This dedicated referee,
umpire, judge, and administrator has been involved in
hockey, baseball, track and field, slo-pitch, football,
and basketball. Since 1960, Harold officiated at least one
sport a year for over forty consecutive years. As an
administrator, he has served on the executives for high
school sports, Maple City Country Club, and the Chatham
Sports Hall of Fame.
- 1960-72
- Refereed Chatham Minor Hockey house league games
- 1968-Present
- Dedicated over 30 years as a high school
football referee; worked tirelessly as
assignor/evaluator of officials for 12 of those
years; officiated in 25 Kent and 12 SWOSSAA
championship games
- 1970-75 & 1986-88
- Chatham Minor Baseball umpire in house league
and travel team games
- 1977 to present
- Officiated in 4 OFSSAA championship basketball
tournaments at all levels
- 1985, 1993, 1996
- Served as assignor/evaluator for 3 OFSSAA
basketball tournaments; 2000 served as chairman of
Organizing Committee for OFSSAA "AA" girls
basketball tournament held in Chatham
- 1983 to present
- Judged field events for Kent County and SWOSSAA
track and field meets
- 1985-90
- 1985-89
- Served as Vice-President and 1989-90 served as
President
- 1996 to present
- Member of Board Directors for Maple City Country
Club
- 1998
- Chairman of Membership Committee
- 1999
- 2001
- Chairman of Greens Committee
- 1997-2000
- Umpired Chatham Adult Slo-pitch games
- 1998-99
- Vice-Chairman of Organizing Committee and chairman
of Communications/Media Committee for 1999 Canadian
Junior Boys Golf Championship held at Maple City
Country Club
- 1998
to present
- Member of Board of Directors of Chatham Sports
Hall of Fame
- 2000
- Received OFSSAA "Pete Beech Award" in
recognition of contributions to high school
athletics at local, SWOSSAA, and provincial levels
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