Bowls Canada fall newsletter - October 2015

EXTRA ENDS
OCTOBER 2015
BOWLS CANADA BOULINGRIN
Successful 2015 Canadian
Championships
It was an action packed summer for Bowls
Canada!
Six Championships took place
during the summer months and many new
champions were crowned.
This summer marks one of the most
successful championship seasons with
strong play across the board.
We saw
moments of excitement, moments of
disappointment
but
overall
we
saw
endless moments of sportsmanship. We
are proud of all our athletes, coaches and
supporters
and
wish
good
luck
to
everyone moving on to represent Canada
against the world!
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October Issue Includes
- 2015 Champions listed pg. 2 – 6
- Youth Development Squad pg. 7
- Ask An Umpire pg. 8
- AGM update pg. 9
- Perfect End winners pg. 14 - 18
2015 Canadian Champions
Junior Championships
Braeden Campbell (NS)
Jordan Kos (SK)
Under 25 Championship
Pricilla Westlake (BC)
Grant Wilkie (SK)
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2015 Canadian Champions
Senior Triples Championships
Steve Bezanson (NS)
Doug McLearn (NS)
Jack Robar (NS)
On-Kow Au (BC)
Shirley Lai (BC)
Rainbow Lung (BC)
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2015 Canadian Champions
Canadian Championships (Majors)
Women’s Triples
Ontario
Women’s Pairs
Ontario
Kelly McKerihen
Laura Seed
Gloria Cheung
Laila Hassan
Chrystal Shephard
Women’s Fours
British Columbia
Anne Mathie
Mary Wright
Belle Chan
Anne Van Bastelaere
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2015 Canadian Champions
Canadian Championships (Majors)
Men’s Pairs
Alberta
Men’s Triples
Alberta
Greg Wilson
Derek Dillon
Roy Riege
Paul Maskell
Keith Johnson
Men’s Fours
Saskatchewan
Jon Pituley
Alex Scott
Michael Pituley
Grant Wilkie
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2015 Canadian Champions
Lady Alexander Trophy
Ontario - B
Cy Young Award
Alberta
6
2015 Canadian Champions
Open Singles Championships
Harriette Pituley (SK)
John Bjornson (MB)
Mixed Pairs Championships
Saskatchewan
Keith and Jean Roney
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Youth Development Squad
The Youth Development Squad was formed based on the results of the
2015 Junior and Under 25 Championships this past summer. Selection
is based on placing in the top four at either the Junior or Under 25
Championships.
The Youth Squad represents Canada’s top bowlers under 25 years of
age.
The Youth Development Squad will run on an annual basis, beginning
with the Championships in 2015. The 2015-2016 Youth Development
Squad has been named as follows:
Men’s Youth Development Squad
- Lucas Caldwell (ON) – U25
- Braeden Campbell (NS) – Junior
- Nathan Jacobucci (MB) – Junior and U25
- Owen Kirby (ON) – Junior
- Rob Law (MB) – Junior
- Michael Pituley (SK) – U25
- Grant Wilkie (SK) – U25
Women’s Youth Development Squad
- Sydney Boyd (SK) – U25
- Chris Burke (ON) – Junior
- Jordan Kos (SK) – Junior
- Nicole LeBlanc (ON) – Junior
- Jaymee Sidel (BC) – U25
- Baylee van Steijn (ON) – Junior
- Pricilla Westlake (BC) – U25
- Stirling Wood (ON) – U25
Members of the Youth Development Squad are eligible for selection to
national development events, and, should they meet the posted criteria,
could be elevated to national team status for selected events.
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Ryan Bester Wins Consecutive Golden Nugget Titles
Ryan Bester of Hanover, Ontario became the first male to
win the Golden Nugget Invitation Prestige Singles in
consecutive years on August 13, 2015.
The elite Australian tournament is world renowned for its top
quality fields. Hosted at Tweed Heads LBC in New South
Wales, this year’s field was no exception. In addition to
Canada’s Ryan Bester, the men’s line-up included last
year’s Golden Nugget runner up Mark Casey, former World
Singles Champions Jeremy Henry and Steve Glasson, as well as up and coming
Australian sensation Dylan Fisher.
