2014 - Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame

2014�2015 ANNUAL PROGRAM
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Sport Hall of Fame Annual Induction Ceremony.
CONTENTS 2014
Premier’s Message / Chairman’s Message ....................................................................................................................2
Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame 50th Anniversary .......................................................................................................3
Our Mission / Our Vision ..........................................................................................................................................9
Past Chairs of Hall of Fame ........................................................................................................................................10
Looking Ahead ...........................................................................................................................................................11
1998 TSN Truro Bearcats Hockey Club (by Katie Wooler) ..........................................................................................12
Kevin Dugas (by Joel Jacobson) ....................................................................................................................................20
Scott Fraser (by Joan Roué) .........................................................................................................................................24
Theresa MacCuish (by Gail MacDougall)....................................................................................................................32
Richard G.Munro (by Joel Jacobson) ............................................................................................................................36
Ken Poole (by Joel Jacobson) ........................................................................................................................................40
Dr. Cathy Campbell (by Katie Wooler) ........................................................................................................................44
Anthony Hall (by Katie Wooler) ..................................................................................................................................50
Inspiring Our Youth ...................................................................................................................................................54
Delmore William “Buddy” Day .................................................................................................................................56
Hall of Fame Selection Process ...................................................................................................................................57
Friends of the Hall .....................................................................................................................................................59
Editor: Joel Jacobson
Associate Editor: Katie Wooler
Contributors: Joel Jacobson, Gail MacDougall, Joan Roué, Katie Wooler
Cover Design: The Chronicle Herald
Magazine Photography: Hall of Fame archives, The Chronicle Herald, Nick Pearce and Inductee personal collections
Layout and Design: Paula Yochoff, Sport Nova Scotia
Sponsorship and Advertising: Karolyn Sevcik
Printing: Halcraft Print Ltd.
PREMIER’S MESSAGE
O
n behalf of all Nova Scotians, I’m pleased to congratulate athletes, teams and individuals
who have made major contributions to the advancement of sport in Nova Scotia.
Congratulations on your induction into the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame.
Sport embodies many of the qualities and skills we value in our society: leadership, camaraderie,
teamwork, commitment, and discipline. From elite athletes to friends kicking around a soccer ball,
sport creates opportunities for Nova Scotians to build skills, attitudes and habits that help them give
back to our communities in many ways throughout their lives.
Sport also promotes healthy living. Getting Nova Scotians involved in sport and other activities
at a young age is one way to instill a lifelong joy and value of physical activity, thus contributing to a healthy population.
Congratulations to this year’s inductees, and thank you to the families and communities who support them. I am proud
of your accomplishments, and wish you all the best with your future endeavours.
Sincerely,
Honourable Stephen McNeil, M.L.A.
Premier
CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE
O
n behalf of the Board of Directors of the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame, I wish to
congratulate this year’s Inductees to the Hall. The Hall of Fame honours excellence in
athletes, teams and builders who have made outstanding contributions to Nova Scotia’s
sport, culture and heritage. The Hall of Fame serves as a permanent tribute to the accomplishments
of these special men and women, and we are honoured to welcome this year’s eight new inductees.
Our vision at the Hall, “to be the best provincial sport hall of fame in Canada,” will continue
to be enhanced with the current renovations underway at the Hall. During the Scotiabank Centre
renovations our facility will undergo significant enhancements. With the assistance of Cisco Inc.
we will update the electronics at the Hall to be a state-of-the-art wired facility. Our free-admission Hall of Fame greets
more than 75,000 visitors annually.
I wish to congratulate our professional staff and a dedicated group of volunteers for another successful year. Our team is
led by Bill Robinson, who is entering his fourth decade of leadership at the Hall. His support comes from dedicated and
long-serving staff including Shane Mailman, our Facility and Programs Manager, and Karolyn Sevcik, Administration and
Special Events Manager, each of whom have been with the Hall for more than 15 years.
Sincerely,
Rob Randall
Chair of the Board
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The Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame came into existence through the work of 1950s Halifax mayor John E. “Gee”
Ahern, along with Earl Morton, Harry Butler and Alex Nickerson (all four of whom are now inducted in the Hall of
Fame as builders of sport). The Hall was initiated in response to Kingston, Ontario’s claim to be the origin of hockey, as
Ahern believed that James G.A. Creighton of Halifax had taken the original rules for ice hockey, called the Halifax rules,
to McGill University in Montreal. Ahern felt that there should be recognition. After an in-depth look at all aspects of
sport in Nova Scotia, the four men decided to broaden the original concept and develop the Hall of Fame to honour all
sports. A Board of Directors was appointed in 1958, and the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame was officially opened on
November 3rd, 1964 at the Industrial Building at the Halifax Forum complex.
This date in 1964 marked the beginning of an organization that has striven to honour, promote, and preserve Nova
Scotia’s rich sport heritage for the past 50 years. Despite changes in governance, location, and even name, the Nova
Scotia Sport Hall of Fame has remained dedicated to celebrating the best-of-the-best in homegrown sport talent for half
a century. With a roster of inductees nominated by their peers and fans and, chosen through a careful selection process,
the Hall of Fame brings the stories of its members to the public through its collection, museum facility, and year-round
programming. Now, in 2014, the Hall of Fame is proud to offer more displays than ever before, a beautiful facility free
of charge to the public, and an education program that inspires the next generation of
“Future Hall of Famers.”
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GEE AHERN - FOUNDER OF THE HALL OF FAME
Born in Halifax in 1895, John E. “Gee” Ahern, in his early years, was an
active participant in hockey, rugby, and baseball, playing for the Halifax
Crescents. However, he is best known for the promotion of sport in Nova
Scotia.
He was responsible for the Halifax Herald 10-Mile Marathon, the Halifax
Herald Full Marathon, and the Halifax Herald 45-Mile Bicycle Race. As
a sports writer (and sports editor for The Halifax Herald and Mail-Star)
and promoter, Ahern brought numerous hockey teams to Halifax for
exhibition games.
He also took Nova Scotian runners to compete in the Boston Marathon,
including Hall of Famers Johnny Miles and Silas McLellan.
Ahern’s greatest legacy was establishing the original Nova Scotia Sport
Hall of Fame in 1958, acting as the first Chair for the Board of Directors
and heading the committee that selected the original list of inductees. He
collected and donated many of the items that were first on display at the
old Industrial Building at the Halifax Forum complex (where the Hall
opened in 1964).
An all-round community person, Ahern served as an alderman and
Mayor for the City of Halifax and was a member of the Nova Scotia
legislature as well.
Ahern passed away April 4, 1969, and the founder of the Hall of Fame
was posthumously inducted in 1982.
MOMENTS IN HALL HISTORY
The opening of the Hall of Fame at the
Industrial Building in the Halifax Forum
complex, November 3, 1964. Within a week,
newspaper headlines announced that more
than 10,000 people had already visited the
Hall of Fame exhibit.
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Hall of Fame displays at the Brewery Market, where the Hall had its first
permanent facility from 1983 to 1988 under the name Nova Scotia Sport
Heritage Centre. Bill Robinson, currently CEO, joined the Hall as executive
director on October 1, 1983.
HALL OF FAMER REPORTS GRAND OPENING
An article by sports media inductee Ace Foley
First printed November 3, 1964, in The Halifax Herald
Reprinted courtesy of The Chronicle Herald
“
The long-awaited opening of the Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame
will come this afternoon at the Maritime Winter Fair grounds in Halifax
where Premier Stanfield will cut the ribbon to officially open the shrine.
While the first list of candidates aroused a lot of interest it also stirred
some controversy in some quarters. However, this is the first draft of
names and from year to year more names will be added, catching up
with stars who missed out in the first poll and others who will pass the
screening of the officials.
The Hall ends the long dream of Gee Ahern, former athlete and sports
editor. Actually this is only the end of the beginning; the Hall will grow
in numbers and in fame as the years go by. Eventually it will be installed
in permanent headquarters and attract interested sports fans the year
round. The Canadian Sports Hall of Fame has been in operation in
Toronto for some years and has on its list several Nova Scotians. The
Hockey Hall of Fame is also in Toronto and the bulk of the members
are those who achieved fame in the National Hockey League.
”
“THIS IS ONLY THE END
OF THE BEGINNING; THE
HALL WILL GROW IN
NUMBERS AND IN FAME
AS THE YEARS GO BY.”
On November 3, 1964, Foley’s column “An Even Break” also
contained news about the predicted Grey Cup finalists (Hamilton
Tiger Cats and BC Lions), an ongoing first-place Atlantic Football
Conference tie between the St. Mary’s Huskies and the Stadacona
Sailors, and Gordie Howe matching Maurice Richard’s scoring record.
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50 YEARS AGO IN NOVA SCOTIA SPORT
The Windsor Maple Leafs senior hockey team
claimed the provincial and Maritime titles, coming
first in the Nova Scotia Senior Hockey League—59
points ahead of second-place Moncton. They finished
the 1963-64 season with 74 victories, crushing their
Maritime opponents and making it to the Allan Cup
semi-final before losing to Ottawa. The team was led
by stellar player and individual Hall of Fame inductee
Jim Beckman.
June 30, 1964:
Delmore
William “Buddy”
Daye won
the Canadian
Lightweight
championship
against Jackie
“Kid” Carter in
a 12-round bout
at the Halifax
Forum.
The Acadia Axemen varsity men’s basketball team
began their championship season in 1964 and by 1965
this determined team had claimed the Maritime title
and brought home the first national championship
to a Nova Scotia school with a close victory over the
Windsor Lancers. The team included MVPs and future
Hall of Famers Brian Heaney (13) and Steve Konchalski
(21) (now the legendary “Coach K” of St. F.X.).
In 1964, the Thorburn Junior Mohawks softball team won
their second of three consecutive provincial and maritime
championships. Led by team captain Allan MacLaughlin, the
Mohawks set Maritime records with 30 wins and 396 runs in
33 games.
October 10-24, 1964: Three Nova Scotia athletes attended
the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan—Garfield
(Gary) Walter McMahon (for trap shooting), David Overton
(for rowing), and Douglas Rogers (who won a silver medal in
Judo).
McMahon was the first
Canadian to win the
Canadian Open Handgun
Championship, which was
previously held by visiting
American shooters. He
also won three bronze and
four silver medals at the
Commonwealth and Pan
Am games.
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50 YEARS
OF SPECIAL PEOPLE
Hall of Famer
and Dalhousie
sport historian
Dr. Sandy
Young cohosted
the Hall’s
Induction
Night for
many years.
Long-time
friend Tommy
Sweet was the
Hall’s first
employee and
ambassador
who initiated
the school
program.
