33RD A NNUAL
N ORTH B AY S PORTS H ALL OF F AME
I NDUCTION & AWARDS D INNER Saturday, April 20th, 2013
NORTH BAY SPORTS HALL OF FAME BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHAIR - BILL JACKO VICE-CHAIR - KAREN COBB SECRETARY/TREASURER - PETER HANDLEY
DIRECTORS JENNIFER BUELL SANDRO ORLANDO JACK BURROWS TOM NODWELL KAREN COOK BRENT PIGOTT LUC DESBIENS DAVE SAAD DOUG JESS BUD THOMPSON MARY MCTAVISH JOHN TOSWELL* BARB OLMSTED MIKE UMPHREY, LOA
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WELCOME
MINUTE OF SILENCE
GRACE
DINNER
AWARDS & INDUCTIONS
IPETE HANDLEY FRIEND OF SPORT - KEN PAGAN
II INDUCTION - JOHN CORDTS (AUTO-RACING)
III DEDICATION TO SOCCER - KEN FERRON
IV JAMES KELLY MEMORIAL (TEAM OF THE YEAR) - WINGATE MAJOR ATOM HOCKEY
VAL KNAPP MEMORIAL (SOFTBALL / BASEBALL) - DAVE SAAD
VI INDUCTION - GRAHAM COBB (KAYAK)
VII GEORGE MARTYN MEMORIAL (BASKETBALL) - HEATHER WINDREM
VIII MIKE MITCHELL / LARRY AVERY MEMORIAL (FOOTBALL) -BOB SNEDDEN
IX INDUCTION - JACK DOMINICO (BASEBALL, BUILDER)
XHARRY J. REYNOLDS MEMORIAL (HOCKEY) - TIM FOSTER
XI AL BRENNAN MEMORIAL (COACH) - BILL RHOADS (GYMNASTICS)
XII JIM ASPIN MEMORIAL (EXECUTIVE) - ROB DAWSON (TENNIS)
XIII INDUCTION - CHANTAL NADON (KICKBOXING)
XIV LOCAL LEVEL ATHLETES OF THE YEAR
-MORT FELLMAN MEMORIAL (FEMALE) - TESSA ALYMAN, HEATHER PAYNE
-BRITT JESSUP MEMORIAL (MALE) - GRAHAM HANSEL, JAKE TOUGAS
XV INDUCTION - MIKE O’SHEA (FOOTBALL)
XVI DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT AREA SPORTS ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
JARET BULL, MATT WALTERS
XVII PETER PALANGIO AWARD (CONTRIBUTION TO SPORT) - TOM COOK
XVIII CLOSING REMARKS - BILL JACKO (CHAIR)
THIS PAGE PRESENTED COURTESY OF MARK LYONS - GEORGE STOCKFISH FORD ~ IN MEMORY OF JACK LECKIE ~ NORTH BAY SPORTS HALL OF FAME ~ INDUCTED MEMBERS
1. GEORGE MARTYN* 62. BARB OLMSTED (A) 122. VIC BOYER* 180. SANDRO ORLANDO 2. “DUKE” KEATS* 63. JIM MCCUBBIN* 123. CHARLES (SMOKEY) 181. TIM PENDERGAST 3. “SCOOP” LALANDE* 64. AL KNAPP* GUENETTE* 182. DR. SCOTT KERRIGAN (A) 4. REGIS “PEP” KELLY* 65. ROLLIE FISCHER* 124. RON DUFFY* 183. BRIAN RISK (A) 5. PETE PALANGIO SR.* 66. HERB BROWN 125. DON GRIERSON 184. SHIRLEY FAHLGREN 6. AB DEMARCO SR.* 67. GLADYS GIGG ROSS* 126. DAN PHILION 185. HUGH MACDONALD 7. JIM KELLY* 68. GRANT MCKEE 127. PETER RANDLE 186. DON CRAIG 8. KEN WHARRAM 69. GREG DUHAIME* 128. JIM RANDLE 187. LARRY AVERY * 9. HOWARD TESKEY* 70. ART GABOR 129. ALEX CHALMERS* 188. DAVE CERISANO 10. MAJOR LEO TROY* 71. HEC LALANDE* 130. BETTY BOYER SIM 189. MIKE POUPORE 11. AB HANSMAN* 72. ART HALEY* 131. BILL CURRY 190. JOHN TOSWELL* 12. BOB GRACIE* 73. JACKIE DUFRESNE 132. HOWIE PARKER 191. JULIA RIVARD (A) 13. HERB PARKS* 74. RENE RIOPELLE 133. RON (IKE) BEAN 192. GERRY DESORMEAU* 14. DOM SCAPPATURA* 75. CLARENCE STARGRATT* 134. BART OATTES* 193. ARNOLD CLINE 15. SAM JACKS* 76. HARLEY TAYLOR 135. BONNIE ZUFELT 194. DARALYN D’ANGELO 16. “IRISH” JOHNSTON* 77. NANCY OLMSTED (A) 136. PETER TOPOLIE 195. JOHN JEFFRIES 17. MORT FELLMAN* 78. LISE MELOCHE (A) 137. WENDY (VAN MIERLO) 196. DARREN TURCOTTE 18. BRITT JESSUP* 79. DAVE EULER LITTLE 197. BOB MCKNIGHT 19. BILL COLCOCK* 80. FATHER MIKE CUNDARI* 138. BILLY LAROCHELLE* 198. KEN RICHARDSON 20. JIM ASPIN* 81. HARRY PRESTON* 139. ROY (RED) LECKIE* 199. MIKE MITCHELL* 21. BAYNE NORRIE 82. GARRY MEEHAN 140. CHARLES R. (CHUCK) 200. LIONEL MURPHY 22. RUDY STESKI* 83. DR. RALPH MUTRIE* BOOTH* 201. VIOLA BURKE 23. DOUG MCDONALD* 84. ART RANDLE* 141. RAY BLANCHFIELD* 202. TOM GRAHAM 24. HARRY “SUZE” TURNER* 85. HARVEY LALANDE 142. EMMANUELLE GUNTER 203. STEVE OMISCHL (A) 25. BILL MORISON 