Bessie and Cliff Lawrence

Hall of Fame

In the early 1950s, Bessie and Cliff Lawrence were active in several community recreation projects. They helped build and grow the Destruction Bay Curling Club, the Beaver Creek and Teslin skating rinks, and the Teslin ball diamond.

Bessie and Cliff also organized sport days for children living along the North Highway and were prime movers in the establishment of junior curling in Beaver Creek and Testlin, instilling a love and art of the game in youngsters.

They were generous with their time and spent hundreds of hours teaching, coaching, travelling, inspiring and perhaps most of all, sharing their passion and igniting others’ enthusiasm for all sports.

Bessie and Cliff’s support was unwavering and they never failed to send encouragement and greetings to athletes competing outside of the Yukon. Their constant show of support for sport continues to manifest itself in Yukoners to this day.