SASKATOON – A Winnipeg girls volleyball coach is pleading for the return of her cherished memories after her hard drive was stolen in Saskatoon. Megan Bradshaw coached the Cobras 17U team in a national tournament in Edmonton last weekend.
She returned to Winnipeg Sunday night. The next day, she got a call she’d rather forget.
“Of course you immediately worry about your athletes, not necessarily your stuff,” Bradshaw said.
Her video equipment had been stolen from a Jeep in the parking lot of the Saskatoon Days Inn. The grandparents of one of her players offered to drive volleyballs, a medical kit and electronics back to Manitoba.
Items included:
- a blue Sony Handycam;
- a black Sony Handycam with a built-in projector;
- a black Sony tripod with a remote control;
- a blue My Passport hard drive with a white cord; and
- a grey camera bag with pink flowers on it
She is mainly concerned about getting the hard drive back, as it contains seven years of volleyball videos. More importantly, it has pictures of her 14-month-old daughter Kennedy.
“Things like her first bath, opening presents on Christmas morning, her birthday – those kinds of things were on there,” Bradshaw said.
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When he learned about what happened to his friend and colleague, the women’s volleyball coach at the University of Saskatchewan, Mark Dodds, stepped up.
“I kind of roamed around the area and checked a couple bins to see if maybe they had discarded the bag or something. Hopefully the hard drive would’ve been in the bag,” Dodds said.
He also visited pawn shops in the city, but found nothing.
“For the 20, 30 minutes out of my day that it took, it’s no big deal compared to the loss she’s experiencing right now,” he said.
Bradshaw is also upset because the owners of the ransacked Jeep are facing struggles of their own. Their grandson Adrian, the brother of the Cobras’ setter, was recently diagnosed with cancer.
The team wears “Adrian’s Army” shirts to show their support for the family.
“It just hurts that something like that happens to a family that’s such a wonderful family. You know, they just don’t need anything else on their plate right now,” Bradshaw said.
There will be no questions asked if the coach’s items are returned.
“I’d really like all my memories back,” Bradshaw said.
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