Team Alaska has been awarded as showing the best overall sportsmanship during the 2010 Arctic Winter Games.
AWG Committee president Gerry Thick, awarded the Hodgson Trophy to the contingent at the 2010 AWG closing ceremonies in Grande Prairie, Alberta.
One of the founders of the games, Commissioner S.M. Hodgson of the Northwest Territories, donated the Hodgson Trophy to the Arctic Winter Games Corporation.
In 1978 the trophy was first presented to Team Yukon for the purposes of recognizing that in the North, the concepts of friendship, cooperation and resource sharing are valued.
This is the only presentation other than Ulus awarded at the Arctic Winter Games and it is a very prestigious honour, said Thick. The award demonstrates that the Team Alaska members have displayed respect for the rules, respect for officials and their decisions along with respect for opponents and being able to maintain self-control.
The Hodgson Trophy, a piece of Inuit artwork, features is a six-foot high narwhal tusk mounted on a soapstone base and decorated with scrimshaw. A carved walrus wraps itself around the tusk at the base, and a carved bear clings to the tusks upper reaches, symbolizing the efforts of participants to reach for the top.
The trophy is on public display at the Yukon Sports Hall of Fame in Whitehorse. A framed photograph of the Hodgson Trophy was presented to the Chef de Mission for Team Alaska and each individual team member received a distinctive pin to commemorate their collective achievement.
Voters during the 2010 Arctic Winter Games included Mission Staff Members, registered coaches, major officials from each sport, Arctic Winter Games International Committee members, all registered media, the president, general manager and sport manager for the 2010 Host Society.
The next AWG will be held in 2010 in Yukon.
Alaska wins the Hodgson Sportsmanship Trophy
Team Alaska has been awarded as showing the best overall sportsmanship during the 2010 Games.
Published: 15.03.2010 15:05
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