Two Decades of Sports Excellence
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Two Decades of Sports Excellence Richmond Sports Awards Recipients 1998 – 2018 Published April 2019 Two Decades of Sports Excellence Since 1998, the Richmond Sports Awards have been presented annually to recognize and celebrate the achievements of outstanding Richmond community athletes and the leaders who make sports possible. The 2018 Awards, presented in April 2019, were the 21st year in which the Awards have been presented. To date, 460 awards have been presented to 353 different Richmond sportspeople, organizations and teams. The inaugural Richmond Sports Awards were dedicated to the memory of Robert A. McMath, a pivotal civic figure in the development of Richmond, and especially its sporting community. The Awards have been presented each year by the Richmond Sports Council, the City of Richmond, and the Richmond Review/Richmond News. The lower half of this page shows a reconstruction of the Richmond Review article of April 1999 announcing the first Richmond Sports Awards. Robert A. McMath Richmond Archives Reconstructed from the Richmond Review, April 1999 SIMPLY THE BEST Richmond Sports Awards honours top performances of ‘98 It only seems fitting the inaugural His enthusiasm for sports led to the McMath. Each of the 20 nominees will Richmond Sports Awards, recognizing joint use of facilities we enjoy in also be eligible for the Sportsperson of the best performances by local amateur Richmond today. His simple desire to the Year Award. athletes in 1998, be held at the new ensure children had plenty of space on The Richmond Sports Awards are Robert A. McMath secondary school. which to play resulted in the school being presented by The Richmond ‘Bob’ McMath passed away in July board and city sharing maintenance Review, City of Richmond and 1996 at the age of 81 after spending 42 costs and facilities. Richmond Sports Council with years in public office (first as a school Today, we pay homage to his additional support and sponsorship by board trustee and later city councillor) efforts by dedicating these awards in his Fox Insurance Brokers Ltd., Canton where he shared a keen sense of memory. Wun-Tun Seafood House, Riverport community. He also had a passion for The following athletes, coaches and Business Park Inc. realtor Jody Copple, athletics, most notably soccer, and was teams have been nominated in various McMath secondary, and Richmond made an honorary lifetime member of categories and will be honoured at the Trophies. the Richmond Youth Soccer first annual Richmond Sports Awards To each of the nominees, we salute Association. celebration Thursday at 7:30pm at you. Well done! 2 Richmond Sports Awards Recipients 1998 - 2018 The Richmond Sports Awards are presented based on achievements in each calendar year following nominations from the community. The awards are presented at a dinner and awards ceremony held in April/May of the following year. For example, the awards for 2018 were presented in April 2019. The Richmond Sports Awards are presented in different categories to recognize athletes at different stages of their sports careers and the different types of contribution of sport leaders. The athletes, teams and leaders receiving awards all come from Richmond and its sport organizations. Sportsperson of the Year Adult Team of the Year Youth Teams of the Year Male, Female, Mixed High School - Male and Female Youth - Male and Female Junior - Male and Female Competed in Secondary School Under 18 years 18 – 21 years competed in community sport team or sport Post-Secondary - Male and Female Adult - Male and Female Masters (2017 on) Full-time student competed in 21 to 54 years Male and Female college/university sport 40 – 55 years Senior (Masters pre 2017) Special Olympics Athlete with a Disability Male and Female Female/male competed Female/male exhibiting 55 years or over in Special Olympics sport extraordinary performance Coach of the Year Official of the Year Administrator of the Year Referees and Umpires Adult - Youth Sport Builders Don Fennell Richmond Sports Council Award of Distinction Award of Distinction The listings of recipients of each of these awards on the following pages include the recipient’s name, their sport and the organization with which they were associated at the time of their award. Over time, some new awards have been added, and some categories have changed over time. The listings include all award recipients, and are shown to match the categories and the award titles as now used. More detailed information about the Richmond Sport Awards is available at www.richmondsportsconcil.com The proceeds from the Awards dinner, now held at RA McMath Secondary School, are donated to Richmond KidSport, to fulfill its mission of eliminating the financial