2010 - Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame

2010 - 11 Annual Program
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2010 Nova Scotia Sport
Hall of Fame
Induction AwardsÉé
The Nova Scotia
Sport Hall of Fame
Contents 2010–2011
Premier’s Message / Chairman’s Message ............................................................. 2
Education Scores High Marks (by Catherine Cox) . .............................................. 3
2009 Induction Night Welcomes All-Star Field ................................................... 8
Janice Cossar (by Katie Wooler) .......................................................................... 10
Mike Forgeron (by T.J. Collelo) .......................................................................... 14
Robyn Meagher (by Gail MacDougall) . ............................................................. 18
Gary Sabean (by Katie Wooler)............................................................................ 20
Cindy Tye (by Hugh Townsend) . ........................................................................ 26
Ross Webb (by Katie Wooler) . ............................................................................ 30
Carl ‘Bucky’ Buchanan (by Katie Wooler) .......................................................... 34
Kevin Heisler (by Joel Jacobson) .......................................................................... 38
Rick Rivers (by Bob Lewington) ......................................................................... 42
Cover Photos (clockwise, starting
top left):
2010 Nova Scotia Sport Hall
Fame Inductees:
of
Robyn Meagher
Kevin Heisler
Ross Webb
Gary Sabean
Janice Cossar
Mike Forgeron
Rick Rivers
Cindy Tye (centre left)
Carl “Bucky” Buchanan (centre right)
Induction Procedure Meets with Success ........................................................... 46
Past Chairs of Hall of Fame ............................................................................... 47
Our Mission / Our Vision . ............................................................................... 48
Editor: Joel Jacobson
Contributors: T.J. Collelo, Catherine Cox, Joel Jacobson, Bob Lewington, Gail
MacDougall, Hugh Townsend, Katie Wooler.
Cover Design: Denise Poirier, Sport Nova Scotia
Magazine Photography: Nick Pearce, Hall of Fame staff, Hall of Fame archives,
Inductee personal collections.
Marketing Assistance: Karolyn Sevcik, Shane Mailman
Layout and Design: Paula Yochoff, Sport Nova Scotia
Sponsorship and Advertising: Karolyn Sevcik
Printing: Halcraft Print Ltd.
Contact:
Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame
1800 Argyle Street, Suite 446
Halifax, NS B3J 3N8
Tel: (902) 421-1266
Fax: (902) 425-1148
E-mail: [email protected]
www.nsshf.com
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Premier’s Message
O
n behalf of the Province of Nova Scotia, it is my pleasure to congratulate the athletes,
builders and teams being inducted into the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame. Your hard
work, dedication and passion for your sport inspire Nova Scotians to lead healthy, active
lifestyles and give back to the communities that helped them reach their goals.
This year I had the amazing opportunity to attend the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver,
where I saw some of the world’s top athletes. I went to the Games to promote our great province, but
perhaps more importantly, I went there to support our Nova Scotia athletes and performers.
And now in February, sports fans across the country will turn their attention to Nova Scotia for
the 2011 Canada Winter Games, featuring our next generation of Olympic athletes. I have no doubt
that hosting the Games will be a truly rewarding experience for our province and its people, with a
legacy that will benefit athletes for generations to come.
These people are ambassadors for Nova Scotia, and they make their province proud every day. As a symbol of my immense pride
and respect for the entire Nova Scotia sporting community, I will present the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame with a $500 Olympic
gold coin that I received on behalf of the province at the Council of the Federation meetings in Winnipeg this summer.
This coin represents the significant contribution that all the provinces made to the Vancouver Games, and now all Nova
Scotians will be able to share it. This is also my way of thanking the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame for recognizing our very
best and inspiring the next generation of sports heroes.
Congratulations to all tonight’s inductees. You have made Nova Scotia proud.
Sincerely,
Darrell Dexter
Premier of Nova Scotia
Chairman’s Message
I
t’s the Hall’s vision to inspire pride in our communities by telling the stories of those outstanding
achievements of our province’s sports heroes. On behalf of the Board of Directors, I wish to
congratulate this year’s Inductees to the Hall. You are now members of a sport hall of fame that
educates, entertains and inspires each of us to reach our dreams.
The Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame is home to over 5,600 artifacts and has had more than
350,000 visitors in the past four years at our new facility; our education program has reached out
to well over 10,000 students and 21 schools from around the province this year. Our state of the art
facility at the Halifax Metro Centre entertains 25,000 plus youth annually in our sports simulator.
These youth also get a chance to view the variety of achievements of our sport heroes.
We are a non-profit organization that has demonstrated strong financial and governing guidelines.
As Chairman, I want to congratulate our professional staff and dedicated group of volunteers for
another successful year. Of course, it goes without saying, we couldn’t do it without your tremendous support and that of our
Friend’s campaign and corporate sponsors.
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Sincerely,
Floyd R. Gaetz
Chair of the Board
Education Scores High Marks
Thousands meet Hall heroes
New partnerships developed
by Catherine Cox
Catherine Cox, summer education coordinator of the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame, speaks to students about Nova Scotia sport heroes during
a Cape Breton school presentation designed to inspire young people to succeed in life.
D
uring the spring of 2010, the Nova Scotia Sport
Hall of Fame enthusiastically announced it reached
over 10,000 school children province-wide with
the “Future Hall of Famers” education program.
In addition to having an extremely active on-site program,
the Sport Hall of Fame was able to take the show on the
road, visiting more than 21 schools outside of the Halifax
Regional Municipality. From sports fairs to classrooms, from
elementary to high school youth and from Cape Breton
to Yarmouth to Amherst, young people were inspired and
motivated by learning about the accomplishments of Nova
Scotia Sport Hall of Fame Heroes.
In many instances special guests, such as Hall of Famers
Bruce Beaton and Cindy Tye, accompanied off-site education
presentations, teaching children the value of goal setting, the
importance of believing in themselves, the meaning of the
word determination and the knowledge that true champions
do not succumb to adversity, they overcome it.
Through the summer, the “Future Hall of Famers”
provincial education program delivered this important
message to an even wider audience. Key community
partnerships with the IWK Health Centre in Halifax and
See Education Scores High Marks page 4
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Education Scores High Marks continued from pg 1
“Giving these youth a chance to participate in an organized
the Tatamagouche Tim Horton Camp provided a perfect fit.
activity centered around a sport, with a sport hero, really
With these partnerships, the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame
helps to illustrate
was able to encourage
what it means to be
children from a variety
Nova Scotian and
of backgrounds,
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who actively seek
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Sport Hall of Fame
team to show a realeducation coordinator
life component to the Olympic snowboarder, Sarah Conrad, frolics during an IWK Mini-Olympics for inCatherine Cox.
message of success.
patients and their families.
“We hope to continue
this relationship... In addition, the children are requesting
to visit the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame” reported Diana
Bennett, IWK recreation therapist. Furthering the IWK
relationship, the Sport Hall of Fame sent five representatives,
including Olympic athletes Karen Furneaux and Sarah
Conrad, to participate in the IWK “mini-olympics” event,
an opportunity to instill in children in-patients and their
families a sense of hope and possibility, while teaching
important aspects of Nova Scotia’s rich sporting heritage.
A similar success was achieved during twice-a-month visits
to the Tim Horton Camp for children from economicallychallenged backgrounds. Children from Nova Scotia and
beyond came together for ten-day camp sessions, during
which time the Sport Hall of Fame delivered an educational
presentation. The Sport Hall of Fame not only honoured,
promoted and preserved Nova Scotia’s sport history and
heroes, but also brought special guest Hall of Famers to
compliment that message. In many instances, Hall of Fame
sport heroes such as Mickey Fox, Beaton and Furneaux
conducted outdoor activities, allowing children to feel
like a sport hero and beginning the process of dreaming to
become one.