Bester finished in the number one spot in his division with a record of 4 wins and one
loss. He faced Leif Selby of New South Wales in Semi-final #1. It was a back and forth
game, however, up by one at a score of 16-15, Bester scored a 3 to start his march to
the win. Selby did not get closer than 2 the rest of the way with the final score resting at
25-22. Bester defeated Kelvin Kerkow in the final 25-13 to secure the 2015 title.
Club Innovation Profile: St. Lambert LBC in Quebec
The club has been working on building members with new creative ideas. They
had lawn bowling added to the Le tenant des Arts spring activities for 2015. St.
Lambert offered an 8-session lawn bowling course for $40 with sessions running
two mornings a week in May. Once the session was over, the participants were
able to join the club and have the $40 deducted from their membership fees.
The most popular nights are Monday and Thursday mixed triples evening leagues
for club members of all skill levels. Sign up with a team and play one evening a
week, which includes playoffs at the end! Friday night novice singles get to
practice competing against other bowlers. This allows the novice bowlers to
prepare for the Novice Singles tournament and the Governor Generals. In past
years, St-Lambert bowlers have won the Provincial Singles and the Governor
Generals with this training. This year, three of the four semi-finalists were from St.
Lambert with two making it to the finals. The “Bring a Novice” Tournament invites
other clubs to compete in the novice tournament, which must include at least one
novice on their team.
St-Lambert had eight bowlers this year at the Canadian Championships in which
three were novice bowlers.
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ASK AN UMPIRE
Chief Umpire Nick
Watkins answers
your questions about
the laws of the game.
Send an email to
office@bowlscanada.
com with the subject
line: Ask an Umpire.
Q: Are the vice [second] in triples allowed
to be at the head until they play their
bowls? Do they start and stay at the mat
side until they have played their bowls?
Would the team have the choice of either?
A: Unless there are some written
instructions in the conditions of play for an
event that state otherwise, the second
may stand at the head until it is time to
deliver their first bowl. Each team does
have the choice to position their second at
either end of the rink at the start of each
end.
Q: At a singles tournament, player A
was bowling first. During the end the
player attempted to bowl a runner. It
crossed over to the adjacent rink and
struck several bowls before anyone
could do anything about it. What should
have happened to the offending player A
according to the laws of lawn bowls?
The result was: the marker returned the
bowl to the offending player but allowed
the player B to bowl which resulted in
player A bowling the last bowl of the
end, which should not have happened.
So not only did the player A get to replay
her shot, they got to play it as the last
bowl of the end when they shouldn’t
have had the last bowl!
A: I am assuming that the bowl in
question did not hit any bowls on the
rink of play before it crossed the rink
boundary onto the adjacent rink. I am
also assuming that the other bowls on
the rink of play were not disturbed in any
way after the runner hit the bowls on the
adjacent rink.
Law 37.3.1.3 states that if a bowl is running on a bias that would have brought it back
into the rink of play, and it hits a bowl on the adjacent rink (this is a neutral object),
the bowl should be replayed. Law 17.1.5 states that a bowl in its original course is
dead if it passes outside a rink boundary on the wrong bias.
If the runner was played on the correct bias, the marker was correct in allowing the
bowl to be replayed. After Player A’s bowl was returned, Player A should have
replayed their bowl immediately.
Law 29.1 refers to playing out of turn. If Player B’s bowl was delivered and it did not
disturb the head, Player A could have chosen to either return Player B’s bowl, and
play in the correct order, or leave it in the head and play 2 consecutive bowls.
If Player B’s bowl did disturb the head, Player A would have had 3 options: leave the
head as it was and play 2 bowls; replace the head to its former position and return
the bowl in order to get back to the proper order of play; or declare the end dead.
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Canadians Ready to Head
Down Under
ASK AN UMPIRE
Have a question relating to the
2015 Laws of the Sport of Bowls,
Crystal Mark Third Edition? Want
to know more about bowls rules?
Send an email to
[email protected] with
the subject line: Ask an
Umpire.
We will be working with our Head
Umpire, Nick Watkins to respond
The tournament will take place from
to all inquiries.
