 | World renowned fencer, Joshua McGuire has proven time and time again
that fencing is a real sport. Throughout his life, he has achieved several
of his goals and has become very successful at fencing. Fencing is
“an elegant, prestigious, and traditional sport which reflects the success
qualities that are important to contemporary people who seek a challenge
to both body and mind through an effective blend of patience and
determination, discipline and competitiveness”. Josh has chosen to focus
his career on the area of foil fencing, which is “modern version of the
original practice weapon for duelling sword.” When attempting to score
points, the fencer must strike his opponent on the torso using the point of
the sword, and a metallic vest records the number of strikes using an
electronic apparatus. Now, at the age of 27, Josh has faced challenges of
financing and training, yet has been able to achieve many significant
accomplishments in the world of fencing. Click here to read more |
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| Throughout the past decade, there have been many athletes from the
Hamilton area who have made it big in our world of sport. Donald Knight, a
figure skater, is one of them. Knight, from Dundas, Ontario, was born on June 8,
1947. He started skating at a young age, and began to win early. In his teen
years while in figure skating, Knight was only 5-foot-4 and weighed 125 pounds.
When he was only 13 he became a National Junior Champion and stayed in the
sport till he was 19. The young red headed figure skater was known to be one of
the happiest males and enjoyed every moment of his accomplishments. In these
seven years, Knight competed in many events such as the Olympics, North
American Figure Skating Championships, and the World Figure Skating
Championships and excelled as a great athlete from Ontario. Click here to read more |
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| As a diverse and cultured country, Canada has produced many phenomenal and
successful athletes in the past and present. Athletics is not a new concept to Canadians, as
citizens have been participating since its beginnings. Hamilton has long since been a hot
spot for producing elite athletes. Among these athletes is William (Billy) Sherring, an
Olympic marathon runner. Throughout his lifetime in the 1900’s, Billy participated in
many events including the Olympics, the Boston marathon, and Hamilton’s renowned
Around-the-Bay road race. Click here to read more |
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| Every young athlete dreams of becoming professional in their particular sport. For a few this dream becomes a reality through time, discipline and leadership. Melissa Tancredi is one of those lucky athletes whom made it to the top. She did not grow up playing soccer, but instead competed in track and field, javelin and volleyball. Throughout these activities Melissa gained a variety of skills such as speed, endurance, teamwork and proprioceptive abilities. She soon switched to soccer as she grew up and began high school. From humble beginnings growing up in Ancaster, she developed her skills throughout her childhood and through the high school years, making her way to playing college soccer. From here the story goes to the scouts’ interest at her games, and working to achieve their approval for the big leagues. Click here to read more |
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Vinnie Ryan who heads the McGrory’s boxing club in Hamilton, Ontario is a well known boxing coach in Canada. The Hamilton coach has built a solid reputation over the years in the boxing community as a winner. He was inducted into the “legends” section of Boxing Ontario due to the tremendous success of his students. Unsurprisingly, he has many “best coach” awards under his belt. The most recent includes the 2005 Hamilton coach of the year and 2006 Boxing Ontario best coach of the year award. To read the rest of Vinnie Ryan's profile click here |
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