Members of the host Richmond Lawn Bowling Club helped B.C. teams dominate the women’s division at the 2015 Canadian Seniors Triples Championships.
The event featured the best senior (over 60) lawn bowlers in the country competing over six days for national bragging rights. The venue, which was established in 1966 and has over 270 members, was the first club to install two artificial greens back in 2010.
The British Columbia “B” team featured the all-Richmond trio of On-Kow, Shirley Lai and Rainbow Lung. They went 8-1 to sit atop the standings at the conclusion of round-robin play. Behind them there was a three way tie for second as Team Ontario “B,” Alberta “A” and British Columbia “B” all finished with 6-3 records.
In the end it, was B.C. “B” and Ontario “B” battling for gold, with the hosts prevailing 14-10. The B.C. “A” team, which also featured Richmond’s Josephine Lee, captured bronze with a 15-12 win over Alberta “A.”
On the men’s side, 10 teams from six provinces battled for a chance to take home the top prize.
While none of the teams finished the round robin with a perfect record, seven had more wins than losses.
It was team Nova Scotia ‘A’; Steve Bezanson, Doug McLearn and Jack Robar, who led the pack through to the medal rounds. On the final day of competition, the gold medal game was played between Nova Scotia ‘A’ and Alberta ‘B’; Robert Rodzinyak, Dave Cox and Keith Wylie, who had finished third in the round robin standings.
Nova Scotia prevailed 15-6 to win gold, while Alberta ‘A’; Brian Ranger, Paul Maskell and Jim Berry, beat Nova Scotia ‘B’ to win the bronze medal.
