Scugog Sports Hall of Fame 2022 Program

Honouring Our Past, Inspiring Our Future

Celebrating Sports in Scugog Scugog Sports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony April 21, 2022

Proudly Building Community

Scugog is situated on treaty land that is steeped in rich indigenous history. Today, we acknowledge that we are gathering on the traditional territories of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation.

We recognize and deeply appreciate the historic Indigenous connection to this land and recognize the contributions First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples have made, both in shaping and strengthening this community in particular, our province and country as a whole.

We're grateful for the opportunity to meet here and we thank all the generations of people who have taken care of this land - for thousands of years.

Message from The Mayor It is my pleasure on behalf of the Township of Scugog Council to welcome you to the 2022 Sports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. The Scugog Sports Hall of Fame is a celebration of our sporting history. Tonight we celebrate and acknowledge the accomplished athletes, those who have played a significant role in building sport in our community, the pioneers, and promoters of sport in Scugog. I would like to thank the Sports Hall of Fame Committee for organizing tonight’s celebration and for the support of our sponsors. This evening would not be possible without your outstanding efforts. We are honoured to host this event and to have the opportunity to offer tonight’s inductees their well deserved recognition.

Congratulations to all of you!

Bobbie Drew, Mayor

Message from The Committee We are excited to be back to a place where we can once again publicly recognize and celebrate the sports heroes of Scugog. During the past two years, we have focused our efforts on continuing the legacy left by former Curator and SHOF inductee, Wayne Venning. The artifact and memorabilia collection of over 500 items has been categorized and catalogued. We have acquired permanent storage space from the township to ensure preservation and protection of the collection and we have acquired additional exhibit space on the lower level of the arena. Webpages dedicated to the Sports Hall of Fame under the scugog.ca website highlight former inductees, coming events and allow online access to nomination forms. We encourage you to check out the webpages and provide your feedback and suggestions. Thanks to all who continue to support the Scugog Sports Hall of Fame with nominations, donations, sponsorship and time. Thank you to the Township of Scugog for continuing to host and support this event. Congratulations to our 2022 class of inductees.

Doug, Clair, Marilyn, Ron, Kirk, Shawna, Michelle, Daren and Leanne

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Thank You We acknowledge and thank the following Master of Ceremonies: Shawn Lackie Keynote Speaker: Gary Edgar Town Crier: Bill McKee Piper: Laci Black Artist: Paul Beare Music: Dave Bell Photographer: Jonathan Van Bilsen Dinner: Mary's Country Kitchen Framer: Framers Gallery Program Production: Home Town Printing Gary and Alice Edgar Township of Scugog Council Staff of the Scugog Community Recreation Centre

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2022 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

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INDUCTION CEREMONY Community Centre Doors open at 6:00 PM.

INDUCTION CEREMONY BEGINS AT 7:00 PM Entrance of Inductees and Special Guests O’Canada/Opening Cry - Bill McKee Welcome Memories presentation Introduction of MC - Shawn Lackie Keynote speaker - Gary Edgar Recognition of youth athletic and sports achievements Alexandra McDougall, Justin Matthews Sponsored by Robert Young Stables

Introduction of Inductees - Individual Athletes Ian Roberts, Kelly Plitz, Waylon Roberts Sponsored by The Callery Group and Village Décor Shoppe

Introduction of Inductee - Builder Kate Beirness Sponsored by Debbie Taylor, Royal LePage Frank Real Estate

Presentation of Volunteer Recognition Awards Introduction of Inductees - Team (Builders) John Hinch, Reg Philip, Clive Roane, Rob Smart, Ken Smart Darla Thomas (Sells), Wayne Addison, Jim Justynski, Graham Hewitt, and Dave Brownson Sponsored by Doug Scott, Precision Construction

Recognition of special anniversaries 25th Anniversary - Blackstock Men's Hockey League 50th Anniversary - Port Perry Mojacks 50th Anniversary - Port Perry Snowmobile Club Sponsored by the Lake Scugog Historical Society

Closing Remarks SOCIAL TIME - BAR CLOSES AT 11:00 PM Scugog Sports Hall of Fame

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Master of Ceremonies Shawn Lackie Shawn grew up in Port Perry and played many sports representing his home town.

He played Junior C hockey and was one of the original members of the first Flamingo Pastries team. He also played junior football in the region.

Shawn enjoyed a 20-year career in TV, mostly covering sports, working on CIAU football, CFL Football, NHL Hockey, the World Juniors, the Olympics and NHL Entry Draft among others. He was instrumental in the launch of a new sports network called Headline Sports in the late 90s.

Shawn was thrilled when he was named VP of Communications for the Canadian Football League (his dream job). Following his stint at the CFL, Shawn moved into the world of real estate where he has been for almost 20 years. He served on the Scugog Sports Hall of Fame Selection Committee from 2014-2018 and also spent time on the Town Hall 1873 Board of Directors. Shawn lives in Port Perry with his wife, Brenda. We are so happy to have Shawn as master of ceremonies for tonight’s event.