Canadian bowlers are getting ready to
head down under to take on the world in
November. Kicking things off are Alf
Wallace of Alberta and Jean Roney of
Saskatchewan, who will be competing at
the 2015 World Champion of Champions
Tournament. Wallace and Roney won
the right to represent Canada when they
won the 2014 Canadian Singles
Championship.
November 16 to 22 at Club Helensvale in
Queensland, Australia. Both Wallace and
Roney have extensive international
experience and are looking forward to
representing Canada. Wallace will also
play for Canada in New Zealand at the
Asia Pacific Championships.
Following the Champion of Champions,
Canadian bowlers will compete at the
2015 Asia Pacific Championships from
November 24 to December 6 in
Christchurch, New Zealand.
Team Canada includes two former
Commonwealth Games sliver medalists.
Ryan Bester (2014 Singles) and Shirley
Fitzpatrick-Wong (2002 Fours) will work
to bring victory to Canada at the 2015
Asia Pacific Championships. FitzpatrickWong’s silver medal was Canada’s first
ever lawn bowls Commonwealth Games
medal.
There is no shortage of talent on either
team and bowlers are training hard to
dominate the quick southern hemisphere
greens.
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Team Canada - 2015 Asia Pacific
Women’s Singles
Kelly McKerihen
Women’s Pairs
Leanne Chinery and Jackie Foster
Women’s Triples
Kelly McKerihen, Harriette Pituley and
Shirley Fitzpatrick-Wong
Women’s Fours
Leanne Chinery, Harriette Pituley,
Jackie Foster and Shirley FitzpatrickWong
Men’s Singles
Ryan Bester
Men’s Pairs
Ryan Bester and Steven Santana
Men’s Triples
Steve McKerihen, Pat Bird and Alf
Wallace
Men’s Fours
Steven Santana, Steve McKerihen,
Pat Bird and Alf Wallace
Bowls Canada Boulingrin AGM Strongest in Years
Bowls Canada’s first electronically held AGM was, by all accounts, the strongest in
a decade, in terms of high-level participation, production and collaboration.
President Ian Tyzzer lead the cost-saving webinar / conference call, attended by
nine PSO executives, BCB board members and office staff, which featured
national and provincial reports on the state of the game in Canada.
Delegates had the opportunity to question and make suggestions on the various
annual reports, which provided lively discussion from coast to coast.
The agenda focused on revenue generation ideas at all levels; interest in a
national membership database; volume sharing opportunities; as well as the
Majors’ Spirit Award and a discussion regarding the change in age for Senior
Triples.
As a result of this meeting’s exchange and the variance of opinion on the Senior
Triples age change and its impact, all delegates have been requested to provide
the BCB Board with a position paper on the change’s provincial impact. BCB will
first provide an explanation by the National Competition Committee as to why the
age change was first proposed to 65.
In response to some vehement opposition and wide-ranging discussion, the Board
had rescinded the original decision at its’ September meeting, until the
Competition Review is completed in 2016-17. However, based on the discussion
at the AGM, the board will make a final determination upon receipt of the position
papers.
Work from the AGM will be taken up, in part, by the President’s Council.
Alex Scott Joins BCB Board
Alex Scott of Saskatchewan has been elected as a Bowls Canada Boulingrin
board member.
Alex is actively involved in the bowls community and is currently a Director-atLarge for the Nutana Lawn Bowling Club. Alex was the creator and star of the
Nutana LBC marketing video that generated social media buzz and even got a
mention on the local news television broadcast.
As a member of the 2015 Fours Championship team, Alex will also be
representing Canada at the 2016 Tiger Bowls/China Open tournament.
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Competition Review Update
Bowls Canada Boulingrin is currently undergoing a Championship Review.
The object is to identify the direction and format of the Championships and
clarify what sustainable model will best serve the needs of bowls in Canada.
The basic assumption behind Competition Review and Restructuring is that
athletes and coaches will prepare (train) for success in competition, so the
competition structure in use, meaning the format of competitions, rules,
schedule, athlete eligibility/divisions, etc. will dictate how athletes prepare and
develop over time. In most sports the competition structure wasn’t deliberately
designed, but just happened: it evolved over time to reflect culture, tradition,
international rules, local organizational factors, and the wants and needs of
many stakeholders inside and outside the sport. A chaotic system tends to
produce chaotic results. A Competition Review and Restructuring process is
needed to analyze the system, determine whether it meets the needs of
athlete development, and change the system to meet those needs.
