Bronze Medal Winners
Sandy Symes, Mary Winter,
Sue MacDonald
Sarnia Ladies Sandy Symes,
Mary Winter, Sue MacDonald
representing District 2 team
won a bronze medal when the
Ontario Novice Triples Lawn
Bowling Championships were
held in Sarnia on Sept. 6
and 7.
Sixteen men’s teams and 16
women’s teams from across
the province competed in the
annual championships, held
this year at the Sarnia Lawn
Bowling Club. Novice
competitions are for bowlers
of any age with less than
five years of playing
experience.
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Ladies Gold Medal Champions
Mary Wesko, Sophie McKeown,
Tina Lemon
Mary
Wesko, Sophie McKeown, Tina
Lemon
from the Burlington Lawn
Bowling Club (District 5)
emerged victorious in the
women’s final, defeating
Kim McNulty, Marina
Dranitsaris, Donna Halliday
a team out of the Balmy
Beach Club in Toronto
(District 10). Third place
went to the Sarnia Lawn
Bowling Club team of Sue
MacDonald, Sandy Symes and
Mary Winter. (District 2)
Sandy Sims waiting for skip
Sue MacDonald to make the
final throw. The
Sarnia team lost by a single
point
in the Semi-final game to
District 10 who won Silver
in the final game.
The local women swept
through three preliminary
round games and the quarter
final undefeated, before
dropping a hard-fought semi
final match by one point in
the last end. But they
rebounded to handily win the
bronze medal game. It’s the
second consecutive medal for
this team at the provincial
championships.
A second Sarnia women’s team
of Gwen Klatt, Rain
Shouldice and Debbie
Whitfield was eliminated
after preliminary round
play.
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Men's Gold Medal Champions
David Austen, Jason Currie,
Bob Harper
In the men’s competition, it
was
David Austen, Jason Currie,
Bob Harper
team from the Windsor Lawn
Bowling (District 1) who
captured the gold medals,
defeating
Everett Zwiers, Wayne
Wright, Norm Gatt
from the Fairmont Club in
London (District 2) in the
championship game. Bronze
medals went to the team of
Rusty Ruggles, Stanley
Pascoe, Hector Clydesdyle
from the Roselawn Lawn
Bowling Club in Hamilton.
(District 5)
The Sarnia Lawn Bowling Club
team of Nick Symes, Grant
Collison and Jason Hill won
their three preliminary
round games, but lost out in
the quarter final match.
The championships were held
under the jurisdiction of
the Ontario Lawn Bowls
Association and convened by
Bob Machan and Mike Landry
of the host club.
The Sarnia Lawn Bowling Club
is located in Germain Park
off Bright Street. Regular
club activities for this
year will wrap up on Sept.
20-21.