Super
volunteer
Joel Jacobson
has been
instrumental
in all
Induction
Nights and
numerous Hall
activities since
the late 1970s.
Hall of
Famer and
broadcaster
Pat Connolly
chaired the
selection
committee
and hosted
Induction
Night for over
20 years.
Senior Management: The senior staff management team of
Shane Mailman (started 1992), Karolyn Sevcik (started 1988)
and Bill Robinson (started 1983) is the face of the Hall of Fame
with over 70 years of combined experience and commitment.
Past Chair Dorothy Walker presents induction pin to
NHL star Normie Ferguson in 1982. Dorothy was
instrumental in establishing the first Hall of Fame
facility.
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THE HALL AFTER 50 YEARS
After being located in the Centennial
Building on Granville Street from 1995
to 2005, the Hall of Fame moved to the
Scotiabank Centre (formerly Halifax Metro
Centre) in 2006 following a successful
fundraising campaign to construct a bigger,
better facility. The Hall opened the doors at its
current location on September 16, 2006 and
continues to welcome over 75,000 visitors per
year to its modern and innovative facility. With
entrances at both box office and mezzanine
levels, The Hall of Fame is ideally situated to
inspire Scotiabank Centre event attendees with
its ever rotating and improving exhibits.
The current
Hall of Fame
facility is the
proud home
of the world’s
largest Sidney
Crosby exhibit,
including the
famous Crosby
family dryer!
The Hall of Fame features a more interactive and visual experience than ever before, with a state-of-the-art theatre area
for school presentations and a multi-sport simulator that entertains visitors of all ages. Exhibits feature a wide variety of
artefacts from the Hall of Fame collection, including sport equipment, apparel, memorabilia, trophies, medals, and much
more.
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Our Mission
To honour, promote and preserve the sport history of Nova Scotia.
Our Vision
To be the best provincial Sport Hall of Fame in Canada.
Administration
T
he Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame is administered by a Board of Directors which consists of six regional representatives,
a chairman, past chairman, directors-at-large, and a treasurer. The Board meets regularly to ensure sound management
policy and direction in the program operations of the Hall.
Objectives
T
o permanently record information and achievements of historical significance to sport in Nova Scotia;
To research, catalogue, file and make available to the general public, including without limitation, students, writers,
schools and universities, information and achievements of historical significance to sport in Nova Scotia;
To publish books, periodicals, pamphlets and other literature recording information on the achievement of sports
individuals, teams, and organizations of historical significance to sport in Nova Scotia, for distribution to members of the
public;
To conduct programs of education for organizations in the community, including without limitation, schools, universities
and special care homes, for the purpose of educating the public with information and achievements of historical significance
to sport in Nova Scotia;
To maintain an archives of sport in Nova Scotia and exhibit to the public, literature, artifacts, photographs and other
media information of historical significance to sport in Nova Scotia;
To recognize, honour and pay tribute to individuals, teams or organizations who have achieved extraordinary distinction
in, have given distinguished service to, and who have made major contributions to the development and advancement of
sport in Nova Scotia.
Hall of Fame Nominations
T
he selection process for induction into the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame is the responsibility of a 24-person
review panel and the provincial selection committee. The 24-person panel reviews all nominations for final
recommendation to the provincial selection committee. The provincial selection committee, which consists
of 12 people, including a provincial chairperson, carefully scrutinizes the final recommendations. Upon their review,
under the terms and criteria for entry into the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame, the final candidates are selected and
announced as inductees annually.
Nominations for candidates are open to the general public and are received annually at the Nova Scotia Sport Hall
of Fame with a January 31st deadline.
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P ast C hairs
of the
Hall of Fame
Board of
D irectors
John ‘Gee’ Ahern
Halifax
1958 – 1968
Hugh Noble
Halifax
1977 – 1979
Dorothy Walker
Centreville
1980 – 1983
Jim Bayer
Wolfville
1983 – 1985
Bill White
Wolfville
1986 – 1991
Eleanor Norrie
Truro
1991 – 1993
Danny Gallivan
Halifax
1998 – 2001
Fred MacGillivray
Halifax
2001 – 2010
Tom Lynch
Halifax
1993 – 1998
Chairman.......................................... Rob Randall
Vice Chairman................................... Bill Stanish
Cape Breton Region....................... Patrick Lahey
Central Region.......................... Karen Furneaux
Fundy Region.................................... Kelly Kolke
Highland Region...................... Marc Champoux
South Shore Region................... Mike Boudreau
Valley Region................................... Mark Smith
Director-At-Large ....................... Jim Boudreau
Director-At-Large ....................... Blaise Landry
Director-At-Large .......................... Mike Brien
Director-At-Large ........................... Peter Fardy
Treasurer . .......................... Stephanie O’Connor
Past Chairman..................................... Don Mills
S taff
CEO................................................ Bill Robinson
Facility & Programs
Manager....................................... Shane Mailman
Administration & Special Events
Manager........................................ Karolyn Sevcik
Education Program Coordinator.... Sarah Conn
Museum & Communications
Coordinator.................................... Katie Wooler
A uditors
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
L egal C ounsel
Stephen Russell
Russell Piggott Jones
Floyd Gaetz
Halifax
2010 – 2012
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Don Mills
Halifax
2012 – 2014
I ncorporation
1983
LOOKING AHEAD
Hall Positioned for Future Development
A
s a non-profit organization, the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame is in a very strong position to grow and
develop in the years ahead. This is all thanks to the ongoing efforts of an experienced staff and committed
Board of Directors. Over the past five years the Hall has positioned itself well for future success by
becoming financially secure and program efficient, and by having strong governance and an extended lease on
its current home at the Scotiabank Centre.
Highlights of recent successes in its vision of becoming the best provincial Hall in Canada include:
• A restricted reserve fund and a capital fund for facility
and program development have been established to
cover one year’s annual budget. The Hall’s trademark is
being financially self-sufficient.
• A governance policy manual developed in 2012 is a
framework for enabling effective action in relation to the
business and affairs of the Hall. The governance consists
of processes and structures used to direct and manage
the Board and staff in clear, responsible and accountable
ways. A strategic business plan is reviewed and updated
every two years identifying strengths and weaknesses, as
well as a clear operational mandate.
• The Hall’s entire collection of artefacts has been
completely organized, recorded and secured, and is now
accessible to the general public worldwide through the
NovaMuse program.
• Communications through the Hall’s website, social
media outlets – such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and
Instagram – quarterly newsletters, annual programs and
event advertising have developed an excellent branding
of the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame.
• The Hall of Fame facility at the Scotiabank Centre has
maintained its first-class status since it opened in 2006.
The staff has set the highest standards in maintaining
and improving the facility’s capabilities and experience.
The Hall continues to provide a free-admission policy to
allow the maximum number of visitors.
• Maximizing one of its biggest assets, the Hall of Famers
and their inspirational stories, the Future Hall of Famers
Education program has developed into a full-time,
province-wide program reaching thousands of Nova
Scotia youth. Using Hall of Famers and their stories
to inspire and motivate young people has been a top
priority. It has given the Hall of Fame great credibility
across Nova Scotia. The program is a complimentary
service provided to schools and youth organizations.
As you can see, the Hall’s future looks bright with these initiatives and sound planning. The Board and staff have
challenged themselves to accomplish their goals and objectives at the highest level to best serve all Nova Scotians and
develop a sense of provincial pride in our sport heroes and their accomplishments.
Bill Robinson
CEO
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1998
BEARCATS H
T
he Truro Bearcats became a household name in
1998, when the senior hockey team became only
the second Nova Scotia team to win the prestigious
Allan Cup (following the Halifax Wolverines’ win in 1935),
securing the tournament title with an epic 6-1 win in the
final game at Colchester Legion Stadium.
“To win it at home with all your friends and family was
priceless,” says Bearcats forward Dwight Lucas.
Many players on the championship team, including Lucas,
had played with the Truro club for eight or more years,
starting out when the team was known as the Truro Shubie
Colonels before they gained sponsorship from TSN in 1991.
Throughout the ‘90s the Bearcats accumulated a roster of
strong players and dedicated management, including owner
Stu Rath and general managers Larry Anthony and Jim Foley.
“People still come to me today wishing they [the 1998
Bearcats] were together again,” says Foley.
The Bearcats had made three previous trips to the Allan
Cup championships without a first-place finish and were
unable to make their fourth attempt in 1994 even after
winning their league, due to not having another team to
play against in order to go to the tournament in Minnesota.
Hockey Canada asked the team to represent their country
at an international tournament in Tilburg, Holland in 1995
instead, where they made it to a silver-medal finish.
Planning to disband from senior hockey after the 1997-98
season, the Bearcats were guaranteed a final shot at the Allan
Cup as the hosts of the 1998 tournament, but they entered
the tournament after a disappointing loss to Miramichi in
the Maritime senior championship playoffs.
Prior to the Allan Cup tournament, the Bearcats had to
find competition in the Northern New Brunswick league,
travelling long distances for games. “Every second weekend
we would leave our homes in Dartmouth at 7 a.m. and not
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98 TRURO TSN
HOCKEY CLUB
by Katie Wooler
get back until after midnight Sunday night,” says Bearcats
team member Kelly Kolke.
“The boys were determined,” says Foley, who credits
the team’s excellent defence and ability to work together as
reasons for its success.
The players are quick to praise each other and their
coaches and management, demonstrating the Bearcats’
strong sense of camaraderie.
“The laughter was priceless on the ice,” recalls Lucas.
“Success means being able to work through adversity and
this showed me that Coach [John Kibyuk] was the perfect
man for leading us to the cup.”
The Bearcats powered through round robin play
undefeated, guaranteeing a spot in the Allan Cup finals on
home ice. They scored a 5-1 victory over the Powell River
Regals, tied the Ile-des-Chênes North Stars 1-1, and finished
Mike Boyd collides with a London Admirals player.
BEARCAT BLURBS:
•Allan Cup champions – National Senior AAA
champions (1998)
•The second Nova Scotia team to ever win the Allan
Cup
•Defeated the London Admirals 6-1 in the finals
•Went undefeated in 1998 Allan Cup round robin
play
•Went to the Allan Cup three previous times in the
ten years prior to winning
•The Daily News top sport story of 1998
•1998 Sport Nova Scotia Team of the Year
•Tournament All-Stars – Jason White, Darren Welsh,
Dwight Lucas
•Tournament MVP – Jason White
the round robin by beating the
London Admirals, the team they
would face in the Championship
game, 5-3.
“That stadium the last game—I
think it only holds 2,200—but
there were about 2,660 people
there,” says Foley. “They were
standing in the aisles.” The
enthusiastic over-capacity crowd
posed a threat of a fine from the
fire marshal. “I said I would pay
it,” laughs Foley, who was thrilled
with the energy and support
provided by Truro fans.
