Hall of Fame 2015
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35th Annual Induction & Awards Dinner Saturday, May 2nd, 2015 North Bay Sports Hall of Fame Board of Directors Chair - Bill Jacko Vice-Chair - Karen Cobb Secretary/Treasurer - Peter Handley Directors Jennifer Buell Mary McTavish Karen Cook Barb Olmsted Michelle Cundari Sandro Orlando Joe Defonzo Garry Payne Luc Desbiens Tom Nodwell Tom Hedican Brent Pigott Dave Saad Member - Canadian Association For Sport Heritage Programme Welcome Minute of Silence Grace Dinner Awards & Inductions I James Kelly Memorial (Team of the Year) - OHL North Bay Battalion II Dedication to Soccer - Lorie Tremblay , Heather Windrem III Induction - Heather Chambers (Sport builder) IV Dominico Family Award (Softball / Baseball) - Ken Hastie V Mike Mitchell / Larry Avery Memorial (Football) - Leo Lavergne VI Induction - Tom Cook (Nordic Skiing - Builder) VII George Martyn Memorial (Basketball) - Lisa Hotte VIII Harry J. Reynolds Memorial (Hockey) - Rod Vincent IX Pete Handley Friend of Sport - Don Brown X Induction - Don MacDonald (Darts - Athlete & Builder) XI Al Brennan Memorial (Coach) - Danny Gosselin XII Jim Aspin Memorial (executive) - Ginette & Scott Kile XIII Induction - Marcus Popp (Pole Vault) XIV Honoured Team Award - Flying Fathers (Hockey) XV Local Level Athletes of the Year -Mort Fellman Memorial (Female) - Madison Fraser, Bronwynn Sheppard -Britt Jessup Memorial (Male) - Alex Bernardi XVI Induction - Curt Rush (Football) XVII Jack Burrows Memorial Sports Achievement Award - Jaimee Bull, Davis Evans, Zaffia Laplante XVIII Pete Palangio Award (Contribution to Sport) - Vic McClenaghan XIX Closing Remarks - Bill Jacko (Chair) North Bay Sports Hall Of Fame ~ Inducted Members 1. George Martyn* 67. Gladys Gigg Ross* 128. Jim Randle 189. Mike Poupore 2. “Duke” Keats* 68. Grant McKee 129. Alex Chalmers* 190. John Toswell* 3. “Scoop” Lalande* 69. Greg Duhaime* 130. Betty Boyer Sim 191. Julia Rivard (A) 4. Regis “Pep” Kelly* 70. Art Gabor 131. Bill Curry 192. Gerry Desormeau* 5. Pete Palangio Sr.* 71. Hec Lalande* 132. Howie Parker 193. Arnold Cline 6. Ab Demarco Sr.* 72. Art Haley* 133. Ron (Ike) Bean 194. Daralyn D’Angelo 7. Jim Kelly* 73. Jackie Dufresne 134. Bart Oattes* 195. John Jeffries 8. Ken Wharram 74. Rene Riopelle 135. Bonnie Zufelt 196. Darren Turcotte 9. Howard Teskey* 75. Clarence Stargratt* 136. Peter Topolie 197. Bob McKnight 10. Major Leo Troy* 76. Harley Taylor 137. Wendy (Van Mierlo) 198. Ken Richardson 11. Ab Hansman* 77. Nancy Olmsted (A) Little 199. Mike Mitchell* 12. Bob Gracie* 78. Lise Meloche (A) 138. Billy Larochelle* 200. Lionel Murphy 13. Herb Parks* 139. Roy (Red) Leckie* 14. Dom Scappatura* 79. Dave Euler 201. Viola Burke 15. Sam Jacks* 80. Father Mike Cundari* 140. Charles R. (Chuck) 202. Tom Graham* 16. “Irish” Johnston* 81. Harry Preston* Booth* 203. Steve Omischl (A) 17. Mort Fellman* 82. Garry Meehan 141. Ray Blanchfield* 204. Scott Patterson* 18. Britt Jessup* 83. Dr. Ralph Mutrie* 142. Emmanuelle Gunter 205. Ernie Follis* 19. Bill Colcock* 84. Art Randle* 143. Richard Charette 206. Ian McTavish* 20. Jim Aspin* 85. Harvey Lalande* 144. Glen (Hap) McKee* 207. Clarence Rennick* 21. Bayne Norrie 86. Roy Clarke* 145. John Klimits* 208. Gary Lumsden 22. Rudy Steski* 87. Phil Pearson (A)* 146. Stan Woods Sr.