Marg McCuaig-Boyd was always involved in sports as a high school student athlete and organizer. She coordinated intramurals and had always wanted to coach so she became a teacher, coaching was an important aspect of what she did. Marg coached everything from Volleyball and Basketball to Curling and Track & Field. In addition to her coaching, Marg was instrumental in bringing ASAA Provincial Championships to the North West. She hosted the 2A Boys Volleyball Provincials, 2A Boys Basketball Provincials and Track & Field Provincials (Fairview in 1992 and the 50th in Edmonton in 2008). Marg also hosted numerous zone tournaments at both the junior and senior high levels. These events were always well organized with special attention paid to fair play and sportsmanship.
Marg was a teacher, principal and curriculum facilitator for more than 20 years serving northern Alberta, specifically in the Peace Region. Most of her teaching career was at Fairview High where she dedicated much of her spare time to the athletic program. Marg was also very active in the North West Zone and with ASAA. She was the NW Zone President from 1990 to 1998, ASAA Girls Director of Athletics from 1992-1994, ASAA Vice President in 1997, ASAA President from 1998-1999, ASAA Sportsmanship Commissioner from 2001-2005. As a true servant leader, Marg came back to the Executive Committee as Executive Member at Large starting in 2013 and continued to May 2015 when she was elected into the Alberta Government and became the Minister of Energy.
Marg has sat on several ASAA committees, served as guest speaker at ASAA Provincial Championships, and has made presentations on behalf of ASAA. Marg has also represented ASAA at the School Sport Canada (CSSF) national meetings. One of Marg’s special interests as an Executive Member was the promotion of sportsmanship among athletes, coaches and spectators. In fitting tribute to Marg, the 1A Girls’ Volleyball Sportsmanship Plaque was named named in her honour and is given out to deserving teams each year.
Marg is an innovative cutting edge leader ~ Joyce Loucks
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