On January 11, 2006 the Ministry of Health Promotion in conjunction with the Ontario Lottery Gaming Corporation, announced the establishment of the “Quest for Gold” program. This program is designed to provide financial assistance to eligible high performance amateur athletes.
The Quest for Gold Lottery will benefit approximately 1300 high performance athletes in Ontario.
“We are giving Ontarians the chance to help our high-performance athletes achieve the highest potential at national and international games.” said the Health Promotion Minister Jim Watson. “We are also pleased to work with the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation to find new and creative ways to support our amateur athletes”.
The result of being a high performance athlete is expensive costs that are incurred. The Quest for Gold Ontario Athlete Assistant Program’s purpose is to provide financial aid to eligible athletes in the form of living and training allowances.
Boxing Ontario’s technical committee is responsible for using the Selection Criteria (click here to view the criteria) to determine eligible athletes. Based on the criteria, the following athletes have been nominated:
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Junior Females |
Junior Males |
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Ali Mullins – Bigtyme |
Jermaine Badchkam – McGrory’s |
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Mandy Bujold – Waterloo |
Padraic Griffin – Bigtyme |
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Jackie Lachapelle – TAZ |
Tony Luis – Champs |
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Logan Cotton – Bigtyme |
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Steve Franjic – Bigtyme |
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Frankie Rill – Motor City |
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Senior Females |
Senior Males |
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Katie Dunn – Border City |
Ryan Rannelli – McGrory’s |
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Mary Spencer – Windsor |
Isho Shiba – McGrory’s |
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Jonathon Bochner – Atlas |
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Glenn Hunter – St. Catharines |
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Nominated athletes must complete and sign the application form and athlete agreement and return it to Boxing Ontario by 5pm on February 23, 2006.
Congratulations to these athletes and their coaches!
