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Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class of 2025Richmond Hill Sports Hall of Fame

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Service Disruption Notice: please note, the elevator at Elgin Barrow Arena is out of service until July 21, 2025

The Richmond Hill Sports Hall of Fame is located on the second floor of Elgin Barrow Arena and features exhibits, memorabilia and photos of its 62 current inductees. We recognize athletes, teams, officials, and sports builders who have shaped the sports community in Richmond Hill.

Moments in Sport Contest

Do you remember that one moment when you realized the importance of sport in your life? Was it making the game winning play, executing a perfect routine, taking part in a new activity, or watching your favourite team achieve glory?

Sport has shaped some of the greatest memories in our lives, whether as an active participate or as a spectator cheering on the sidelines, and now we are giving you the chance to capture that memory and WIN a Sports Hall of Fame Prize Pack, a $100 gift card and have your moment immortalized in the Richmond Hill Sports Hall of Fame.

Submit a photograph, drawing, poem, song or a creative submission, along with a description of how that moment in sport inspired you to become the person you are or the impact it has made with family, friends or the community.

Submissions will be judged on the following criteria:

  1. Creativity - shows use of imagination and original ideas or images. Submission is visually pleasing, well written and captivates attention.   
  2. Emotional Connection - Submission produces strong feelings of excitement, determination and inspiration for the audience.
  3. Impact - Overall wow factor that connects sport and community. Visual element and description tie together to display passion and motivation to get others involved in sport.

Submissions are due by Monday, August 4, 2025 at 11:59 p.m.

Rules and Regulations

CONTEST RULES

Moments in Sport Contest (“Contest”)

From 7 a.m. on June 10, 2025 EST to 11:59 p.m. on August 4, 2025 EST (“Contest Period”)

The Corporation of the City of Richmond Hill (“the Corporation”) 

1. HOW TO ENTER

To enter the Contest, participants must submit two (2) components: 1. a photograph or creative submission (drawing, poem, comic strip, song lyrics, etc.) that tells your Moment in Sport story and 2. a brief description and the inspirational impact of your Moment in Sport. To be valid, your image and description must be received by 11:59 p.m. EST on August 4, 2025 on RichmondHill.ca/SportsHall. 

Limit of one entry per-person. If you attempt or are suspected of attempting to enter more than once per the contest period or use robotic, automatic, programmed or any entry methods not authorized by these rules, it shall be deemed as tampering and will void your entry(ies).

2. ELIGIBILITY
The Contest is open to all residents of the City of Richmond Hill (“Richmond Hill”) as well as Individuals who play/train for a Richmond Hill team or organization. Contestants must be 18 years of age or older at the Contest opening date to submit entry, contestants under the age of 18 must have a parent or legal guardian submit their entry and verify consent. Each submission will count as one entry.

Employees of the Corporation, as well as such employees’ immediate family (father/mother, brother/sister, son/daughter) or persons living under the same roof are not eligible to enter this Contest. 

SUBMISSION ELIGIBILITY:

  • Only one (1) entry allowed per-person sent through the online contest form found on RichmondHill.ca/SportsHall. 
  • Entry must include both components: image and description. The photo/medium must capture the emotional and/or physical aspects of the sport moment. (Action shots are encouraged but not mandatory). The Written submission must describe of your moment in sport and how sports has made an inspirational impact in your life.
  • Submissions must be original to the contestant and does not infringe the intellectual property rights of a third party.
  • Photos must be high-resolution JPEG files of at least 300 dpi.
Photos, artwork and written submission must be free from violent, abusive or insensitive content others may find offensive.
3. PROCEDURE FOR AWARDING PRIZES
On Monday, August 11, 2025, a committee of judges conducted by the Recreation and Culture Division of the Corporation will collect and review all eligible entries received during the Contest Period. The entries will be judged on both components the photo/medium and the description. The entries that best capture the visual, emotional and physical connection with sports will be selected as the winner and put on display in the Sports Hall of Fame.

The first (1st) selected contestant must correctly answer the mandatory mathematical skill-testing question shall be declared the winner, subject to meeting all the conditions described in these rules. The second selected contestant to correctly answer the mandatory mathematical skill-testing question shall be declared the runner-up, subject to meeting all the conditions described in these rules.

Winner(s) will be contacted by staff of the Corporation through the email or phone number provided in their entry, during the week following the panel review. If a winner cannot be reached within three (3) days following the first attempt of contact, incorrect answers to the mathematical skill-testing question, or declines the prize, the prize shall be forfeited and the Corporation has the right, at its sole discretion, to select another winner. 

Judging Criteria:

Creativity

Submission shows use of imagination or original ideas.  

10

Emotional Connection  

Submission produced strong feelings in the audience.

