Sid Thomas Award Recipients

Cliff LeQuesne (2024)

Cliff began his broadcasting career at C-FAX in 1972 playing music and commercials and eventually he began doing sports updates on air.

While at C-FAX, Cliff had the chance to cover many events. For the 1979 Pan American Games, covering Men’s Fastpitch Softball, he was supposed to do updates over the phone, but stayed on air doing play- by-play from the press box. He also covered the Victoria Cougars 1981 trip to the Memorial Cup.

Cliff started working the PA at the Victoria Cougars’ games and later added the Victoria Shamrocks games. After the Cougars left, Cliff worked with the Victoria Salsa and then joined the Victoria Grizzlies. He also did the PA for the Victoria Salmon Kings, Victoria Royals, Pacific Football Club and Vancouver Ravens. Cliff announced at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup at Royal Athletic Park.

In 1987, came the career move to 100.3 the Q! Cliff shifted from sports to news on the Afternoon Show and then join Ed Bain on the Morning Show. After all these years, Cliff says that working with Ed is still an amazing experience. “I've had a chance to work with two huge personalities in Victoria radio: Ed and Ken Dobson at C-FAX. I feel very lucky to have experienced so many things in Victoria sports. It’s been a great run!”

Alex Robertson (2019)

Alex Robertson

Alex began his broadcasting career in 1970 at a small radio station in Sarnia, Ontario. He landed the position of Sports Director at CHEK-TV in August of 1974 - a position he would hold for 30 years. Over those three decades, Alex interviewed and featured on screen many of the world’s biggest names in sport, including Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Wayne Gretzky, and a young Tiger Woods. But what Alex was known for primarily was his dedication to covering the local athletes. Under his direction, it became the CHEK-TV mandate that a local visual sport story be presented on every evening newscast and the promotion of so many great local athletes and teams had a huge impact on Victoria and the Island. Alex was an original member of the organizing committee for this very Sports Hall of Fame institution. During his career, he produced over 14,000 stories. As well, Alex served as National TV host for Spruce Meadows Show Jumping, LPGA events, and Memorial Cup Hockey.