Chatham Sports Hall of Fame: Modern Athlete

This is the final installment of Chatham Sports Hall of Fame nominee announcements. To view the nominees for the builder, team, and legend categories, Click Here. Below are the nominees for the modern athlete category:

Joelle Batten-Daigneau (1970 – )

Joelle was born in Chatham and began her skating early, influenced by her mother, Jo-Ann (Saville) Batten, who was a skater and instructor herself. In 1978, at the age of 8, she won her first medal (silver) at Windsor Skate. Joelle went on to compete and win at the sectional, divisional, and national level and represented Canada at international competition. She presently lives in Chatham and is a professional instructor with the Chatham Figure Skating Club.
1986 Novice Ladies – Western Ontario Championship – Silver Medal
Central Divisional Championship – Gold Medal
Canadian Championship (Jan.’87) – Gold Medal
received G. E. Hudson Award from CFSC
selected as role model for the Canadian Institute for the Prevention of Addiction
1987 Junior Ladies – Western Ontario Championship – Gold Medal
Central Divisional Championship – Gold Medal
Canadian Championship – Bronze Medal
Member of Canadian National Junior Figure Skating Team
Merano Spring Trophy Junior Ladies Figure Skating Competition in Italy – Bronze Medal
1988 Junior Ladies – Western Ontario Championship – Silver Medal
Central Divisional Championship – Gold Medal
Canadian Championship – 9th place
1990 Senior Ladies – Western Ontario Championship – Silver Medal
1991 Senior Ladies – Western Ontario Championship – Gold Medal
Central Divisional Championship – Silver Medal
Canadian Championship (Jan. ‘92) – 7th place received Sun Life Merit Award
1992 Senior Ladies – Western Ontario Championship – Silver Medal
Central Divisional Championship – Silver Medal
Canadian Championship (Jan. ‘93) 14th place

Roy Galloway (1937- )

Roy, whose family lived in Raleigh Township, was born at the Chatham Public Hospital and moved into Chatham when he was 2 years old. He attended CVS and afterwards worked at the C&D Sugar Plant and then International Harvester until his retirement. He lived here until 1968 when he moved to the Thamesville area. In 1965 Roy took up trap shooting, enjoyed it, and became very expert at it winning close to 200 championships, including 3 provincial and 4 national titles.

– 1972 – won Canadian Singles Championship for first time
– 1974 – won Canadian Doubles Championship for first time
– 1978 – won Ontario Doubles Championship and achieved High All Around
– won Canadian Doubles Championship for second time
– 1979 – won Canadian Singles Championship for second time
– 1987 – won Ontario Doubles Championship
– 1989 – won Ontario Singles Championship
– 1993 – passed the 100,000 mark for single targets hit
– 1994 – hit 648 consecutive targets at the Grand American competition
– 2002 – won Ontario Veterans Singles Championship

In 2001 Roy was inducted into the Ontario Trapshooting Hall of Fame. He presently lives in Petrolia and still competes in the Veterans Division.

Derek Krete (1974 )

Derek was born in Chatham starred in football at CCI and went on to an outstanding career with the University of Western Ontario Mustangs. Along the way he won many individual honours and helped his team to one Canadian Interuniversity Sport Championship (Vanier Cup)

University of Western Ontario Mustangs 1993 to 1997
– 1993 – as a freshman, played 2 exhibition games – broke his ankle in 3rd quarter of home opener against Guelph Griffins and was red shirted for remainder of year
– 1994 – Ontario University Athletics (OUA) 1st team all-star
– Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) 1st team defence all-star
– Mustangs won Vanier Cup as CIS Champions
– 1995 – in and out of lineup due to groin and hamstring injuries
– 1996 – OUA 1st team all-star – CIS 1st team defence all-star
– awarded OUA President’s Trophy as “the outstanding stand-up defensive player”
– awarded CIS President’s Trophy as “the outstanding defensive player in CIS”
– awarded Dr. Claude Brown Memorial Trophy for top UWO male athlete of the year
– 1997 – OUA 1st team all-star
– CIS 2nd team defence all-star
– drafted by Montreal Alouettes in fourth round 29th overall
Canadian Football League
– 1998 – hamstring injury during training camp – did not play
– 1999 – played linebacker and on special teams for Toronto Argonauts
– 2000 – Played linebacker and on special teams for Saskatchewan Roughriders

Dr. Derek Krete is a physician currently living in Peterborough with his wife Amanda and their two children. He is a physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist.

Tyson Parry (1978 )

Tyson was born in Chatham and attended Indian Creek Road Public School through grade 7 when his tennis training took him to other centres and other schools. He returned to finish high school at CCI. He is Chatham’s most accomplished tennis player having won 5 national youth championships along with four runner-up titles. In 1992 and 1993 he was the best tennis player in Canada for his age group. For several years, while in his teens, he represented Canada internationally and competed in many countries. He was deemed a ‘carded’ (received financial assistance) player by Tennis Canada and also had sponsorship from Prince and Nike. He received a tennis scholarship to the University of Minnesota where he starred and often played as their number one player. In 1999 he was chosen to the Big Ten Conference team.

– 1990 – was on the Ontario Tennis Team competing nationally
– 1991 – finished year as #3 singles player in Ontario and #6 in doubles in the under 14 category
– at the age of 13, was chosen to be a member of the National Junior Tennis Team
– 1992 – became a National Champion winning three titles: U14 national indoor singles and doubles along with U14 outdoor doubles championship – represented Canada internationally at the NTT Cup
– 1993 – won two National Titles: U16 outdoor singles and indoor doubles – represented Canada at the World Youth Cup in Japan
– 1994 – was U18 indoor singles finalist – represented Canada again at the NTT Cup as well as at the Sunshine Cup – at age 16, was given a wild card into the singles and doubles qualifying round of the Players International (presently called the Rogers Cup) in Toronto but lost in first round in both
– 1995 – won an International Tennis Federation U18 Tournament in Burlington
– 1997 – again was given a wild card into the qualifying round of the Players International but lost in the first round
– 1997-2002 – at University of Minnesota – played all four years often as their #1 player – in 1999 was chosen as team’s most improved player – in 1999 was chosen ‘All Big Ten’ meaning he was one of top 12 players in the conference
– competed in the Big Ten Championships every year – in 1997-98, competed in NCAA championships with the top 16 universities in the nation
– 1999 and 2000 – competed in some ITF satellite tournaments – in 2000 was ranked as #11 best player in Canada

Tyson lives in Chatham with his wife Liz and their three children. He teaches at Victor Lauriston Public School.