2016 Induction Ceremony

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

JIM CUVELIER, 99, NAMED HONORARY PRESENTER FOR 2016 MSHOF INDUCTION CEREMONY

The Maritime Sport Hall of Fame will not only celebrate the induction of 4 athletes and 5 teams into the hall on Wednesday, June 22, but it will also celebrate one of its inaugural members who will turn 100 the day after the ceremony.

Jim Cuvelier, who entered the hall last year as a member of the 1947 Halifax Zwicker’s softball team, has been named honorary presenter for the occasion. Cuvelier was a star player on the Zwicker teams that won multiple Maritime championships in the late 40’s.

Athletes Lorie Kane, George Dixon, Robert “Mickey” MacGlashen, and Matt Stairs along with the 5 teams – the Colleen Jones curling rink, the Fairview Aces volleyball team, the UNB Varsity Reds hockey team, the Dartmouth Moosehead Dry baseball team, and the Glace Bay Bay Byes softball team will receive their photos from Cuvelier at the induction ceremony scheduled for 12:00 noon at the BMO Centre, 51 Gary Martin Dr., in Bedford.

The general public is cordially invited to attend.

Many thanks for your assistance in promoting this event and the Maritime Sport Hall of Fame.

The second annual induction ceremony for the Maritime Sport Hall of Fame was held on Wednesday, June 22: 12 noon at the BMO Centre at 61 Gary Martin Drive in Bedford, Nova Scotia. See CONTACT PAGE for map and directions  to the BMO Centre, off the Hammond’s Plains Road. The 2016 inductees are listed below, but for more information please click on the “Inductees” in the main menu. More than 200 attended this event with media cameras and reporters having lots of great photos & interviews with inductees and Board members.

TEAMS: 

• UNB Varsity Reds (Men’s Hockey)
• Moosehead Dry Baseball team
• 1968 Olands Bay Byes Fastball team,
• Colleen Jones Curling rink
• Fairview Aces Men’s Volleyball team.

INDIVIDUAL ATHLETES:

• Matt Stairs (baseball)
• Lorie Kane (golf)
• Bob “Mickey” MacGlashen (canoeing)
• George Dixon (boxing).

NOTE: Nomination Forms are posted on line. Please press the nominate button to the right and you’ll be directed to the Nomination page to download a pdf printable form. The application deadline and forms for 2017 will be posted early in the new year (2017). Check back regularly for updates.

Forms for the Helping Kids Play Sports program are also posted on this website under Children’s Program. June 22, 2016 will see 8 grants awarded; check back to see the next grants deadline.