Archive for the CNSA Hall of Fame Category

About Ken Wardley and Shuffleboard:

In Alberta
– a founding member of the Foothills Shuffleboard Association (FSA)
– President of FSA from the inception of the club in 2005 – 2015, currently Vice President
– Tournament Director for all hosted FSA tournaments from 2008 – 2013
– taught high school students shuffleboard in the spring of 2013
– officiated at the shuffleboard play downs for the Alberta 55 Games for three years
– won gold in two Alberta 55 Game playoffs
– won silver in the provincial games
– worked with the insurance company to quantify the FSA loss in the catastrophic flood of 2013
– contacted Global Calgary television which did a national story on the FSA club that was
seen across Canada
– FSA was awarded ‘Player of the Week’, a local network award to FSA for it’s work with
seniors in the High River and area communities.
– continuing media contact for every event in which FSA is involved In Canada
– CNSA Director for two years, 2014-2016
– played in the IP in Innisfail, AB in 2011
– qualified to play at the IP in Dieppe, NB in 2013 but couldn’t because of major flooding in High River
– Chairperson of the FSA Committee that submitted and won the bid to host the ISA team
event in High River in July 2018.
– played in the ISA in Seattle in 2012

In the United States
– played for nine years in Hemet, CA in a team event and won the event back to back years
– Golden Vista Shuffleboard Club, Maintenance Director for five years, Vice President for two years, President for two years
– seven years Tournament Director for the Can-Am Shuffleboard Tournament in Apache Junction, AZ, a mixed doubles event where one player is Canadian and one player is
American. It has built up to be one of the most sought after shuffleboard tournaments in the East Valley.
– Western National Shuffleboard Association, 1st and 2nd Vice President, President in January 2017. It is the governing body for one of the largest annual team tournaments in the world.

Ken Wardley has an outstanding personality and is an excellent ambassador for the game of shuffleboard every day of his life. He has given it his all.

This is why we consider him to be worthy of the CNSA Hall of Fame and therefore induct Ken into the CNSA Hall of Fame in the Special Award category.

It is an honour for me to present Douglas and Margaret Mowat, of High River, Alberta, for induction into the CNSA Hall of Fame, Special Awards Category.

This couple has been involved in the game of shuffleboard for over 25 years. They have represented Canada at the international level in Brazil, Lakeside, Ohio, and Seattle, Washington. They have played in the IP in Innisfail, Alberta, and were scheduled to play in New Brunswick in 2013, but those hopes were washed away as a result of the disastrous flood that swept through southern Alberta in the spring of 2013.

Doug and Marg were part of the group who brought shuffleboard to High River, Alberta, and the formation of the Foothills Shuffleboard Association (FSA). Both served as Directors of FSA. Margaret gave strategy lessons to both new and seasoned players at FSA. Because of health issues, Doug resigned a couple of years ago, and Margaret served as Secretary of FSA until the flood of 2013 when she found it impossible to work through their personal flood issues, and continue to act as FSA Secretary through the turmoil that Club faced following the flood.

The Mowats played major roles in the shuffleboard club at the resort where they winter in Arizona, and as a result of those volunteer efforts, were awarded the “Hall of Fame” distinction there. They formed the “Gypsy” shuffleboard team that has competed in Hemet, California, for the past dozen years. Hemet is home to a major team competition at the end of March every year, and the Gypsies won the event two years in a row.

Despite advanced age, (Marg is 82 and Doug will be 88 years of age on April 29th) and some major health setbacks, they continue to winter in Arizona and play competitively there. You’ve heard the phrase, “beware of little old ladies and little old men on the shuffleboard courts”. Well, when you’ve faced a game against either of these two people, you appreciate those words more than ever.

They are well known and respected in the shuffleboard communities in southern Alberta and in Arizona. They love the game, and are great promoters of it, even now.

I give you Douglas and Margaret Mowat for induction into the Canadian National Shuffleboard Association HOF, Special Awards Category.

Nominated by Ken Wardley and presented by Brian Scott. 2015 07 24. (Goderich, ON)