Debbie Pyne

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Debbie Pyne has devoted a lifetime of work to create opportunities for young girls and women in sport here in British Columbia. Her involvement with ProMOTION Plus and CAAWS began in 1994, almost thirty years ago, to pilot the “On the Move” program.  A national program to inspire young girls to participate in sport and… Read more »

Violet Pooley Sweeny

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Violet Pooley Sweeny was a true golf pioneer, winning multiple golf championships throughout the Pacific Northwest during the early 1900s and travelling overseas to compete in the British Ladies Open. Violet also founded the Canadian Ladies Golf Union, and the BC chapter of the union of which she was president of for 13 years.