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Realizing that education extends well beyond
the province’s youth, the Nova Scotia Sport Hall
of Fame expanded its focus to a unique program
geared to senior citizens. Visiting several senior
centers in the HRM, the education program
aimed to promote and preserve sport heritage
and heroes of Nova Scotia while encouraging
community nominations. Hall of Fame
nominee Lionel Jackson beamed with pride
as his accomplishments were acknowledged
during a presentation before his peer residents
at the Gladstone Berkeley. Several female
residents stayed behind after the presentation to
learn about the nomination procedure in detail
and are currently preparing nominations for
other residents to be submitted in January.
The importance of adult education was
very evident after a senior female resident at
Oakwood Terrace in Dartmouth was visibly School children in Truro learn about Nova Scotia sport history from Hall of Fame staff
moved during the Johnny Miles portion of and provincial athletes.
the presentation. She explained that her father
“In the last six months, we exceeded expectations in the
was one of the individuals responsible for transporting
number of schools we visited and the number of students
the noted Nova Scotia marathon runner prior to his third
that we were able to reach. By going outside the HRM we
Boston Marathon.
were able to be a true provincial
sport hall of fame. I hope we can
continue to do this program in
all parts of the province. It’s great
to go to places that don’t have
the opportunity to come to us,”
said Shane Mailman, Facility and
Communications Manager.
The Nova Scotia Sport Hall
of Fame will actively continue to
inspire Nova Scotians through
education. The great successes and
accomplishments of Sport Hall of
Fame heroes provide motivating and
relevant role models from whom
everyone, youth to seniors and all in
between, merit the chance to learn.
It is through education that the Nova
Scotia Sport Hall of Fame proudly
gives back to a provincial community
that so generously supports our rich
sporting heritage.
Olympic kayaker Karen Furneaux shows the rudiments of her sport to Tim Horton campers during
a Hall education program at the camp in Tatamagouche.
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Education Scores High Marks continued from pg 5
Cory MacIntosh, North Sydney, a winger with Cape Breton Screaming Eagles of the QMJHL, talks
to children at Ashby Elementary School in Sydney.
Grey Cup Champion Bruce Beaton, in helmet, shows the proper
lineman’s stance at the Amherst Sports Fair.
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Hall of Fame member, Mickey Fox, proudly watches a Tim
Horton camper sink a shot during a clinic Mickey presented
in the Future Hall of Famers program.
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2009 Induction Night
(Top left) Gus Fahey enters the World Trade
and Convention Centre as he’s introduced to
more than 800 attendees.
(Top right) Bruce Beaton responds to a
question from MC Bruce Rainnie.
(Middle left) Softball superstar Jody Hennigar
is acknowledged for his outstanding career.
(Middle right) Brian Heaney proudly walks
in as he’s welcomed to Induction Night.
(Bottom left) Members of the Acadia 197677 Basketball Team, John Townsend, John
Archibald, Alan Oliver, Norman Whynot and
Bruce Toigo, along with their teammates, listen
to stories of their championship season.
(Bottom right) Emcee Bruce Rainnie (right) asks
Acadia hoop star Gordie West about his team’s
marvellous season.
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Welcomes All-Star Field
(Top left) Gary and Brett Clements, sons of inductee Roy Clements,
stand respectfully while their father’s career is described.
(Top right) Gordie Smith smiles at the memories of his wonderful
golf career being highlighted during his induction.
(Middle left) Fans enjoy recalling Acadia’s glorious basketball
championship in 1976-1977.
(Middle right) Roy Clements had an outstanding career as a soccer
builder as evidenced by the display at Induction Night.
(Bottom) Mickey Fox fondly recalls some of those game-winning
shots shown on the big screen to the Induction Night audience.
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Janice Cossar
Athlete
by Katie Wooler
J
anice Cossar has always been a busy woman, most notably dividing
her time between being a talented multi-athlete and an excellent role
model for young women.
Janice multi-tasked all through university, collecting three degrees,
playing varsity soccer and field hockey, and supporting herself financially.
“Whatever she did,” says brother Darren Cossar, “she excelled at it.”
Janice’s interest in sports began in the backyard where she eagerly
participated in whatever sport her brothers were playing. The lack of
organized sport for young girls never discouraged Janice, but simply
caused her to explore new avenues. At age ten, she started playing
ringette because she longed to be on the ice, but there wasn’t a girls’
hockey team. Janice became an excellent scorer in ringette and, as
former coach Paul Puma puts it, “a real student of the game.” Janice
participated in multiple national ringette championships, including
1989 when she played on “virtually one leg” after suffering a severe ankle
sprain. Paul explains that Janice was “a team player” who “would never
quit no matter how much pain she had to endure”. Janice’s unselfish
nature made her an excellent mentor for the other players, and her
humble attitude impressed coaches such as Paul.
Janice brought her skill and cordiality to ice hockey as well,
joining the Saint Mary’s club team at age 15 and playing in the
national hockey championships as the youngest participant
a t
age 17.
In high school, Janice also took up basketball and softball,
before commencing field hockey at Dalhousie. She caught on
to new sports quickly, scoring 14 of Nova Scotia’s 16 goals in
field hockey at the Canada Games, after playing for only a
year.
Despite her success in all sports, Janice chose to focus on
soccer because she wanted to “see how far she could go” in a
sport with fresh opportunities.
During her years at Acadia University, Janice participated
in three AUS soccer championships, helping to bring home
the gold every time. She was also named CIS All-Canadian
three times as a keeper. Janice gained the honour of playing
for the Canadian National Women’s soccer team from
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1987-1990, representing Canada internationally. Janice
describes the experience of playing in China in front of
50,000 people as “surreal”.
Janice’s first international tournament, however, presented
an enormous obstacle for the young soccer player to
overcome. The competition in Taiwan immediately followed
the death of Janice’s best friend and team-mate, Gunn
Baldursson. Janice persevered and continued to perform at a
high level, impressing Darren with her incredible “emotional
strength”. Janice says that soccer maintained her sanity
during that time of grief because being on the field allowed
her to “escape all other aspects of her life”.
Janice goes so far as to say that “[her] life would be totally
different without sports” because being an athlete gave her
confidence and a sense of responsibility.
Throughout her athletic career Janice has been recognized
as a five-time All-Canadian in ringette, a two-time AUS AllStar in field hockey, a three-time CIS All-Canadian in soccer,
and as the 1988 CIS tournament MVP for goaltending.
Janice only realizes now, looking back, how far sports have
come for female athletes and she continues to support young
women, not only with the example she has set, but also by
volunteering at soccer clinics and coaching minor hockey.
She also applies her leadership skills as a senior probation
officer for the Kentville justice department.
Janice has proven her philosophy that “there is no need to
make excuses” by allowing her accomplishments to outshine
the challenges she has faced.
Katie Wooler works as a museum assistant at the Nova Scotia
Sport Hall of Fame. She is a third-year BA student taking a
double-major in English and Creative Writing at Dalhousie
University and pursuing a career in writing and the arts.
Cossar Clips
Hometown: Dartmouth, NS
Age: 46
Career Highlights:
•AUS Championship Gold medal, Acadia Soccer,
1984, 1987 and 1988
•Silver medal in women’s field hockey at the 1985
Canada Summer Games
•Played with the Women’s National Soccer Team,
1987, 1988, 1990
•CIS Soccer All-Canadian three times
•MVP of CIS Women’s Soccer Championship Game,
1988
•Sport Nova Scotia Athlete of the Year for soccer,
1988
•Inducted in Acadia Sport Hall of Fame, 2000,
2003
•Attended first National Women’s Hockey
Championships, 1982
Today: Co-coach of the Acadia Minor Hockey I.P.
Program; Sr. probation officer, justice dept.,
Valley Region, Kentville, NS
Resides: Wolfville, NS
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Congratulations
and Best Wishes to
all the Athletes!
From all of us at Steele Ford Lincoln!
Congratulations
Janice
on your induction into the
Nova Scotia Sport Hall
of Fame.
