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SASKATOON AMATEUR SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION
MEDIA RELEASE - SEPTEMBER 30, 2015
DARREN LIPINSKI MEMORIAL AWARD
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SUBJECT: Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â DARREN LIPINSKI MEMORIAL AWARD
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This media conference is to announce the winner of the 2014 Darren Lipinski Memorial Award.
This award was established in 1975 by Peter and Ellen Lipinski to be awarded annually by the Saskatoon Amateur Softball Association to an individual(s) for outstanding contribution to softball in Saskatoon. Previous winners of this award were as follows:
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During the summer months for the past twelve years he has and continues to provide the Star-Phoenix with a regularly run softball column which hi-lights softball activities, upcoming events and points of interest regarding Saskatoon and or Saskatchewan player achievements.
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Our recipient has also been an active coach with T ball and Learn-To-Play programs for both boys and girls, up through the minor age groups to bantams. He began in the Confederation Park area and then moved to Parkridge where he continued his involvement with minor softball. In 2003 he was a coach with the Sask First Men’s program that went on to win the silver medal at that championship. He is still actively coaching an adult ladies team.
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Since 1978, our recipient has also been involved in coaching High School athletics. This included coaching High School football for 35 years as either a Head Coach or Assistant Coach, and coaching High School wrestling for 17 years.Â
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He holds a Level 3 (Comp-Development) coaching certification in multiple sports.
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Because of his training and desire to contribute to Softball Canada and Softball Saskatchewan, he has been a key softball coaching clinic instructor/facilitator in Saskatoon and throughout northern Saskatchewan for over 10 years.
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He became active with Softball Canada on the planning committee for the Triple Play Website which is targeted to attract the 8-14 year old age group to follow their progression in softball, and currently sits on the Softball Canada Coaching Development Committee.
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This year’s recipient and his wife Debbie have two sons, Adam and Steven and one daughter, Lauren.Â
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Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming the recipient of the 41st Annual Darren Lipinski Memorial Award for 2015:Mark Loehndorf
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Congratulations M\ark
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Bryan Kosteroski
President
Saskatoon Amateur Softball Association