Pics from Saturday night in Vancouver

[West Coast Als Fan]

Me and AC (I'm the drunk guy on the right)

U2, M. et Mme X

Chris, AKA 7Train

Les Girls

[ro1313]

Cool

[Chuggabunch]

In the photo "Les Girls" is that Ray Lalonde on the bottom right?

[XGamer]

In the photo "Les Girls" is that Ray Lalonde on the bottom right?

Yes Sir with a Heineken in his hands

Oh by the way my girlfriend wanted a Smirnoff ICe (they had some cold one in the fridge) but couldn't sold them to us since it was a Molson sponsored event we were told...Oh Security guards were DOUCHEBAGS !

I know it's the law in BC but I got ID to get in...I'M F'N' 39 years old ! lol

West Coast Als Fan, was it just me or I didn't see many or any Als Alumnus from the '70's...I know Bourke, Whyte, Flory & AC where in the house....but I didn't see any guys with old Grey Cup rings like the last few years...

Oh and Eric Lucas was also there, met him at Red Card resto before the Huddle.

[ro1313]

Then they should have just given them to you....Gotta find the loopholes!

[West Coast Als Fan]

Yes Sir with a Heineken in his hands

Oh by the way my girlfriend wanted a Smirnoff ICe (they had some cold one in the fridge) but couldn't sold them to us since it was a Molson sponsored event we were told...Oh Security guards were DOUCHEBAGS !

I know it's the law in BC but I got ID to get in...I'M F'N' 39 years old ! lol

West Coast Als Fan, was it just me or I didn't see many or any Als Alumnus from the '70's...I know Bourke, Whyte, Flory & AC where in the house....but I didn't see any guys with old Grey Cup rings like the last few years...

Oh and Eric Lucas was also there, met him at Red Card resto before the Huddle.

I didn't see any alumni in the house either. I realize that it costs money to fly people out to BC although I met Dickie Harris at the Huddle in 05. In 07 Gord Judges was there but he lives in Toronto so it didn't cost the Als anything to bring him there.

I know for a fact that Don Sweet lives out here. He's a high school principal in Abbotsford, just an hour's drive from downtown Vancouver. And Bryan Chiu is from BC as well. He's a more recent alum but he still qualifies.

Of course, in order to ensure that these people were present would have taken some semblance of organization and planning. Lalonde managed to find his way there. Why didn't he make sure that some old-timer's were there too?

[XGamer]

I didn't see any alumni in the house either. I realize that it costs money to fly people out to BC although.......I know for a fact that Don Sweet lives out here. He's a high school principal in Abbotsford, just an hour's drive from downtown Vancouver. And Bryan Chiu is from BC as well. He's a more recent alum but he still qualifies.

Exactly my thought, since Sweet lives in BC. Didn't Don Matthews also had a house in BC I know he moved back recently to USA...I heard Bryan Chiu was at the GC parade saturday, would have been nice to see him at the Huddle also....

Funny how HABS shoved down our throats their 100 years of history (under the Lalonde regime), but they can't even bring 1 Alumnus (Sweet) to the Huddle....Introduced him on stage...i'm sure he would have received a pretty good ovation from the crowd, unless the Alumnus association has anything to say with this & didn't prepared anything....anyway i found it disappointing...

[sectionu2]

I agree, Weighman told me some alumni were supposed to be there, Dickie Harris and others, not sure what happenned.

[hg_robs]

I didn't see any alumni in the house either. I realize that it costs money to fly people out to BC although.......I know for a fact that Don Sweet lives out here. He's a high school principal in Abbotsford, just an hour's drive from downtown Vancouver. And Bryan Chiu is from BC as well. He's a more recent alum but he still qualifies.

Exactly my thought, since Sweet lives in BC. Didn't Don Matthews also had a house in BC I know he moved back recently to USA...I heard Bryan Chiu was at the GC parade saturday, would have been nice to see him at the Huddle also....

Funny how HABS shoved down our throats their 100 years of history (under the Lalonde regime), but they can't even bring 1 Alumnus (Sweet) to the Huddle....Introduced him on stage...i'm sure he would have received a pretty good ovation from the crowd, unless the Alumnus association has anything to say with this & didn't prepared anything....anyway i found it disappointing...

I talk to Bryan all the time and he was in MTL for the weekend

[XGamer]

Even then, the point is: WHERE WERE THE ALUMNUS at the ALS HUDDLE ?

Hope they fix this for 2012 !