Editor:
We, Cecil Grinder and Doreen William, on behalf of the Cariboo Canucks Hockey Club would like to thank the participants, fans, volunteers, downtown businesses and surrounding businesses for their help with donations towards the Cariboo Canucks All-Native Hockey tournament Dec. 28-30. They all made the tournament a success.
More than 15 local businesses generously donated items towards the tournament, helping make everything possible.
We would also like to thank to the participating teams that entered our tournament to make it a success, along with the fans that came to watch.
The tournament went very well with 20 teams from surrounding areas including Williams Lake, Alkali Lake, Nemiah Valley, Stone, Canim Lake, Merritt, Kamloops, Fort St James, and Vernon.
We would like to congratulate all host team players for participating in each division and a big thank you to Robin Gilbert (Cariboo Canucks), Byron Louie (Cyroties) for managing the two host teams, and to Bruce Mack for coaching the Cariboo Stars.
We would also like to thank the referees, RCMP, PDS Security and Grinder’s Security for making this tournament a safe and fun event.
Volunteers at the tournament included Pam Alphonse, Dallas Alphonse, Rosie Robbins, Roxanne Johnson, Janine Alphonse, Shannon Woods, Marnie Brenner, Blaine Charleyboy, Phillip Robbins, Peter Paul, Patsy Grinder, Earl Grinder, Cameron Lulua, Ryan Lulua, Gilbert Sellars Jr., Norm Cassie, Rae Alphonse, Robin Robbins, Alfred Chelsea, Delia William, Joseph William, Norman Alphonse, Violet Alphonse, Eos Rivet and Tammy Haller.
We would like to thank the City of Williams Lake and the Cariboo Memorial Recreation Complex for letting us host this event.
Cecil Grinder
Williams Lake