Chatham Sports Hall of Fame Announces 2012 Nominees

The Chatham Sports Hall of Fame recently announced their list of nominees for the 2012 induction class.

Winners will be announced July 6 with the Hall of Fame dinner and induction ceremony taking place September 13 at the WISH Centre.

In the Athlete-Modern category, the nominees are Roy Galloway, a world-class trap shooter, Jamie Jefferson, a former provincial boxing champion, Derek Krete, who was a CIS football first team all-star for UWO, and Tyson Parry, who was once Canada’s top ranked tennis player for his age and went on to play NCAA tennis in Minnesota.

In the Athlete-Legend category, the nominees are Fran Crummer, one of the areas premier female golfers and badminton players, Peter L. Gilbert, who was a championship curler, Ron Johnson, who played as one of the areas elite softball pitchers, and Brian Lancaster, who was a National champion in hydroplane racing.

The builder category nominees are Martin Aarts, Dave Allin, Jim Maynard, and Bob Weedon. Aarts is nominated for his contribution to minor soccer locally, while Allin is one of the area’s most respected and beloved basketball coaches. Jim Maynard, was an avid hockey coach and volunteer, and was instrumental in building Chatham’s bowling community, while Bob Weedon was a long time president and volunteer for Maple City Slo-Pitch.

Team nominees are the 1977-78 Thames Valley Brick Major ‘AA’ Midget Hockey Team, 1985 Juvenile Baseball Team, 1986-87 Moose Lodge Major “AA” Pee Wee Hockey Team, and the 1987 Chatham McDonald’s Pee Wee Baseball Team.