July 2011 - Calgary 55 Plus

Seniors in Action
Zone Summer Games - Results Edition !!!
55+ Corporate Challenge “Dragsters” of the Track
Nessie Hollicky, Anna Jarmics, Brian
Cooper, Ivan Pivovarov
“Speedy” Anna Jarmics is the lead off runner
Athletics – May 14th, and 15th, 2011 at
Glenmore Park and run by the Provincial Sports
Association for Athletics. Participation under
the new PSA format was not supported as well
as it had been in previous years with only 10
members vying for spots.
100 M
Nessie Hollicky
Mary McCarron-Enger
Joe Elder
Brian Hill
Keith Shaw
Gerald Graham
200 M
Nessie Hollicky
Joe Elder
Gerald Graham
Brian Hill
1500 M
Nessie Hollicky
Brian Hill
Discus
Joe Elder
Gerald Graham
Brian Hill
Roy Thomson
Javelin
Fred Elford
Joe Elder
Gerald Graham
Roy Thomson
Shot Put
MJ MacLeod
Fred Elford
Joe Elder
Gerald Graham
Roy Thomson
Predicted Walk 1000 m – OPEN
Linda Elder
Doug Kyle
Bocce
- June 8th and 9th, 2011 at Thornview
Seniors Centre Open Team of 4 in two age
categories. 55+ competed on June 8th on a
somewhat unsettled weather day but managed
to wait out the rain and finish play. The 70+ had
some wind to contend with but no rain.
55+ gold Dan Guglielmin, Donna Guglielmin,
Bill Rybachuk, Doreen Rybachuk.
55+ silver Doug Kyle, Carol Kyle, Keith Shaw,
Marilyn Shaw.
55+ bronze Yvonne Armstrong, Bob
Armstrong, Rose Marie Peters, Mary Boser
70 + gold Cordella Schwengler, Arne Jensen,
Leona Mork, Halvor Mork.
70 + silver Ralph Markle, Betty Markle, Lloyd
Weis, Jean Weis.
70 + bronze Jack Delorme, Beryl Delorme,
Don Anderson, Florence Anderson
A precise measurement is required
under the watchful eyes of Rose Marie
Peters and Doris O’Malley-Winfield
Contract Bridge Open 55+ pairs, held at
Thornview Seniors on May 14th, 2011
gold
Doreen Moore and Allan Kruets
silver Lynn Hladik and Wayne Hladik
bronze Kathleen Khan and Ali Khan
Cribbage – Singles and Doubles events in two
age categories, held May 2nd, and May 6th, at
the Forest Lawn Legion
55+ Singles gold
Ruth Beecher
55+
silver Stan Litwack
Cribbage cont’d
55+
bronze
70+ Singles gold
70+
silver
70+
bronze
Golf – was held June 7th 2011 at the beautiful
Grant Anderson
Clara Desprey
Lloyd Colling
Gloria Schneeberger
Doubles
55+ gold David Poole, Gloria Schneeberger
55+ silver Doreen Moore, Al Kruetz
55+ bronze Larry Culp, Bill Alexander
70+ gold
Dell Irwin, Mary Boser
70+ silver Ilene Miller, Hilary Moxley
70+ bronze Ruth Jensen, George Santo
Floor Curling – Open team of 4 in two age
categories held May 12th, 2011 at Greater
Forest Lawn Seniors Centre.
55+ gold
Clara Desprey, Pauline Simpson,
Lenora Schwab, Al Kreutz
55+ silver Sid Aker, John Winfield, Doris
O’Malley-Winfield, Grace Braun
70+ gold Cordella Schwengler, Betty
Markle, Gary Rosling, Rose
Marie Peters
70+ silver Roy Jarvis, Ralph Markle,
George Santo, Ruth Jensen
Floor Shuffleboard – Open pairs
competing in two age categories May 19th, and
20th, 2011 at Thornview Seniors Centre.
55+
55+
55+
gold Donna and Dan Guglielmin
silver Sid Aker, Grace Braun
bronze Bill and Eileen Philips
70+
70+
70+
gold
Yvonne and Bob Armstrong
silver Lloyd and Jean Weis
bronze Ralph and Betty Markle
Heather Glen GC. Participants compete in
either Low Gross or Net Callaway scoring and
the competition is open to both men and
women in three age categories. While storm
clouds threatened all around no one experience
the rain.
