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March 7, 2007

Squash BC’s Annual Awards

On Saturday night at the BC Closed, Squash BC presented their annual awards to some very worthy individuals. Every year we send out nomination forms for the various categories and we are getting more back every year.

The awards and what they are for and who has won them in the past can be viewed at (click here.) These awards have a very long history and tradition in BC. There is the Presidents Plate for being a great supporter of squash. The Ernie Rogers Bowl is for best national and international play. The John Burris Memorial Trophy for Sportsmanship is fairly obvious. The Jack Larson award is for all round contribution to, and the development of squash in B.C.

The Presidents Plate was awarded to Diane Grady. Diane has worked many years around Vancouver coaching, officiating, running tournaments, and filling in on league teams when there’s a chance they may fold. Many of you won’t know Diane but she is one of those people who are there when you need her and she does the job in a quiet and very competent way. If you look behind the scenes, she will be there. Congratulations Diane and thank you for everything you’ve done for squash.

Carolyn Russell The Ernie Rogers Bowl was won by Carolyn Russell. Carolyn had a great year with winning the Nationals last May, competing in the Women’s Worlds in Edmonton in September and entering many WISPA tournaments throughout the year. Internationally, Carolyn has been consistently in the top 50 in the world for the last 6 months and has been actively playing the women’s professional tour since 2001. She is currently ranked #45 in the world and is the 2nd highest ranked Canadian on the tour. Congratulations Carolyn and thank you for representing BC.

Melanie Jans The John Burris Memorial Trophy for Sportsmanship was won by a very worthy individual, Melanie Jans. John was a person for whom integrity, honesty and loyalty went hand in hand. On the court, he did not take any rallies off! Melanie is exactly the same. As Andrew said in his write up, “you can never tell if Melanie won or lost.” We are all striving to be like that and with some hard work, we may make it.

Mark Heaney The Jack Larson award for all round contribution was awarded to Mark Heaney. Mark has been around the squash scene for many years in BC. Mark grew up playing squash in BC. He played at an open level throughout the 80’s, early 90’s and then moved to primarily playing doubles to this day. Mark has been on many doubles committees, organized dozens of doubles tournaments and has been a great contributor to squash in BC. We thank you for all you’ve done for squash and congratulations on winning this award.