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History of Broomball in Embrun

       Late 1950's marked the humble beginnings for broomball in Embrun.  Games were held on outside rinks, household brooms were used and regular winter boots was the standard footwear.  Teams were an extension of different social clubs and no one bothered with keeping statistics and league standings.

       In the 1960's the Embrun Broomball League was formed.  It was made up of four teams with highly talented and competitive players.  Later this league was renamed the 417 Broomball League.  

      In the 1970's broomball attracted more and more players.  School kids formed a Young Broomball League.  As interest grew so did the number of competitive teams.

       Local business began their tradition of sponsoring teams.  By the mid-seven-ties there were eights teams in the 417 league.  Both leagues were flourishing as interest in the sport continued to grow.

      When the Ontario Broomball Association (OBA) was born in 1976 all leagues were invited to join the Association.  With a 12,000 strong membership the Provincial Association standardized the game, developed conduct codes for players and coaches and provided the necessary administration for expanding the levels of competition beyond local league play and tournaments.

       Soon the Provincial Association established regional and provincial championships.  Players throughout the province now had a great deal to look forward to, playing for regional, provincial and national honours.

       In 1986 Embrun's Independent Radiator was the first local team to win a provincial championship.  They went to the nationals in Kamloops B.C. and returned with a silver medal.

       The next year Embrun Plumbing began its reign as a Provincial and National Powerhouse.  Over the next 10 years Embrun Plumbing was National Champion 9 times and won the silver in 1990 when they finished second.  In 1991 Embrun Plumbing won the World Broomball Championship.

       In 1996 the now famous and still national champions, Embrun Plumbing, played their last game and retired their fame name.  A new team named Embrun Sports carried on the region's winning tradition when they won gold in 1997, 1998 saw them take home silver and in 1999 and 2000 they were again National Champions.

       One thing is certain, teams from our region have contributed greatly to Embrun being known by many as the Broomball Capital.

           (from CBF Juvenile Championship 2000 program)

Historique du ballon-balai a Embrun

      Les debuts du ballon-balai a Embrun remontent a la fin des annees 1950 alors qu'on jouait sur des patinoires exterieures.

      A l'epoque, on utilisait des balais de maison qu'on coupait a la mesure du joueur.  L'equipement etant inexistant, on se chaussait des simples bottes d'hiver.

      Les equipes se formaient a partir de differentes associations et comme sport etait pratique seulement dans un but recreatif, aucun document ne rapporte les resultats de ces joutes.  C'est seulement au debut des annees 1960 qu'on commenca a s'organiser en formant une ligue avec les joueurs les plus talentueux pour la competition.  Quatre equipes faisant partie de la ligue d'Embrun qui prit eventuellement le nom de Ligue 417 d'Embrun.

      En 1970, d'autre jeunes homees frequentant encore l'ecole developpaient une nouvelle ligue appelee Ligue de ballon-balai des jeunes.  Eventuellement, huit equipes composaient la ligue et tous les interesses pouvaient y participater, des commercants locaux parrainant les equipes.

      L'Ontario Broomball Association (OBA) a ete cree en 1976 et toutes les ligues furent invitees a s'y joindre.  En plus de regrouper 12 000 membres, l'OBA apportait l'epanouissement et la conformite de ce sport partout en province.  Avec l'avenement de l'association, les joueurs avaient a gagner, a commencer par des championnats: le regional, le provincial et le national.

      En 1986, l'equipe Independant Radiateur de la Ligue 417 d'Embrun devient la premiere equipe a se classer au championnat provincial et a representer L'Ontario.  Lors du championnat national tenu a Kamloops, en Colombie-Britannique, l'equipe revient avec la medaille d'argent.

     Le regne d'Embrun Plumbing au titre de champion canadien debute a 1987 par une victoire a Repentigny, Quebec.  L'annee suivante, l'equipe remporte la medaille d'or au championnat canadien tenu a Yellowknife, TNO.  En 10 ans, Embrun Plumbing n'a echappe qu'une seule victoire nationale, soit en 1990 alors qu'on lui attribue la medaille d'argent.  De plus, cette equipe s'est distinguee sur la scene internationale remportant le seul Mondial qui a eu lieu en 1991.  

      En pleine gloire, Embrun Plumbing cesse ses activites apres le championnat de 1996.  Embrun Sports prend aussitot la releve et remporte le championnat national en 1997 et en 1999, se contentant de la medaille d'argent en 1998.  

      On peut presque dire que Embrun est la capitale du ballon-balai.  Il est donc normal que Embrun soit l'hote du Championnat juvenile canadien 2000!


