Councillor Heather King at Sunfish Awards Night: Day 80: Incredibly talented and diligent DELTA athletes!

Friday, September 16th, Heather ended her incredibly busy day, by attending the North Delta Sunfish Swim Club's Awards Banquet. 

Canada wins the gold medal at Junior Pan Am water polo championships! At the awards night, two sunfish alumni were honored for their Pan-America medals in Water Polo: 

•  Hayley McKelvey is currently a Grade 10 Student at Seaquam,
• Gurpreet Sohi is currently a Grade 12 Student at Seaquam. Gurpie scored 30% of the   goals & BC Girls scored 60% of the goals!!!

Another terrific Sunfish alumni, Ryan Anderson, was also honored for receiving 3 Gold Medals (as well as a Silver and Bronze one too!) at the Western Canada Summer Games as part of Team BC.  

Click her to read more about the WESTERN CANADIAN GAMES

Apparently, not everyone received the memo, but those who came were inspired.

"Dory, the Sunfish", the Sunfish Mascot, did not receive the memo

Obviously Heather and Josh got the memo, wear red and smile!

Josh Ling had plenty to smile about, he earned both The "Hardest Worker Male" Award AND The Marilyn Gottardi Memorial Award. Bravo Josh!

The Marilyn Gottard Memoral Award is a $500 bursary designed to help Sunfish swimmers who are  interested in furthering their coaching training and who exhibit the same enthusiasm for coaching as Marilyn did! (I love ca$h awards!)

Well done Josh, Marilyn sounds like a gem, but a tough act to follow: she "was a 'model' swim parent with the sunfish for 15 years. Her easy going sincere manner endeared her to many that met her during those years and she was often regarded as a goodwill ambassador for the club. She highly values family, competition and physical fitness through sport. She was fiercely supportive of swimming, the team and the coaches."  

Josh is obviously an enthusiastic junior coach, on his way to becoming an excellent senior coach.

Eric Fraser infectious attitude earned him the Team Spirit Award

If Eric's smile is an indication of his Team Spirit, the Sunfish Club is a lucky swim club! He is inspirational just to look at!

Note: Heather has earned a few trophies in her many, many days, but none as large as this one! Heather's trophy collection includes a hockey trophy and  golf trophy. She was also a Girl Guide, piano player and earned her Bronze Medallion in swimming.

***On the other hand, Barb_2U was kicked out of Brownies and suspended from Sunday School! (Thankfully, I am not running for Mayor, because the opposition would dig that dirt up and do a smear campaign on me!)

Megan Low, recipient or the "Hardest Worker Female" Award  - Emcee in background,  Cavelle Makazus, Sunfish Director of Awards

Francis van Roode, Vice President, North Delta Sunfish Swim Club telling the folks how much Heather has supported the club and youth sports.

Heather was impressed with the swimmers, parents, coaches, and directors diligence

Heather told the group that she was reading  The Richest Man Who Ever Lived: King Solomon's Secrets to Success, Wealth, and Happiness by Steven K. Scott.  In the book, Scott stresses that one of the keys to being rich in life is "diligence". She was very proud of all the young athletes. Their achievements are more than just their giftedness and their attributes (webbed feet?): these athletes have the diligence that it takes to succeed in and out of the pool. Without a doubt, Heather wants to keep her eye on the young athletes, because they have such promising futures.

King knows what she is talking about: she is all about passion, diligence, and hard-work.

Tell Heather if you have a concern. Her information is at the top of the page. She WANTS you to hear from you.

                                                                                                                

Tell the KING!