2006 Orange Helmet Award Winners

The BC Lions Football Club is pleased to announce this year's winners of the 2006 Orange Helmet Award.

The third annual event which took place on Saturday, March 11th was yet another sell-out and featured CBC's Brian Williams as Master of Ceremonies and Toronto Argonauts' head coach Michael ‘Pinball' Clemons delivering the keynote address. The Orange Helmet Awards recognize British Columbia's 2005 provincial champions at all levels of amateur football and honour the province's Community Coach of the Year, Scholastic Coach of the Year, Lifetime Achievement, and pioneers of the sport in this province.

Combined proceeds from all three Orange Helmet Award celebrations have now provided more than $65,000 in grassroots football support.

2006 Award Winners

Atom
Cloverdale Lions
Garnet Pawliw

Pee Wee
Abbotsford Falcons
Kevin Hinton

Grade 8
St. Thomas More Knights
Darrell Hall

Junior Bantam
Coquitlam Raiders
Kevin Chin

Junior Varsity AA
Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers
Matt Phillips

Junior Varsity AAA
St. Thomas More Knights
Bernie Kully

Bantam
Coquitlam Chargers
Eric Kimura

High School AA
Windsor Dukes
Jim Schuman

Midget
North Surrey Bears
Howie Zaron

High School AAA
W.J. Mouat Hawks
Denis Kelly

BC Junior
South Fraser Rams
Tyler MacLaren

University
UBC Thunderbirds
Ted Govela

Pioneer Award
Grant ‘Digger' MacLeod

Pioneer Award
Frank Hindle

Pioneer Award
Eric Hames

Scholastic Coach of the Year
St. Thomas More Knights
Darrell Hall

Community Coach of the Year
Cloverdale Community Football Association
Derek Faggiani

Lifetime Achievement Award
Lorne Cullen