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Hall adds seven new members

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The Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame welcomed its seven newest inductees at its annual Induction Dinner & Ceremony on Saturday, September 28.

The 2024 Induction Class features a pair of rodeo athletes who were inducted posthumously: Ray Mitsuing (Loon Lake – rodeo) and Carl Olson (Fir Mountain – rodeo) as well as Chelsea (Stone) Mazzei (Regina – taekwondo) who was also inducted in the athlete category. The two builders who were enshrined were Wayne Hellquist (Saskatoon – volleyball) and Karen Howard (Melville – figure skating). The 2018, 2019 & 2023 Sherry Anderson Senior Women’s Curling Team and the 2003-2004 University of Saskatchewan Huskies Men’s Volleyball Team were also inducted in the team category.

With the addition of this stellar class of inductees, there are now 554 honoured inductees who are in the Hall of Fame. These inductees include 254 athletes, 171 builders and 129 championship teams which represent 53 sports and 151 Saskatchewan communities.

The success of the evening could not have been possible without the sponsors who supported the Induction Dinner & Ceremony.

Access Communications were the broadcast & hot stove panel sponsors; Information Services Corporation, Saskatchewan Lotteries and Fire Cube Video were the Inductee vignette presenting sponsors; Signature PrintIt and T.G. Marketing were the print sponsors; Robertson Stromberg LLC sponsored the dessert table and were the volunteer sponsor; Barker’s Trophies Awards & Gifts, Conexus Arts Centre, SIGA and Prairie Plastic Engraving also graciously sponsored the event.

Darrell Romuld from CTV Morning Live once again emceed the event and hosted the hot stove panel with Chelsea (Stone) Mazzei, Sherry Anderson and Brandon Needham from the Huskies.

The Induction ceremony will be broadcast on Access Communications with the first airing being shown on Friday, Oct. 11 at 3 p.m.

Chelsea (Stone) Mazzei, left, Brandon Needham, and Sherry Anderson take part in the hot stove panel.

Tickets selling briskly for 2022 Induction Dinner & Ceremony

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It has been some time in coming, but the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame can’t wait to host our 54th Annual Induction Dinner & Ceremony at the Conexus Arts Centre in Regina on Saturday, September 24, 2022.

Two classes will be inducted concurrently at the ceremony as the Class of 2021 and the Class of 2022 are enshrined.

There are five members of the Class of 2022: Kelsie Hendry (Saskatoon – Athletics), Harry Jerome (Prince Albert – Athletics), Rueben Mayes (North Battleford – Football) in the athlete category plus Antonia “Toni” Beerling (Rosthern – Athletics) and Bill Brownridge (Vawn – Hockey) in the builder category.

The Class of 2021 features athletes Justin Abdou (Moose Jaw – Wrestling), Rod Boll (Fillmore – Trapshooting), Colette Bourgonje (Porcupine Plain – Athletics and Cross-Country Skiing), Kaylyn Kyle (Saskatoon – Soccer), and Lyndon Rush (Humboldt – Bobsleigh). Shannon Miller (Tisdale – Hockey) joins the 2021 class as a builder and the 2000-01 University of Regina Cougars Women’s Basketball Team and the 2013 Saskatchewan Roughriders Football Club are being inducted as teams.

The Atlas Hotel (4177 Albert Street, Regina) is the host hotel for the 54th Annual Induction Dinner & Ceremony.

  • Guests can book their accommodations by contacting the hotel directly at 1-306-586-3443 or by emailing [email protected] and quoting the following Block Code 092322SHF. You may also book directly through The Atlas website if you prefer:
  • The Room rate is $139.95 (plus 11% tax & 3% Destination Marketing Fee) for a double room (2 Queen beds). Maximum occupancy of five people per room (2 adults and 3 children). Additional adults will be charged $15 each.
  • Room rate includes a hot breakfast and complimentary parking
  • Check-in is at 4:00 p.m. or later. Check-out is 11:00 a.m.