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“The Bearcats are a part of the community and the
support was awesome,” says Lucas. “I hope that we gave
them as much as they gave us and I would not trade that
time of my life for anything.”
Bruce Campbell pretends to take a celebratory drink from the Allan
Cup after the Bearcats’ victory.
The Bearcats did not disappoint their loyal fans and
The Bearcats on the ice in Tilburg, Holland, where
they won silver at an international tournament.
claimed the Allan Cup with an impressive 6-1 win over
the London Admirals. The Bearcats took a 3-0 first period
lead with Darren Welsh, Sandy MacKenzie, and Barry
1998 Truro TSN Bearcats Hockey Club:
Harrietha all scoring by 15:09. A second goal for MacKenzie,
PLAYERS: Tom Beaton, Craig Booker, Reggie Bowes,
combined with goals by Jason DeCoste and team captain
Mike Boyd, Chris Brassard, Bruce Campbell, Jason
Brian Melanson, sealed the deal for the Bearcats’ Allan
DeCoste, Stephen Gordon, Brian Grouchy, Chris Hale,
Cup win.
Barry Harrietha, Ryan Isenor, Craig Jenkins, Kelly Kolke,
The Bearcats’ National Senior AAA victory in 1998 ended
Jim Laing, Dwight Lucas, Rodney MacIntosh, Sandy
the 63-year drought since a Nova Scotia team had earned the
MacKenzie, Randy MacNeill, Kevin MacRae, Brian
coveted cup, and the club members commemorated their
Melanson, Todd Parker, Steve Ryan, Gary Thomas, Darren
long-awaited win by engraving a quote from teammate Gary
Welsh, Jason White.
Thomas on their championship rings: “Sweat plus sacrifice
COACHES AND MANAGEMENT: Larry Anthony
equals success.”
(general manager), Ron “Doc” Chalmers (team doctor),
And the success was,
J i m Fo l e y ( g e n e r a l
without a question,
Left: Dwight Lucas in Team Canada manager), Kelly Johnson
uniform in Tilburg, Holland.
well earned by all,
(medical trainer), John
after sweating through
Kibyuk (coach), Richard
hours of practice and
MacKenzie (assistant
stiff competition, and
coach), Gerald Marshall
sacrificing earlier chances
(assistant coach), Stu Rath
at the cup.
(owner), John Thoms
“The hockey fans still
(equipment manager),
talk about senior hockey
Shawn Thomson
and the 1998 Allan Cup,”
(trainer).
says Kolke, who lives and
works in Truro today.
Katie Wooler is the Museum
“The win has given the
and Communications
Bearcat organization a
Coordinator at the Nova
winning attitude, which Right: Sandy MacKenzie, who scored
Scotia Sport Hall of Fame.
has continued today with two goals in the Allan Cup final,
celebrates.
the Junior A Bearcats.”
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Todd Parker, Dwight Lucas, Kelly Kolke and Barry Harrietha
representing Canada in Tilburg, Holland.
The 1998 Allan Cup official program cover.
Action between the Bearcats and the London Admirals.
Left to Right: Larry
Anthony, Jim Foley and
Dwight Lucas.
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by Joel Jacobson
T
he story of Kevin Dugas is a golfer’s recipe for
success.
Start early in life. Hit a zillion balls, mostly on
the course. Practise a bit but play more. Have a role model or
two. And, in Dugas’ case, have a mom who works at a golf club
and gets you in easily.
“There was no driving range at Clare Golf Club when I
was a kid,” Dugas remembers, “so I just played. At five, I’d
watch the pro, Gordon Shaw, teach and I’d watch clinics.
My idol was Lee Trevino and I saw him on TV as often as
possible. I even caddied a bit.”
It was at seven years of age that Dugas started playing
officially, under the tutelage of junior coordinator Dave
Gaudet. By age nine, he was playing from morning until dark,
45 holes many days – and when not playing, he was chipping
and putting with his junior starter set of two woods, four irons
and a putter.
He laughs. “When I left home, I’d hit a five iron all the way to the
club. I had three golf balls and never lost all three en route.”
That early concentration on the game helped Dugas develop into one
of the golfing greats of Nova Scotia. At 12, he won the provincial midget
(14 and under) championship. At 13, he shot par on the Clare course. At
16, he was juvenile (16 and under) champion and two years later, in 1982,
tops in the junior ranks.
A year before, at 17, Dugas won the Canadian Junior championship,
holing a three-footer on 18 of round four to tie, and then winning on the
second extra hole. He was the first and only Maritimer to win the title
since Lee Windsor of PEI took it in the 1950s.
“When I was nine or 10, I’d always play against the course, not against
my opponent,” Dugas says today. “I always look at it that my best game
will beat anyone.”
It usually does. Before he was 20, the man who says he never “over-thought
the game” was 1984 provincial amateur champion, a title he never defended
because he turned professional later that year.
He attended University of South Florida in Tampa for a year (Nova
Scotia Sport Hall of Fame inductee Gordie Smith was there at the time)
but received little instruction and felt he was wasting his time. He turned
pro after the amateur in 1984.
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DUGAS DOMINANCE:
• Hometown: Little Brook Station, Clare, NS
• Canadian junior boys champion (1981)
• Nova Scotia junior boys champion and first golfer to
post a sub-par total in the history of the championship
(1982)
• Nova Scotia men’s amateur champion (1984)
• 16-time winner of the PGA of Canada Atlantic
Championships
• 1987: Two-time winner of the PGA Assistants’
Championship of Canada (1987, 1992)
• Low round of the day (67) for all competitors in the
PGA of America Assistant Professional Championship
(1992)
• Second at the PGA Club Professional Championship
of Canada (2003)
• Third at the PGA Club Professional Championship of
Canada (2004)
Dugas reacts after sinking a 25-foot putt during an APGA
championship.
“For me, the game is more mental. If you can set your mind
to it, you’re OK. I can still hit 17 or 18 greens a round and
strive for a few birdies.”
He notes his father, Maurice, and mother, Hazel, didn’t play
golf much while he was growing up but were there to encourage
and support him.
He praises his mother as his main influence. “She worked at
the (nine-hole) Clare course and that
was my in. I remember when I first
broke 50 (for nine holes). I was nine
or ten and she challenged me to better
it each time out. At the end of that
season, I was in the high 30s. Four years
later, I was playing, and beating, older
guys. By 13, I was shooting par with a
handicap of zero.”
In 1992, Dugas claimed the low
round of the day for all competitors
in the PGA of America Assistant
Professional Championship with a 67.
Basically self-taught and committing
the effort, Kevin Dugas is one of the
finest golfers produced in Nova Scotia.
He continued to play – and play well. Since 1985, he’s
won 16 Professional Golfers Association of Canada Atlantic
championships. He most recently claiming the 2014 PGA of
Canada Atlantic Assistant Professionals’
Championship. He’s won two national
titles — Canadian PGA Assistant Pro
honours in 1987 and 1992.
“No one in the Maritimes has been
more consistent and dominant in the
game of golf,” says Smith, now general
manager of Ashburn Golf Club. “[Kevin]
has always been a great ball striker,
and that coupled with terrific mental
toughness has led him to victory many
more times than any of his peers.”
Dugas has been head pro at Magnetic
Hill club in Moncton; assistant pro at
Truro Golf Club, Country Meadows
in Moncton, and Carmen Creek in
Fredericton; and has been a teaching pro
at Montague Links, Dartmouth, where,
today, he is superintendent of operations.
Quiet and unassuming, on and off
the course, his demeanor is perfect for
a champion – deep concentration and Dugas with some of his junior golf trophies,
unflappability.
September 12, 1981.
Joel Jacobson is a former columnist with
The Chronicle Herald and a long-time
volunteer and supporter of Hall of Fame
events.
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Dugas (second from left) with the 1982 Willingdon Cup team. Fellow
Hall of Famers Gordie Smith (far left) and Graham MacIntyre (far
right) are also pictured.
Dugas sets a record at the Clare golf club.
Dugas sinks a putt in the final
round of the Nova Scotia Men’s
Amateur Golf Championship,
Truro, 1984.
Dugas lines up a shot, 1984.
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Dugas’ success story was featured in the October 2014 issue
of ‘Golf News’.
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by Joan Roué
S
tock car racing was in Scott Fraser’s blood, literally.
As the son of Maritime stock car racing legend Frank
Fraser he was born into the sport. But he was different
than many others with the same background; his acumen
unmatched—his impact unrelenting.
As a boy he spent weekdays after school at the race shop
and weekends with his father and his older brother,
Frank Jr., at the race track. He didn’t just watch,
he learned, and before he was 10 was winning
go-kart races. When he was old enough to
drive a street car (legally) he was allowed
to race a stock car, so at 16 he started a
career unrivaled in Maritime motorsports.
He was never satisfied and that was a
good thing. Even when he had the fastest
car he tried to make
it better, either
by adjusting his
driving style
o r by f i n e tuning—or
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sometimes rebuilding—his race car. That didn’t always work
in his favour, but he was relentless in his effort. There was
no such thing as good enough. Second place was the first
loser. It was checkers or wreckers all the way—either come
home first or risk wrecking while trying—either way the
fans were in for a treat.
His stats are extraordinary and many of his
records untouched, even now, 10 years after
his tragic death while snowmobiling on
March 20, 2004; he was 33.
Racers still gauge their success
by his, particularly his 12 of
15 wins en route to the 1996
MASCAR championship,
and his six consecutive wins
in one of Canada’s most
prestigious stock car races –
the IWK 250 at Riverside
International
Sp e e d w a y n e a r
Antigonish. They
still respect his
memory by
battling each
other every
year to see
their name
inscribed on
the Scott Fraser Memorial
Cup as winner of another of
Canada’s top stock car races—
the Atlantic Cat 250 at Scotia
Speedworld, Fraser’s home
track and not far from his home
in Shubenacadie.
Speaking of Shubenacadie,
he put it on the map—all
over North America. In the
early 2000s he was turning
heads across the United States
while racing with the American
Speed Association. Television
announcers struggled with the
pronunciation of his hometown
to the point of being comical; it
was then he became the “Shubie
Shuttle.”
Equally as impressive as
his driving talent was Fraser’s
prowess as a race car builder.
He took just as much pride
in seeing a car that he built
win, as he did in winning. He
earned his living building cars
and lived his life racing cars,
or anything else on wheels for
that matter.
More impressive than his
talent as a driver or car builder
was his popularity. He had
a following of all ages that
stretched across North America.
