The Governor General's Curling Club Executive for 2023-2024
Back row left to right - Ian MacDonald, Wally Morris, Barry Greenberg, Bonnie Morris, Wil Thurlow, Warren Hansen
Front Row - Elaine Brimicombe, Fran Todd, Barry Worth, Alain Deschatelets
2023 Inductees into the Governor General's Curling Club
The Class of 2023 who were inducted on September 11, 2023.
From left to right top row: Al Hackner, Kevin Martin, Gary Macyk, Jerry Shoemaker, Darrell Ell
From left to right bottom row: Jackie Rae Greening, Kerry Galusha, Collinda Joseph, Marla Forth
The 2023 Love of Curling Scholarship
The 2023 Love of Curling Scholarship, presented by the Governor General’s Curling Club, is awarded to Benjamin Morin of Edmonton. As a member of the reigning Canadian junior men’s championship team, Benjamin is preparing to represent Canada in international competition during the 2023-24 curling season. We are proud to provide him with a scholarship of $2,500 to support his educational goals and aspirations of wearing the Maple Leaf this season and beyond,” said Governor General’s Curling Club selection panel member Wil Thurlow. “This scholarship, supported by donations from our membership, aims to invest in the future of curling in Canada and in athletes like Benjamin. Benjamin is a Political Science and History student at the University of Alberta.
Ben Morin, Barry Worth (L) and Wil Thurlow (R).
2023 Scholarship Committee Report
In 2020, as a club we committed to raise funds, supported entirely by the voluntary contributions of our members, to annually present a scholarship to an outstanding student athlete, who epitomized outstanding curling achievement, sound academic performance, community involvement and demonstrated leadership in developing the sport of curling.
The decision was taken at that time to present our scholarship in the amount of $2500, within Curling Canada's For the Love of Curling Scholarship Program as a stand alone award. The pairing with Curling Canada has been very beneficial and helped us build a strong initiative.
While contributions to the Scholarship Program are welcomed at any time, the GGCC formally reaches out to Members only twice a year, once at the time of the Safari/AGM, the other in early November. To date we have raised $13,300 and funded scholarships in 2021 and 2022.
Our previous scholarship winners have their accomplishments attached to this report. Our 2023 recipient has been selected from a group of very talented candidates and will be introduced at our AGM in Edmonton.
The Scholarship Committee, with the Executive Committee approval, have decided to add a second scholarship for presentation next year as part of our 150th anniversary celebration in Ottawa.
Your continued support is appreciated both by your committee and our student athletes.
Respectively submitted,
Wil Thurlow
Fran Todd
Pat Reid
Recipients
2022 - Cate Fitzgerald
2021 - Chantal Hoag
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