          
(Programme du Championat Juvenile 2000 de la FBC)

HISTORY

 Embrun Plumbing Castors

                                                                 GP        Wins         Losses     Winning Pct
                                                                 465          447               18               0 .961

Birth:      1987             
                                     Retired:  1996

Owner:   Maurice Lemieux                                      Manager: Al McDuff                             Coach:   Willie Montgomery
Trainer:  Stephane Lemieux

Budget:  About $ 5,000 - players pay $ 200 each

Record:  10 Eastern Ontario Championships      10 Ontario Championships                 9 Canadian Championships

                 1 World Championship

Alumni (past - present players; unfortunately, we do not have the complete listing of all of our past members.  So
                 if your name is missing, please forward it including the year(s) you play to ontariobroomball@yahoo.ca
Bernie Larose Gilles Dore Normand Lemieux
Michel Bourgeois Jacques Gagnon Michel Papineau
Yvan "Skip" Breton Norm Bisaillon Paul Petersen
Randy Rosenthal Reg MacDonald Bill Moran
Donald Papineau Darrell Campbell Guy Marion
Gerry Clement Stephane Gilbert Glen Wilson
Charles Cossette


Embrun Sports

ONTARIO CHAMPION 2000

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Birth:       1997                                                             Retired:         2001 

Owner:    Maurice Lemieux                                     Manager:      Al McDuff                       Coach:   Al Reid
                                                                                                                                                                     Wilson Montgomery

Budget:   unknown

Record:   4 Eastern Ontario Championships        3 Ontario Championships                  3 Canadian Championships

Alumni (past - present players; unfortunately, we do not have the complete listing of all of our past members.  So
                 if your name is missing, please forward it including the year(s) you play to ontariobroomball@yahoo.ca
Bernie Larose (1997) Brent Hughes (1997) Jacques Gagnon (1997)
Guy Marion (1997) Normand Bisaillon (1997) Paul Peterson (1997)
Miguel Belisle (1997) Marc Charlebois (1997) Reg MacDonald (1997)
Steven Harps (1997) Doug Delage (1997) Paul Ferguson (1997)
John Corvinelli (1997) Stephane Lemieux (1997) Stephan Gilbert (1997)
Marc Bergevin (1997) Yvan Breton (1998) Rick Zeggil (1999)
Jason Norman (1999) Steven Norman (1999) Sylvain Boisvert (1997)
Adrian Henry (1999) Jamie Dewar (1999) Lance Ouderkirk (1999)
Mario Quenneville (1999) Chris Carroll (1999) Dennis Daley (1999)
Charlie McKeown (2000) Mark Ryan (2000) Shannon Ryan (2000)
Christian Duhamel (1997) Glen Wilson (1999) Martin Marion (2000)
Jason Norman (2002) John Rystephanuk (2002) Yves Clement (2002)
Paul Seguin (2002) Remi Cardinal (1998) Jeff Verbeek (2000)

Ottawa Nationals

Birth:       1998                                                             Retired:         

Owner:    Jean-Noel Gilbert                                     Manager:      Al McDuff                         Coach:          Al Reid

Budget:    unknown

Record:   3 Eastern Ontario Championships       2 World Championships

Alumni (past - present players; unfortunately, we do not have the complete listing of all of our past members. So
                 if your name is missing, please forward it including the year(s) you play to ontariobroomball@yahoo.ca)
Marc Bergevin (2002) Rob Munro (2002) Jason Norman (2002)
Brent Hughes (2002) Jamie Norman (2002) Lance Bowman (2002)
Lee Casselman (2003) Steve Norman (2002) Jamie Dewar (2000)
Yves Clement (2002) Norm Bissaillon (2003) Adrian Henry (2000)
Christian Duhamel (2002) Wade McCambley (2003) Stephane Gilbert (1998)
Mario Quenneville (2000) Reg MacDonald (2000) Steve Harps (2003)
Marc Massia (2002) Nicholas Henry (2002) John Rystephanuk (2002)
Bill Munro (2002) Lance Ouderkirk (2000) Chris Carroll (2000)
Trevor Bolton (2002) Martin Marion (2000) Kevin Kealey (2002)
Michel Brideau (2002) Jeff Hawkins (2000) Alain Seguin (2003)
Joey Hillis (2003) Gary Charlebois (2003) Sebastien Cote (2003)
Art Martin (2003) Gary St-Pierre (2003) Dan Labelle (2003)
Trevor Bolton (2002) Maurice "Moe" Brisson (2004) Jean-Noel Gilbert (1998)