Renaming the Knights of Columbus Park bowl the Bobby Allan Bowl
General Committee makes recommendations; City Council makes the final decision.
Every councillor who voted both times voted the same way.
Councillor Votes
Full Resolution Text
Whereas the Knights of Columbus Park is currently undergoing major renovations including the floor and boards of the bowl; Whereas Bobby Allan grew up within two blocks of the Knights of Columbus Park and played there often; Whereas Bobby Allan is recognized as being one of the very finest lacrosse players in Canada having been inducted into the Peterborough and District Sports Hall of Fame (1980), the first lacrosse player inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame (2017) and the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame (1974); Whereas Bobby Allan played on four Mann Cup championship teams (1954, 1956, 1962,1966); and Whereas Bobby Allan coached box lacrosse teams in Peterborough and Philadelphia, and then coached the Canadian National Field Lacrosse Team to a world championship in Manchester in 1970, and coached the Peterborough Lakers to a Mann Cup Championship in 1973; Be it resolved that the new bowl in Knights of Columbus Park be renamed as the Bobby Allan Bowl.