After a 112-year absence, golf is returning to the Olympic Games in 2016. The Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland has devoted an exhibition to golf that is currently on display through January 31, 2016. During the Games, the exhibit will be presented in the Fan Zone in Barra da Tijuca, the home of the golf venue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The exhibit’s purpose is to educate visitors on the game of golf, specifically its history and an overview of the rules. Other themes explored in the display include the game’s equipment, golf’s great champions, iconic courses and golf’s history in the Olympics. The design offers a “walk through the course” with six “holes” allowing visitors to learn more about the return of golf to the Olympic Games.

This exhibition was created by the Olympic Museum in partnership with the International Golf Federation (IGF), in collaboration with Golf Canada, the World Golf Hall of Fame, the British Golf Museum and the USGA Museum. The opening event was held on December 9, 2015 at The Olympic Museum and was attended by ISHA members Angela Howe (British Golf Museum), Brodie Waters (World Golf Hall of Fame) and Michael Trostel (USGA Museum). Others in attendance included Antony Scanlon (IGF), Peter Dawson (R&A) and Mike Davis (USGA).

Dimensional Innovations was pleased to work with Iowa State Athletics on their new Hall of Fame, unveiled in September of 2015. The Hall of Fame lives in the Jacobson Athletic Building – a facility which houses ISU Coaches offices as well as the entire Athletic Department. It also sits directly North of the Jack Trice Stadium, providing fans easy access to the Hall of Fame, particularly on game days.

While in the space, fans will immediately notice the cyclone structure embedded into the main wall, featuring plaques for all 142 Hall of Fame inductees.  If fans want a deeper-dive into the inductees, they can do so on the large touchscreen monitor, which contains bios, photos and video of ISU Athletes. The space also houses Championship trophies, ISU Olympian information, and much more insight into the past 120 years of Iowa State Cyclone Athletics.

Link to video profile – ISU Hall of Fame

The 2015 Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame induction class includes four athletes, two builders, and one team. The Induction Awards Night will take place at the World Trade and Convention Centre on Saturday, November 14. Tickets are available at the Hall of Fame (contact Karolyn Sevcik: 902-404-3321).

Ray Downey
Boxing, Halifax
•Bronze medal at 1988 Olympics
•Silver medal at 1990 Commonwealth Games
•Silver medal at 1990 World Cup of Boxing
•Gold medal at 1990 President’s Cup
•Gold medal and Best Boxer at 1987 Canada Winter Games
•3 Bronze and 2 Gold medals at the Canada Cup
•3 Gold and 1 silver medal at the Canadian Senior Boxing Championships
•Competed at 1992 Olympics

Andrew Haley
Swimming, North Sydney
•Bronze medal at 1992 Paralympics
•2 Bronze medals at 1996 Paralympics
•Gold medal and Bronze medal at 2000 Paralympics
•Gold medal at 1994 Commonwealth Games
•3 Bronze medals at 1994 IPC World Championships
•2 Gold, 1 Silver, and 1 Bronze at the 1998 Worlds
•Gold medal and Bronze medal at 2002 Worlds
•World Record in 100m Butterfly (2002)
•3 Bronze medals at 2007 Para Pan Am Games

David Kikuchi
Gymnastics, Fall River
•Competed at 20 consecutive Canadian Championships
•Competed at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics
•Competed in 5 World Championships
•20th in the world in 2003 and 2007
•Back to back Senior National titles in 2006/2007
•2nd All-Around at 2002, 2004, and 2008 Canadian Championships
•3rd All-Around at 2003 and 2005 Canadian Championships
•Helped Canada achieve best ever results at 2006 Worlds

Chris Flynn
Football, Buckingham, PQ
•Starter for the St. Mary’s Huskies, 1987-1990
•Top 2 single-season performances in university football history for passing touchdowns (27 & 30)
•CIS record of 87 career touchdown passes
•Only player in history to receive 3 Hec Crighton Trophies
•Inducted to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame
•4 AUS championships
•4-time AUS All-Star
•3-time CIS All-Canadian
•Played for Montreal Machine, NFL Europe, 1991-92
•Played for Ottawa Roughriders, 1996
•Played 4 seasons in France

