Ivan Temple was one of the greatest hockey "builders" Victoria ever had. In the early 1940's, at the short-lived Willows Arena, Ivan was a co-founder of Victoria Minor Hockey and after fire destroyed that building he kept hockey going by driving Victoria's keenest players to Nanaimo. With the opening of Memorial Arena, Ivan served as president of the Senior Amateur Association for 12 years and began his involvement with the B.C. Hockey Association. As three-term president and long time secretary-manager, Ivan pioneered the use of helmets in minor hockey, introduced Mutual Aid Insurance and the idea of a Minor Hockey Week as well as many innovative rule changes. He had an unbending attitude about rules and violence in hockey and worked long and hard for the well being of every young player in the game. His career spanned nearly 60 years and by the time of his death in 1976, he had been made a life member of the B.C. Amateur Hockey Association and earned the Diamond Stick, the highest honour bestowed by the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association.

Tom Restell was one of the greatest builders in the Greater Victoria sports community for more than a quarter of a century. He was a star goalkeeper of the storied Victoria West soccer side and from 1934 to 1948, Restell guarded the nets and also served as club manager for many of those years. As well, he was a star first baseman for senior baseball clubs in the 1930's before becoming secretary and treasurer for the Victoria Baseball Association. Restell devoted countless hours as manager of Vic West, Victoria United and Victoria City football teams and his baseball clubs of the 1930's. A Times Colonist aritcle on July 30, 1988 noted that "He (Tommy) served as president of Victoria West and is given credit for twice "rescuing" the soccer team from fading into oblivion. As a result, Victoria West today is recognized as the Canadian soccer team with the longest record of contnuous service."

He was also an exceptional referee and umpire. Indeed, Jim Tang, the late Colonist sports writer noted in a 1950 article that by that time Restell was "often called the dean of umpires and referees."

His organizing touch was found on baseball/softball diamonds and soccer fields all over the city. He was the manager of Victoria AII-Star teams that played against English First Division sides such as Fulham and superstars like Sir Stanley Matthews. Seeing the need to improve the game from the grassroots, Restell was instrumental in establishing the Colonist Soccer School and he began the Little Soccer League for young players aged 12 and under.