On Sunday April 3 Jen and I attended the Women In Sport Celebration brunch at PISE, the Pacific Institute for Sport. This event was for female athletes from all over BC and included some tasty food, an excellent talk by
Kristina Groves (four time Olympic medalist speed skater) and the Women in Sport Awards. There were three categories for the awards, Volunteer of the Year, Organizer of the Year and Athlete of the year. We had sailors in two of the three categories. Jess Round was nominated for Athlete of the Year after representing Canada at the 2010 Youth Worlds in Istanbul, Turkey with her sailing partner Erin Berry; and Tracy Terry took home the award for Sport Builder of the year for her hard work with the Pacific Region Cadets. Congrats to Tracy!
The talk by Kristina was really the highlight of the event for me. Kristina recently suffered a severe concussion and as a result might be retiring from competitive speed skating. Her talk focused on the role sport has played in her life and the challenges she sees for the average women's involvement in sport. While celebrating how far we have come, she also pointed out how much work still remains. I recorded Kristina's talk and have included it and my own thoughts in a separate blog post.
Here are some pictures from the event.
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