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Guest Speaker Gary Edgar Gary enjoyed a long career as a teacher and coach with the Durham District School Board. He coached many teams and established Regional championships in a number of sports and was the first Convenor for the Durham Track and Field Championships held at Oshawa Civic Fields. He served as Chief of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island from 1993-1997 and received an honourary Degree of Doctor of Laws from UOIT in June 2014 as recognition for his leadership and passion for First Nation rights. He was inducted to the Scugog Sports Hall of Fame in 2007 with our first class of inductees as a talented multi-sport athlete and winner of the prestigious Tom Longboat Award for the Region of Southern Ontario. This award is presented to indigenous athletes who demonstrate sportsmanship and are a positive cultural role model. The Hall of Fame committee was fortunate to have Gary as a part of our selection committee from 2011-2018. Gary continues to be physically active and can be found on the golf course on most sunny days.

He was selected as one of the torch bearers for the 2015 Pan Am games, carrying the torch down Queen Street, Port Perry. He recently moved from the island and now lives in Port Perry with his wife, Alice.

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Celebrating 15 YEARS Since the first volunteer committee meeting in 2006 and the first Induction Ceremony in 2007, 60 plaques have been mounted on the wall; celebrating the commitment of builders, the successes of teams and the dedication of individual athletes. Future potential Hall of Famers and Sports Pioneers have been recognized. Committee members have changed over the years and we welcomed new faces since our last ceremony in 2019. We appreciate the work and commitment of past committee volunteers who built a foundation that allowed this committee to carry on with adaptability during the pandemic. The artifact and memorabilia collection that officially started in 2009 by former Volunteer Curator, Wayne Venning, continues to grow with donations from inductees and the community.

Additional exhibit space now allows us to display more of the collection for the public to view, appreciate and reminisce.

We expanded our online presence with new dedicated pages on the Township of Scugog website. Sports organizations are essential to our sports history and we will continue to celebrate milestone anniversaries and a permanent plaque, sponsored by the Lake Scugog Historical Society, will be added to the exhibit space to acknowledge the established dates of sports organizations in Scugog.

There are still many builders, athletes and teams that need to be celebrated for their contributions to our sports history. We look forward to acknowledging them at future events.

Individual Athletes

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YOUTH EXCELLENCE AND ACHIEVEMENTS IN SPORT Sponsored by: Robert Young Stables

Alexandra McDougall

Justin Matthews

Cross Country

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Nominations are accepted anytime!

We want to hear about individual athletes and teams under 18 years of age that have competed at provincial, national or international levels of their sport in the current year. Nominations must be received prior to the deadline published by the selection committee to be considered for the current year. For information or to submit a nomination, go to www.scugog.ca/sportshalloffame or contact Community Services at 905-985-8698 or recreation@scugog.ca.

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Scugog Sports Hall of Fame Honour Roll INDIVIDUAL ATHLETES 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 2008 2009 2009 2010 2011 2011 2011 2012 2012

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Gary Edgar - Basketball, Track, Softball Anna Forder/Richard Stephens - Figure Skating Sue Gribbon - Judo John Ross Roach - Hockey Frederick Whitcroft Hockey Bill Davidson - Motorcycle racing David Porter - Figure Skating Jim Zoet - Basketball George Burnett - Hockey Dennis Johnston - Figure Skating Scott Feasby - Hockey Roy and Harold McLaughlin Horseshoe Pitching Rhonda Trapp-White Hockey Virginia (Ginny) Burt Telemark Skiing John Scott - Hockey Terry Travis McMillian Archery

2012 2012 2013 2013 2013 2014 2014 2015 2016 2016 2017 2018 2019

William Harper - Softball, Baseball San Pail and Glenn Van Camp Harness Horse Racing Dave Mann - Slalom Water Skiing Michael Mann - Slalom Water Skiing Garnet Warriner - Multiple Sport Athlete Clair Cornish - Hockey Carol Jackson - Curling Dean VanCamp - Rugby Paula Zekl - Marathon Canoe Racing Heather Cirorne - Marathon Canoe Racing Michele Mueller - Equestrian Larissa D’Alleva - Wrestling Casey Vanschagen - Hockey

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HONOUR ROLL TEAMS 2007 2008 2009 2010 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2018 2019 2019

