1995 Brantford Special Olympics "Working At It" World Champions
1996 Honouree Team, Softball
The Ontario B softball team, comprised of 13 athletes from Brantford, won the gold medal at the Canadian Special Olympics Summer Games held in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Ontario B defeated New Brunswick 32 to 21 in the championship game.
Ontario B started the competition by playing two seeding games. The team defeated New Brunswick 4 to 1 and Manitoba 6 to 3. Ontario B was placed in the Keltic B division for round-robin games. They started with a 10 to 4 loss to British Columbia in a game in which Ontario B lost a 12 run fourth inning due to a curfew.
Ontario B defeated Manitoba 23 to 7 in the second round but lost 21 to 10 to New Brunswick in the third round. Ontario B then defeated British Columbia 18 to 7 in a semi-final game.
Photo:
Diane Richardson, Tina Doctor, Jason Barter, Gary Kusch, Bob Barnes (Coach), Jim Cutler, Richer Arsenault, Dave Jordan, Laurel Barnes (Assistant Coach), Brad Allardyce (Assistant Coach), Roger Pace, Steven Fleet, Keith Davies, Gary Cutler, Gary Guillemette, Frank Vale.