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Sisters inducted into the Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame Leading up to this year’s Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame induction, there was a palpable “buzz of excitement” from the ladies of the soon-to-be-honoured Women’s Broomball League. The Sherman sisters—Lexi Sherman and Ali Semenoff—who hail from the Nicola Valley region, started the team. Lexi thought of a women’s broomball league as a way to keep the fastball team connected during the winter season. Lexi and Ali were the only ones that knew much about the sport, having watched games in the past. They practiced once a week, which eventually turned into game night. Within that year, four teams had been formed. The honour spans over more than a decade, from 1980 to 1991. The four teams launched the Kamloops Women’s Broomball League in 1980. The first season was a huge success. In 1981 the women and men’s leagues combined forces and hosted the Provincials. The rest as they say, is history. In that time over forty members collectively won 12 league championships and three provincial titles. They also competed in four national championships, winning the bronze in 1988. Not to mention a slew of victories at tournaments across
Western Canada. They once had a winning streak of a whopping 113 consecutive games as unbeatable broomball champions! Although, they are the first to admit that their first practice was a little rocky. Apparently Debbie Craw, one of the long-standing teammates and archiver of the group’s memorabilia, had com-
(L-r) Sisters Lexi Sherman and Ali Semenoff then and now.
pared it to The Bad News Bears. the gathering of team members. Whoever the saint of broomball is, Says Lexi, “It was down at the Getting the gang back together they were surely on hand that day. What a reunion! This is like A McArthur Island rink. We had was a slightly easier feat with the people showing up with kitchen help of social media, although League of Their Own but with brooms and corn brooms. That’s despite her best detective work, brooms. In fact, the ladies gathhow little everybody knew about she was unable to locate one ered the night before the inducbroomball. It was pretty funny.” team member. Another member tion for a social function, as one Ali laughs at memories of the was found by a total fluke—team night was simply not enough. early days, “we were just this rag members were discussing their “Thirty years since we’ve seen tag group of people making it up search for one woman, and some- each other—there will be a lot of one that knew the woman in ques- laughter and reminiscing”, says as we went along”. Ali was a driving force behind tion overheard that conversation. - continued on page 2
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