JoAnn Bell

Inducted into the Brockville and Area Sports Hall of Fame: June 15th, 2024

Joann (Sherwood) Bell was a figure skater with the Brockville Figure Skating Club in the 1950s. She followed that up by coaching at four clubs in the area. Joann was also an all-star second baseman for Lyn in the Leeds and Grenville Ladies Softball League in the 1970s and 1980s. She volunteered as the secretary-treasurer for the Brockville Braves and the Brockville Blazers.

In 1971, Joann started a gymnastics program at the Lyn-Tincap School, The Brockville Gymnastics Krickets, and she became a major fundraiser and its head coach for more than 25 years. Without Joann’s persistence and efforts, the club would not be what it is today. In 2010, she founded the Brockville Chapter of Cycling Without Age.