The Curling Québec board recently restructured its Meritas Awards program with the intent of adding value and meaning to this important recognition process. Five categories now compose the Meritas Awards series; the objectives, timetable and the various steps of the nomination procedure remain unchanged.

1- Club of the Year:

This award is presented to an affiliated curling club that has distinguished itself through its energy, its originality, its contribution to the development of the sport and its performance in terms of activities, events and membership over the last year.

Award winner 2020-2021 : Curling des Collines

2- Player or Team of the Year:

This award is presented to a player or team that has distinguished itself in provincial, national or international competition over the last year.

Award winner 2020-2021 : Équipe Laurie St-Georges with:

                                                      Laurie St-Georges

                                                      Hailey Armstrong

                                                      Emily Riley

                                                      Cynthia St-Georges

                                                      Isabelle Thiboutot

                                                      Florence Boivin

3- Volunteer of the Year:

This award is presented to a person in recognition of his or her exceptional and sustained volunteer contribution to the management, development and promotion of curling over the last year.

Award winner 2020-2021 : Paul Laplante

                                                 Club de curling Noranda

Picture on the left (from left to right) : Paul Laplante (award winner), Sonny Melançon (Curling Québec’s administrator) and Patrick Bédard (president of the Noranda curling club)

Picture on the right : Paul Laplante and a friend Mrs. Andrée Lavallée

4- Contributor of the Year:

This award is presented to a member of the curling world in recognition of his or her remarkable contribution or outstanding and invaluable involvement in the community. Potential nominees in this category include coaches, referees, ice technicians, journalists and any other individual who has made an exceptional contribution to the management, development or promotion of curling over the last year.

Award winner 2020-2021: Michael Collette

                                                Club de curling Bel-Aire

5- Outstanding Achievement of the Year:

This award is presented to a person or organization to recognize exceptional and exemplary achievement, performance or contribution in curling over the last year.

Award winner #1 2020-2021 : Mme Claude Bernier

                                                      Club de curling et social de Magog

Award winner #2 2020-2021 : Campagne de financement Brosse Performance

                                                       organized by:

                                                           Sylvain Fecteau

                                                           Ian Belleau

                                                           Michel Blais

To read the complete nomination and selection process for the Meritas Awards, download our guidelines here.