Day 2 of Bowling Championships

Team Alberta 2018 James Starewski
Team Alberta 10-pin bowler, James Starewski excited about his five strikes.

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Team Alberta Racks up more Medals and Strikes at the 2018 Special Olympics Canada Bowling Championships 

 

EDMONTON, AB, May 18, 2018- The 2018 Special Olympics Canada Bowling Championships Special Olympics completed its second day of competition with Team Alberta bowlers racking up more medals and achieving personal bests with 10-pin bowler James Starewski setting the lane on fire with five strikes in the row and turkeys (three strikes in a row) from Greg Blais, June Rolfson, and Chuck McDonald.

 

Team Alberta Results
  • 10-pin bowlers medal count: 4 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze. The singles competition event will complete on Friday and medal ceremonies on Saturday.
  • 5-pin bowling teams complete a second day of match-play and individual play with more games today and semi-finals and finals on Saturday.

10-Pin Bowling

Sport

Division

Team

Athlete

Score

Place

10-Pin Bowling Doubles Competition

Female 1

Alberta 1

Esther Auger, Edmonton

664

1

     

Brianne Koeckeritz, Calgary

   
 

Female 3

Alberta 2

Lauren Bowyer, Lethbridge

747

1

     

Carissa Burch, Lethbridge

   
 

Male 1

Alberta 3

Mark Carnegie, Edmonton

491

2

     

Mark Mengersen, Olds

   
 

Male 2

Alberta 4

Bradley Gosselin, Calgary

647

3

     

James Starewski, Calgary

   
 

Male 3

Alberta 5

Zach Frost, Grande Prairie

863

1

     

Ken Sawicki, Lethbridge

   
 

Male 5

Alberta 6

Chuck McDonald, Medicine Hat

875

5

     

Mitchell MacDonald,  Medicine Hat

   

 

Sport

Division

Team

Athlete

Score

Place

10-Pin Bowling

Team Competition

Female 1

Alberta 1

Esther Auger, Edmonton

1373

1

Lauren Bowyer, Lethbridge

Carissa Burch, Lethbridge

Brianne Koeckeritz, Calgary

Male 1

Alberta 2

Mark Carnegie, Edmonton

1188

2

Bradley Gosselin, Calgary

Mark Mengersen, Olds

James Starewski, Calgary

Male 2

Alberta 3

Chuck McDonald, Medicine Hat

1473

4

Zach Frost, Grande Prairie

Mitchell MacDonald, Medicine Hat

Ken Sawicki, Lethbridge


5-Pin Bowling

Sport

Division

Team

Athlete

Wins

Losses

Points

5-Pin Bowling Match Play

A

Alberta 2- Calgary

Fern Bremault

3

2

24

Ethel Burns

Leslie Flaterud

Jeff Tilley

Lori Tilley

B

Alberta 3- Grande Prairie

Matthew Barker-Withers

3

2

22

Kaylee Cramer

Cole Jarvie

Paul Stranaghan

Nicole Wasylchew

B

Alberta 4-Medicine Hat

Liam Carter

3

2

20

Rylan Kersey

Brydon Marchand

Sinjin Soper

Blair Yuhas

Alberta 5- Olds

Karen Bystrom

2

3

24.5

Derek Dukes

Derek Hallet

Sandra McCloskey

Joey Rempel

C

Alberta 1- Calgary

Sheldon Cayer

2

3

18

Darrell Harsch

Michael Jamieson

Greg Blais

D

Alberta 7- Strathcona County

Kimorie Crawford

4

1

30

Kristi Gilmet

Celyne Levesque

Carla McGlone

Josh Shyiak

E

Alberta 6-Red Deer

Lindsey Day

3

2

22

Chris Maloney

June Rolfson

Brenda Schewalje

Mike Ward

 

Day three competition is underway with 10-pin singles competition and 5-pin match-play and individual competitions. Find photos from first day of competition on Special Olympics Canada’s Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/92082000@N03/albums/with/72157693494802702

 

You can follow the action of the 2018 Special Olympics Canada Bowling Championships at www.specialolympics.ca/2018-bowling and on social media: Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @SOC2018Bowling #SOC2018Bowling. For Team Alberta results and stories, go to www.specialolympics.ca/2018-team-alberta. Photos and videos can be found on social media: Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @SpecialOAlberta #SOTeamAB18.

 

Special Olympics Team Alberta

Team Alberta is represented by 148 athletes and 54 coaches and mission staff who will be competing at the 2018 Special Olympics Canada Bowling Championships in P.E.I and 2018 Special Olympics Canada Summer Games in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. They will be competing in 5 and 10-pin bowling at the 2018 Bowling Championships from May 14 to 20 while the rest of the team will compete in athletics, basketball, bocce, golf, powerlifting, rhythmic gymnastics, soccer, softball, and swimming at the 2018 National Games from July 31 to August 4.

Team Alberta represents 26 communities across the province, with athletes who are as young as 14 and as old as 62. Team Alberta is built on the values of ability, courage, humility, integrity, empowerment, value and effort. Each member has committed to train to the best of their abilities to perform their personal best.

For more information and a full rooster of Team Alberta members, go to www.specialolympics.ca/2018-team-alberta.  More information on the 2018 Special Olympics Canada Bowling Championship can be found at www.specialolympics.ca/2018-bowling and the 2018 Special Olympics Canada Summer Games can be found at www.specialolympics.ca/2018-national-games

 

Special Olympics Alberta

Special Olympics Alberta is dedicated to enriching the lives of Albertans with intellectual disabilities through the transformative power and joy of sport. Our vision is that sport will open hearts and minds towards people with intellectual disabilities and create inclusive communities.

Special Olympics Alberta’s programs cater to all ages and a wide range of abilities to over 3,300 athletes in more than 140 communities. We provide world class sports programs that are run daily by over 1,300 volunteers. For more information on Special Olympics Alberta, visit, www.specialolympics.ca/alberta and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Flickr and YouTube.

 

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