Velma Springstead Trophy-Cedar Herald Index

The Velma Springstead Trophy is an award presented annually to Canada's outstanding female athlete. It is named in honour of track athlete Velma Springstead whose career ended prematurely when she died from pneumonia in 1927 when only 20 years old. The Women's Amateur Athletic Federation (WAAF) of Canada founded this award in 1934. The trophy, also known as the "Rose Bowl," was donated by Alexandrine Gibb, sportswriter with the Toronto Star. The trophy was to be awarded on the basis of "performance, sportsmanship and behaviour." The award is now managed by the True Sport Foundation.

Past recipients

2012 - Rosie MacLennan, trampoline

2011 – Christine Nesbitt, speed skating

2010 – Christine Nesbitt, speed skating

2009 – Christine Nesbitt, speed skating

2008 – Chantal Petitclerc, Athletics

2007 – Kalyna Roberge, speed skating

2006 – Cindy Klassen, speed skating

2005 – Cindy Klassen, speed skating

2004 – Chantal Petitclerc, wheelchair athletics

2003 – Perdita Felicien, track and field

2002 – Catriona Le May Doan, speed skating

2001 – Catriona Le May Doan, speed skating

2000 – Caroline Brunet, canoeing

1999 – Caroline Brunet, canoeing

1998 – Catriona Le May Doan, speed skating

1997 – Caroline Brunet, canoeing

1996 – Alison Sydor, cycling

1995 – Alison Sydor, cycling

1994 – Myriam Bédard, biathlon

1993 – Kate Pace, alpine skiing

1992 – Kerrin Lee-Gartner, alpine skiing

1991 – Silken Laumann, rowing

1990 – Sylvie Daigle, speed skating

1989 – Heather Houston, curling

1988 – Carolyn Waldo, synchronized swimming

1987 – Carolyn Waldo, synchronized swimming

1986 – Carolyn Waldo, synchronized swimming

1985 – Carolyn Waldo, synchronized swimming

1984 – Linda Thom, shooting

1983 – Lynn Chronobrywy, modern pentathlon

1982 – Angella Taylor-Issajenko, track and field

1981 – Susan Nattrass, shooting

1980 – Angella Taylor-Issajenko, track and field

1979 – Helen Vanderberg, synchronized swimming

1978 – Diane Jones-Konihowski, track and field & Cathy Sherk, golfer

1977 – Sylvia Burka, cycling & Susan Nattrass, shooting

1976 – Cheryl Gibson, swimming

1975 – Nancy Garapick, swimming & Diane Jones, track and field

1974 – Wendy Cook, swimming

1973 – Karen Magnussen, figure skating

1972 – Karen Magnussen, figure skating1971 – Karen Magnussen, figure skating

1970 –

1969 – Linda Crutchfield-Bocock, luge

1968 –

1967 –

1966 – Elaine Tanner, swimming

1965 – Petra Burka, figure skating

1964 – Gail Daley, artistic gymnastics

1963 – Nancy McCredie, track and field

1962 – Mary Stewart, swimming

1961 – Mary Stewart, swimming

1960 – Anne Heggtveit, skiing

1959 – Anne Heggtveit, skiing

1958 – Lucille Wheeler, skiing

1957 – Marlene Streit, golfer

1956 – Marlene Streit, golfer

1955 –

1954 –

1953 – Marlene Streit, golfer

1952 – Marlene Streit, golfer

1951 –

1950 – Rosella Thorne , track and field (sprinter) 1949 – Eleanor McKenzie, track and field (sprinter) 1948 – Viola Myers, track and field 1947 – Barbara Ann Scott, figure skater 1946 – Irene Strong, swimmer 1945 – Barbara Ann Scott, figure skater 1944 – Rhona Wurtele and Rhoda Wurtele, skiing 1943 – Joan Langdon, swimming 1942 – Joan Langdon, swimming 1941 – Mary Rose Thacker, figure skating 1940 – Dorothy Walton, badminton 1939 – Jeanette Dolson, track and field 1938 – Noel MacDonald, basketball 1937 – Robina Higgins, track and field 1936 – Betty Taylor, track and field 1935 – Aileen Meagher, track and field 1934 – Phyllis Dewar, swimming