnipeg Jets Alumni and Friends to a male and female player demonstrating on-ice, school and community leadership skills. Her father Doug Lunney, a former sportswriter and junior hockey goaltender and a current Winnipeg Sun columnist, also was in attendance.

Tieler Fenning Cox of the provincial AA champion Neepawa Tigers was the male winner. Former Jets Jordy Douglas, whose son Scott was the captain of the Kelvin High School team this past season, and Mike Ford made the presentations.

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Wednesday, May. 23, 2012

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Liam Bilton of St. Paul’s and Jessica Kaminsky of Fort Richmond won the Ed Belfour Awards as the most outstanding players in high school hockey this year.

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Ted (Dutch) Holland & T. Kent Morgan 5 minute read Wednesday, May. 16, 2012

The St. Nicholas Men’s Club honoured Peter J. Manastyrsky as its Ukrainian Sportsman of the Year at its 47th annual dinner on May 11.

Manastyrsky is the president of the Winnipeg Dynamo Kyiv Soccer Club that plays in the premier division of the Manitoba Major Soccer League.

He’s been involved in men’s soccer since 1992 and with the Ukraine Youth Cup indoor co-ed tournament since 2003.

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Wednesday, May. 16, 2012

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Peter Manastyrsky was honoured by the St. Nicholas Men’s Club on May 11.

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Speed skating official logs major air miles

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Speed skating official logs major air miles

Ted (Dutch) Holland & T. Kent Morgan 3 minute read Wednesday, Mar. 21, 2012

In sports with a small number of participants, parents often are recruited as volunteers. That’s what happened in the case of Trevis Boyd. His daughter Gracie, 20, took up speed skating a decade ago and Trevis soon found himself involved in the sport. He learned that speed skating at the club and provincial level needed officials, so the recent Winnipeg arrival decided to devote some of his time to that area. He and wife Caroline also were building a new business called Black Pearl Roasting Coffee of the World in our city. Caroline became a volunteer and presently is the interim president of the Manitoba Speed Skating Association. Gracie is coaching at the St. James club after putting her skating career on hold while she attends university.

From that beginning, where he counted laps and knew little about the complexities of judging the sport, Trevis has risen to the level where he now officiates at national and international competitions. A highlight came when he was assigned to work as a corner judge for the long track races at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. As a corner judge, his major responsibility was to watch for infractions on the corners. To volunteer at the Olympics, he had to be in the position to give up 27 days of his working life to his sport, which he said was well worth it.

“For me, it was being part of the greatest show on earth,” Trevis said. “It was exciting to get into events and the field of play. When the oval cleared after the final race, I went over and climbed on the podium with two other officials.”

Since the Olympics, Trevis has continued to be assigned to major events. In 2011, he refereed at the Canada Winter Games where Gracie was skating for Team Manitoba. This winter he managed the corner judge team at the World Sprint Championships and served as chief referee for the women’s competitions at Canada Cup 2, both at the Calgary oval. He also was in Fort St. John, B.C., where he refereed at the Canadian Age Class Long Track Championships. He raved about the facility that has a 400-metre Olympic oval on the mezzanine floor with two hockey rinks below. The season isn’t quite over for Trevis. He’ll be officiating at the Max Bell Arena from March 22 to 25 when the provincial association is hosting national and Western Canada short track championships. In addition to all his officiating work, Trevis serves as vice-president of competitions for the MSSA. The Level III official also has developed and conducted clinics for budding referees.

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Wednesday, Mar. 21, 2012

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When he isn’t serving up coffee at his local business, Trevis Boyd is officiating national and international speed skating.

Harris named province’s outstanding male athlete

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Harris named province’s outstanding male athlete

Dutch Holland & T. Kent Morgan 5 minute read Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012

Players and fans walking into the MTS Iceplex may see a Zamboni cleaning and flooding the ice on one of the four rinks. They likely never give any thought as to how the ice got there in the first place. On a recent afternoon, operations manager Doug Neubauer gave Coffee a lesson on the art and science of making ice.

Neubauer tried to keep his clinic simple for a neophyte. The process begins each year by washing the concrete surface. The refrigeration process is started and the floor is cooled to 16 degrees. Next, a mist of water is dropped from a cart with nozzles that is pulled around the rink 15 to 20 times by a tractor to get a good bond. The ice at that point is about 1/8 of an inch thick. Next, a combination of water and white paint goes down to get the white surface. That is sealed with cold water and ice is built to 1/4 inch. The lines and logos are then painted in.

Neubauer emphasized that the ability to make and maintain excellent ice at the Iceplex is a result of teamwork. The team includes six members with refrigeration training, an ice crew of eight and five part-time workers who drive the Zambonis and do other work. The first shift begins at 7:20 a.m. and most days a crew is working until around midnight. Each rink at the Iceplex is different, so the team has to know how to deal with the specific issues they face. He said that they can access the expertise of MTS Centre manager of ice operations Derek King when they have questions or ideas.