His charisma, along with his
• Hometown: Shubenacadie, NS
steel blue stare, created an allure
• Competed on two circuits simultaneously, won the
Maritime Modified Championship, named runner
that was hard to deny—friend,
up for MASCAR (Maritime Association for Stock
fan, or foe. He was unassuming
Car Racers) Rookie of the Year (1992)
in this regard and so it was he
• Won his first of six consecutive 250 lap events
who was most surprised in
at Riverside Speedway—a record still untouched
2000 when the grassroots Fans
(1994)
of Fraser campaign raised more
• Won 12 of 15 feature events en route to his first
than $39,000 in four weeks to
MASCAR championship, led 59% of the total laps
help him resume a racing career
(1996)
in the U.S.
• Won six of 13 events with an average finish of 2.7
Most impressive is the
en route to his second MASCAR title (1998)
indelible mark he left behind.
• 1999 Nova Scotia Male Athlete of the Year
He raised the bar for racers and
• Won two features and finished third in points in
for race car builders—if they
the World Series of Asphalt Stock Racing in New
wanted to compete with him
Smyrna Beach, Florida
they had no choice but to be
• Won the International Pro Stock Challenge
better. Race fans still wear their
championship, scoring two victories and five top
tattered Shubie Shuttle shirts
fives
and caps and still flock to the
• Qualified second and led laps in his ASA (American
track to support him—never
Speed Association) debut; scored four top 10s in six
more evident than this summer
races (2000)
when his familiar No. 00 was
• Won six of the biggest shows on the Northeastern
retired from competition at the
US seaboard in just eight starts (2002)
Atlantic Cat 250. Two tribute
• Won the biggest payday of his career at the annual
cars replicating Fraser’s were in
‘250’ at New Brunswick’s Speedway 660; won his
the race and the capacity crowd
last race—a 150-lap open comp race at his home
was abuzz with an electricity
track, Scotia Speedworld (2003)
many hadn’t felt for a decade.
Scott Fraser packed more
life into his 33 years than many have who
are twice that age. His passion for his
work, hobbies, family, and friends, was
unsurpassed. His accomplishments in, and
contribution to, motorsports have been
acknowledged posthumously with his
induction to the Maritime Motorsports Hall
of Fame in 2006, the Canadian Motorsports
Hall of Fame in 2007, and to the Colchester
Sports Heritage Hall of Fame in 2010.
FRASER FEATS:
After Fraser’s car was wrecked in 2001, fans
donated $100 each, as part of a $40,000
grassroots campaign, to have their names appear
on the Fans of Fraser car when it debuted in
Memphis, Tennessee.
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And now he sets the pace, yet again, as the first stock car
racer to be inducted to the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame.
Learn more about Scott Fraser at www.scottfraseronline.com
Fraser in his iconic No. 00 car, May 24, 1993.
Joan Roué is a lifetime fan and friend of Maritime motorsports
who works in digital publishing, website design and
management, as well as public relations. She is proud to have
represented Scott Fraser in his racing career, but most proud to
have been his friend.
Fraser autographs a hat for a young fan at Scotia Speedworld.
Fraser walks to
the podium.
Fraser receives one of his many trophies.
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THE ORIGINAL
SPORT HALL
OF FAME
INDUCTEES
ATHLETE
Alfred “Ackie” Allbon •
Hector “Hec” Andrews •
Sam R. Balcom •
Marty Barry •
Wally Barteaux •
Fabie Bates •
D. Stanley Bauld •
Joey Beaton •
Richard Beazley •
Vaughan Black •
Neddy Borne •
Arthur J. Brady •
Henry “Ducky” Brooks •
Frank Brown •
George Brown •
Freddie Cameron •
“Hockey Jack” Campbell •
Mike Carney •
Frank Carroll •
Carroll Charleton •
D.R. “Dempsey” Chisholm •
Roy Chisholm •
Frank Condon •
Jack Condon •
Johnny Conroy •
Thurston Cook •
Joe Crockett •
George Cutten •
Art Dalton •
Robie Davison •
Claire DeMont •
George Dixon •
W.R. “Tee” Doyle •
Burns Dunbar •
Bill Dunphy •
Vern Eville •
Layton Ferguson •
Robert “Burglar” Ferguson •
Vincent Ferguson •
Leon Fluck •
Charlie Foley •
Tom Foley •
Bob Forward •
Jack Stan Fraser •
Jimmy Fraser •
Bob Goodhew •
Louis “Louie” Graham •
Chester Gregory •
John “Hap” Hanlon •
Reg Hart •
Roy Haverstock •
Nedder Healey •
William A. Henry •
Charles “Tiny” Herman •
Grant Holmes •
Vernon “Newt” Hopper •
John “Timmie” Hunter •
Roy Hunter •
Nedder Hurley •
Gordon B. Isnor •
Roy Isnor •
Stanton Jackson •
Waldon Kennedy •
Alf Kirby •
Gordon “Doggie” Kuhn •
Robert Laidlaw •
Ves Laing •
Mellish Lane •
Sam Langford •
George Latham •
Jack Learment •
Sammy Lesser •
Fergie Little •
Tommy Little •
Lester Lowther •
Mark & Mike Lynch •
Victor MacAulay •
Ritchie MacCoy •
“Big” Alex MacDonald •
Ian MacDonald •
Jack D. MacDonald •
R.J. MacDonald •
Roddie MacDonald •
Toby MacDonald •
John MacIntyre •
“Mickey” MacIntyre •
Hughie MacKinnon •
Clarence “Coot” MacLean •
Kirk MacLellan •
Silas MacLellan •
Wilbert Martel •
Jimmy Martin •
Stephen “Duke” McIsaac •
Bill McKay •
Jack McKenna •
Sandy McMullin •
Aileen Meagher •
Bert “Basket” Messervey •
Johnny Miles •
Leigh Miller •
Billy Mooney •
Frank Morrison •
Ernie Mosher •
Tom Mullane •
Jack Munroe •
Mike Murphy •
A.V. “Chummie” Murray •
Frank Nicks •
Con Olson •
Gerald “Jigger” O’Neil •
John W. O’Neill •
Jim “Hank” O’Rourke •
Billy Parsons •
Charles Patterson Sr. •
Charles Patterson 2nd •
Charlie Paul •
Gertrude Phinney •
Billy Pickering •
Burns Wesley Pierce •
Wyman Porter •
Billy Rawley •
Vaughan Reagh •
Walter Rice •
Billy Richardson •
Harvey Richardson •
“Nugget” Richmond •
Percy Ring •
Mickey Roach •
Alf Rogers •
William C. Ross •
Fritz Schaefer •
Cliff Shand •
Howard Shaw •
Lou Shaw •
Lou Siderski •
Billy Smith •
Ted Stackhouse •
Frank Stephen •
Bill “Red” Stuart •
Dave Thomson •
George Tracy •
Jimmy Trott •
Jack Twaddle •
Angus Walters •
Terrence “Tiger” Warrington •
Russel T. Ward •
George Weatherbee •
Neddie Weaver •
Steven Whelan •
Neil Wilkie •
James “Minute” Wilkie •
Benny Woodworth •
TEAM
Jubilee Four Oared Crew of 1930
(Rowing)
Ross Foley Four Oared Crew (Rowing)
St. Mary’s Four Oared Crew of
1909 (Rowing)
Smith-Nickerson Four Oared Crew
(Rowing)
1980
ATHLETE
David Amadio •
Paul Andrea
Don Bauld
Len Boss •
Joe “Beef” Cameron •
Dr. W.A. “Buddy” Condy •
John Devison
Foster “Moxie” Dickson •
P. “Skit” Ferguson
Fred Fox •
Lawson Fowler •
Tyrone Gardiner
Doug Grant
Art Hafey
John “Junior” Hanna •
Jimmy Hawboldt •
Robert Hayes •
J. “Bert” Hirschfeld •
Dorothy Holmes •
Vida Large •
Parker MacDonald
Steve “Kid” MacDonald •
Allister MacNeil
Avard Mann •
S. “Chook” Maxwell •
Joseph “Joey” Mullins •
Roy Oliver •
Bevil “Bev” Piers •
Blair Richardson •
Richie Spears
Sherman White •
R. “Tic” Williams •
Frances L. Woodbury •
BUILDER
Bob Beaton •
A. Garnet Brown •
Ted Cumming
John Cechetto
Hanson Dowell •
Danny Gallivan •
Eddie Gillis •
Jack Gray •
Don Henderson •
Clarence Johnson •
Fred Kelly •
Art Lightfoot •
Frank McGibbon •
Leo “Pop” McKenna •
John MacCarthy •
Charles MacVicar •
Hugh Noble •
Victor deB. Oland •
John Piers •
Dannie Seaman •
H.L. “Bud” Thorbourne •
Harry Trainor •
Abbie Warden •
George Warden •
TEAM
Acadia University “Axemen”
Basketball 1971
Caledonia Rugby 1937
Halifax “Atlantics” Hockey 1952-53-54
Halifax Queen Elizabeth “Lions”
Basketball 1950
Halifax “Wolverines” Hockey 1934-35
Kentville “Glooscap” Curling 1951 •
Kentville Wildcats Hockey 1926-27
New Glasgow High School
Track and Field 1937
New Waterford Central High School
Basketball 1961
New Waterford “Strands” Basketball
1946-47-48
St. Agnes Juvenile Basketball New Waterford 1932
Stellarton “Albions” Baseball
1951-52-53
Sydney Millionaires Hockey 1941
Truro “Bearcats” Senior Baseball 1946
Truro Bearcats “Seven Survivors”
Hockey 1930-31
Truro “Slugs” Girls Softball 1945-46-50
1981
ATHLETE
Edith Bauld
