Sports Awards

The Athlete or Team, from January 1 to December 31, 2019 must have

•   Placed first in a provincial championship; or
•   Placed first in a national or international championship; or
•   Placed first in the highest level of competition that their sport allows, according to their sport governing body.

The Athlete, Official or Team must

•   Be a resident(s) of Richmond Hill, or
•   Represent Richmond Hill when competing in their sport

The Official, from January 1 to December 31, 2019, must have been selected to officiate at a provincial, national or international championship competition.

The Athlete, Official or Team can only win a Sport Champion Award once every three years.

Teams must include a team roster, including name, address, telephone and email.

Criteria for Champion Coach Nomination:

The coach must:

•   Have a minimum of ten years coaching experience
•   Be a resident of Richmond Hill, or be affiliated with a Richmond Hill sport organization or train athletes and / or teams that represent Richmond Hill in their sport
•   Show commitment to coaching education in Richmond Hill or at the   provincial or national level by being a course instructor, developing materials, being on a coaching committee or other professional development   activities.
•   Add to their sport beyond coaching such as educating or mentoring other coaches, helping disadvantaged groups or starting new training or competition methods

1. Nomination Form
2. A brief   biography of the athlete, official or team’s sport history and background information on the specific competition won in 2019.  Champion Coach nominations should include a brief biography of the coaches sport history and background information on their accomplishments as a coach. (no longer than 250 words).
3. For team nomination, attach a document containing the team roster including name, address, phone and emails of all the team members.
4. Two letters of reference for each nomination
5. High resolution digital headshot of the nominee or team photo
6. Please attach copies of articles, photographs, awards, testimonials, etc., concerning the nominee that will support their accomplishments and contributions

 2019 Sport Champions

The accomplishments of these athletes, teams and coaches were celebrated at the Annual Sports Awards Ceremony on Thursday May 2, 2019 

Coach: Andrei Berezintsev, Figure Skating

Officials: Christina Campagna, Taylor Cooke, Vanessa Ley, Francesca Pedulla, Dan Ransom, Josh Silverman, Mario Simone

Badminton: Jacqueline Cheung

Baseball: Richmond Hill U14 Rebels: Isabel Arciniega, Julie Bland, Melissa Booth, Erica Durocher, Abigail Ephraim, Emily Frankovic, Vanessa Hook, Sarah Hunter , Madeline Pappas, Angelina Perry, Ava Pullara, Rosanne Zhu

Figure Skating: Alec Guinzbourg, Matthew Markell, Nam Nguyen

Golf: Kavith Ranchagoda

Hockey: Paul Vyrostko

Lifesaving: Michelle Amar, Bernardo Cardona, Kai Dingman, Liz Neely, Leah Nixon, Charlene Pugh,

Ringette: Richmond Hill Ringette U12 Provincial Ianni Team,  Naomi Dawe, Sabah Esmail, Alexa Hamilton, Isabel Ianni, Brynna King, Agnes Laliberte, Caitlyn Ling, Vanessa Liu, Aaliyah Natsheh, Zoey Sconci, Lila  Vittoria, Hannah Weaver, Cassandra Young

Running: Alex Keeting

Soccer: Richmond Hill Raiders U17 Girls,  Petra Fisher, Tierra Garniss, Sofia Girling, Arden Larose, Chanel Livingston, Dominique Marcelli, Sophia Messina, Emily Mijares, Isabelle Pavlich, Sofia Pertili, Makayla Picheca, Victoria Picheca, Aleysha Richards, Danielle Slamen, Jillian Therrien, Dylan Varty-Wright, Cherilyn Yeboah

Speed Skating: Daniel Bradley

Synchronized Swimming: Alyssa You

Taekwondo: Brian Lam, Eric Lam

View photos from the event.

The accomplishments of these athletes, teams and coaches were celebrated at the Annual Sports Awards Ceremony on Thursday April 26th, 2018. 

Figure Skaters: Jack Dushenski, Iliya Kovler, Amelia Orzel, Maya Gorodnitsky

Kayakers: Brooklyn Wodehouse, Kadan Johnson, Angelina Davidson, Katy Stewart, Sarah Nagy, Lauren Cinq-Mars, Emma Zoldy, Grace Tsaousidis, Maria Ivanov

Baton: Camilla Flach, Sapphire Flach, Jenna Caswell, Kerri Cooper, Mikayla DePiero, Brittaney Francis, Becca Liski, Beth Porter, Stefany Puebla Dominquez, Alessia Spano, Megan Ward, Sydney Ward

Lifesaving: Dennis Cook

Coaches: Inga Zusev (Figure Skating), Steve Merker (Masters Swimming), Diana Porter (Baton), Satyne Ward (Baton)

View photos from the event.

Emma Cullen (Figure Skating)

Zoe Pekos (Cross Country Skiing)

Oskar Morawski (Sprint Kayaking)

Aurora Cotop (Figure Skating)

Brian Yang (Badminton)

Elaine Giantsopoulos (Golf)

Victoria Chan (Swimming)

St. Theresa of Lisieux High School Lions (Swimming)

David Stewart (Sprint Kayaking)

Denis Shapovalov (Tennis)

Cara Pekos (Cross Country Skiing)

Alec Guinzbourg (Figure Skating)

Mark Gorodnitsky (Figure Skating)

Conrad Orzel (Figure Skating)

2014-2015 Richmond Hill Stars Peewee AA (Hockey)

Richmond Hill Raiders 2001 OPDL Boys (Soccer)

Tessa Shapovalova (Tennis Coach)

Kaelyn Thom (Soccer Coach)