Posted by Sudbury Northern Life 
The 2009 list of inductees to be enshrined into this year's House of Kin Sudbury's Sports Hall of Fame have been finalized.
More than 100 names were put forward and reviewed by the Sudbury Sports Hall of Fame selection committee. The list was narrowed down to 23 individuals last month and in the end 10 were chosen.
The Class of 2009 includes fellow basketball coaches Mary Collinson and Mitch Lalonde, paddler Joe Derochie, longtime minor hockey board member Bev McIver, wrestler Matti Jutila, badminton player Lucio Fabris, retired NHL players Doug Mohns and Brian Savage, longtime marathon runner Dr. Ron Wallingford and the late Roy Pella, a Commonwealth Games discus silver medalist in 1954.
The Class of 2009 will be officially inducted into Sudbury's Sports Hall of Fame at the 41st annual House of Kin Sports Celebrity Dinner and Awards on June 10 at the Caruso Club.
Tickets for the sports celebrity dinner, awards and induction ceremony go on sale Monday, March 9 at the House of Kin or by telephoning Norm Mayer or Chris Sheridan at 522-3600. Tickets are $45 for adults and $20 for youngsters 10 years of age and under.
