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2012 BCBSRA Lawn Bowls Singles Championships,Nanaimo
2008 BCBSRA Lawn Bowls Provincials Championships, Courtney
2008 CBSA National Lawn Bowls Championships
2005 World Blind Bowls Championships, South Africa
2004 CBSA National Bowls Championships
2004 BC Lawn Bowls Championships
2002 BCBSRA Provincial Championships, Abbotsford
2001 BC Lawnbowls Championships, Nanaimo
2001 World Blind Bowls Championships, Girvan, Scotland
2001 CBSA National Bowls Championships, Edmonton

2012

BC Blind Sports staged the 2012 Singles Championships for blind and visually impaired lawn bowlers in Nanaimo this week.There were 8 competitors from Langley, Ladner, Coquitlam, Burnaby, Victoria and Nanaimo competing in a round robin of 7 games.

Arlene Stapleton of Victoria claimed the Gold Medal with a record of 6 wins and 1 loss. Her director was Rosemary Waldie.
Taking the Silver Medal was Ed McMillan of Langley with 5 wins and 2 losses. Ed’s director was Donn Sherry.
Randy Fred of Nanaimo earned the Bronze Medal with 4 wins, 2 ties and 1 loss. Randy is totally blind and competed against bowlers with better sight. Tom Williams is Randy’s director.
Dave Ruckman of Nanaimo assisted by Roelie Roos was awarded the Hodges Achievement Award for his 4th place finish.

The competitors were very appreciative of the efforts made by the members of Nanaimo Lawn Bowling Club for providing a fine bowling surface, delicious lunches and snacks and competent markers who act as officials for each match.

Jane Blaine, executive director of BC Blind Sports and staff member Susan Flanagan were on hand to make the presentations to the winners.

Photo from Left to Right:
Roelie Roos, Dave Ruckman, Rosemary Waldie, Arlene Stapleton, – Gold Ed McMillan – Silver Randy Fred – Bronze Tom Williams, Donn Sherry

2008 BCBSRA Lawn Bowls Provincials Championships
Courtenay, September 2-6, 2008

B1 Men	Gold – Randy Fred
	Silver – Randy Kruzeniski
B2 Ladies	Gold – Iris Ferguson
	Silver – Shirley Cole
B2 Men	Gold – Ed McMillan
	Silver – Ken Wall
	Bronze – Sim Chang
B3 Ladies	Gold – Arlene Stapleton
	Silver – Lena Wright
	Bronze – Sue Bakermans
	4th - Margaret Hood
	5th – Joyce Tyerman
B3 Men	Gold – Al Hanet
	Silver – Howard Cordick
	Bronze – Eugene Amburg
	4th – Sam Simpson
	5th – Brian Lawson
	6th – Matt Yole

2008 Canadian Blind Sports National Lawn Bowls Championships

September 8th 2008 (Courtenay, BC) - Canadian Blind Sports 2008 National Lawn Bowls Championships were held under sunny skies at the Courtenay Lawn Bowling Club, on Vancouver Island B.C. between September 2 – 5th. Twenty-five Lawn Bowlers from Alberta, BC, and Ontario competed in both men’s and women’s divisions of all three of the official International Blind Federation (IBSA) sight classes.

Canadian Blind Sports thanks BC Blind Sports and the members of Courtenay LBC for the superb job they did in hosting this event – the greens were in fantastic shape, all of the volunteers markers were well-trained and did an excellent job, and all of the bowlers were well fed throughout the week as well.

Jane D. Blaine, Executive Director of Canadian Blind Sports announced that the 2009 Canadian Blind Sports National Lawn Bowls Championships have been awarded to Alberta.

Congratulations to all the medallists and participants, and a special thank you to all of the volunteers and directors who made the event possible.

Thanks to Donn Sherry for compiling the results and release.