86. ROY CLARKE* 143. RICHARD CHARETTE 204. SCOTT PATTERSON* 26. MERV STOUGHTON* 87. PHIL PEARSON (A)* 144. GLEN (HAP) MCKEE* 205. ERNIE FOLLIS* 27. VIC JACKSON* 88. DOM CANGIANO* 145. JOHN KLIMITS* 206. IAN MCTAVISH 28. FERGIE DOWDALL*(A) 89. GORD MCCOLEMAN 146. STAN WOODS SR. 207. CLARENCE RENNICK* 29. DAVE REES (A) 90. ERNIE DRURY* 147. JON COBB 208. GARY LUMSDEN 30. NORAH MCCARTHY 91. HECTOR VALADE* 148. MARC DUNN 209. BLAINE SCHMIDT KIRBY (A) 92. MARTY REYNOLDS 149. ALISON HERST (A) 210. DICK PRESCOTT 31. DON HOGAN 93. DAVE KAUFMAN* 150. KATE PACE (A) 211. JACK GREEN* 32. GEORGE GOSSELIN* 94. JIM SHERRIT 151. DON PECORE* 212. AGNES JACKS* 33. NORMA HIGGS* 95. FRED VALENTI* 152. ROSS HURD JR. 213. DANIEL GAGNON 34. BUCK KYLE SR.* 96. HARRY SMITH* 153. GEORGE E. THOMPSON* 214. JOHN “TEX” MITCHELL 35. LEO LABINE* 97. HARRY BURCH* 154. TOM MELNYK 215. SHELDON KANNEGIESSER 36. JO WALLACE 98. JOAN WILKES 155. BOB RISK 216. JACK LOCKHART 37. KEN GRIBBONS* 99. JACK GARLAND* 156. MIKE MCPARLAND 217. BILL HOULDER 38. ERIC SALKELD (A) 100. JUDI RICHARDSON (A) 157. DAVE SAAD 218. HANK BURMAN* 39. LARRY KEENAN 101. BILL ROYNAN* 158. DIANE O’GRADY (A) 219. KIM CRUMPTON 40. MARG STEPHEN 102. ROMEO VELTRI* 159. ALAIN BOUCHER (A) 220. PETER MINOGUE 41. TERRY EVANS* 103. GERALD CUMMINGS* 160. DAN HOWE (A) 221. DANNY WILKES 42. CARL PALANGIO* 104. BOB DUPUIS 161. GORDON CLICHE 222. RAY FOISY 43. STAN MAXWELL* 105. MERDIE LADEROUTE* 162. JACK DURRELL* 223. KEN MILLER 44. LES WILKINSON 106. JIM MCKINNON* 163. SABINA HORNE WALLACE 224. JOANNA MCNUTT QUARRY 45. BIFF GIGG* 107. ALEX STEVENSON* 164. KAREN COBB 225. ROSALIND CASSIDY 46. FRANK RINGLER* 108. MIKE JOHNSTON (A)* 165. THELMA DURRELL EDGAR 226. JIM WATSON 47. JACK LECKIE* 109. TERRY TALENTINO 166. KATHERINE FAHLGREN 227. DOUG JESS 48. ANTHONY DEMARCO* 110. WALTER JORDON THOMPSON 228. JOE TRIPODI 49. DAVE MORLAND* 111. BLAYNE RENNICK 167. WILLIAM (BILL) PITT* 229. FRED JUETT 50. BILL MORLAND 112 CLELAND (KEKE) 168. DR. STAN (BUS) BROWN* 230. HARRY J. REYNOLDS * 51. BOB BARRINGER* MORTSON* 169. DAVID STEEPER 231. PAUL CHESSER 52. BOB LEE* 113. BOB MITCHELL 170. GREG PEROFF (A) 232. MIKE UMPHREY 53. TONY POETA* 114. MOE MANTHA SR. 171. AB DEMARCO JR. 233. PENNY LECOUR 54. MEL EDWARDS* 115. GAYE COOLEY 172. WAYNE LOWE 234. LOU FARELLI* 55. BETH BUTLER* 116. PERCY WHITE* 173. LIANNE HORNE 235. TOM HEDICAN 56. AL BRENNAN* 117. PETER HANDLEY 174. GEORGE RICHARDSON* 236. GUY BLANCHARD 57. BRIAN WATTERS 118. GRAEME NICOLSON 175. LARRY TOUGAS 237. GARRY PAYNE 58. BERNIE BUCHOLTZ 119. BUD HOLMES 176. TRISTA BERNIER (A) 238. ROLPH TIPLER 59. LARRY SHEPPARD (A) 120. DON (BUTCH) 177 BERT TEMPLETON* (A) 239. CLAUDE “RIP” RIOPELLE 60. BOB MARSHALL* TURCOTTE 178. GEORGE ORFANKOS* 61. ORMEUS (RED) BEDARD* 121. DINTY PARKS* 179. GORDON C. KANNEGIESSER * Deceased (A) Automatic
THIS PAGE PRESENTED COURTESY OF RUSS COLVIN, SELMA NORRIE COLVIN - LAWYERS 705-476-5161 N ORTH B AY S PORTS H ALL OF F AME ~ NEW MEMBERS
GRAHAM COBB is a North Bay native who demonstrated athletic ability in a number of sports including gymnastics, kayaking, cross country running, track and field and cross country skiing – reaching OFSAA or Provincial level in all five disciplines. Kayaking was his eventual sport of choice and he reached the highest level of proficiency - competing as a member of the Canadian National team from 1995 to 2001 in International events in Europe, South America, the United States and Canada. He was part of the Canadian K-4 crew that placed 4th in the Pan Am Games 1000m race in 1994 and took part in World Cup events in Denmark and Germany as well as World