The Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame is pleased to announce that Doug Henderson has joined its Board of Directors.

Henderson brings to the Board over 30 years of experience in the sports and recreation industry. Prior to his retirement in 2016 he was Director, Parks and Recreation with the District of Saanich where he was responsible for the planning and operations of the parks, recreation and golf course services. He has also held similar management positions with the Capital Regional District, the Township of Esquimalt, and the Town of Lacombe, AB.

The 2018 Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame Induction Dinner on October 27 was a great success with 200 attendees enjoying an evening of sports celebration.

It was a glittering, nostalgic evening at the Westin Bear Mountain on Saturday night as eight prominent sports individuals were inducted into the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame. It was the 25^th Annual event.

The eight inductees are Dave Calder (Rowing), Rich Harden (Baseball), Alison Murdoch (Golf) and Deb Whitten (Field Hockey) - all inducted in the athletes’ category. In addition, three-time Olympic swimmer Ron Jacks was honoured in the coaching category for services to swimming, and Ian Lamplugh in the official’s category for baseball. The two builder inductees were Hugh MacDonald (Multi-sports) and Yeiji Inouye (Judo) who was honoured posthumously and represented by Greg and Caroline Inouye.