Three-time World Boxing Champion Margaret Sidoroff Canty of the Border City Boxing Club and Family Fitness Centre has won the Coaching Association of Canada’s 3M Coaching Canada Award for Coaching in the Female Developmental Category.

“It’s an honour to be recognized in the coaching community for the success of the Border City Boxers and the National Team, as well as being honoured among such dedicated, hard working coaches,” says Canty.

Also recognized at the banquet was Daniele Sauvaugeau in the Female High Performance Category. Sauvaugeau is the Head Coach who took Team Canada’s Women’s Hockey to Gold at the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City.

The 3M Coaching Canada Awards are held yearly to honour coaches for their outstanding contribution to their profession and to athlete development. This years three day Sport Leadership 2002 conference and award banquet was held in Montreal on November 2, 2002 at the Renaissance Montreal Hotel.

3M in partnership with the Coaching Association of Canada, honours male and female coaches in both high performance and developmental sport. The four winners each receive a $1000 coach education bursary and the runners-up in each category receive a $500 bursary.

Canty is a Level 5 Coach who took the Female National Team to the Witches' Cup in Hungary in August 2002, and also coached the Female National Team at the Inaugural World Championships in Scranton PA in 2001.