Six individuals and two teams were inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame Saturday night in Winnipeg. The individuals included Ken Galanchuk, Jo-Ann Lindsay, Shane Moffatt, Christine O'Connor, George Phillips and Frank Rigney. The two teams were the 1966-67 Manitoba Centennial Canoe Team and the 1984 Winnipeg Blue Bombers.



Galanchuk helped Manitoba's basketball team capture a silver medal at the first Canada Winter Games in 1967 in Quebec City. He also played for Canada's national team at the Pan Am Hames in Sao Paulo, Brazil and the World Championship in Rio de Janeiro.



Lindsay won 14 Manitoba Junior, Ladies and Senior Ladies Amateur Golf Championships. She also captured the 1991 Canadian Senior title in Regina.



Moffatt set a Portage Terriers franchise record with 60 goals and 70 assists in 48 games in the 1981-1982 Manitoba Junior Hockey League season. He also represented Manitoba at numerous Western Canadian and National Baseball Championships.



O'Connor has served as MSA Director for Women's Soccer, Provincial Teams Director, Director of Senior Soccer and Vice-President. Nationally she has been named Administrator for the Canadian Women's Team from 1986-1989.



Phillips was the founder of the Royal Canadian Legional Athletic Camps located at the International Peace Gardens back in 1962. Tens of thousands of amateur school-aged athletes attend the annual summer camps. Phillips was also a key organizer and Meet Director for the Red River Relays indoor track meet held annually at the old Winnipeg Arena.



Rigney played 10 seasons with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers from 1958-1968. He won four Grey Cups and was named the Canadian Football League's Outstanding Offensive Lineman in 1961. He was inducted in the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1984.



The 1966-1967 Manitoba Centennial Canoe Team covered 3,343 miles of paddling and portaging and emerged victorious with a total time of 531 hours, six minutes and 15 seconds defeating British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan, Quebec, Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nova Scotia.The 104 day long event started in Rocky Mountain House and finished up at Montreal on Isle Notre Dame at Expo '67.



The 1984 Winnipeg Blue Bombers ended a 22 year long drought capturing the Grey Cup in Edmonton downing the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 47-17. Tom Clements was named the Offensive Player of the Game, Tyron Jones was selected the Top Defensive Player and Sean Kehoe was the Outstanding Canadian. Willard Reaves was named the CFL Outstanding Canadian while Cal Murphy was chosen the Coach of the Year. The Blue Bombers also placed 10 players on the CFL All-Star team.