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CHALLENGE CUP

HISTORY

The Investors Group B.C. Challenge Cup was inaugurated during the 1978-1979 season by the late Bruce Allison, President of the Pacific Coast Amateur Hockey Association in the Lower Mainland District, and Art Fisher, President of the Okanagan-Mainline Amateur Hockey Association, to provide a championship competition for "B" teams within the province of British Columbia. At that time the B.C. Amateur Hockey Association recognized only one provincial championship in PeeWee through Juvenile. Representative teams from smaller communities and second teams out of larger Associations had no championship competition beyond their own district.

In its initial seasons, the B.C. Challenge Cup was a best-of-three series between the Okanagan-Mainline and Pacific Coast winners. At that time only the larger southern districts were able to operate viable "B" leagues. In 1985 Vancouver Island began competition, and in 1989 the Challenge Cup became a true province-wide competition. Today, all eight districts send representatives.

With the addition by the BCAHA of the Double "AA" (1980-1981) and Single "A" (1987-1988) levels of competition, small and medium-sized Associations were able to enter their first team in the division on CHA cards. The Challenge Cup became a competition for District-carded teams entered behind a CHA-carded "AAA", "AA", or "A" team within their Association.

The B.C. Challenge Cup trophies are named in honour of three builders of the game of hockey in B.C. The late Roy Watt was a long time volunteer in the Kamloops area, Art Fisher was President of the Okanagan-Mainline AHA for a total of 18 years and is an OMAHA Life Member, and Stan Patience was PCAHA President for 8 years in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. Both Art Fisher and Stan Patience are winners of the BCAHA Diamond Stick Award.

1999-2000 marks the 22nd season of competition for the B.C. Challenge Cup, and the fourth under the sponsorship and support of The Investors Group. Once again, exciting and entertaining hockey is expected in the playoffs to be hosted by Cowichan Valley MHA, Kamloops MHA, and Surrey MHA.

* Please note - As a result of changes in rules regarding B players now being CHA carded the Investor's Group Challenge Cup is no longer a PCAHA operated Tournament. We at the PCAHA would like to thank the Investors Group for their support of the Challenge Cup over the last number of years. Without sponsors such as the Investor's Group an event of this type is not possible to put on, so Thank You for your past support of this wonderful championship and we look forward to working with you again in a future endeavor, the PCAHA. 

CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY WINNERS


Season

Roy Watt
Memorial Trophy
PeeWee "B"


Art Fisher Trophy
Bantam "B"

Stan Patience
Memorial Trophy
Midget "B"

1978-1979

N/L Richmond North Shore W.C.

1979-1980

Grandview Revelstoke North Shore W.C.

1980-1981

North Vancouver Richmond Richmond

1981-1982

South Delta Grandview North Delta

1982-1983

West Vancouver Richmond Kelowna

1983-1984

Kamloops Burnaby North Shore W.C.

1984-1985

Kamloops North Delta "Sungods" North Shore W.C.

1985-1986

Kamloops Kamloops "Berna Bombers" Burnaby

1986-1987

Kelowna Nanaimo "Clippers" Coquitlam

1987-1988

Kamloops Kamloops "NK Lions" Kamloops

1988-1989

Kelowna Kamloops Burnaby

1989-1990

Penticton North Delta "Sungods" North Delta

1990-1991

Surrey North Vancouver Langley

1991-1992

Surrey Cowichan Valley North Vancouver

1992-1993

Cowichan Valley North Delta Richmond

1993-1994

Kelowna Surrey "B1" Kamloops

1994-1995

Semiahmoo Abbotsford-Matsqui "B1" Kamloops

1995-1996

Richmond "B1" Abbotsford-Matsqui "B1" Richmond "B1"

1996-1997

Coquitlam "B1" North Delta "B1 Sundemons" Kelowna

1997-1998

Richmond "B1’ Richmond "B2" North Shore W.C.

1998-1999

Kelowna Kelowna Kelowna

1999-2000

South Delta "B1" Kelowna "B2" Kelowna

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