Brad Gushue's rink named N.L.'s Team of the Year

Brad Gushue's rink is vying for a world title later Sunday, but the team earned another honour Saturday night.

Sports Newfoundland and Labrador named Gushue's rink the Team of the Year at its annualStars and Legends awards gala in St. John's. The foursome skip Gushue, lead Geoff Walker, second Brett Gallant and third Mark Nichols won the Tim Hortons Brier last month and is representing Canada and the world men's curling championship in Edmonton.

Nine awards were handedout at the gala, co-hosted by former Here & Now anchor Jonathan Croweat the Sheraton Hotel,and three people were inducted into the provincial Sports Hall of Fame.

The other winners were :

• Senior Female Athlete of the Year: Heather Healey (baseball)
• Senior Male Athlete of the Year: Sean Cleary (softball)
• Junior Female Athlete of the year: Camryn Bonia (athletics)
• Junior Male Athlete of the Year: Liam Hickey (wheelchair basketball/sledge hockey)
• Executive of the Year Award: John Cowan (rugby)
• Volunteer of the Year: Shane Dunphy (soccer)
• Coach of the Year: Noel Strapp (wrestling)
• Official of the Year: Ryan Garland (baseball)

The inductees into the provincialSports Hall of Fame were Gerald Lomond of gymnastics in the Buildercategory, St. John's IceCaps CEO Glenn Stanford in the Athlete/Buildercategory, and former rugby star Rod Snow in the Athletecategory.