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Sports Hall of Fame MC Pete McCarter, Giuest Speaker Billy Smith and Honourary Chair Ken "Crazy Legs" Murphy with longtime Hall of Fame supporter Melba Simpson..... The Laker Junior "C" Hockey team that battled for a provincial title and won honours for the local side....back in the late 1990's.... Your head table guests....MC Pete McCarter, guest speaker Billy Smith, Honorary Chair Ken Murphy, Nancy McLellan nad Hall of Fame Chair Doug McLellan... Pastor Brian ?Horrobin delivered the blessing Hall of Fame Cimmittee member Chris Baertsoen handles the presentation of the annual awards.... Tyler Childs, son of the late Mike Childs, accepts the Builder induction award on behalf of the Childs family... Coach of the Year Tom Moynihan guided the Wallaceburg Airhawks baskeballers to a provincial title... Rob McLaughlin has helped build the football program at Wallaceburg District Secondary School... Rob McLaughlin, Harvey Gamble and Tom Moynihan....showing off a little hardware...

The Oak's Inn in Wallaceburg was the scene of the 29th annual Wallaceburg Sports Hall of Fame Banquet and Induction Ceremony this past Saturday night and it was full house as almost 400 local sports enthusiasts attended to see a variety of local sports heroes, past and present, honoured for their contributions to the community of Wallaceburg. NHL Hall of Famer, former New York Islander great Billy Smith was the guest speaker, but most who attended were there to pay tribute to people like Mike Childs, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame as a Builder for his work with minor baseball, to Tom Moynihan, who was honoured as Coach of the Year for guiding the local Air Hawks basketball team to the provincial championship last spring. The Wallaceburg Lakers Junior "C" hockey team that dominated local rinks in the late 1990's and battled for the provincial title was also inducted into the Hall. Ken "Crazy Legs" Murphy was the Honourary Chair for the event and it was MCeed by local sporting guru Pete McCarter. The event has not only paid homage to the community's sporting greats for the last 29 years, but also raises significant funds for local charities. Hall of Fame committee member submitted these photos to cktimes....thanks, Todd!!!