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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
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Sport |
Division |
Team |
Athlete |
Score |
Place |
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10-Pin Bowling Doubles Competition |
Female 1 |
Alberta 1 |
Esther Auger, Edmonton |
664 |
1 |
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Brianne Koeckeritz, Calgary |
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Female 3 |
Alberta 2 |
Lauren Bowyer, Lethbridge |
747 |
1 |
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Carissa Burch, Lethbridge |
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Male 1 |
Alberta 3 |
Mark Carnegie, Edmonton |
491 |
2 |
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Mark Mengersen, Olds |
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Male 2 |
Alberta 4 |
Bradley Gosselin, Calgary |
647 |
3 |
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James Starewski, Calgary |
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Male 3 |
Alberta 5 |
Zach Frost, Grande Prairie |
863 |
1 |
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Ken Sawicki, Lethbridge |
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Male 5 |
Alberta 6 |
Chuck McDonald, Medicine Hat |
875 |
5 |
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Mitchell MacDonald, Medicine Hat |
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Sport |
Division |
Team |
Athlete |
Score |
Place |
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10-Pin Bowling Team Competition |
Female 1 |
Alberta 1 |
Esther Auger, Edmonton |
1373 |
1 |
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Lauren Bowyer, Lethbridge |
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Carissa Burch, Lethbridge |
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Brianne Koeckeritz, Calgary |
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Male 1 |
Alberta 2 |
Mark Carnegie, Edmonton |
1188 |
2 |
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Bradley Gosselin, Calgary |
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Mark Mengersen, Olds |
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James Starewski, Calgary |
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Male 2 |
Alberta 3 |
Chuck McDonald, Medicine Hat |
1473 |
4 |
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Zach Frost, Grande Prairie |
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Mitchell MacDonald, Medicine Hat |
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Ken Sawicki, Lethbridge |
5-Pin Bowling
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Sport |
Division |
Team |
Athlete |
Wins |
Losses |
Points |
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5-Pin Bowling Match Play |
A |
Alberta 2- Calgary |
Fern Bremault |
3 |
2 |
24 |
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Ethel Burns |
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Leslie Flaterud |
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Jeff Tilley |
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Lori Tilley |
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B |
Alberta 3- Grande Prairie |
Matthew Barker-Withers |
3 |
2 |
22 |
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Kaylee Cramer |
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Cole Jarvie |
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Paul Stranaghan |
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Nicole Wasylchew |
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B |
Alberta 4-Medicine Hat |
Liam Carter |
3 |
2 |
20 |
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Rylan Kersey |
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Brydon Marchand |
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Sinjin Soper |
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Blair Yuhas |
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Alberta 5- Olds |
Karen Bystrom |
2 |
3 |
24.5 |
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Derek Dukes |
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Derek Hallet |
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Sandra McCloskey |
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Joey Rempel |
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C |
Alberta 1- Calgary |
Sheldon Cayer |
2 |
3 |
18 |
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Darrell Harsch |
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Michael Jamieson |
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Greg Blais |
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D |
Alberta 7- Strathcona County |
Kimorie Crawford |
4 |
1 |
30 |
|
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Kristi Gilmet |
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Celyne Levesque |
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Carla McGlone |
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Josh Shyiak |
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E |
Alberta 6-Red Deer |
Lindsey Day |
3 |
2 |
22 |
|
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Chris Maloney |
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June Rolfson |
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Brenda Schewalje |
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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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