2008 Canadian Blind Sports National Lawn Bowls Championships

B1 Women (Totally Blind )
GOLD	Judi Moffatt – Ontario	Director: Nelda Hollatz
Silver	Helen Kilgore – Alberta	Director: Joe Kilgore

B1 Men (Totally Blind )
GOLD	Randy Fred – BC	Director: Stan Dalzell
Silver	Randy Kruzeniski – BC	Director: David Burns
Bronze	Geoff Connors – Alberta	Director: Gerry Connors

B2 Women (Partially Sighted )
GOLD	Iris Ferguson – BC	Director: Mary Dalzell
Silver	Heather Hannett – Alberta	Director: Sue Acorn
Bronze	Shirley Cole – BC	Director: Marcia Williams / Byron Cole

B2 Men (Partially Sighted)
GOLD	Ed McMillan – BC	Director: Donn Sherry
Silver	Kendrick Wall – BC	Director: Tom Williams
Bronze	Sim Chang – BC	Director: Gary Goodfellow

B3 Women (Legally Blind)
GOLD	Arlene Stapleton – BC	Director: Rosemary Waldie
Silver	Lena Wright – BC	Director: Millie Taylor
Bronze	Sue Bakersman – BC	Director: Oliver Fabris

B3 Men (Legally Blind)
GOLD	Al Hanet – BC	Director: Vi Hanet
Silver	Howard Cordick – BC	Director: Trish McNair
Bronze	Eugene Amburg – BC	Director: Len Robson

Joan McKay Trophy –

Madeleine Sherry – BC

4 Enders:

For Bowlers who scored “4 Enders” during the tournament, score cards are available if they are required to get these names into the Green Magazine.

B1 Totally Blind
Judi Moffatt – St Catherines, ON
Randy Fred – Nanaimo, BC

B2 Partial Sight
Ed McMillan – Langley,BC
Sim Chang – Vancouver South
Kendrick Wall – Nanaimo BC,
Shirley Cole – Nanaimo, BC
Heather Hannett – Calgary, AB

B3 Legally Blind
Sue Bakersman – Parksville, BC
Margaret Hood – Parksville, BC
Arlene Stapleton – Victoria West, BC
Eugene Amburg – Coquitlam, BC
Howard Cordick – Richmond, BC
Al Hanet – Kelowna, BC

Thanks for your continued support of our program.

Thanks to Donn Sherry for compiling the results and release.

2005 World Blind Bowls Championships, South Africa

Canada won a silver medal in Women's B1 event, in South Africa at the World Blind Bowls Championships. Canadians finished 5th in Women's B2; and 8th in Women's B3. On the Men's side, Canada finished 7th in B3 Men, and 8th in the B2 Men's event. Competing in the pairs events, Canada finished 5th in B2 and 7th in the B3 pairs. To go to the full results table for all events, click here.

2004 CBSA National Bowls Championships
BC Blind Sports was proud to host the Canadian Blind Sports Association (CBSA) 2004 National Lawn Bowls Championships. There were thirty-one bowlers representing five provinces, which included QC, ON, SK, AB and BC. These championships were the qualifying event for the 2005 International Blind Bowls Association Championships which will be held in South Africa, April 3-15, 2005.

Thank you to all the volunteers who dedicated their valuable time and and expertise to make this event a success. They include tournament organizers, markers and the members of the West Point Grey Lawn Bowling Club.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED!

MEN
SC	PR	Bowler	Director	Placement
B1	BC	Randy Fred	Stan Dalzell	1
B1	AB	Jeff Connor	Gerald Connor	2
B1	SK	Barry Lyons	Ken Tomlinson	3
B1	BC	Bob Giesbrecht	Barb Giesbrecht	4

SC	PR	Bowler	Director	Placement
B2	BC	Ed McMillan	Don Sherry	1
B2	BC	Al Hanet	Vi Hanet	2
B2	ON	Norm Green	Wayne Bucholtz	3
B2	BC	Harvey Friesen	Marion Friesen	4
B2	BC	Kendrick Wall	Margaret Soothill	5
B2	AB	Hugh Gillespie	Irene Gillespie	6
B2	QC	Gordon Crann	Beverly Keddy-Elkin	7

SC	PR	Bowler	Director	Placement
B3	BC	Howard Cordick	John Owen	1
B3	ON	George Shepard	Nelda Holatz	2
B3	BC	Mike Judd	Evelyn Judd	3
B3	SK	Blaine Ratzlaff	Rosemary Waldie	4

WOMEN

SC	PR	Bowler	Director	Placement
B1	ON	Vivian Berkeley	Don Mayne	1
B1	AB	Helen Kilgore	Joseph Kilgore	2
B1	QC	Heather Green	Margeurite Bernard	3
B1	BC	Elaine Smithson	Ed Smithson	4

