For twenty-one years Saint John’s Mike Butler dominated the sport of badminton, winning some 82 championships -- and he did so without national acclaim or a full-time coach, but with the support and devotion of his wife and best friend, Rolyne. For five consecutive years, he was Canada’s men’s singles champion and for ten years a member of our national team.He and his partner represented Canada at the 1988 Olympic Games as participants in the demonstration sport of mixed doubles. That doubles partner, Vancouver’s Claire Backhouse-Sharpe, said this: “there is no athlete I respect more than Mike.The tougher the challenge, the brighter was the twinkle in his eyes and the fire in his heart.Saint John has a Canadian treasure in Mike Butler.” Enrolled in the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame, June 2nd, 2001.