Having achieved national and international recognition for his on-the-field efforts in rugby, Don Burgess could just as easily be installed in the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame as a player. A high school track star before he was introduced to the game, Burgess took to rugby quickly. His combination of speed, finesse and toughness endeared him to his Oak Bay Wanderers teammates as well as their supporters. But it was his kicking prowess that enabled him to reach great heights. A nine-time scoring champion in the Island league, he led the Wanderers to six league and two provincial championships in the late 1950s and early '60s. The fullback was a standout on Island, B.C. and national teams that faced top international competition and was capped 33 times. Upon hanging up his boots in 1971 - he was Wanderers' player-coach the final eight years - he focused his talents on coaching, both with Oak Bay and at Mount Newton junior high. He later coached provincial junior teams and guided the Canadian under-21 side to three North American titles. He was named to the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame in 2000.

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Hartley was a constant on the summer tennis scene as a coach and instructor between the 1940s and '70s. Discipline developed through army service - his athletic prowess was enhanced playing basketball, soccer and other sports for the force during wartime - combined with unending patience and an affable teaching style led him to become one of the region's favourite coaches. A prolific cross-country and road racing runner in his own youth, he was considered by some to be ahead of his time with his technique and training methods. While tennis would eventually become his focus, he developed a number of aspiring runners at Victoria High School. But it was his dedication to creating lesson programs that taught the fundamentals of tennis, and his work to expand those programs around the Capital Region, that helped produce generations of players who ultimately passed on their love of the sport to their own families. It's no wonder the current Cedar Hill tennis facility bears Hartley's name today.