Grant-A-Week WINNER
Kyla Gillespie - Hockey

Hello, my name is Kyla Gillespie and I am 18 years old. My passion is to play Ice Hockey.

I have been playing hockey for about 10 years. When I first started playing there were no girls teams to play on so I played with the boys. Girls were not seen playing hockey as much as they are now.

CAAWS Grant-A-Week has shown me that girls can get involved in sports and keep playing them. Right now I am training at the Olympic Oval Female High Performance Hockey Program in Calgary. This is a full time, seven month program and I love it. There is nothing better then playing the sport you love and having fun as well.

Sports have always played a major role in my life. In school I was on every sports team there was. I played Basketball, Volleyball, Badminton, football, softball, rugby, etc. I even started to help coach. I just couldn't get enough.

Playing, making new friends and having so much fun was and still is the reason I have kept so active. Lots of people say that girls just don't have what it takes to play Hockey and I tell them, just watch us!

I have dreams and goals just like everyone does and I plan on reaching them and having a great time in the process. If we allow people to tell us what we are capable of accomplishing, sometimes we will find ourselves believing less then the real truth.

Thank you CAAWS Grant-A-Week for helping me out!

Long live sports.
Kyla Gillespie

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