Eight new members will be added to the Kincardine Sports Wall of Fame.
Keith Davidson, Hannah Davidson, Earl Farrell, Kirsten Grohs, Clarke Pollock, Frank Pearce, Lisa (Nicholson) Holtby, and Jim Bell will be added to the Wall, located at the Davidson Centre.
Keith Davidson, the municipality’s retired recreation director for whom the Davidson Centre is named, was a coach for decades in the Kincardine Minor Hockey and Minor Baseball programs, will join the Wall along with his granddaughter, Hannah Davidson. Hannah, who played minor hockey in Kincardine and with the Saugeen-Maitland Lightning, as well as the Kincardine District Secondary School Knights, was a star forward with the Kitchener Rangers of the Provincial Women’s Hockey League.
Earl Farrell was the founder of the Saugeen Track Club in 1983. Farrell, who died in 2018, was the president of the Ontario Track and Field Association in the late 1990s and also coached at the 1996 World Junior Athletics Championships.
Kirsten Grohs is one of the highest-ranking women working in football operations for an NFL team. The KDSS graduate has worked with the CFL’s Hamilton Tiger-Cats, the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars and in her current position as the Manager of Football Administration for the Atlanta Falcons.
Clarke Pollock was one of the province’s most highly-respected hockey officials for more than two decades between the 1970's and 1990's in the Ontario Hockey Association, Ontario Hockey League, Western Ontario Athletic Association and Ontario Minor Hockey Association.
Lisa (Nicholson) Holtby carved out an outstanding career as an artistic gymnast, trampoline gymnast, diver, volleyball player and soccer player. Holtby has both a gold and bronze Canadian National medal, as well as two gold medals from the 2004 Eastern Ontario Championship.
Frank Pearce’s life in hockey included four decades of officiating professional and games in the OHA, and was prominent in the community as the person who sharpened the skates of boys, girls, women and men moving through the ranks.
After playing minor hockey here, Jim Bell played junior B in Stratford-then 2 years of junior C in Hanover and then back to Junior B in Goderich and later played for the Kincardine Bulldogs intermediate team. Bell was a pitcher and first baseman on the baseball field, and was one of the community’s top golfers while also managing the Kincardine Golf Club for many years.
A banquet to officially welcome the Class of 2020 is tentatively being planned for the fall.