You paid the price, you did the work,
you deserve all the credit. Your hard work
and sacrifices have made you the person
you are today.
You have made the extended
Cossar-Shay Families extremely proud.
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Mom, Dad & Your Family
Carl &
Janice
For all your hard work, dedication and success, we
applaud you. Congratulations on achieving induction
into the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame!!
Sincerely,
Hockey Nova Scotia board, staff and 23,000 members
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Stand Up
and Cheer
for Acadia’s newest
Nova Scotia Sport
Hall of Fame
members.
Janice Cossar (’91) & Cindy Tye (’94), Women’s Soccer
Congratulations!
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Mike Forgeron
Athlete
by T.J. Collelo
A
legendary Cape Breton sports figure rowed his way not only to
the top of the podium, but to a spot in the Nova Scotia Sport
Hall of Fame.
Olympic gold medalist Mike Forgeron of Main-a-Dieu captured
Olympic gold at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain as part
of the eight-man skulls crew. Forgeron, along with teammates Darren
Barber, Andrew Crosby, Robert Marland, Terence Paul, Derek Porter,
Michael Rascher, Bruce Robertson and John Wallace, won the 2,000
metre race in a time of 5:29.53, an Olympic record which lasted until
the 2004 Games in Athens. They were a mere .13 seconds ahead of the
Romanians, while Germany placed third.
“It takes a village as they say,” said the 44-year-old. “Every effort has
not only the people in the race, but all the people who support you,
make it possible for you to train, to perform like you have to, to win.
I’m always the point guy for this stuff because I’m the guy in the race,
but there’s a lot of people who share in it.”
He recalled the race as being a photo finish.
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“The scoreboard listed places three
through six but held off one and two. I
was sure we won but it was nice to see
it confirmed.”
Asked the reaction to the “golden”
moment, Forgeron said it was “more
like a ‘fait accompli’. It’s what we set out
to do at the start of training. It would
have been disappointing if we finished
second. Romania had beaten us by two
seconds in the semi-final and this race
was simply fantastic. They were probably
very confident they’d win (after the semi)
but we’d trained hard and knew we could
win.”
He admitted euphoria set in soon after
the victory. “(What we’d accomplished)
really hit in the days afterward,” he noted. “Right after the
race we were fatigued. It’s quite a long race (2000 metres),
almost a sprint for five and a half minutes and it was
(physically) painful when we finished.”
He recalled hearing the opposition’s national anthem a
year before when Canada was second at the Pan-American
Games. “We wanted to make sure that didn’t happen
again.”
Forgeron was also a gold medalist in a four-man boat at
the 1994 Commonwealth Games, won silver at the 1993
World Student Games and captured silver and bronze at the
Pan-American Games in 1991. He was also inducted to the
Forgeron FACTS
Born: Sydney, NS
Lived In: Main-A-Dieu, NS
Age: 44
Career Highlights:
•Olympic gold medal, Barcelona, Spain, 1992
•Commonwealth Games gold medal, 1994
•Pan-Am Games silver and bronze medals, 1992
•World Student Games silver medal, 1993
•Nova Scotia Male Athlete of the Year, 1993
•Inducted in Canadian Amateur Sports Hall of Fame,
1994
•Rowing Canada Award of Merit, 1998 Today: Sales Representative, RICOH Canada
Resides In: Mississauga, ON
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Canadian Amateur Sport Hall of Fame in 1994.
When he arrived home in Cape Breton after Barcelona,
the graduate of University of Western Ontario was greeted
by a mile-long parade from the airport through Louisburg
to Main-A-Dieu.
“It was nice to see all the welcoming signs and the entire
community take ownership of the whole event. It’s a really
nice feeling all around,” he said. “I enjoyed racing when I
was doing it because I got to put Nova Scotia on the world
stage for my sport and show people across the province that
we had competitive athletes and we were the best in the
world and that we can achieve goals.
“That was important for me in some ways to be a role
model for other people to see that they can achieve dreams.
It’s nice to have that recognized in return.”
He continued, “There are challenges in whatever you do
and I’m not sure one is greater than another. I’ve never dwelt
on obstacles but just feel any roadblocks make you stronger
and are beneficial to your success. You just have to work and
prepare. To row at the international level, you have to keep
working harder to continue rising up the ladder from the
lower rungs to the top 10 to the top of the heap.”
He smiled and said, “I’m a big believer in training and not
over-complicating things. I believe in going forward.”
Forgeron learned to row as a boy initially by accompanying
his fisherman father in their rowboat to the fishing boat. “I
didn’t learn competitive rowing until I got to University of
Western Ontario (where the
sport was big) and realized
the history of rowing in Nova
Scotia and that it would be a
good fit for me.”
Forgeron works in sales
with an IT equipment
manufacturer and supplier.
He and wife, Kim, and eightyear-old daughter Hannah,
live in Mississauga, ON.
T.J. Collelo is a sports reporter
with the Cape Breton Post
(with added material from Joel
Jacobson)
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Robyn
Meagher
Athlete
by Gail MacDougall
C
onsidering the fact that her outstanding track career began in
Nova Scotia, Robyn Meagher was more than pleased to learn
that she will be inducted into the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of
Fame.
“I have a deep sense of awareness of my roots and the support I
had growing up – from my family, my community and the Nova
Scotia athletics community,” Meagher said.
“I feel a lot of appreciation for that, so to be acknowledged
as a Nova Scotian and have the chance to speak to the support
I’ve had in Nova Scotia means a lot to me.”
Meagher’s prominent journey began in Mulgrave
and encompassed a track career that saw the
dedicated runner represent Canada on the
national and world stage.
Twice Meagher wore the Canadian colours at
the Olympic Games. She competed in the 3,000m
race at the 1992 Games in Barcelona, Spain and four years
later represented Canada in the 5,000m race at the Olympics in
Atlanta.
Meagher, in 1994, was the silver medallist at the Commonwealth
Games in Victoria.
The middle distance runner reached the podium at numerous
Canadian track and field championships as well. Meagher captured the
Canadian Junior 1,500m title in both 1984 and 1985 and garnered a silver
medal at the Pan Am Junior Championships in the Bahamas in 1984.
Her numerous achievements were earned throughout the world, including
the Francophone Games in Morocco in 1989 where she raced to a silver
medal.
Meagher also displayed her talents at track venues in England, Wales,
New Zealand, Germany, USA, China and Spain.
Meagher fondly recalls the thrill of competing on her first junior
national team and the pride of wearing the Canadian singlet.
Known for her humility, Meagher began her running career
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as an 11-year-old.
Antigonish Coach
Bernie Chisholm, a
2004 inductee into
the Nova Scotia Sport
Hall of Fame (builder
category), coached
Meagher during her
teenage years until the
runner left to attend the
University of Victoria.
Meagher, according
to Chisholm, exhibited
a love of running from
the outset and had a fire in her eyes, no-quit attitude. She
demonstrated the ability to rise to the occasion throughout
her career.
Meagher is one of the most decorated University of
Victoria runners of all times, helping the team capture
back-to-back Canadian Interuniversity Sport cross country
championships (1986, 1987), while also securing a gold
medal in the CIS 1,500m race. She was a member of the
4 x 800m relay team that won a CIS gold in record time.
The record still stands today.
Meagher was inducted into the University of Victoria’s
Sport Hall of Fame in 2007.
Chisholm contends Meagher, the holder of eight Nova
Scotia records, is the most successful track athlete Nova
Scotia has produced in the last 50 years.
In looking back at her career, which included some
health-related obstacles, Meagher indicated there were
parts of the experience that were immensely enjoyable
but there were some bitter learning lessons along the ride
as well.
In her first year at the University of Victoria a bicycle
accident that hospitalized Meagher put the athlete in a
reflective mode.
“I felt appreciative of the learning and the growth that I
had experienced through my athletic pursuits,” Meagher
said.
“When faced with the possibility of not knowing if I
could continue with that, it deepened my appreciation
and awareness for the opportunities I did have through
those athletic pursuits.”
