The late Bill Walker was one of Victoria's best Ioved sportswriters during his lengthy career at the Times and Times Colonist. His tenure at the Victoria newspapers spanned 36 years from 1946 to 1983 with 22 of those years spent as a sportswriter covering the local scene. Gentlemanly and decent both as a person and writer, Bill had an eye for detail and his stories resonated with homespun charm and were always entertaining and thorough. From 1946 to 1956, Bill covered the great Victoria Dominoes basketball dynasty, minor pro baseball at RAP and Victoria sporting legends such as Lester Patrick. Bill was Times sports editor from 1951 to 1956, covering events such as the Miracle Mile at the 1954 Commonwealth Games, the Juan de Fuca Strait swim craze and Cougars hockey and Shamrocks lacrosse games. He was elevated to the position of news editor for the Times in 1956 and returned to the sports department in 1969 where he continued to cover sports both for the Times, and the merged Times Colonist, until his retirement in 1983. He was a co-recipient of the 2002 Sid Thomas Award for Sports Media.

Tom Morris, wearing the Victoria Wheelers club colours, was one of the greatest cyclists from a city that has produced its share of them. He emerged from the Island to represent Canada in cycling at the Summer Olympics in Munich,1972 and Montreal,1976. Tom won three Canadian national titles and represented Canada at two Olympics, two Commonwealth Games (Edinburgh in 1970 and Christchurch in 1974), two Pan-American Games and every world championship between 1969 and 1976. He was voted Victoria Male Athlete of the Year for 1972. As a sign of Tom's steely determination, at age 32, he set himself the goal of cycling 7000 miles in six months to prepare himself for the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics. He met that goal, and then won four of six selection races to assure his spot as Captain on the Canadian team. After his cycling career, Tom competed twice in Ironman Hawaii and once in Ironman New Zealand where he won his age group and placed 18th overall.