The Motion Head Award recognizes and honours the #1 individual fundraiser and the #1 team fundraiser of the Annual Trail Raiser fundraising event for their contributions to the East Coast Trail. The award was established in 2018 to honour and remember hiker and volunteer Gail Sharpe, and highlight her many contributions to the trail, the Association, and the people of this province.

Past Recipients

#1 Individual Fundraiser

2025 – Evan Simpson

2024 – Evan Simpson

2023 – Evan Simpson

2022 – Evan Simpson

2021 – Donovan Byrd

2020 – Evan Simpson

2019 – Evan Simpson

2018 – Robbie Hicks

#1 Team Fundraiser

2025 – MUN in Motion (Evan Simpson, Grant Gardner, Kim Shipp, Mahmoud Haddara, Margot Brown, Robert Sexty, Donna Hardy Cox, and Richard Ellis)

2024 – MUN in Motion

2023 – MUN in Motion (Evan Simpson, Mahmoud Haddara, Grant Gardner, Margot Brown, David Miller, Valerie Legge, Donna Hardy Cox, and Richard Ellis)

2022 – Torbay Coyotes #1 (Madeleine Florent, Ann Noseworthy, Elke Dettmer, Jantje Van Houwelingen, Mary OBrien, Nathalie Brunet, Patricia E. Lacey, Robbie Hicks, Sandra Bassan, and Shirley Thorne)

2021 – MUN in Motion (Evan Simpson, Robert Sexty, Shelly Birnie-Lefcovitch, Richard Ellis, Margot Brown, Catharyn Andersen, Lisa Browne, James Millan and Steven Wolinetz)

2020 – MUN in Motion

2019 – MUN in Motion

2018 – MUN in Motion

Award Background

Gail Sharpe demonstrated love for the trail in many ways. She catalogued and installed signage, slashed undergrowth and accompanied custodians for many years on many weekends. She walked, hiked or ran pretty much every step of the East Coast Trail, always on the lookout for anything that needed a trim. Her favorite expression when hiking was, “never stop ‘til you get to the top”. Gail would have been so pleased to be directly associated with recognizing the role of volunteers on an annual basis. ALS can strike anyone and her family is honored that Gail’s memory lives on in the Trail community.