Meagher suffered another major setback a year after
competing in the Barcelona Olympics.
The runner noted she suffered from chronic fatiguetype symptoms and wasn’t able to sustain her training for
a period of time.
“The learning around that phase of my athletic career
brought me to a place of being in the moment and making
the most of every part of the experience,” Meagher said.
Meagher is left with a feeling of appreciation for a rich
journey.
“I feel a depth of gratitude for the support I’ve had, the
privilege to pursue that journey and learn about life along
the way,” she said.
Gail MacDougall covers sports for the Antigonish Casket and
coaches high school and minor basketball.
Meagher Moments
Born: Antigonish, NS
Age:
43
Career Highlights:
• Canadian track and field team, 1992 and 1996 Summer
Olympics
• Silver medal, 3000m, 1994 Commonwealth Games,
Victoria, BC
• Finalist, 1500m, 1990 Commonwealth Games, New
Zealand
• Gold medal, 1992 World Cross Country Trials,
Victoria, BC
• Gold medal, 1992 Ekiden International Road Race,
Beijing, China
• Gold medal, 3000m, 1992 High Performance Meet,
Seattle, WA
• Gold medal, 3000m, 1991 Canadian Championships,
Montreal, QC
• Gold medal, 1500m, 1990 Canadian Indoor
Championships, Edmonton, AB
• National Junior champion, 1500m, 1984 and 1985
• CIS Gold medal, 4x800m, University of Victoria,
1988
• CIS Gold medal, 1500m, 1990
• Inducted in University of Victoria Sports Hall of Fame,
1997
Resides: St. Catherines, ON
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Gary Sabean
Athlete
by Katie Wooler
D
iscipline and respect: according to 4th degree black
belt Gary Sabean, these are the qualities that set
karate apart from other sports. Throughout his
14-year athletic career, Gary Sabean has shown the utmost
discipline and respect for his sport; however, initially, he
had no interest in karate at all.
It was his first competition, at which he did horribly,
that inspired him to try harder and commenced his love
for karate. Gary may have started off slowly, but his
reputation quickly grew to precede him. Those who know
Gary, consistently describe him as personable, kindhearted, and dedicated. Former manager
of the NS provincial karate team, Ellen
Waterfield, sums Gary up by saying that “his humility and
success [are] the perfect combination, and his humour [is]
a gift”.
Gary has managed to obtain the title of Canadian
Champion in the under-75kg division not once, but nine
times – seven of those times consecutively from 1997-2003.
In 1999, he not only claimed first place in the middleweight
class, but he took home the title of open weight champion as
well. Gary has even taken first place honours worldwide in
competitions with over 100 participating countries, winning
gold in sparring at the 2001 World Chito-Ryu Karate
Championship and being named the Grand Champion in
forms and sparring at the same tournament in 2004.
Ga r y’s f e a t s a re n o t
purely physical
accomplishments.
Mentally, Gary maintains
a very positive attitude, stating
that you can “always learn something
in karate” no matter how many times you
compete, whether you win or lose. He remembers
that, after each national tournament, losing was
an opportunity to focus on improvement, while
winning was simply encouragement to try harder
and do better.
Even the disappointment of being unable
to compete only prompted Gary to try
harder. Gary was mentally psyched to fight
against the defending world champion, when he
suffered a broken jaw two days before the scheduled match
and had to return home. He trained while his jaw
was healing and, against doctor’s orders, went to
nationals where he had one of his eyelids split open
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during a fight. Gary opted to have his eye sewn up ringside so that he might finish without disqualification. His
determination enabled him to complete the championship
in first place, taking home his ninth Canadian title, despite
his injuries.
Karate, as a low-profile sport, doesn’t always get the
support it deserves, but Gary has proven that a team from
the small Nova Scotia Karate Association can win titles at
a national level. As a competitor, Gary Sabean earned such
prestigious titles as National Athlete of the Year (2000), and
winner of the overall sportsmanship award at a national
tournament.
After his retirement, he continued to be an active force
in the sport of karate, earning the distinction of National
Coach of the Year in both 2007 and 2009.
“Karate needs people like Gary who stick with the
sport and then pass it on”, says Dave Kelly, former NSKA
president. Gary started giving back to his sport by initiating
development programs with his close friend, Mitchell
German. Gary has always been especially interested in
junior programs because, he says, “the juniors believe they
can achieve anything”.
Sabean Sketches
Hometown: Digby/Weymouth Falls, NS
Age: 39
Career Highlights:
• Nine-time Canadian Black Belt Champion in middle
weight division
• Canadian Black Belt Champion in open weight
division
• Won gold in open weight and own weight class. 1999
Canadian Nationals
• First in Sparring at the 2001 World Chito-Ryu
Karate Championship
• Grand Champion first in Forms and Sparring at the
2004 World Chito-Ryu Karate Championship
• National Athlete of the Year, 2000
• National Coach of the Year, 2007 and 2009
• Competed in over 20 different countries
Today: An electrician; head coach for Alberta and
a member of the national coaching staff.
Resides: Calgary, Alberta
Gary currently puts his teaching
skills to good use as a coach for the
National team and as head coach
for the Alberta team. He has just
commenced teaching karate to fourto-six-year-olds. The first thing he
covers with his students is bowing.
Gary, a true ambassador of his
sport, explains his teaching methods
by reminding us that “karate begins
and ends with respect.”
Katie Wooler works as a museum
assistant at the Nova Scotia Sport Hall
of Fame. She is a third-year BA student
taking a double-major in English
and Creative Writing at Dalhousie
University and pursuing a career in
writing and the arts.
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In a rare, quiet moment, Gary relaxes and prepares himself mentally for a
key match at the Karate National Championships.
(A news story in 2000 after a triumphant nationals.)
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Congratulations
on his induction
into the
Gary Sabean
Nova Scotia
Sport Hall of Fame
from the The Nova Scotia
Karate Association on your
well deserved honour!