John Alexander “Johnny” Clark •
Delmore William “Buddy” Daye •
James Goode “Jimmy” Gray •
John Edward McCurdy
Jesse Elroy Mitchell
BUILDER
Nathan Scoville “Nate” Bain •
Harold William “Harry” Butler •
Captain John Theodore Cruikshank •
James Archibald “J.A.” Ferguson •
Judge Julian Elliot Hudson •
Donald John Loney •
John “Jack” Thomas •
Freda Noble Wales •
TEAM
Acadia University Men’s Basketball
1930
Halifax Curling Club Men’s 1927
Liverpool Jets Senior Women’s
Softball 1965-67
Liverpool Larrupers Senior
Baseball 1939-41
Yarmouth Gateways Senior Baseball 1929-35
1982
ATHLETE
Norman “Normie” Ferguson
George Ross Harper
Christopher “Chris” Hook
Maisie Howard •
Richard “Kid” Howard •
Rita Lohnes
Lowell MacDonald
Gary Walter MacMahon
John “Kenzie” MacNeill •
Gerald “Tarp” Walsh •
BUILDER
John E. “Gee” Ahern •
Gerald St. Clair “Jerry” Bauld •
TEAM
Acadia Senior Men’s Varsity
Basketball 1964-65
Acadia Senior Women’s Varsity
Swim 1977-78
Bridgetown Men’s Lawn Bowling
1973-75
International Dory Racing - Lloyd
Heisler & Russell Langille 1952-55
Springhill “Fencebusters” Baseball
1927-28
Garf
MEDIA AWARD
TE
W.J. “Ace” Foley •
Broo
1983
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Clyde Gray
George “Rock-A-Bye” Ross •
Hug
Herb
Sydn
Reg
ATHLETE
BUILDER
Frank Baldwin •
TEAM
World Championship Sailing
Glen Dexter, Andreas Josenhans,
Alexander “Sandy” MacMillan
1977, 1980
MEDIA AWARD
Alex Nickerson •
1984
ATHLETE
Marjorie Bailey Brown
Lyle Carter
Gerald Mielke •
Wayne Smith
BUILDER
BU
Geo
Ann
Glad
AT
BU
John
Nige
Don
TE
Stell
So
19
AT
Reg
Pete
Sam
Jerry
BU
John “Brother” MacDonald •
Jimmy McDonald •
Rob
Herm
Alfre
MEDIA AWARD
TE
Earl R.J. Morton •
Wind
Ho
1985
ATHLETE
Susan Mason (MacLeod)
Thomas Melvin “Ike” Murray
Beverley “Bev” Wade •
BUILDER
Frederick Robert “Fred” Lynch •
Les Topshee •
MEDIA AWARD
Dr. Cecil MacLean •
1986
19
AT
Walt
Hillia
Ang
John
Billy
BU
John
Keith
Rod
ATHLETE
19
Sylvester “Daddy” Bubar •
Nancy Ellen Garapick
Gerald “Gerry” Leslie Glinz •
Marty Martinello
Fred
Isme
Way
AT
BUILDER
BU
Steve MacDonald •
Gordon S. Mont
Dari
Bob
TEAM
TE
Saint Mary’s University Football 1973
Sain
1987
19
John “Jack” Fritz •
Phil Scott
Francis “Rocky” MacDougall •
Janet Merry •
Owen N. Sawler •
Leo
And
Eliza
Rob
Rob
Miria
Dou
TEAM
BU
Shearwater Flyers Football 1957
Jam
Bill K
ATHLETE
BUILDER
1988
AT
ATHLETE
19
Douglas “Dugger” McNeil
David Piers
Earl Arthur Ryan •
Pau
Ann
AT
ng
d
2-55
ball
ns,
n
1973
57
Garfield MacDonald •
BUILDER
George “Porgy” Kehoe •
Annie Longard •
Gladys Longard •
Peter Doig •
Karin Maessen
BUILDER
2000
2005
2010
Neil Amadio •
John Cassidy
Jackie Hayden
David “Ducky” Webber
Janice Cossar
Mike Forgeron
Robyn Meagher
Gary Sabean
Cindy Tye
Ross Webb
ATHLETE
ATHLETE
TEAM
TEAM
Donald “Chick” Charlton •
William Hannon
Kevin Morrison
Lawrence “Butch” O’Hearn
Brookfield Elks Softball 1980
Saint Francis Xavier Football 1966
BUILDER
BUILDER
1989
1995
Kell Antoft •
Brian Langley
Al Yarr
John Paris Jr.
Susan Smith
Murray Sleep •
Hugh Alexander Campbell
Herbert MacLeod •
Sydney Hale Roy •
Reginald J. Muise
Josephine Laba •
Paul MacLean
Marie Moore
Ralph Simmons •
TEAM
TEAM
Sydney Millionaires Hockey 1948-49
BUILDER
BUILDER
John Brophy
Nigel Kemp
Donald Wheeler •
Gussie MacLellan •
Ken Mantin
ATHLETE
Antigonish Robertson’s Midget
Softball 1984
Nova Scotia Canada Games Men’s
Basketball 1987
ATHLETE
TEAM
Stellarton Monarchs Senior
Softball 1937-38
1990
ATHLETE
Reginald “Reg” Beazley •
Peter Hope
Sam Wareham •
Jerry Byers •
BUILDER
Robert “Bob” Kaplan •
Herman Kaplan •
Alfred “Alf” LeJeune •
TEAM
Windsor Maple Leafs Senior
Hockey 1963-64
1991
ATHLETE
Walter Dann
Hilliard Graves
Angus “Sonny” MacDonald •
John Myketyn •
Billy O’Donnell
Robert “Bob” Douglas •
Frank Garner
ATHLETE
TEAM
Nova Scotia Women’s Field Hockey 1975
1996
ATHLETE
David Crabbe
Edna Lockhart Duncanson •
Duncan MacIntyre •
Marie McNeil Bowness
Karen Fraser Moore
BUILDER
2001
Cecilia Branch
Donald MacVicar
Kathy MacCormack Spurr
BUILDER
Laurie Power •
Ginny Smith
TEAM
Thorburn Mohawks Maritime Junior
Softball 1963-65
1981 Canada Games Junior Boys
Softball
2002
ATHLETE
Taylor Gordon
Fred MacGillivray, Sr. •
Joyce Myers •
Fabian Joseph
Cliff Roach •
Mark Smith
1997
BUILDER
ATHLETE
Jamie Bone
Rick Bowness
Edwin Crowell
John “Jook” Munroe
Bob Piers
BUILDER
Terry Henderson
Alexander “Sandy” Young •
TEAM
Dalhousie University Volleyball 1982
Saint Mary’s Junior Hockey 1948
2003
ATHLETE
BUILDER
George Athanasiou
Dr. William Stanish
Dorothy Walker
John Fortunato •
Keith MacKenzie
Rod Shoveller •
TEAM
Nova Scotia Voyageurs Hockey
1971-72
1992
1998
BUILDER
William “Bill” Carter •
Wilson Parsons
William “Bill” Riley
Ken Shea
TEAM
ATHLETE
Fred Cuvelier •
Ismet “Hum” Joseph •
Wayne Maxner
BUILDER
Darius “Pat” Patterson •
Bob Sayer
TEAM
Saint Francis Xavier Hockey 1950-51
ATHLETE
BUILDER
Elizabeth Chard •
Lois MacGregor
Bob Wong
TEAM
Rick Anderson
Jim Beckman
Malcolm Davis
Graham MacIntyre
Clyde Roy •
Barry Shakespeare •
Jerome Bruhm
Leo Fahey
Saint Francis Xavier Football 1963
MEDIA
Hugh Townsend
2004
ATHLETE
MEDIA
Al Hollingsworth
2006
ATHLETE
Terry Baker
Chris Clarke
John Giovannetti •
David Pinkney Sr. •
Ken Reardon
BUILDER
David Andrews
Muriel Fage •
Courtney Malcolm
TEAM
Judy Lugar and Morag McLean Sailing
Fisherman’s Market Midget Boys
Fast Pitch Softball 1981
2007
ATHLETE
Frank Dorrington •
Stan Hennigar Jr.
Fred Lake •
Penny LaRocque
Charles Smith •
Wendell Young
BUILDER
Steve Konchalski
Don Koharski
Dick MacLean •
BUILDER
Wayne Finck
David Fraser
Arnold Patterson •
TEAM
Amherst Ramblers Hockey
1960-61
BUILDER
Dave Downey
Duncan Gillis •
Mike Henderson
Mike McPhee
BUILDER
Bernie Chisholm
Hugh Matheson
Gail Rice
William James Roue •
BUILDER
TEAM
James Creighton •
Bill Kingston •
Bob Boucher •
Pat Connolly •
John MacGlashen •
Glace Bay Colonels 1987
Roy Clements •
Gus Fahey
MEDIA
TEAM
Donnie MacIsaac •
Acadia University Men’s Basketball
1976-77
Paul Boutilier
Ann Dodge
TEAM
Halifax Arcade Ladies Softball
1946-49
ATHLETE
Will Njoku
Steve Pound
Cam Russell
Michael Scarola
BUILDER
Hubert Earle
Carolyn Savoy
TEAM
Team Colleen Jones 1999-2004
2012
ATHLETE
Julie Barton
Steve Giles
Vince Horsman
Glen Murray
BUILDER
John (Jack) Graham
Howard Jackson •
TEAM
2001 King of Donair Men’s Soccer
Club
2013
ATHLETE
Lawrence Hafey
John Hatch
BUILDER
Stephen Fairbairn
Tak Kikuchi
2014
ATHLETE
ATHLETE
2011
Don Brien
Peter Corkum
Al MacInnis
Carroll Morgan
ATHLETE
1999
1994
Carl “Bucky” Buchanan
Kevin Heisler
Rick Rivers
TEAM
Leo Amadio •
Andrew Cole
Elizabeth Connor •
Robert McCall •
Robert Mills
Miriam Penney •
Doug Sulliman
ATHLETE
Saint Mary’s University Basketball
1972-73
BUILDER
2008
Art Dorrington
Hugh Little •
Gerry MacMillan
Kathy Powers
Tyrone Williams
1993
ATHLETE
2009
ATHLETE
Bruce Beaton
Mickey Fox
Brian Heaney
Jody Hennigar
Gordie Smith
BUILDER
1981 Acadia University Axemen
Football
1985 Kentville Wildcats Baseball
ATHLETE
Kevin Dugas
Scott Fraser •
Theresa MacCuish
Richard G. Munro
Ken Poole
BUILDER
Dr. Cathy Campbell
Anthony Hall
TEAM
1998 Truro TSN Bearcats Hockey
Club
• Deceased
by Gail MacDougall
T
rish MacCuish was the ultimate team player and
remains the most illustrious graduate of the St.
Francis Xavier University women’s basketball
program.
Originally from Balls Creek, Cape Breton, MacCuish left
the university ranks as the all-time leading scorer in CIAU
(now CIS) history, amassing over 2,000 points during
her five-year career. In her inaugural season, MacCuish
earned both AUAA (now AUS) and
CIAU rookie of the year honours.
She was named the conference’s
most valuable player in her
second season and was
selected as an AUAA 1st
team all-star each of her
five seasons with the blue
and white. She led the X
team to its first ever AUS
title in the 1996-97 season
and was a four-time St. F.X.
female athlete of the year.
It is no surprise that in
2006, MacCuish, now a
resident of Antigonish, entered
the St. F.X. Hall of Fame.
