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Local athletes honoured at city hall
At Monday night’s City of Cranbrook Council meeting, Mayor Lee Pratt and council took a few moments to recognize the accomplishments of a number of local athletes who excelled in events at both the national and international levels in the past month.
Tristen Chernove, Managing Director of Elevate Airports who looks after operations of the Canadian Rockies International Airport, took two gold medals at the 2016 Para-Cycling Track World Championships in Kilo TT and Pursuit.
Five athletes who participated in the 2016 Special Olympics Canada Winter Games in Newfoundland were also honoured Monday.
Erin Thom took second and third place in Alpine Advanced Skiing; Jonathan Robins won first and second place in Alpine Intermediate Skiing; Roxana Podrasky won first and second place in Alpine Novice Skiing; Neil Rye finished in fifth in the Alpine Advanced Giant Slalom, fifth in the Alpine Super G and fifth in the Alpine Advanced Slalom events.
Kyra Adachi, who was unable to attend Monday evening, was recognized for her accomplishments in archery at the 2016 BC Winter Games winning gold in the Girl’s Match Play Compound and silver in the Girl’s Compound Bow Aggregate.
Those athletes also secured berths in the World Winter Games in 2017 in Austria.
Congratulations to each of you on your successes and thank you for being great ambassadors of our area!
Lead image: Neil Rye, Jonathan Robins and Erin Thom (third, fourth and fifth from left, respectively in blue jerseys), and Roxana Podrasky (third from right) receive their awards from Mayor Pratt (centre) and members of Council for their accomplishments at the 2016 Special Olympics Winter Games.
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