Mollie Cartmell
A native of Dunfermline, Scotland, Mollie arrived in Canada in 1969. She joined the teaching staff at Thomas A. Stewart S.S in 1976. As a coach her main love was field hockey. She guided the TAS Griffins to 11 Kawartha field hockey championships and three silver OFSAA medals and added a COSSA soccer championship. Since coming to Peterborough, Mollie has been a very active community volunteer. She was a founding member of the Arborough Games; has been a board member of the local YMCA and first woman president, and two-term board member of YMCA Canada; a founding member of the Peterborough & District Sports Hall of Fame and first female chair; a board member for Kawartha Haliburton Children’s Aid Society and Canadian Canoe Museum. Mollie has committed a great deal of her life’s work to the Canadian Olympic Association, serving in various capacities. Since 1984 she has been a member of the Canadian Olympic Committee and Youth Education Advisory Board. She has attended ten Olympic and Pan Am Games. Mollie was the 1989 Canadian Delegation, Chef de Mission, at the International Olympic Academy, Greece Olympics. In 1996, at the invitation of the Hellenic Olympic Committee, Mollie participated in the Olympic Torch Lighting and Relay celebrations of the modern Olympic Games centenary in Greece, receiving a traditional Hellenic Olympic Torch. Mollie Cartmell is the recipient of many awards in recognition of her contribution as a volunteer and for community activism: 1988 Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship; 1994 Honourary Life Director, Peterborough & District Sports Hall of Fame; 1994 “Canadian Olympic Award of Merit” – the 100th Anniversary of the founding of the Olympic movement; 1995 Examiner Sportsperson of the Year and Peterborough Sportsperson of the Year; 1999 City of Peterborough Award of Distinction – Olympic Youth Camp; 2000 Paul Harris Fellowship Rotary Club Award; 2007 Trent University Community Leadership Award; 2009 YMCA Fellowship of Honour Award – presented by Governor General Michaëlle Jean; and she was the recipient of awards of merit from Carol Ann Letheren, President, Canadian Olympic Association. On top of her athletic achievements, Mollie is an artist – wood carver, jazz enthusiast gardener and photographer.
Year Inducted:
2023
Status:
Deceased
A native of Dunfermline, Scotland, Mollie arrived in Canada in 1969. She joined the teaching staff at Thomas A. Stewart S.S in 1976. As a coach her main love was field hockey. She guided the TAS Griffins to 11 Kawartha field hockey championships and three silver OFSAA medals and added a COSSA soccer championship. Since coming to Peterborough, Mollie has been a very active community volunteer. She was a founding member of the Arborough Games; has been a board member of the local YMCA and first woman president, and two-term board member of YMCA Canada; a founding member of the Peterborough & District Sports Hall of Fame and first female chair; a board member for Kawartha Haliburton Children’s Aid Society and Canadian Canoe Museum. Mollie has committed a great deal of her life’s work to the Canadian Olympic Association, serving in various capacities. Since 1984 she has been a member of the Canadian Olympic Committee and Youth Education Advisory Board. She has attended ten Olympic and Pan Am Games. Mollie was the 1989 Canadian Delegation, Chef de Mission, at the International Olympic Academy, Greece Olympics. In 1996, at the invitation of the Hellenic Olympic Committee, Mollie participated in the Olympic Torch Lighting and Relay celebrations of the modern Olympic Games centenary in Greece, receiving a traditional Hellenic Olympic Torch. Mollie Cartmell is the recipient of many awards in recognition of her contribution as a volunteer and for community activism: 1988 Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship; 1994 Honourary Life Director, Peterborough & District Sports Hall of Fame; 1994 “Canadian Olympic Award of Merit” – the 100th Anniversary of the founding of the Olympic movement; 1995 Examiner Sportsperson of the Year and Peterborough Sportsperson of the Year; 1999 City of Peterborough Award of Distinction – Olympic Youth Camp; 2000 Paul Harris Fellowship Rotary Club Award; 2007 Trent University Community Leadership Award; 2009 YMCA Fellowship of Honour Award – presented by Governor General Michaëlle Jean; and she was the recipient of awards of merit from Carol Ann Letheren, President, Canadian Olympic Association. On top of her athletic achievements, Mollie is an artist – wood carver, jazz enthusiast gardener and photographer.