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members of
The Nova
Scotia Sport
Hall of Fame
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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” Messervy
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 J. Woodbury •
Liverpool Larrupers Senior
Baseball 1939-41
Yarmouth Gateways Senior Baseball 1929-35
BUILDER
ATHLETE
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 195253-54
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 194546-50
1981
ATHLETE
Edith Bauld
John Alexander “Johnny” Clark •
Delmore William “Buddy” Daye •
James Goode “Jimmy” Gray •
John Edward McCurdy
Jesse Elroy Mitchell
1982
Norman “Normie” Ferguson
George Ross Harper
Christopher “Chris” Hook
Maisie Howard •
Richard “Kid” Howard •
Rita Lohnes
Lowell MacDonald
Gary Walter MacMahon
MacKenzie “Kenzie” MacNeil •
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
MEDIA AWARD
W.J. “Ace” Foley •
1983
ATHLETE
Clyde Gray
George “Rock-A-Bye” Ross •
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
John “Brother” MacDonald •
Jimmy McDonald •
MEDIA AWARD
BUILDER
Earl R.J. Morton •
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 •
1985
TEAM
Acadia University Men’s Basketball
1930
Halifax Curling Club Men’s 1927
Liverpool Jets Senior Women’s
Softball 1965-67
ATHLETE
Susan Mason (MacLeod)
Thomas Melvin “Ike” Murray
Beverley “Bev” Wade •
BUILDER
Frederick Robert “Fred” Lynch •
Les Topshee •
MEDIA AWARD
Dr. Cecil MacLean •
1986
Angus “Sonny” MacDonald •
John Myketyn •
Billy O’Donnell
1997
2002
Sylvester “Daddy” Bubar •
Nancy Ellen Garapick
Gerald “Gerry” Leslie Glinz •
Marty Martinello •
BUILDER
Jamie Bone
Rick Bowness
Edwin Crowell
John “Jook” Munroe
Bob Piers
Fabian Joseph
Cliff Roach •
Mark Smith
BUILDER
Terry Henderson
Alexander “Sandy” Young •
ATHLETE
BUILDER
Steve MacDonald
Gordon S. Mont
TEAM
Saint Mary’s University Football
1973
1987
ATHLETE
John “Jack” Fritz •
Phil Scott
Francis “Rocky” MacDougall •
BUILDER
Janet Merry
Owen N. Sawler •
TEAM
Shearwater Flyers Football 1957
1988
ATHLETE
Douglas “Dugger” McNeil
David Piers
Earl Arthur Ryan •
Garfield MacDonald •
BUILDER
George “Porgy” Kehoe •
Annie Longard •
Gladys Longard •
TEAM
Brookfield Elks Softball 1980
1989
ATHLETE
Hugh Alexander Campbell
Herbert MacLeod •
Sydney Hale Roy •
Reginald J. Muise
BUILDER
John Brophy
Nigel Kemp
Donald Wheeler •
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
John Fortunato •
Keith MacKenzie
Rod Shoveller •
1992
ATHLETE
Fred Cuvelier •
Ismet “Hum” Joseph •
Wayne Maxner
BUILDER
Darius “Pat” Patterson •
Bob Sayer
TEAM
ATHLETE
George Athanasiou
Dr. William Stanish
Dorothy Walker
TEAM
Nova Scotia Voyageurs Hockey
1971-72
1998
ATHLETE
BUILDER
TEAM
Dalhousie University Volleyball
1982
Saint Mary’s Junior Hockey 1948
2003
ATHLETE
William “Bill” Carter •
Wilson Parsons
William “Bill” Riley
Ken Shea
Rick Anderson
Jim Beckman
Malcolm Davis
Graham MacIntyre
Clyde Roy •
Barry Shakespeare •
ATHLETE
BUILDER
BUILDER
Leo Amadio •
Andrew Cole
Elizabeth Connor •
Robert McCall •
Robert Mills
Miriam Penney •
Doug Sulliman
Elizabeth Chard •
Lois MacGregor
Bob Wong
Jerome Bruhm
Leo Fahey
BUILDER
1999
Saint Francis Xavier Hockey
1950-51
1993
James Creighton •
Bill Kingston •
ATHLETE
TEAM
Saint Mary’s University Basketball
1972-73
ATHLETE
1994
Dave Downey
Duncan Gillis •
Mike Henderson
Mike McPhee
Paul Boutilier
Ann Dodge
Peter Doig
Karin Maessen
BUILDER
ATHLETE
BUILDER
Robert “Bob” Douglas •
Frank Garner
TEAM
Saint Francis Xavier Football 1966
1995
ATHLETE
Josephine Laba •
Paul MacLean
Marie Moore
Ralph Simmons •
BUILDER
Gussie MacLellan •
Ken Mantin
TEAM
Nova Scotia Women’s Field Hockey 1975
1996
ATHLETE
David Crabbe
Edna Lockhart Duncanson •
Duncan MacIntyre
Marie McNeil Bowness
Karen Fraser Moore
BUILDER
Taylor Gordon
Fred MacGillivray, Sr. •
Joyce Myers •
Bob Boucher •
Pat Connolly
John MacGlashen
TEAM
Halifax Arcade Ladies Softball
1946-49
TEAM
Saint Francis Xavier Football 1963
MEDIA
Hugh Townsend
2004
ATHLETE
Art Dorrington
Hugh Little •
Gerry MacMillan
Kathy Powers
Tyrone Williams
BUILDER
Bernie Chisholm
Hugh Matheson
Gail Rice
William James Roue •
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 •
2008
ATHLETE
Don Brien
Peter Corkum
Al MacInnis
Carroll Morgan
BUILDER
Wayne Finck
David Fraser
Arnold Patterson
TEAM
Amherst Ramblers Hockey
1960-61
2009
ATHLETE
ATHLETE
MEDIA
Bruce Beaton
Mickey Fox
Brian Heaney
Jody Hennigar
Gordie Smith
Donald “Chick” Charlton •
William Hannon
Kevin Morrison
Lawrence “Butch” O’Hearn
Donnie MacIsaac •
BUILDER
2005
Roy Clements •
Gus Fahey
2000
BUILDER
TEAM
Glace Bay Colonels 1987
ATHLETE
Kell Antoft •
Brian Langley
Al Yarr
Neil Amadio •
John Cassidy
Jackie Hayden
David “Ducky” Webber
TEAM
BUILDER
Sydney Millionaires Hockey
1948-49
John Paris Jr.
Susan Smith
Murray Sleep •
2001
ATHLETE
TEAM
Cecilia Branch
Donald MacVicar
Kathy MacCormack Spurr
Antigonish Robertson’s Midget
Softball 1984
Nova Scotia Canada Games Men’s
Basketball 1987
BUILDER
MEDIA
Laurie Power •
Ginny Smith
Al Hollingsworth
TEAM
2006
Thorburn Mohawks Maritime Junior
Softball 1963-65
1981 Canada Games Junior Boys
Softball
Terry Baker
Chris Clarke
John Giovannetti
ATHLETE
TEAM
Acadia University Men’s Basketball
1976-77
2010
ATHLETE
Janice Cossar
Mike Forgeron
Robyn Meagher
Gary Sabean
Cindy Tye
Ross Webb
BUILDER
Carl “Bucky” Buchanan
Kevin Heisler
Rick Rivers
• Deceased
Cindy tye
Athlete
by Hugh Townsend
O
ften when I hear Cindy Tye’s name mentioned in soccer
conversations or read about her in the media, I think first,
not of the young woman who starred on university, provincial
and national soccer teams, but of a pre-schooler in the 1970s who
displayed athletic abilities far superior to her childhood friends.
She was Cindy Montgomerie back in those days, daughter
of Joan and Duff Montgomerie. They lived across the street
from us in the Woodlawn area of Dartmouth. Later, when
we moved to Colby Village, Cindy and her family bought
a home just up the street.
In those days, I saw a young girl, three, four and five
years old, continually dribbling a soccer ball far better
than any of her playmates, even better than youngsters
much older than herself. It was obvious, even at that
early stage, that she was going to excel at the game if
given the chance.
Well, she certainly got the chance, and she developed into a star at
every level of the sport in which she competed.
Cindy and her folks moved to Truro after that, but it wasn’t hard to
follow her budding career, thanks to the press clippings that followed
her everywhere.
At Truro Junior High School, she was named female athlete of
the year and her career was under way in earnest.
What makes Cindy’s story so amazing is that, as great as she
became as a soccer player, she was equally talented in other
sports, helping win provincial championships in ringette, basketball
and softball. She was particularly outstanding in ringette. So it was no
surprise when she became her high school’s athlete of the year.
But it was in soccer really that she became dominant.
At Acadia University, she was instrumental in helping the Axettes win
AUS championships and, in 1990, the CIAU national title, climaxing
a tremendous season that year for the Valley school. She was an Atlantic
conference all-star in each of the five years she played, and an all-Canadian,
as well as an academic all-Canadian, in her final two years.
Cindy’s achievements in senior soccer were just as impressive. She helped
teams win provincial championships no less than 12 times, and she was a key
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Tye Tidbits
Born: Dartmouth, NS
Age: 38
Career Highlights:
• Member, Canadian national soccer team, 2001,
2002
• National CIS soccer champion, Acadia, 1990
• AUS Rookie of the Year, soccer, 1990
• AUS soccer all-star, 1991-95
• CIS soccer All Canadian, 1994, 1995
• Inducted in Acadia Sports Hall of Fame
• Many times age group and senior women’s provincial
soccer champions
• Lifetime Achievement Award, Soccer Nova Scotia
Resides: Bedford, NS
Hugh Townsend, inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2003, is
a long-time sports journalist who still writes a weekly sports
column for the Pictou Advocate.
reason why her clubs captured four national silver medals
and two national bronze medals. For her, there was also a
national win in 1995 when she played with a team out of
Edmonton. All-star and MVP awards followed her wherever
she played.
