We enjoyed a beautiful fall evening on October 28 at the Westin Bear Mountain for the 2017 Induction Ceremony and Dinner.

Here are this year's inductees.

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(back l - r) Raphael Melendez Duke, Wanda Allan Parsons, Alex Nelson, Michael O'Connor,  Diane Cummins, Maurice Tarrant, Frank Gearly for the Victoria O'Keefes (1966/67) (front) Karen March

More thank 250 patrons enjoyed the stirring stories of our inductees and the evening was expertly emceed by Kelly Mann. The Hall of Fame is grateful to all our sponsors and supporters who can be found in the Sponsors section of our website. And visit our FaceBook for more pictures.

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Cleve Dheensaw and Jim Taylor present the Sid Thomas Award to Denny Boyd's daughters.

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Maurice Tarrant receives his citation from Hall of Fame Director Lois Smith.

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Wanda Allan Parsons receives her citation from Hall of Fame President Bob Hope.

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Rafael Melendez Duke receives his citation from a representative from St. Michael's University School.

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Frank Grealy (Manager) of the Victoria O'Keefes (1966-67) accepts the team citation from Vince Greco, President of the Vancouver Island Soccer League.

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Diane Cummins receives her citation from Wilson Wong, CEO of Mann, Moulson & Co.

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Alex Nelson receives his citaiton from Rick Brant from ISPARC.

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Karen March receives her citation from Stacey Lund from PISE.

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Mike O'Connor accepts his citation from Gareth Rees of Rugby Canada with co-horts looking on.

Don Burgess in action

Mel Bridgman Flames hockey card

Caricature of Jack Short

Kim de Macedo seting up a rooster tail

Stephanie Dixon

saveonABOUT THE GREATER VICTORIA
SPORTS HALL OF FAME

Victoria enjoys a stellar sports history and we celebrate the many athletes, teams and builders who have contributed to that history.  Our displays are seen at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre (1925 Blanshard St.)  through Gate Three.

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