{"id":5402,"date":"2023-01-07T11:37:14","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T19:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/?p=5402"},"modified":"2023-01-08T10:27:49","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T18:27:49","slug":"2022-john-cannon-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/index.php\/2022-john-cannon-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 John Cannon Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are pleased to announce that the 2022 winners of the John Cannon Awards are <strong>Jackie Kuang and Kaitlyn Meier.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5425\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/rugby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/John-Cannon-2022-Award-Winners-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"523\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/rugby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/John-Cannon-2022-Award-Winners-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/rugby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/John-Cannon-2022-Award-Winners-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/rugby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/John-Cannon-2022-Award-Winners-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/rugby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/John-Cannon-2022-Award-Winners.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jackie was chosen as one of this year\u2019s recipients because of her dedication to pursuing\u00a0excellence in rugby and her support of her local rugby community. She has represented the Fraser Valley, Team BC, and the University of Toronto in both 15\u2019s and 7\u2019s and has also\u00a0supported the local rugby community with your coaching efforts. Her goals of playing rugby at the highest levels (Canada 7\u2019s and 15\u2019s) and studying to complete a Kinesiology degree to\u00a0become a physiotherapist are worthy ambitions that we hope this grant may help her pursue.<\/p>\n<p>Kaitlyn was\u00a0chosen as one of this year\u2019s recipients because of her dedication to pursuing\u00a0excellence in rugby and support of her local community. She has represented the Fraser Valley, Team BC, and the University of British Columbia in addition to volunteering her time to\u00a0coach mini-rugby and support local community initiatives. Her goals of developing her rugby skills while studying to become a registered nurse are worthy ambitions that we hope this grant\u00a0may help her pursue.<\/p>\n<p>The John Cannon Memorial Fund was established in 2016 following John\u2019s passing. The Fund\u2019s purpose is to provide financial assistance to aspiring Abbotsford rugby players who wish to pursue representative rugby. The first grant was awarded in 2017 and grants have been awarded in all subsequent years. To date over $7,000 in grants have been awarded as follow:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2017 &#8211; Tausani Levale<\/li>\n<li>2018 &#8211; Jake Thiel,\u00a0Mackenzie Carson<\/li>\n<li>2019 &#8211; Josh Thiel,\u00a0Noah Bain<\/li>\n<li>2020 &#8211; Kyra Peary<\/li>\n<li>2021 &#8211; James Thiel,\u00a0Shalaya Valenzuela<\/li>\n<li>2022 \u2013 Jackie Kuang, Kaitlyn Meier<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>John Cannon, who was described as one of the best rugby players to have ever come out of Abbotsford, passed away on March 19, 2016, at the age of 35. John began playing rugby in high school, first playing rugby at WJ Mouat Secondary and then for Abbotsford Senior, from where he graduated in 1998. He first represented Canada on an Under-17 tour to England in 1996 at the age of 15, followed by the Canada U-19s at age 17, Pacific Pride at age 19. He earned his first Senior Men\u2019s cap at age 20, and a total of 39 caps (31 at 15s and 8 at 7s.)\u00a0 He played 6 years in England in what is now the Championship League.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3809\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/rugby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_0222-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/rugby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_0222-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/rugby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_0222-768x526.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/rugby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_0222-1024x701.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/rugby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_0222.jpg 1380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Call for applications including a cover page template and application form are posted on the Abbotsford Rugby Club website (<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abbotsfordrugby.com\/\">https:\/\/www.abbotsfordrugby.com\/<\/a><\/u>) and Facebook page (<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/abbotsfordrugby\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/abbotsfordrugby<\/a><\/u>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are pleased to announce that the 2022 winners of the John Cannon Awards are Jackie Kuang and Kaitlyn Meier. Jackie was chosen as one of this year\u2019s recipients because of her dedication to pursuing\u00a0excellence in rugby and her support of her local rugby community. 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