Bob Sawatzky began playing softball in elementary school in his hometown of Hague, Saskatchewan. He took to the sport right away, playing all through his school years. By the time he was in high school, he had become a formidable Read more →
Glenn Reeve was born in Regina and raised in Grenfell. During his long career as a high school educator, he coached football, curling, track and field, and his favourite, softball. Glenn coached minor and adult softball teams in Saskatoon. His Read more →
David Pearce, who was born in Montreal, began his association with the sport of softball in Regina when he was posted here with the R.C.M.P. and continued following his retirement from the force. Three groups in Regina that felt his Read more →
Larry Pavloff of Saskatoon was on thirteen Senior “A” provincial championship softball teams between 1974 and 1989. These Saskatoon teams include the Merchants, Crown Tire Merchants, All-O-Matics, Molsons, Rempel Brothers, and Safeways. His trips to national Senior “A” softball championships Read more →
Eugene McWillie began playing softball with the Saskatoon commercial leagues while still in high school and over the next 30 years would pitch at all levels of competition. During the 1980’s, Gene was considered to be one of the top Read more →
Keith McLean spent many years playing softball, but his biggest contributions to the sport may have come off the field. For more than 40 years he has been an instrumental part of softball in Saskatchewan. McLean spent many years on Read more →
Don Funk’s love of the sport of softball began in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s when as a player, Don suited up for a number of senior men’s fastball teams across Western Canada. In 1978 Don began his association Read more →
Ron Friesen’s earliest venture into sport occurred in his hometown of Moose Jaw where he was a member of the YMCA. It was at this facility that Ron first received notice and recognition for his skills in gymnastics, wrestling, and Read more →
For 29 years, Edmund Bitz was a softball official at all levels, including world championships. The native of Leipzig, Saskatchewan, began umpiring in 1963 and served as the North-West Zone Umpire in Chief from 1966 to 1970, the provincial Umpire-in-Chief Read more →
Claude Seguin was born in Ontario where he began coaching fencing in 1973. In 1976, he moved to Manitoba where he coached for another three years. Seguin then became involved in the Saskatchewan fencing scene in 1979 when he became Read more →
Joe Zeman’s efforts have made a significant contribution to a wide range of sports at all age levels, including baseball, hockey, curling, soccer, softball, flag football, and track and field. As a qualified coaching instructor in baseball and hockey, Joe Read more →
George Ward was involved in swimming, speed skating, softball, hockey, track and field, and diving. He was the founding member and the first president of the Canadian Amateur Swimming Association, Saskatchewan Section. George Ward was the founding member of the Read more →
Following an outstanding junior career in the sport of soccer in Scotland, Norman Sheldon came to Prince Albert in 1906. Sheldon’s Saskatchewan soccer career spanned 23 years. It was in this community where he played continuously until 1929. During that Read more →
As an athlete, Hugh Tait participated in athletics, football and snowshoeing. In 1927, he was a member of the Winnipeg Junior team that won the Western Canada Football Championships. In 1928, he was the world champion in the five-mile snowshoe Read more →
When Henk Ruys arrived in Saskatchewan, he discovered that his beloved game, soccer, was not a popular sport on the prairies. Nevertheless, he spent thousands of hours marking the pitches, building and maintaining the clubhouse, and lobbying Saskatoon for better Read more →