Among the highlights of the upcoming Kamloops 2024 Annual Summit of the BC Sports Hall of Fame will be the presentation of lifetime leadership and achievement awards to Nancy Greene, Al Raine and Ron Jones.
Nancy Greene and Al Raine have been instrumental in the development and promotion of ski tourism in British Columbia, first at Whistler and now at Sun Peaks Resort. The married couple have made skiing their life's work. Greene was Canada’s top ski racer through the 1960's, winning gold and silver medals at the 1968 Grenoble Olympics. In 1999 she was voted Canada’s Female Athlete of the Century.
Ron Jones has a lifetime of volunteer contributions at the highest levels of sport in British Columbia and Canada. He served as the President of the BC Lions, was a member of the Executive Committee of the CFL Board of Governors and, provided 38 years of service to the BC Sports Hall of Fame including being elected as Chair in 1995.
The trio will be celebrated as part of The Reunion at The Summit: Council of Chairs Dinner presented by the BC Sports Hall of Fame Foundation on Sept. 20th. Also on tap that evening will be the presentation of the Eric Whitehead Inspired Service Awards named after the former sports editor of The Province newspaper and founder and first curator of the BC Sports Hall of Fame in 1966.
“We are proud to present Lifetime Leadership & Achievement Awards to Nancy Greene, Al Raine and Ron Jones, three long-standing supporters of the BC Sports Hall of Fame in particular and BC sport in general,” said BC Sports Hall of Fame CEO Michelle Kitchen in a press release. “We are honoured to have the chance at the Kamloops 2024 Annual Summit to recognize their contributions to the promotion of BC sport history and the power of sport overall.”