1965-66 Tripp Bulldozers Intermediate OHA Champions - Hockey 1965 Port Perry Legion Squirts OASA Champions - Softball 1959-60 Port Perry Juvenile ‘C’ OMHA Champions - Hockey 1960 Port Perry Junior 'C' OASA Champions - Softball 1977 Port Perry Curling Club Juniors- Ontario Ladies Champions Curling 1967 Port Perry IGA Pee Wee 'B' OASA Champions - Softball 1968 Ballard Lumber Juvenile 'C' OASA Champions - Softball 1970-71 Cy Wilson Motors Mustangs Midget 'C' OMHA Champions Hockey 1972-73 Beare Motors Bantam 'C' OMHA Champions - Hockey 1974 Port Perry Lions Club Bantam 'C' & 1975 Port Perry Merchants Midget "C" OASA Champions - Softball 1975-76 Toyota Wheels Midget 'C' OMHA Champions - Hockey 1976-77 Beare Motors Bantam 'CC' OMHA Champions - Hockey 1978-79 Colin Ball Midget 'C' Tier II OMHA Champions - Hockey 1980-81 Malmont Farms Atom 'CC' OMHA Champions - Hockey Team Warriner Senior Men's Ontario Legion Zone and Provincial Champions - Curling 1994-1995 Port Perry IGA Junior 'A' All-Ontario Champions - Ringette

BUILDERS 2007 2008 2009 2010 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Vin Walker - Softball John B McClelland Sport Editor/Reporter Wayne Venning - Multi Sports Ken Jackson - Sponsor Doug Scott - Hockey/Softball Ted Griffen - Sponsor William Alfred Huggins - Soccer Barb Ward - Softball Murray Parliament - Hockey

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2015 2015 2016 2017 2018

2019

Rodd Foster - Multi Sports Don Cochrane - Multi Sports Dave Dalton - Multi Sports Neil Malcolm - Sponsor Jill Baranowski, Rose McNally, Angie Churchill, Debbie Tarbotton Founding members SWHL Carolyn Best - Softball

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The Roberts Family ATHLETES Sponsored by: Brian Callery, The Callery Group and Village Décor Shoppe

A family devoted to the sport of equestrianism, Ian Roberts, his wife Kelly Plitz and their son Waylon are individually inducted having represented Canada in multiple international equestrian competitions.

In 1982, Ian was named Canadian Intermediate Champion and was first long-listed to the Canadian Team. A Level III coach since 1987, Ian was voted the 1989 Ontario Horse Trials Association's Coach of the Year and was named both Male Rider and Male Coach of the Year by the Ontario Equestrian Federation in 1995. In 1996, Ian won both the Canadian Advanced Championships and the Canadian Intermediate Championships, making Ian the only rider to win both titles in the same year. Ian competed as a member of the Canadian Equestrian Team in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and the 2006 World Championships in Germany. Ian celebrated a bronze medal win at the Central American games in 2013 as a coach for the Costa Rican Eventing team.

In 1982, Kelly Plitz joined the Canadian Equestrian Team and that meant she and her horse, Dialadream, got the chance to compete in the world equestrian championships. Kelly's success continued as an eventing rider at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles where she was top Canadian in eventing.

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The Roberts Family Continued..

Waylon first represented Canada at the age of 14 at the 2002 FEI Children’s Final for Show Jumping in Brazil. He then went on to compete at the North American Junior and Young Rider Championships in eventing on five separate occasions. Waylon is a 7time winner of the Royal Winter Fair Indoor Eventing Challenge in Toronto, in addition to representing Canada at the Pan Am games in 2007 winning a team silver medal, and the 2017 Pan Am games winning a team bronze medal.

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Kate Beirness BUILDER Sponsored by: Debbie Taylor, Royal LePage Frank Real Estate

Kate is inducted as a builder of sport for her outstanding media career as a sports broadcaster.

Born and raised in Port Perry, Kate pursued a career in sports broadcasting, joining TSN in 2014 where she was paired with Natasha Staniszewski, forming the networks first female anchor team on TSN’s flagship program SportsCentre. Kate has hosted many marquee sports events, including TSN Olympic Morning in 2012, CBC Olympic hockey in PyeongChang in 2018, NCAA March Madness, the NBA Draft and the Grey Cup. She is the host of the CFL and Toronto Raptors broadcasts on TSN. In 2019, her work on the FIFA Women’s World Cup earned her a nomination for a Canadian Screen Award for best sports host.

On March 24, 2021, she was part of NBA history hosting the first ever all female broadcast for the Raptors.

In addition to her broadcasting career, Kate founded and hosted the first HER MARK Summit in July 2017; a gathering of speakers, athletes and educational panels for 200 hand-picked Canadian female high school students. HER MARK aims to empower the next generation of female leaders. For her outstanding work as a Canadian television sportscaster and her dedication as a role model to inspire the next generation of female leaders, she was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by her alma mater, the University of Ontario Institute Of Technology.

