Professional Athlete Award
Jeff Perry
Information about the Award
Outstanding
performer at the professional level
achieved
professional status and maintained that level for three (3)
years or three (3) seasons
be retired
from his/her professional career for a minimum of three (3)
years
Jeff Perry
attended St. Clair High School in Sarnia before playing
Junior A hockey in Guelph and then Owen Sound. Jeff played
for the Mooretown Flags which won the Junior C 1987-88 All
Ontario Championship.
Jeff was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 6th
round (113th overall) in the 1991 NHL Entry
Draft. Jeff played five seasons in the AHL: where he was
awarded the Outstanding Community Award two years in a row.
In 1994-95 he was awarded the AHL “CCM Man of the Year” for
community service.
Jeff
worked with the NHL Minnesota Wild as an amateur scout
before coaching in the AHL, OHL Junior A, Junior B and minor
AAA hockey.
Amateur Award
2 recipients
William D. Neal & Jim Bell
Information about the Award
Outstanding
performance as an amateur athlete in their sport
William
D.
Neal
(Baseball, Hockey, Football, Basketball)
William
Neal was an all around athlete playing hockey, baseball,
football and basketball throughout his youth and high school
years. He attended St. Clair High School where he was
captain of the football team and was invited to the Toronto
Argonauts CFL camp. His most notable accomplishment was
being a member of the 1968 Sarnia Drawbridge Juniors
Baseball team when they won the Canadian Championships.
William homered in the 9th inning with two out to
break the tie in the final game to win the gold medal.
Jim Bell
(Lacrosse & Football)
Throughout
his youth Jim Bell won several major awards in both Lacrosse
and Football. In 1996 Jim was a member of the Senior
Lacrosse Ohsweken Wolves who won the gold medal at the
Presidents Cup National Championships. Jim won the MVP Award
in the National Championship that same year. The following
year the team won Silver. Jim also was a member of the
Can-Am All Star Team. Today Jim is still involved with
Lacrosse and Football running Lacrosse Skills Clinics,
coaching both Lacrosse and Football for the SMAA and Head
coach of the Sarnia Imperials Football Club.
Bud Morrison Award
Harold Williams
(Lacrosse, Hockey, Figure Skating)
The Bud
Morrison Award recognizes a person who over a number of
years has made significant contributions to the youth in
their sport endeavors.
(ie: coach, manager, official, trainer, facility
maintenance, including school officials)
Harold
Williams coaching career began in 1952 for the North End
Athletic Association for Tyke House League Lacrosse. He
continue to coach lacrosse as well as softball and hockey
and football.
Harold was
President and board member of the Point Edward Figure
Skating. In 1984 Harold started sharpening skates for
Junior B hockey and still does today. He has also worked
with the Sarnia Sting
Sharpening
skates and as a member of the Sting Booster Club.
From 1990 to 2006 he was the Pacers junior Lacrosse team
timekeeper.
Harold is
a life member of the Point Edward and Sarnia Figure Skating
Clubs and is a founding board member of the Bluewater Blades
Precision Skating Team.
Team
Award
1975 Wyoming Junior Softball Team
Information
about the Award
is a
group award in recognition for winning a major championship
or a team performing in
an outstanding manner over a period of time
The 1975
Wyoming Junior A Softball team won the Ontario Amateur
Softball Association Championship. The 1975 team was
essentially the same team, the Wyoming McGrail juvenile
Softball team, which in the previous year won the Ontario
Amateur Softball Championship for Juvenile C teams.
The Wyoming teams played in the Bluewater Fastball league
with such teams as the Sarnia Glis and Chamlachie Grain &
Feed. The run to the OASA championship included wins over
Rostock, Waterloo, Grimbsby and the finals against
Kemptville (near Ottawa). The win over Grimsby in the 3rd
and deciding game was 1 – 0 in 18 innings.
Team
members included:
Rob Menzies, Lou Dimuzio, Bob Cantan, Randy Core, Barry
Edgar, Bob Gould, Keith Helps, Schott Houghton, Dan Johnson,
Stan Mantej, Mark Pettit, Doug Syer, Dave Tetreault, Jim
Towle, Steve Whitely, Rob Wilkins and Dale Wilson. Jack
Druitt was the Coach and John Dawson was Manager and Coach.
Special Achievement
Andrew J Groombridge
football, hockey, lacrosse and fast pitch-softball
Information about the Award
recognizes
a person who over a number of years has made significant
contributions
to sports beyond athletic endeavors, i.e.: media, coach,
official, trainer etc.
Andrew was born
and raised in Sarnia, Ontario on December 3, 1960. He Went
to Sacred Heart Catholic School and Saint Patrick’s Catholic
High School. Andrew played minor and high school athletics.
He started his Athletic Training career in 1974 and
continues to do so today. He has been involved with all
level of sports including minor, amateur, college and
professional teams.