Lowell Cormier
Builder: Basketball/Baseball New Waterford
•Baseball and basketball coach for almost 50 years
•Organizer, founder, and Past President of New Waterford Minor Basketball and Baseball Associations
•Founding member and Vice Chairman, New Waterford Coal Bowl Classic
•Founder of the New Waterford Wellness Society and project lead for numerous first-of-their-kind community athletic facilities
•Associate Coach of CBU men’s AUS basketball champions, 2010
•Assisted with many major sporting events
•Frank Baldwin Award, 2010
•Hugh Noble Award, 2012
•Ricoh Award (Chair), 2013

Jim Bottomley
Builder: Hockey Halifax
•The winningest coach in Maritime Junior A hockey history— 10 MJAHL titles
•Junior A hockey coach for over 30 years
•Head coach, Halifax Lions
•Head coach & GM, Bridgewater Lumberjacks
•Head coach & GM, Amherst Ramblers
•Coached the first and only NS team (Halifax Oland Exports) to a national title (2002 Royal Bank Cup)
•2-time winner of the Coach of the Year award from Hockey NS
•Fred Fox Award for Male Team of the Year (2002)
•First ever player to have his number (#8) retired by Dalhousie University hockey

1995 Dalhousie Tigers Men’s Soccer Team
◆ First and only men’s soccer team from a Nova Scotian university to win a CIS Championship
◆ Undefeated regular season (1995)
◆ 2 previous AUS wins, 1990-95
◆ Defeated Golden Bears 3-1 in a snow storm
◆ 5 AUS All-Stars, AUS Rookie of the Year, 2 CIS Tournament All-Stars, and CIS Tournament MVP
◆ Team Members: Trevor Chisholm, Mike Hudson, Sean Pedersen, Graeme Allardice, Stephen Cormier, Marc Rainford, Matthew Serieys, Jeff Hyles, Mike Ayyash, Chris Devlin, Paul English, Ante Jazic, Dave McFarlane, Gregor MacAskill, Eric Pinfold, Chad Denny, Chad Thorpe, Mark Ellis, Jeff Hibberts
◆ Coaching Staff: Ian Kent, Keith Souchereau, Jamie Sawler, Darrell H. Cormier, Paul Repp

The biggest annual celebration of sport in Canada took place on October 21, 2015 with Canada’s corporate and sport elite in attendance. The Class of 2015 inductees received Canada’s highest sporting honour during Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame 2015 Induction Celebrations presented by Canadian Tire. Michael Medline, President and CEO of Canadian Tire Corporation, was the Honourary Chair of the event. The Induction Celebrations took place at the Ryerson Mattamy Athletic Centre, know, formerly as the Maple Leaf Gardens. There were 828 guests in attendance to celebrate with the Class of 2015 and 37 Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame’s Honoured Members present. Doug Anakin, Don Awrey, Donovan Bailey, Marilyn Bell, Jean-Luc Brassard, Petra Burka, Sylvia Burka, Michelle Cameron Coulter, Murray Costello, Gary Cowan, Bill Crothers, Ron Ellis, Laurie Graham, Wayne Gretzky, Curt Harnett, Sandy Hawley, Don Jackson, Maria Jelinek, Dr. Bruce Kidd, Catriona Le May Doan, Kerrin Lee-Gartner, Alwyn Morris, Debbie Muir, Dr. Susan Natrass, Cindy Nicholas, Anne Ottenbrite, Sandra Post, Karen Percy, Gareth Rees, Pat Stapleton, Marlene Stewart Streit, Dr. Ron Taylor, Mark Tewksbury, Linda Thom, Cliff Thorburn, Bill White and Jim Young.