Ladies – Low Gross
55+
no participants
65+
gold
Doreen Rybachuk
silver Gisele MacDonald
75+
gold Martha Stanford
silver Carol Kyle
bronze Peggy Clark
Ladies – Low Net
55+
gold MJ McLeod
silver Bonnie Barnett
65+
gold Mary Martin
silver Lorrine Hanchar
bronze Yvonne McIvor
75+
gold Marielle Galibois
silver Beryl Delorme
bronze Millie Braun
Men – Low Gross
55+
gold Ron Riffel
65+
gold Doug Hill
silver Joey Brown
bronze Robert Whitehead
75+
gold Bill Clark
silver Ron Pike
bronze Elgin Street
Men – Low Net
55+
gold Bob Barnett
silver Phil Rutherford
65+
gold Colin Jamieson
silver Pat Eisler
bronze Murray Seminuk
75+
gold Larry Craig
silver Jack Sisko
bronze Walter Rogiani
Horseshoes
- held at the Calgary Horseshoe
th
Club on April 30 , 2011. Men’s and Women’s
play in two age groups with a 4 ringer %
category in each(A,B,C,D).
Ladies 55+ gold
“C” Doris O’Malley-Winfield
Horseshoes cont’d
Men 55+ gold “B” Ivan Crerar
gold “C” Sid Aker
Open 55+ gold “C” John Winfield
silver “C” Alan Peers
gold “D” Doreen Peers
silver “D” R.J. Murray
Military Whist –
55+ open team of 4
competition, held once again this year at the
Marlborough Hall on May 16th, 2011.
gold
Lorrine Hanchar, Ernie Hanchar, Len
Smallenburg, Jeanette Smallenburg
silver Lenora Schwab, Pauline Simpson, Jean
Moskeluk, Doreen Moore
bronze Lyle Singular, Velma Sornberger, Lloyd
Collins, Gertie Collins
for the Southern half of the Province, under
Swim Alberta Provincial Sports Association.
There were 14 Zone 3 swimmers involved in this
meet and 7 qualified to go to Fairview for the
Summer Games.
60+ men
65+ women
65+ men
65+ Men
70+ men
75+ women
75+ men
Doug Kyle 25m, 50m and 100m
back; 25m and 50m breast;
Men’s Time predicted
Marilyn Shaw 100m breast;
100m I.M.; 50m and 100m free;
Women’s relay; 25m butterfly
Ivan Pivovarov 25m back; 25m
breast; 25m butterfly; 25m and
100m free; Men’s Time
predicted
Keith Shaw 25m free; 25m
back; 25m butterfly; 25m, 50m
and 100m breast; Men’s Relay
Neil Topping 25m butterfly;
50m and 100m free; 100m
breast; Men’s Time Predicted
Jo Bands 50m and 100m back;
50m and 100m breast
Peter Vander Pyl 50m free;
50m back
Tennis
- held at the Glencoe Club May 27th,
2011. Doubles play in 55+ for both men and
women.
Pool 8 Ball – Singles competition for men
and women, held at Mike’s Billiards on May
13th, 2011. Men had two age groups 55+ and
70+ and Ladies had only 55+.
Ladies 55+ gold Wendy Bond
silver Rosemary Clapison
bronze Doris O’Malley-Winfield
Men 55+ gold Warren Saffel
silver Bill Gunning
bronze Bill Alexander
Men 70+ gold Art Stotz
silver Gordon Jarrett
bronze Don Pierce
Swimming – was held March 26th and 27th,
2011 in Medicine Hat, Alberta for the swimmers
55+ ladies gold Dee Ann Clark, Jean Tamlin
55+ men gold Jack Gordon, Mark Ferrier
silver Richard Martin, Fauad Aziz
bronze Bill McNamee, John Anderson
Creative Writing & Visual Arts and Crafts
SLO PITCH – Team 65+
Both events were gathered for display at the
Thornview Seniors Centre where a viewing and
tea were held Jun 16th, 2011 from 2 to 4 pm.
Winners submissions have now been transported to Fairview for the Alberta competition.
