This year’s OFSC Volunteer Recognition awards ceremony acknowledged and celebrated all the hard-working volunteers from the 2023-24 season.
Join us in congratulating this year’s award winners!
District Award Recipients
Outstanding Youth of the Year
This award is presented to an OFSC youth volunteer (12 to 17 years of age) in recognition of their contributions in one or more of the following areas: rider experience, volunteer culture, initiatives and/or partnerships.
District 1 – Reid Wilson, Beautiful Eastern Association of Snowmobile Trails
District 2 – Riley Wilton, Old Hastings Snow Riders Snowmobile Club
District 3 – Aubrey Boyer, Great Pine Ridge Snowmobile Association
District 4 – Jack Armstrong, Blue Mountain Snowdrifters
District 6 – Morgan Raymond, Timberline Snowmobile Club
District 10 – Curtis McRobb, Six Star Snow Riders
District 13 – Shane Olar, Sault Trailblazers
District 14 – Brad Moore, Jackpine Snowmobile Club
District 15 – Sydney Carriere, Kap Sno-Robers
District 17 – Katie McKie, Sunset Trail Riders Snowmobile Club
Prizes provided by:
Outstanding Woman In Snowmobiling
This award is presented to a female volunteer in recognition of their contributions in one or more of the following areas: rider experience, volunteer culture, initiatives and/or partnerships.
District 1 – Amanda Cureston, Kemptville Snowmobile Klub
District 2 – Karen Challinor, Old Hastings Snow Riders Snowmobile Club
District 3 – Colleen Moore, Great Pine Ridge Snowmobile Association
District 4 – Helen Pate, Dufferin Drift Busters
District 6 – Karen Crain, North Renfrew Snowmobile Association
District 7 – Denise Edwards, Georgian Bay Snowriders Club
District 9 – Christy Carson, Stoney Keppel Riders
District 10 – Kathy Baker, Magnetawan Ridge Runners Snowmobile Club
District 11 – Mackenzie Weller, Argyle Riders
District 12– Diane Helm, Capreol Ridge Riders Snowmobile Club
District 13 – Charlene Wicklum, Spanish River Snowmobile Club
District 14 – Virginia Robinson, Jackpine Snowmobile Club
District 15 – Mylene Coulombe-Gratton, Club Voyageur de Hearst
District 17 – Connie Gilbertson, Sunset Trail Riders Snowmobile Club
Prizes provided by:
Outstanding Communications
This award is presented to an individual, or group of individuals, in recognition of their contribution to the development and implementation of a marketing/communications campaign or initiative promoting one or more of the following areas: rider experience, education, safety, volunteerism and/or partnerships.
District 1 – Chuck Boyer, Eastern Ontario Snowmobile Club
District 2 – Jeff Bull/Mike Wilton/Karen Challinor, Old Hastings Snow Riders Snowmobile Club
District 3 – Brian Graham, Great Pine Ridge Snowmobile Association
District 4 – Steve Hutton, Dufferin Drift Busters
District 6 – Ben Emes, North Renfrew Snowmobile Association
District 9 – Mary Lou Sauve, Central Peninsula Sno-Drifters
District 10 – John Britten, Magnetawan Ridge Runners Snowmobile Club
District 11 – Bob Treleaven, St Charles Veuve River Snowmobile Club
District 12 – Amy Vernon, Capreol Ridge Riders Snowmobile Club
District 13 – Terry Grexton, Bruce Mines Sno Glyders Snowmobile Club
District 14 – Ann McIntaggart-Doyle, Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Sno Travellers
District 15 – Crystel Vallee, Club Voyageur de Hearst
District 17 – Kim Cross, Atikokan Sno-Ho Snowmobile Club
Prizes provided by:
Family of the Year
This award is presented to an OFSC snowmobile family in recognition of exceptional achievement in one or more of the following areas: rider experience, volunteer culture, initiatives and/or partnerships.
