Dennis Beerling is an accomplished leader, coach, official, administrator and teacher, the very things that define the term Saskatchewan sports builder. On a local level, Beerling has been a track official for more than twenty-five years, and has been a Read more →
Robert “Bob” Adams is truly a native son; born in Alsask in 1924; educated in schools there and at the University of Saskatchewan; competed provincially, nationally and internationally while a Saskatchewan resident. He also taught and coached in Saskatchewan; and Read more →
As an amateur, Paul Acoose was the champion of western Canada in the three and five mile running events. On July 1, 1908 he won a 10.5 mile race in Regina 8 minutes ahead of the other runners. Paul Acoose Read more →
Doug Steele was involved with figure skating as a skater, coach, judge, and administrator. After skating and coaching for many years, he became a Saskatchewan skating and test judge in 1972. He served the Canadian Figure Skating Association (CFSA) as Read more →
Bert Penfold dedicated his life to the promotion of figure skating at the national, regional, provincial, and local level. Penfold was chairman of the Western Section of the Canadian Figure Skating Association (CFSA) for fifteen years, and served as judges’ Read more →
Herbert served as director and president of the Saskatoon Figure Skating Club and as vice-president and president of the Canadian Figure Skating Association between the years of 1937 and 1967. Herb was a judge of figure skating, achieving gold standing, Read more →
Vern served in many executive capacities with the Saskatoon Figure Skating Club and when Saskatoon hosted the inaugural Canada Winter Games in 1971, he was the obvious choice to be the chairperson. Vern worked throughout northern Saskatchewan, organizing and developing Read more →
Sandy Shields grew up around horses on his parents’ Somme, Saskatchewan farm. His racing career began shortly after he answered an ad for a stable worker in Winnipeg. Soon he moved on to exercise boy and apprentice jockey winning his Read more →
Ray Remmen drove from Saskatoon to New Jersey, with a few stops in between. The journey took him more than 20 years. Remmen’s harness racing career began at the age of eight when he started jogging and driving horses for Read more →
Beginning in 1961, Lou Hough chaired and organized horse shows in Saskatoon. In 1973, he played a key role in the organization of the Saskatchewan Horse Federation and served as the Federation’s president from 1975 to 1978. He served as Read more →
Saskatchewan’s most distinguished builder of the sport of thoroughbred racing, Captain Stanley Harrison was recognized for his contributions as a breeder, trainer, writer and race official. Captain Harrison used his talent to capture the spirit of his thoroughbreds for the Read more →
Robin Hahn has been associated with horses all his life. He was a groom and assistant trainer at the 1956 Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. The team won a bronze medal. Hahn was Canadian 3-Day Event Champion in 1967, 1969, 1971 Read more →
Zig Lejins, who was born in Valmiera, Latvia, and now makes his home in Prince Albert, was a founding member of the Prince Albert Table Tennis Club in 1976, and became one of the leading forces in table tennis in Read more →
Saskatoon’s Brent Ashton began his successful hockey career in his hometown where he went on to star for both the Saskatoon O’s of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League and the Saskatoon Blades of the Western Canada Hockey League (WHL). Brent Read more →
As provincial director of the Red Cross Swimming and Water Safety Program, Mr. Lawson spearheaded a program that has taught more than a quarter of a million adults and children to swim and to appreciate safety in and around water. Read more →