Joe Bryant was a product of simpler times in Victoria, where, like in many other cities of the 1930s and 40's, athletes would excel on more than one field of play. Although he was blessed with considerable abilities for pitching softball, scoring goals with a lacrosse stick and rippling the twine with a basketball, Joe took his talents behind the bench as a young man in Victoria and continued his winning ways for many more years. Known for keeping opposing batters on their toes, Joe was part of four B.C. softball championships teams as a player, but stacked up more titles as a coach. Barely age 20, he guided the Gorge Pharmacy team to a pair of Island Junior titles in the late 1930s and beginning in 1954, he led the Gorge Hotel men to a then-record six straight B.C. championships. A high-scoring lacrosse player at the Junior, Intermediate and Senior B level, Joe also spent a fair amount of time defending the goal in his younger days. He coached juvenile boys teams during his playing days and guided the Douglas Tire team to the B.C. finals in the mid-1940s. On the basketball court, he teamed with such local luminaries as Porky Andrews and Norm Baker on Senior B teams with colourful names like the Tommy Tucker's Red Hots and Black and White Taxi. He parlayed his years of hardwood experience into a position as assistant manager with the four-time Canadian champion Victoria Dominoes in 1946 and travelled east with the Dominoes that year as they captured their fifth title. Joe coached 10 more years locally, winning the city crown with the Tudor House Labatts.

It seemed as if Kim deMacedo was born with boards on her feet. She almost was, having taken up the sport of water skiing at age 4 on the waters of Shawnigan Lake. That early introduction saw her develop at a far faster rate than the competitors she was facing when she began competitive skiing at age 11. It's no small wonder she qualified for the national championship tournament in 1983 after having mowed down her B.C. competition. Kim won her first Canadian overall crown in 1984 and set a dozen national records in her early teens. She continued to push the limits of her body and equipment and ultimately developed into the pre-eminent female water skier in Canada. Between 1989 and 1999, she captured eight national overall titles by outperforming her opponents in all three categories. She represented Canada many times at competitions in the U.S. and abroad and was a key contributor to the national team's gold medal win at the 1993 World Championships in Singapore. Kim captured the women's jump title and was second overall, feats that helped solidify her ranking among the top three female water skiers in the world. A couple of Kim's other outstanding achievements were winning the overall crowns at the 1992 Pan American Championships and the 1993 U.S. Open title