June 3, 2009 - The 29th Annual Induction and Awards Dinner for the North Bay Sports Hall of Fame was held on April 25, 2009 at the Best Western. The 2009 Inductees were Hank Burman (Builder), Ray Foisy (Softball), Bill Houlder (Hockey), Joanna McNutt Quarry (Ultimate) and Ken Miller (Builder).  Twelve Sport Awards were also handed out including a new Soccer Plaque and the renamed Britt Jessup and Mort Fellman Awards for the top Male and Female Local Athletes of the Year.  Dave Saad also presented Dick Prescott with a Provincial Syl Apps Award

Over the past year the NBSHF Board has been busy with a number of projects along with the Annual Dinner. These include:

• The opening of a NBSHF Exhibit at Discovery North Bay in January 2009.  The exhibit includes sport memorabilia, a video display of our NBSHF members as well as a video display of over 100 photos of some of North Bay’s sporting history.
• Work on a new Photo Archive including over 300 scanned photos of sports history in North Bay.
• The addition of two new photo display cases in the front hallway at Memorial Gardens – one displaying photos from our Photo Archive and the other displaying photos of our local Olympians.
• Reconfiguration and installation of the old NBSHF Members Plaque for the Gardens end wall.
• Installation of a new NBSHF Members Plaque for the Gardens end wall.
• Installation of a new Team Recognition Plaque for the Gardens end wall.
• Upgrade of several of the Annual Award plaques and NBSHF Member Plaques.

As part of its mandate to preserve North Bay’s sporting history, the NBSHF is interested in borrowing heritage sports photos in order to scan and archive them as well as present them to the public in the form of photo displays. If you have any historic photos that you would be willing to loan to the NBSHF contact Brent Pigott at 495-1463, Doug Jess at 474-6884, or Pete Handley at 472-3573. The photos will be scanned into our system and the originals will be returned to you.  We are also interested in displaying sporting artifacts in our showcases at Memorial Gardens and Discovery North Bay.  If you are willing to loan or donate such items to the NBSHF, please contact any of the above named.

The NBSHF has been in operation since 1977 and is always looking for valid individuals to induct into the hall.  If you feel someone in your organization, or someone you know, is worthy of being considered, please find an application form and other information you require on this website.  You could also contact NBSHF Chair Bill Jacko (476-1429) or Secretary Pete Handley 472-3573 for further information or an application form.

In Memorium
The Board of Directors of the North Bay Sports Hall of Fame regretfully announces the passing away of the following members in 2008:

Stan Maxwell
Anthony Demarco
Hap McKee
Bill Pitt
Roy Leckie
Bart Oattes
Billy Larochelle

We would like to extend deepest sympathies to the families of the above members.