When asked about icemaking being both an art and a science, Neubauer said, “The ice is our canvas and we are the artists.”

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Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012

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Marcy Beaucage is known as the “Ice Man” at Roblin Park Community Centre.

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Dutch Holland & T. Kent Morgan 3 minute read Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012

Skaters of all abilities competed in a Manitoba Speed Skating Association Silver Skates event at the Susan Auch Oval on Jan. 29.

The spoils were spread out among five clubs with skaters from the St. James club leading the way with four wins. Chris Dyker took the 12-year-old boys division, Mary Prendergast the 13-year-old girls, Michelle Daeninck the junior female and Brett Arnason the masters division for skaters over 30.

John Hrynchuk in the 13 boys, Christian Liebzeit in 14 boys and Kirk Wright in junior male captured divisions for the River Heights club.

Gabriel Reece from the Interlake won the learn-to-train boys competition and clubmate Carley Hopkins was the best 12-year-old girls skater. Two victories went to Western Manitoba with Costa Pappas from the Westman club winning the fundamental boys division and Kennedy Charles the learn-to-train girls. Elliot Ganas won the fundamental girls for the Winnipeg club.

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Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012

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The outdoor racing was fast and furious in the Silver Skates event on Jan. 29.

Harris named province’s outstanding male athlete

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Harris named province’s outstanding male athlete

Dutch Holland & T. Kent Morgan 5 minute read Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012

After a solid season with the B.C. Lions and being named the outstanding Canadian in the Grey Cup game, running back Andrew Harris was selected by the province’s sports media as the male athlete of the year for 2011. Chantal Van Landeghem, who won five medals at the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, took the female award. Jeff Stoughton’s world champion curling team was voted team of the year. The Manitoba Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association announced the winners at its annual awards dinner on Jan. 29.

Harris learned his football at Oak Park High School and then played junior with the Vancouver Island Raiders. He led the Lions in rushing with 458 yards and added 395 yards pass receiving. He scored two touchdowns in the Western final and another in B.C.’s 34-23 victory over Winnipeg in the Grey Cup. In world junior swimming, Van Landeghem won silver medals in the 100-metre freestyle and the 4 x 100-metre freestyle relay. She also came home with bronze medals in the 50-metre backstroke, freestyle and butterfly.

Before winning the world title in Regina, Stoughton’s Charleswood team of Jon Mead, Reid Carruthers and Steve Gould won the Canadian Brier. The Canadian midget hockey champion Winnipeg Thrashers were runners-up. Also on the ballot were the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and from Western Manitoba, Kelly Robertson’s Canadian Senior Curling champions and Brandon Bobcats, silver medallists in CIS volleyball.

Ryan Marsch of the Winnipeg Rifles, winner of the Peter Della Riva Award as Canadian Junior Football’s offensive player of the year, was the runner-up in the male competition. Doug Brown of the Bombers, a CFL Division all-star for the sixth consecutive season, world-class bowler Mike Schmidt and Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews also were finalists.

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Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012

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Andrew Harris was a standout with the Oak Park Raiders high school football team before joining the B.C. Lions.

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Dutch Holland & T. Kent Morgan 3 minute read Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012

When leagues reach the mid-season mark in their schedules, they usually hold their all-star games. On Jan. 14, T&C dropped by the Hockey Winnipeg AAA all-star day at the MTS Iceplex.

The event got underway with the bantam II skills competition. Ryan Hall of the Winnipeg Monarchs was recognized as the top goalie. Dane Derewianchuk of the Sharks was the fastest skater, while his teammate Codey Melnyk won the breakaway shooting contest. Nathan Halvorsen from the Warriors took the rapid fire shooting event and Liam Schioler of the Hawks was tops at puck control. Schioler also was selected as the top defenceman in the all-star game that his West team won 5-3. The Monarchs trio of Dawson Martin, Josh Curtis and Stelios Mattheos had four of the goals. Martin had two and was named the game’s top forward. Linden McCorrister from the Hawks had the fifth tally. Ryan Kubic of the Hawks was selected as the top goalie. Austin Friesen and Milan Horanski of the Warriors, along with Halvorsen scored for the East. Their teammate Dylan Torgerson had two assists.

