U SPORTS – TORONTO (U SPORTS) – Please be advised that the nominees for the 2017 BLG Awards will be announced on Thursday, April 20 at 1 p.m. ET/ 11 a.m. MT at the BLG offices in Calgary. The eight nominees – one male and one female from each of the four U SPORTS conferences – will all be available via conference call to the media.

The 25th anniversary of the BLG Awards, celebrating the 2017 U SPORTS Athletes of the Year will be held at the Martha Cohen Theatre in Calgary on Monday, May 1 at 7:30 p.m. MT.

What: 2017 BLG Awards nominees press conference

Who: Four male and four female nominees – one from each U SPORTS conference:

Canada West Universities Athletic Association
Ontario University Athletics
Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec
Atlantic University Sport

Where: BLG Offices
            Centennial Place, East Tower
            1900, 520 – 3rd Avenue S.W.
            Calgary, Alta.              

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Conference Call Details:
Local dial-in number: 416-340-2218
(Canada/U.S. Toll-Free): 1-800-377-0758
 
When: 1 p.m. ET/11 a.m. MT  

 

For further information, please contact:

Ken Saint-Eloy
Manager, Communications
U SPORTS
Cell: 647-871-7595
ksainteloy@usports.ca

Peter Watts
Media Officer
BLG Awards
T: (403) 444-4377
C: (403) 862-2919
E: peter.watts@corusent.com