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minded Okanagan Valley people who name our group until the members
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are unofficial ambassadors of the were recruited so they could choose
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Okanagan Sun. Their role is to bring the name for the group. If you read
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the football club and the business Bob Ackle’s biography, aptly titled
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community together to build and “The Water Boy”, you will understand
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promote the brand of the Sun. why naming of the group was the
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The business expertise of The only piece of advice from Bob that
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Waterboys, along with their we ignored. The Okanagan Sun
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networking abilities, serves as Waterboys are named as a salute
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a conduit between the club and to him for his dedication to the
business community/general public Lions and football throughout British
in the Okanagan. Columbia. This is HIS League 3
The Waterboys was officially founded
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The concept of The Waterboys is
not a new one — in fact, it was
on March 27, 2008 with our first
modeled after a similar group,
get-together at Hanna’s Lounge
identically named, which works with
& Grill.
the BC Lions. When the Okanagan Our special guest CFL Hall of Fame
Sun discussed the idea of creating its member Bob Ackles, who was made
own group patterned after the Lions, an honorary lifetime member of The
we consulted with the late BC Lions Okanagan Sun Waterboys.
President Bob Ackles so he could
For more about this group’s activities,
pass along his advice as a BC Lions
visit www.okanagansun.ca
Waterboys founder. He provided
some valuable insight that helped
shape what we are building
in Kelowna.
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