The Chilliwack Sports Hall of Fame welcomes two new members this October. The inductees will be honored guests at the first annual Chilliwack Sports Dinner presented by Royal LePage, taking place Oct. 27 at the Squiala Hall. They’ll be officially inducted the following night at a Chilliwack Chiefs game at Prospera Centre. Lara Mussell Savage Lara Mussell …
The general managers of Vancouver’s three major professional sports teams will be under one roof in Chilliwack Oct. 27. The first annual Chilliwack Sports Dinner presented by Royal LePage will include a round-table discussion with Vancouver Canucks general manager Jim Benning, BC Lions head coach/GM Wally Buono and Vancouver Whitecaps president Bob Lenarduzzi. “Having these three …
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In the 2015-2016 Chilliwack Chiefs season, the Chilliwack Sports Hall of Fame (CSHOF) provided game tickets to students at Promontory Heights Elementary School in Chilliwack through the Chilliwack Chiefs’ Adopt A School program. At a recent school assembly, CSHOF president Eric Welsh was on hand to receive this very cool surprise from the school. Thanks …
The Chilliwack Sports Hall of Fame welcomes its Class of 2015 this weekend. The induction ceremony will be held during the first period intermission of the Saturday night Chilliwack Chiefs game vs Prince George. Jack Covey is being honoured as an inductee in the Judy Fitzsimmons Builder Category Here is his story. Whenever Jack Covey …
More than two decades have passed since a Chilliwack hockey squad won this city’s one and only midget AAA provincial title. To Derek Cranfield and his teammates, it feels like a lifetime ago since they dispatched Cowichan 7-1 to hoist the trophy. But when Cranfield, one of the goalies on that 1993-94 team, starts reminiscing …
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One of the finest teams in Chilliwack Minor Hockey history will join local coaching legend Jack Covey in the Chilliwack Sports Hall of Fame this fall. Covey will be the first inductee in the newly-named Judy Fitzsimmons Builder category. Involved for decades in local sport, Covey is best known for his work on the gridiron. As a …
It’s the spring of 1968. Carl Marsh and some of his 3-Field Squadron teammates are in the stands in a frigid rink in Petawawa, ON. On the ice, another hockey team is doing line rushes. Up and back Up and back. Up and back. CFB Rockcliffe has the ice for two hours and they use …
If you didn’t know Rick Klassen’s history before meeting him, you could make a very reasoned guess based on the first five minutes. First, the handshake, a crushing embrace of hands that you need to be ready for. Then, the air of intensity that surrounds Klassen wherever he goes and whenever he speaks. Sitting in …
One team and one individual will go in this year, with the induction ceremony taking place Oct. 25. Rick Klassen is being recognized for a 10 year Canadian Football League career that included a Grey Cup win in 1985. Klassen was an outstanding athlete at Sardis secondary school in the late 1970s, and played collegiately at …
Judy Fitzsimmons’s dream of a Chilliwack Sports Hall of Fame is finally taking shape. More than three years ago, Fitzsimmons was in Delta when she came across that city’s local sports hall. “I thought, hmm. It was a little light bulb,” she said. Since that fateful trip, Fitzsimmons has received support from local politicians and …