CBS council celebrates athletic talent

CBS council welcomed with open arms a number of young athletes who have recently returned from the NL Winter Games competition held in Gander, many with medals in tow. In the top photo, starting in the back, from left are coach Andrew Moores, team manager Pat Carroll, councillor Rex Hillier, coach Neil Cleary, councillor Melissa Hardy, councillor Josh Barrett, Deputy Mayor Andrea Gosse, coach Peter Miles, councillor Paul Connors, coach Peter Miles, Mecalli Tong, Ben Fifield, George Miles, Lucas Gilles, Jacob Cluney, Xavier Pacholka, councillor Gerard Tilley, coach Scott Cluney, councillor Shelley Moores, and Mayor Darrin Bent. In the middle, from left, are Jonathan Flynn, Alyssa Dawe, Kate Ball, Chole Jackson, Ally Colbourne, Bailee Jeddore, Teiana Lambert, Sarah Power, Kennedy Gosse.In the front, from left, are Graham Cleary, Cameron Spurrell, Drew Moores, Luke McGuire, Thomas McCarthy, Sam Carroll, Landon Baird, and Ethan Hynes. Council also welcomed (bottom photo) a number of athletes who had travelled to Calgary to compete in the 2024 Special Olympic Canada Winter Games. From left are councillor Rex Hillier, councillor Melissa Hardy, councillor Paul Connors, Deputy Mayor Andrea Gosse, athletes Nick Styles and Megan Arnott, both of whom competed in the floor hockey competition (Megan was the only female on the team), snowshoeing coach Shawn Dean, Mayor Darrin Bent, councillor Gerard Tilley, councillor Joshua Barrett, and councillor Shelley Moores. Town of CBS Photo