Championships in Canada and Hungary-reaching K-4 semi finals at Worlds 4 times at three different distances. Competing at the Canadian National Canoeing Championships from 1991 through 2000 he won 33 medals, including 14 gold, in Juvenile, Junior and Senior races in K-1, K-2 and K-4 over distances ranging mainly from 200 to 1000 metres. As a Senior competitor he captured 7 gold (5 in K-4), 8 silver and 4 bronze medals. In Ontario Championship regattas he gained 26 medals, including 8 gold and 7 silver, in eight years. He was a member of the Canadian Junior K Team in 1993. He was just ten when he started gymnastics; in 1991 he won the Provincial All-Round Argo B title and reached Nationals in 1992. As a cross country runner he placed in the top 25 at OFSAA on three occasions (11th in ’93) and his Widdifield teams finished in the top ten four times. He also ran for Dalhousie’s AUAA Championship squad. As a cross country skier he was on OFSAA Team and Relay Champions while placing 5th individually in 1992. Representing Widdifeld in track, he reached the OFSAA 3000m final in 1991. In 1999 he was in the crew of a Canadian team that won an International Dragon Boat race in China and competing in Adventure Racing (a wilderness multi sport competition) he picked up 2 1sts and 2 3rds in 3 seasons. He became a Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) in 2003 and a Doctor of Medicine (MD) in 2010.
JOHN CORDTS was born in Sweden and as the son of a farm equipment salesman had become skilled at repairing motorized equipment by the time he moved to North Bay at the age of 18 in 1954. In 1956 he purchased an MGA and began ice racing on Lake Nipissing and the following year started a two decade career of racing cars on tracks all over the continent. In 2004 he was named to the Canadian Motorsports Hall of Fame in the Closed Wheel, Open Wheel and Snowmobile Category. The first few years of his illustrious career he drove mostly MGA’s and Austin Healeys, winning a number of events with a pushrod MG which outraced twin cam vehicles. Over the next seven years Cordts won over 100 trophies and firmly established himself as a top driver. In 1965 he moved up in class - his Gorrie’s Chevrolet Corvette won the Canadian title for big bore sports cars and Cordts was named driver of the year. After losing most of a season due to a serious accident he resumed his career driving McLarens and began competing on U.S. tracks on a regular basis. As one of a few Canadian professional drivers he finished third in the U.S. Road Racing Championship for Can- Am cars over 2 litres in 1967, winning a pair of races. The next year he carded a pair of 3rds, a 4th and 2 5ths and in 1969 was 10th overall in the Can-Am Challenge Cup, mainly driving dated McLarens. He drove McLaren Chevrolets from ’69 until his retirement in 1974. Over the years he competed on the top tracks in Canada and the States, setting a number of records while competing for various teams in both countries – Billes, McCaig, Gorries, Young American Racing, U.S. Racing and Paul Newman Lola among others. He thrilled fans at such tracks as Green Acres, Harewood,Mosport, St Jovite, Riverside, Watkins Glen, Sebring and Elkhart. A quiet, unassuming individual he had his share of accidents over the years and walked away from more than one wreck. He loved racing – driving for Ski Do Ontario on the snowmachine racing circuit in the late 1960’s and at the age of 60 began racing motorcycles in British Columbia. After winning five moto-cross events he was seriously injured in an accident and retired to a quiet life of wood carving and contemplation.