District 1 – Darin, Kim & Cameron Williamson, Athens & District Snowmobile Club
District 2 – Craig & Karina Laton, Old Hastings Snow Riders Snowmobile Club
District 3 – Brian & Tracy Harper, Great Pine Ridge Snowmobile Association
District 4 – George, Linda, Steve, Phil, Michael & Shawn Christie, Blue Mountain Snow Drifters
District 6 – Dennis & Dorothy Gerrow & Family, Maple Leaf Snow Skimmers
District 7 – Dan, Lisa, Nathan & Isaac Lensen & Jade VanLuven, Muskoka Sno-Bombers
District 9 – Neil Nicholson & Linda White, Lake Conestoga Snowmobile Club
District 10 – John & Sue Britten, Magnetawan Ridge Runners Snowmobile Club
District 13 – Glenn Kendal & Charlene Wicklum, Spanish River Snowmobile Club
District 14 – Gilles, Owen & Phillippe Plante, Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Sno Travellers
District 15 – Richard & Claude Plamondon, Club Voyageur de Hearst & Mattice Sno Devils Snowmobile Club
District 17 – Bill & Diane Mabelson, Sunset Trail Riders Snowmobile Club
Prizes provided by:
Volunteer of the Year
This award is presented to an OFSC volunteer in recognition of exceptional achievement in one or more of the following areas: rider experience, volunteer culture, initiatives and/or partnerships.
District 1 – Todd Russell, Beautiful Eastern Association of Snowmobile Trails
District 2 – Steve Mason, Old Hastings Snow Riders Snowmobile Club
District 3 – Morris Kilmer, Great Pine Ridge Snowmobile Association
District 4 – Scott Boulton, Hillsburgh Snow Roamers
District 5 – Mike Bearss, Poplar Ridge Riders Snowmobile Club
District 6 – Paul Kelly, North Renfrew Snowmobile Association
District 7 – John Hogewoning, Muskoka Sno-Bombers
District 9 – Greg Lake, Central Peninsula Sno-Drifters
District 10 – John Stewart, Dun-Ahmic Snow Riders
District 11 – Doug Silk, Near North Snowdrifers
District 13 – Chris McMillan, Bruce Mines Sno Glyders
District 14 – Remi Lefebvre, Timmins Snowmobile Club
District 15 – Eric Corbin, Greenstone Snowmobile Club
District 17 – Keith Tilley, Ignace Otters Snowmobile Club
Prizes provided by:
Club of the Year
This award is presented to a OFSC Club in recognition of exceptional and innovative activities in one or more of the following areas: rider experience, volunteerism, initiatives and/or partnerships.
District 1 – Eastern Ontario Snowmobile Club
District 2 – Old Hastings Snow Riders Snowmobile Club
District 3 – Great Pine Ridge Snowmobile Association
District 4 – Blue Mountain Snowdrifters
District 6 – Griffith & Matawatchan Sno-Dusters Snowmobile Club
District 7 – Georgian Bay Snowriders Club
District 9 – Durham & District Trailblazers
District 10 – Six Star Snow Riders
District 11 – St Charles Veuve River Snowmobile Club
District 13 – Elliot Lake Snowbirds Snowmobile Club
District 14 – Golden Corridor Snowdrifters
District 15 – Greenstone Snowmobile Club
District 17 – Red Lake Trailmasters Snowmobile Club
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A special thank you to our very generous District Award supporters!
Provincial Award Recipients
Outstanding Youth of the Year
Riley Wilton, Old Hastings Snowmobile Club
District 2
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Outstanding Woman In Snowmobiling
Kathy Baker, Magnetawan Ridge Runners Snowmobile Club
District 10
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Outstanding Communications
Mary Lou Sauve, Central Peninsula Sno-Drifters
District 9
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Family of the Year
George, Linda, Steve, Phil, Michael & Shawn Christie, Blue Mountain Snow Drifters
District 4
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Volunteer of the Year
Doug Silk, Near North Snow Drifters
District 11
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Club of the Year
Greenstone Snowmobile Club
District 15
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As an added surprise, we held two random draws for clubs to win a chainsaw. Congrats to the lucky recipients!
John Power Lifetime Achievement Award (NEW this year)
This prestigious lifetime achievement award is presented to one provincial recipient annually in honor of visionary leader, John Power, who laid the foundation for all the great work we do today. The winner is selected based on their significant contributions to the club and/or district with success in leadership, culture, projects, external relations and overcoming challenges throughout their volunteer life with the organization.
Mike Farr
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A special thank you to our very generous Provincial Award supporters!
CCSO Excellence Award – Family of the Year
the Canadian Council of Snowmobile Organizations (CCSO) Outstanding Excellence Award for Tourism was presented during the International Snowmobile Congress in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The award is presented to an individual or organization in recognition of their efforts to implement an initiative that increases participation from snowmobilers and/or non-snowmobilers within a region.
John Enright, Haliburton County Snowmobile Association
District 6
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