The bantam I all-star game was a high-scoring affair with the East winning 8-6. The intensity stayed at a high level throughout the game as the players wanted to show off their talents for the junior scouts in attendance. Laine McKay from the Thunder Bay Kings had a hat trick and an assist for the winners and was named the game’s top forward. His teammate Zack Grzelewski and Chase Fincaryk of the Sharks both scored twice, and Tyler Anderson of the Sharks, who won the rapid fire skills contest, contributed a single. Keegan Kolesar of the Hawks had two goals and an assist for the West. Jody Stallard of the Brandon Wheat Kings also scored twice, and his teammate James Shearer and Jackson Keane of the Monarchs each had a goal. In the skills events, Shearer was the fastest skater, Geoff Kitt of Thunder Bay was best at puck control, Brendan Reichardt of the Warriors won the breakaway contest and Tyson Verhelst of the Wheaties topped the goalies.

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Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012

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The MJWHL, pictured here in regular-season action, held its all-star game Jan. 19

Raiders prevail in battle of MMJHL’s best

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Raiders prevail in battle of MMJHL’s best

Dutch Holland & T. Kent Morgan 3 minute read Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012

The second-place Raiders Jr. Hockey Club took a 4-2 decision over the league-leading Charleswood Hawks at Eric Coy Arena on Jan. 3 in the first MMJHL game following the Christmas break. The Hawks had 41 points before the two-week layoff and led the Raiders by five.

The teams traded first-period goals with Brody Warren opening the scoring for the Hawks and captain and league scoring leader Cam Hildebrand answering for the Raiders. The visitors took over the play in the second period and went up 3-1 on a pair of goals by Ryan Seekings. The first was shorthanded when he blocked a shot at the point and got a clear breakaway.

Logan Greenfield, on a third-period power play, scored the fourth Raider goal. Late in the period Sean Kubas scored an unassisted marker for Charleswood.

The Raiders closed out 2011 with a 3-2 win over the River East Royal Knights while the Hawks dropped a 4-1 decision to the Pembina Valley Twisters. Both coaches were wondering what to expect when play resumed, and who had eaten the most turkey.

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Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012

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Brett Gagnon and the Raiders defeated the Charleswood Hawks 4-2 on Jan 3.

No clear-cut winners for top MB athletes of 2011

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No clear-cut winners for top MB athletes of 2011

Dutch Holland & T. Kent Morgan 5 minute read Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011

The votes are in for the 2011 Manitoba athletes and team of the year, but only Manitoba Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association secretary-treasurer Bob Picken knows the results. That’s if Pick has had time to count them since the voting deadline of Dec. 21. The winners will be announced at the 56th MSSA awards dinner on Jan. 29 at the Delta Winnipeg.

The sports media across the province are the decision-makers, so T&C each get a vote. History has shown that we seldom agree on the choices. This year there were no obvious winners.

Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews was the male athlete of the year for 2010 after he was named the top forward at the Winter Olympics and led his team to the Stanley Cup. He’s back on the ballot this year, but without such lofty credentials.

A 10-pin bowler and three football players are the other male finalists. Mike Schmidt was a finalist last year when he won a 10-pin world championship. This year he made the short list because he qualified for the Bowling World Cup in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011

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Jennifer Saunders last won Manitoba female athlete of the year honours in 2009.

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Rower and cyclist Theo Dubois, who died on June 10 not long after his 100th birthday, was one of our province’s greatest athletes.

In 1980, when the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame had to select the members of its first induction class, the list of candidates came from more than a century of sport. While Dubois didn’t make the final list, he was inducted the second year, which shows how highly he was rated.

In 1941, Dubois was awarded the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada’s outstanding athlete after he won both the U.S. and Canadian singles rowing championship. His resume includes singles and pairs victories at the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta.

Dubois took up bicycle racing in the mid-1930s and won a race from Winnipeg to Winnipeg Beach three times. In those days they raced over a road that was 12 miles of pavement and 38 miles of gravel. A member of the Winnipeg Rowing Club since he was 14, Dubois was still rowing on the Red River in his nineties.

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Ted (Dutch) Holland & T. Kent Morgan 3 minute read Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010

North Winnipeg Nomads took home most of the silverware at the Manitoba Midget Football League’s awards night banquet at the Norwood Hotel, Nov.24.

Nomads tailback Tyson Haines, who led the league in both rushing and scoring won the President’s Award as MVP. His team downed the St. Vital Mustangs 33-25 at Canad Inns Stadium on Oct.30 to take the midget title. It was the first win for the Nomads since 2006. They were finalists two years ago. The offensive player of the year was Nomads quarterback Justin Klaprat and top lineman honours went to Samuel Grant, also from the North Winnipeg squad.

In addition, former Nomads player Len McKay is currently attending the University of Manitoba after being the recipient of the Gary Stroppa Memorial Award and $500 toward post secondary education. Stroppa is a former Nomads coach who succumbed to kidney and liver failure in 2005.

Collin Morris, past president of the Nomads and currently vice-president of the midget program said, “this is a good story from the North End of Winnipeg.”

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Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010

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