Elected uncil vot unanimoly to change name of Gaylord Powls Arena

Contents:

• ELECTED UNCIL VOT UNANIMOLY TO CHANGE NAME OF GAYLORD POWLS ARENA
• GAYLORD POWLS ARENA FACTS
• GAYLORD POWLS ARENA, VENU (SIX NATNS MOR HOCKEY)
• THE LEGEND OF GAYLORD POWLS — LACROSSE SAVANT
• GAYLORD POWLS ARENA
• SIX NATNS- GAYLORD POWLS ARENA, VENU (SIME MOR LACROSSE)
• GAYLORD POWLS
• BT HIKG TRAILS NEAR GAYLORD POWLS ARENA

ELECTED UNCIL VOT UNANIMOLY TO CHANGE NAME OF GAYLORD POWLS ARENA

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SIX NATIONS — Six Natns Elected Council says they will change the name of the arena Ohsweken — removg the name of Gaylord Powls and rtorg the prev name of the Six Natns Sports and Cultural Memorial Arena. A legatn approached Six Natns Elected Council on Tuday night to ask aga that Gaylord Powls’ name be removed om the arena.

The arena that stands at the heart of Ohsweken was origally named the Six Natns Sports and Cultural Memorial Centre 1972 wh a name change 2001 to the Gaylord Powls Arena a motn brought forward to uncil by a Six Natns muny member followg Powls’ passg. Acrdg to historil rerds, SNEC passed a Band Council Rolutn to change the arena name to the “Gaylord Powls Sports Centre” on July 24, 2001.

GAYLORD POWLS ARENA FACTS

SIX NATIONS — The arena that stands at the heart of Ohsweken was origally named the Six Natns Sports and Cultural Memorial Centre wh a name change 2001 to the Gaylord Powls Arena and renovatns 2005.

Gaylord Powls elected to Sports Hall of FameAthletics, renciliatn to e together at Indigeno GamTom Longboat: A man lled EverythgIn 2017, the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame honoured a lacrosse legend the morn sense — a player whose skills were legendary, and who was himself the son of a legendarily gifted player.

GAYLORD POWLS ARENA, VENU (SIX NATNS MOR HOCKEY)

We honour Gaylord Powls, the son of Ross Powls, lacrosse greats, both of them. But Lacrosse, of urse, is famoly ancient — much olr than any Hall of Fame, or for that matter, the untry which celebrat one of s great athlet before we talk about Gaylord Powls the lacrosse player, we should back up jt a ltle b, and nsir one of the many legends om the early days of lacrosse.

We tell this story bee Gaylord Powls would approve of . "Powls, right, pictured wh brother Gary, centre, and sister Gaylene, showed obv skill at a young age. (Source: Gaylene Powls)The bad player ignor the warng, keeps at his angry and unpleasant game, and so the spectator out aga, and picks him up by the legs and scff of neck.

Gaylord Powls lived that old Sene he was very young, 12 or so, he was already an obvly gifted player.

THE LEGEND OF GAYLORD POWLS — LACROSSE SAVANT

Gaylord worked at this ial, and learng to ntrol his anger, he got himself on a path to beg one of the greatt players of all time.

GAYLORD POWLS ARENA

Throughout his reer, as player and ach, Gaylord Powls learned to ignore tnts, and absorb unfair hs.

SIX NATNS- GAYLORD POWLS ARENA, VENU (SIME MOR LACROSSE)

If Gaylord Powls uld play clean when beg fouled, the other team would get a penalty. And if Gaylord Powls' team, whether amatr or profsnal, was on the power play, then was a sure bet the opposg goalie would be havg a by day.

Growg up Six Natns of the Grand River, wh Ross Powls as his father and ach, meant every day of young Gaylord's life was a master class "Boxla" as the door game is often lled. When Gaylord joed him there 1990, they beme the only father and son players to do so. 4:40Lacrosse: The creator’s gameLike his son Gaylord Powls, Six Natn’s star Ross Powls was a legend of the sport.

Imprsed famed achAt 16 years old, Gaylord's virtuosic play ught the attentn of famed lacrosse ach Jim Bishop. It took a mounta of paper work and permissn seekg before Bishop was allowed to draft so young a player, but at 16, Gaylord moved off rervatn, alone, to play for the Oshawa Green 11 was not on easy amic time for a boy obssed wh sport, but he took solace om a close iend and classmate there Oshawa.

GAYLORD POWLS

Gaylord's sister, Audrey Powls-Bomberry, remembers a time when Gaylord brought Orr back to the rerve for a big dner event. " If you were a teenage girl Canada 1967, that is probably about the bt possible story to have up your we mentn that Gaylord was the olst of 14 Powls kids?

Gaylord's mom, Wilma Bomberry was perhaps the unsung hero of his life. Gaylord's slightly younger sister, Gail Powls-Ayr has a classic about those days.

BT HIKG TRAILS NEAR GAYLORD POWLS ARENA

She says Gaylord always had the last word about who, among lacrosse players, she or her sisters uld date (beg Powls, they were gog to have to be datg lacrosse players) Gail says, 50 years later, she is at an Oshawa sports hall of fame dner, where 10 Oshawa Green Gael teammat were among those honourg her brother. Group photo time: the mera guy urg them all to soch closer for the shot … at which pot a teammate om 1967 whispers, "Gaylord would have NEVER let get this close to his sister. The numbers tell you Gaylord was great, but they don't reveal the extraordary style of the man's play.

(Source: Richard Powls)Bce Todman suffered four years of "gettg the snot kicked out of " playg agast Gaylord.