Kitchener Hallman Rivershark Twins International Softball Congress Champions
Inducted In
2009
Front – Steve Mullaley, Todd Martin, Jeff Ellsworth, Evan Boyd
2nd row – Ryan Wolfe, Matt Lynch, Blair Ezekial, Frank Cox, Larry Lynch (Coach)
3rd row – Greg Nydick (Statistician), Dan Loney, Blake Miller, Ian Fehrman, Jody Eidt
4th row – Patrick Shannon, Dave Bailey, Don Scott, Jason Sanford
Back – Denny Bruckert (Field Manager), Bob Nydick (Sponsor and GM), Jim Hallman (Sponsor), Derek Shackleton, Meg Smith (Trainer)
Absent – Cyril Moss (Strength Trainer), Todd Evans (Website Manager)
The Kitchener Hallman Rivershark Twins reached the pinnacle of success in 2008, winning the prestigious International Softball Congress (ISC) World Championship.
In the 2008 ISC Championships hosted in Wisconsin, the Hallman Twins sported a perfect record of six consecutive wins, defeating teams from Oregon, North Dakota, Iowa, New York and Saskatchewan. In the final game, it was the first time that two Canadian teams (the Twins and Saskatoon Aspen Interiors) competed, and the Twins were only the second Canadian team to earn the title of ISC World Champions in the 62-year history of the event.
The Twins are the longest continuously operating senior men’s fastball team in Canada.
In the inaugural 1967 season, the team was sponsored by Waterloo Bridge Sports. In the 1970s and 1980s, sponsored by CHYM radio, the team gained prominence as the Waterloo CHYMrs.
In 1991, the team changed to become the Waterloo Twins, sponsored by Twin City Trophies and later by the Brick Brewing Company. In 1997, the Hallman family became involved, initially through Peter Hallman, and following his untimely death in 1999, Jim Hallman assumed the sponsorship and the team became known as the Kitchener Hallman Twins.
Provincially, the team has won five Ontario championships and collected six medals at the national Softball Canada Championships.
In ISC competition, it took 17 appearances over 19 seasons for the Twins to win the World Title, amassing a 57-31 record.
The 2008 season will be long remembered as the year that the Kitchener Hallman Rivershark Twins were crowned World Champions.