May is Convener Appreciation Month
Conveners are essential to the operation of our activities. All volunteers, they're there before the start of the activity, setting up, and at the end, putting things away. They're the regular presence that provides other participants the freedom to come and go, to drop in when it suits our schedule. We're taking this month, as some winter pursuits finish and summer activities begin, to thank them for their contributions to keeping us all active.
- Jack Witmer convenes two flavours of Volleyball, tends the Horseshoes pits in the summer, and started new activity Cornhole with the help of Deb DesRoches.
- Carrie Solomon convenes Pickleball at Stronach and helps at morning Carling Heights. Carrie and Linda Flegel are the conveners of new activity Euchre.
- Pauline McGuire manages both morning and afternoon Pickleball at Carling Heights.
- Janice Kingswell is a convener at Darts and at Carpet Bowling, alongside Doug Anderson.
- Janice Seaborn is the convener of Pickleball at South London. At North London Pickleball, Tim Shortt attempts to fill longtime convener Norene Clancy's glitter bedazzled running shoes.
- Karen Morin takes the second shift of Aerobics, while Linda Love convenes the first. Karen also helps convener Patsy Fortner with Badminton.
- In the winter season Claudette Andress assists Terry Price at Ball Hockey. In summer she gets outside to help Kathy McArthur run the Slo-pitch league at Stronach.
- Mike Ikeda and Kathy Ludanyi manage the red and white teams at NLAF Slo-pitch.
- Lloyd Sutherland and Dan Engelbreth keep the balls bouncing at Tennis.
- Henry Leparskas and Ray Horban now run Table Tennis after Hugh Beck's over 20 years of service as convener.
- Lynda McGregor and Brenda Roelofson find space for everyone at very popular Walkfit.
- Kathryn Carey keeps things calm at Yoga.
- Mike Hook keeps things less calm for the late sessions of Tuesday/Thursday volleyball.
- Larry Little is the longtime convener at Basketball. He is assisted by Ed Condon.
- Germ Weymouth spins the 45's at Roller Skating
- Beth Schiks is the Aquafit convener.
- For our entertainment group, Janet Izumi leads the Jazzy Tappers and Lois Newbould the Merry Makers Singing group. Sally Gaverluk and Barb Pederson are conveners of the intermediate group of Tap Dancers.
- Jean Fink and Bernadette Pitt keep Line Dancing in step.
- Brian Harris, Marinette Laureano and Natalie Eterno joined together to give new activity Indoor Soccer a healthy kick at success.
- Patricia Chung, Erin Leblanc and Donna Pratt took turns convening Badminton at South London.
- The conveners of many of our Basic programs have additional challenges, needing to arrange times for Huff n' Puff at private venues. Steve Holmes books ice time for our Ice Hockey program, Debbie McNaughton oversees tee times at Golf, Dianne Smale and Linda Moore arrange lanes at Bowling and David Schulz and Ken Foulon do the same at Curling.
- Joe Chetcuti, Pat Pallister, Otto Finkenzeller, Maureen McGauley, Dave Grainger, Carolyn McLean, and Don Wilmot plan the routes for our five Cycling groups.
