June 15, 2011 - The Annual NBSHF Induction and Awards Dinner continues to be a major community event.  The 31st Annual Induction and Awards Dinner for the North Bay Sports Hall of Fame was held on April 30, 2011 at the Best Western. The 2011 Inductees were: the Late Harry Reynolds, Paul Chesser, Mike Umphrey, Penny Lecour, and Guy Blanchard. Twelve Sport Awards were also handed out to 15 recipients and 1 team. Another team was also honoured by the NBSHF.

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

• Production of the 234 new Members Plaques that will be hung in the NBSHF Room in 2012. Renovations to the room are presently in the planning stage with the City.
• Work on the NBSHF Photo Archive continues and now includes approx. 1500 scanned photos of sports history in North Bay. We continue to look for historic local sporting photos to scan into the archive.
• One new photo display case has been ordered for the front hallway at Memorial Gardens to display photos from our photo archive. The pictures in at least one of the existing showcase were changed this past year.
• Two new NBSHF Banners were purchased to assist in promoting the goals of the organization. These banners were on display at the Annual Dinner.
• The updates to the main showcases in Memorial Gardens Hallway have been completed including pics from the 2011 Awards Dinner.
• Updates to members Powerpoint presentationsfor the Gardens and Museum will be completed shortly.

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 705-495-1463, Doug Jess at 705-474-6884, or Pete Handley at 705-472-3573. 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 at 705-476-1429 or Secretary Pete Handley at 705-472-3573 for further information or an application form.

The NBSHF continues to try to stay in touch with NBSHF Inductees. So that we can start to send out our notices electronically, inductees are asked to please forward your email address to bepigott@sympatico.ca .  Any biography updates, errors or omissions in the website biographies should be directed to Brent Pigott at the same email address listed above. 

In Memorium
The Board of Directors of the North Bay Sports Hall of Fame regretfully announces the passing away of NBSHF Members Jack Green, Jack Leckie, Gerry Desormeau, and Jim McKinnon in 2011. We would like to extend deepest sympathies to their families.