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Craig Barnett & Miguel Wason make a presentation to the Isaac family in memory of former Beefeater Glen Isaac prior to the St. Leonard game on August 22.

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Don Scanlon--Winner of the Dr. Doug Dittmer Award for Service to the Beefeaters

Beefeater Awards Handed Out

The Beefs held their banquet for the 2009 team on Sunday at the Huron House and handed out the team, conference and national awards.

Brad Winder, of course, was honoured for his CJFL, Gord Currie Coach of the Year Award and Miguel Wason received his CJFL All-Canadian medallion.

Conference awards went to Brad as OFC Coach of the Year and Miguel as Return Specialist of the Year, All-Star Defensive Back and Punt Return statistical leader. Others receiving OFC awards were All-Stars Craig Barnett (Offensive Line), James Morrissey (Receiver), Aaron Geisler (Running Back and Rushing statistical leader) and Zack Medeiros (Punter).

The team awards went as follows: Most Valuable Player—Miguel Wason; Offensive Player of the Year—Aaron Geisler; Defensive Player of the Year (Joe Camm Memorial Trophy)—Connor Grinnell; Offensive Lineman of the Year—Craig Barnett; Defensive Lineman of the Year—Spencer Bogucki; Special Teams’ Player of the Year—Zack Medeiros; Most Improved Player—Patrick Kuszaj; Coaches Award—Blake Lamond; Rookie of the Year (Bill Geris Award)—Tai Pham; Ian Hayes Award—Craig Barnett; Dr. William Tew Award—Anthony Surmanski; Dr. Doug Dittmer Award for Service to the Beefeaters—Don Scanlon.

In other news from the awards banquet, Zack Medeiros is headed to the University of Montreal this fall while Aaron Geisler is off to St. FX. Miguel Wason and Josh Millar are scheduled to attend a CFL Evaluation camp.

O.F.C. Elections and Appointments Plus Expansion

At this weekend's Ontario Football Conference Annual General Meeting in Toronto Dr. Doug Dittmer was re-elected as President of the Conference. Mike Ramsey, President of the Varsity division of the O.F.C. is one Vice-President while Peter Downey, a former Beefeater volunteer at Balloonfest, SunFest, JLC and many other fundraisers, becomes a second Vice-President. Rob Annen remains the Treasurer, Bill Butcher from Oshawa remains the Referee-in-Chief and Secretary, Jack Low will continue as Media Coordinator, Paul Bartle stays as Past-President and Jim Stevenson will again be the O.F.C. statistician. Brian Copeland, formerly of the Hamilton Hurricanes, was appointed a Member-at-Large and will be involved in special projects on behalf of the Executive while John Smyth of Burlington will look after medical issues such as trainers, CCES compliance and so on for the conference.

The Brampton Bears have been accepted unanimously and will begin play in the junior division in 2010. The Bears are led by President Ian Smith iandebbie@hotmail.com and Head Coach Mark Houlder mark.houlder@rogers.com

An excerpt from the Bears mission statement: ‘The Brampton Football mission is to educate and introduce young men to the personal and community wide benefits associated with teamwork, discipline, respect and sacrifice.’

The Brampton Satellites (1975-1978) were the last OFC team from Brampton.

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OFC News Former St. Leonard Cougars' Coach Heads to Laval 1/31/2010 OFC Champion Sooners drop Intergold Game to the Edmonton Wildcats 11/23/2009 Brampton Applying For Entry Into O.F.C. 11/5/2009	CJFL News Dalla Riva Winner Signs with B.C. Lions 1/28/2010 2009 Canadian Bowl 11/20/2009 Andrew Harris of V.I. Raiders Wins Wally Buono Award 11/5/2009