Participated in 31 National Championships in Canada and the
United States of America
(Lacrosse, Hockey, Fastpitch-Softball)
National Championships
- Lacrosse (2 x Presidents Cup, 2 x Founders Cup)
- Hockey (2 x Royal Bank Cup, 1 x Allan Cup)
- Fastpitch-Softball (Softball Canada, American Softball
Assoc.)
- Participated in 18 World Championships
- Fastpitch-Softball
Championship teams member of:
National Champion
- 1983 & 1984 Point Edward, On. Pacers Junior B Lacrosse
- 2005 & 2006 St.Thomas, On. Centennials Senior Men’s
Fastpitch-Softball
National Finalist
- 1987 Sarnia, On. Ranson Senior Men’s Fastpitch-Softball
- 1987 Sarnia, On. Seminoles Senior B Lacrosse
- 1998 Midland, Mi Explorers Senior Men’s Fastpitch-Softball
- 1999 Midland, Mi Explorers Senior Men’s Fastpitch-Softball
- 2001 Petrolia, On Squires Senior Men’s Hockey (Allan Cup)
- 2003 Waterloo, On Twins Senior Men’s Fastpitch-Softball
- 2005 Georgetown, On Raiders Junior A Hockey (Royal Bank
Cup)
- 2006 Streetsville, On Derbys Junior A Hockey (Royal Bank
Cup)
- 10 x Ontario Champion
- 2 x Eastern Canadian Champion
- 1 x Central Canadian Champion
- 10 x Michigan State Champion
- 1998 & 1999 PROFESSSIONAL LACROSSE - Detroit Turbos, Head
Athletic Trainer
- Fifteen time All Star with various sports teams – Hockey,
Lacrosse and Fastpitch-Softball
- 2000, 2001 and 2002 OHA under17 camp
- 2007, 2008 and 2009 OHA High Performance camp
- 2010 Hockey Canada Selects U20 – 3 Nations Cup Norrtalje,
Sweden
- 2009 Hockey Canada World Junior A Challenge Evaluation
Camp – Hockey East
- Level 3 Hockey Canada Athletic Trainers Certificate
- 2000 – Present Georgetown Raiders OHA Ontario Junior A
Hockey League
- 2005 – 2009 St.Thomas Centennials Senior Men’s Fastball
- 2008 - Present Halton Hills Bulldogs OLA Junior B Lacrosse
Earl MacKenzie Award
David L. Brown
Information
about the Award
recognizes
those people involved in sports at least 30 years prior to
the year of induction
who are worthy of enshrinement
David
Brown has been involved with baseball since 1950 and
continues to do so today. He was a member of the Corunna
Giants Intermediate B team who won the OBA Championship in
both 1971 and 1972.
David has played in five various baseball leagues over the
years stating with the River League Baseball, Western county
Baseball, City League, Courtright Two Pitch League and the
Brigden Two Pitch League.
He continues to play in the Courtright Men’s Two pitch
League.
2010
Builder Award
Les Thomson - Soccer
Information
about the Award
The Builder
Awards recognizes significant contributions in the
establishment of a sport from its infancy
to the mature state within the community; would have been
the individual to keep a sport alive in the community;
long-term
service on sport committees and executive positions either
at the local, provincial or national levels
In 1978,
Les had taken over the Imperial Oil in-plant league until
it's demise in 1991 (due to restructuring and subsequent
layoffs of many employees who were players in the league).
In the early years all the players had to be full time
employees at ESSO, however after taking over the league Les
allowed 2 teams (Petrosar and the Sarnia Junior "B" they
were a group of 18 year olds with no league to play in, Alan
Wells was the coach)
Later he formed a "Pool" of players system for players who
did not work at any of the recognized plants to fill rosters
as players came and went leaving some teams short, this
eventually evolved into present day Sarnia Men's Industrial
League when although the
official age of players joining the league is still 21, they
now try to accommodate players 18-19-20 who have no place to
play after they leave the minor system.
After
getting many requests to form an older league for players
who just want the emphasis more on fun and exercise Les
started the Over 35 league which is now in it's 4th season.
Indoor League
Les has organized both Over 35 and Open age leagues since
1974 to present date.
Coaching
Les arrived in Sarnia in November 1971 and started coaching
in the SMAA in 1972
1972 Pee
Wee boys house league team.
1973 Atom
boys house league team
1974
Mosquito boys travel team... (This was the first Sarnia team
of any age group to ever win a trophy outside of the city,
they were League champs in the Southwest league Windsor /
Chatham / London), the actual trophy was given to someone to
bring back to Sarnia as we had clinched the league in the
last game which was at home, to this day I have never seen
or know what the trophy looks like or who has it).
Also
coached Bluewater boys travel teams (his son) U-15, U-16, U-
17, U-19 for a few years.
Refereed
all levels from Youth through to WOSL (mens premier in
London).
Was a
member of the board of Directors of the Sarnia Girls soccer
club Coached Sarnia Girls house league teams (his daughter)
for a couple of years then coached Girls Travel as well,
also was used a advisor /helper to go and work with new
coaches who had very little coaching experience in the Girls
system (usually keen parents).