JACK DOMINICO comes from a well known North Bay family who played minor ball and hockey here before leaving town to pursue a career in the newspaper field . He learned his trade in Sault Ste Marie, Gravenhurst and Etobicoke before starting his own marketing firm in Toronto in 1969 and acquiring the Ontario Hockey League as a key client. He prepared their yearbooks, catalogues and various publications for more than 30 years. He still does some work with the Ontario Hockey Association and the Toronto Sun chain. Toronto was a key member of the Triple A International Baseball League for many decades and when the club was moved to Louisville Kentucky it left the city without top flight ball. The Intercounty League, a top grade semi pro loop founded in 1919 , placed a franchise in Toronto to fill the gap. Dominico purchased the club in 1969 and has run the team ever since, almost 45 years – looking after the myriad of tasks necessary to keep such a franchise afloat. Dominico’s Leafs have won 20 Intercounty pennants and eight championships while playing their home games (with no admission charge) at Christie Pits. The familiar blue and white maple leaf crest with a centre “T” is the oldest sports team logo in Toronto, pre-dating the NHL Leafs original crest. The lineup over the years has included some former Blue Jays and North Bay’s Damon Topolie caught for the club for several seasons. In 1987 Dominico created a charity baseball celebrity dinner which brings old time baseball stars to Toronto to share stories and experiences with todays fans. Over the years the gala has featured the likes of Warren Spahn, Bob Gibson, Bob Lemon, Bob Feller, Orlando Cepeda, Curt Flood, Robin Roberts, Maury Wills, Country Slaughter, George Kell and Canadian Ferguson Jenkins, among others. The 27th edition of the dinner, which helps keep the Intercounty Leafs alive, will be coming up shortly . Dominico was inducted into the Etobicoke Sports Hall of Fame in 2004 along with Frank Orr, Red Kelly and Frank Selke Jr. In 2010 the main diamond at Christie Pits was named in honour of Jack and his late wife Lynne who worked with him with the team and at the ballpark every step of the way.
THIS PAGE PRESENTED COURTESY OF P&R - PROGRAMS & RESERVATIONS - DAVE CERISANO 705-474-4878 ~ IN MEMORY OF JACK GREEN ~ N ORTH B AY S PORTS H ALL OF F AME ~ NEW MEMBERS
CHANTAL NADON (MCNAMARA) was born in North Bay and was only 15 when she began to learn martial art skills at the Twin Dragon Centre in the city. In 1992 she began a two year amateur boxing career that saw her win 6 of 8 matches and win the Ontario Womens’s Amateur Bantamweight Championship in 1994. Later that same year she became a professional kickboxer and over the next eight plus years became known as the “North Bay Assassin” on her way to wins in five World Championship bouts –three flyweight plus one super fly and one featherweight. She initially won the International Sport Kickboxing Association (ISKA) World Flyweight title over England’s Mary Hart in May 2001 at Memorial Gardens in North Bay. She defended that belt later that year and again in 2002. She won her first World Championship bout in September of 1998 in the Featherweight division. Two years later she won the ISKA World Super Flyweight belt against a Spanish opponent. During her career she won 15 of 20 matches, fought to a pair of draws and lost only three times. Of her 20 bouts, nine of them were championship matches and she won eight of those while being trained by Michael and Martin McNamara of the Twin Dragon Club. Nadon won two FFKA Canadian Featherweight Championship matches (1997 & ’98) and took part in a pair of North American Championship bouts-winning the ISKA Super Bantamweight Freestyle in October 1998 and losing a Featherweight final five months later. She retired from the ring in 2003 holding several belts including the ISKA World Super Flyweight and the ISKA World Flyweight (above the waist). 1998 winner of the DIA Sports Achievement award, Algonquin grad Chantal spent a decade teaching women self defence classes and children karate and kickboxing here in North Bay and did the same in later years in Toronto and Aurora. Married to Michael McNamara and the mother of two daughters, Brigitte and Renee, she has recently again taken up residence in North Bay.
