Truro Sport Heritage Society awards being presented May 7

TRURO - Truro Sport Heritage Society (TSHS) Annual Awards Celebration coming Sunday, May 7, to the Marigold Cultural Centre

TSHS, after a COVID hiatus, will host the annual awards which celebrate and honour athletes, coaches, teams, and volunteers who had significant sport accomplishments in 2022.

Tickets can be purchased at the Marigold Cultural Centre, or by phone at 902-897-4004, or through Ticket Pro. Prices for the event are adults $20, and youth $15.

For more information, email trurosportshalloffame@ gmail.com, or call 902-8974004.

Following are some of the awards and nominations (others in the two previous editions of the Truro News and more in next week’s paper):

OUTSTANDING MALE – 21 TO 50 YEARS

Adam Maceachern

In 2022, Adam was a member of three different curling teams: Team Purcell – men’s junior; Dalhousie University men’s; and Team Mceachern/myketyn mixed doubles. Adam’s competitive results are outstanding: Dal - first place in national qualifying tournament, Ottawa, winning the right to represent Canada at the FISU World University Championships in Lake Placid New York; won the Canadian Junior Curling Championships, earning the right to represent Canada at the World Juniors in Sweden; New Scotland Men’s Tournament, placed 1st; in mixed curling placed 2nd with Mary Myketyn-driscoll.

Liam Moffatt

For Liam, 2021-22 was an Olympic qualifying year. By late 2021, Canada had only earned two of a possible four national spots for men in Olympic Snowboard Cross. Liam charged into 2021 with a good result in the test event in China and a top-10 in Austria but still, the third spot was not awarded to Canada. After the Christmas break, the World Cup (WC) headed to Russia where Liam landed another top-10 result which clinched a third Canadian Olympic spot.

Liam improved his standings to 17th in the WC and accomplished his sport-life goal of becoming a Canadian

Olympian. At the Olympics, Liam placed 12th in time trials and went on to place 17th in the finals. He and his teammate Tess placed ninth in the exciting team race that saw him execute a terrific inside pass on the world’s top rider.

Joey Macdonald

The highlights of Joey’s 2022 high jump season include a gold medal performance at the Canadian Championships in Saint John, N.B. in March. His season also included a bronze medal performance at the Canada Games in Niagara, Ontario in August. He also attained a new personal best for the indoor high jump event and moved up to ranking second in Canada with the U-23 Athletics ranking. The positive energy he brings to each meet is courageous and contagious for his teammates.

SENIOR MEN’S (50 +) ATHLETES OF THE YEAR Craig Burgess and Peter Neily

Craig Burgess and Peter Neily played with Team Glen Macleod out of the Halifax Curling Club and they captured the 2022 Provincial Seniors Curling Championships in April 2022. They went through the provincials undefeated, going 6-0 to win the championships.

This is the first provincial senior championship (50+ curlers) for Craig, and it is the fourth senior provincial win for Peter. Both Craig and Peter are from the Truro Curling Club. Peter played lead on the team and Craig threw third.

The provincial win qualified the Macleod team to represent Nova Scotia at the National Senior Curling championships in Yarmouth in December 2002.

The Macleod team started strong, finishing the roundrobin in their pool with five wins and one loss. They carried their record to the next round (championship pool) where they finished with a record of eight wins and two losses, capturing second place which qualified them to the playoffs.

In the semi-finals, Team Nova Scotia lost a nail-bitter in an extra-end to Team Ontario, who went on to win. Nova Scotia then lost a close bronze medal game to Team Manitoba. A great showing for Team Macleod and our two local athletes.

OUTSTANDING TEAM 21 + YEARS

Team Dwayne Green

Curling Team Green consisting of Dwayne Green (skip), Stephen Johnston (mate), Larry Higgins (second) and Mike Topley (lead) represented Nova Scotia at the National Masters Curling Championship in Winnipeg.

To qualify, Team Green survived a gruelling three-day provincial playoff in Digby which saw them ultimately pitted against another Truro team in a best-of-five playoff. The provincial title was won on the last shot of the fifth game, with a cool draw to the four foot circle by skipper Green.

At the National Championship, the team qualified for the championship division after two days of round-robin play. Hopes of a national title however were derailed by several teams carrying curlers having previous Brier experience, such as Al ‘the Iceman’ Hackner, who Team Green met on the first day of the playoff round.

Team Green represented both the club and the province well, both on and off the ice.