Dr. Eric Broom was awarded the Geoff Gowan Lifetime Achievement Award this past weekend in Toronto at the Petro-Canada Sport Leadership Awards Gala, hosted by the Coaching Association of Canada. This award recognizes a lifetime contribution to coaching development as is awarded to a coach who has “presented a positive public image of coaching and enhanced the role of the coach with the Canadian public.”

"Eric Broom continues to be actively involved in the promotion and delivery of coach education in the province of British Columbia, says Mark Saunders, President of Field Hockey BC. "In his capacity as Provincial Coaching Director, Eric leads the coach education portfolio for field hockey in BC. Eric brings vast knowledge and experience in the areas of both coach education and within the structural analysis of sport systems worldwide. Eric is very deserving of this prestigious award and has the warm congratulations from all involved with Field Hockey in BC."

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