A goal of Competition Review and Restructuring is to create meaningful
competition for every participant. “Meaningful competition” provides
experiences that support learning for competitors. It supports a “we can get
better” attitude that encourages athletes to improve during and after the event.
Meaningful competitions lead to results that are relatively close and not
predictable. Competitors are matched with others of a similar level of ability
and are challenged to be the best they can be at that moment in time. They
believe they have a chance for success and remain fully engaged throughout
the competition.
Bowls Canada Boulingrin, has formed a volunteer working group that will be
reviewing all data/ information that has been collected. The working group will
then be recommending 2-3 national competition structures that will be;
sustainable from grass roots to national level, will provide meaningful
competition for participants and athletes, will provide a long-term pathway to
develop our athletes, and will enhance promotion of our sport.
Once the 2-3 firm recommendations have been decided, theses will go to the
Provincial Associations for their feedback. It is our aim to have the
recommendations in front of the provinces for their 2016 spring meetings. At
that point, the feedback will come back to the working group for final analysis
and then go to the Board for a final decision.
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Meet your National Team!
Bowls Canada is excited to feature two National Squad athletes in each
issue of Extra Ends. Let us know which athletes you would like to see
featured in the next edition of Extra Ends.
Send us your
recommendations by email to [email protected]
A member of the Bowls Canada National Team for
nine years, Alf Wallace has had a great deal of
international experience and will use that experience
when he heads down under later this fall.
ALF WALLACE
ALBERTA
COMMONWEALTH
LBC
Alf was named to the team to represent Canada at
the Asia Pacific Championship in Christchurch New
Zealand at the end of November. In addition to the
APC, Alf will play at the 2015 World Champion of
Champions Tournament in Queensland, Australia
November 16-22. Alf won the right to represent
Canada at this tournament by winning the 2014
Canadian Open Singles Championship and will be
joined by Saskatchewan bowler Jean Roney.
Alf is ready for the challenge and has been working
tirelessly with coach Greg Dolsky to ensure he is
ready to compete at this high level.
Harriette Pituley has been a member of the Bowls
Canada National Team for 15 years and has no intentions
of slowing down anytime soon. The Regina native came
off a successful summer winning the 2015 Open Singles
Championship and being named the September Athlete of
the Month through Sask Sport.
HARRIETTE
PITULEY
Harriette is preparing to represent Canada at the Asia
Pacific Championships in New Zealand at the end of
November. Harriette will play in the vice position on both
the Triples and Fours teams. To prepare for competition,
Harriette is still out on the greens and is looking to
maintain her fitness schedule to practice her delivery ‘low
and slow’, which will be needed for the southern
hemisphere.
SASKATCHEWAN
REGINA LBC
Bowls is a Pituley family affair! Harriette’s sons Jon and
Michael won the Fours at the 2015 Majors.