* 209. Blaine Schmidt 23. Doug McDonald* 88. Dom Cangiano* 147. Jon Cobb 210. Dick Prescott 24. Harry “Suze” Turner* 89. Gord McColeman 148. Marc Dunn 211. Jack Green* 25. Bill Morison* 90. Ernie Drury* 149. Alison Herst (A) 212. Agnes Jacks* 26. Merv Stoughton* 91. Hector Valade* 150. Kate Pace (A) 213. Daniel Gagnon 27. Vic Jackson* 92. Marty Reynolds 151. Don Pecore* 214. John “Tex” Mitchell 28. Fergie Dowdall*(A) 93. Dave Kaufman* 152. Ross Hurd Jr. 215. Sheldon Kannegiesser 29. Dave Rees (A) 94. Jim Sherrit 153. George E. Thompson* 216. Jack Lockhart 30. Norah McCarthy 95. Fred Valenti* 154. Tom Melnyk 217. Bill Houlder Kirby (A) 96. Harry Smith* 155. Bob Risk* 218. Hank Burman* 31. Don Hogan 97. Harry Burch* 156. Mike McParland 219. Kim Crumpton 32. George Gosselin* 98. Joan Wilkes 157. Dave Saad 220. Peter Minogue 33. Norma Higgs* 99. Jack Garland* 158. Diane O’Grady (A) 221. Danny Wilkes 34. Buck Kyle Sr.* 159. Alain Boucher (A) 35. Leo Labine* 100. Judi Richardson (A) 222. Ray Foisy 36. Jo Wallace 101. Bill Roynon* 160. Dan Howe (A) 223. Ken Miller 37. Ken Gribbons* 102. Romeo Veltri* 161. Gordon Cliche 224. Joanna McNutt Quarry 38. Eric Salkeld (A) 103. Gerald Cummings* 162. Jack Durrell* 225. Rosalind Cassidy 39. Larry Keenan 104. Bob Dupuis 163. Sabina Horne Wallace 226. Jim Watson 40. Marg Stephen 105. Merdie Laderoute* 164. Karen Cobb 227. Doug Jess* 41. Terry Evans* 106. Jim McKinnon* 165. Thelma Durrell Edgar 228. Joe Tripodi* 42. Carl Palangio* 107. Alex Stevenson* 166. Katherine Fahlgren 229. Fred Juett 43. Stan Maxwell* 108. Mike Johnston (A)* Thompson 230. Harry J. Reynolds* 44. Les Wilkinson 109. Terry Talentino 167. William (Bill) Pitt* 231. Paul Chesser 45. Biff Gigg* 110. Walter Jordon 168. Dr. Stan (Bus) Brown* 232. Mike Umphrey 46. Frank Ringler* 111. Blayne Rennick 169. David Steeper 233. Penny Lecour 47. Jack Leckie* 112 Cleland (Keke) 170. Greg Peroff (A) 234. Lou Farelli* 48. Anthony DeMarco* Mortson* 171. Ab Demarco Jr. 235. Tom Hedican 49. Dave Morland* 113. Bob Mitchell 172. Wayne Lowe 236. Guy Blanchard 50. Bill Morland 114. Moe Mantha Sr. 173. Lianne Horne 237. Garry Payne 51. Bob Barringer* 115. Gaye Cooley 174. George Richardson* 238. Rolph Tipler 52. Bob Lee* 116. Percy White* 175. Larry Tougas 239. Claude “Rip” Riopelle 53. Tony Poeta* 117. Peter Handley 176. Trista Bernier (A) 240. Chantel Nadon 54. Mel Edwards* 118. Graeme Nicolson 177 Bert Templeton* (A) (McNamara) 55. Beth Butler* 119. Bud Holmes 178. George Orfankos* 241 John Cordts 56. Al Brennan* 179. Gordon C. Kannegiesser 57. Brian Watters 120. Don (Butch) 242 Jack Dominico 58. Bernie Bucholtz Turcotte 180. Sandro Orlando 243 Graham Cobb 59. Larry Sheppard (A) 121. Dinty Parks* 181. Tim Pendergast 244 Mike O’Shea 60. Bob Marshall* 122. Vic Boyer* 182. Dr. Scott Kerrigan (A) 245 Cam Culbert 61. Ormeus (Red) Bedard* 123. Charles (Smokey) 183. Brian Risk (A) 246 Guilio Chiocchio 62. Barb Olmsted (A) Guenette* 184. Shirley Fahlgren 247 Jim Lisk 63. Jim McCubbin* 124. Ron Duffy* 185. Hugh MacDonald 248 Kevin Kerr 64. Al Knapp* 125. Don Grierson 186. Don Craig 249 Wendy st. Denis 65. Rollie Fischer* 126. Dan Philion 187. Larry Avery * 66. Herb Brown* 127. Peter Randle 188. Dave Cerisano * Deceased (A) Automatic North Bay Sports Hall Of Fame ~ New Members Heather Chambers was born in Toronto