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Hall of Fame

The Ontario Volleyball Association (OVA) Hall of Fame honours the individuals and teams who have had a significant impact on volleyball in Ontario. Inductees exemplify the best in the history of the sport in our province.

Any person or team who has achieved an outstanding standard of excellence through their contributions in volleyball is eligible for nomination as an honoured member of the Ontario Volleyball Hall of Fame in one of the following categories:

  • Athlete
  • Team
  • Coach
  • Referee
  • Builder
  • Furlani Legend

The OVA Hall of Fame was established in 2018.


2024 Hall of Fame & Awards Banquet

Location

Angus Glen Golf Club
10080 Kennedy Rd, Markham, ON

Date

Saturday, June 1, 2024

Accommodations
8500 Warden Avenue, Markham, ON
 
Hotel Booking
Booking at the Hilton Suites is done through HTG Sports.
 
Booking Instructions:

1)    Click on the booking link.

2)     On the landing page, enter your email address. 
a.    If you are an existing HTG client, you will be automatically redirected to input the following information (Team Club/Group Name, Division/Category, Team Code)
b.    If you are NOT an existing HTG client, you will be automatically directed to input the following information: (First & Last Name, phone number, Team Club/Group Name, Division/Category, Team Code)

3)    A Queue system will be in place during high volume booking requests only (opening day of registration and accommodation booking)
a.    Team will automatically be placed in the queue for booking.  

b.    A hotel booking link will be emailed (EMAIL #1)to you as soon as your place comes up in the queue. This email will come from cathy@htgsports.com (we advise that you continue to refresh your email and add Cathy’s email address in advance to your safe senders list). It could take up to 20 minutes to be processed through the queue depending on the volume at the time you have started the above process. 

4)    After you receive the email, click on “Login Directly” link at the bottom of the email.

5)    Choose your 1st hotel choice by clicking on the “bed” icon and input the number of rooms* & nights required. If you don’t need accommodation Thursday night, be sure to change the arrival date.  
a.    Also choose your 2nd - 5th alternate hotel choice to allow for faster turnaround time
b.    Individual and parent room requirements should be included in your block
c.    You can fill out the “comment” box for special requests/details
d.    Click Submit 

*If you require more than the maximum, please indicate this in the comments box at the time of your request. We will do our best to accommodate any additional requests based on a priority sequence once all teams are booked.

6)    The page will change to the “Room Summary Request” On this screen, there will be a “book another team” button for any clubs that are booking multiple teams. (Repeat step 2a). Please note: you will need all unique team ID’s to book for a 2nd team for the same event weekend. 

7)    Check your email. HTG will confirm 1st hotel choice if available.  If not, we will automatically confirm teams in one of their alternate hotel choices 2nd – 5th. 
a.    Team will receive the “hotel confirmation” email
(EMAIL #2) which indicates that their hotel is booked and confirmed.
b.    After the hotel has been confirmed, teams will be able to access their hotel booking through the “login directly” link attached to the Hotel Confirmation email. This will bring them to their own personal team “Dashboard” with all hotel information and rooming list access.
c.    Team will receive another email
(EMAIL #3) from reservations@htgsports.com (we advise that you add this email address in advance to your safe senders list). with the “Rooming List Entry Link” that can be forwarded to any/all team members/parents to book and manage their own individual room.

This will complete the booking of your block

 Notes: 
1. For large room requests (multiple teams from the same club) our priority will be to keep all rooms in the same property. This means you may end up with any of your hotel selections from 1 to 5.  Our next priority will be to fit as many rooms in one hotel choice and the remaining in another one of your hotel choices

2. Individual Parent room bookings – Can also use the “Rooming List Entry Link” email that can be forwarded to you by the Team Manager 

Post Launch Rooming List

Email (email #3) containing rooming list entry link will be sent to you following confirmation of your hotel block

  1. This email can be forwarded to any/all team members/parents to book and manage their individual rooms. Included within this email is your booking deadline.

As of your noted deadline, any remaining rooms not allocated will be automatically released.

Submit Completed Rooming List.

By the booking deadline the team contact is responsible for reviewing the rooming list, ensuring all rooms are booked, and submitting the completed list. Access to the “Submit Complete List” Button is found on the team dashboard under the rooming list tab which can be accessed through the Hotel Confirmation email.

This gives HTG Permission to forward all reservation information to the hotel on your teams behalf.

Angus Glenn Golf Course Club House

Hall of Fame Inductees

Click on any of the headers to sort the table by Name, Category or Year. 

Name Category Induction Class
Marjory Shedd Athlete 2018
Modris Zulps Athlete 2018
Arvo Tiidus Builder 2018
Bill Seto Builder 2018
Bruce Stafford Builder 2018
Chris Lawson Builder 2018
Frank & Rozika Sulatycki Builder 2018
Jane & Vaughn Peckham Builder 2018
John Nelson Builder 2018
Jos Nederveen & Nancy Costura Builder 2018
Kit Lefroy Builder 2018
Marg Holman Builder 2018
Paul & Shelley Brownstein Builder 2018
John & Val Long Builder 2018
Don McGregor Coach 2018
Evelyn Holick Coach 2018
Anton Furlani Furlani Legend 2018
Barry Mutrie Furlani Legend 2018
Brenda Willis Furlani Legend 2018
Dave Carey Furlani Legend 2018
Diane Wood Furlani Legend 2018
Doug Robbie Furlani Legend 2018
Kristine Drakich Furlani Legend 2018
Paul Brownstein Furlani Legend 2018
Walter Stochansky Referee 2018
1953 Toronto Central Y Estonians Team 2018
1967 Team Ontario Girls Team 2018
Diane Ratnik-Cooper Athlete 2019
Janis Vilmanis Athlete 2019
Mike Bugarski Builder 2019
Pat Davis Builder 2019
Fran Wigston Coach 2019
Merv Mosher Coach 2019
Keith Wasylik Furlani Legend 2019
Sylvia Jaksetic Referee 2019
John Child & Mark Heese Team 2019
Paul Gratton Athlete 2021
Julie Andruchiw Athlete 2021
Regyna Armonas Athlete 2021
Peter Stefaniuk Athlete 2021
Viiu Kanep Athlete 2021
Cookie Leach Coach 2021
Donna Gallagher Coach 2021
John Warfe Coach 2021
Stan Marchut Coach 2021
Hamilton YMCA Men (1960) Team 2021
Toronto Kalev Women (1958) Team 2021
Bev Burrows Referee 2021
Al Diehl Referee 2021
Christine Craig Builder 2021
Mary Lyons Builder 2021
Robert 'Bob' Wright Builder 2021
Dave Tweedley Furlani Legend 2021
Dr. R. Jack Brooke Furlani Legend 2021
Orest Stanko Furlani Legend 2021
Sylvie Bigras Furlani Legend 2021
Therese Quigley Furlani Legend 2021
Halya Stefaniuk Athlete 2022
Al Coulter Athlete 2022
Toronto V-Club Team 2022
1975 Ukrainian Sport Association Team 2022
John Jeffries Coach 2022
Lisa Eyles Coach 2022
Bob Rocque Referee 2022
Joely Christian-Macfarlane Builder 2022
Lawrence Flynn Builder 2022
Hernan Humana Furlani Legend 2022
Kai Heinar Athlete 2023
David Preston Coach 2023
Renzo Milan Referee 2023
Sandy Beedham Builder 2023
Barry Brownlee Builder 2023
Russ Woloshyn Builder 2023
Linda Melnick Furlani Legend 2023