Accomplishments: Dominion (Canadian) Trapshooting Champions, 1939. The Saskatchewan Gun Club Trapshooting team won the Dominion Canadian Trapshooting Team Championship in 1939 scoring a 488/500. Installed into the Hall of Fame March 30, 1974. Left to Right: Jim Girgulis, Jack Evans, Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Junior Men’s Fastball Champions, 1978. In 1975, under head coach Bill Gautschi and Team Managers Laura and Cec Thompson, a core group of Saskatoon Imperial 400 players focused on capturing a Canadian fastball championship. Three years later they Read more →
Accomplishments: Softball Gold Medallists, Jeux Canada Games, 1973. In 1972, a group of young female softball players came together under the guidance of Frank O’Donnell and Andy Messner and achieved immediate success by winning the Women’s Division II Championship in Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Senior Women’s Fastball Champions, 1970. Coming off a great season in 1969, the Imperials were focused on winning another national title with new coach Gil Strumm. At the national championships, the Imperials faced an undefeated Calgary Timac in Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Senior Men’s Fastball Champions, 1969. The lead paragraph appearing in the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix on June 9th, 1969 stated, “It could be the year of the Merchants” – and it was! From humble beginnings of indoor workouts in an Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Senior Women’s Fastball Champions, 1969. In 1967 the Saskatoon Imperials moved up to the Senior “A” division. Coach and Manager who formed the team, Gail Hopkins, stepped back from coaching and brought in Bob Stayner as coach. It Read more →
Accomplishments: Provincial Soccer Champions 1910, 1913, 1914, 1920, 1925, 1929, 1933. Western Canadian Soccer Champions 1933 and 1934. The Prince Albert City Football Club was formed in 1907. They were provincial champions, winning the Saskatchewan Shield on seven occasions- 1910, Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Ladies’ Five-Pin Bowling Champions, 1967. In 1967 the Saskatoon Ladies Bowling Team won the Canadian Ladies Team Championship. Held in Winnipeg, the team score for 10 games was 12985, a record that has never been surpassed by any Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Women’s Basketball Champions, 1963. In 1963 the Aces once again dominated the Saskatchewan league. Led by coach, Bob Stayner the team advanced on to the Canadian Women’s Basketball championships held in Kelowna. The double knockout tournament consisted of Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Women’s Basketball Champions, 1959. The Saskatoon Adilman Aces, named after their coach and sponsor Jack Adilman, had created a strong tradition since starting in 1948, but it was not until 1959 that they captured the Canadian title. With Read more →
Garvie was born into an athletic family, as the son of Violet and fellow Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame inductee, Clarence Garvie. Early interests were hockey, baseball, football and track and field. Besides instruction from his dad, he benefited from Read more →
From 1962 to 1974, Clint Ward held a combined eight Canadian titles in Men’s Slalom, Senior Men’s Slalom, Senior Men’s Tricks, and Senior Men’s Overall. In 1968, he was the Canadian record holder for slalom. Mr. Ward was also a Read more →
Don Hodges began his tennis career during his high school years. From 1941 through 1968, he was the holder of many city (seven times), and provincial (four times) singles championships. He was a member of the Western Canadian Davis Cup Read more →
Winning provincial tennis championships seemed to come naturally to William D. Ebbels, as he won the Saskatchewan Men’s singles crown a record eight times – 1948, 1953, 1957, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966 and 1967 and he was runner up on Read more →
George Short, competing for Bedford Road Collegiate, won the Saskatchewan Open 100 and 220-yard sprints in 1958, in the midget division. In 1959, competing as a junior, he set Saskatchewan records in the 100 and 220-yard events and later that Read more →