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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Friday, March 6, 2015 | 4 2015 inductees revel in others' accomplishments continued from p.1 of others that it can be done, but the people who did it don't walk away and not share some of the inside story. That's really important." Giving back to the local sports community seemed the main theme of the night Feb. 26 at Oakville Conference & Banquet Centre as MacLean (broadcasting), Dean and Scott Oldershaw (canoe-kayak), Fran McLellan (builder, synchronized skating) and Steve Blundy (builder, hockey) were inducted into the Oakville Sports Hall of Fame. Rather than their own significant accomplishments, members of this year's class spoke of the joy they take in seeing others succeed. Dean Oldershaw "This is about people that I've been able to help," said Dean Oldershaw, who coached the Oakville Racing Canoe Club to national championship burgees from 1981-83. "My big thrill was helping others achieve. That satisfied me... it gave me a thrill." Dean, a former teacher at General Wolfe and White Oaks high schools, repreDean Oldershaw in 1989 sented Canada in canoeing at the 1972 and 1976 Olympic Summer Games. The son of three-time Olympic paddler Bert Oldershaw, Dean hoped to compete alongside brothers Scott and Reed at the 1980 Games before Canada boycotted the event in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. "It all stems from my dad," Dean, now 68, said of the family's Olympic paddling lineage, which reached three generations when Mark Oldershaw -- Scott's son -- won canoeing bronze at the 2012 Games in London. "My sports hero was in the house, whereas other kids had to look up to Gordie Howe or the Rocket (Maurice Richard). But I had a choice, and that was important too, that my parents didn't force the canoeing on any of us." Scott Oldershaw Scott Oldershaw kayaked at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles, reaching the semifinals of the The 2015 Oakville Sports Hall of Fame inductees, pictured from left, are: Ron MacLean, Steve Blundy (represented by K-1 500 metres, wife Pat), Fran McLellan, Scott Oldershaw and Dean Oldershaw. and competed | photo by Michael Ivanin - special to the Beaver for Canada at the World Canoe Championships from 1971-87. He world championship finals when they finished 1990-2007, winning national championship burgees in 1997, 1998, 2000 and 2007. He also and Dean became sixth at the 1977 worlds in Sofia, Bulgaria. Like Dean, Scott pursued his passion for helped develop Burloak's Adam van Koeverden the first Canadian canoeing doubles coaching after his competitive career ended. He into an Olympic kayaking champion and foursee Sharing on p.8 Scott Oldershaw crew to make the served as Burloak Canoe Club's head coach from legal matters Comfort Friendly Spa-like l r. 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