Virginia DeMolays participated in athletic and academic competitions at our Conclave over the weekend of July 21-24, 2022. I am proud to announce the following winners:

• Advisor of the Year - Herbert G. Turner, Jr. (Petersburg)

• Basketball - Ashburn

• Chapter RD - Woodlawn

• Chapter of the Year - Petersburg

• Chess - Noah Kabiri (Woodlawn)

• Essay - Trey Haden (Petersburg)

• Galloping Gavel - Ashburn

• Humanitarian - Kempsville

• Oratorical - Conner Roach (Petersburg)

• Softball - Ashburn

• State Representative DeMolay - Samuel Brady Shrieves (Kempsville)

• Supporting Bodies of the Year - Virginia Job’s Daughters & Virginia Rainbow for Girls

• Volleyball - Ashburn

• Larry C. Burruss Lifetime Achievement Award - Dads John Stallings & Tom Sellers

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, judges and evaluators.  Virginia DeMolay extends a big THANK YOU to the following:

• Dad Rob Shrieves - Conclave Coordinator

• Mom Cristina Shrieves - Volleyball Referee

• Dad Jon Martin - Volleyball Referee

• Dad Mason Huffman - Volleyball Referee

• Dad Chris Pendleton - Oratorical Judge

• Dad Jacob Jones - Oratorical Judge

• Dad John Farr - Chess Official

• Dad Nate Stallings - Basketball Referee / Softball Official

• Dad Dawson Murray - Basketball Referee / Softball Official

• Dad Brian Horn - Volleyball / Basketball Scorekeeper

• Dad David Miller - Softball Official

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

• Dad John Stallings - State RD Panel

• Dad Jon Sellars - State RD Panel

• Dad Fred Martin - State RD Panel

• Dad Peter Spring - State RD Panel

• Dad James Golladay - State RD Panel

• 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.