and arrived in North Bay in 1976 as head of Girls Physical Education at West Ferris Secondary School. She held that post for twenty years and coached girls junior and senior basketball and volleyball as well as track and field. She served as a multi year convenor for various secondary school sports at the local regional and provincial level from 1976 through 1999, organizing track, basketball and gymnastics for the NDA, track and field and volleyball for NOSSA, and alpine skiing, girls volleyball, hockey and cross country running for OFSAA. She also ran the Near North Basketball Tournament for 17 years. Her organizational skills became well known throughout the province and she served on the OFSAA Provincial Board for thirty three years (1980-2013),chairing the Committee for Girls Activities for six terms. She remains active on the OFSAA Constitutional Review Board to this day. She joined the NOSSA Regional Board in 1977 and continues to chair the association’s annual meeting almost forty years later. She served four terms as President of NOSSA - 1979,’81,’85,’97 . Her exemplary executive work also included twenty four years on the local NDA Board, a dozen years on the Executive and five terms as President - 1979,’80,’85,’91,’97. For her superlative work with these groups she was awarded the Pete Beach (OFSAA) Award in 1994 and the Ontario Special Achievement Award (now the Syl Apps) in 1998. She has also given freely of her time and expertise to various non school groups and enterprises including the North Bay Field Study group and the Multi-Use Recreational Facility Committee. She assisted in the development of the city’s Fair Play Manual and was a founding member of Sport North Bay which she has chaired since 2006. She organized volunteers for the Olympic Torch Relay in 2009 and played roles in both the World Ringette Championships and the recent Ontario Special Olympics. For virtually four decades Heather Chambers has played an important role as a builder of sport locally, regionally and provincially. Tom Cook a native of Toronto, came to North Bay to teach at Widdifield in 1975 and since that time has been an outstanding coach, executive member and community organizer. As a Builder of sport he is best known for his better than 35 years involvement in nordic skiing but he also spent 16 years helping coach junior and senior football, another eight with cross country running and a couple of seasons with alpine skiing. He coached the Wildcat boys and girls nordic ski team from 1977 through 1998 as Widdifield won 65 gold medals - 27 individual and 38 team - at NDA, NOSSA and OFSAA. At the Provincial (OFSAA) level Courtney Crawford and Jodi Thompson won individual golds while Wildcat teams captured three silver and two bronze medals. During those 22 years Cook’s charges brought home 12 NOSSA team awards and 7 individual NOSSA golds ( 3 boys, 4 girls) as well as 26 NDA team championships and 18 individual golds (10 boys, 8 girls). Aside from coaching Cook has served cross country skiing in many disparate ways ; he convened the Canadian Masters in 1992 and 2000, played major roles in OFSAA Nordic Championships here in 1996, 1997, 2007 and 2008, handled numerous NDA and NOSSA Championships and was involved in an Ontario Masters & Nordic Special Olympics & the 2015 Ontario Special Olympics.