Three individuals and one team to be inducted Sep. 6

The Yorkton Sports Hall of Fame will induct three individuals and one team at its annual induction night Saturday, September 6 at the Gallagher Centre. The Class of 2025 inductees to be honoured at the YSHF Harvest Meats Induction Night are:

Neil Weinmaster, Builder, Curling.

Neil has been making the ice for local curlers since 1988, first at the Tonkin Curling Club and for the past 26 years at the Yorkton Curling Club. This is also his 10th year as manager of the Yorkton club. He has made ice for countless local, regional, provincial, national and international competitions held in Yorkton.

Scott Borys, Builder, Volleyball

Scott played club and high school volleyball in Yorkton but was already refereeing while still in high school. Over the past more than 40 years he has taken on organizational roles with the provincial and national volleyball organizations while continuing to referee. He is the national referee chair for Volleyball Canada.

Harvey Stebner, Builder, Hockey and Volleyball

Harvey started coaching minor sports in 1970, was president of the Yorkton Terriers, and was instrumental in the creation of the Yorkton Macs volleyball club in 1980, serving as the president of this highly successful team. He served on the SaskLotteries board as volleyball rep and vice-president. He was the Director of Sports for the 1986 Sask Winter Games.

2019 Yorkton Raider Gridders, Team, Football

The 2019 Yorkton Raider football team won the district and then went on to win a nail-biter in the provincial championship game, defeating a strong team from Saskatoon by coming from behind to tie the game, then winning it in overtime. That year they were ranked as the third-best small-city football team in Canada in the national power rankings.

The Class of 2025 will join the 113 athletes, builders and teams previously honoured since the Hall’s founding in 1994.

This will also be the third year that the Yorkton Lions Support for Sports Award will be presented to deserving supporters of sports in Yorkton, including businesses, organizations and individuals. Nominations for those awards remain open until August 10.

The induction evening will take place Saturday, Sep. 6 at the Gallagher Centre, starting with a light buffet supper at 5 pm, followed by the awards presentations. General admission tickets for the event and tickets for guests of the inductees are available by contacting admin@yshf.ca.

Again this year all previous inductees, including members of teams that were inducted, are invited to attend with a guest compliments of the Yorkton Sports Hall of Fame. Previous inductees wishing to attend are asked to email admin@yshf.ca with their name and induction year.

Purchase your induction night tickets

If you are an inductee, Lions Award winner or previous inductee, you will receive two complimentary tickets -- please do not complete this form. If you have questions related to complimentary tickets, email admin@yshf.ca.

All others wishing to attend may fill out the form to order tickets at $35 each.

Fill in the form below, making sure to complete all field marked with an asterisk (*);
Enter the method of payment on the form. Options are: (1) E-transfer from your bank or credit union account to tickets@yorktonsportshalloffame.ca; (2) Mail cheque payable to Yorkton Sports Hall of Fame to YSFH, c/o 35 Pheasant Cove, Yorkton SK S3N 3J8; or (3) Pay by cash or cheque at the door when you arrive for the event. Please note that we do not process credit cards;
If you are attending to support one of the four inductees or one of the Yorkton Lions Support for Sports Award recipients, please indicate that on the form. We will use that information to arrange seating;
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Once your ticket order is received, we will confirm receipt by email or text message, and remind you of the payment methods available. We appreciate receiving your payment immediately after your order is placed.

We do not issue physical tickets. The names of all ticket purchasers will be on a list at the door. Simply identify yourself, and ask your guests to identify themselves when they arrive and you will be admitted.

Looking back

During the 30th anniversary induction night in September of 2024, we talked with six inductees about their involvement in sports in Yorkton, and what that, and their induction, has meant to them.

Included are short reminiscences by Len Bode (track and field), Lori-Ann Mundt (volleyball), Barry Marianchuk (hockey), Don Pfeifer (Yorkton Sports Hall of Fame), Lilian Britton (synchronized swimming) and Barry Bradshaw (snowmobiling).

We hope to continue recording more personal recollections.

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Our 101 inductees on social media

Helping kids explore sports history

Our 101 inductees on social media

We have created social media posts recognizing all 101 inductees to date, which are featured on our Facebook and Instagram social media accounts.

This project is made possible through a grant from Sask Lotteries, administered by the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame in Regina. It allowed us to hire a tech-savvy and creative Sacred Heart High School student to complete this project.

Keep an eye on our social media accounts -- click the links below to view and follow them -- and find out more about all those who have been inducted in our Sports Hall of Fame since 1994.

A trip down memory lane

Helping kids explore sports history

Our 101 inductees on social media

Back in 1938 or 1939, Marguerite Smith wrote a poem about the Yorkton Terrier team that played that winter season in the Saskatchewan Senior Hockey League.

The poem was preserved all these years by Joyce Anaka of Yorkton, a school friend of Marguerite, and herself a young hockey fan, who provided it to us.

The poem, and other stories and memorabilia from past years in local sports now have a home on this website, on a new page called Memory Lane.

If you have written stories and/or photos of bygone days in Yorkton sports, please get in touch.

Visit memory lane

Helping kids explore sports history

Yorkton's sports history goes back nearly a century, and inductees into the Sports Hall of Fame go back to the 1940s and 1950.

To introduce some of our Home Town Heroes to the younger generation, we have produced six worksheets that explore the accomplishments of 24 of our inductees. The project was sponsored through a grant from Sask Lotteries.

If you know or have children interested in sports, and they know how to do basic research on this website, they will be able to complete the worksheets. PDF files of the worksheets can be viewed, downloaded or printed by clicking the button below which will take you to the page where they are available.

view and print the worksheets

Yorkton has a rich sporting history, and the Yorkton Sports Hall of Fame and Museum strives to preserve our Home Town Heroes.

The Hall of Fame organization was inactive for several years, but in 2020 elected a new board of directors which worked with many of the original founders to revive the organization, seek new facilities and create a strong online presence.

In September of 2022, it held the first Hall of Fame induction in eight years. It was also provided with display space on the second floor of the Gallagher Centre, where all inductees are now recognized, and a collection of artifacts and memorabilia is displayed. The display area is open whenever the doors of the Gallagher Centre are open.

The Sports Hall of Fame

The Sports Hall of Fame honours Yorkton's Home Town Heroes -- individuals and teams who have made us proud by their achievements and contributions.

They are all on this website in our virtual Sports Hall of Fame, where you can read about the inductees, and see photos of them and their memorabilia where available.

Our inductees

The Sports Museum

The Sports Hall of Fame

The Sports Museum has collected and catalogued several hundred items related to sports in Yorkton dating back more than 125 years. Some of the items are on display at the Gallagher Centre, second floor.

Photos of the items are on this website on our online museum page, providing an up-close look at artifacts, memorabilia and photos.

Online museum