Following the saying of grace by Mr. Ken Jones the guests
enjoyed an excellent dinner of barbecued braised beef, chicken
with red pepper mayonnaise sauce, vegetables, three bean and
green salad and dessert.
Jill Zonneveld, Coach of the U 19 Women, made the first
awards, praising the hard work and success of her 40 player
squad. MVP went to Jane Kirby, while MIP went to Dana
Hatfield. Jill presented a Coach's award to Janine Wong, who
demonstrates that although she may be the smallest
player on the field, she makes the biggest impact. Finally, Jill made an
award to Club Women's Director Amanda Corsetti for her
continued support of the women's programs and her time and
commitment to the game.
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Director of Junior Rugby, Dack Heslop, then made the awards
for the Junior Men's teams. Dack commented on the many
Brampton Junior players, men and women, who are representing
the Province and the National Teams. Under 18 MVP was
awarded to Mike Sheppard and Under 21 MVP to Aaron Cardon.
Barb Flanagan made a passionate speech of thanks to Dack for
all his hard work in the area of Junior Rugby development at
the Club.
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The
Senior Women's coach Glenn Haigh was unfortunately delayed in the USA and
unable to attend. Amanda Corsetti expressed thanks for all the
Women in the Club to coaches Jill Zonneveld, Glenn Haigh
and Joe Deslippe. Joe awarded the MIP to Carla Johnson, the MVP award to Chaylia
Porter and the rookie of the year to Genevieve Bennet.
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The final awards for Senior men's teams were made by Club
Coach Chris Allen. Chris talked of a good first year under his
coaching direction, and the positive impact of the former
Yeomen on the Club. Dale Pike was a popular choice for MVP
following an outstanding season. Dave Jacks was the Rookie of
the year and the Senior MIP was Niall Donnelly. Chris finally
made two awards: The Senior Impact player to Luciano Pagano,
and the Senior Passionate player to Rick Deslippe.
Matt Cappuccitti. presented Paula's late to Craig LeBlanc for
the hardest tackle of the season.
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Club Director of Rugby Andrew Kirkpatrick asked for some time
to recognize the many volunteers who make
the Club possible, from Lucia Tumber who runs the Club house,
to the Benyons and Graham Parker who set up the dinner, to
those who cut the grass, line the fields, clean the clubhouse,
run the website, publish the newsletters, direct the Club,
coach the teams, and manage the fixtures and referees. Without
all these volunteers the Club could not operate. However, we
need more volunteers and more people to help develop the Club
and its teams.
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This theme was continued by long-time member Hedley Benyon,
who gave an impassioned speech, stressing the need for more
Club members to become involved if we are to continue our
growth and development. We have all the elements to emerge as
one of the premier Clubs in the country, but we need more
involvement. The reduced numbers at the dinner from 2005 are
perhaps indicative of a declining involvement by Club members.
The Social member of the year award was made appropriately to
the Deslippe family - Joe, Heather, Rick and Alana who have
been a paradigm of volunteer effort and contribution at the
Club for many years.