MIKE O’SHEA was born in North Bay in 1970 and just 13 years later started playing the sport that would ultimately see him elevated to among the very best to ever play CFL football. Introduced to the game at Widdifield SS he started out as a quarterback and then played end for three seasons before coach Rodger Ettles converted him to middle linebacker in his final year of high school football and the rest, as they say, is history. From 1989 through 1992 he played university ball with Guelph Gryphons, helping them to the OUAA title in ’92 and being named a Canadian University (and OUAA) All Star as well as OUAA Defensive Player of the Year. He recorded 86 tackles and 21 QB sacks in his Gryphon years and played in the East-West Shrine Game in California in 1992. Taken in the first round of the 1993 CFL draft (4th overall) by the Edmonton Eskimos he was traded to Hamilton where he played his first three years of a stellar 16 year career. 12 of the next 13 seasons were played in Toronto Argo double blue as they won a trio of Grey Cups- in 1996,1997 and 2004. In 1996 he decided to try the NFL and after being one of the Detroit Lions final cuts he returned to the CFL where he joined the Argos. He was with them for every season after that except for 2000 which he spent with the Ti Cats . He played his last game in 2008. O’Shea was named a CFL All Star in 1999, the same year he was named Outstanding Canadian in the Canadian Football League. In 1993 he was named Rookie of the Year. He was a CFL East All Star on five occasions – 1994,’95,’97,’99,’00 and finished his career with an amazing 1151 tackles – 2nd on the all time tackles list. In 2006 he became the first Canadian and only the third player in CFL history to record 1000 tackles. Eight times during his career he recorded 75 tackles or more in a season and for the Argos he made a total of 822 (4 a game) in 205 games. In 2007 he was named to the All Time Argos Team, as a Middle Linebacker. He played 271 regular season games in the CFL, the most ever by a defensive player . A three time winner of the North Bay Sports Achievement award, O’Shea joined the Argos coaching staff as Special Teams Coordinator in 2010 and in 2012 won his 4th Grey Cup – his first as a coach. NORTH BAY SPORTS HALL OF FAME Dear Friends: 2012 was certainly a big year – our 35th anniversary, a completely redesigned plaque system, a newly refurbished Hall of Fame Room and the publication of our book – ‘They Were Our Heroes’. With the coming of the OHL Battalion and the 12 million dollar upgrading of the Gardens here in 2013 that means more changes for your NBSHF. The plan is that we will be part of a large planned concourse on the north end of the building so stay tuned to see how it all shakes out !
Thank you for your support over the years and for attending our celebration of the best in North Bay sports. Enjoy your evening.
Bill Jacko, Chair
THIS PAGE PRESENTED COURTESY OF DAVID BARBER - NORTHERN HONDA I NDIVIDUAL S PORTS A WARDS DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT AREA SPORTS ACHIEVEMENT AWARD For Outstanding Achievement in Sport (Sponsored by the DIA)
