SUBJ: 2004 MARITIME COMMAND SPORTS AWARDS

1. IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE AT THIS TIME TO CONGRATULATE THE FOLLOWING WINNERS OF MARITIME COMMAND'S SPORTS AWARDS FOR 2004:

A. MALE ATHLETE - COL JOHN MCMANUS, 1 CAD AIR DET ESQUIMALT, SWIMMING

B. FEMALE ATHLETE - WO MARLENE BOUCHARD, HMCS DONNACONA, MULTI SPORTS

C. TEAM - PACIFIC REGION WOMEN S HOCKEY TEAM

D. MILITARY COACH MALE - MS TREVOR SMITH, HMCS PRESERVER, SOFTBALL

E. MILITARY COACH FEMALE - CPO2 CHERYL KERN, FORMATION HALIFAX, SLOW PITCH

F. CIVILIAN COACH MALE - MIKE ALMOND, PSP HALIFAX, HOCKEY

G. OFFICIAL - PO2 STEPHEN STEWART, HMCS OTTAWA, MULTI SPORTS

3. I APPLAUD THE EFFORTS AND THE SUCCESS OF ALL THE NOMINATED PERS. I BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT PARTICIPATION IN CF SPORTS IS AN EXCELLENT WAY TO ENSURE WORKLIFE BALANCE AND CONTRIBUTES TO OUR OVERALL HEALTH AS CF MEMBERS. I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING ALL THE MARCOM WINNERS AT THE NATIONAL AWARDS CEREMONY IN OTTAWA THIS FALL. BRAVO ZULU

4. VICE ADMIRAL MACLEAN SENDS