Moments in Sport come to life in Aurora

April 18, 2018 · 0 Comments

What started out as a Canada 150 special outreach project in 2017 is now an ongoing program by the Aurora Sports Hall of Fame and its partners, the Aurora Museum & Archives and Sport Aurora.
When the Moments in Sport (MIS) initiative launched on Canada Day, audio clips of some of Aurora’s most significant sporting moments were available on the ASHOF website as well as on-air through the Hall’s radio partner, 105.9 The Region.
In November 2017, during the Hall of Fame’s Induction celebration, a video montage highlighted a dozen of the best moments before a rapt audience.
Starting this spring, many of those iconic moments – as submitted by the public and from the Hall archives – will be featured in “Mini” Moments in Sports exhibits at various Town locations, including the Aurora Community Centre, Aurora Family Leisure Complex, the Aurora Seniors’ Centre, and Town Hall.
To kick things off – appropriately during the NHL Playoffs – the Hall of Fame is featuring Aurora Sports Hall of Famer Hap Holmes, who is a Hockey Hall of Famer and the first goalie ever to win the Stanley Cup with four different teams.
On Friday, April 13, Craig Campbell, Curator of the Hockey Hall of Fame, joined two members of the Aurora Tigers, ASHOF Board Member Bob McRoberts and Sport Aurora President Stephen Kimmerer, along with MIS Project Manager Karen Merk at the Aurora Community Centre where the first of the Moments in Sport “Mini” Exhibits is featured.
In addition to the physical exhibits, audio and video clips of the Moments will be available online. As well, the Hall will be featuring stories from the Moments in Sports campaign as part of the Hall of Fame expansion at the Stronach Aurora Recreation Complex, scheduled for this summer.
The Aurora Sports Hall of Fame is looking for more sport artefacts to be displayed with aurorashof.ca/moments-in-sport and is always happy to hear your story.
For more information, contact MIS Project Manager Karen Merk at 416-420-3748 or email ashofedu@gmail.com.