Help Establish the Guy Payne Scholarship
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To celebrate Father’s day my sisters Melissa, Meg and Jill decided to establish a scholarship to honour our Father, Guy Payne. The Guy Payne Scholarship will provide funds for athletes & coaches to attend camps, pay team or travel fees or funds for professional development.
Guy Payne coached Track & Field for 50 years at King’s Edgehill school in Windsor, N.S. He also coached Hockey and Basketball. During that time he impacted the lives of literally thousands of young people.
Like many children of coaches, I grew up at his practices and games. It was the best and it is something I know that my kids also loved. Other kids watched their heroes on TV, I got to hang out with mine every day.
I also got to see how my dad treated his athletes every day. My father was a transformational coach long before the term ever existed. He cared about their performance but he was far more concerned about helping them become the best version of themselves. He loves to tell bad jokes (He has Dad jokes for days, NEVER ask him about the hockey goalie) to build trust and get athletes to open up about more serious topics. He worked tirelessly to establish trusting relationships and it worked. His athletes knew that he had their best interest at heart and that he cared more about them than their performance.
As a result, they allowed him to push them beyond what they thought they could achieve.
I have so many memories of him spending time connecting with his athletes. This had a huge impact on me as a teacher and as a coach. Building relationships is also the cornerstone of my work with young people and I like to think I am fairly good at it, I learned from one of the best. I often catch myself making the kind of corny jokes that my father used and it always makes me smile. Sometimes I use them intentionally as a tribute that only I am aware of.
My Father is fighting a battle with Parkinson’s disease and has had to move into assisted living. In the ten years since his diagnosis, I have never heard him complain about it, not once. He fights this terrible disease with a grace that I can only admire. He had to step away from coaching a few years ago and I know that he still misses it a great deal.
Our family would love for you to support the Guy Payne Scholarship to honor our father's belief and commitment in the power of sport.
Guy Payne coached Track & Field for 50 years at King’s Edgehill school in Windsor, N.S. He also coached Hockey and Basketball. During that time he impacted the lives of literally thousands of young people.
Like many children of coaches, I grew up at his practices and games. It was the best and it is something I know that my kids also loved. Other kids watched their heroes on TV, I got to hang out with mine every day.
I also got to see how my dad treated his athletes every day. My father was a transformational coach long before the term ever existed. He cared about their performance but he was far more concerned about helping them become the best version of themselves. He loves to tell bad jokes (He has Dad jokes for days, NEVER ask him about the hockey goalie) to build trust and get athletes to open up about more serious topics. He worked tirelessly to establish trusting relationships and it worked. His athletes knew that he had their best interest at heart and that he cared more about them than their performance.
As a result, they allowed him to push them beyond what they thought they could achieve.
I have so many memories of him spending time connecting with his athletes. This had a huge impact on me as a teacher and as a coach. Building relationships is also the cornerstone of my work with young people and I like to think I am fairly good at it, I learned from one of the best. I often catch myself making the kind of corny jokes that my father used and it always makes me smile. Sometimes I use them intentionally as a tribute that only I am aware of.
My Father is fighting a battle with Parkinson’s disease and has had to move into assisted living. In the ten years since his diagnosis, I have never heard him complain about it, not once. He fights this terrible disease with a grace that I can only admire. He had to step away from coaching a few years ago and I know that he still misses it a great deal.
Our family would love for you to support the Guy Payne Scholarship to honor our father's belief and commitment in the power of sport.
Organizer
Jason Payne
Organizer
Yorkton, SK