Broomball team

sweeps into Hall

By DARRELL DAVIS They made history Leader-Post

Broomball may be disappearing from the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame and provincial scenery, but its legacy has been Museum 2005 lnductees insured by the first induction of a broomball played in five Western Canadian softball team into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Athletes championships and four senior A Canadian Fame and Museum. championships; coached teams to city championships in Regina and home town of The Regina Silver Screen Bruins, Ted Jaleta: Canadian Masters 10-km road Saskatoon; also coached internationally; winners of the 2001 Canadian men's race champion 1995-97; between 1986-20 conducted coaching and skills clinics; created championship, were among three teams, placed first in 43 of 50 local races while living "Learn to Play" soft-ball program and rewrote four builders and four athletes presented as in Regina; competed in distances throughout course conductor manuals for Softball this year's inductees during simultaneous North America from 5,000m to full marathons; Saskatchewan; director of Coaching Saskatchewan senior 10,000m champ in 1989; Association of Saskatchewan and media conferences held Wednesday in Saskatchewan 10,000m champ and Timex Regina and Saskatoon. Saskatchewan Games Council. Road Series champ in 1994 Marta Kroupa: Introduced rhythmic They will be officially honoured during Bob Reindl: Won Saskatoon high school gymnastics to Saskatchewan after arriving in the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame and championships with records at 400m, 800m, Esterhazy from Czechoslovakia; worked with Museum's 2005 induction weekend, which 1,500m and 3,000m in 1974-75; held Sask Sport to found Saskatchewan Rhythmic includes a dinner June 11 at the provincial records in 15 indoor and outdoor Sportive Gymnastics Association in 1979; es- Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts and a events; 1975 Canadian 10-mile road race tablished Challenge Cup for participants from winner; undefeated through 12 straight 800m fund-raising golf tournament June 10 at across Western Canada; coached races in 1977 national and international Saskatchewan teams at Western Canada Deer Valley Golf and Estates. events. Games, regional championships and "Broomball's a dying sport," said Mike Caren (Rathie) Reindl: Saskatoon high European gymnaestrades; elected in 2004 as Duff, a member of the Regina Silver Screen school champion in 100m, 200m and 400m, coaching representative for Gymnastics Bruins who attended the media conference aggregate winner 1974-76; won 400m and Canada Technical Committee for Rhythmic at the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame was on winning 4x100 and 4x400 teams at Gymnastics. 1976 North American junior championships In Teams and Museum in downtown Regina. Mexico City; continued winning awards since "About 10 or 15 years ago there were 1991 Saskatoon Hilltops: Dave Hardy- becoming masters athlete in 1994. coached team finished regular season of tournaments every weekend all across the Ed Staniowski: Began hockey career in Prairie Football Conference with 7-1 record; province. Now it's slowing down and there's , winning 1970 provincial midget beat Edmonton Huskies 52-6 and Regina only one big tournament. This (induction) is championship; spent 1971-75 as Rams 32-9 in playoff games; defeated visiting a pretty big thing for our sport." with Western Canadian Junior Hockey Okanagan Sun 42-27 in Western Canadian Also being feted will be the 1991 League's ; Pats MVP 1973-75, final; playing national junior championship in including Memorial Cup championship season Saskatoon Hillltops junior football team and Saskatoon, they beat Ottawa Sooners 48-7 as of 1973-74; played 10 NHL seasons with St. quarterback Brent Schneider passed for 472 Janet Perkin's 1953 curling rink. Louis Blues, Winnipeg Jets and Hartford yards and four touchdowns. "About 30 years we remembered all the Whalers. 2001 Regina Silver Screen Bruins: details," said Perkin, whose rink marched Builders Undefeated (11-0-1) in regular season of through the Caledonian Curling Club, Allan Few: On Judo Saskatchewan's Regina Broomball League; won four straight Regina, southern Saskatchewan, provincial grading board for 26 years; spent four years as games in provincial championship before beat- provincial coach; referee at Western Canada ing Bruno Axemen 3-2 in overtime; after and — the ultimate crown in the 1950s — Games and Jeux Canada Games; developed Western Canadian championships. "We had winning three and losing two at national judo programs at Saskatoon YMCA; Level 2 championship in Calgary, team upended to keep winning because we didn't get three technical instructor and theory A and B Quebec 4-1 and Ontario 3-2 to win title; Mike or four chances like they do now. And all I facilitator. Duff was MVP of the final game and Jason remember are the shots I missed." Peter Jmaeff: Started shooting career in Bender was the tournament's most valuable "She remembers the shots she missed," Royal Canadian Air Force; from Kamsack; player. served as president of rifle clubs in Winnipeg 1953 Janet Perkin rink: Perkin, Phyllis said Joyce Miller, the lead on Perkin's rink. and Regina, Saskatchewan Provincial Rifle "But I remember the one she made. When Day, Jean Graham and Joyce Miller began Association (1976-85) and Saskatchewan trek to Western Canadian women's curling we won the Western Canadians here in Small Bore Association (1985-93); conducted championship by winning the Caledonian Regina she had to make her last shot. level 1 and 2 instructional courses; officiated at Curling Club, city of Regina, southern "I called it her $400 shot because after numerous international events and five times Saskatchewan and provincial playdowns; won she made it we each got $100 gift attended competition in Bisley, England in best-of-three provincial championship in North certificates. That was a lot of money back various roles. Battleford; went 3-1 in round-robin portion of Shirley (Shockey) Kowalski: A top-rated Western championship in Regina, then beat then." pitcher, The athletes being inducted are distance Alberta 12-11 in an extra end, days after losing 22-4 to Alberta in a round-robin game that was runner Ted Jaleta, former Regina Pats their first on artificial ice. goaltender Ed Staniows-ki and sprinter final, and their first three games during Caren (Rathie) Reindl and her husband Bob the Canadian championship in Calgary. Reindl, a middle-distance runner. Representing Saskatchewan, the because they had never won a Canadian The builders are Allan Few (judo), Peter Bruins lost twice (including a defeat championship. It was the first time any Jmaeff (shooting), Marta Kroupa (rhythmic against Ontario) before rebounding with team other than Ontario or Quebec had gymnastics) and Shirley (Shockey) back-to-back playoff victories. won, and that (Ontario) team had won Kowalski (softball). "We combined our teams after the something like 15 of the first 25 Duff was his team’s most valuable player provincials," said Duff. "Bruno's team championships." in the national championship game four was exactly like ours: We both worked This year's inductees bring the total to years ago, when the Bruins — an so hard that it was easy to play together. 390 members since the hall was formed amalgamation of players from Odessa, in 1966. Bruno and Regina — upset a powerhouse "When we won the nationals it was a squad from Ontario 3-2. The Bruins had good feeling for the younger guys. For been unbeaten in 12 league games before some of the older guys who had been winning five straight games in the playing 20 years or so — guys like Allan provincial championship, including an over- Duff, Grant Stahl, Jeff Nostadt and Tony time win over the Bruno Axemen in the Kalaman — it was a great feeling