Heather Foster’s roots go back to the Richmond Raiders when she was a cheerleader with the club in 1988. She continued to volunteer with the club through its amalgamation with the Renfrew/Vancouver Trojans in 1992. Heather served just about every role possible with the franchise including general manager. In the lower mainland football community where volunteers were hard to come by Heather never abandoned the program, often doing the work of 10 people for the club. She stayed loyal until it ceased operations in 2009.

Following the 2009 season, Heather moved to the conference level where she has overseen the statistics for the conference. As statisticians are one of the most challenging volunteer positions for our clubs to fill, Heather often stands in for the teams as well as compiling figures for the conference. Don’t try calling Heather on a Sunday afternoon as she is likely to be pouring over game film because a team statistician didn’t show up at the game the day before.

In 2018 Heather took on an additional role with the BCFC and now handles registrations for the conference as well.  As the Sport Canada requirements for athlete and coach registrations becomes more and more onerous Heather performs an invaluable service assisting our teams with the information they need to get their athletes and coaches on the field.

Often under appreciated, if we are being honest we take her for granted more often than not because she just gets the job done. We usually don’t think about the time that is actually involved. If we did, Heather would have been a life member long ago.

Thank you Heather!

Les Weiss’ roots with the Okanagan Sun go way back to when he joined the club as a running back coach in the 1985 season.

Following the club’s national championship in 1988 he moved to the board of directors for the club where he has been ever since. Les is currently the President of the Club (a role he has served in the past) and has also served as general manager.

While there isn’t a role he won’t take on for the club (he has plunged toilets on more than one occasion), he is arguably the glue of the Okanagan Sun. He has helped steer it though happy and tragic moments over the past 39 years.

A successful businessman in the Okanagan, Les’ goal has long been financial stability for the club so that he leaves it in a good place when he is gone. His business acumen and connections have been pivotal in getting the club to the position it is in today and why the club is able to offer the player scholarship program it does.

Ray Wheatley first joined the British Columbia Football Conference as an assistant coach with the Surrey Rams in 1989. Ray moved to the Okanagan the following season and has been a beloved member of the Okanagan Sun ever since.

For the past 33 seasons Ray has served as an offensive line coach and equipment manager the last number of seasons as well. “Wheats”, as he is affectionately known, may not be the most visible of characters to the average junior football fan (although with his 6’7 frame he should be). But just ask any player or coach who has ever walked through the locker room of the Okanagan Sun who their favourite people were within the program and Ray’s name will inevitably come up