The Pirate ladies held on to the lead against a late push from the Druids to capture the Division 2 City Championship. Congratulations ladies!! The women will match up against the south winners in next weekends provincial final.
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Thanks to everyone who showed up to the Annual General Meeting on Sunday, especially those who were able to stay and help clean up the aftermath of our wonderful banquet the night before. A new executive has been elected and is posted in the contacts.
And a big congratulations to our award winners at the banquet. It was a wonderful season and we continue to be proud of the growth and pride in the Pirate community!
Junior Girls MVP — Michelle Hoang
Junior Boys MVP — Andrew Cormier
Senior Women Rookie of the Year — Angela Lieu
Senior Men Rookie of the Year — Dylan Orr
Senior Women Most Improved — Kristin Morrissey
Senior Men Most Improved — Mike Buijze
Senior Women MVP — Tenaya Price
Senior Men MVP — Will Grady
Disco Cheetah — Melissa Dziwenko
Pig of the Year — Sean Newcombe
Barf Kilips — Brent Lealand
Clubperson of the Year — Jodie Olson
Sportsman of the Year — Tom Poon
Honorary Life Membership — Dave Bailey
Congrats go out to some members of the Pirates family. Shelby and Britney, two members of the Pirates U-18 Girls team, represented Edmonton in the Alberta Summer Games this week. The Edmonton team was also coached by Pirate president Kady Martin. The team lost by a kick in the gold medal game on Thursday, but still bring home silver. Congratulations ladies!
The ERU Awards Banquet was held Saturday, September 26th and congratulations need to be extended to our own Kady Martin, who won Club Administrator of the Year. Congratulations Kady on all your hard work this year!
A big thank you to everyone involved in helping organize this years banquet — the first ever in our own clubhouse! The following awards were handed out after dinner:
Junior Boys MVP — Dylan Orr
Junior Girls MVP — Kirstin McDonell
Senior Women’s Rookie of the Year — Amelia Towns
Senior Men’s Rookie of the Year — Bret Shandro
Senior Women’s Most Improved Player — Rachelle Rose
Senior Men’s Most Improved Player — Mark Grenier
Senior Women’s Most Valuable Player — Alexa Fleming
Senior Men’s Most Valuable Player — Joel Poshtar
Disco Cheetah — Michelle Maycock
Pig of the Year — Shaun McLaughlin
Barf Kilips — Mark Grenier and Pablo Techera
Clubperson of the Year — Will Grady
Sportsman of the Year — Keith Darby
Congratulations to all of our award winners and thank you to all who attended — you made it the fabulous night that it was.
Pictures have been posted in the gallery.
Congratulations to the U-18 girls team, who won their city final game 5 – 0. They are the 2009 Northern Alberta Champions! Way to go ladies!!
Congratulations to the men’s team, who defeated Leduc 34 – 5 to win the 2009 E3 Shield. We welcome a new piece of hardware to hang in the clubhouse!!
Congratulations to the women’s team, who came in third in the EW2 division after a heartbreaking overtime loss in their semi-final game.
Congratulations to the U-18 boys team, who really pulled through and came together as a team, despite the bumps along the way. We look forward to great things from you guys next season!!
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