2023 John Cannon Memorial Awards Announced

We are pleased to announce the 2023 John Cannon Memorial Award winners:

  • Lockhart MacGregor
  • Lucie Romeo
  • Lana Dueck

Lockhart has represented BC at the U15 and U19 levels and is in his second year of varsity rugby at the University of Victoria. He has goals of playing professional rugby and representing Canada at the senior level.

Lucie is in her second year of university rugby at the University of Victoria and has represented Canada with the Maple Leaf Development Academy and Canada 7s. She has been recognized as a USPORT All-Canadian and an All-Star at the University Rugby Championships. Lucie was also part of the Canada 7s team that secured a silver medal at the Pan-Am games this past November. One of her goals is to represent Canada 7s at the Olympics.

Lana has represented BC in 15s and 7s, and Canada 15s at U18. She is in her first year of university, playing rugby at the University of British Columbia. Lana has the goal to represent Canada at the senior level.

Previous John Cannon Memorial Grant recipients Shalaya Valenzuela (2021), Lucie Romeo (2023), and Jake Thiel (2018) recently helped Canada secure silver and bronze medals at the Pan-Am games in Santiago, Chile. McKenzie Carson (2018), who previously played Canada 15s, was the first player to play for England under the new eligibility rules. She currently plays for Gloucester Hartpury in the English Premiership.The John Cannon Memorial Touch tournament is an annual event hosted by the Abbotsford Rugby Club which supports the John Cannon Memorial Grant. Award recipients are recognized at this event in early August. This year’s repeat tournament winners were the Half Back and Halfwits.

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