Christopher Draves – Basketball
Christopher Draves has been a volunteer team manager for GPRC Basketball programs for the past ten years. Better known as “Draves”, he has sacrificed his time, finances, and various jobs to ensure that he has a near perfect attendance record to all practices and games. He has done everything from drive the bus to set […]
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Denis Labreque – Football
Denis is always there for any player that wants to improve their game or simply needs somewhere to belong. You can count on Denis to be there with the work out plan and the time and the encouragement to help you. Denis has been an assistant coach with the Broncos for the last 2.5 years […]
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Kimberly Vetter – Ringette
Kim is a co-founder of the Peace Country Ringette club. She was looking for a sport for her daughter to join and enjoy, together with a group of ladies, ringette returned to the Grande Prairie and Area. Kim did not hesitate to take on the role of treasurer. She goes above and beyond and selflessly […]
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Gymniks Ambush – Cheerleading
Grande Prairie Gymnastics’ Gymniks Cheerleading Team Ambush had a tough start to their season starting with 18 athletes and coming down to 11 within the first few months. Despite these setbacks the team picked up momentum and strength, supporting each other and becoming better athletes and a stronger team and excelled at provincials and nationals: […]
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Grande Prairie Piranhas Swim Club
The Grande Prairie Piranhas had an amazing start to 2020 that would have only gotten better had it not been cut so short. The team pushed through diversity and learned to train for a water sport through zoom and excelled further. In their short training time, they were able to achieve: 22 swimmers attended for […]
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Melissa Poirier – Cross Country Skiing
Melissa Poirier has been dedicated to the Wapiti Nordic Ski Club for 15 years developing, organizing, and leading the Women’s Cross Country Ski Program, Chicks on Sticks. Under her leadership and with her enthusiasm the program has taught and trained hundreds of women athletes. Melissa positively impacts our community by introducing participants to a lifelong […]
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Greg Remple – Football
Greg Remple is highly respected in the football community and has been refereeing for 38 years. He has officiated all levels of football – peewee, bantam, high School, senior men’s (Alberta Football League), and women’s (Western Canadian Women’s Football League). He has helped organize and instruct at local training clinics for new officials and has […]
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Maxwell Golden – Taekwon-do
Maxwell is a 3rd degree Blackbelt. He is an extremely talented martial artist that trains in Taekwon-do & kickboxing and has won multiple gold metals in national, international and world tournaments. Maxwell also instructs at Gladiators Martial Arts Academy and is always there to lend a helping hand or welcome a new member. Maxwell trains […]
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Liam Tinworth – Multi-Sport
Liam is a multi sport athlete, XC skiing and biathlon as well as running in the off season. The 2019/2020 competitive season saw him progress significantly. He qualified for teams going to the Arctic Winter Games and Nationals, both of which were cancelled. His results earned him a spot on the National U20 Development Squad. […]
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Gavin Ashworth – Basketball
Gavin is an exceptional young man who embodies everything it means to be a student-athlete here at GP Composite. He maintained high honor roll academic grades and was a leader both on and off the court for his teammates, often found working out on his own for hours outside of practice time, on every aspect […]
Read More February 22, 2021