Vicky Edmonds

I was at Pasley Jane’s wedding party as one of the aunties with Ginny and Wendy.  Nancy got us organized to go over to Bowen.  I had to leave my three children as Henry was away.  I was hoping they could handle it.   I foolishly called home once we got to Bowen to see if [...]

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Craig Potsep (Maya’s Swim Coach)

As a coach, when you have a dedicated athlete you spend endless hours with them and in turn get to know the family quite well. It was during this period that I was lucky enough to have had the opportunity to get to know Wendy and her beautiful family. In all my time of knowing [...]

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Grant McKay

Wendy and I first met in Mexico city in 1977. A group of us, all SFU students, were travelling through Mexico by bus. Wendy and I became friends. I have two short stories about Wendy I would like to share. First story: I remember walking with her in Oaxaca. It was late at night. We [...]

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John Lund (Whistler Mountain)

I got to know Wendy (and all the Ladner family) during Whistler Mountain’s beginnings in the late sixties. What I remember about Wendy was her lovely smiling face and her sweet spirit. She radiated happiness to everyone in the old Gondola Restaurant where we would gather before going skiing. Ever since April 3 I have [...]

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Aiden Sisler (Co-worker at ProMotion Plus)

From Wendy I learned about the art of facilitation during an internship at ProMotion Plus, a not for profit aimed at increasing opportunities for girls and women in physical activity and sport. She would give leadership workshops to girls and women in an attempt to redress the current inequities in positions of power in sport [...]

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Bonnie Hartney

Fuzzy blue track suits, towel “rolls” carried to Percy Norman swimming pool, leaping over the “yucky water” that was the foot bath, quiet morning greetings, noisy after practice conversations, laughter, cheering, tangled hair (no bathing caps, yet), chlorine attacks (no goggles, either), long bus trips to swim meets, tobogganing at Queen Elizabeth Park after practice, [...]

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Derrick Schoof (UBC Dolphins Coach)

When I became the head coach of the UBC Dolphins I was faced with some serious challenges with parents immediately.  Wendy had the insight to help me manage these issues.  She pushed me hard (in the nicest way possible, of course!) to make sure that the parents on the team were educated about “Long Term [...]

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Jenny John (Field Hockey Coach)

My memories go way back to her provincial field hockey days, when I was one of her coaches. She had and continued to have, over the years, such a smooth, fluid running style, beautiful to watch: her work ethic and attitude to both game and players, superb. A joy for both of us was when [...]

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Michelle Landry (UBC Dolphins)

I was recently hired by VANOC to work as an administrative assistant for Short Track speed skating…and as crazy as it seems Wendy was one of the first people I thought of when I got the job. I remember talking to her at one of the Dolphins awards banquets during my last few months of University [...]

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Jude Platzer

Yesterday on the first Walk for Wendy I met Helen Baker. She told me that it was Wendy who held her hand all the way through my son Josh’s memorial service. I didn’t know that until now and wish that I had been able to say thank you to her.  The Ladner-Beaudry family was such [...]

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Kelly Stefanyshyn (UBC Dolphins)

I just started working over the past few years and recently joined the BC Games Board of Directors last year because of a recommendation from Wendy. She always blew me away with the way she walked into the board meetings and took control with her confidence and passion for sports. I wish everyone could have seen [...]

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Erica Osburn (Pasley Island)

I barely knew Wendy but I would share that I certainly perceived her as the undisputed glamour girl of South Bay, if not all of Pasley Island. She earned that reputation (to me) not through clothes, makeup, or her silver jewellery, but by what she did with her body: being active and incredibly fit and [...]

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Leslie Patterson (Nelson Island)

I first met Wendy about 25 years ago when Dave and Michel both raced together in Telemark skiing.  We would get together on and off throughout the winters in Whistler for parties and dinners.    After Jenna was born and I had Mackenzie we got together a bit more as the girls were the same [...]

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Ann Barratt Lonergan

We go back such a long way to Crofton House where we were the slightly aloof and don’t tell all types. Wendy, Kashi and I stayed together as special friends and foraged our way through what we considered stiff establishment and flew through the air, just like that picture in the paper. At Whistler for many [...]

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Jen Close (Hawks teammate)

I was trying to think the other day, when I first met Wendy, and I can’t quite remember, probably at least 12 years ago now, if not longer. I would have been in 10th or 11th grade and joining Wendy on the Hawks 1 club team. My first impression of Wendy was that she was [...]

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Cheryl Neal (Pasley Island)

Several years ago when our girls Madison and Caitlin were younger – the Ladner-Beaudry family was at Pasley for their summer vacation at the same time as our family.    Maddie was 7 years old, Caitlin was 4 years old and Jenna was 11 years old …but they still made fast friends on South Bay [...]

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Loren Plottel

The sisterhood of the woods.  Pacific Spirit Park is a very female place.  Every weekday morning you will find women of all ages walking dogs, pushing strollers, running, walking, meandering with sisters, friends, mothers, daughters and grandmothers.  We have been going into the woods for so long there is a certain camaraderie that has formed.  [...]

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Jane Manning (Elementary School Classmate)

Wendy was my first friend in Grade 2 at Shaughnessy Elementary School. My family had moved from Alberta during the summer. This was a school where not only had the kids been together since playschool but often so had their parents. It was quite intimidating yet Wendy had the ability to make you feel welcome! Compassion, kindness, [...]

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Richelle Williams

I met Wendy in 2006 at the Aboriginal Sports and Recreation Association’s Spirit of Excellence and she put me on a panel for Coaching Female Athletes. I was blown away just sitting and talking with her. Almost three years later, I haven’t forgotten one bit of that conversation – the hour I got to talk [...]

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Alana Henry (Friend of Jenna)

I always will remember whenever I was having trouble at my house or anything, she was always there for me. She could listen to every word i said and try and make sense of it, even it made no sense to me at all. “If you ever need or want to run away, you can [...]

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Tina Dhillon (fellow UBC Dolphin and CHS parent)

It is only when one losses someone do we really take the time to reflect on what that person meant to us.  I realize that Wendy was a big part of my day to day life.  When my kids ask what is for dinner I find myself often quoting her by saying “tonight we are [...]

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Steve Price (Maya’s Swim Coach)

Like all “significant” moments in life, they make you stop and take a look at your own life.   For me, coaching has been a great profession because I get to meet and work with so many amazing people like Wendy.  The only downside in coaching is that all the great people you meet eventually move [...]

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Lucy Mcquaid (Member of CHS Field Hockey)

I was a rookie on the field hockey team and not very comfortable with the level I was at compared to most of the girls.  But throughout the season she would say to my dad on the side lines how I had constantly improved. She was one of the most friendly and welcoming people I [...]

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Scarlett Smith (Member of UBC Dolphins)

I know its not much, but the most prominent memory I have of Wendy is that she always cheered for me at swim meets. Which to others may not seem like a big deal, but to me it was. And I will always remember that about her.

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Callum Ng (Member of UBC Swimming)

I met Wendy on one occasion, on a drive to the airport, and despite the brevity of our encounter she left a lasting impression on me. This is a testament to her passion for sport, her “sporting wisdom” I guess. We were talking about swimming, how much of a commitment it is, and how it [...]

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