“Her speed, agility, desire
and overall athleticism will be
remembered for years,” says John
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“Packy” McFarland, former
athletic director at St. F.X. and
Hall of Fame inductee with the
1966 X-Men football team.
“She had a natural personality
that had the younger players
and the senior supporters
loyal during her career. Her
infectious, positive lifestyle
became legendary for those
around her.”
Her passion for the game
started when she was in Grade
7 and MacCuish, who says she
was competitive from a young
age, immediately served notice
she was one to be reckoned with.
“One of the biggest things
for me was to have fun playing
and I did that,” she said.
• Hometown: Balls Creek, Cape Breton, NS
“I always remember being fast
• St. F.X., AUS, and CIS Rookie of the Year
and I loved getting out there
• AUS MVP (1992/93)
and running the court. The
• Five- time AUS All-Star (1991-95, 1996-97)
game was so high-impact and
• Two-time CIS All-Canadian
could change so quickly, that’s
• Graduated as the all-time leading scorer for the
what I really liked about it.”
X-Women and the CIS (2000 points in five years)
MacCuish was quick to note
• Led the X-Women basketball team to their only AUS
that her achievements would
conference title (1996-97)
not have been possible without
• Four-time St. F.X. Female Athlete of the Year
great teammates and coaches,
• Played professional basketball for the London
and most definitely not without
Amazons
the tremendous support of her
family.
Former St. F.X. teammate Jennifer Grant said MacCuish
was an impact player throughout her university career and
was instrumental in turning the X-Women’s program into
a top contender in the AUAA and winning the school’s first
AUAA women’s basketball banner.
Grant said MacCuish played basketball because she loved
the game and the team camaraderie.
“Theresa was a fierce competitor on the court but had a
friendly and humble demeanor off the court,” Grant said. “It
was a huge privilege to have her as a teammate and a friend.”
MACCUISH MOMENTS:
MacCuish dribbles down the court, February 17, 1993.
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MacCuish said playing provincial ball and
representing Nova Scotia at national tournaments
(she was a member of the Canadian Junior National
team in 1992) proved to be valuable.
“You got to play with some of the best in Nova Scotia
and against great players from the rest of the country,
while getting good coaching,” MacCuish explained. “It
also allowed me to play competitive basketball during
the summer months.”
When reviewing some high points from a personal
perspective MacCuish said the biggest was winning
the league title, the first and only women’s basketball
crown in St. F.X. history.
The scoring champion was part of many firsts while
playing university ball, becoming the only X-Women
to ever win a major CIAU award (Rookie of the Year
in 1991-92) and the sole X-Women basketball athlete
to earn CIAU All-Canadian distinction. She rounded
out her athletic accomplishments with equally excellent
academics, obtaining two degrees—a Bachelor of
Science in Physical Education and a Bachelor of
Education.
MacCuish, after graduation, journeyed to the United
Kingdom and played professionally for six years as part
of England’s National Basketball League with the London
Amazons. She was named the team’s MVP at the first-ever
National Basketball League all-star game in England.
MacCuish now joins husband Trevor Reddick in the
Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame.
Reddick entered the Hall in 2012
as a member of the national
champion King of Donair soccer
team.
“It’s pretty neat for both of us
and it’s something our children
(Theodore, Tessa, Talya) may be
proud of down the road,” she said.
“I hope they will be involved in
sports because it is so good for all
aspects of life. To be blessed with
all the good coaches and support
we had throughout our lives—I
hope that for them.”
MacCuish (front, second from left) with the 1996-97 women’s AUS basketball championship
team.
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Gail MacDougall is a long-time
junior basketball coach and sports
editor for The Antigonish Casket.
Congratulations
THERESA MACCUISH
on your induction into the
Nova Scotia Sport
Hall of Fame
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RICHARD
G. MUNRO
by Joel Jacobson
D
istance running has always been pictured as a lonely sport.
Richard Munro would argue with you. The native of Dayspring,
Lunenburg Co., one of the finest runners Nova Scotia has ever
produced, attained championships at every level, and was undefeated from
high school through university, during which time he was surrounded by
loyal coaches and teammates.
“The team aspect of running is very under-rated,” he claims. “A team
environment is vital for training and I respect how much my teammates
helped shape me and contribute to my success.”
Yet, it was failure as a team while at Dalhousie University that was most
frustrating. “In my first three years, only the winning AUAA cross-country
team went to nationals,” he recalls. “While I won the AUAA races, I didn’t get
to go because our team finished second. Finally, in my senior year, the team
won and I was able to win my only CIAU individual title.”
As a teenager, Munro was an all-round athlete. He played minor baseball from
ages 8 to 18, throwing a no-hitter at 17.
It was while a sea cadet at age 14 that running became an interest. All cadets had
to run a mile and half race at Cornwallis cadet camp. Coming off a sprained ankle
from 10 days prior, Munro won the race. That propelled him into cross country
running in Grade 10 and three straight provincial high school championships.
Dal coach Al Yarr recognized a future Tiger and convinced Munro to work harder
on his studies, which the runner admits were producing less than stellar results.
“He motivated me, as an athlete and as a student. He really unlocked the door to
reaching for new horizons.”
Those horizons included winning every race he ran as a Tiger, but one. “I was always
airsick when I flew. We arrived at a meet at Bates College in Maine after flying in a small
plane. I was deathly ill, but ran anyway and finished third,” he confesses.
In the summer of 1971, he trained in Toronto with Canadian running icons
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Bruce Kidd and Bill
Crothers, working jobs
all day and running six or
seven miles in the early
morning and another
eight miles at night.
“I had a terrific fitness
base heading into the fall
of 1971”.
In November, he won
the Canadian Cross
Country championship
in Halifax by 42 seconds
over the second place
finisher, 1968 Canadian
Munro (second from right) celebrating
Olympian Dave Ellis.
with teammates.
In 1972, Munro won
the AUAA and CIAU Cross Country Championship, the
5,000 metres in the AUAA Track and Field championships,
and earned the Climo Trophy as Dal’s outstanding male
athlete.
“Richard had a base of physical talent but an exceptional
ability to compete,” says Coach Yarr. “He was tough and
relentless in his pursuit of excellence. Yet he always kept
a positive attitude and an inner calm. He never expressed
doubt or fear.”
Munro keeps a wide lead in a race.
With a dream to run
an Olympic marathon
in 1976, Munro went
to Australia in 1973
where he could train
year round. However,
a recurring foot injury
was the beginning of the
end of Richard’s running
career. He ran a 4:02.4
mile in an invitational
event and won other
distance races but when
he returned to Canada
in 1976, the
prognosis for
healing was
slim.
An education
graduate, he
moved into sport
administration
in 1976 with
the Nova Scotia
and Canadian
Track and Field
Associations.
In 1981, as
executive
director of the
a s s o c i a t i o n’s
Run Canada
division, he was
asked to help
complete Terry
Fox’s run to the west coast.
“Instead, I suggested that the Terry Fox Run be started
and became the managing director for that inaugural year.
Helping put that together in just over two months was one
of the proudest moments of my career.”
Until retiring in 2012, Munro was CEO of several
national associations and charities. In 1999, he received
the Fundraising Executive Award at Ottawa’s Philanthropy
Awards.
“I ran for fitness until about 10 years ago,” he says,”
and still consider myself reasonably fit as I golf and curl
regularly. “
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MUNRO MILESTONES:
He credits his parents, Doug
and Sylvia, with instilling a
work ethic, praising them, wife
Anna, children Matthew and
Carolyn and his fellow runners
for support and encouragement.
In those early days of training
and competing, he reflects that
support for amateur sport on a
national level was nothing like
today.
“But I got opportunities from
running that shaped my life. I love what I’ve gotten from
running.”
Munro prepares at the starting line.
Munro reaches the finish line first.
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• Hometown: Bridgewater / Dayspring, NS
• Five-time winner of the Atlantic Canada Senior Open
Cross-Country Championships (1968-72)
• Four-time winner of the AUAA Cross-Country
Championships (1968-70, 1972)
• Winner of Canadian Senior Cross-Country
Championships, Halifax (1971)
• Two-time winner of the Halifax Natal Day 6 Mile Road
Race (1969-70, set a record in 1970)
• Only Canadian runner to represent the Canadian Track
& Field Association in the 8,500m road race in Sao
Paulo, Brazil (1971)
• Winner of the CIAU Cross-Country Championships
(1972)
• Received the Climo Award, Dalhousie University
(1973)
• Winner of the 5,000m, West Australia Track & Field
Championships, Perth (1974)
extend their best wishes
to
RICHARD MUNRO
and
DR. CATHY CAMPBELL
as they are inducted
into the
NOVA SCOTIA
SPORT HALL OF FAME
Munro leads the pack yet again.
In a league of their own
Dalhousie University congratulates our graduates being inducted in
the 2014 Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame. These Dalhousie alumni
epitomize the dedication and commitment that creates great leaders.
Thank you for your inspiration.
Richard Munro
BPE’73
Anthony Hall
BPE’81
Dr. Cathy Campbell
BPE’75, MSc’77
Brian Melanson
BPE’93, BEd’93
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by Joel Jacobson
I
t’s a good thing Ken Poole
was small as a teenager.
A n e nthusia stic a nd
versatile athlete, the Truro
youngster, at 5’2” and about 110
lbs., stewed for days about
playing high school
football or concentrating
on badminton.
“I chose badminton and
it proved to be the right choice,”
Poole says. “I credit my first
coach, Sandy Allen. Without
him, none of this (a stellar,
30-year career in junior and
senior men’s badminton)
would have happened.”
Poole started playing
badminton at 11 when
Allen came to his
elementary school and
introduced the kids to
the sport. “He asked,
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‘Who’s interested?’ and I threw
up my hand. He took six or eight
of us for his program. The next
year, in junior high, I continued
with it and was successful right
away. By senior high, it was
decision time.”
He laughs about his
first experience at junior
nationals. “I lost in the first
round. The next year, I won
a couple of matches. It was a major
challenge to compete nationally because we didn’t have the consistent
good competition in the Atlantic Provinces.”
A good tennis player under coach Bob Piers (Nova Scotia Sport
Hall of Fame inductee, 1997), Poole had to choose again when he
arrived at Dalhousie University in 1981. Tennis or badminton?
“At the time, Canada had no one in the top world 200 in men’s
tennis. In badminton, we were in the top 50. I chose badminton.”
He won Maritime under 19 boys’ singles, doubles and
mixed doubles, plus AUS men’s singles and doubles titles.
“I wanted more,” he says. “I transferred to University of
Toronto in 1982 to continue my studies and have better
badminton competition. The national team was training
there, but, by the end of that year, the training centre
closed, a club owned by Badminton Canada closed, and
thus there were no players to play against. “
centre had been established by the
Canadian Badminton Association, with
top coaching and strong competition.
