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TVRA is extremely proud and honoured to announce that our very own Michele Van Bargen was the receipt of this year’s Pete Beach Award. Michele has been a dedicated teacher-coach for all of her 28 years of teaching. Most prominently, she has coached Girls Volleyball and Track and Field for her entire career, sharing her expertise in both sports across multiple generations of student-athletes. Michele’s contributions to Athletic Administration are…

Despite missing out in their final year of athletics in high school, both of the Spectra award winners this year were exceptional role models for their schools and within their communities over the last 4 years. Dominating in cross country, track and field, and wrestling, Jalen Marcil from London Central Secondary School is the 2021 Spectra Award winner.  Described by her coaches as one of the hardest working and positive…

It was not long ago when former MTS student, Julia Gosling won the coveted SPECTRA award. Shortly after that, she headed for St. Lawrence University to pursue her education and lead the women’s hockey team there. Now, she will have to defer her 3rd year at the university to travel to Calgary at the end of July to train with the team. Both she and her teammates are pumped and…

From a parent’s perspective, having Jamie as a coach is a feeling of joy and happiness. From a coach’s perspective, I spent the last 15+ years coaching against Jamie and the Oaks. I can explicitly remember coaching against him and the teams he has had throughout the years. As a female coach coaching boys in volleyball, I had to work hard to get the respect of my coaching peers, referees,…

Grade 10 Holy Cross CSS student Taya Currie is looking to break barriers, as she sets her sights on the OHL entry draft. She currently plays goal for the AAA Elgin Middlesex Chiefs. Taya is also the goaltender for the Holy Cross Centurions girls hockey team and led them on a playoff run in 2020. We wish Taya the best of luck on June 4th and 5th! Way to go…

A huge congratulations goes out to Ava Ebert, AB Lucas Secondary School student-athlete and FCVC volleyball program athlete who has just been selected to take part in Volleyball Canada’s National Excellence Program. From September to December Ava will train, learn, and be exposed to all that the Senior National Team has to offer from a volleyball and sports science perspective. Ava is recognized as one of eighteen female volleyball athletes…

Read the full article in the London Free Press here! ARTICLE https://lfpress.com/sports/local-sports/red-shirt-training-may-pay-big-dividends-for-game-less-high-school-athletes

Pete Beach was a former Executive Director of OFSAA whose life was dedicated to sport and helping others, especially young people, achieve their full potential. Under his leadership, OFSAA expanded from 7 Associations to 15 and 300 schools to 580. Each association is permitted to nominate and award one coach each year this prestigious award. These winners exemplify the same dedication, spirit and love of sport that made Pete Beach…