Maureen's interest in sports started by playing tennis on the grass court in the backyard of the family home. When it was converted to a victory garden during World War II, she attended a summer tennis program on clay courts at the B.C. Electric Tennis Club under instructor Jim Bardsley.

Her career soon ignited as a student at UBC. Maureen competed in badminton, field hockey and swimming, and she won an unprecedented nine Big Blocks (four badminton, four swimming and one field hockey), a record that held for several years.

Her career in badminton started with winning the B.C. Junior Badminton Championships in her first year at UBC. She followed this up by reaching the B.C. finals the following year. In 1950 Maureen helped UBC win the Washington State invitational badminton tournament, and with her partner, Anne Munro, won the ladies' doubles in straight games. She capped the year by representing B.C. at the Canadian Badminton Championships in Winnipeg.

Maureen was taught to swim at age 4 by the great Archie McKinnon, and was an integral part of the swim team during her years at UBC. She was the team's best at breast stroke and a member of the freestyle relay team, but her specialty was synchronized swimming in which she was considered a pioneer in B.C.

In 1949 the UBC School of Physical Education sponsored B.C.'s first Synchronized Swimming Championship. UBC did not win the team title but Maureen won the individual championship. She also represented B.C in the Canadian Synchronized Swim Championships in Winnipeg.

Maureen was a member of UBC's very strong field hockey team that dominated both the local and U.S. Pacific Northwest competitions. The team won the Vancouver City League and the Women's Northwest Field Hockey Tournament in 1950, having had no goals scored against it during tournament play.

Maureen played competitive badminton from age 14 to 74. She played at the Vancouver Lawn Tennis and Badminton Club, the Carlton Club in Toronto, the Victoria Lawn Tennis and Badminton Club, Victoria Racquet Club and the Brentwood Community Badminton Club. Her illustrious career included 7 Club titles, 20 City titles, 4 Pacific Northwest titles, 40 Provincial titles, 6 National titles and 2 International titles. Remarkably, Maureen won these titles at the junior, open, senior, masters, grand master and golden master levels.

In 1958 Maureen took up golf after tearing her knee cartilage. She has competed in the B.C. Summer Games winning four gold and two silver medals. In 1981 Maureen won a spot on the City Zone team and went to the Senior Women's Provincial Championship. She was named as an alternate to the B.C. Senior Women's golf team for the Canadian Championship on Cape Breton Island and has been a member of the Hunting Cup team 12 times - an annual competition between Victoria and Vancouver. She still golfs several times a week.

Maureen's exceptional athletic career at UBC led to her induction into the UBC Sports Hall of Fame in 1994.

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As Executive Vice-President and Vice-President Partner Relations and Facilities for the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Jim successfully negotiated a lasting Games legacy for the city. Through the inter-municipal capital building program, the region acquired an aquatics centre, a velodrome, a lawn bowling facility and club house, and three new running tracks. Through Jim's vision, UVic gained two new major residence facilities, a multi-purpose track, a field hockey pitch and an improved Centennial Stadium.

Since the Games, Jim has remained heavily involved in community enhancement through participation in the United Way Campaign, the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame and the Duke of Edinburgh Awards (B.C. region). During his years as organizer for the Lions Society Vancouver Island 24 Hour Relay for the Kids (which UVic co-sponsors), the annual event at Centennial Stadium has raised close to $2 million for children with disabilities

George Heller, CEO of the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, said:

"There is no one more deserving of this induction into the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame than Jim Reed. I honestly believe that there would be no PISE (Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence) had it not been for him driving this great project from concept to the world-class facility it is today. It was very quickly apparent to me that Jim was a first rate executive, tough-minded, visionary, an excellent negotiator and possibly one of the best communicators I have had the pleasure to work with. When we realized the Commonwealth Games left a surplus, Jim championed leaving a legacy in the form of a sports development centre in Victoria. He was convincing and visionary as always and single-handedly convinced the Hudson's Bay Company to contribute two million dollars to it."

There is no doubt that without Jim as the driving force and the inaugural chair, PISE would not exist today. The large numbers of Olympians who train in Victoria are a direct legacy of the games.

This amazing person has served on the following boards in different capacities:

 - Executive Vice-President Commonwealth Games Association and Foundation of Canada
 - Former chair of Pacific Sport Group -- Canadian Sport Centre
 - Minister's Council for Employment for Persons with Disabilities
 - 2005 World Curling Championship
 - The United Way of Victoria
 - The Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame
 - The Duke of Edinburgh Award (B.C.)
 - The Board of Trustees for Athletes Assistance Fund
 - Chair Canadian Curling Association
 - The Lions Society Vancouver Island 1995-2000. Founding Chair of the 24 hour relay for children with disabilities. Committee member to find a location for the Easter Seal House
 - Victoria Hospice Foundation. Chaired a major fund-raising swimathon netting approximately $500,000.
 - Past Director on Victoria Hospice and Palliative Care Foundation
 - Special advisor to Vancouver 2010 Olympic bid
 - National fundraiser for Canadian athletes to travel to the 16th and 17th Commonwealth Games

Jim's contributions have been recognized with the University of Victoria Community Leader Award (2009) and the Governor General's Caring Canadian Award (2012).

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