barriers to sport participation, ‘So ALL Kids Can Play’ and participate in the sport of their choice. Awards Recipients Listing Compiled by Life Member Roger Barnes 3 Sportsperson of the Year 1998 Atnas Maeko Football, Basketball Richmond Secondary School 1999 Kristen Taunton Field Hockey Richmond Field Hockey 1999 Mark Miyashita Multiple Hugh Boyd Secondary School 2000 Walter Wu Swimming Richmond Rapids 2001 Brian Johns Swimming Richmond Rapids/UBC 2002 Brian Johns Swimming Richmond Rapids/UBC 2003 Brian Johns Swimming Richmond Rapids/UBC 2003 Kevin Mackay Hockey Richmond Sockeyes 2004 Darcy Marquardt Rowing Team Canada 2005 Jodi-Ann Robinson Soccer Vancouver Whitecaps 2006 Trey Henderson Football, Track & Field Vancouver College 2007 Kira Meixner Golf Kent State University 2008 Kyle Hamilton Rowing Team Canada 2009 Alexa Loo Snowboard Team Canada 2010 Arjan Bhullar Wrestling Team Canada 2013 Noemie Thomas Swimming Swimming Canada 2014 Sporting Community of Richmond Multiple Richmond 2015 Magnus Batara Swimming Special Olympics 2016 Troy Stecher Hockey Vancouver Canucks 2017 Arjan Bhullar Mixed Martial Arts UFC 2018 Camryn Rogers Track & Field Kajaks Track & Field Brian Johns Sportsperson of Year 2001, 2002, 2003 4 Team of the Year 1998 Richmond Islanders 79B Softball Richmond Girls Softball 1999 Richmond Eagles U18 Field Hockey Richmond Field Hockey 2000 Richmond Mariners Peewee A Softball Richmond Boys Softball 2001 McRoberts Strikers Field Hockey McRoberts Secondary School 2002 Richmond Islanders Midget A Softball Richmond Girls Softball 2003 Richmond Sockeyes Hockey Richmond Sockeyes 2004 Islanders 90A Peewee Softball Richmond Girls Softball 2005 Richmond Rowdymen Midget B Hockey Richmond Minor Hockey 2006 Hugh Boyd Trojans Football Hugh Boyd Secondary School 2007 Richmond Islanders 89B Softball Richmond Girls Softball 2008 Seafair PeeWee A Hockey Hockey Seafair Minor Hockey 2008 Richmond United U14 Soccer Richmond Youth Soccer 2009 Richmond Islanders 95A Girls Softball Richmond Girls Softball 2009 Richmond Sockeyeyes Hockey Richmond Sockeyes 2010 Richmond Rockets U15 Soccer Richmond Girls Soccer Team of the Year - Adult 2011 Richmond Young Chuckers Baseball Richmond City Baseball 2012 Richmond MHA Juvenile A1 Hockey Richmond Minor Hockey 2013 Richmond All Blacks Soccer Richmond Adult Soccer 2015 Richmond Lawn Bowling Lawn Bowling Richmond Lawn Bowling 2016 Aftermath Cheer Cheer Athletics Panther Cheer Athletics 2016 Richmond FC Metro Soccer Club Ireland Women's 2016 Dynamo Fencing Fencing Dynamo Fencing 2017 Richmond Old Blacks Soccer Richmond Adult Soccer 2018 Steveston Athletics Softball New West Womens Fastpitch Lge Teams of the Year - Youth 2011 Richmond Air Attack U-17 Girls - F Volleyball Richmond Air Attack 2011 RC Palmer Senior Boys' - M Basketball RC Palmer Secondary School 2012 Richmond U-18 Red Hot Selects - F Soccer Richmond Girls Soccer 2012 Richmond United U18 - M Soccer Richmond Youth Soccer 2013 Richmond Synergy U15 - F Soccer Richmond Girls Soccer 2013 Richmond Sockeyes - M Hockey Richmond Sockeyes 2014 Kajaks BC Summer Games - Coed Track & Field Kajaks Track & Field 2014 Richmond Ravens Midget A - F Hockey Richmond Ravens Girls' Hockey 2014 Rapids U14 Boys Relay - M Swimming Richmond Rapids 2015 Panther Cheer Level 2 - Coed Cheer Athletics Panther Cheer Athletics 2015 McMath Wildcats - F Soccer McMath Secondary School 2015 Richmond United U18- M Soccer Richmond Youth Soccer 2016 Ravens PeeWee - F Hockey Richmond Ravens Girls Hockey 2016 15U AAA Chuckers- M Baseball Richmond City Baseball 2017 Generals - F Cheer Athletics Panther Athletics 2017 U18 Richmond United - M Soccer Richmond FC 2017 Richmond Bantam Raiders – M Football Richmond Minor Football 2017 Commanders – Coed Cheer Athletics Panther Athletics 2018 London SS Grade 9 Basketball – F Basketball London Secondary School 2018 Palmer Ultimate - Coed Ultimate Palmer Secondary School 2018 Richmond Ringette U19 - Coed Ringette Richmond Ringette 5 High School & Youth Athletes High School Athlete Female 1998 Jennifer Joyce Track & Field McRoberts Secondary School 1999 Meghan Drew-McKinstry Multiple York House School 2000 Breanne Watson Multiple McMath Secondary School 2001 Breanne Watson Multiple McMath Secondary School 2002 Breanne Watson Multiple McMath Secondary School 2003 Breanne Watson Multiple McMath Secondary School 2004 Brittany Carnegie Multiple McMath Secondary School 2005 Chelsea Payne Track & Field RC Palmer Secondary School 2006 Katie Miyazaki Basketball Hugh Boyd Secondary School 2007 Natalie Hirayama Soccer McRoberts Secondary School 2008 Shai-Anne Davis Track & Field McNair Secondary School 2009 Shai-Anne Davis Track & Field McNair Secondary School 2011 Juliana Kaufmanis Volleyball McMath Secondary School 2012 Anmol Mattu Basketball Steveston-London Sec School