Leaside Sports Hall of Fame seeking nominations

The Leaside Sports Hall of Fame has opened up nominations for a slate of inductees for 2014. Worthy sports women and men of all type of activities will be considered for this year’s awards. They will be give out at the second annual induction ceremony and reception on Friday, November 21, 2014. But it is important to get those suggestion in now. Nominations can only be made until June 1, 2014.  Candidates may be Olympians, house league coaches, researchers or professional athletes or individuals in any variety of roles who have contributed to sporting life in Leaside. The Leaside Sports Hall of Fame wants to help tell their stories. A good idea of the varied backgrounds the Hall of Fame is seeking, here are the award winners from 2013: Martha McCabe – Swimming;  Howard Birnie – Baseball;  Teri-Lynn Black-Calleri – Skating; Catherine (Carpenter) Lansdowne – Speed Skating Coaching; John Child – Volleyball;  Rich Ferguson – Track and Field;  Erica Gilbert – Tennis;  Peter Mahovlich Jr – Hockey;  Dr. Tom Pashby – Sports safety;  Dr. Ron Taylor – Baseball;  Lloyd Woods – Lawn bowling   Nominate someone here