1966 HECTOR VALADE 1984 BARB OLMSTED, 1996 DIANE O’GRADY 2007 HOCKEYVILLE 1967 JACKIE DUFRESNE LISE MELOCHE 1997 TRISTA BERNIER COMMITTEE, 1968 JACKIE DUFRESNE & FRANCE GAREAU 1998 CHANTAL NADON LEN GUSHE, 1969 JIMMY SHERRIT 1985 RICHARD CHARETTE 1999 STEVE OMISCHL & JORDY LEGGETT & 1970 BILL MORLAND SR. 1986 LOU LATOUR MIKE O’SHEA MATT MARQUARDT 1971 BOB DUPUIS 1987 KATE PACE & 2000 JULIA RIVARD 2008 STEVE OMISCHL, 1972 RAY FOISY DARREN TURCOTTE 2001 PAIGE LOCKTON TAYLOR MILNE & 1973 BRIAN WATTERS 1988 MIKE JOHNSTON (SPEED AXEL) JARET BULL & RON (IKE) BEAN & BLAINE SCHMIDT 2002 STEVE OMISCHL & 2009 DOMINIQUE BOUCHARD 1974 WENDY VAN MIERLO 1989 TIM PENDERGAST STEVE WALKOM & KIM CRUMPTON 1975 HARVEY LALANDE 1990 KATE PACE 2003 DAVID NIGHBOR & 2010 SUE PILLING/ 1976 BARB OLMSTED 1991 ALISON HERST MELISSA LADOUCEUR STEPH ROMANIUK; 1977 BARB OLMSTED & MANDY BROWNLEE 2004 ADAM NEWTON, KELLI CHAMBERLAIN 1978 SABINA HORNE 1992 ALISON HERST & STEVE OMISCHL 2011 DOMINIQUE BOUCHARD 1979 JUDI RICHARDSON MIKE O’SHEA & MEGAN STACEY & MATT WALTERS 1980 ERNIE & MEL 1993 KATE PACE 2005 GREG BARIL-KENNEY* JOHNSTON 1994 NORTH BAY & STEVE OMISCHL 1981 CINDY TROTTIER CENTENNIALS & 2006 DOMINIQUE 1982 NANCY OLMSTED SCOTT PATTERSON BOUCHARD, DAVID & ALAIN BOUCHER CURLING RINK NIGHBOR & MIKE 1983 NANCY OLMSTED 1995 ALISON HERST O’SHEA
MIKE MITCHELL/LARRY AVERY MEMORIAL TROPHY For the person or persons in the North Bay area who contributed the most to the game of football (Sponsored by Dr. Murray Mitchell)
1973 BRIAN MURRAY 1983 TOM FLETCHER & 1992 MIKE O’SHEA 2002 DUKE SCHRECK 1974 MARIO SPINA JOHN LUNN 1993 TIM PENDERGAST 2003 CLARKE EADY 1975 ARNIE CLINE 1984 BILL HARTLEY 1994 GREG CASEY 2004 DANIEL WEBER 1976 BRITT JESSUP 1985 MIKE DOYLE 1995 PAUL CONDON 2005 TONY SAINI 1977 DAN KAPITANCHUK 1986 MARK MCLEOD 1996 RICK MITCHELL 2006 DON KRAJC* 1978 JIM RANDLE 1987 FRED GAMMON 1997 JASON FERREIRA 2007 RICHARD LACHANCE 1979 JOHN TOSWELL 1988 ROGER ETTLES 1998 CAM ROTONDO 2008 TERRY VENDETTI 1980 BILL MACFARLANE 1989 JOHN ALKINS 1999 JASON CASEY 2009 JOHN MACDONALD 1981 CHARLES CHENARD 1990 LARRY TOUGAS 2000 KEVIN GAGNON 2010 STEW JACKSON 1982 JACK GREEN 1991 TOM GRAHAM 2001 MARC MATHON 2011 ADAM NICOLSON
JUDGE HARRY J REYNOLDS MEMORIAL TROPHY For dedication to the sport of hockey as a player, coach, executive, official (Sponsored by Nipissing Law Society)
1975 JUDGE HARRY J 1985 NORTH BAY PINEHILL 1995 BERT TEMPLETON 2004 CRAIG RIVET REYNOLDS COFFEE SHOP MIDGETS 1996 GUY BLANCHARD 2005 KEVIN KERR 1976 PETER PALANGIO 1986 KEN MILLER 1997 GLEN RIGBY & 2006 DALE HEWITT 1977 JIM ASPIN 1987 JACK WALKOM BEN GIGNAC 2007 CARMEN ANELLO 1978 REGIS (PEP) KELLY 1988 AB KLEIN 1998 ART TIERNAY 2008 DAN SELIN 1979 JIM KELLY 1989 DON PECORE 1999 DON CRAIG 2009 SCOTT KILE 1980 HEINZ HOFFMEISTER 1990 LARRY KEENAN 2000 DENYSE VENDETTI 2010 GLEN CAMPBELL 1981 PETER RANDLE 1991 KEN CRAIG 2001 ALEX AULD & 2011 AL CAMPBELL 1982 AB DEMARCO SR. 1992 WAYNE POETA MIKE KELLY 2012 MIKE MCPARLAND 1983 ROSE & JOHN BLAIR 1993 TERRY JACKSON 2002 RANDY SANDVIK 1984 DON TURCOTTE 1994 STEVE SHIELDS 2003 ALEX GEISLER
PETE HANDLEY FRIEND OF SPORT AWARD (Sponsored by the Handley Family)
1998 JOE TAMAN 2004 EVA LESLIE 2007 NORM SPIESS 2010 RAY HAMILTON 2001 TOM WHITE* 2005 TED MEGGS 2008 RAY BETHUNE 2011 BUD THOMPSON 2002 JACK BURROWS 2006 RON LUESBY* 2009 JACK AITON 2012 CATHY STRAWN
THIS PAGE PRESENTED COURTESY OF LUCENTI, ORLANDO & ELLIES * Honoured Posthumously I NDIVIDUAL S PORTS A WARDS JAMES KELLY MEMORIAL AWARD Team of the Year (Sponsored by the Saad Family)
