Webster Memorial Trophy Competition Press Release | June 23, 2014
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The Webster Team is pleased to announce the 2014 finalists. Courtesy of our sponsor Air Canada and the support of so many other aviation organizations, the following list of finalists will gather in Kitchener-Waterloo in late August to compete against each other for the title of Top Amateur Pilot in Canada
Regional Finalists and Flight Training Unit
Matthew VanderPloeg – British Columbia – Pacific Flying Club
Corey Harke – Alberta – Cooking Lake Aviation Academy
Matthew Skwara – Saskatchewan – Regina Flying Club
Andrew Bryson – Manitoba – Harv’s Air
Alexander Hislop – Western Ontario – Sault College
Gregory Yandle – Central Ontario – Seneca College
Sebastien Leduc – Eastern Ontario – Seneca College
Ali Hoteit – Quebec – Cargair
Mark Nardei – Atlantic – Moncton Flight College
Early bird competitor draw
One HME-110 Headset donated by Sennheiser Canada: Simon Bisson-Roberge
One COPA Weekender Flight bag donated by COPA: Peter Kowalchuk
One model of a Republic Seabee donated by WINGS Magazine: Chad Holloway
One year subscription to WINGS Magazine: Simon Musca
One Flight Safety document bag donated by Flight Safety International: Iain Allison
A one year subscription for the Canada Flight Supplement plus 3 VTA or VNC charts of the
Winner’s choice donated by Nav Canada: Zijie Kuang
The Flight Instructor Draw is open to all flight instructors, or other persons, who have encouraged a competitor to enter. One ticket in the draw is issued for each competitor the instructor/person has interested in entering.
Flight instructor draw
One HME-110 Headset donated by Sennheiser Canada: Nigel Koit
One Brightline Aviator’s Flight Bag donated by the COPA: Mahdi Khdair
One finely-crafted model of a PBY-5 Canso donated by WINGS Magazine: Allan Cox
One year subscription to WINGS Magazine: Adam Penner
One Flight Safety document bag donated by Flight Safety International: Skip Labelle
One Men’s or Women’s Textured Soft Shell Jacket donated by Nav Canada: Kirk Palmer
2014 Webster/Sennheiser Scholarship winner
The winner of 2014 Webster Sennheiser Scholarship is Moncton Flight College, of Moncton, N.B. The Webster/Sennheiser scholarship is donated by Sennheiser Canada annually. It goes to the Flight Training Unit which encourages and produces the greatest number of competitors into the current competition. The provisions of the scholarship valued at $3,000 must be used for the advanced training of between one to four of the current competitors from their school. How it is awarded it is up to the school. Last year it was also won by Moncton Flight College. The presentation of the scholarship will be formally made at the ATAC Convention held in November in Vancouver.