They played soccer, hoisted a few beverages, swapped stories and checked their ticket numbers as scores of raffle prizes were given away Sunday at sun-drenched Beasley Park in Lake Country.
It was all in memory of fun-loving Angus Gunn MacInnes, the founding president of the Lake Country Soccer Society in 1996. MacIness, who was still playing regularly with the Lake Country 55+ team last season, died at his home in February of this year. He was 78.
Teams from Lake Country, Kelowna and Vernon played a round-robin tournament with Kelowna dispatching Vernon 7-2 and grounding Lake Country 2-0 for the Angus Memorial Trophy. Angus香蕉视频直播� widow, Ina, presented the award to Kelowna captain John Pratch. She was surrounded by several family members all day.
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Tournament organizer Rob Geier, who rounded up food and bevvie sponsorship, hopes there will be a second event.
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There are several photographs of Angus and newspaper clippings showing the construction of the Beasley Park pitches in the MacInnes meeting room. There is also a beer fridge.
Born in Scotland, MacInnes immigrated to Canada in 1977 and his family settled in Oyama. He spearheaded a small group of dedicated volunteers who had the vision to develop first-class soccer fields and a club house on 14 acres of donated land from the District of Lake Country. Beasley Park, as it is known today, was constructed in 1998 with the official opening soccer tournament in the spring of 1999.
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Ingo Kindler supplied two goals and JC Buratti earned the shutout as Kelowna stopped Lake Country for the tournament win. Lake Country earlier ambushed Vernon 6-1.
