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Chiga George

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  • Born in Regina, played softball in Whitewood
  • Member of the YMCA and Regina Wrestling Club in mid-1930’s under supervision of Jim Trifunov
  • Played for the home-town Regina Roughriders Football Club as right guard from 1934-36
  • -Won heavyweight championship at 1936 Canadian Olympic wrestling trials, repeating in 1937
  • Represented Canada at Berlin Olympics in 1936, where he was recruited to wrestle for Oklahoma State University
  • While on wrestling team from 1937-40, the team was never beaten in inter-university wrestling tournaments
  • Ultimately earned honours degrees and placed second in U.S. wrestling championships
  • Served in Second World War, practiced law and became a judge before earning laurels for improving breeding of beef cattle
  • Served as governor of National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum in Oklahoma

Peterson Kit

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  • Began playing handball at University of Winnipeg in 1969
  • Won Molson’s tournament in 1970 and Niagara Falls Open in 1971
  • Moved to Regina in 1974 and played competitively until 1992
  • During nine-year retirement taught junior and women’s handball classes
  • Placed first or second in over 300 tournaments
  • Winner of 18 Saskatchewan Closed singles titles and 20 Saskatchewan Closed doubles titles throughout the 1970’s, ‘S0’s and ’90’s
  • Won 10 Saskatchewan Open doubles up to 2006
  • Canadian over-3S singles champion in 1991, over-40 singles champion in 1992 and over-SO finalist in 2004
  • Placed third with Merv Deckert in over-SO doubles at 2003 world championships in Dublin, Ireland

Holt Rhonda

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  • Placed second in 14-under girls doubles at 1987 Canadian junior racquetball championships
  • Won 14-under singles in ’88 and runner-up in 14-under doubles
  • Teamed with Nathalie Bernard to win 18-under doubles at international championships, also placed third in 14-under singles and received gold medal for sportsmanship in 1988
  • Won gold in 16-under singles at 1989 Canadian championships
  • Teamed with Lori-Jane Powell at internationals in 1989 to place second in 18-under doubles and was third in 16-under singles
  • Gold medalist at 1990 Canadian championships in 16-under singles, silver medalist in 18-under doubles
  • 1990 International Racquetball Federation’s world champion in 16-under singles
  • Silver medal in 18-under singles at 1991 Canadians

Cuthbert Jimmy

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  • Dominated the sport of Badminton in Regina 1936-50
  • Won seven straight triple crowns, men’s singles, men’s doubles and mixed doubles championships at the Regina District and Wascana Winter Club tournaments
  • As a result of the Second World War, tournaments were not held from 1942-47, so his streak started in 1936 and carried through to 1941
  • Won all three events again in 1948 with partners Art Booth and Lois Wahn
  • In 1949 Cuthbert lost the Regina Singles final to Don Hodges but extended his doubles victories to nine straight by winning men’s and mixed championships with Denny Nicol and Pat Heisler
  • In 1933 he teamed with Harold Johnston to win Sask. men’s doubles championship – Member of the Carmichael Badminton Club, then the Wascana Winter Club
  • Organized badminton events, talented tennis player and golfer
  • Born June 22, 1913, in Regina and died September 14, 1989

Simon Doug

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  • Member of the National Team from 1971-80, competing Internationally in World Cups and in both the 1975 and 1979 Pan-Am Games
  • Named team captain and selected to world all-star teams three times as an outfielder
  • Played for Washington State (1971-7 4) where he won All-Conference and All-America honors in Pac-8
  • Set or tied Pac-8 records with three home runs, nine RBl’s, 14 total bases, two triples in one game and two home runs in one inning
  • Spent 12 seasons through 1970’s and 80’s playing manager of the senior Regina Red Sox
  • Coached minor baseball after retiring as a player, earning coach-of-the-year laurels from Saskatchewan Baseball Association
  • Assisted in developing an Advanced Coaching Manual as member of sport’s technical committee and inducted into Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame 1994

Mader Doug

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  • Represented Saskatchewan 17 times at various golf championships, including nine times in 24 years, starting in 197 4, as a member of the Willingdon Cup team
  • Seven-time member of Saskatchewan Senior Men’s Amateur team from 1996-2004; won Provincial Senior’s Championship in 1996 and was runner-up five times in the Saskatchewan Amateur Men’s Championship
  • Provincial Mid-Amateur Champion in 1997, won first of three Provincial Sand Greens Championships in 1964 and won Saskatchewan Teachers’ Championship ten times
  • Served as Royal Regina Golf Club Director. Awarded by the Regina Public School Board for 30 years of coaching, primarily badminton, another sport he excelled at
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