ccso to award canadas snowmobile excellence awards winners

The annual CCSO Snowmobile Excellence Awards recognize exceptional contributions to organized snowmobiling by individuals, clubs and businesses. These Canadian snowmobile awards, sponsored by International Engineering and Manufacturing, makers of Woody's traction products, will be presented at the International Snowmobile Congress in Itasca, Illinois, on Saturday, June 9, 2001, by the Canadian Council of Snowmobile Organizations (CCSO).

The 2001 award recipients for this benchmark national recognition were selected by a national panel of judges from nominations submitted by Canadian provincial and territorial snowmobile associations. The winners of the 2001 CCSO Snowmobile Excellence Awards are:

For Outstanding Organized Snowmobile-related Company
- Bernier Location Enregistre in Laval, Quebec
(Nominated by the Federation de Clubs de Motoneigistes du Quebec)

For Outstanding Snowmobile Club
- Club Diable Rouge Inc. from Saint-Jovite, Quebec
(Nominated by the Federation de Clubs de Motoneigistes du Quebec)

Honourable mention: Kapuskasing Sno-Riders
(Nominated by the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs)

For Outstanding Snowmobile Dealership
- R.D. Holmes (1976) Ltd. from Windsor, NS
(Nominated by the Snowmobilers Association of Nova Scotia)

For Outstanding Snowmobile Family
- John and Dawn Marshall and family, and Stanley and Alyce Matthews and family of Tumbler Ridge, BC
(Nominated by the British Columbia Snowmobile Federation)

For Outstanding Promotion and Development of Snowmobiling
- Sargeant Lynn Beach of Sudbury, Ontario
(Nominated by the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs)

For Outstanding Snowmobiler
- Daniel Lafreniere of Alban, Ontario
(Nominated by the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs)
Honourable mention: Austin Darragh of Collingwood, Nova Scotia
(Nominated by the Snowmobilers Association of Nova Scotia)

For Outstanding Snowmobile Tourism Promotion and Development
- Joe Spina of Brampton, Ontario
(Nominated by the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs)

These worthy recipients have demonstrated a remarkable effort to showcase the popularity and overall appeal of the sport, to promote solidarity and responsibility within the snowmobile community, or have offered exceptional quality of service to snowmobilers. The CCSO congratulates all winners and nominees for their contributions in 2000/2001.

The Canadian Council of Snowmobile Organizations/Conseil Canadien des Organismes de Motoneige is dedicated to providing leadership and support to organized snowmobiling in Canada.