10

Impact

Overall connection to sport and community.

10

4. DESCRIPTION OF PRIZE(S) 

There are two (2) Prizes available to be won.
  1. First prize: Display of winning image at the RH Sports Hall of Fame + $100 gift card, Sports Hall of Fame baseball cap, sport towel, water bottle and knapsack. (Value of $250)
  2. Runner Up prize: Display of winning image at the RH Sports Hall of Fame + $50 gift card  + Sports Hall of Fame baseball cap, sport towel, water bottle and knapsack. (Value of $200)

5. GENERAL RULES

5.1.

To be declared a winner, the selected contestant must first correctly answer a mathematical skill-testing question.

5.2.

Each winner shall sign a release declaring their eligibility as stipulated in Section 2 of these rules; agreeing that their name, image may be used for advertising purposes related to this Contest free of charge; and releasing the Corporation as well as its respective directors, officers and employees (the “Contest Parties”) from all liability for any damage or loss arising from participation in this Contest or from the awarding, acceptance or use of the prize.

5.3.

The prize(s) shall be accepted as is and may not be exchanged or refunded for an amount of money, sold or transferred. No substitutions will be allowed. Any unused portion of a prize will be forfeited.

5.4.

If the prize cannot be awarded as described in these rules, the Corporation reserves the right to substitute a prize or prize component with another of comparable value, as determined in its sole discretion.

5.5.

Refusal to accept the prize releases the Contest Parties from any obligation toward the winner.

5.6.

If a contestant makes any false statement, (s)he will be automatically disqualified from the Contest. The winner will have to validate their date of birth and mailing address prior to receiving the prize.

5.7.

The Contest Parties assume no liability for any loss, damage or injury, including without limitation: (i) lost, stolen, delayed, damaged, misdirected, late, destroyed, illegible or incomplete entries; (ii) loss, theft or damage to software or computer or telephone data, including any breach of privacy; (iii) fraudulent calls; (iv) inability of any person to participate in the Contest for any reason including mistaken addresses on mail or email; technical, computer or telephone malfunctions or other problems with computer online systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, or software; congestion on the internet or at any website, or any combination of the foregoing; (v) damage to any person’s computer, including as a result of playing or downloading any material relating to the Contest; (vi) any delay or inability to act resulting from any event or situation beyond their control whatsoever, including a public health or other emergency, or strike, lockout or other labour dispute at their location or the locations of the organizations and businesses whose services are used to administer this Contest; or (vii) prizes that are lost, damaged or misdirected during shipping.

5.8.

The Corporation reserves the right to cancel or suspend this Contest should a virus, bug or other cause beyond their reasonable control corrupt the security or proper administration of the Contest. Any attempt to deliberately damage any website or to undermine the legitimate operation of this Contest is a violation of criminal and civil laws. Should such an attempt be made, the Corporation reserves the right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution.

5.9.

All personal information, such as name and contact information, is collected by the Corporation solely for the purposes of administering this Contest and shall not be used for any other purpose without your express consent. By providing this information, you consent to it being used for the stated purposes. Please see the Corporation’s’ privacy policy.  

5.10.

If the identity of a contestant is disputed, the authorized account holder of the social media platform used to submit the entry at the time of entry will be deemed to be the contestant. The individual assigned to the social media platform associated with the submitted account is considered the authorized account holder. A selected contestant may be required to provide proof that (s)he is the authorized account holder of the social media account associated with the selected entry. All entries must be submitted from a valid email account that may be identified by reverse domain name search. The sole determinant of time for the purposes of receipt of a valid entry in this Contest will be the Contest server.

5.11.

Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries. All entries that are incomplete, illegible, damaged, irregular, have been submitted through illicit means, using any robotic, automatic programmed method that artificially increases the odds of winning or do not conform to or satisfy any condition of the rules may be disqualified by the Corporation. The Corporation is not responsible for any errors or omissions in printing or advertising this Contest.

5.12.

