With over 40 years as an educator and administrator devoted to golf, athletics, and basketball, Judy Astle has served as president of Golf NB and currently presides over the Old Mill Pond Golf Club. She was named Volunteer of the Year by Golf NB and Sport NB, and receiverd the order of New Brunswick in 2018.

Once Canada’s most decorated arm wrestler, Grand-Digue’s Sylvio Bourque boasts 26 World Armwrestling Federation championship medals, including six gold. During a 43-year athletic career he won tournaments in ten provinces and on five continents. He founded Grand Digue’s first 15K race and was inducted into the Canadian Armwrestling Hall of Fame in 2012.

Rick Bowness retired as the NHL’s longest-serving coach, amassing 2,726 games behind the bench. A Moncton native, he played nine NHL seasons between the Flames, Red Wings and Blues. He was the first coach of the AHL Moncton Hawks and the Ottawa Senators, and also coached the Winnipeg Jets, with a recent Jack Adams Award nomination for NHL Coach of the Year.

A Grand Bay native and expert marksman, George Chase won the Grand Aggregate title and competed in 23 national championships. A two-time Canadian Full Bore Champion, Chase also coached provincial and national teams and was inducted into the Dominion of Canada Rifle Association Hall of Fame.

For years the Saint John Alpines have been a New Brunswick baseball powerhouse, winning five provincial titles between '93 and '02. This franchise reached a high point when they won the 2001 provincial and Canadian championships, winning a national silver the following year. Over those two seasons, the team placed first in the league and was honoured in Saint John’s Hall of fame along with their head coach Mike Skidd.

Hailing from Chatham, Frank “Red” Synott captained the U.S. hockey team to a silver medal in the 1920 Olympics, thus earning him the remarkable distinction of being the first New Brunswick-born Olympian and Olympic medalist. He was active in multiple sports in Chatham. Later in his career, he would serve as a referee at the collegiate and amateur level in the U.S.