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.

Geoff Vantreight contributed a huge amount of time and effort to keep the sport of auto racing alive and well in Victoria. He sponsored two of the major annual trophy races at Western Speedway - the Daffodil Cup and the Strawberry Cup. Started in the 1960's, they are still being competed for in 1990's. Geoff also served as Speedway president for 16 years. From the early days at Western Speedway, Geoff always seemed to have cars competing at the track carrying his name as sponsor. Some years he sponsored as many as three cars during the season. Some of the drivers he has supported over the years reads Iike a Who's Who of Victoria racing: Mike Newton, AI Smith, Albert Smith, Ron Hancock, Mike Currier and three-time Daytona 500 racer Roy Smith. Geoff was also generous in his sponsorship of a number of sports teams ranging from Little League Baseball to soccer. He never said no when teams needed help and was inducted into the Victoria Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 1986.