By entering the Contest, you hereby: (i) represent and warrant that you are the exclusive owner of the Photo  submitted and any image therein and/or have all necessary rights, title and interest in and to the image; and further that the Photo  not been copied in whole or in part from any other work, does not violate or infringe any copyright, moral right, trademark or other proprietary right of any person or entity, and is, together with the copyright and moral rights therein, your sole and exclusive property and further that, without limiting the forgoing representation and warranty, if there are any individuals other than you in the Photo, you have obtained their permission to use their images in the Photo; (ii)  acknowledge and agree that, upon submission of the Photo, all my ownership rights shall be assigned to the Corporation, the Corporation shall become the sole owner of the Photo and all intellectual property and every right, title and interest, including all copyright, in and to the Photo shall become and remain the sole property of the Corporation without further consideration and to irrevocably waive in favour of the Corporation all rights of integrity and any other moral rights to the Photo for all time; (iii) further acknowledge and agree that the Corporation may, in its sole and absolute discretion, use, modify and or further develop the Photo as it deems necessary, including, without limitation, in media such as printed media, promotional materials, website, social media, videos, and in submissions to other print or digital media for publicity purposes;  (iv) confirm that you have not incorporated anything into the Photo that would restrict the right of the Corporation to modify or further develop or otherwise use the Photo  in any way the Corporation deems necessary; (v) understand that once the Photo is posted on a website or other online format, the Corporation has no control over the Photo and its possible download by any digital user, and that the Corporation is not responsible for how the photo(s) is/are subsequently used ; and (vi) hereby release the Corporation from any and all claims and/or demands for damages and/or losses of any kind whatsoever arising from the use of the Photo and waive any rights of compensation. 

5.13.

The Corporation reserves the right to amend the Contest rules or to terminate the Contest at any time without any liability to any contestant. Any amendments to these Contest rules will be posted on RichmondHill.ca/SportsHall. 

5.14.

By entering, you agree to abide by the Contest rules and the decisions of the City, whose decisions are final and binding on all contestants. 

5.15.

Contest rules are available on RichmondHill.ca/SportsHall.

Past Moments in Sport Winners

Kira Han

Kira's Moment in Sport:

 Kira Han - Moments in Sport Contest Winner

Kira is a competitive dancer based out of Richmond Hill - she goes to JCB Danceworks and loves competing individually and part of a team. She continues to strive to improve her skill set every year and loves Mill Pond Park! 

Kyle Auyoung
Kyle's Moment in Sport:

Kyle Auyoung - Moments in Sport Contest Winner

Poem written by Kyle Auyoung 
The ball falls on the enemy floor
The crowd cheers for each team
Hard as a rock
The taste of victory draws near
The sweat of teammates smells weird

Flash of the ball comes down to my hands
My teammates cheering for me
The ball in my hands
The final point
The battle is still raging

I spike the ball, and it flies through the air
Like a jet soaring 1000km an hour
The ball hits the enemy floor
Our victory has come
We won the battle
Volleyball is a part of my life


Kyle's love for volleyball developed, after trying out for his school volleyball team in grade 4. Up until that point, he had never even touched a volleyball. He believed he had only made the team because the school was looking for 15 players and only 15 boys attended the tryout. Making the team motivated Kyle and made him determined to become a better volleyball player.

This picture was taken during Kyle's first Ontario Volleyball Association (OVA) Ontario Championships in Waterloo, representing the 4v4 boys, the youngest team in his competitive Volleyball Club. Kyle's team got off to a slow start during the two-day Championship competition, losing every game on day one, which sent them to compete in the bottom tier. The boys did not give up, after a lot of pep talks, sweat and tears, they came back and won every game on day two of the competition.  

Jacqueline Cheung

Jacqueline’s Moment in Sport:

Jacqueline Cheung

My moment in sport represents both the struggle and reward of competing in badminton as a Canadian athlete. Ten years ago, I picked up a racquet for the first time at the Rouge Woods Community Centre in Richmond Hill. In 2016, I was granted the opportunity to compete in my first ever Pan American Junior Championships in Lima, Peru. I was excited to be representing Canada at the international level. Unfortunately, I lost in the first round and thought I wasn’t cut out for the sport. But instead of quitting, I continued to train harder than ever before.


Two years later, I competed at the 2018 Pan American Junior Championships in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil and won in all three events (singles, doubles, mixed). It definitely wasn’t an easy journey, so making it to the semi-finals at the Canada Open and having my picture captured means a lot to me because it took a lot to be able to compete and thrive on the international stage. Badminton has made such a profound impact on my life by teaching me life lessons I will always keep close and continue to learn from.

Ezekiel Liu

Ezekiel's Moment in Sport:

Ezekiel Liu

Poem written by Ezekiel:

Special Olympics athlete
Pandemic cannot restrain
Own his story
Raise the bar
Top Personal Bests
Show God’s glory

Ezekiel Liu loves speed skating, swimming and athletics. During the pandemic when sports programs were closed, he continued training at home and in the neighbourhood.


In this picture taken at an outdoor track in Richmond Hill, Ezekiel runs against the wind, learning the power of perseverance. He turned 16 during the pandemic and partnered with Autism Ontario York Region to send out Fitness Kits to inspire autistic young people to stay active. Emerging from the pandemic, Ezekiel qualified for a second time with Team Ontario for the Special Olympics Speed Skating competition. He also made it to the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) Track and Field Finals for the first time. Through sports, Ezekiel learned to be focused and determined, and about grit and independence. As a young adult with special needs, sport has been and continues to be a huge part of Ezekiel’s life.