“That’s when my career took off,” he
says.
Piers says Poole showed courage in
moving from Nova Scotia to improve his
game. “When he decided he wanted to
be the best in his sport, his decision was
one few Nova Scotians would make. He
knew he had to move. And he ended up
doing more in badminton than any other
Nova Scotian had ever done.”
After finishing university in Calgary,
Poole started winning at badminton –
consistently.
That was not a surprise, reflects Piers.
“Ken was a great competitor. I watched
Poole (second from left) after winning gold at the Canadian Badminton Championships Open
him play both badminton and tennis,
Masters 35+.
as well as team sports, and he never
got
upset,
in
practice
or competition. In racquet sports, a
When he wrote to the national association about the
young player tends to lose his cool, but Ken’s composure
disarray in their program, it was recommended he go to
was above and beyond.”
Calgary where a high performance badminton training
Poole had speed and quick reflexes, but says having good
strategy is the key, particularly in singles and mixed.
Through 1984, Poole and doubles partner Bob
MacDougall won championships, beat a Chinese team,
POOLE POINTS:
Poole (seated) after winning the Nova Scotia Under 19 Badminton
Championships in Kentville, May 7, 1980.
• Hometown: Truro
• Winner of AUAA men’s singles and mixed doubles
titles (1981)
• Canadian National Doubles Champion (1984)
• Only Nova Scotian to win a National Badminton
Championship in an open age category
• Canadian Mixed Doubles champion (1985)
• US Open men’s singles finalist and men’s doubles semifinalist (1985)
• Commonwealth Games silver-medalist in the team
event (1986)
• US Open 35+ men’s singles and doubles champion
(1998)
• Three-time Canadian 35+ men’s doubles champion
(1998, 2000, 2003)
• Badminton professional at the Glencoe Club in Calgary
(1987-2006)
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ranked second in the
He cites three career
world, and won the
highlights:
Canadian title over the
One, finishing fifth
defending champions.
as a team with the
I n 1 9 8 6 , Po o l e
1 9 8 3 Nov a S c o t i a
won a silver medal at
Canada Games team,
the Commonwealth
after personally being
Games. He then became
undefeated in singles
a member of Canada’s
and doubles. “We were
national team and, as
competitive with every
he moved into his midprovince,” he recalls.
30s, entered Masters
Two, at a tournament
competitions and
in 1991, he won the
dominated singles and
Browns Open Men’s
doubles categories for
Singles, defeating Wen
several years.
Wang of China en
He has also given back
route. Wang had been
to the sport. He was
undefeated for two
full-time badminton
years.
professional at a Calgary
Three, winning
Poole
(right)
competes
at
the
1984
national
championships
with
doubles
partner
Bob
club for 18 years, was
his first national
assistant coach and MacDougall.
championship in 1984.
manager of Badminton Canada’s national training centre
No one from Nova Scotia had ever won a national
from 1990 to 1995, coached the Canadian team at Worlds
badminton championship. “I think I’m most proud of
in 1995 and was president of the Canadian Badminton
being the first,” he says. “I had the courage to overcome the
Coaches Association from 1992 to 1999.
obstacle of coming from a small province where the sport was
under-developed, beating
the odds.”
Now living in Calgary
with his wife, Heather, a
former badminton junior
champion, Poole is a
stay-at-home dad with
his children, Carson and
Lena, while also helping to
run local cultural events.
Poole (standing fourth from left
back row) with Team Canada
at the World Championships
in China, 1987.
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by Katie Wooler
D
r. Cathy Campbell is one of our
province’s most beloved coaches
and talented sports medicine
practitioners. During the more than 40
years she has dedicated to developing Nova
Scotia’s finest track athletes and Canada’s
Olympic and World Cup women’s soccer
teams, she has never been afraid to work hard
for the benefit of her athletes.
“I think I was the first woman in the weight
room at Dalhousie. There were urinals in the
weight room and showers without curtains,” says
Campbell, who took on the responsibility of coaching
a group of young track athletes in the Atlantic Coast
Club at a time when there were very few resources
allocated to the sport.
Campbell spent eight years
coaching the Atlantic
Coast Club, which
included Hall
o f Fa m e r a n d
provincial track
sensation
C e c i l i a
Branch.
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“Cecilia started doing well and suddenly I had 25 kids
coming along,” says Campbell.
Before Branch was rated third in the country for her
100-metre hurdle time, she trained under Campbell in
the winter, running laps around the snow-covered track or
the wooden walkway at the top of the Dalhousie Hockey
arena, where there was only enough space for two hurdles.
Campbell made do with limited training space by having
Branch and the other kids run up Martello Tower Hill in
Point Pleasant Park carrying each other on their backs.
“She was very focused and very detailed in her coaching,”
says Krisanne Crowell, one of the runners and Canada
Games team members whom Campbell coached in the
Campbell (centre) recreates Canadian Junior Olympics silver-medal
celebration photo (pictured at left) with track athletes Tom Stanley
(left) and Cecilia Branch (right).
Atlantic Coast Club along with Branch. “She always had a
clipboard and a stopwatch in hand.”
“Cathy was always encouraging no matter what the result
as long as you gave your best effort,” says Crowell, who
Campbell trained as the relay team anchor even though
she was only 12 and much younger than the other runners.
“The time that I put in was all volunteered—two to
three hours a day and most weekends,” says Campbell. “I
was proud of the work I did with those kids.”
CAMPBELL CLIPS:
Campbell, who was part of the medical team for the women’s hockey
venue, at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
• Hometown: Halifax
• Coach, administrator, educator and medical expert for
over 40 years
• Personal track coach for Hall of Famer Cecilia Branch
• Coach for the Atlantic Coast Club track club
• Team physician for the Canadian national women’s
soccer team (2000-2012)
• Five-time team physician and six-time FIFA Medical
Officer at FIFA Women’s World Cups
• Leader of the High Performance Team for women’s
soccer, 2012 Olympics
• Team physician for 2011 Pan-Am gold-medal and 2012
Olympic bronze-medal Canadian women’s soccer team
• First woman in North America to be appointed by
FIFA as the General Medical Officer for the FIFA
World Cup Canada
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“Track and field was my first
In addition to her involvement
love,” she adds. “It taught me
in track and field and soccer,
discipline; it gave me a lot of
Campbell enjoys traveling with
skills that I’ve used in the rest of
her sister D.A. and her niece
my life.”
Missy Franklin, a four-time
Campbell transferred her
Olympic gold-medalist swimmer
disciplined work ethic to soccer
for the 2012 U.S. team. Campbell
when fellow Dalhousie physical
even had the soccer team sit
education alum Kevin Pipe
around the television with her
asked her to be team doctor
to cheer for her niece, an activity
for the Canadian women’s team
that demonstrates how much
in 2000. Working with the
she sees the team as an extended
women’s soccer team has been
family.
the perfect opportunity for Cathy
“A lot of these kids—I really
to combine her passions for sport
watched them grow up,” says
and medicine while working oneCampbell. “Christine Sinclair, I
on-one with players, a position she Campbell (left) receives an Alumni Achievement Award from saw her play her first game.”
much prefers over administrative Dalhousie University.
Campbell has always put athlete
sport development.
safety first, even resigning once
She has provided her medical expertise in international
due to concern over the lack of treatment of a concussion.
soccer competition for over fourteen years, attending five
She also makes herself available to team members on an
FIFA Women’s World Cups (WWC) as team physician
“on-call” basis, always willing to answer their emails and
and six as FIFA medical officer.
phone calls at any time.
She was recently appointed as
“She continues to be someone I consider of super-human
FIFA General Medical Officer
quality,” says Crowell.
for the 2014 U20 WWC and
Looking back at her successful career, Campbell says she
2015 WWC, making her the
owes a lot to her sister and Linda, her partner of 30 years.
first North American woman
She is also motivated by the many athletes she has helped
to be appointed to the chief
as a coach and doctor.
medical officer position for a
“There is nothing like the work and the hours you put in
World Cup event.
when you’re with a team.”
In 2012,
Campbell
developed a
new injury
report system
Campbell (centre) at the 2012 as leader of the
Olympic Summer Games in Women’s High
London.
Pe r f o r m a n c e
Team at the London Olympics. She looks
back fondly on her time spent with the team
at the Olympics, during which the Canadian
women claimed bronze after a devastating loss
to the United States.
“We all dug deep and we were very proud
of that bronze medal.”
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The Atlantic Division
CanoeKayak Canada
congratulates
TONY HALL
on his induction to the
Sport Hall of Fame
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ANTHONY
HALL
by Katie Wooler
“
I
t’s important for everyone to have
contact with excellence in sport,” says
paddling coach Tony Hall, a man who
is responsible for many excellent Nova Scotian
canoers and kayakers.
The personal coach of Olympian and World
Champion paddler Steve Giles for twenty years,
Hall has worked tirelessly to put Nova Scotia
on the map when it comes to international
recognition for paddling. In addition to Giles,
Olympic team members Leslie-Anne Young,
Glen Girard, Dan
Howe, Corrinna
Kennedy, MarieJosée GibeauOuimet, and
Peter Giles have
all spent time
u n d e r H a l l ’s
capable tutelage.
Hailing from Dartmouth, Hall paddled at the
Senobe club as a kid before becoming involved with coaching
day programs. Following his graduation from Dalhousie’s
Physical Education program, Hall started off coaching
volleyball and then landed a position coaching paddlers in
British Columbia.
After spending a few years in BC, Hall returned to Nova
Scotia at a time when very few people were professional paddling
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coaches. When Ron Comeau asked Tony if he would coach
the Orenda Canoe Club, Hall insisted that paddlers needed
to train year-round, and he was soon hired on as one of
Canada’s first full-time year-round paddling coaches.
Hall took over Orenda, its old garage full of beat-up
equipment, and a group of enthusiastic kids from Lake
Echo, a then small rural community of only 800 families.
Within three years, Orenda went from a fledgling club to
national champions, becoming only the second Nova Scotia
club to ever claim the national title in 1987. Orenda soon
became the model for clubs in Atlantic Canada, and Hall’s
Tony Hall (back left) with Orenda’s champion paddlers, including
future olympian Steve Giles (back row, third from left).
Tony Hall received provincial recognition from Premier John Savage.
A 1997 feature story about Hall’s involvement with paddling in Atlanta.
