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Lions Club Sports Awards: Honour to

Coaches, Athletes, and Volunteers Alike

By Derrick Lorusso sports as a guest commentator Richard Award was Richard’s close When a winner is announced

on the TEAM 690 in Montreal. friend Doug Carpenter who would at the banquet, he or she receives
Tickets will be pre-sold and are later go on to coach in the NHL.” a plaque to take home, while the
available at Gordon Jewellers, 13 winner’s name is engraved on
Murphy has been with the Lions
Second Street West, for $70 each.” the main historical trophy. “The
club for 13 years now, holding
For those not familiar with positions as MC and Chairman. He winner also has the honour of
claiming to be among the sporting
the banquet or what is involved, tells us what kind of organization
elite in the annals of Cornwall’s
Murphy explains. “The Lions goes on to create the banquet. “We
Club Sports’ Awards Banquet have a banquet committee made rich sports history,” Murphy says.
is an annual event designed to up of Lions Club members who “There are many Jacques Richard
winners who have ended up in the
recognize athletes (young and contact the various groups and
Cornwall Sports Hall of Fame.”
old), volunteers, and coaches in organizations who will send their
the local sports community. More winners, from their respective When asked if there was any
than 50 awards are handed out sports, to us,” he says. “We also particular winner that stood out
representing all types of sports.” serve as the selection committee for for him, in either hospitality,

He adds, “The highlights of the the RBC High School Awards (18 achievement in raising funds for
evening include the naming of the awards given to local high school charity, or even accomplishment
RBC $1,000 Scholarship winner, students from various sports) in the fi eld of sports, Murphy
the $500 Brody Family Bursary, as well as selecting the bursary gives us an impressive list of
the $250 Bill Bray Bursary, the winners, the Benson Friends of the people. “Past Jacques Richard
Joe St. Denis award, as well as the Round Table, the Joe Assaly, and winners include our Olympians
Benson Friends of the Round Table Jacques Richards winners.” Lori Dupuis and Melanie Banville,
avid Murphy, chairman of the (Lifetime Achievement), the Joe as well as National Champions
He also tells us how the
DLions Club Sports’ Awards Assaly (top Junior), and Jacques Jenna Flannigan and Tony Luis,
nomination process works. “[We]
Banquet, is proud to announce Richard Trophy for top sports and Chad Kilger, who won after he
ask anyone nominating an athlete
the 52nd sports’ awards dinner, personality.” to send us their ‘sports resume’ and helped raise hundreds of thousands
coming Wednesday, May 11th at The banquet originally began in our committee goes over the merits of dollars for Special Olympics.”
the Best Western Parkway Inn &
honour of Jacques Richard, local of the nominees for each award we Murphy would like to give a very
Conference Centre. Doors will
athlete who tragically lost his choose.” And when it comes to personal thanks to the Lions Club
open at six pm and dinner will be life due to a boating accident in picking a winner? “Achievement is and its members for their help in
served at seven pm.
1959. He was only 18 years old. a primary indicator of success in a making this event special. “It has
“Our guest speaker will be “Richard was an amazing baseball nominee,” Murphy says. “We also been my pleasure to work with the

comedian Joey Elias,” Murphy and softball player,” Murphy says. consider the winner’s competition Lions Club members to highlight
says. “Elias has a connection to “The fi rst winner of the Jacques in their particular sport.” the talent that Cornwall has.”

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