Outstanding Sport Volunteer Awards recognized three individuals in Morden

This 7 days is Volunteer Appreciation Week. A few people today in Morden were presented the Remarkable Sport Volunteer Award Wednesday night at the Entry Occasion Centre.
Director of Local community Solutions for The Town of Morden, Clare Agnew, Lane Curry and Joe Wiwchar ended up on the selection committee. Agnew had this to say about the evening.

“I just consider it can be definitely essential to realize Morden’s outstanding sport volunteers. There is so several several hours put in by volunteers, no matter whether it is really coaches or supervisors, occasion planners, persons on boards and all varieties of things. This is just a compact way of recognizing these, but capturing the record of Morden’s activity and how significant it is, and ideally it truly is encouraging for other people to be included, and even just for people today to say, ‘thank you’ to those that are doing the perform.”

Brent Meleck was 1 of the recipients of the award.

“I have been concerned in sports activities for a lot of yrs, coaching baseball and hockey, a referee. There is certainly been a lot of distinct issues I have been involved with. Nonetheless acquiring entertaining coaching and taking care of and staying associated in the match nevertheless. Even at 44, it is really nevertheless pleasurable to arrive to the rink and go to the ball diamonds, even however I bought no youngsters in sports activities, it is really continue to pleasurable for me. Viewing the young ones acquire, observing him smile, possessing a fantastic time, and it really is generally great to see them owning fun.”

Bert Dow experienced this to say about how his involvement led to his recognition.

“We’ve lived in Morden due to the fact 2001, just before that we lived in Manitou. I commenced off like anyone else did, you go indicator your boy or girl up for the very first time in hockey, and the next thing you know, you happen to be a mentor, and then you happen to be the President of Minor Hockey, and then you just type of go on from there. So, I have been genuinely fortunate. I’ve been included, of course, in Minor Hockey at the local stage, also at the regional degree with Pembina Valley Minor hockey, and now as President of Hockey, Manitoba.”

When each recipient experienced close friends and spouse and children at the event Wednesday night, Morgan Mullin experienced a bit of a louder cheering segment.

“This is my U13 girls’ team that I coached this yr, we’re undefeated and received league and Provincial Championships this 12 months, so I was pretty unique group. If you’re below tonight, the tiny cheers from my girls in the back again, that is just always the greatest aspect. Just having that affect on those girls’ life is so essential. I know I grew up a minimal rink rat myself and I did not have the woman purpose versions that we now see these days, and so it really is crucial for me to make positive which is occurring for these women, and they see that it’s doable for them to make it to the future level, and to maintain increasing the activity for the rest of their lives.”

Agnew invited people today to start contemplating about who to nominate for upcoming year’s awards and to think about strategies they can volunteer and make a difference in sport by way of volunteering.

Morgan Mullin and members of U13 girls’ hockey workforce who came out to cheer on their mentor.