The 2025 induction ceremony presented by TD Bank will take place at the Delta Ocean Pointe on Oct. 25
Jamie Lowery came out of Vic West to play soccer in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and 1986 World Cup for Canada, the latter in which he marked French captain Michel Platini. Lowery will now kick the ball into the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame with the Class of 2025.
Lowery will joined in the induction class with four-time Olympian Catharine Pendrel, who came off the mountain-biking trials of the South Island to win three overall World Cup championships and Olympic bronze at Rio 2016.
Also to be enshrined is Kirsten Sweetland, who came off the roads and out of the pools of the region to win the world junior triathlon championship, Commonwealth Games silver medal, World Cup races and represent Canada in the Olympics.
Another selection in the Class of 2025 is former Victoria Shamrocks lacrosse star and Mann Cup champion Darren Reisig, also a standout in the pro National Lacrosse League and for Canada internationally in field lacrosse, and three-time Canadian 1,500-metre track champion and Commonwealth and Francophone Games medallist Dave Campbell.
“This is the 31st induction ceremony and this year’s inductees are great champions of their sports,” said Doug Jennings, president of the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame.
The former squash star George Morfitt, who went on to notable multi-sport administrative roles locally, provincially and nationally, will join the induction Class of 2025 in the builders’ category, Operation Track Shoes in the community sport category and longtimeTimes Colonistsports writer Cleve Dheensaw in the media category.
The Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame was inaugurated in 1991. Plaques honouring the Class of 2025 will join those of the 276 previous inductees on the concourse walls of Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre.
“The Greater Victoria community has a rich sporting history with so many outstanding athletes, coaches, officials and builders,” said Chris Graham, chair of the selection committee.
“Each year, the selection committee has a difficult job to decide which names to put forward for induction into the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame.”
The 2025 induction ceremony presented by TD Bank will take place at the Delta Ocean Pointe on Oct. 25. Tickets for the ceremony are available on the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame website.