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athletes went on to a long string of success stories.
coaching model comes from watching his dad coach soccer
“[Tony’s] technical ability knowledge was superb and he
and living in an area where you needed every player you
had a knack for communicating with almost any athlete,”
could get, so everyone who participated had value.
recounts Steve Giles, who was
He was also inspired by
part of the Orenda Club.
his mom, who organized
HALL HIGHLIGHTS:
“Lots of excellence evolved
softball and bowling leagues,
•
Hometown:
Dartmouth
from that period,” says Hall,
and by all the coaches he
• Head coach of the Orenda Canoe Club, Lake Echo
who is overcome with pride
had who dedicated a lifetime
(1984-87)
as he recites the roll call of
to sport—“the guys who
• Coached the Orenda Canoe Club to an overall national
the Orenda kids and their
coached every team.”
championship
(the
second
time
a
Nova
Scotia
club
ever
achievements. Among them are
From high school onwards,
won the championship; 1987)
many Olympians, international
he watched coaches in every
• NS provincial canoe and kayak coach (1988-94)
competitors—such as Matt
sport in order to learn new
• Led the NS team to overall victories at the Canada
Patterson, Dustin Whalen,
techniques, applying pacing
Games
twice
(1981,
1989)
Brian Burns, Graham Cobb,
methods he learned from
• Head coach at two Pan American Games (1991, 1995
Cathy Breckenridge, and
track coaches to paddling
•
Canadian
national
team
coach
and
Olympic
team
Bernie Irvin—and athletes who
training. Hall admits that
coach for women’s kayak (1993-97)
are now coaches—including
he was always willing to try
•
Coached
the
women’s
national
kayak
team
to
the
title
Troy Comeau, Trevor Marshall,
something new, reminiscing
for overall women’s points at the World Championships
Corey Firth, Rob Baert and
about the “baked potato diet
(1995)
Albert McDonald.
of 1997” that he tried with
• Personal coach for Hall of Famer Steve Giles for twenty
“As kids, these Olympians
Giles.
years
(1984-2004)
and World Champions all
After coaching roles with
• Coached many Olympic team members and other
lived within eight blocks of one
the province and the women’s
Nova Scotians who competed internationally at the
another,” Hall says. “There’s a
national kayak team, Hall
junior and senior levels
direct connection to what it
coached kids in Gainesville,
did for the community, and
Florida, but still kept in
that’s what sport is all about.”
contact with Giles, volunteering as his personal coach.
Despite the fact that the Orenda club had to share boats
“I truly believe,” says Giles, “that without Tony at my side
and go without washrooms due to limited resources, Hall
I would not have achieved the success that I did.”
was always optimistic that success in sport came from doing
the best with what you’ve got.
He encouraged active fundraising and impromptu ball
hockey games. “Things were always done to the benefit of
the group.”
Hall believed coaching wasn’t all about telling athletes to
be faster and stronger, but about teaching people to love
every aspect of their sport. Since there are no shortcuts to
training, he aimed to make everything fun.
“Fun was getting up at five in the morning; fun was
running in the snow,” he says.
Hall always made sure every club member was included
so that everyone would be committed to one another. “We
were committed to making it good for everybody,” he says.
“What everyone did was important—they all shared in the
success of people like Steve.”
Hall (left) speaking with Steve Giles.
A former soccer player at Dalhousie, Hall explains that his
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INSPIRING OUR YOUTH
Future Hall of Famers Education Program
Leads Over 20,000 Youth to a Brighter Future
Former NHL star Craig MacDonald with students at Scotsburn Elementary in Pictou County
T
he Hall of Fame’s “Future Hall of Famers” education program is provided free of charge to schools across the
province, sharing motivational stories through our Hall of Famers and local sport heroes.
In 2014, the program has reached over 20,000 youth in 12 months, visiting schools from Digby to Baddeck and
Whycocomagh to Tangier. The Hall of Fame has a mandate to deliver its free education programming to each of the six
regions in Nova Scotia at least twice per year. The program exceeded this goal in 2014, making multiple trips to the South
Shore, Fundy, Highlands, Cape Breton, Central, and Valley regions.
The Future Hall of Famers education program engages Hall of Famers and local sport heroes in both its on-site and offsite presentations, inviting these special guest speakers to teach youth about determination, hard work, and setting goals
to achieve their dreams. In the past year the Hall has been happy to work with many new guest speakers including former
NHL players Jon Sim, Dennis Bonvie and Craig MacDonald; Hall of Famers and star hockey players Mike McPhee, Cam
Russell, and Fabian Joseph; national champion gymnast Hugh Smith; Olympic bobsledder Luke Demetre; varsity basketball
athlete Chelsea MacKay; and Hall of Famer and basketball coach Bev Greenlaw. These new guest speakers join many longstanding presenters, including regular special guests Karen Furneaux, Olympian and World Champion kayaker, and Mickey
Fox, Hall of Fame basketball legend.
The education program has partnered with other programs in order to reach more youth, visiting the Sport NS Milk Sport
Fair, taking part in the 60 Minute Kids Club, traveling to Millbrook, and making regular presentations at the Canada Games
Centre and the Tim Hortons Children’s Camps in Tatamagouche. The program has also shared its supplemental curriculum
activities with teachers province-wide by attending teachers’ conferences and publishing updates in teaching magazines.
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Education program coordinator Sarah Conn and guest
speaker and national champion gymnast Hugh Smith
(second from left)
Kids at the Tim Hortons Children’s Camp enjoy a visit from homegrown NHL talent Dennis Bonvie
“The kids learned a lot about some of our local heroes, and so did I! It is great to have such a great organization
in our city to help educate the kids, and teach them that they can achieve greatness if they work hard and try their
best.” — Chelsea Mitchell, Dartmouth Sportsplex
“I learned that if you have a dream you should follow it and never give up.” — Anna, Student at William King
Elementary School
“The students are always so engaged and eager to hear what the presenter and guest speaker have to share. It is a
privilege to have a Nova Scotian elite athlete visit our school. The entire presentation from beginning to end is very
well organized and engaging for the students.” — Andrea Fader, Sir Charles Tupper Elementary
Hall of Famer Mickey Fox with students during a visit to Whycocomagh
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A Hard Road to the Hall of Fame
DELMORE WILLIAM “BUDDY” DAYE
An excerpt from the introduction when Daye was presented with The Dalhousie Award (March 27, 1987),
written by Hall of Famer Dr. A.J. “Sandy” Young
“Though Buddy Daye was a legitimate featherweight, he was forced to box in the heavier lightweight and welterweight
divisions because his would-be featherweight opponents wouldn’t fight him. In his 10-year career, he fought opponents
who weighed up to 136 pounds though his best fighting weight was 122. His record of 79 wins in 86 professional bouts
is truly exceptional.
Daye was born in New Glasgow in 1929. At fourteen, he signed on as a merchant seaman. As an engine-room helper,
he earned 120 dollars a month. Half of which he sent home. He did this from 1946 until 1953. Upon his return to Nova
Scotia, he got a job as a porter on the railroad, one of the few jobs available to Canadian Blacks at the time. During one of
his layovers in Halifax, he went with his friend Keith Paris to Bridgewater to watch him box.
Paris was to fight in one of the preliminary bouts to the main event which was to feature the Maritime Featherweight
champion, Billy Nicholson. Nicholson’s opponent didn’t show. Rather than return the spectator’s money, the promoter went
looking through the audience for someone who could pass as a featherweight. He found Buddy Daye. Nicholson became
the first of 71 professional boxers to succumb to Daye’s right cross. In almost one quarter of his fights, 22 to be exact,
Buddy Daye knocked out his opponent in the first round. Never having fought in a single amateur fight, Buddy Daye, in
21 seconds of boxing, was the new Maritime Professional Featherweight Champion.
While this made him a hero at home, he and his fellow Black boxers were not welcome in the modern gyms in Halifax. So
they trained in a one-room shack on Creighton Street. They constructed a ring—crowded around the ring were a punching
bag, a speed bag and a pot belly stove which had to be lit by the first one to arrive at the gym. It wasn’t fancy—but it was
good enough to turn out several
Daye (right) fights fellow Hall of Famer Tyrone Gardiner, c.1966.
champions.
A gimmick used in that day
allowed champions to weigh in
one pound over their weight in
which the championship was held,
thereby allowing the boxers to
fight without fear of losing their
titles regardless of the outcome of
the fight. Daye had to beat four
National Champions before finally
being able to legitimately lay claim
to a Canadian title. On June 30,
1964, with Daye well into his 30s,
he finally fought for the Junior
Lightweight Championship against
the highly touted Jackie Carter.
Buddy Daye finally achieved his
dream. The Halifax Forum came
alive as 5,000 fans stood and cheered
the new Canadian Champion.”
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Hall of Fame Selection Process
Helping to Select Nova Scotia Sport Heroes to the Hall
T
he selection process for the Nova Scotia Sport Hall
of Fame has proven to be very successful, creating
transparency and expanded participation, while
ensuring the best athletes, teams and builders continue
to gain the recognition they deserve. A 24-person review
panel from across the province, all sport-knowledgeable
people, review the nominations – usually between 80-100
submissions annually.
Using a weighted point system, each of the 24 ranks his or
her top 10 in the athlete-team category and top five builders.
Two short lists – top point getters in athlete-team and
builder categories – in alphabetical order, are then presented
to a final 12-member selection committee, consisting of
regional representatives with sport background expertise.
That committee meets in person to review the final list of
nominees, with open and detailed discussion taking place
on each nominee.
A transparent first-ballot vote narrows the list, with the
top four vote getters in the athlete-team category receiving
automatic election. Those others receiving at least 50 per
cent of the first-ballot vote are then placed on a second
ballot, and require at least 75 per cent of the vote to attain
election. A maximum of six new members in the category
can be elected each year.
The process is similar for builders with a maximum of
two to be elected each year, unless there are extenuating
circumstances.
Chair of the Hall of Fame selection process is Hall of Fame
member Mark Smith, elected as an athlete in 2002.
Members of the two committees welcomed the new process
in 2009 and have seen its success in the years following.
Nominations are accepted until January 31 each year. The
selection process moves through committees from March
through May.
S election C ommittee P ersonnel
2014 Selection Review Panel
Ray Bradshaw
Richard Burton
Phil Chandler
Lowell Cormier
Janice Cossar
Phil Croucher
Mike Druken
Patty Foster
George Hallett
Mike Henderson
Paul Hollingsworth
Nevin Jackson
Albert Johnson
Nigel Kemp
Bill Kiely
Lois MacGregor
Glen MacKinnon
Edward MacLaren
Dave MacLean
Bruce Rainnie
John Randles
Gordie Smith
Amy Walsh
Ambrose White
2014 Selection Committee
Chairman
Mark Smith
Kevin Cameron
George Hallett
Mike Henderson
Paul Hollingsworth
Albert Johnson
Bill Kiely
Dave MacLean
Gordie Smith
Gordie Sutherland
Cindy Tye
Amy Walsh
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