Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 07:59:45 -0500 From: "Mat Gentès" <mgentes(at)softball.ca> Subject: Softball Canada Announces 2005 Hall of Fame Inductees
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Softball Canada Announces 2005 Hall of Fame Inductees November 4th, 2005 (Ottawa) Softball Canada announced today the 2005 class of inductees into Softball Canadas Hall of Fame. Serge Bourque (Beauce, QC), Joyce Collict (Toronto, ON), Don Pete McIlwraith (Guelph, ON), Rose Hodgson (Sarnia, ON), Lucie Carmichael (Québec, QC) and the 2000, 2002, 2003 Owen Sound Selects (Owen Sound, ON) will all be inducted in a ceremony taking place in Montréal on Saturday November 12th, coinciding with Softball Canadas 2005 Annual Congress. Serge Pat Bourque will be inducted into the Athletes category. Serge played in 10 Canadian Championships, three of which he was named to the tournaments all-star team. He was a member of Canadas gold medal team at the 1987 Pan Am Games, and in 1988 he was on the team that captured bronze at the World Championships. Serge was inducted into Softball Québecs Hall of Fame in 1990. Joy Collict enjoyed a storied career. In 1956 she was named to the All Star team at the World Tournament in Clearwater, Florida. Not only was she the first Canadian catcher to be named to a World All Star team, she beat out her idol for the spot, legendary Dot Wilkinson. She would later receive recognition from then Toronto mayor Nathan Philips for her outstanding accomplishment. In all Joy played in eight World Championships. Joy Collict will be inducted into the Athletes category. Don Pete McIlwraith will be inducted into the Builders category of the Softball Canada Hall of Fame. Petes accomplishments in the Canadian softball community are abundant. In 1981 he received the PWSAs Outstanding Service Award; he was Volunteer of the Year as named by the Kitchener Minor Girls Fastball Association in 1995. In 1997 he was named to the Guelph Sports Hall of Fame as a member of the 1987 Midget Girls National Championship team. Pete was a founding member of the Guelph Boys Minor Softball Association (1964); in 1969 he was a founding member and President of the Guelph Girls Minor Softball Association. Rose Hodgson has steadily moved up the ranks from volunteering at the grassroots up through to the National Level. Locally, Rose served on the Sarnia Minor Athletic Association for Girls Softball for over 15 years. She then moved through the ranks of the Provincial Womens Softball Association serving as Minor Coordinator all the way up to President. Rose then moved onto to serve on Softball Ontarios Board eventually becoming Chairman from 1993-1995. Rose made the next jump to the National Level winning the election to become a Director on Softball Canadas Board in 1998, where she has served on various committees including leading the selection of the very successful Learn to Play Program as Canadas introductory program for children to the sport of softball. Rose will be inducted in the Builders category. The 2000, 2002, 2003 Owen Sound Selects teams will be joining the Softball Canada Hall of Fame in the Teams category. The 2000 Owen Sound Selects won the Senior Mens Canadian Championship in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan with a perfect 10-0 record. The 2002 Selects were once again crowned Senior Mens Canadian champions in Winnipeg sporting an 8-2 record. The Selects successfully defended their championship in 2003 defeating the Waterloo Twins in the championship game. Lucie Carmichael will be inducted into the Officials category. Lucie involved herself as a volunteer in her local area and later on, on the Provincial Officiating Development Committee until she became the Provincial Umpire-in-Chief in 1997. She would later become a member of Softball Canadas ODC from 1998 to 2000. She attended the Blue Convention as a guest speaker in 1997, 1999, 2001 and 2003. She also conducted presentations at the National level on the status of women in officiating. Her ultimate goal was reached in 1996 with her nomination as an umpire to the Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. Lucie gained international recognition, earning the honour to be chosen as home plate umpire for the gold medal game. The Claude Deschamps Memorial Fund and Ethel Boyce Achievement Award recipients, as well as the Coach of the Year, and the Umpire of the year will all be recognized as part of the Hall of Fame Banquet. Claude Deschamps Memorial Fund Geneviève Houle Mathieu Roy Ethel Boyce Achievement Award Cassandra Morais Chris Teichreb Softball Canada Coach of the Year Marie-Claude Lapointe Softball Canada Umpire of the Year Bob Constantin The Claude Deschamps Memorial Fund was established in 1984 in honour of Mr. Deschamps, Executive Director of Softball Canada. Based on the rotation format of the Annual General Meeting, the Fund is available annually to a male and female recipient in the hosting region. A $1,000 bursary is given to each recipient to assist with their education. Ruth A. Laing created the Ethel Boyce Achievement Award in honour of her sister Ethel Phoebe Boyce. Miss Boyce was an avid softball player who had a professional and personal interest in helping people. A $1,000 bursary is given to a male and female recipient annually. For more information: Kathy Stewart Softball Canada (613) 523-3386 ext. 3107 kstewart(at)softball.ca Als Fastball List *Email: fastball(at)pmihrm.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.AlsFastball.com/ Our New Condo: http://www.bytheowner.com/27828 for Sale or Rent NEWS: http://fastpitchwest.com/alsfastball eScribe is down, and may be out _______________________________________________ Alsfastball mailing list Alsfastball@fastpitchwest.com http://fastpitchwest.com/mailman/listinfo/alsfastball_fastpitchwest.com