WHO IS ELIGIBLE?

Anyone who has a distinguished career in one of the four categories (1. Athlete – Modern, 2. Athlete – Legend, 3. Builder, or 4. Team) and is identified with Chatham is eligible, including members of the Board of Directors or any of its subcommittees.

Only one candidate in each category is voted to be inducted into the Chatham Hall of Fame in a given year. In the case of a tie, all tied candidates will be inducted.

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Nomination Categories

ATHLETE MODERN

Competed within the last 20 years.

Must be retired from the highest level of competition for at least 5 years.
If the individual continues to enter “recreational or fun” events after retirement, this should not be considered against their time of retirement. The determination of what is “recreational or fun” is a Board decision.
The effective date for determining the end of the 5-year waiting period is the date of the induction ceremony each year.
A candidate who has been retired from competition, as determined by the Board of Directors, for 5 or more years on the date of the induction ceremony is eligible to be inducted that year.

ATHLETE LEGEND

Competed 21or more years ago.

Once an athlete who is still competing reaches the age of 50, he/she becomes eligible to be nominated for consideration in the Athlete – Legend category.

BUILDER

Coach, Official, Administrator, Reporter, Supporter, or Founder.

For an individual to be considered as a Builder, they must have spent a significant amount of their “building time” in Chatham. The determination of what is a “significant amount of building time” is a board decision.
For an individual to be considered as a Builder, who has not had significant building time in Chatham but has achieved success at a higher level outside of Chatham, that individual may be considered for induction if his/her formative years of building were in Chatham. The determination of what is “building time in formative years” is a board decision.

TEAM

Chatham-based team that has excelled at a provincial level or higher.

If considering a team for induction for a period of more than one year, 90 percent of the original members must have participated on that team each year being considered.

Eligibility Criteria

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Anyone who has distinguished themselves in one of the 4 categories above is eligible provided they are identified with Chatham.
An individual can only be nominated in one category in any one year.
Once a candidate is inducted in one category, they cannot be inducted in a second category.
Members of the Board of Directors or any of its subcommittees are eligible for election as Honoured Members.
If, when the Nomination Committee is reviewing new nominations using the Evaluation Guideline, an individual does not meet a minimum standard of 25 points or a team does not meet a minimum standard of 20 points, that nomination will not be accepted for consideration. The committee chairman shall inform the nominator who has the right to revise the nomination and resubmit it at a later time.
There is a maximum of one inductee in each category in a given year unless there is a tie for the most votes in a category, in which case all tied candidates will be inducted.