DARREN LIPINSKI MEMORIAL AWARD PRESENTED TO NOREEN MURPHY
September 30, 2009
Saskatoon, SK
SUBJECT: DARREN LIPINSKIMEMORIAL AWARD
This awardwas established in 1975 by Peter and Ellen Lipinski to be awarded annually bythe Saskatoon Amateur Softball Association to anindividual(s) for outstanding contribution to softball in Saskatoon. Previous winners of this awardwere as follows:
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1975 - John Newton
1977 - Glenn Reeve
1979 - Andy Lappas
1981 - Morris Smysnuik
1983 - Ray and Dot Pike
1985 - Keith McLean
1987 - Joe Gallagher
1989 - Irene Trimble-Barrett
1991 - John Haider
1993 - Ed Wright
1995 - Ed Bitz
1997 - Ernie Sorokowski
1999 – Dave Moore
2001 – George Storos
2003 – Ida Nerbas
2005 – Bob Revenko
2007 - Ted Lester
2009- Noreen Murphy
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1976 - Bob Van Impe
1978 - Ed Reimer
1980 - Dennis Beerling
1982 - Jim Shirley
1984 - Gail Hopkins-Cooper
1986 - Bob Stayner
1988 - Vic Loewen
1990 - Don Burfitt
1992 - Ken Gunn
1994 - Gaile Abel
1996 - Lisa Down
1998 - Eugene McWillie
2000 - Al McKay
2002 – Bernie Gurash
2004 – Gary MacDonald
2006 –Wayne & Marlene Paul
2008 – Bryan Kosteroski
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SASKATOON AMATEURSOFTBALL ASSOCIATION
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DARREN LIPINSKI MEMORIAL AWARD
The recipient of the 2009 Darren Lipinski Memorial Award was born andraised in Toronto. She was involved in many sports, including softball. In 1980, she wasrecruited by Bob Stayner to play for the Harmony Centre Ladies Softball team,
which won the 1980 Canadian Senior Ladies Championship. She continuedplaying for Harmony until the end of the 1984 season.
She moved to Lloydminsterwith her job and began her coaching career. In 1985 and 1986 she coached theLloydminster Midget Girls to back to back gold medals at the Canadian MidgetChampionships. She was named Alberta’sMinor Coach of the Year in 1986.
In 1987 she moved back to Saskatoon and began an 8 year stint coachingLorne’s Lazers, taking the team from midget to junior and then to thesenior level at the national level , before returning to coaching the juniorage class. During this time period she began her career with Softball Canada. From 1989 until 1994 she was an assistant coach with the Canadian Junior LadiesNational Team which attended the World Championship in Australia in 1991. In 1995 shejoined the coaching staff for the Canadian Senior Ladies Team which attendedthe 1996 Olympics in Atlanta
In 1995, she was named the coach for Team Saskatchewan, leading the team to a silvermedal at the Western Canada Games in B.C. She continued with Team Sask
for the next two seasons, taking the team to an invitational tournamentin Denver in 1996 and then to the Canada Gamesin Brandon, Manitoba in 1997. The team finished secondin their pool and fourth overall at the Canada Games
She continued with her involvement at the National level:
Ø 1998 Softball Canada coaching staff
Ø 1999 Softball Canada coaching staff
Ø 2000 Softball Canada coaching staff
Ø 2001 Softball CanadaAsst Coach 3 Nations Cup, Saskatoon
Ø 2002 Head Coach Canadian Junior LadiesTeam
Ø 2003 Head Coach Canadian Junior LadiesTeam:
· 2nd in qualifying tournament
· 4th at World Championship in China
Ø 2003 Asst Coach Canadian Senior LadiesTeam that finished 1st at the Olympic Qualifier
SASKATOON AMATEURSOFTBALL ASSOCIATION
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DARREN LIPINSKI MEMORIAL AWARD
Ø 2004 Asst. Coach Canadian Senior LadiesTeam at the Olympics
Ø 2004 Head Coach Canadian Elite Team for Canada Cup in Surrey
Ø 2005 Canadian National Team Pool Coach
Ø 2005 Head Coach Canadian Elite Team forCanada Cup in Surrey finished in 3rdplace
Ø 2006 Asst. Coach Canadian Elite Team for Canada Cup in Surrey
Ø 2007 & 2008 - Coaching staffSoftball Canada
This individual was not only involved with sports, but also was involvedin the community. She was very instrumental in the establishment of“Senior Power” , a dinner theatre program offered to seniors in Saskatoon. This programwas started in 1987 and is still running today. She received a PoliceCommunity Service Award for this program.
In 2008, our recipient went back to her roots and started to coachagain at the midget level in Saskatoon. She has applied to coach again in 2010.
She was inducted into the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame in 2008 and iscurrently employed as an instructor at SIAST Kelsey campus.
Ladies and gentlemen, it is indeeda pleasure for me to introduce to you today, the recipient of the 35thannual Darren Lipinski Memorial Award for 2009:
Noreen Murphy
