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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_separator type="normal" transparency="0" thickness="1" up="15" down="0"][vc_single_image image="16373" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][vc_separator type="normal" transparency="0" thickness="1" up="15" down="0"][vc_column_text] Two of the four boys who comprised the 1976 winners of the Ontario Curling Association Colts division will be familiar to even casual curling...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_separator type="normal" transparency="0" thickness="1" up="15" down="0"][vc_single_image image="16368" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][vc_separator type="normal" transparency="0" thickness="1" up="15" down="0"][vc_column_text] To say the success of the Bertrand Motors Generals was unexpected is an understatement, at least according to press reports of the day. The...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Bryan spent his formative years in the Ottawa area and while attending high school played junior and intermediate football, played varsity and junior hockey and in track & field he pole vaulted, threw discus and shot put...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Bryan was born and raised in Wiarton Ontario. It was in this community where he played minor hockey and softball and where he honed his volunteerism interests as a hockey coach, manager and referee, a minor softball...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_separator type="normal" transparency="0" thickness="1" up="15" down="0"][vc_single_image image="16359" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][vc_separator type="normal" transparency="0" thickness="1" up="15" down="0"][vc_column_text] Dave Bressette is a sports and recreation builder in every way. Those knowing Dave would think that he was born and raised in a...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Chester has been acknowledged for his multi-sport athletic abilities, but his organizational capabilities have not been explored. His organizational influences are like tentacles that have touched many athletic venues; locally, provincially, nationally and internationally. As an educator, Chester...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_separator type="normal" transparency="0" thickness="1" up="15" down="0"][vc_single_image image="16353" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][vc_separator type="normal" transparency="0" thickness="1" up="15" down="0"][vc_column_text] The Spring of 1985 ushered in the inaugural season of what would become the Midland Minor Soccer League. Carol Coutts and Judy Thomas had...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Fred Flood arrived in the area in 1980 to take the position of Deputy Clerk with the Town of Midland. He is being inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame in the Builder category for resurrecting the...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_separator type="normal" transparency="0" thickness="1" up="15" down="0"][vc_single_image image="16346" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][vc_separator type="normal" transparency="0" thickness="1" up="15" down="0"][vc_column_text] Jimmy ‘Chickens’ Johnson started his athletic career in Midland; a journey which led him to playing junior and professional hockey in Canada and the...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_separator type="normal" transparency="0" thickness="1" up="15" down="0"][vc_single_image image="16341" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][vc_separator type="normal" transparency="0" thickness="1" up="15" down="0"][vc_column_text] Andrea Deschamps’ life in sports clearly meets the criteria for being inducted into the Midland Sports Hall of Fame in the Builder category. Her...