Reg Midgley arrived on the local Auto Racing scene shortly after Western Speedway opened its doors in 1954. In the intervening fifty years, he has done just about everything a person could do at a racetrack - except the obvious. In all those years, Reg never drove a racecar. In his long career, Reg has been a car owner, track announcer and official, club executive member and finally, a racetrack promoter. In 1961, Reg served his first term as President of the Vancouver Island Track Racing Association. (V.I.T.R.A.) He was also the President of the Canadian - American Modified Racing Association (C.A.M.R.A.) in the early sixties. This was the circuit that started Victoria's Billy Foster on the road to the Indianapolis 500. By 1966, Reg was the promoter of Victoria's Western Speedway, a position he held for a number of years. During those years, he brought in "name" drivers to compete in the bigger races at Western including Bobby Allison, Roger Ward, Janet Guthrie and a host of other well-known International stars. In 1970, Reg was instrumental in developing and promoting a Northwest racing series called the International Drivers Challenge. There were two divisions - Super Stocks and Super Modified. As well as being the promoter, Reg spent hours behind the microphone at the Speedway for many seasons. Reg headed up the International Pro Stock series in the late 1970's and also served as President of the Western Auto Racing Promoters Association. Reg was named Victoria Sportsman of the Year in 1983 and he was inducted into the Greater Victoria Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 1987.

As anyone involved with amateur sport knows, it takes really dedicated volunteers to allow an organization or team to flourish. Roy Woolsey was just such an individual, lending a hand behind the scenes and on the floor at various levels of lacrosse in Victoria from the box game's beginnings in the mid-1930s through the 1970s. A Bobby-helmet wearing beat cop at first and later a desk sergeant with the Victoria police, Woolsey was well-known in the community and developed numerous contacts whom he could hit up to sponsor his teams. In the 1940s, having gained experience managing the Joker's junior and intermediate teams, he was well-equipped to help the club move into the Senior 'B' ranks. With his help, they won the B.C. championship in 1943 and in 1945. Roy used his managerial experience to get on the board of the Greater Victoria Lacrosse Association in the late 1950s and in 1970 became GVLA president. Along the way, he worked as a director with the Shamrocks, until joining the fledgling McDonald's Bakery sponsored Junior A program in the early 70s. With his instrumental help, they developed into a Minto Cup winner. While he was a gruff character on the outside, Roy Woolsey had a big heart, as folks who took in games at the Memorial Arena witnessed. He was often stationed at the arena entrance ensuring handicapped patrons had a decent place from which to watch the game.