She became a member of Canada’s national team, climaxed
by participation in the Algarve Cup in Portugal.
It came as no surprise when Cindy began giving back
to the game in other capacities, particularly as a coach,
including stints with provincial youth teams.
George Athanasiou, the long-time executive director of
Soccer Nova Scotia, in a submission to the Sport Hall of
Fame’s selection committee, said in part, “Cindy is a genuine
person who has always exhibited a great love for soccer, great
attitude for soccer, and has been an advocate of fair play.
Cindy played the game at 100 per cent at all times. She was
a leader on the soccer pitch and a constant inspiration to
players around her. She always had the respect of opposing
players and coaches, and conversely, she respected each and
every one of the opposing players and coaches.”
Those comments make it clear that Cindy (Montgomerie)
Tye has always been a quality person, as well as a quality
athlete and coach. You can’t ask more than that of
anyone.
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Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command
The Royal Canadian Legion
Proud sponsors of the Youth Legion
Leadership Training Camp and the Youth
Legion Track and Field
Congratulates
Cindy Tye
Director of our Leadership Training Camp
on being inducted in the
Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame.
Congratulations
Cindy
on your selection to the
Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame
from your friends at Atlantic Acura.
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BEDFORD SOCCER ASSOCIATION
congratulates CINDY TYE on her induction into the
NOVA SCOTIA SPORT HALL OF FAME
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is proud to congratulate
Cindy tye
on her induction
as an athlete into the
Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame.
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Ross Webb
Athlete
by Katie Wooler
T
hose who know Ross
Webb will tell you
he’s a modest
guy; he is quick to credit
his teammates for his
success.
While Ross hasn’t
let the numbers go to
his head, the stats are still
impressive: most goals in a
single season; the AUS scoring
title for five seasons; most
career goals
in total
during
h i s
time
spent
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playing CIS soccer at Saint Mary’s University.
No one has since broken his scoring records. Webb’s astounding
37 goals (eight in a single game) during his freshman season at
Saint Mary’s seem reason enough for his induction into the
Saint Mary’s University Sport Hall of Fame. This record also
helped him to be named CIS Rookie of the Year and his
consistent high performance earned him the title of CIS
All Canadian four times.
Born in Portsmouth, England, Ross began playing soccer at
a young age. His family relocated to Nova Scotia when he was
13 and, due to a new rule in minor soccer, Ross ended up on a
senior team at age 15.
While attending Sackville High, Ross and the rest of
the Kingfishers, coached by Don MacVicar, won
three provincial championships. MacVicar
describes the striker as “patient, intellectual
and subtle.” Dallas of the North American
Soccer League took note of Ross’s
sophisticated style as well, and they
offered to draft him in 1974 when
he was still in grade 11. High school
peer Dennis Kirby says that the
qualities that set Ross apart were his
“accuracy” and the way “he put his
head into the game.”
Ross continued to excel on
the Saint Mary’s Huskies team.
Following his very successful
rookie year, he signed with
Toronto in 1979, but it was
important to both Saint
Mary’s University and
Ross personally that he
complete his education, so
he declined the draft offer.
Thinking back on his years at
Webb Wonders
Born: Portsmouth, England
Career Highlights:
• Most career goals and most goals per season in CIAU
history while at Saint Mary’s University
• First-team CIS All Canadian soccer four times
• AUS Soccer All-Star five times
• AUS Soccer MVP
• Number one draft choice for the Toronto Metros (later
Blizzard) in 1978
• Won a silver medal with the Dartmouth United
Mooseheads at the 1990 National Championships
• Inducted in Saint Mary’s University Sports Hall of
Fame, 2004
Today: Policeman in the Halifax Police Department
Resides: Halifax, NS
Saint Mary’s University, Ross’s only regret is that the varsity
team never won a championship.
Outside of university, Ross led many other teams in
scoring, including the 1977 Nova Scotia Canada Games
team, the 1978 Scotia Olympics of the Nova Scotia Senior
Soccer League, the Metro Soccer League Halifax City team,
Halifax King of Donair, Charlotte Olde Dublin Pub, and
the Dartmouth United Mooseheads. He has also played
occasionally with Atlantic Canada’s top 35 and over team, as
well as the Assante Sporting Rangers.
Ross always stresses the importance of
teamwork over his individual records, stating
that the team was “the only motivation”.
According to close friend Jim Sidey, “if you
say the name Ross to any of his team-mates,
you’ll get a smile.” Jim recalls numerous
instances when Ross gave the others a laugh,
such as one time, during a tournament,
when nine of them piled into a single car. “As
we pulled up to the hotel, Coach Clements
yelled ‘Where’s Webb?’ Someone popped the
trunk and Ross jumped out,” jokes Sidey.
As Ross joins a prestigious list of Nova
Scotia sport heroes this year, he reminds us
of what a hero really is by saying, “a hero isn’t
just the person who scores the winning goal,
but a child who tells their parents that they
want to try out for a team. When that child comes home
in a uniform and is part of a team, they have accomplished
something. They are a hero.”
Katie Wooler works as a museum assistant at the Nova Scotia
Sport Hall of Fame. She is a third-year BA student taking a
double-major in English and Creative Writing at Dalhousie
University and pursuing a career in writing and the arts.
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Halifax
Regional Police
DARRELL JESSOME INCORPORATED
Accounting Practice
Chartered Accountant (CA) Certified Management Accountant (CMA)
congratulates our own
Constable
Ross
Webb
on his induction
into the
Nova Scotia
Sports Hall
of Fame
Congratulations
Ross
on your induction
as an athlete
into the
Nova Scotia
Sport Hall of Fame.
proudly congratulates
Janice Cossar
Cindy tye &
Ross Webb
on their induction into the
Nova Scotia
Sport Hall of Fame.
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A Look
Back at
Nova
Scotia
Sport
History
Don Oyler, skip of the 1951 MacDonald Brier champion Glooscap Curling Club of Kentville, holds the
winner’s tray after his rink went undefeated in the Canadian Championship played at the Dalhousie
University arena in Halifax.
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Congratulates
ROSS WEBB
on his induction as an athlete
into the
Nova Scotia
Sport Hall of Fame
Congratulations
to all inductees.
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Carl “Bucky”
Buchanan
Builder
by Katie Wooler
D
r. Carl “Bucky” Buchanan, educator and sport administrator, occasionally calls the Sport
Hall of Fame and reminds me not to work too hard. This is funny advice from a man
who has built a legacy on hard work.
New Brunswick-born Bucky arrived at what is now Cape Breton University in 1968 and found
himself in uncharted territory. As the first full-time athletic director, one of Bucky’s initial moves
was to organize the first Nova Scotia College Conference. Next, he was challenged to amalgamate
two former colleges that now constitute CBU. He merged teams, unifying the young athletes
with new team colours and a name that represented the whole island – The Capers. Under
Bucky’s excellent coaching abilities, the Capers brought home a gold medal from the 1978
Canadian Colleges Athletic Association men’s hockey championship.
Bucky says he found university sport appealing because varsity athletics not only builds
character in young men and women, but also serves as an excellent “example for amateur sport
groups” within the community.
Bucky has always strongly supported the community,
giving back extensively to the Island with which he fell in
love. He linked the community with the college through
sport, offering such initiatives as clinics and a gymnastics
club, while involving himself with the Canadian Colleges
Athletic Association.
“Bucky was always trying to get more coaches,” recalls
long-time friend Russ MacNeil of Bucky’s endeavours to
organize sport. Former coach Laura Sanders attests to her
athletic director’s compassion for his coaches, saying that
he stuck by them during the bad times and “worked hard
to make our lives easier”.
Bucky served as chairman of physical education at
the University College of Cape Breton for many years,
further promoting sport in the public education system by
introducing a Bachelor of Arts degree program with a sport
concentration.