SC	PR	Bowler	Director	Placement
B2	ON	Valerie Morrison	Brenda Freeley	1
B2	BC	Shirley Cole	Madeleine Sherry	2
B2	QC	Jesse Cotin	Elaine Chauvin	3
B2	BC	Joyce Wayling	Kitty Dennis	4
B2		Heather Hannett	Robert Smith	5

SC	PR	Bowler	Director	Placement
B3	BC	Iris Ferguson	Mary Dalzell	1
B3	BC	Barb Perroni	Sheila Jackson	2
B3	BC	Marie Scneider	Edith Wilkins	3
B3	BC	Lena Wright	Trish McNair	4
B3	ON	Jeannie Knigel	Ethel Woolner	5
B3	SK	Linda Ratzlaff	Georgina Magee	6

2004 BC Lawn Bowls Championships

S.C.	Prov.	Bowler	Director	Medal

Women
B1	ON	Vivian Berkeley	Don Mayne	Gold
B1	AB	Helen Kilgore	Joseph Kilgore	Silver
B1	QC	Heather Green	Marguerite Benard	Bronze

B2	ON	Valerie Morrison	Brenda Freeley	Gold
B2	BC	Shirley Cole	Madeline Sherry	Silver
B2	QC	Jesse Cotin	Elaine Chauvin	Bronze

B3	BC	Iris Ferguson	Mary Dalzell	Gold
B3	BC	Barb Perroni	Sheila Jackson	Silver
B3	BC	Marie Schneider	Edith Wilkins	Bronze

Men
B1	BC	Randy Fred	Stan Dalzell	Gold
B1	AB	Geoffrey Connor	Gerald Connor	Silver
B1	SK	Barry Lyons	Ken Tomlinson	Bronze

B2	BC	Ed McMillan	Don Sherry	Gold
B2	BC	Al Hanet	Vi Hanet	Silver
B2	ON	Norm Green	Brenda Freeley	Bronze

B3	BC	Howard Cordick	John Owen	Gold
B3	ON	George Sheppard	Nelda Hollatz	Silver
B3	BC	Mike Judd	Evelyn Judd	Bronze

B.C. BLIND SPORTS PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2002
HELD AT ABBOTSFORD B.C., AS PART OF THE B.C. DISABILITY GAMES.

FINAL RESULTS - 2002

Medal	Bowler	Director	Record	Club
B1 Total Blind
Gold	Elaine Smithson	Donn Sherry	4 - 0	Nanaimo L.B.C.
Silver	Randy Fred	Stan Dalzell	2 - 2	Nanaimo L.B.C.

B2 - Partially Sighted
Women
Gold	Shirley Cole	Madeleine Sherry	4 - 4	Nanaimo L.B.C.
Silver	Ethel Marlyn	Trish McNair	2 - 2	Vancouver L.B.C.

Men
Gold	Al Hanet	Vi Hanet	7 - 0	Kelowna L.B.C.
Silver	Ed McMillan	Mike MacDonell	5 - 2	Courtenay L.B.C.
Bronze	Rob Williams	Ken Soothill	4 - 3	Nanaimo L.B.C.

B3 - Legally Blind
Women
Gold	Marie Schneider	Marty Statham	6 - 0	Kelowna L.B.C.
Silver	Arlene Stapleton	Rosemary Waldie	5 - 1	Victoria West LBC
Bronze	Iris Ferguson	Margaret Owen	4 - 2	Nanaimo L.B.C.

Men
Gold	Howard Cordick	John Owen	3 - 1	Richmond L.B.C.
Silver	Mike Judd	Evelyn Penner	3 - 1	Coquitlam L.B.C.
Bronze	Ed Martsinkiw	Ken Parker	2 - 2	Kelowna L.B.C.

Howard Hodges Achievement Award was won by Elaine Harris of Coquitlam L.B.C. directed by Angela Robson.

