Julien Audette’s international reputation in the sport of soaring has brought widespread recognition to Regina and Saskatchewan. At one time or another Audette held eight out of eight available national soaring records, six of which were held simultaneously. Internationally Audette Read more →
Saskatchewan has a history of producing national and world champion curling athletes and highly respected officials and administrators. Among the names synonymous with curling in Saskatchewan is Norm Balderston. Balderston’s relationship with the “roaring game” began like most others, as Read more →
As an undergraduate at U.B.C., he was an outstanding athlete, competing in football, swimming, gymnastics, and wrestling. 1952 saw him return to Saskatoon and the University of Saskatchewan as wrestling and swimming coach. Dr. Nixon has given over 40 years Read more →
Laurie Artiss’ name has been associated with curling in Saskatchewan since his arrival from Manitoba in 1965. Having first served as a sports writer with the Winnipeg Tribune and athletic director in Dauphin and Virden, Manitoba, Laurie then came to Read more →
Athol Murray became parish priest at Wilcox in 1927. After founding the College of Notre Dame there, the school became a force in provincial high school athletics. In the early days and for many subsequent years, Father Murray was the Read more →
Ron Woolgar competed in pistol shooting championships at the provincial level between 1961 and 1971. He won the indoor provincial title eight times and placed second three times. Woolgar won the Provincial Outdoor Pistol Shooting Championship seven times, and in Read more →
Tom Melville’s involvement with amateur sports spans five decades and numerous sports. Melville has played a major role in many sports: as the secretary-manager of the Saskatchewan Amateur Hockey Association for 16 years; as an ardent booster of amateur baseball; Read more →
Claude Warwick’s boxing career started at the age of fourteen, but he was also active in hockey and football. In provincial boxing, Claude was Saskatchewan champion in 1939 as flyweight, in 1940 as a bantamweight, and in 1941 as a Read more →
Ernest Osbourne Herlern was an excellent boxer and a great sportsman of the late thirties. He was raised in Saskatoon and started to box at the age of fifteen. Of his 33 fights, Herlern won 12 by decision, 12 by Read more →
Photo Credit: Marie – Chantale Ledoux Karin Lofstrom competed nationally in both field hockey and ice hockey while she was a student at the University of Saskatchewan, but it was the example set by then-faculty member Pat Lawson that would Read more →
Hank Hartenberger immigrated to Canada with his family at age one, and settled in Weyburn, Saskatchewan in 1937. He competed in the Olympic boxing trials in 1956, and that same year was the Saskatchewan Middleweight Champion. For more than 40 Read more →
Kenneth “Ken” Goff, known as “Mr. Boxing”, has trained hundreds of boxers during his 43 year career. As an athlete, Goff started his career as a featherweight boxer in 1930 and advanced to the semi-finals of the Dominion Championship in Read more →
Pat Lawson won provincial open titles in tennis, track and field, speed skating, swimming, and basketball. Pat went on to win national championships in two sports, speed skating and basketball. In speed skating, she was Canadian intermediate and senior champions Read more →
Heather Kuttai first set her sights on the sport of shooting in North Battleford at the age of 15. Less than five years later, she shot her way to the top, competing at the Paralympic Summer Games in 1988, in Read more →
George Goff was born in Regina and was involved in the sport of boxing at an early age following in his father’s footsteps. He began coaching in 1972 and has served as the vice president and assistant coach with the Read more →