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Tom Buchy recognized with Curl BC award
Curl BC has named the slate of 2020 award winners and Kimberley’s Tom Buchy has earned the Anita Cochrane Award for Coach of the Year.
Buchy, coach of Team Buchy, Kimberley, shares the honour with Victor Shimizu (Team Tao, Team Klebe, Richmond).
Buchy coached his daughter’s U21 team, Team Kaila Buchy, to a gold medal at the 2020 BC Junior Curling Championships.
The father from Kimberley has been a hard-working and dedicated curler for many years. With his wife Lori and the couple’s good friends Dave and Robyn Toffolo, he has won four BC Mixed titles.
But this year it was in his coaching role that Buchy excelled.
At nationals in Langley the Junior Women’s team which featured curlers mostly under the age of 18 performed very well, finishing second in the seeding pool with a 5-4 record. His daughter’s U18 team was also the first to qualify for the U18 provincials.
Although Team Buchy qualified for the U18 provincials, they were unable to compete as the event was cancelled due to COVID-19. In addition to his coaching, Buchy helps with juniors in the Kimberley Curling Club while coaching his own teams and this year, playing in Senior Men’s playdowns and provincials.
Each year Curl BC celebrates and honours those who have made outstanding contributions to curling in BC. With 2020 being the 125th anniversary of curling in BC, we are delighted to celebrate our curlers’ success on the national and international stage, the dedication of club volunteers and administrators towards growing curling in the province, the excellent work done by officials and coaches at competitive events, and more.
Once again this year Curl BC will not be staging an awards banquet. We will instead be in touch with each of the recipients to schedule an appropriate time for the presentation of the award at their home club.
Awards committee facilitator Melissa Sim said: “It was a busy 2019-20 season and although it ended earlier than we expected, there was still a lot to celebrate. Now as we prepare to return to curling in these challenging circumstances, it’s nice to be able to recognize these outstanding individuals and teams.”
Adult Team of the Year – Team Brown (Kamloops).
U21 Team of the Year – Team Taylor (Royal City).
Anita Cochrane Award for Coach of the Year – Victor Shimizu (Team Tao, Team Klebe, Richmond); Tom Buchy (Team Buchy, Kimberley).
Wally M’Lot Award for Official of the Year – Daryl Kirton (Abbotsford).
Adaptive Athlete/Team of the Year – Team Canada – Men’s Deaf Curling (Royal City/Marpole).
Sponsor the Year – Nufloors Penticton.
Curling Centre of the Year – Marpole Curling Club.
Ron Houston Award for Administrator of the Year – Doug Bradley (Retired, Richmond).
Club Volunteer of the Year – Terri Nicholson (Armstrong); Mike Kelly (Oliver).
Janette Robbins Builder Award/Sport BC Presidents’ Award – Lawrence (Larry) Legault  (Chilliwack).
Elsie MacKenzie Youth/Junior Curling Award – Jennifer Knott (Hirsch Creek Golf and Winter Club, Kitimat).
Pat Kennedy Long Service Volunteer Award – Kathy Mackenzie (Victoria).
Judie Roberts Friendship Award – City of Chilliwack.
Curl BC Honorary Life Membership – Ted Bassett (sponsor of the Anita Cochrane Memorial Junior Bonspiel at Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster).
Curl BC is the provincial sport governing body responsible for the development, promotion and organization of curling in British Columbia. Curl BC is also responsible for the championship system that declares provincial representation at National events. In cooperation with its Members, Curl BC provides services to both competitive and recreational curlers, including a variety of adaptive groups.
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