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Perfect End Pin Winners 2015
Name
Province
Club
Jack Siboni
ON
Toronto Cricket, Skating & Curling Club
Chrystal Shephard
ON
Toronto Cricket, Skating & Curling Club
Bud Randall
BC
Gordon Head LBC
June Klausen
BC
Gordon Head LBC
Olive Sansom
BC
Tsawwassen LBC
Ted Olsen
BC
Tsawwassen LBC
Mary Hargreaves
BC
Tsawwassen LBC
Ron Boney
BC
Courtenay LBC
Jackie West
BC
Courtenay LBC
Marguerite Sklarchuk
BC
Courtenay LBC
Archie Harris
BC
Courtenay LBC
Michael Lynch
BC
Courtenay LBC
Irene Whitehouse
BC
Courtenay LBC
Cath Wiseman
BC
Courtenay LBC
Helen Ryley
BC
Courtenay LBC
Ursula Cooney
ON
Kingston LBC
Linda Oberst
ON
Kingston LBC
Judy Steinke
ON
Kingston LBC
Craig England
BC
Victoria LBC
David Maher
BC
Victoria LBC
Nigel Pieloth
BC
Victoria LBC
Kiyoshi Sekiguchi
BC
Victoria LBC
Brian Wastengate
BC
Victoria LBC
Jack Byron
BC
Penticton LBC
Patti Carlsen
BC
Penticton LBC
Gilles De Serres
QC
Pointe Claire Bowling Green Club
John Thompson
QC
Pointe Claire Bowling Green Club
Bob Day
BC
Sidney LBC
Lorne Pomerleau
BC
Sidney LBC
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Perfect End Pin Winners 2015
Name
Province
Club
Maureen Bjorklund
BC
White Rock LBC
Bob Saunders
BC
White Rock LBC
Brent Jansen
BC
Victoria LBC
Esther Rodzinyak
AB
Lethbridge LBC
Robert Rodzinyak
AB
Lethbridge LBC
Al McGarty
AB
Lethbridge LBC
Patricia Dickey
ON
Owen Sound Roselawn BC
Joseph Leung
ON
Owen Sound Roselawn BC
Brenda Long
ON
Owen Sound Roselawn BC
Wayne Clark
ON
Owen Sound Roselawn BC
Vivien Chan
BC
West Point Grey LBC
Pat Kost
BC
West Point Grey LBC
Joyce Bolleman
BC
West Point Grey LBC
Vi McPherson
SK
Regina LBC
Marg Kushnier
SK
Regina LBC
Janice Robson
SK
Regina LBC
Jo Urquhart
SK
Regina LBC
Peter Koopman
SK
Regina LBC
Bo Kos
SK
Regina LBC
Jeannene Demencuik
SK
Regina LBC
Doug Lambert
SK
Regina LBC
Sue Ellen Horne
NS
Dartmouth LBC
Kathy Myketyn
NS
Dartmouth LBC
Joe Doucette
NS
Dartmouth LBC
Ray MacDonald
NS
Dartmouth LBC
John Driscoll
NS
Dartmouth LBC
Don Kelly
NS
Dartmouth LBC
Debbie Tower
NS
Dartmouth LBC
Brenda Reesor
NS
Dartmouth LBC
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Perfect End Pin Winners 2015
Name
Province
Club
Jane Bermingham
NS
Dartmouth LBC
Vivian Condran
NS
Dartmouth LBC
Carolyn McKnight
NS
Dartmouth LBC
Diane Anderson
NS
Dartmouth LBC
Mary Cooke
NS
Dartmouth LBC
Graham Doyle
NS
Dartmouth LBC
Cory Boudreau
NS
Dartmouth LBC
John Wells
NS
Dartmouth LBC
Keith Finck
NS
Dartmouth LBC
Wally Boudreau
NS
Dartmouth LBC
Dave Driscoll
NS
Dartmouth LBC
Gordon Curtis
NS
Dartmouth LBC
Jennica Campbell
BC
Sidney LBC
Heidi Rust
BC
Sidney LBC
Berrie Rust
BC
Sidney LBC
Al Crichton
BC
Sidney LBC
Sierra Trueman
BC
Sidney LBC
Auz Chambers
BC
Sidney LBC
Cory Bond
BC
Sidney LBC
Pat Slingsby
BC
Sidney LBC
Chris Walker
BC
Tsawwassen LBC
Judy Kerr
BC
Tsawwassen LBC
Alan Richardson
BC
Tsawwassen LBC
Geoff Wells
BC
Mann Park LBC
Brian Jackson
BC
Mann Park LBC
Tom Slemko
BC
Cowichan LBC
Maria Ridewood
BC
Cowichan LBC
Jackie West
BC
Courtenay LBC
Ross Younger
BC
Courtenay LBC
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Perfect End Pin Winners 2015
Name
Province
Club
Keith Hornsby
ON
Highland Park LBC
Barry Maloney
ON
Highland Park LBC
