In 1994 Dawn Lockwood, then a Woodstock Town Councillor, challenged Mayor and Council to create a special Wall of Honour as a lasting tribute to sports’ teams, individuals, and builders who have made a major contribution to the development of sports in the Shiretown. Her claim was if a community cannot honour its own, where else can its athletes go for recognition. The Woodstock Sports Wall of Fame is that shrine and a lasting tribute to these hometown heroes.

 As chairperson of the Board of the Woodstock Sports Wall of Fame from 1995 to 2005, the task of building that wall was not Dawn’s alone. Sharing in this building project throughout the years were dedicated board members:

Kelly Haley, Bun Veysey, Debbie McLeod, Eric Thomas, Donna Neilson, Jim Wheelan, Tom Muise, Clint Grant, Pauline Pelkey, Devon Judge, Arthur Slipp, Tom Sproull, Jack Taylor, and Ray Keirstead.

 Dawn Lockwood has been and continues to be a leader and a builder. In championing the heroes of our past, she has helped to establish this Wall of Fame, which will serve to honour Woodstock’s past, present, and future athletic achievement in perpetuity.

From you I receive, to you I give,

Together we share, by this we live.

                                                                          Anon

~ INDUCTION MAY 13TH, 2006 ~