Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to report on the weekend activities held in Inuvik. Mr. Speaker, at this time of year, we in Inuvik hold a tournament called the IRC Cup, or IRC Tournament, and that is the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation Tournament. This year, teams came in from Holman, Deline, Paulatuk, Aklavik, Tuktoyaktuk and Inuvik. This tournament gave me the opportunity to travel back home and take part in the weekend activities, as well as meet with a lot of people who have travelled to Inuvik to take in the tournament and the exciting games that were played.

Mr. Speaker, without the people who put these tournaments together, it would be difficult indeed to hold together the long winter season. The IRC Cup, as was mentioned in the closing ceremonies, there needs to be thanks given to the organizers and volunteers that made it a great success. There are a lot of them who were involved and a lot of businesses as well that supported the different hockey teams.

However, the key people who got this year's IRC Tournament off to a good start and closed in a great fashion were Donnie and Wilma Hendricks, James and Peggy Day and, of course, the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation that helped put it together.

Mr. Speaker, it was the fans who showed up to watch the games that made the weekend's events that much more exciting and gratifying, especially for the hockey players that would come out and put their best game forward, so to speak. Mr. Speaker, there is something to say about what was accomplished.

The team that I played for, our average age was 41 years. We took on a lot of young men out there and every time we stepped out on the ice, we were led by the song "Who let the Dogs Out?" Mr. Speaker, that was because our team, as we called ourselves, were the Inuvik Old Dogs. We showed the old dogs still had some bite because we won the B division. Thank you.

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