Ken Argue, Bob Barnum, Garth Border, Gavin
Davidson, Doug Easton, Ernie Falkner, Ken
Handberg, Bob Marshall, Rod Martens, Steven
Phelps, Dave Roberts, Tom Mathews, Arnie
Stang, and Don Teed.
Creative Writing
SLO PITCH - Team 70+
a) Class A – Poetry Leta Jeanes – first
Lawrence Dornan - second
b) Class B – Poetry Lawrence Dornan – first
c) Class C - Fiction Doug Kyle – first
d) Class D - NON Fiction (Serious)
Peter Vander Pyl first
e) Class E - NON Fiction (Humorous)
Leta Jeanes - first
Paul Dvorack, Peter Taylor, James McMaster,
Douglas Mead, Jonas Fornwald, Joseph
Garagan, Nestor Shular, Hugh Peterson, Robert
Jaynes, Dean Gillett, Robert Sanderson, Tom
Therrien, Arthur Rousseau, Warren Barritt, and
Ron Komix
Visual Arts and Crafts
Category 1 – Hand Knitted Clothing
Beryl DeLorme – first
Martha Pankrats – second
Category 2 – Hand Knitted Article
Martha Pankrats – first
Catagory 6 – Crocheted Article
Beryl DeLorme – first
Category 8 – Counted Cross Stitch
Betty Markle – first
Frieda Szacilko – second
Category 10 – Ethnic Needlework
Anna Jarmics – first
Category 18 – Jewellery making
Lynn Hladik – first
Category 19 – Card making
Lynn Hladik - first
Category 21 – Woodworking
Ralph Markle – first
Bruce Richards – second
Category 22 – Oil Painting
Bruce Richards – first
Category 29 – Water Colour painting
Anna Jarmics – first
Category 34 Acrylic painting
Anna Jarmics – first
SLO PITCH – Team Co-ed
Wes Livingstone, Bob McPherson, Les Lovstad,
Randy Hieb, Kevin Erwin, Maurice Lakness, Bill
Mansell, Cecil Cowie, Anne Reynolds, Joan
Erwim, Dawn Lakness, and Terri Jarvis.
2011 Summer “Fun Games”
In addition to the Provincial playoff activities
Zone 3 held “FUN GAMES” in the three PSA
events (Athletics, Cycling, and Swimming). The
results of these games are as follows:
Athletics - held at Glenmore Park June 17th,
55+
60+
65+
70+
75+
Annette Comeau - 4 gold, 2 silver
and 1 bronze
Peggy Plathan - 4 gold
M.J. MacLeod - 2 gold
Brian Hill - 7 gold
Al Kreuts - 2 silver, 1 bronze
Barrie Dargie - 1 gold, 1 silver
Roy Jarvis - 5 gold, 1 bronze
Lenora Schwab - 3 gold
Nessie Hollicky - 3 gold
Gerald Graham - 6 gold
Roger Davies - 1 gold
Cycling - scheduled for June 11th, 2011
was cancelled due to a lack of participation.
Swimming – held June 14, 2011 at the
Talisman Centre. Competition for Men and
Women with events in 55+, 60+, 65+, 70+ and
75+ age categories. Fifteen swimmers attended
this meet and results are as follows:
60+ Women
65+ Women
75+ Women
60+ Men
Lily Chan – 4 gold
Jo Anne Phillips – 3 gold
Pat Hlady - 4 gold
Gabor Zinner – 3 gold, 1 silver
Peter O’Brien – 4 gold
65+ Men
70+ Men
75+ Men
Ivan Pivovarov - 4 gold
Keith Shaw - 4 gold
Neil Topping – 3 gold, 1 silver
Jim Fry – 4 gold
Doug Kyle – 2 gold, 1 silver
Richard Bascom – 3 gold, 1
bronze
Tom Jaeger – 1 gold, 2 silver
and 1 bronze
Peter Vander Pyl – 3 silver, 1
bronze
Bobby Chan – 3 gold, 1 silver
Pat Malcolmson – 3 gold, 1
silver
The Alberta 55 plus
Association is proud to
announce we are hosting our
THIRD annual ”online”
fundraising auction.
