Virginia DeMolays participated in athletic and academic competitions at our Conclave over the weekend of July 22-25, 2021. I am proud to announce the following winners:

• Advisor of the Year - Cristina Shrieves (Kempsville)

• Basketball - Ashburn

• Ceremony of Light - Dominic Indovina (Tidewater)

• Chapter RD – Kempsville

• Chapter of the Year - Petersburg

• Chess – Quentin Hoglund (Tidewater)

• Essay – Conner Roach (Petersburg)

• Father’s Talk - Brady Shrieves (Kempsville)

• Flower Talk - Jessie Banks (Kempsville)

• Galloping Gavel - Cmdr W. L. Herndon

• Historical Lecture - Preston Hamrick (Prince William)

• Humanitarian - Petersburg

• Nine O’Clock Interpolation - Dominic Indovina, Mikail Bonnett & Hunter Bishop (Tidewater)

• Oratorical - Conner Roach (Petersburg)

• Rookie of the Year - Brady Shrieves (Kempsville)

• Shield Talk - Austin Martin (Prince William)

• Softball – Kempsville

• Sponsoring Body of the Year - Kempsville Lodge #196, A.F.& A.M.

• State Representative DeMolay - Billy Erner (Petersburg)

• Supporting Body of the Year - Chester Lodge #94, A.F.& A.M.

• Volleyball – Ashburn

• Larry C. Burruss Lifetime Achievement Award – Dad Rick Young

All of our competitors worked very hard this weekend and should be very proud of their efforts.  These contests we were able to hold this weekend would not have been possible without coordinators, referees, ritual judges and evaluators.  Virginia DeMolay extends a big THANK YOU to the following:

• Dad Rob Shrieves - Conclave Coordinator

• Dad Dawson Murray - Basketball Referee / Softball Official

• Dad David Miller - Basketball Referee / Softball Official

• Dad David Murray - Softball Pitcher / Official

• Dad Rob Mertz – State RD Panel / Basketball Referee

• Dad Jon Pardalis - Basketball Referee

• Mom Cristina Shrieves – Volleyball Referee

• Dad Todd Hoglund – Volleyball Referee

• Mom Erika Martin – Ritual Judge

• Mom Paula Hamrick – Ritual Judge

• Dad Jacob Jones – Ritual Judge

• Dad Wes Hirschhorn – Ritual Judge / Volleyball Referee

• Dad Brian Horn – Ritual Judge

• Dad Kenny Goode – Ritual Judge

• Mom Ginger Robinson – Ritual Judge

• Dad Jon Martin - State RD Panel / Volleyball Referee

• Dad Kerry Campbell - State RD Panel

• Dad Tom Varner – State RD Panel

• Dad Art Pendleton - State RD Advisor / State RD Panel / Ritual Judge

• Dad Rick Young - Executive Officer

Congratulations to all of our winners, and thank you to everyone who worked hard to make this a great Conclave. Please visit the Virginia DeMolay website (https://www.vademolay.org/competitions)  to view information about these and previous year competition winners.