Appreciation of team work and fair play are two of the virtues that we all want in airsoft players. In these days when YouTube is dotted with airsoft “Cheater” videos, whether true or contrived to get those views,  we want more positive stories that reward the airsoft player who becomes a shining example in the community.

In Canada, they are about to embark on recognizing such player. Aventure Airsoft Lanaudiere announce The Jocelyn Proulx Grant (Bourse Jocelyn Proulx) in search of such an outstanding airsoft player. Jocelyn founded Aventure Airsoft Lanaudiere a much respected airsoft retailer near Montreal in Quebec. 

We’ll let Aventure Airsoft Lanaudiere tell more about about Jocelyn and the grant:

Jocelyn was known in the community because of the videos he made in French about the airsoft in addition to the recognition of the people who had the chance to be served by him in his shop Aventure Airsoft Lanaudiere.

Since Jocelyn is an important part of AAL, we found it unfortunate that his memory left with his death. Moreover, during the various tests that he went through, the community always supported him in order to try to give him the necessary energy for his survival. Unfortunately Jocelyn died despite his cancer, but we wanted to give back to the community, while honoring the memory of Jocelyn, the energy that they had transmitted to him.

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In memory of the co-founder of Aventure Airsoft Lanaudière, we, Aventure Airsoft Lanaudière, put in place a grant of a 500$ gift certificate at the Aventure Airsoft Lanaudière.

The Jocelyn Proulx Grant will award the player who has proven himself during the summer by his teamwork and his fair play in the game.

In 2010, after chirurgical intervention removing a 14cm cancerous mass and 4 ribs on his right side, he discovered airsoft and was attracted by its virtues:  fair play and team spirit. These virtues are necessary for a nice airsoft day.

During the last 7 years, Jocelyn put his heart and soul in the expansion of Aventure Airsoft Lanaudière. Sadly, in October 2017, he passed away due to the cancer he was fighting while leaving a mark of his work in the Quebec airsoft world.

Here’s how you can win the grant:

1. To participate, you need to identify another player, in the comments, who has the best team spirit and is fair play in your eyes. You also need to explain why you chose him.
2. Next, you need to obtain the maximum of likes on your comment.
3. The 10 players with the most likes will go through the next round on July 31st.
4. Starting August 1st, the 10 players will need to obtain the maximum of likes, in a month, to go to the next round. This round ends August 31st.
5. To determine the winner of the grant, the 4 finalists will need to come in store to shoot a video, with us, presenting themselves and explaining why they think they are in the final. The videos will be online September 17th.
6. To win, the finalist will need to get the maximum of votes on his video. He will have until October19th to promote it.
7. The grant will be awared on October 20th at Aventure Airsoft Lanaudière.

Photo: Jocelyn Proulx during a fundraiser for the Societe Canadienne du Cancer organised by Aventure Airsoft Lanaudière. All the proceeds from the event, which was CAD$5,553, went to the organisation.

If you are based in Canada, you can nominate your team mate or anyone who thinks deserves the award. Please make sure that he/she is aware of this and willing to be nominated as there are steps for him/her to go through in order to win the award.

It is encouraging to see these efforts in recognizing the contributions to airsoft, as what Jocelyn did as he devoted himself to promoting such virtues in airsoft. We hope to see more airsoft players recognised for their contributions worldwide.