Elias Wortig/staff reporter

The Athletic Banquet is back! Last night on the 8th of June for the first time since 2019 we had a banquet for all Gleneagle athletes. Due to the pandemic in the last two and a half years, there has not been seasons of any kind of sports and hosting a banquet was not an option at all. But now that the restrictions are gone and there has been regular seasons and matches the banquet is back!

All Gleneagle athletes were invited, and the ceremony was hosted by Cam Comeau, who also held a speech about the things the athletes achieved, the amazing results that have happened this season.

“We need to be proud of being a Gleneagle Talon,” said Comeau. After that there was dinner made by the chefs Abbinante and Arciaga and their culinary arts class who spent the whole day preparing and cooking.

Then it was time for the awards. Probably the biggest one was the “Tri-Talon” award which is being given to grade 12 students. This award has multiple criteria a student must fulfill to earn it. Each grade had a male/female award winner for outstanding athletes but also for outstanding academic athletes. The award was given to the male and the female students of each grade who had the highest grade-point-average (gpa) and played sports. And then there was the newest award the “Top-International-Student” award given to the best of the many international students at Gleneagle who where part of an athletics team here at this school.

“I am glad that we had an Athletic Banquet this year. Not only because of the awards but because of the whole community and the people there,” said Jacob Goroza, grade 11, when asked what he thinks about the return of the banquet. “After three years it feels good and right to have all your team members and friends around you, celebrating the end of a successful season.” Goroza is part of the Boys Rugby team where he played as the captain most of the times and led the team to fabulous victories about Dr. Charles Best Secondary and more.

The return of the banquet is in many eyes a great success and a very big step back towards normality within the Gleneagle community.