This auction will run from October 21 to
November 4, 2011 . . . right in time for
Christmas shopping! and all proceeds go
directly into funding each edition of
“Senior Moments”, the membership
newsletter of our non-profit, volunteerbased Association, which is sent to all
members 3 times per year.
www.alberta55plus.ca
All items to bid on will be goods and
services that have been graciously
donated. Examples of articles from last
year’s auction event include: golf gift
certificates, Flames tickets, one-week
vacation in a condo, paintings, sports
equipment, and so much more!
For more information and to donate an
item please phone: 403-803-9852
A BIG THANK YOU to all the
summer games coordinators and
volunteer helpers. These events
could not happen without your
time and effort
Calgary 55 plus Board
2011-2012
President
Dan Guglielmin
403-289-0352
Vice President
Keith Shaw
403-252-9238
Past President
Doug Kyle
403-255-7932
Treasurer
Ron McCurdy
403-281-8387
Secretary
MJ MacLeod
403-461-4244
Activity Director
(Summer)
Activity Director
(Winter)
Membership
Norm Thomas
403-246-2756
Doug Kyle
403-255-7932
Yvonne Armstrong
403-274-6720
Ron Pike
403-256-2754
Publicity
Directors
Garry Rosling
Verla Boyle
Betty Markle
Bobby Chan
Linda Elder
Lorrine Hanchar
John Gilchrist
Sidney Aker
Barrie Dargie
403-640-4515
403-236-5649
403-274-6350
403-295-9553
403-242-7383
403-249-4148
403-272-7958
403-273-9282
403-288-3079
CITY REP
Hayden Kowel
403-268-1357
Provincial Board and Committees, supplies for
Provincial Office, Newsletter, website and email
database, trophies and awards, promotional
material, organization of Team Alberta for the
Canada Games, etc.
Revitalize! Re-energize! Compete! Play!
Join Alberta 55 plus for Lifelong Fitness through
Active Living (It’s the best $2.50 per month
you’ll ever spend!)
The benefits of your membership include:
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Enhance your physical and mental
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Qualify for Alberta Winter and Summer
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Visual Arts/Crafts and Creative Writing
competitions
Qualify to join “Team Alberta” at
Canada 55 plus games
Sport accident insurance in sanctioned
Alberta 55 plus events
Zone competitions, playoffs, events
Tri Annual Newsletter and website
information
Workshops/clinics
Fun competitions with your peers in
Alberta
Opportunity to stay active as a
competitor/volunteer at your zone or
the provincial level
Reduced rates for Home, Auto and
Travel Insurance through Johnson
Insurance
50% of your membership fee goes to your Zone
Helps fund all local events, Fun Games activities,
Zone Playoffs for the Alberta 55 plus Games,
volunteer appreciation luncheon, meeting
expenses for the Zone Board of Directors, etc.
50% of your membership fee goes to your
Provincial Association
Helps fund sport accident and general liability
insurance for members, planning meeting for
Alberta 55 plus Winter and Summer Games are
hosted in partnership with Alberta Sport,
Recreations, Parks and Wildlife Foundation
(ASRPWF) and individual host communities.
2011 Summer Games will be held in Fairview
(July 21-24) and will provide seniors the
opportunity to pursue greater levels of physical
activity and intellectual challenges in an
entertaining and stimulating environment.
Canada 55 plus Games are held in the even
years on a two year cycle. If Alberta Lottery
funding is obtained by Alberta 55 plus, it is
evenly distributed among participants to help
partially cover expenses incurred during the
Canada 55 plus Games.
Your Calgary 55 plus Board may also provide
some financial support, when funds are
available, to members advancing to Provincial
and/or Canada Games, who have maintained a
continuous membership from year to year in
the Alberta 55 plus Association.
APPOLOGY
Helen Norden informed us that the results for
“Table Tennis” at the
Brockville Games were
inaccurately reported in
our November 2010
Newsletter.
They should read:
Verla Boyle – 2 silver
Helen Norden - 1 bronze
Lida Zhang – 1 gold, 1 silver
MORE
SENIORS IN
ACTION –
2011 SUMMER FUN GAMES
Good luck to the 116
Zone 3 participants
going to Fairview for
the Provincial Summer
Games !!!