Celebrating the life of Myles Morrish

My deepest sympathies to the entire Myles Morrish’s family.

Myles passed away so recently that the celebration of his life will be this Saturday at the New Lowell Legion at 1 p.m.

He was truly blessed to have such love and support from Kelly and Mack Myles. He was a gifted athlete and enjoyed a variety of sports but it was in hockey and baseball where he claimed enough championships to have rings on all his fingers including his thumbs. In fact, there were so many he would have to put them on some of his toes.

Playing for the North Dufferin Baseball League Creemore Barons he bagged seven titles and added another one with the Creemore Braves. In this province, ball players yearn to win an OBA title and it is quite difficult to achieve. A team needs to be firing on all cylinders to win. In 1992, Myles was able to add that achievement to his name while playing for the Barons. He wouldn’t stop with provincial championships though. Myles was invited to play for a Tillsonburg 35-plus age group team back in 2005 and the team was so strong that it won a Canadian national hardball championship.

Around the league, players fondly referred to Myles as the fastest man in the NDBL. He had speed to burn.

In hockey, Myles’ acceleration was hard to match. When a goal was to be scored, no one could catch the graceful skater. He played for the Creemore Chiefs, an extremely competitive intermediate hockey team that was loaded with talent, in the 1980s. One of his rings was earned while playing for the Chiefs in the 1985 season when it won the Intermediate ‘C’ championship.

Myles just didn’t play sports, he gave back to sports and the community. He was a long serving Creemore minor hockey and NDBL executive member. He coached his son Mack in minor hockey including the year the Novices won the Lobster Cup, which is equivalent to winning an all-Ontario.

As a kid, he won a Silverstick while playing minor hockey in Collingwood. He also learned to play golf when his mom took him to the Wasaga Beach golf course where she worked. A bit of a social butterfly, Myles got to know the members and when a fourth was needed he got the call. The man could hit 300 yarders consistently. He was a scratch golfer.

Same thing with pool: A shark.

Myles even gave curling a whirl.

Myles died at age 54. He lost in his fight against leukemia. But he will be forever remembered as a winner.