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March 2009 Events

March 24, 2009

BASEBALL ALL-STAR HONOURED AS PART OF SPORT BC ATHLETE OF THE YEAR AWARDS

On March 24, Minister Polak presented the Best of BC Award to Justin Morneau's father George, who attended the annual Sport BC Athlete of the Year Awards on behalf of his son. The awards recognize the contributions of British Columbians in the sporting community and the Best of BC Award is a special meritorious award for extraordinary athletic performance by a professional or amateur athlete. Considered one of the best first basemen in Major League Baseball, Justin accepted the award via video link from Miami, where he's training with his team, the Minnesota Twins.

March 13, 2009

FIRST GAMESTOWN WINNERS ANNOUNCED

On March 13, 2009, Minister Polak announced 16 winning communities for Gamestown 2010. Five communities from across British Columbia have won tickets to the 2010 Winter Games and another 11 have won other prizes in the first monthly draw in the GamesTown 2010 contest.

March 12, 2009

ROAD TO 2010 TOUR BRINGS OLYMPIC SPIRIT TO COMMUNITIES

On March 12, 2009, Minister Polak, Minister Chong and Minister Hansen joined Paralympic athletes and children from James Bay Community school to celebrate the launch of the Road to 2010 Community Tour and one-year countdown to the 2010 Paralympic Games in Vancouver.