The Eric Whitehead Inspired Service Awards named at the BC Sports Hall of Fame annual summit include four from Victoria.

This marks the sixth year of the Whitehead awards, designed as special awards to honour long-standing contributors to the sporting community in British Columbia, including those who have directly or indirectly helped create many of the inspirational stories that are synonymous with the BC athlete and sport development system. The Whitehead awards have also paid special homage to those who have achieved what they have in the face of adversity, or were otherwise notable in their innovation, leadership, and service to the BC sport system.

The 2023 Eric Whitehead Inspired Service Awards go to:

-Mike Harling of Vancouver – Leader in sports publication retail in Vancouver for over 10 years.

-Hugh Macdonald of Victoria– The first Executive Director of “SportHost”, now the Greater Victoria Sport Tourism Commission

-Lois Smith of Victoria – 27 years in gymnastics and 12 years on the Board at Gymnastics BC, earning Member of Distinction in 2004 and Life Member status in 2010

-Roger Skillings of Victoria – Served as President & CEO of the BC Games Society, Canadian Sport Institute Pacific (then Canadian Sport Centre Victoria and Pacific Sport)

-Joanna Fox of Victoria – Multiple leadership roles in media and public relations provincially and nationally, including for the Canadian Sport Institute Pacific (then Canadian Sport Centre Victoria) Tickets to The Reunion at The Summit: Council of Chairs Dinner presented by the BC Sports Hall of Fame Foundation can be purchased online at www.bcsportshall.com/summit.

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