2015 Ontario Mine Rescue Provincial Competition

The 2015 Ontario Mine Rescue Provincial Competition were held June 10–12 at the Fort Williams Gardens Arena, in Thunder Bay, Ontario.[1][2]

List of competing teams edit

Kirkland Lake District edit

AuRico Gold - Young-Davidson mine[3]

Position Name
Captain Shawn Deforge
2 Man Joey Roy
3 Man Trevor Hale
4 Man Jesse Vaillancourt
Vice Captain Pierre Belanger
6 Man Marc Leveille
Briefing Officer Jeff St.Martin
Coach N/A
Mine Rescue Officer Wayne Baker

Onaping District edit

Glencore - Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations

Position Name
Captain Matt Lawrence
2 Man Ivan Tymchuk
3 Man Eric Perreault
4 Man Andrew Jorgensen
Vice Captain Richard Roy
6 Man Andre Lefebvre
Briefing Officer Paul Leclair
Coach N/A
Mine Rescue Officer John Hagan

Red Lake District edit

Goldcorp - Red Lake Gold Mines

Position Name
Captain Pierre Peloquin
2 Man Heather Willis
3 Man Christian Siford
4 Man Ron Ouellette
Vice Captain Tim Boucha
6 Man Mickey Gilbart
Briefing Officer Dave Hay
Coach Darren Bullied
Mine Rescue Officer Grant Saunders

Southern District edit

Compass Minerals - Goderich Mine

Position Name
Captain Jim Ahrens
2 Man Pete Kohnert
3 Man DEnnis Hogan
4 Man Chris Lamerant
Vice Captain Matt VandenHeuvel
6 Man Jack Miller
Briefing Officer Drew Anderson
Coach N/A
Mine Rescue Officer Tim Taylor

Sudbury District edit

Vale - West Mines

Position Name
Captain Kevin Duff
2 Man Gord Sullivan
3 Man Jeff Farquharson
4 Man Jim Niesing
Vice Captain Darren Toner
6 Man Mario Ceccon
Briefing Officer Paul Aho
Coach Paul Frising, Dennis Gosselin
Mine Rescue Officer Tim Ebbinghaus

Timmins District edit

Dumas Contracting Limited

Position Name
Captain Shawn Rideout
2 Man Mike Carroll
3 Man Nicholas Schwehr
4 Man Yannick Marchand
Vice Captain Yves Guillemette
6 Man Pete Gagne
Briefing Officer Neil MacInnes
Coach Ken Levoy, Dave Bernier, Brent Woods
Mine Rescue Officer Manny Cabral & Danny Taillefer

Thunder Bay Algoma District edit

Barrick Hemlo Williams Mine

Position Name
Captain Glenn Young
2 Man Russell Eagle
3 Man Brian Greenwood
4 Man Scott Martin
Vice Captain Brad Brzeczka
6 Man Brian Randell
Briefing Officer Andrew Constantin
Coach Terry Gregorash
Mine Rescue Officer Denis Leduc, Duane Croswell

List of competing technicians edit

District Name Company/Mine
Kirkland Lake Remi Toupin Primero Mining - Black Fox Mine
Onaping Dino Buttazzoni Glencore Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations
Red Lake Aaron Maki Goldcorp - Red Lake Gold Mines
Southern Dan Rulli CGC - Hagarsville Mine
Sudbury Denis Prevost First Nickel - Lockerby Mine
Timmins Terry Sprowl Goldcorp - Porcupine Gold Mines
Thunder Bay / Algoma Jason Leclair Barrick Gold - Hemlo

Awards edit

Award Winner Runner Up 3rd
Provincial Champions N/A
Equipment Technician
Firefighting N/A N/A
First Aid N/A N/A
Special Equipment N/A N/A

References edit

  1. ^ "Sudbury Mine Rescuers Test Their Mettle". Sudbury Star. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Top Mine Rescue Competition in Thunder Bay". NetNewsLedger. 3 June 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Provincial competition countdown underway". Workplace Safety North. Retrieved 4 June 2015.