Chuck Brimmer always has the time, energy, skill and enthusiasm to organize another event.

In 1971 Chuck advertised on radio for Atom players to play in a summer hockey league in Ancaster. He organized car pools, got parents involved, and coached the team to the championship.  It was that experience that prompted Chuck to dream of a tournament in Simcoe.

Since 1971, the Golden Garden Tournament has attracted over 12,000 participants.  Chuck chaired the tournament for several years then and has returned to those duties for the last few successful years.

Chuck chaired Simcoe's first sports celebrity dinner at the Simcoe Legion Hall, in the early 1970s.  Turk Broda, Camiel Henry and Alan Eagleson attended.

He chaired the hugely successful first Sports Hall of Recognition Induction Ceremony and Celebrity Dinner in 1996 and has held the post of Chair ever since.

Chuck and John Black organized the first fastball tournament every held at Centennial Park during Friendship Festival Weekend.  He and Howard Woolley chaired the building of the Simcoe Lions Club mobile float depicting Panorama that promoted Simcoe in parades in such places as Kitchener and Quebec City. He still promotes Simcoe wherever he goes. In 1967 he was chair of the Friendship Festival.  He has been a coach, referee and president of Simcoe Minor Hockey.

Chuck played Junior B Hockey in Brantford and Waterloo before embarking on a stand out career in Senior and Intermediate leagues.  Over the years, his Nitehawk Restaurant and Norfolk Pools & Spsa have sponsored numerous teams.

But it is for his organizational skills that Mike McArthur said: "I admire Chuck's passion and dedication to the community.  He does it for the benefit of the players and the larger community. He displays an unselfish devotion to the game, to the players and to his community."

Chuck was inducted into our Hall of Recognition in 2000.

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Original 2000 profile by Don Stewart, 2000