Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I stand up here today as the MLA for Nahendeh to congratulate all the members of the team that made the Arctic Winter Games. I know that a lot of hard work went into it by every individual athlete and all those who have tried out. It takes a lot of time and energy to put these try-outs together. I would like to commend the organizers in the Northwest Territories, Sport North and all the sports associations and all the volunteers in all the communities that have put this together.
Of the team that is going to Iqaluit in Nunavut and Nuuk in Greenland, there are some of my constituents that have made the team. I would like to congratulate them. I would like to congratulate Colin Stipdonk who has been doing some speed skating, along with Francis Isiah Tanche. We have Liam Hardisty, Deidre Vileneuve and Andrew Wright for indoor soccer, along with Jessie Loutit. For women's ice hockey is Kerri-Ann Loutit and their mother, Connie Loutit, will be involved in coaching the ice hockey. As well, Kenny Jacobson will be coaching ice hockey, and Chris Stipdonk will be playing badminton for Team NWT. We have a couple of people from Fort Simpson, Paul Stipdonk and Shane Thompson, who will be involved with the mission staff.
This is the contingent from Nahendeh and I would like to congratulate them, the eight athletes, the two coaches and the staff who are going to be going over there. I would like to also wish the whole NWT team luck and success in their sports and have a good time. Mahsi.
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