CAF Sports Hall of Fame Inductees B

LGen Arp’s lifelong love of soccer began as a successful competitor where he won a gold medal at the CAF National Soccer Championship in 1978. In the years that followed, he worked tirelessly as a builder of the sport creating opportunities and supporting CAF athletes as they trained and competed in Canada and around the world
 
As a Chief of Mission, LGen Arp led the teams competing at the CISM Americas Men’s Soccer Championship in 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2009. In 2005, he fulfilled the same role at the CISM World Military Men’s Soccer Championship. In women’s soccer, he served as Canadian Chief of Mission at the CISM World Military Women’s Soccer Championship six times between 2000 and 2009. He was also involved in the administration of CISM in a broader capacity serving as Canadian Chief of Delegation to CISM at their Annual General Meeting (AGM) from 2003 to 2005 and at regional meetings from 2003 to 2006. In 2006, he served on the Board of Directors of CISM and attended their AGM in Rome. LGen Arp was also the CAF Sports Patron for both men’s and women’s soccer from 1998 to 2009 and the CAF Sports Patron for the National Men’s Soccer Championship from 1998 to 2008.

Within the military, Maj Ashcroft was a member of the CAF CISM Rifle Team as an athlete and coach for a full decade beginning in 1992. In 1987, he was honoured as the CAF Athlete of the Year.
 
In the civilian world, he won major prizes every year between 1984 and 1993. In 1984, he was the Canadian champion – Olympic style (prone rifle iron sights). In 1987, 1988 and 1991, he was crowned the Canadian champion in the individual prone rifle event at the National Championship and he also won the gold team medal in 1988 at the World Cup in Mexico. He attended the Commonwealth Games in 1986 winning the gold team medal and the silver team medal in 1990. At the Pan Am Games, he won the gold team medal in 1987 and took 5^th place in the individual prone rifle event in 1991. In Olympic level competition, he took 8^th place in the team prone rifle event at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea and 15^th place in the team prone rifle event at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Maj Ashcroft was named Male Athlete of the Year by the Shooting Federation of Canada in both 1988 and 1989.