Ed Werenich (Athlete/Curling) Ed Werenich, or “The Wrench” as he is commonly known, was a curling dynamo born in Benito, Manitoba. He first started playing a makeshift form of curling when he was 10 years old, throwing jam cans at a slough close to his home. It was in his early teens, though, when…
The Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame has learned of the passing of Dave Drybrough on March 9, 2021. Dave was an excellent runner in the 1950s and represented Canada in the 1500m at the 1959 Pan Am Games and gave back to Athletics for many years as a coach, administrator, and volunteer. An accountant by…
Want to support your Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame during this pandemic? Why not explore the Winnipeg Whisky Festival’s Virtual Stay at Home Experience for 2021. Every year, we host our annual Whisky Fest at the Fairmont Hotel. We normally have over 60 vendors offering different kinds of whiskies and other spirits with approximately 170…
Marilyn Fraser (Builder/Athletics) Dedicated is one of the best words to describe Marilyn Fraser. The woman people affectionately call “Mouse” has been involved with running and athletics since the early 70s. She has taken on many roles within the community, including being a long-time board member of the Manitoba Runners Association (MRA). In 1978, early…
The 1954 A.N.A.F Scottish Soccer Team Digging deep into our Hall of Fame vault, we came across an interesting piece on one of the many amazing soccer teams our province has produced. This one is all about the 1954 Army Navy Air Force Scottish, who were playing the beautiful game long before the…
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words Pictures are a great way to tell stories and remind people of the past. Within sports, it allows us to remember amazing moments and people that have done extraordinary things. Have you ever looked at old photos of yourself playing a sport you love and remembered the…
A tenacious bunch is one way people can describe the 96’ and 97’ University of Manitoba Bisons basketball team. Coached by Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame member Coleen Dufresne, they went on to win back-to-back national championships. In the 96′ finals played in Laval, Quebec, they won a tightly contested game vs the Toronto Varsity…
One of the best parts about the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame is that we have a museum where we get to showcase and celebrate so many interesting artefacts that tell some pretty cool stories about our athletes, teams, builders and coaches. So, over the last year, we got together as a team, put our…
We are back at it with another season of hockey underway, so we thought it was fitting to pay homage to one of our inducted teams, the 1964 Winnipeg Maroons. You could tell they were a special group the moment they stepped on the ice together, whipping passes across to one another like they…
Welcome to another inductee spotlight on the extraordinary individuals and teams who will take their place as Honoured Members in the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame. Baxter Humby (Athlete/Kickboxing) A stand-up combat sport, kickboxing is a mixture of kicking and punching techniques developed by mixing karate and boxing. It is viewed as…