Donnie MacAulay ranks high on the list of New Waterford's most gifted athletes. He is an accomplished performer in softball, track and field and basketball. Donnie was a member of the Central High School Squad, which won the Provincial High School Championship in 1960 and the Canadian Juvenile Championship in 1961. During the National Juvenile Championship playoff, Donnie scored a whopping 89 points during the 3 game playoff.

Donnie is best remembered as the slick small forward with the New Waterford Strands, a perennial Maritime Powerhouse, winners of numerous Provincial and Maritime titles. Donnie was a leading scorer and rebounder for the Strands in the sixties and early seventies. He was New Waterford's answer to NBA Hall-of-Famer, Elgin Baylor, as Donnie mastered his floating bank shot from various vantage points on the court. He is best remembered for sinking a last second foul shot, to complete a three point play at the buzzer and send the 1970 Maritime Championship game into overtime at Mt. Carmel Gym; a game eventually won by the Strands in a marathon Easter Sunday doubleheader.

Donnie still continues to participate in competitive athletics. For the past number of years, he finds time to participate in approximately 100 slow pitch games per summer. In 1995, he led his team to the Maritime Slow Pitch Tournament advancing to the Nationals, pitched 8 games with a 7-1 record, batted an astounding .833 and was named MVP for the tournament. At age 52, Donnie was the only player on his team over 30.

Coal Bowl '99 is pleased to have Donnie MacAulay, one of New Waterford's most accomplished athletes, as a Division Chairperson.

"Jiggy" as he was known to his friends was born in New Waterford to John and Katharina Micholsky. His family was made up of six brothers and two sisters. He attended St. Agnes School, where he took part in all sports activities available. It was while he was attending St. Agnes School that "Jiggy" started playing basketball through the Y.M.C.A.

"Jiggy" left school early to work in the coal mines at age fifteen. While working in the mines, he attended night school and took various mining courses. "Jiggy" worked in Number 8, 12 and Lingan Collieries. He was Assistant Manager of Number 12 Colliery for many years retiring in 1981 after having fifty years of service.

During his working years, "Jiggy" played with various Strand teams from 1934 until 1948. He finished his playing career with the 1948 Strands Intermediate Team which won the Canadian Championship at the Stand Gym in New Waterford defeating the Ottawa B'Nai B'rith team 76-74 in a two game total point series.

"Jiggy" also played hockey with Gatto's Hawks in the Town Intermediate League and with various other teams.

He also umpired in the Cape Breton Baseball Leagues from 1942-1950 and especially in the Colliery League of Cape Breton in 1950 which was a semi-pro league and the last year that American imports played with the local baseball players.

"Jiggy" was inducted into the Nova Scotia Sports Heritage Hall of Fame in 1980 as a member of the 1947-48 Championship New Waterford Strands team.

"Jiggy" is survived by his wife Pearl (Graham), daughter Joyce (Gordon MacAulay, Las Vegas, Nevada), Gary (Betty), New Waterford.

It is with great pleasure that the Coal Bowl Directors wish to honor "Jiggy" as a Divisional Chairman for the 1999 Coal Bowl.