Lorane Martin
BC
Mann Park LBC
Stan Turner
BC
Mann Park LBC
Malcolm Allbright
ON
Port Perry LBC
Anne Scott
ON
Port Perry LBC
Raymond Laakso
ON
Port Perry LBC
Phil Scott
ON
Port Perry LBC
Isolde Burrell
ON
Port Perry LBC
Patricia Bayley
ON
Port Perry LBC
Lois Dallas
ON
Port Perry LBC
Donna Gobeil
MB
Norwood LBC
Odiel Dusessoy
MB
Norwood LBC
Jim Bryne
NS
Bridgetown LBC
Milledge Sheridan
NS
Bridgetown LBC
Keith Coules
BC
North Vancouver LBC
Ann McCartney
BC
North Vancouver LBC
Roy Cattermole
BC
North Vancouver LBC
Angelika Valchar
BC
Nanaimo LBC
Jason Valchar
BC
Nanaimo LBC
Gus Spiliotis
ON
Port Credit LBC
James Dang
ON
Port Credit LBC
Celina Deland
ON
Port Credit LBC
Myron Mishio
BC
Nanaimo LBC
Ray Bradford
BC
Nanaimo LBC
Bill Barfoot
BC
Nanaimo LBC
Jean Giszas
BC
Nanaimo LBC
John Cossom
BC
Oak Bay LBC
Mitch Fumalle
BC
Oak Bay LBC
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Perfect End Pin Winners 2015
Name
Province
Club
Bruce Clary
BC
Kamloops LBC
Laurel Hunt
BC
Kamloops LBC
Anita McCaw
BC
Penticton LBC
Mladen Bos2njak
BC
Penticton LBC
Paul Young
PEI
Sherwood LBC
Clare Mullen
PEI
Sherwood LBC
Nancy Leung
BC
North Vancouver LBC
100 Years and Going
Strong!
The Caledonia Lawn Bowling
Club in Ontario celebrated its 100year anniversary in August. The
club has a rich history within the
community and held an Open
House to celebrate the great
occasion.
Several long time
members were also recognized.
We wish the Caledonia Lawn
Bowling Club success in the next
100 years!
Is your club celebrating a
centenary anniversary? We
want to celebrate with you
by acknowledging your
special event! Contact
[email protected]
with the details.
Did you just bowl a perfect
end? Celebrate with a Perfect
End pin. Bowls Canada is
pleased to offer the Perfect
End Pin for $5.00 per pin
(includes shipping and taxes).
Submit the following form to
[email protected] to
place your order.
Bowlers who have reached their
25 or 50 year anniversary of
membership are eligible to
receive a commemorative pin
that celebrates their commitment
to the sport. Affiliated clubs may
access this program by simply
sending a completed form to
[email protected]
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25-Year Pin Recipients 2015
Name
Province
Club
# of Years
Jim Curley
ON
Milton LBC
25
Ken Armstrong
ON
Milton LBC
25
Bob Wood
ON
Milton LBC
25
Harry Lever
BC
Victoria LBC
25
Jenny Comazzetto
BC
Kamloops Riverside LBC
25
Laurance Curtiss
ON
Elmwood LBC
25
Jim Slough
SK
Regina LBC
25
David Calam
SK
Regina LBC
25
Elizabeth Calam
SK
Regina LBC
25
Anita Nivala
SK
Regina LBC
25
Ron Heibert
SK
Regina LBC
25
Ada McIntosh
NS
Dartmouth LBC
25
Pete Williams
MB
Norwood LBC
25
Audrey Schmidt
MB
Norwood LBC
25
Matthew Chan
MB
Norwood LBC
25
Graham Nobbs
BC
North Vancouver LBC
25
Jean Silk
BC
North Vancouver LBC
25
George Krieg
BC
North Vancouver LBC
25
Malcolm Taylor
BC
North Vancouver LBC
25
Marie Taylor
BC
North Vancouver LBC
25
Eileen Crowe
ON
Thistle LBC
25
Ken Crowne
ON
Thistle LBC
25
Rikki Hoevenaars
ON
Thistle LBC
25
Mary Mullins
ON
Thistle LBC
25
Lorraine Rendle
ON
Thistle LBC
25
Norm Seabrook
ON
Thistle LBC
25
Keith McMann
BC
Nanaimo LBC
25
Wilf Burbridge
ON
Thistle LBC
25
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