Members 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.

Dante Maglio

Dante Maglio refereed more than 20 international soccer matches, including World Cup elimination matches. After receiving official FIFA referee status in 1971, Maglio spent 10 years officiating for the professional

Walter Torry

Walter Torry began setting five pins in the 1950s and hasn't stopped since. The long-time Burnaby resident was inducted into both the B.C. Tenpin Federation and American Bowling Congress halls

Sohen Gill

Sohen Gill has done it all in lacrosse. The current assistant commissioner of the Western Lacrosse Association is also the president of the B.C. Lacrosse Association. Raised in North Burnaby,

Ron Crosato

Ron Crosato holds the Western Lacrosse Association record for most games refereed with 581, including 146 playoff games and 27 Mann Cup appearances. Crosato has refereed 11 senior A Mann

Lorne Davies

Builders
Football, Soccer, Softball, Track and Field, Wrestling
2008
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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

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

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

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

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

Ossie Chavarria

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.