Media Releases
February 17, 2005
A Night of Champions Award Finalists Announced
Sport Manitoba today announced the 47 nominees for its seven awards recognizing achievement and excellence in amateur sport in 2004. All the nominees will be honoured and the winners announced at "A Night of Champions" at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, April 15th at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Members of Manitoba's sport media will select the winners.
Tickets for the gala celebration are $10 and are available from Sport Manitoba by calling 925-5605. The 2004 nominees are:
Sport Manitoba Male Youth Athlete of the Year
David Glass - Winnipeg - Squash
Tian (Terry) Zhang - Winnipeg - Table Tennis
Joe Holder - Winnipeg - Football
Paul Benson - Winnipeg - Cycling
Graeme Thomson - Winnipeg - Paddling
Jon Kasdorf - Winnipeg - Volleyball
Cameron McLean - Winnipeg - Diving
Michael Burgess - Brandon - Racquetball
Darren Klassen - Winkler - Tenpin Bowling
Jeff Thomson - Grande Pointe - Baseball
Sport Manitoba Female Youth Athlete of the Year
Megan Imrie - Falcon Lake - Biathlon
Jaclyn Butterworth - Winnipeg - Field Hockey
Kylie Case - Winnipeg - Cycling
Amy Briscoe - Winnipeg - Triathlon
Ashley Voth - Winnipeg - Volleyball
Meaghan Kusyk - East St. Paul - Paddling
Danielle Lemoine - Winnipeg - Tenpin Bowling
Sport Manitoba Junior Team of the Year
Under-17 Provincial Football Team
Team Manitoba Youth Selects (Baseball)
Team Manitoba 18 & Under Women (Volleyball)
Kathryn Fenske / Martin Nickel (Figure Skating)
Brandon AAA Midget Wheat Kings ( Hockey)
Sport Manitoba Official of the Year
Hector Vergara - Winnipeg - Soccer
Lynn Smith - Winnipeg - Gymnastics
David Markham - Winnipeg - Triathlon
Joe Landreville - Winnipeg - Weightlifting
Wayne Hinkel - East St. Paul - Freestyle Ski
Great-West Life Volunteer of the Year
Andre Murphy - The Pas - Hockey
Nancy Drad - Stonewall - Triathlon
Paul Champagne - Ste.Anne - Soccer
Raymond La Fleche - Ste.Anne - Mullti-sport
Hugh Fraser - Holland - Multi-sport
Shane Yaschyshyn - Benito - Hockey
Ron Molinski - Winnipeg - Tenpin Bowling
Bill Morrissey - Winnipeg - KidSport
Greg Graceffo - Winnipeg - Football
Rick Yaschyshyn - Winnipeg - Cycling
Bill and Donna Davidson - Ochre River -Triathlon
Great-West Life Youth Volunteer of the Year
Sid Rashid - Morden - Multi-sport
Stacey L. Kern - Swan River - Gymnastics
Julian Ward - St. Andrews - Judo
Baillie Borscheski / Tara Abbott - Flin Flon - Soccer
Sport Manitoba Sport Administrator of the Year
Rob Berkowits - Winnipeg - Football Manitoba
Peter Woods - Winnipeg - Hockey Manitoba
Dave Morison - Winnipeg - Golf Manitoba
Morgan De Pena - Winnipeg - Manitoba Baseball Association
Donna Bell - Winnipeg - Athletics Manitoba
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For more information, contact:
Barry Moroz
Sport Manitoba Communications
925-5903
