Greater Victoria's Sports Hall of Fame

GVSHOF, The Twenty Five Year Journey: By brian zelley

 The year 2016 is the 25th. year anniversary for the
Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame. This story will
cover with some history. But, it starts with my first
time at the ceremony as a sponsor for Mike Caird.
Induction Ceremony: 2009 included Mike Caird
                                Mike Caird * Brian Zelley
                                 2009 Induction Ceremony
                         (front row: Mike Caîrd, Danny O'Sullivan, Gary
                                        Robiñson, Brian Zelley, and Dan Wrîght.)

Ian Wéir * Mike Caird * Brian Zelley
(photo by Jim Ryan for the "Victorian"
November 22, 1974)
photo courtesy of tge
Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame.

                                   (Ian Weir Brian Zelley, Gary Robinson, Dan Wrigĥt)
                                               Supporting Mike Caird at 2009 ceremoñy

 18th. Annual Ceremony:
After Mike Caird, I sponsored auto racer Gary Kershaw.
This was followed in 2011 with the London Boxing Club's
1974/75 premier soccer team. Some of the players were
George Pakos, Brian Robinson and Bob Bolitho.

 cOther inductees that year included:
Gail Archibald (softball), Bob Bolitho (soccer), 
Roland Green (cycling), Gary Johnston (rugby), 
Max Low (sports media), Oak Bay Tennis Club,

 2015 Induction Ceremony 
:
My fourth inductee to sponsor was wrestling builder
Ed Ashmore.
 in 2015.
Board of Dirctors 2011

 President: Nick Tuele, 1sr VP: Robert Hope
2nd VP: Doug Jennings, Treas.: A. Knight,
Sec.: Irene Harrison, Past Pres.: John Bate,
Directors: John Devlin, Jeevan Dillon, 
Nirmal Dillon, Murray Thomas, 
Gordie Strongman, Fern Perkins & Bob Wheaton.

 Past Media Recipiebts:
Sid Thomas, Ted Reynolds, Bill Walker,
Ken Dobson, Ernie Fedoruk, Jim Taylor,
Jack Short (2009) and Alec Merriman (2010).

 Boxing:
Three names in the mix:
Joe Bayley ***** Mike Caird ***** Eddie Haddad.
Sammy May and Eddie Haddad
sun Golden Gloves 1948

                                      Eddie Haddad

 Eddie is a multi term Sports Hall Inductee.
 canadian Armed Forces, Manitoba Sports
Hall of Fame, British Columbia Amateur
Boxing Hall of Fame and the Greater Victoria
Sports Hall of Fame.
2016 Announcement

 * Names of the 2016 was announced  by the
GVSHOF and reported in the Times Colinist
with the following headline:
"Olympians headlne Victoria'sclass of 2016"
- Cleve Dheensaw, May 28, 2016
The induction ceremony will take place
October 29th. at Westin Bear Mountain hotel
facility.
Some of the names include athletes and builders
such as athletes Nancy Charlton, Simon Keith,
and builders Randy Bennett, Mike Spracklen, Bob Moffatt,
and John  and Marilyn Bate.
              Ed Ashmore, 2015 Inductee, builder (wrestling)

 Ed started in wrestling when he agreed to step in
and replace Art Burgess for one time. Both Art and Ed had
previoßly been änateur boxers. Art, who opened the wrestling door For Äsmore had fought in the Sun Goldén Gloves 1946.
LondonBoxing Club
soccer  team 
Inducted 2011
with sponser, Brian Zelley









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