Gordon Hooey practically invented the term "curling coach" and he was no slouch as a player, winning his share of bonspiels and club championships at both the Esquimalt and Victoria Curling Clubs. As a member of the Victoria Club team he won four consecutive senior titles and highlighted his playing career as a member of Gordie Moore's rink that won the B.C. seniors crown twice and was runner-up in the 1971 senior nationals. Revolutionary for his time, Gordon became involved in teaching young people the finer points of curling. Over the past 40 years he guided youngsters to junior zone, provincial and national championships. High points included coaching Georgina Hawkes' rink to the 1985 Canadian junior women's title and Mike Woods' rink to the 1988 Canadian junior men's title and silver medal at the World championships. Gordon was also a key in tutoring Pat Sanders' Victoria rink that won the 1987 Ladies World championship. Gordon was named BC Curling Coach of the Year twice, Curl Canada Coach of the Year once and is a two-time winner of the 3M National Coaching Award, arguably the highest coaching honour in Canada.

Lew McCorkall was one of the best-known and most proficient softball umpires and basketball referees in Victoria sporting history. Behind the mask, Lew served for many years as Lower Island softball umpire-in-chief and umpired at the 1994 World Masters Games in Brisbane, Australia. He has been inducted into the Canadian Indicators Club and the BC Softball Walk of Fame. After 50 seasons of service he was named a lifetime member of the Victoria Basketball Officials Association. Lew was also quite an athlete. In his playing days at Oaklands school he was a member of winning lacrosse, rugby and basketball teams. He won the senior boys' high school aggregate championship in track and field as a Grade 10 student at Victoria High and he excelled in cycling, soccer and softball. After playing up to the Senior A levels in several sports, Lew began coaching both basketball and softball. He led his teams to several BC titles, including Morrison Motors, who won a total of six BC junior men's softball titles in the 1960s. Lew founded Victoria's first wheelchair basketball team and as a 75-year-old he won three gold medals at the California senior Olympics.