2018 Petro-Canada Fuelling Athlete and Coaching Excellence (FACE™) Program
Building Tomorrow’s Team Canada
Since 1988, Petro-CanadaTM has supported over 3,000 aspiring Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls.
Petro-Canada’s FACETM Program supports up-and-coming athletes and their coaches when they need it most – when they are striving to represent Canada at the Olympic or Paralympic Games, but don’t yet qualify for government funding. Every year, promising athletes from across Canada are awarded a $10,000 FACE™ grant, shared with their coaches, to help them along their journey.
See the 55 athlete/coach pairs at: https://retail.petro-canada.ca/en/olympics/FACE-award-recipients.aspx
Congratulations to the BC athlete & coach pair in cross-country skiing receiving a 2018 FACE™grant:
- Remi Drolet & Dave Wood (Black Jack Cross Country Ski Club, Rossland, BC), Cross Country Skiing
Each athlete and coach directly receives $5000 to help them with expenses related to training, travel for competitions, equipment and coach education.
Previous BC recipients in cross country skiing are:
2017 Natalie Wilkie & Abigail May (Larch Hills Nordic Society, Salmon Arm, BC), Para-Nordic
2016 Annika Richardson (Hollyburn Cross Country Ski Club, Vancouver, BC) & Timo Puiras, Cross-Country Skiing
2016 Ethan Hess (Nordic Racers, Pemberton, BC) & Jessica Heyes (Nordic Racers, Vancouver, BC), Para-Nordic