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Ronald Vernor (Vern) Dynes
Sport(s): Baseball, Hockey and Soccer
Category: Builder (Sponsor)
Year of Induction: 2000 |
Ronald Vernor (Vern) Dynes has been an avid supporter of sport in Richmond Hill since moving to the town in 1955. Vern bought the jewellery store now known as Dynes Jewellers, and over the years has sponsored many sporting organizations, including:
Mercantile hockey, 1955-1959
Minor hockey, 1955-present
Minor baseball, 1955-present
Minor soccer, 1955-present
Dynes Jewellers Softball/Fastball, 1956-1980
Junior “B” Dynes Hockey, 1974-1979
Junior “B” Dynes Hockey, silver medal winners, Ontario Winter Games, 1977
Some of Vern’s achievements include:
Ontario Bicentennial Award for Volunteers, 1984
Richmond Hill’s Corporate Citizen of the Year, 1995
The Dynes fastball teams won many championships, and through Vern’s support, Richmond Hill continued to have a world class fastball team for many years. In 1972, the Dynes team won the World Championship in Manila, Philippines, becoming the only club team to ever win the World Championship. Over the years, the Dynes team gave the citizens of Richmond Hill the opportunity to be part of a high quality and entertaining sport. In fact, the rivalry between the Dynes, Newmarket Rays and Oshawa Tony’s is legendary.
Vern has four children and 12 grandchildren. In his limited spare time he regularly visits Dufferin County, where he was raised and where he owns a farm, to attend community events and to renew old friendships along with harvesting potato crops.
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