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VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION Submissions received by Scugog sports organizations Port Perry Minor Softball - Dave Weller Scugog Women's Hockey League - Jackie Barr Durham Rowing Club - Ian Morrison Port Perry Tennis Club - Ann Powell Cartwright Soccer - Dawn Price

SPECIAL ANNIVERSARIES Sponsored by the Lake Scugog Historical Society 25th Anniversary - Blackstock Men's Hockey League 50th Anniversary - Port Perry Mojacks 50th Anniversary - Port Perry Snowmobile Club Organizations celebrating milestone anniversaries may contact the Township Community Services Department, recreation@scugog.ca, to be included on the Hall of Fame Anniversary plaque.

IN MEMORY In memory of honoured members of Scugog Sports Hall of Fame who have recently passed away. Their contributions to the rich history of sports in Scugog lives on through the Scugog Sports Hall of Fame.

2017 Vin Walker (2007) - Builder, Softball 2017 William Alf Huggins (2012) - Builder, Soccer 2019 Ross Sweetman - Pioneer, Hockey 2019 Don Ashbridge - Pioneer, Hockey/Softball 2019 Ivan Luke (2013) - Coach, Cy Wilson Motors Mustangs 2019 Reg Phillip (2010) - Coach, Port Perry Junior Ladies Curling 2021 Reg Manns (2012) - Team Member, Ballard Lumber Juveniles 2021 Carl Luke - Pioneer, Hockey/Softball 2021 Rodd Foster (2015) - Builder, Multiple Sports 2022 Dale Geer (2018) - Team Member, Colin Ball Motors Scugog Sports Hall of Fame

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The RH Cornish Coaching Team TEAM - BUILDERS Sponsored by: Doug Scott - Precision Construction

From 1972 through 1989 a team of teachers from RH Cornish Public School gave township youth a love for sports. This team, created under the leadership of principal John Hogg is inducted in recognition of their longevity in coaching.

John Hinch was a part-time physical education teacher and vice-principal who coached multiple sports and was a founding member of Durham Elementary Athletic Association (DEAA). Reg Philip began teaching at Cornish in '72 and coached curling. Reg created the year end MUDCAT spiel drawn from the heritage of mudcat fishing in Lake Scugog. Reg fostered a life-long love of curling for many students. Clive Roane was instrumental in coaching gymnastics, track and field and soccer throughout the 70’s and 80’s both at Cornish and in the township with the Scugog Soccer Association. Rob Smart was a key team member, starting in the early 70’s and continuing throughout the 80’s coaching track and field, basketball, and volleyball. Darla Thomas (Sells) joined the team of teachers in 1973 to coach gymnastics, cross country running, volleyball and basketball. Darla was instrumental in creating evening gymnastics programs for township youth to participate in and organized skating at the old arena downtown.

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The RH Cornish Coaching Team Continued..

Ken Smart was recruited from Epsom Public School in 1979 to join his brother Rob at Cornish coaching basketball, volleyball, track and field and softball. As the school population grew, Wayne Addison joined Jim Justynski, Graham Hewitt and Dave Brownson in the 1980’s to coach multiple sports including basketball, volleyball, track and field and cross country running.

In the 70’s and 80’s there was a saying in DEAA that if you wanted to know how good your team or athlete was you needed to “go through the north”. This team of teachers have many winning banners hung in the gymnasium of RH Cornish Public School; however, their ultimate success is fostering a love of sport for many children in the 70’s and 80’s that continues for generations.

On behalf of:

Congratulations to the Hall of Fame Inductees!

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SPORTS HALL OF FAME Selection Committee Leanne Ashbridge (Chairperson), Clair Cornish, Ron Cosway, Doug McLatchy, Marilyn Pearce, Kirk Swain Staff Support Shawna Cornish, Manager of Recreation & Culture Michelle Rahm and Daren Jaglall, Recreation Associates Criteria for Selection: 1. Anyone born in Scugog and spent their formative years in Scugog; 2. Anyone who was not born in Scugog and resided a minimum of 5 years and proves his or her worth to athletics in Scugog; 3. Anyone who was not in Scugog and has lived here for more than 25 years and has distinguished themselves at the amateur or professional level; 4. Anyone who was not born in Scugog and resided in Durham Region and has participated in sport in Scugog and has distinguished themselves at the local, amateur or professional level; 5. Anyone above, who after a local amateur career moves into professional sports or university/college or amateur sports elsewhere and is deemed worthy by the committee; 6. Any team that has won a championship at the district, provincial, national or international level; 7. Automatic selection shall be for any Scugog athlete who wins an Olympic medal or places first, second or third in any recognized national or international championship. Any further accomplishments from those described above may be recognized at a later date if the Committee determines that later success warrants; 8. Historical sporting venues may also be considered.

Nominations are accepted anytime!

Nominations must be received prior to the deadline published by the selection committee to be considered for the current year.

All nominations are retained on file and reviewed each year.

For information or to submit a nomination, go to www.scugog.ca/sportshalloffame or contact Community Services at 905-985-8698 or recreation@scugog.ca.

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