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Curling Hall Of Fame Inductees

- Article by Brad Norman

The Canadian Curling Association has announced three people will enter into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame. Maymar Gemmell, Toro Suzuki and Albert Olson were all named as the inductees.

The first inductee of 2009 is Maymar Gemmell from Toronto, Ontario. She enters the Hall of Fame under the curler/builder category. Gemmell was a part of Team Jill Greenwood, which won the Canadian Senior Women's championship in 1990 and 1993. Gemmell also played skip for a few years, representing both British Columbia and Northern Ontario at the Canadian seniors, and skipped the United States at the World Seniors.

The other two inductees, Toro Suzuki and Albert Olson, were team mates that won three back-to-back-to-back senior men's championships. Both players were skipped by the late Lloyd Gunnlaugson from 1982 to 1984.

The Canadian Curling Association also named their 2008 Volunteer of the year. The award was given to Ed Haggerty of New Brunswick. The volunteer of the year award, which has only existed since 2001, was given to Haggerty for grabbing a former hockey arena to replace the old Fredericton Curling Club. He managed all the legal details of the move and played a key role in transforming the arean into a curling club.