Enter Moments in Sport Contest 

You don’t have to play the sport to have a sports moment.

 

Richmond Hill Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class of 2025

On January 30, the Richmond Hill Sports Hall of Fame proudly recognized former NHL hockey star Michael Cammalleri, renowned hockey coach Mark Joslin, community sports builder Brian Penrose and Canadian fitness expert and retired World Wrestling Entertainment professional wrestler Trish Stratus, at the 2025 Richmond Hill Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony. In addition, two Community Sport Ambassadors, Mary Parkinson and Bruno Sposato were honoured posthumously for their exceptional service and dedication to the local world of sport.

 Induction Class

Michael Cammalleri
The former NHL hockey star and Richmond Hill native had a distinguished 15-year career playing in over 900 games with five different teams (Los Angeles Kings, Calgary Flames, Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils, Edmonton Oilers). Cammalleri is known for his leadership, scoring ability and exemplary character.
Mark Joslin
A trailblazing coach and mentor, Joslin has played a pivotal role in developing young hockey talent at both the grassroots and professional levels, including Connor McDavid and Mitch Marner. He made history in 2021 by becoming the first black coach to lead a National Women’s Hockey League team. 
Brian Penrose
A well-respected coach and builder of sports in Richmond Hill for more than 25 years, Penrose has coached teams to three Ontario Minor Hockey Association championships and has been instrumental in hockey initiatives in the community and across the province.
Trish Stratus
Named the Greatest Female Superstar by WWE with eight championships to her name, Stratus has transcended the world of sports entertainment. Her legacy is marked by her passion for social and community change as well as her dedication to breaking barriers and pushing for equal representation has made her an advocate for women’s empowerment and an inspiring figure worldwide.

Sports Hall of Fame

Past Inductees
Explore the many achievements in sport in Richmond Hill throughout the years. Learn more about past inductees. 
Committee

The Richmond Hill Sports Hall of Fame is led by a committee of community volunteers, with staff support from the Recreation and Culture Division.  

Chair: Carmen James
Vice Chair: Scott Passmore
Treasurer: TBD
Secretary: Vanessa Ley
Committee Members:

  • Howard Binstock
  • Robert Livingstone
  • Terrance Yuan Li
  • Jim File
  • Josh Geno
  • Edward Hoogenboom 

Staff: Robin Taylor-Smith

Do you want to get involved in the Sports Hall of Fame? We are looking for additional members. For more information, please contact us at 905-884-1368 ext.7572 or email sportshall@richmondhill.ca.

Supporters

The support of these organizations make the events and activities of the Sports Hall of Fame possible.

Presenting Sponsor: 

  • Joseph Kreiner Real Estate Inc.

Awards Sponsor

  • Richmond Hill Hockey Association

Print Sponsor:

  • Creative Path

Champion Sponsors:

  • Mister Bee Farms Inc.
  • York Region Skating Centre

Community Sponsors:

  • Dalton Pharma Services
  • exp.
  • The Gardener, Richmond Hill
  • Mister Transmission
  • RBC Bank Tony Caranci
  • Richmond Training Centre
  • Sue's Fresh Market

Friends of the Sports Hall of Fame

  • Active Green + Ross
  • Barry's Quality Care Automotive
  • Bristol Car and Truck Rentals
  • Efinka Catering with Elegance
  • Investors Group - Sergui Hirtescu
  • Dr. Jozwik Optometrist
  • Petro Canada Oak Ridges
  • Yun-Xu Long, Artist

Donating Memorabilia

We are always looking for donated items from your organization so we can showcase memorabilia and artifacts from various sports organizations throughout Richmond Hill. 

Suggested items for donation:

  • Baseball glove, ball, bat, base
  • Figure skates, outfit
  • Soccer ball
  • Tennis racquet, ball, net 
  • Hockey stick, puck, gloves, helmet
  • Sailing gear
  • Badminton racquet, birdie
  • Bowling ball, pins
  • Curling rock
  • Lawn Bowling ball
  • Swimming cap, lane markers
  • Canoe, lifejacket, oars
  • Gymnastics equipment
  • Ringette Stick, ring
  • Squash racquet, ball
  • Track and Field items

We appreciate your generosity. Once items are received, we pride ourselves on safeguarding these artifacts and displaying them in a respectful way. We will also gladly accept crests, jerseys, medals, photos and referee gear. 

To donate items, please call 905-884-1368 ext. 7572 or email. We look forward to showcasing your organization in our displays. 

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225 East Beaver Creek Road,

Richmond Hill, ON L4B 3P4

905-771-8800

access@richmondhill.ca

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