The Atlas’ cancellation policy is as follows:

  • 24 hours or less (based on 4:00 p.m. check-in time) will result in a charge of 100% of one night’s total guestroom cost
  • 1 to 3 days’ notice (25-72 hours before check-in time) will result in a charge of 50% of one night’s total guestroom cost
  • 3 or more days’ notice (73+ hours before check-in time) will not incur a charge

The Block hold will be released on August 26, 2022. Individuals can still reserve rooms but now it will depend on availability and may be at a different rate.

The Induction Dinner & Ceremony would not be possible without the support of our numerous official induction sponsors.

Official Induction Sponsors

Hotstove Presenting Sponsor and Broadcast Sponsor 

Access Communications

Inductee Vignette Presenting Sponsors

Information Services Corporation

Saskatchewan Lotteries

Fire Cube Video

Photography Sponsor

Designer Photo Regina – Bruce Vasselin

Print Sponsors

Signature PrintIt

TG Marketing

Hosting Sponsors

Robertson Stromberg LLP

Barker’s Trophies

MLT Aikins

Conexus Arts Centre

Prairie Plastic Engraving

The Atlas Hotel

 

Ticket sales for the Induction Dinner & Ceremony have closed.

 

SSHF announces 2022 Hall of Fame Class

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The Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame (SSHF) is pleased to announce the five (5) newest members of the SSHF. The Class of 2022 features three athletes and two builders. The 2022 Class will join the 2021 Class that was announced in May of 2021 and be installed together at the 54th Induction Ceremony on Saturday, September 24, 2022 at the Conexus Arts Centre.

The 2022 inductees are:

IN THE ATHLETE CATEGORY:

Kelsie Hendry (Saskatoon) – Athletics

Harry Jerome (Prince Albert) – Athletics

Rueben Mayes (North Battleford) – Football

IN THE BUILDER CATEGORY:

Antonia “Toni” Beerling (Rosthern) – Athletics

Bill Brownridge (Vawn) – Hockey

 

After a standout career as a pole vaulter at the University of Saskatchewan, Kelsie Hendry won two national titles and went to two Commonwealth Games where she won a bronze medal in 2010. She also competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Harry Jerome was born in Prince Albert and set seven world records as a sprinter. He was a three-time Olympian, winning a bronze medal in the 100 metres in Tokyo in 1964. At 19, Harry ran a world-record time in the 100 metres at the Olympic trials in Saskatoon.

Rueben Mayes had an incredible football career. He was the National Football League’s Offensive Rookie of the Year and he was a two-time Pro Bowler. He is the only Canadian-born player in the College Football Hall of Fame after setting 15 records at Washington State. He was the first Canadian to be nominated for the Heisman Trophy as the best player in NCAA Division I football.

Toni Beerling is a Level 5 international athletics official, the highest level attainable. She has officiated for 45 years first from her home in Saskatoon and then provincially, nationally and internationally. She has officiated at a world track and field championship, as well as Pan Am Games and Commonwealth Games.

Growing up in the 1930s with spina bifida, Bill Brownridge channeled his love of sport, particularly hockey, into areas where he could excel, as an author and a painter. For more than 70 years Bill has captured the spirit of hockey in those two mediums. He has written five children’s picture books and is an internationally recognized artist. He designed the logo of the Calgary Centennials junior hockey team, one iteration of the Calgary Flames uniforms and was the official artist of the 1988 Calgary Olympic bid. His paintings were a catalyst for the creation of Hockey Day in Canada.

The previously announced 2021 class features athletes Justin Abdou (Moose Jaw – Wrestling), Rod Boll (Fillmore – Trapshooting), Colette Bourgonje (Porcupine Plain – Athletics and Cross-Country Skiing), Kaylyn Kyle (Saskatoon – Soccer), and Lyndon Rush (Humboldt – Bobsleigh). Shannon Miller (Tisdale – Hockey) joins the 2021 class as a builder and the 2000-01 University of Regina Cougars Women’s Basketball Team and the 2013 Saskatchewan Roughriders Football Club are being inducted as teams.