Player
As a
player he played in the old city league which was very
competitive and had good calibre of teams, although very
ethnic players supporters etc.
1972
Hewitt Brokers
1973-79
Branch 62 Royal Canadian Legion
1977 Dante
"A"
Ralph "Pappy Burr" Award
2 recipients
Kiersten Colbran & David Sparks
This
award is presented to a student (male &/or female) who
has achieved their O.S.S.D.
and will be entering a university or college in the
fall.
Kiersten Colbran
Kiersten Colbran
played multiple sports including basketball, badminton,
soccer, track and field, cross country, and volleyball
and won numerous awards. She won championships in
badminton girls doubles in 2009 and 2010 while advancing
to SWOSSAA all four years. She was a member of the
Northern SWOSSAA championship soccer team in 2007 and
2008 as a junior and 2009 as a senior. And she also was
a part of the Midget, Junior, and Senior girls
championship volleyball teams.
Kiersten has also won numerous awards and has been named
NCIVS Female athlete of the year in 2007, 2008 and 2009,
as well as winning the ‘Black Award’ in those years as
well. She has won the OVA Award of Excellence in
Volleyball as part of the Twin Bridges Girls team in
2007, and has won the Madawaska Volleyball Camp’s ‘Best
Passer’ award in 2008, Nicole Schwertner Memorial award
in 2009, and was selected to Ontario’s High Performance
Volleyball camp in 2009.
David Sparks
David Sparks
has excelled in academics while also being a part of
many sports teams at Lambton Central Collegiate
Vocational Institute and others. David played hockey for
the Minor Sting and won the RBC Scholastic Hockey Player
of the Year award three years in a row from 2008 to
2010. He also won the Canon George Menzies Award for
academics and athletics in 2008, and was on the
Principals Roll of Distinction during his time at
L.C.C.V.I.
As
well as playing hockey, David was a two time MVP in
grade 10 and grade 12 for the Boys Volleyball team,
which he also captained in 2010. David also was a part
of the LCCVI boys basketball team, Track and Field and
was a leader in his school as part of student council.
Joe
De Rush Memorial
Laura Sitlington
The Joe DeRush Memorial Trophy is to recognize athletes
with disabilities
Laura Sitlington
is a part of the Sarnia Ice Hawks sledge hockey team,
and has won medals in tournaments hosted in London and
Montreal, while also competing in New Jersey and Boston.
Laura is a Achondroplasiatic dwarf, and has been
competing in sports since the age of two years old, and
played hockey in the Forest Minor hockey program, but
due to her size, she was not able to continue playing.
She made the jump to sledge hockey as well as playing
rover in baseball in the Sarnia Challenger baseball
league, a sport she has played and enjoyed for the past
8 years.
Laura
Being a ‘little person’ has been dedicated to her sports
and strived to have fun even in a tough situation.
Currently she and the women’s sledge hockey program are
working towards getting sledge hockey into the
Paralympics. It requires that four countries
participate, and currently only Canada and the USA do.
Though she has obstacles, Laura has proved that
determination can dedication to any sport can result in
positive things.
Rose Hodgson Memorial Award
Steve Locke
This
special award recognizes outstanding contribution to our
community in memory of
founding board member
Rose Hodgson.
Steve Locke
has been involved with Scouting since 1976 where he
began as a Cub and Scout leader in Sarnia. Steve also
was a part of the 1st Corunna Troop in 1977
as well as helped new scout leaders in their own troops
throughout Sarnia. Steve held many administrative roles
with Scouting including Assistant District Commissioner
in 1984 and Great Lakes Region Assistant Commissioner.
Steve
continued his involvement in Scouting in the 90’s by
taking the role of Regional Commissioner for the Great
Lakes Region from 1993 to 1996, and then became the St.
Clair District P.R. chair till 1998 and President of the
St. Clair district until 1999. He also held Commissioner
roles for Camlachie and Point Edward from 2003 to today.
Steve has also been involved in many camps for training
other leaders, as well as involved in child abuse
programs throughout his Scouting career.
Steve
has been involved as chair and on staff for many youth
camps throughout the years.
He was the Team Leader for the Welsh Jamboree where he
took 24 Scouts to Wales and England for 21 days. He
has been involved with Canadian Jamborees and In 1994 he
headed the Great Lakes Jamboree which is held every 2
years and continues today.
In 1995 he Chair DIBC World Brotherhood auction. Held
yearly in May this event has raised $30,000 for Scouting
youth in disadvantaged countries. Projects have included
paying for translating books for Scouting in the Ukraine
to supporting projects in Kenya, Belize and Rwanda.
Steve
has been the recipient of the Certificate of Merit in
1988, the Silver Acorn for distinguished service to
Scouting in 1996, and has also received the Queens
Golden Jubilee Medal and Scouts Canada 100th
Anniversary Medal.
