The Wesburn Soccer Club is remembering one of its tireless volunteer champions.
The Ron Loland Memorial Scholarship will be awarded to a deserving graduating under-18 Wesburn youth soccer player.
Loland passed away in December of last year.
“Mr. Loland was a tireless worker and, more importantly, a volunteer who dedicated his life for sport in British Columbia, particularly soccer,” stated a Wesburn Youth Soccer Club press release.
Loland was a founding member and president of the Swangard Stadium Society that raised more than $3 million for its reburbishment.
He was also instrumental in the construction of the Wesburn field and community centre, and the development of Burnaby Lake Sports Complex-West.
He was the president and general manager of the Wesburn Canadians Soccer Club and a founding member of the Vancouver 86ers soccer club.
For information about the club and the scholarship, go to www.wes
burnsoccer.com.
- Tom Berridge