BC Championships Lawnbowls
Nanaimo July 9-12, 2001

	Bowler	Director	Club	Record
Gold	Elaine Smithson	Donn Sherry	Nanaimo	3-1-1
Silver	Bob Giesbrecht	Barbara Giesbrecht	Salmon Arm	1-3-1

B2 Women

	Bowler	Director	Club	Record
Gold	Shirley Cole	Madeleine Sherry	Nanaimo	5-1
Silver	Dorothy Phipps	Trish McNair	Kennedy Pk	5-1
Bronze	Sheila Jones	Ed Smithson	Kennedy Pk	2-3
4^th	June Boyley	Pam Coward	Qualicum	0-3

B2 Men

	Bowler	Director	Club	Record
Gold	Ed McMillan	Jack McMillan	Courtenay	4-0
Silver	Al Hanet	Vi Hanet	Kelowna	3-1
Bronze	Matt Yole	Warren Pready	Ladner	2-2
4^th	Harry Epp	Len Robson	Coquitlam	1-3
5^th	Ross Trembley	Ken Soothill	Nanaimo	0-4

B3 Women

	Bowler	Director	Club	Record
Gold	Julia Logan	Margaret Owen	Richmond	5-0
Silver	Arlene Stapleton	Rosemary Waldie	Victoria	4-1
Bronze	Elaine Harris	Angela Robson	Coquitlam	3-2
4^th	Marie Schneider	Edith Wilkens	Kelowna	2-3
5^th	Kitty Gray	Aileen Fabris	Nanaimo	1-4
6^th	Betty Wood	Sheila Jackson	Qualicum	0-5

B3 Men

	Bowler	Director	Club	Record
Gold	Kendrick Wall	Margaret Soothill	Nanaimo	3-1(76-68)
Silver	Howard Cordick	John Owen	Nanaimo	3-1(78-75)
Bronze	Eugene Amburg	Len Robson	Coquitlam	2-2(79-74)
4^th	Sam Simpson	Peter Giesbrecht	Qualicum	2-2(75-71)
5^th	Mike Judd	Len Robson	Coquitlam	0-4(0-4)

It was great to have Harry Epp, Kitty Gray, Matt Yole and Ross Tremblay participate in their first provincial championships.

Canadian Blind Sports Association
2001 National Bowls Championships
September 6-9, 2001
Commonwealth Lawn Bowling Club, Edmonton

B1 Women	Athlete	Prov	Director
Gold	Vivian Berkeley	ONT	Don Mayne
Silver	Elaine Smithson	BC	Donn Sherry
Bronze	Judi Moffat	ONT	Betty Mayne

B1 Men
Gold	Frank Wild	ONT	Christine Wild
Silver	Bob Giesbrecht	BC	Barbara Giesbrecht
Bronze	Barry Lyons	SK	Ken Tomlinson

B2 Women
Gold	Joyce Wayling	ONT	Kitty Dennis
Silver	Valerie Morrison	ONT	Brenda Feeley
Bronze	Heather Hannett	AB	Bob Smith

B2 Men
Gold	Al Hanet	BC	Vi Hanet
Silver	Ed McMillan	BC	Jack McMillan
Bronze	Norman Green	QUE	Shirley Ahern

B3 Women
Gold	Julia Logan	BC	Margaret Owen
Silver	Arlene Stapleton	BC	Rosemary Waldie
Bronze	Dorothy Russell	SK	Roger Salloum

B3 Men
Gold	Robert White	NB	Karen Lutz
Silver	George Shepherd	ONT	Nelda Hollatz
Bronze	Howard Cordick	BC	John Owen

http://www.bowlscanada.com/results/index.htm

World Blind Bowls Championships 2001
GIRVAN SCOTLAND
6th - 17th August, 2001

British Columbia Medal Performances:
Women's B3 -
Bronze Medal - J. Logan - Director: Margaret Owen

Men's B2 -
Bronze Medal - E. McMillan - Director: Jack McMillan

Mixed Pairs B2 -
Bronze Medal - H. Hannett & A. Hanet - Director: Vi Hanet

BC Members of the Canadian Team	Director
B1 Elaine Smithson, BC	Donn Sherry
B2 Ed McMillan, BC	Jack McMillan
B2 Al Hanet, BC	Vi Hanet
B3 Julia Logan, BC	Margaret Owen
B3 Howard Cordick, BC	John Owen

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2008 BCBSRA Lawn Bowls Provincials Championships Courtenay, September 2-6, 2008

2008 Canadian Blind Sports National Lawn Bowls Championships

2008 Canadian Blind Sports National Lawn Bowls Championships

Joan McKay Trophy –

4 Enders:

British Columbia Blind Sports and Recreation Association

2008 BCBSRA Lawn Bowls Provincials Championships
Courtenay, September 2-6, 2008