2002 CHIPPEWA JR BOYS 2005 C2-200 JONATHAN 2007 NIPISSING LAKERS 2010 NB STINGER MIDGET X-COUNTRY RUNNERS BLACKADAR & ANDREW WOMENS VOLLEYBALL BASEBALL 2003 WEST FERRIS RINGETTE MCMILLAN 2008 NORSEMEN/VALKYRIE 2011 NORTH BAY CANOE CLUB TEAM 2006 STINGERS PEEWEE SENIOR WEIGHTLIFTERS NORTH STARS 2004 WIDDIFIELD SENIOR BASEBALL & 2009 NB CANOE CLUB GIRLS VOLLEYBALL ST.JOSEPH-SCOLLARD PEEWEE & BANTAM TEAM HALL ARCHERY
AL BRENNAN MEMORIAL TROPHY For the coach/executive of the year in North Bay and District (Sponsored by the Brennan family)
1977 JOHN KLIMITS (BOXING) 1987 RAY LESSARD 1995 TOM MOORE (VARIOUS SPORTS) VOLLEYBALL RYAN ARGENT 1978 LES WILKINSON (VARIOUS SPORTS) ( ) 2005 B S ILL ATES WIMMING VARIOUS PORTS (SOCCER) 1988 KAREN COBB 1996 B O (S ) ( S ) RENT IGOTT IM OWE BASKETBALL 1979 PETER HANDLEY (GYMNASTICS), & 1997 B P 2006 T L ( ) VARIOUS SPORTS OM OOK (ALL SPORTS) MIKE POUPORE ( ) 2007 T C , UGH AC ONALD AVE INDEN 1980 JEAN & TERRY EVANS (CURLING) 1998 H M D D M SKI CROSSCOUNTRY SKI (CANOEING) 1989 ONTARIO WINTER ( ) ( ) ILL ACKO EFF RANCOM 1981 GORD MACNEIL GAMES MANAGEMENT 1999 B J 2008 J F SOFTBALL RINGETTE (BASEBALL) COMMITTEE ( , ( ) GYMNASTICS OB NEDDON 1982 DAVE SAAD 1990 DOUG JESS (VOLLEYBALL) ) 2009 B S 2000 DENNIS CHIPPA (VARIOUS SPORTS) (VARIOUS SPORTS) 1991 SUE ROBERTSON & (SPECIAL OLYMPICS) 2010 SUSAN DELL 1983 PETER GAVAN JIM RANDLE 2001 KAREN & PAUL COOK (FIGURE SKATING) (VOLLEYBALL) (BASKETBALL) (RINGETTE) 2011 SHARON FUNG, 1984 TERRY TALENTINO 1992 BERT TEMPLETON 2002 LARRY SHEPPARD DAVE WASHINGTON (HOCKEY) (HOCKEY) (LIFTING) (NORTH STARS) 1985 DICK PRESCOTT 1993 DAVE CERISANO 2003 RICHARD LACHANCE (HOCKEY) (CURLING) (VARIOUS SPORTS) 1986 TOM FLETCHER 1994 JOHN JEFFERIES 2004 MICHEL CHARTRAND (VARIOUS SPORTS) (VOLLEYBALL) GEORGE MARTYN MEMORIAL TROPHY For dedication to the sport of basketball as a player, coach, official, executive (Sponsored by Martyn Funeral Home)
1977 DAN PHILION 1985 JEFF ALDERICE 1995 BOB STONES 2005 JOHN OWENS 1978 PETER TOPOLIE 1986 GARRY PAYNE 1996 ROY SWANSON 2006 JIM DAVIDSON 1979 ART GABOR 1987 JEFF CELENTANO 1997 TIM SIMPSON 2007 ANTHONY FAMILY 1980 ROSS HURD SR., 1988 GARRY MEEHAN 1998 WAYNE RICKER* DOYLE SR., JR., ROSS HURD JR., 1989 KERRY VINSON 1999 PEGGY SMITH & DUSTIN & JOANNE HURD 1990 DICK STEWART 2000 PAT KILROY 2008 TIM LOWE 1981 DICK KELLY 1991 FOLLIS FAMILY 2001 BRANDON GORMAN 2009 TAMIE ROBBINS 1982 ROD MILLET 1992 BROTHER ED BENSON 2002 LORIE TREMBLAY 2010 PHIL (BUTCH) FORBES 1983 ROBERT SURTEES 1993 AL TENNYSON 2003 JAN FAUCON 2011 ERIN EMERY 1984 HEATHER CHAMBERS 1994 JIM MALLORY 2004 LARRY TOUGAS
PETER PALANGIO AWARD For long time dedication and contribution to Sport - Sportsperson of the Year (Sponsored by Rhondi Palangio)
1983 PETER PALANGIO 1990 BRITT JESSUP 1998 JOAN WILKES 2006 WEST FERRIS LADIES 1984 GUY SOUCIE & 1991 BILL COLCOCK 1999 DR. JOHN PEROFF REC GROUP DON TURCOTTE 1992 PETER HANDLEY 2000 HEATHER CHAMBERS 2007 ART GABOR 1985 DR. RALPH MUTRIE 1993 JEAN & TERRY EVANS 2001 AGNES JACKS 2008 LARRY KEENAN 1986 JIM KELLY 1994 KEN MILLER 2002 LES WILKINSON 2009 MICHEL CHARTRAND 1987 JOHN CULLIS 1995 RON DUFFY 2003 BRENT PIGOTT 2010 MIKE OHLMAN 1988 TERRY TALENTINO 1996 GARRY MEEHAN 2004 KAREN COBB 2011 JAN FAUCON 1989 PETER RANDLE 1997 JACK GREEN 2005 LARRY SHEPPARD AL KNAPP MEMORIAL TROPHY Contribution to softball/baseball (Sponsored by Northland Softball Assoc.)
