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Inductees by Category: Builders

Behind the scenes there are a lot of individuals who come together to make sports possible for us all to enjoy and for the athletes have a platform to display their talents and gifts. These builders have contributed in ways that deserve gratitude and recognition.

Lorne Davies was Simon Fraser University's first athletic director and credited with designing, implementing and overseeing Canada's first financially supported awards program for scholar athletes. Davies was a pioneer in
Richard Smith served the then South Burnaby Men's Club for 23 years. (Currently, South Burnaby Metro Club) The 1949 Burnaby South grad played senior men's fastball and rugby, before turning
Tom Mukai, Burnaby's outstanding citizen in 1997, founded the Burnaby Judo Club at the Bonsor rec centre in 1966. A 7th Dan black belt and Judo Canada life member, Mukai
James Johnson is a Karate B.C. past president and World Karate Federation executive committee member. Johnson represented Canada in three world championships and was the first person to win four
Helga Ovington brought fun to the sport of freestyle gymnastics to thousands of children over a period of 25 years as the head coach and founder of the Wings Gymnastic
Osvaldo 'Ossie' Chavarria went from winning the best utility player for the AAA Pacific Coast League Vancouver Mounties to umpiring the bronze-medal match at the Barcelona Olympics.
Larry Hayes is an honourary life member with the Burnaby Minor Hockey Association, Hayes has also coached and managed numerous youth hockey teams to provincial and regional titles, including a
Ann Willcocks started up netball in B.C. right here in Burnaby. The Burnaby North High School principal has coached the provincial team from 1983 to the present and has taken
Alex Turkington spent close to 40 years working in youth soccer as an official and referee. He is a life member of the B.C. and B.C. junior and juvenile soccer
Merril Gordon was the founder of Cliff Avenue United Soccer Club in North Burnaby, which grew into the largest juvenile soccer club in Burnaby. Burnaby's 1967 citizen of the year

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