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MEDIA ADVISORY/PHOTO OPPORTUNITY - Canada's Sports Hall of Fame to Announce Class of 2015

TORONTO, April 15, 2015 /CNW/ - Canada's Sports Hall of Fame will announce the Class of 2015, including 10 Athletes and two sport "Builders". Builders are leaders who have made an outstanding contribution to Canadian sport. The Class of 2015 will officially be inducted during Canada's Sports Hall of Fame 2015 Induction Celebrations, presented by Canadian Tire, the largest supporter of sport in Canada, on October 21, 2015 at the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto, ON.

MEDIA CONFERENCE

DATE/TIME:     

Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 10 a.m. (EST)



LOCATION:      

Canadian Tire Corporate Office


The Hub – 3rd Floor                            


2180 Yonge Street


Toronto, ON


Parking is available via Berwick Avenue



WHO: 

  1. Class of 2015 Inductees
  2. Mario Siciliano, President and CEO, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
  3. Michael Medline, President and CEO, Canadian Tire Corporation, Member of the Board
    of Governors of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame and Honourary Chair of Canada's Sports
    Hall of Fame 2015 Induction Celebrations
  4. Colin MacDonald, Chair of the Board of Governors of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
  5. Benoît Huot, Canadian Paralympic Swimmer
  6. Michelle Cameron-Coulter, Honoured Member of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame (inducted
    in 1991 for Synchronized Swimming)           
  7. Kerrin Lee-Gartner, Honoured Member of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame (inducted in 1995
    for Alpine Skiing)

SOURCE CANADIAN TIRE CORPORATION, LIMITED

For further information: MEDIA CONTACT: Canada's Sports Hall of Fame: Marnie Krell, Marketing & Communications Coordinator, O: 403.776.1086 C: 403.437.0939, mkrell@cshof.ca; Canadian Tire: Carol Endicott, Communications Advisor, O: 416-480-3352 C: 647-625-5746, carol.endicott@cantire.com