Not just any group of people could pull off a successful bid for a major multi-sport event like the Saskatchewan Games.
It takes dedication, careful planning and lots of teamwork.
The group of people who assembled to form Estevan's bid committee for the 2016 Summer Games have a history of getting things done, and they did that again.
Co-chairs Brian Smith and Brian Senchuk saw themselves as merely the people who got the ball rolling, and they expected someone else would step up to chair the bid committee. They ended up doing that themselves.
Marketing and communications co-chair did a great job keeping the media informed as to what was going on, and was integral in holding the whole thing together, particularly during the site visit.
Josh LeBlanc led the tour of Estevan Comprehensive School during the site visit, and sold the selection committee on just how valuable the facility could be as an athletes village, pointing out every nook and cranny and their possible uses.
The individual sport chairs were also crucial during the site visit, convincing the selection committee that Estevan's venues are second to none.
To all these people, and everyone else involved in making this happen, Estevan says thank you. Take a bow.
It takes a special kind of person to sacrifice so much of their time for something that might not even happen. And now these people, along with those who will jump on board, will start all over again preparing for the actual Games.
It will take an entire community effort to do this right, though. Whether big or small, contributions from everyone will be needed to help Estevan host an event of this magnitude.
While it may seem a long time away, three years can go by pretty fast.
Contact Josh Lewis at 306-634-2654 or [email protected]. Good job NHL, you followed the money trail and, in the process, put your product on a vastly inferior network.
