Gord McCrady Jr.

Inducted into the Brockville and Area Sports Hall of Fame: June 13th, 2014

Gord McCrady Jr. has enjoyed an accomplished career in hydroplane racing and curling. In hydroplane racing, he was the Eastern North American Champion in 1969. Ranked third in the world, he was the Canadian Champion in his class from 1979 to 1981. Along with being the Canadian High Points Champion in that three-year stretch. He has curled at a high level at the Brockville County Club. Regional and Provincial Bonspiels. He co-founded the Prestigious Shorty Jenkins Classic that began in Brockville in 1996. An event that has brought numerous Canadian, world and Olympic Champions to the city. He has been honoured provincially for his contribution to curling.

Hank Lammens

Inducted into the Brockville and Area Sports Hall of Fame: June 15th, 2001

Hank Lammens was a talented, versatile athlete who won world honours in sailing and played hockey in the NHL. Tall, strong and characteristic, Lammens was a two-time Finn Class World Sailing Champion in the 1990s and was ranked no.1 Finn Sailor in the world in 1995, a first for a Canadian. Along with a minor pro hockey career, Lammens played 27 games as a defenceman with the Ottawa Senators in 1993.

He was Canada’s yachting male athlete of the year on two occasions and was inducted into the Canadian Amateur Sports Hall of Fame in 1993. He was the Brockville Sportsman of the Year in 1993.

Jamie Auld

Inducted into the Brockville and Area Sports Hall of Fame: June 11th, 2004

Born and raised on the St. Lawrence River in Brockville. Jamie Auld has always possessed a love of boats and racing. He was a pedal-to-the-medal racer with an aggressive driving style, one that would earn him numerous race championships.

In the late 1970s, he became one of the best hydroplane drivers in Canada and the United States. He won the Canadian Championships in 1978. His career ended in 980 when he broke his back in a boating accident. He turned to designing and building boats for other drivers. He became world-renowned for the success of his boats. Auld was the innovator of safety features in boat building that are mandatory in all hydroplane racers. He is a consultant for drivers and race teams in Canada and the United States. He was inducted into the Canadian Boat Racing Hall of Fame in 2003.