SO Team BC 2024 Dawson Creek Headpins Coat of Arms

5-pin bowling athletes of the Special Olympics Team BC 2024 Training Squad are gearing up to roll over the competition at the National Games!  

B.C. will be well-represented in 5-pin bowling at the National Games, as seven teams will be ready to compete with pride in Calgary:

  • Chilliwack
  • Cowichan Valley Strikers
  • Dawson Creek Headpins
  • Delta
  • Port Alberni Grizzlies
  • South Okanagan Brats
  • Vancouver Strike Force

Thirty-five total athletes make up the seven teams, accompanied by 14 experienced coaches. Each team has been practicing hard over the past nine months, sticking to their training plans and their routines.

SOBC – Vancouver coach Jennifer Knoll is excited to “share with the other athletes the experience to represent SO Team BC, the travel they are going to experience, and the friendships they are going to make while on this amazing trip of their lives.”

“I am excited to see how much fun all of the athletes are going to have with this amazing opportunity to go out and show how good they are at their sport,” she says.

Team mottoes

Cowichan Valley Strikers

Howling together, striking as one

Dawson Creek Headpins

What we do together can make a difference!

Port Alberni Grizzlies

Dare to dream big, then do something about it

South Okanagan Brats

Never give up

Vancouver Strike Force

One team, one dream

Team member profiles

NameTeamLocalHometown
Athletes   
Allen HahnerCowichan Valley StrikersKelownaWest Kelowna
Bill PolzCowichan Valley StrikersNanaimoNanaimo
Darian TielemansCowichan Valley StrikersCowichan ValleyDuncan
Leanne HewittCowichan Valley StrikersNanaimoNanaimo
Maurice BernierCowichan Valley StrikersPort AlberniPort Alberni
Angela FlanniganThe Brats - S. OkanaganSouth OkanaganOliver
Bob BrimacombeThe Brats - S. OkanaganSouth OkanaganOliver
Travis BlockThe Brats - S. OkanaganSouth OkanaganOliver
Ryan RichterThe Brats - S. OkanaganSouth OkanaganOsoyoos
Sascha BaylissThe Brats - S. OkanaganSouth OkanaganOsoyoos
Dara WatsonDawson Creek HeadpinsDawson CreekDawson Creek
Jacob HansonDawson Creek HeadpinsDawson CreekDawson Creek
William WaffleDawson Creek HeadpinsDawson CreekDawson Creek
Lance PattinsonDawson Creek HeadpinsPrince GeorgePrince George
Robert BeiswangerDawson Creek HeadpinsQuesnelQuesnel
Samuel HallDeltaAbbotsfordAbbotsford
Gerene HerrewynenDeltaAbbotsfordAbbotsford
Kerry LambDeltaDeltaWhite Rock
Darrin GreensteinDeltaDeltaWhite Rock
Tyler CoeDeltaDeltaDelta
Betty ColemanChilliwackChilliwackChilliwack
Corey BennettChilliwackChilliwackChilliwack
Jamie FulcherChilliwackChilliwackChilliwack
Julie PrachnauChilliwackChilliwackChilliwack
Neil FromhartChilliwackChilliwackChilliwack
Cody BoothPort Alberni GrizzliesPort AlberniPort Alberni
Crystal DomovichPort Alberni GrizzliesPort AlberniPort Alberni
Dakota TatePort Alberni GrizzliesPort AlberniPort Alberni
Jenna DomovichPort Alberni GrizzliesPort AlberniPort Alberni
Sebastien ThomasPort Alberni GrizzliesPort AlberniPort Alberni
Dallas StagerVancouver Strike ForceVancouverVancouver
Lucia BustoVancouver Strike ForceVancouverVancouver
Nick ChanVancouver Strike ForceVancouverVancouver
Raymond ZhouVancouver Strike ForceVancouverVancouver
George CazzaroVancouver Strike ForceVancouverRichmond
    
Coaches   
Irene LintnerCowichan Valley StrikersCowichan ValleyDuncan
Jean ScholefieldCowichan Valley StrikersCowichan ValleyDuncan
Patricia KriegerThe Brats - S. OkanaganSouth OkanaganOsoyoos
Jacky ShengThe Brats - S. OkanaganNanaimoNanaimo
Ellen MartzDawson Creek HeadpinsQuesnelQuesnel
Carol LeeDawson Creek HeadpinsPrince GeorgePrince George
Kim TurneyDeltaFort St. JohnFort St. John
Jack WalshDeltaDawson CreekDawson Creek
Ian DavieChilliwack 1ChilliwackChilliwack
Leslie BowlingChilliwack 1AbbotsfordAbbotsford
Jennifer KnollPort Alberni GrizzliesPort AlberniPort Alberni
Debbie McCooeyPort Alberni GrizzliesComox ValleyCourtenay
Trish DunnVancouver Strike ForceOceansideNanoose Bay
Greg DunnVancouver Strike ForceOceansideNanoose Bay
SO Team BC 2024 South Okanagan and Vancouver Coat of Arms
SO Team BC 2024 South Okanagan and Vancouver Coat of Arms
SO Team BC 2024 Cowichan Valley and Port Alberni Coat of Arms
SO Team BC 2024 Cowichan Valley and Port Alberni Coat of Arms

 

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