Bucky took his enthusiastic promotion of sport to a
national level when he was appointed president of the 1987
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Buchanan Bytes
Born: Sussex, NB
Age: 68
Career Highlights:
• Hockey coach and executive, 1968-2003
• National champion hockey coach, College of Cape
Breton, 1978
• President, Canada Winter Games, Sydney, 1987
• Chair, Sydney section, World Junior Hockey
Championships, 2003
• Soccer and gymnastics coach and builder
• Inducted in Cape Breton Sports Hall of Fame, 2003
• Life Member, Hockey Nova Scotia
• Queen’s Jubilee Medal, 2002
Resides: Albert Bridge, Cape Breton, NS
Canada Winter Games. Thanks to Bucky, the legacy of the
event is still being enjoyed by residents of Cape Breton Island
today. Bucky worked with architects to construct top-notch
facilities, such as the Canada Games complex, the Sullivan
Fieldhouse, and the Max Bell Sports Clinic.
The latter resulted from Bucky’s successful proposal to
Max Bell for a grant and property to build a facility that
would offer modern medicine and nursing services. The
Sports Clinic currently provides students and local residents
with health care, while the Fieldhouse offers the community
a venue for many athletic activities.
Bucky also made many symbolic cultural contributions to
the Canada Games. He created an identity for Nova Scotian
athletes by expanding the sport event to include choirs,
bands, anthems, and even a tartan. Bucky’s fondest memory
of the Canada Games is “the pride [that was] exhibited” by
the tournament’s volunteers.
Bucky takes equal pride in his career that has been founded
on an extensive education in sport. He has attended multiple
universities, obtaining a BSc, a Masters, and finally a PhD
in sport administration and educational administration.
His commitment to improving sport in Nova Scotia has
been recognized on multiple levels. He was inducted as a
life member of Hockey Nova Scotia, and received such
awards as the Canadian Celebration Medal and the Queen’s
Jubilee Medal.
Bucky’s dedication to athletics has been made worthwhile
by the mutual learning experience and the “energetic and
enthusiastic people” who he claims “are a dream to work
with”. His feelings are reciprocated by Russ MacNeil who
affirms that “working with Bucky was a pleasure”.
Aside from being the ideal sport ambassador and
community advocate, Bucky Buchanan has proven that
hard work is a pleasurable task when you have a job that
you love.
Katie Wooler works as a
museum assistant at the Nova
Scotia Sport Hall of Fame.
She is a third-year BA student
taking a double-major in
English and Creative Writing
at Dalhousie University and
pursuing a career in writing
and the arts.
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C O N G R AT U L AT I O N S
Cape Breton University congratulates
Dr. Carl “Bucky” Buchanan, former
CBU Athletic Director and Creating
Champions committee member, on his
induction into the Nova Scotia Sport
Hall of Fame.
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The Cape Breton University Alumni
Association congratulates Dr. Carl
‘Bucky’ Buchanan on his induction into
the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame.
www.cbu.ca
www.cbu.ca
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Nova Scotia Sport Memories
The Starr Manufacturing
Company of Dartmouth was
one of the world’s great skate
manufacturers between the
late 1800s and the 1940s. The
Company was revolutionary
in developing blades and
boots for men, women and
children for hockey, speed
skating and figure skating.
Below are several samples of
Starr Skates.
Former New York Yankee slugger Babe Ruth appeared
in Halifax in the mid-1930s for a guest appearance at a
Halifax-area baseball game. Then retired, Ruth hit balls at
Wanderers Grounds, including a couple of reported smashes
into the Public Gardens – more than 450 feet away.
Halifax’s Vince Horsman pitched in the Major Leagues for five
seasons, including three years with Oakland A’s. He began his
big-league career with Toronto in 1991. He pitched 141 games,
all in relief, winning four and losing two. He retired after the
1995 season, completing his career with Minnesota.
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Kevin Heisler
Builder
by Joel Jacobson
K
evin Heisler’s election
to the Nova Scotia
Sport Hall of Fame
as a builder has met with
favour from many people
connected to track and
field in the Halifax
area, the province and
throughout Canada.
The Halifax teacher
(now retired) has had
an outstanding impact
as a volunteer mentor,
coach, meet organizer,
board and executive member,
and promoter for more than
35 years.
Martin Goulet,
chief high
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performance officer for Athletics Canada, remarked,
“Kevin has been a dedicated and appreciated leader
in our sport at the provincial and national level,
specifically in his role as a coach on our national
team projects.
“He was head coach at the 1997 Pan American
Junior Championships and staff coach at
three World Cross Country Championships
since 1992, the latest Brussels in 2004. He
has demonstrated a strong commitment and
eagerness to be the best he can be as a coach
and to provide the athletes with great care and
sound advice.”
There are so many areas of expertise that Kevin
brings to the table when he’s serving track and cross
country. His coaching ability has taken many athletes
to provincial and national titles and international
events, but more so, his enthusiastic approach to each
individual athlete has made the experience one
they treasure.
His athletes and other
coaches call him
“u n f l a p p a b l e” ,
“m o t i v a t i n g ” ,
“reassuring”, and
“calm.”
Athletes and
coaches also
praise Kevin for
initiating and
fostering one of
the finest track
and field meets
in Canada – the
Aileen Meagher
Classic, held
annually in
Halifax since 1992. Rather than sending
athletes away, at high cost, to face national
and international talent and learn from
competing against better athletes, Kevin
decided to bring the better athletes to
Halifax.
The meet has drawn great crowds and
created new fans of a sport that has its
own base, but which is rarely seen by
the general public beyond Olympic and
World meets, along with a few other high
profile events.
As Peter Lord, track and field coach
at Dalhousie University and former
executive director of Athletics Nova
Scotia said, “From its humble beginnings,
there was always a vision of what the
Meagher could become – a meet that can
inspire, educate and entertain in a tight
two-hour package.”
His reputation as a meet director reaches to the basic
needs of runners, starting with the largest elementary school
meets in Nova Scotia in the last dozen years, to the highlycompetitive national cross country championships. His meets
also enable officials to practise their skills and be evaluated
for promotion to higher levels of certification.
Through the years, Kevin has been a middle distance
coach of many provincial teams, the Canadian junior men’s
and senior women’s teams team at world cross country
championships, headed Canada’s delegation at the 1993
World Cross Country Championships in Spain, and was
Canadian team leader at a 2002 meet in Beijing. He has been
twice named Athletics Nova Scotia’s coach of the year.
Alex Gardiner, Director for Middle Distance Events,
Athletics Canada, added, “Kevin has always been, and
continues to be, our ‘man in the East’. He always has the
athletes in mind where he showcases track and field through
the Meagher meet with some of the world’s best competing
alongside our rising stars. Kevin’s genuine warmth and
Maritime friendliness is one reason athletes (from away)
want to come to the Meagher meet. Kevin and his team do
a superlative job making them welcome.”
Kevin could sit back and relax after a four decade teaching
career but he stays very involved – with the Meagher, of
course, and also as head coach of Saint Mary’s University’s
track and cross country programs, and a decades-long
connection to the Halifax Wanderers Club.
Joel Jacobson is a former daily newspaper columnist who now
writes and edits the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame newsletter,
On The Go, and coordinates Hall of Fame Induction Night.
Heisler Hype
Born: Halifax, NS
Age: 58
Career Highlights:
• Eight-time Canadian national track and field coach at
international championships
• Provincial track and field coach at Legion, junior, senior
and Canada Games
• Founder and director of Aileen Meagher International
Track Classic
• Seven-time meet direction, Canadian Cross Country
Championships
• Head Coach, Halifax Wanderers Track and Field Club,
22 years
• Head Coach, Saint Mary’s University Cross Country
Team, 10 years
• Athletics Nova Scotia Coach of the Year, l998 and
1999
• Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal, 2002
Resides: Clayton Park, NS
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Rick Rivers
Builder
by Bob Lewington
I
t is memories of a selfless gesture by a transplanted factory worker
from Montreal that began to lay the foundation for Rick Rivers’ desire
to make a difference in his lifetime.
