The Town of Espanola Wall of Fame will see three new inductees for 2024. Council is pleased to announce that Armand Bourguignon, Dr. Tamra Jones and Dennis Lendrum have all been chosen as the 2024 Wall of Fame Inductees.
Mr. Armand Bourguignon, is being recognized as an Athlete, Founder, Coach and Manager. He participated in the Canadian Nordic Championships from 1957 – 1964 as well as Senior Men’s Ski Jumping Competitions. As the Founder of the Espanola Ski Club back in 1959, Armand’s dedication and passion for skiing made the sport alive in Espanola, and it has not slowed down. He was instrumental in organizing Nordic and Alpine events at the local, regional and provincial levels, where he coached and managed for many years.
Dr. Tamra Jones, B.A., M.Ed., Ed.D., born and raised in Espanola now residing in Australia, is a Brown University All-Ivy dual athlete for ice hockey and golf (2000) and IIHF World Champion (as Assistant Captain 2007) and U18 Women’s Head Coach (2023). Tamra’s long list of impressive accomplishments in hockey include Gold Canada Winter Games (Team Ontario) Hockey 1995; All-Ivy Team selection (as Defence 1998 & 1999 and as Forward 2000); Most Valuable Defence (Team Australia) IIHF Division III 2007 and Gold IIHF Division III (Team Australia) 2007 to name only a few. Tamra’s golf accomplishments include Champion Northern Ontario Junior Women and Champion Northern Ontario Women Amateur (1996); Top ECAC Championship (1998) and All-Ivy Team selection (1999).
Mr. Dennis Lendrum received the June Callwood Award in 2022. This provincial award recognizes individuals and groups for their superb volunteer contributions to their communities and to the province of Ontario. Over the past 20 years Dennis has worked tirelessly to advocate for Autism and has worked closely with Autism Ontario and police agencies to design and implement the Autism Registry. He has spent many hours providing weekly pontoon boat rides for clients of Community Living Espanola and in collaboration with Espanola Game and Fish, Dennis has played a vital role in creating and maintaining the Black Creek Sno-Shoe Trail.
Council will honor the three selected individuals by inducting them into the 2024 Wall of Fame on Thursday, October 17, 2024. This celebration will be part of the 25th Anniversary of the Regional Recreation Complex which will be held from 7:00 to 9:00 pm.