Kaye Hay
Kaye Hay was born October 14, 1934 to parents Christina Ross and Thomas Hay and he continues to reside on the family farm today. Kaye attended the local elementary school and later Alexandria High School.
As the youngest member of a large family, there was a lot of opportunity to play soccer and hockey. With the addition of the neighbouring kids there were always enough bodies to make up two teams and many fun games ensued. No manicured fields or fancy arenas or state of the art equipment were needed to enjoy these sports. As a result Kaye had ample practice time to hone his skills, especially in soccer.
A quote from the AHS yearbook of 1951-52 states “Kaye Hay at five feet eleven inches, weight one hundred and fifty pounds, played offensive left end. An outstanding pass receiver and gained a lot of yardage with his smooth receptions. Excelled in place kicking. ” The team was referred to as the AHS Rugby Football Team.
Kaye joined the Lochiel soccer roster in 1947 playing one game in the Greenspoon Cup at the age of 12. He kicked the only goal in a 1-0 Lochiel win. He was instrumental in Lochiel’s being the powerhouse during the 1950’s and dominating the Glengarry Soccer League especially in the goal-scoring department. Lochiel won eleven Glengarry Championships in 1949,1950,1952 to 1959 consecutively and again in 1967. Also Lochiel won eleven League Championships and ten Greenspoon Cups. Kaye was a valuable member of each of these years. He was the league top scorer several times and was named the most valuable player in the play-offs in 1967 and in 1968.
Winter found Kaye playing broomball, first with the Atlantic Hotel team then with a newly formed Lochiel Broomball Team. This team won several championships. Kaye was a member of the Glen Motel Bowling Team for about ten years, winning three or four times.
In 1964 Kaye became involved in the “roaring game” of Curling. He started as a lead with each successive year moving up towards becoming the team skip. From 1964 to 1988 Kaye, as skip, and his team won twenty-one trophies. Four other years he was part of a trophy-winning team. He also won two Centre 26-Mixed Championships, one in 1978 and the other in the 90’s. He skipped his team to victory in many outside club bonspiels in both the mixed and men’s competitions. He was a member on five Quebec Challenge Teams, winning in Granby in 1986. The team won the cup twice more against Ottawa Clubs before losing to Lennoxville.
Kaye continued farming until his retirement. He still maintains an interest in farming but on the hobby side now. He continues to golf several days of the week. Kaye has had an interesting, fun sporting career.