Tony Proulx, alone, turned a scrubby vacant lot adjacent to his
place of employ into a playing field for the young people in Rick’s
neighbourhood. Rick and his friends, forever grateful to Tony, played
softball there in the spring and football in the fall.
As time moved on, Rick would meet three individuals who offered
him their wise counsel that would help him objectively develop the
traits that define him as a person today - Bernie Custis, Neil MacVicar
and Jim Gowen.
Bernie, his football coach in Burlington, possessed a relaxed
demeanour, a great appreciation of the human condition, and a brilliant
football mind.
Neil, the vice-principal at Cornwallis Junior High, loved to share his
philosophy of athletics and physical education with Rick.
Jim, a retired writer for the Halifax Chronicle Herald, was like a
grandfather to Rick. Many of Rick’s noon hours were spent listening
to Jim recount his memories of life in Nova Scotia, about
politics, sports, the arts, or his fondest topic, rowing
on the North West Arm, the basis of a thesis that
earned Rick his first Masters degree.
Rick has long believed that “there is no other
sport that compares to football in developing
character. The game teaches discipline, teamwork,
accountability, confidence and physical fitness.
Football is a microcosm of life. It is important that
we give something back. To involve yourself in
something you love and to pass on a great thing to our
young people reaps rewards far beyond financial.”
Rick’s unwavering adherence to these principles
has been recognized for more than 40 years by the
football community, especially members of the
governing bodies of football across Canada. In a
fitting tribute, the Board of Directors of Football
Nova Scotia created “The Rick Rivers Lifetime
Achievement Award”, as a symbol of his undying
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commitment to the sport. Rick was the first to receive this
award, humbly accepting it in 2008. A year later, Rick
was selected a member of the first class of inductees of the
Football Nova Scotia Hall of Fame.
The scope of Rick’s involvement is vast. During his 32
years as a teacher at junior and senior high schools, he
imparted his message about the value of sport and physical
fitness to thousands of students. He worked tirelessly at
the grass root levels of football, his dogged perseverance
resulting in the creation of successful youth and school
football programs. Rick was a major influence in founding
the Provincial Elite programs for athletes under the ages of
19, 17 and 15. From their inception, these teams would
become very competitive in inter-provincial and national
competitions, with some of the coaches who trained these
athletes being taught by Rick.
He is a Master Course Conductor and has directed clinics
for many of the active football coaches today. One of his
finest moments came at a Football Canada meeting when he
planted the seed that grew into the Canada Cup. Rick was
a tournament administrator in 2010 at Acadia University.
Nova Scotia’s Canada Cup teams, with Rick as coach, and
general manager, won a silver medal in 2004 and a bronze
in 2005.
Rick’s love of sports began at a very early age. Born
and raised in Hamilton, Ontario, Rick dreamed of one
day playing for his hometown Tiger Cats. As a first-time
spectator at Civic Stadium with one of the ‘Cats staunch
supporters, his father Bill, little did young Rick know that
he would indeed realize his dream. As quarterback, Rick led
the Burlington Braves to conference, Ontario and Eastern
Canadian championships and a berth in the Canadian Junior
championships in 1967. The following year, Rick was invited
to the Tiger Cat training camp, where he practiced and
played alongside many of his heroes. Unfortunately Rick was
among the last cuts, but was placed on the practice roster
and lived his dream for the entire season.
Rick has also contributed to football as an on-field
official, clinician, educator, organizer, announcer, fundraiser,
auctioneer, and even as a consultant on the film “Scotland,
PA”, in 2000. In summarizing Rick’s many achievements,
however, Richard Munro, the former CEO of Football
Canada and long-time friend, said, “Rick brings reasoned
and principled expertise to his contributions....”
In 1969, he came to Halifax and Dalhousie University,
where he studied, built a home and career, and helped
develop a football community of which he is proud and
that is proud of him. Rick’s passion for football spiked
again this fall and he can be found patrolling the sidelines
of Wickwire Field coaching the resurrected Dalhousie Tiger’s
Football Club.
Bob Lewington graduated from Dalhousie University in science,
retired from Labatt Brewery as manager of brewing operations.
A long-time teammate of Rick in Burlington and at Dal, he
helps coach four teams this year, including Citadel High and
Dal’s club team.
Rivers Report
Born: Hamilton, ON
Age: 64
Career Highlights:
• Inducted in Football Nova Scotia Hall of Fame 2009
• Football Nova Scotia Volunteer of the Year, 1988,
1999
• Volunteer of the Decade, Metro Touch Football
League, 2001
• Football coach, four different high schools
• Provincial and regional champion coach, high school
football, track, cross country, badminton
• National level coach and/or official in football,
volleyball, basketball, gymnastics, canoeing
Resides: Halifax, NS
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Congratulations to Rick Rivers on your 2010 induction and many thanks for your significant contribution to the Metro Touch Football League as an executive, player and official for over 40 years.
Member of extend their best wishes to
Rick Rivers
on the occasion of his
induction as a builder
into the
Nova Scotia Sport
Hall of Fame.
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Induction Procedure Meets With Success
Transparency, expanded committee participation highlight process
T
he revamped selection process for inductees to the
Hall of Fame, introduced in 2009, has proved to be
very successful, creating transparency and expanded
participation while ensuring the province’s best athletes, teams
and builders continue to gain the recognition they deserve.
Hall of Fame executive director Bill Robinson says a 24-person
review panel from across the province, all sport-knowledgeable
people, reviews the nominees, usually between 80 and 100 of
them 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 again saw its success in the 2010 election
period.
Nominations are accepted until January 31 each year. The
selection process moves through committees from March
through May.
S e l e c t i o n C ommit tee P ersonnel
2010 Selection Review Panel
Ray Bradshaw
Bo Chisholm
Mike Drunken
George Hallett
Mike Henderson
Paul Hollingsworth
Nevin Jackson
Albert Johnson
Nigel Kemp
Bill Kiely
Dave LeBlanc
Gail MacDougall
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Lois MacGregor
Carol MacLean
Dave MacLean
Rick Pottie
Bruce Rainnie
Carol Rizzetto
Alvin Sinclair
Rick Swain
Hugh Townsend
Blaine Whynott
Cecil Wright
2010 Selection Committee
Chairman
Mark Smith
Kevin Cameron
George Hallett
Mike Henderson
Paul Hollingsworth
Albert Johnson
Bill Kiely
Carol MacLean
Karen Moore
Dianne Norman
Gordie Sutherland
Hugh Townsend
Past Chairs
of the
Hall of Fame
Dorothy Walker
Centreville
1980 – 1983
Hugh Noble
Halifax
1977 – 1979
Board of
D irectors
Chairman........................................... Floyd Gaetz
Vice Chairman.............................. Dr. Bill Stanish
Cape Breton Region. ................... Dave MacLean
Central Region.................................... Don Mills
Fundy Region.................................... Kelly Kolke
Highland Region...................... Marc Champoux
South Shore Region................... Mike Boudreau
Valley Region........................... Gerry MacMillan
Director-At-Large............. Stephanie O’Connor
Director-At-Large........................ Chris Crowell
Director-At-Large.......................... Mark Smith
Liaison.............................................. Blaise Landry
Treasurer. ........................................ Rob Randall
S taff
Jim Bayer
Wolfville
1983 – 1985
Bill White
Wolfville
1986 – 1991
Eleanor Norrie
Truro
1991 – 1993
Executive Director. .......................Bill Robinson
Facility & Communications
Manager. ......................................Shane Mailman
Administration & Special Events
Coordinator. ................................Karolyn Sevcik
A uditors
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
L egal C ounsel
Stephen Russell
Russell Piggott Jones
Tom Lynch
Halifax
1993 – 1998
Danny Gallivan
Halifax
1998 – 2001
Fred MacGillivray
Halifax
2002 – 2010
I ncorporation
1983
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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.
O bjectives
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.
H all
T
of
F ame N ominations
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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