Trojan Triumph |
FTLComm - Tisdale - Wednesday, may 1, 2002 |
The Tisdale AAA midget Trojan won the Air Canada Cup in Bathurst NewBrunswich making them Canada's champion midget team. Tuesday afternoon Tisdale welcomed their heros home. At one the RECPlex arena was empty posters and banners in place as a crowd began to gather for what has to be one of the most important all out happenings in this community of 3,500 people in a very long time. After all Tisdale takes its sports to heart and cherishes the victories and the defeats of its hockey and all the other great sports in the community but winning a national championship is a truly big event. |
At the bottom of this page is a brief history of the Trojans and to be Canada's best is a major accomplishment. But Tuesday afternoon was a time for the people of Tisdale, people of all ages to share in the glory and joy of such a remarkable victory and to mark a historical event. For indeed few communities in a country can claim a national championship in any sport and those present knew that they were their at a unique |
and special moment in their towns march through time. But Tisdale was not the only town sharing this achievement as players from Kelvington, Bjorkdale, Mistatim, Melfort, Birch Hills, Melville, Swift Current, Esterhazy and many others had members on this outstanding hockey team. To bring the homecoming to them CTV, CJVR and a host of other media people |
Below is a QuickTime VR made of the stands ten minutes before the team arrived shortly after 2:00 |
were on hand to document and capture this incredible event. The event was broadcast live on CJVR who had sent their play by play announcer to Bathurst with the team and he was the master of ceramonies for the afternoon. The celebration banquet is at 7:00 Saturday evening. |
Tisdale Trojans AAA Midget Hockey By: Loran Forer |