1984 AL KNAPP 1992 DENYSE VENDETTI 1998 TIM SCOTT 2005 JACK GREEN 1985 RON (IKE) BEAN & TERRY VENDETTI 1999 lUI RICCI 2006 TAMMY WALTERS 1986 DAVE SAAD 1993 RANDY SANDVIK 2000 CHRIS MCLEOD 2007 KEN BESNER 1987 RON DUFFY 1994 HECTOR VALADE 2001 NORTH BAY MINOR 2008 LARRY TOUGAS 1988 DON GRIERSON 1995 BILL JACKO & GIRLS SOFTBALL ASSOC. 2009 NICK GORDON 1989 BONNIE ZUFELT KRIS WOODS 2002 DAMON TOPOLIE 2010 ANGIE CERISANO 1990 KAREN FAUBERT 1996 PETER HANDLEY 2003 LIZ & DAVE CROSS 2011 DARLENE HOTTE 1991 JIM LISK 1997 PHIL (BUTCH) FORBES 2004 LINDA TOPOLIE
THIS PAGE PRESENTED COURTESY OF RUSS COLVIN, SELMA NORRIE COLVIN - LAWYERS 705-476-5161 I NDIVIDUAL S PORTS A WARDS BRITT JESSUP MEMORIAL TROPHY ~ Outstanding achievement by a local level female / male athlete
1993 JENNIFER GREEN 1998 NATASHA SCHMIDT 2003 TAMMY DUFRESNE/ 2006 JULIA KNOX/KAYTLYN & DAMON TOPOLIE & KRIS LASSMAN MEGAN MARCELLA FAUCON & JAMIE 1994 JODY LUESBY 1999 KIM/ANDREA NIGHBOR & JASON PARTRIDGE STAMLER/MATT WALTERS & ANDY COLLINS/ & tAYLOR MILNE 2007 NINA CONNELL/ GRAHAM COBB 2000 KRISTIN HODGE & 2004 KALI GAWINSKI / JORDANNA LANGILL & 1995 TAMMY GILSON CLINT GORE/ CHRISTINE ZWOLAK JAKE PORTER / & JEFF COLVIN DAVID NIGHBOR & DANIEL WEBER DAVE STANISZEWSKI 1996 COURTNEY CRAWFORD 2001 MEGAN STACEY 2005 ERIN GRIGG / & DAN RALPH & ROB BLAND TANYA SIMARD & 1997 BECKY MARTYN/ 2002 GILL JOHNSON & LEVI JOHN GORE / JENNY DAWSON CHARBONNEAU/ JESSE WINTER & CHRIS PIGOTT RICKY ALLEN
BRITT JESSUP MEMORIAL TROPHY Outstanding achievement by a local level male athlete (Sponsored by the Gorman Family)
2008 DUSTIN ANTHONY 2009 JUSTIN BREAR 2010 ADAM BIROSH 2011 RYAN HUNTER GRAHAM LOYST MIKE COSTELLO MIKE WHITNEY NICK WALTERS
MORT FELLMAN MEMORIAL TROPHY Outstanding achievement by a local level female athlete (Sponsored by the Don Haws Family)
2008 KRISTEN SHEFFIELD 2009 SEPHANIE CARR 2010 ALLISON LOYST 2011 SARAH SWAIN SARAH SWAIN DEDICATION TO SOCCER AWARD (Sponsored by North Bay Youth Soccer)
2008 SUE & HARVEY KNIGHT 2009 SIGGI SIEPMANN 2010 LEESA CHURCH 2011 ROB PAVONE
N ORTH B AY S PORTS H ALL OF F AME H ONOURED T EAMS
1. WOMEN'S SOFTBALL 8. SCHOOLBOY CURLING 15. MEN'S SOFTBALL 22. MEN'S BROOMBALL 1929 1965, '66 1957 1971-1981 RINKEY DINKS CHIPPEWA H.S. H.E. BROWN SUPPLY AUNT MAY'S 2. MEN'S SOFTBALL 9. WOMEN'S WAR CANOE 16. SPECIAL OLYMPICS 23. MEN'S WAR CANOE 1941 1986 WORLD WINTER GAMES 1983 FISCHER MERCURIES NB CANOE CLUB 1993 NB CANOE CLUB 3. GIRL'S BASKETBALL 10. OLDTIMER HOCKEY NB ENTRIES 24. JR. GIRL’S CC RUNNERS 1947 1976 17. MEN'S HOCKEY 1982, BRANCH 23 NBC&VI NB SEALTEST 1949 CANADIAN LEGION 4. MEN'S BASKETBALL 11. MEN'S SOFTBALL PALANGIO BLACK HAWKS 25. MEN’S SOFTBALL 1946 1953, '54, '55 18. MEN'S SOFTBALL 1985, 1986 FISCHER MONARCHS GARLAND'S, PARKVIEW, 1973 FRASER TAVERN 5. WOMEN'S KAYAK 4 BELMONT GATEWAY DELIVERY 1983, '84 12. MEN'S SOFTBALL 19. WOMEN'S SOFTBALL NB CANOE CLUB 1972 1978, '89, '90, '91 6. MIDGET BOY'S HOCKEY H.E. BROWN SUPPLY LAMBS, BELMONT, FRASER 1984 13. MEN'S BASKETBALL 20. JR. MEN'S HOCKEY PINEHILL COFFEE SHOP 1969 1976 7. MEN'S CURLING GARLAND PEPSI'S NB TRAPPERS 1964, '67, '68 14. SR. MEN'S CURLING 21. JR. MEN'S CURLING BRANCH 23, 1988, '89, '90 1992, '93, '94 CANADIAN LEGION CFB NB GRANITE CLUB The North Bay Sports Hall of Fame has been in operation since 1977 and is always looking for valid individuals to induct into the hall. If you feel someone in your organization, or someone you know, is worthy of being considered please visit the NBSHF web page, www.northbaysportshalloffame.ca where you will find an application form and any other information you require. You could also contact NBSHF Chair Bill Jacko (705-476-1429) or Secretary Pete Handley (705-472-3573) for further information or an application form. Visit the NBSHF room at Memorial Gardens. See the NBSHF Power Point in the Lobby Showcase at Memorial Gardens THIS PAGE PRESENTED COURTESY OF LUCENTI, ORLANDO & ELLIES