BIG COUNTRY SENIOR SPORTS SOCIETY SENDS 135 ATHLETES TO AB 55PLUS SUMMER GAMES
Big Country Senior Sports Society (BCSSS), the administrator for Zone 2 of Alberta 55 Plus, is pleased to report that some 135 residents of this Zone have qualified for the Provincial 55 Plus Games to be held this week/weekend in Brooks, AB between August 17 and 20.
“Our Zone 2, one of eight zones within Alberta 55Plus, is sending a team as large as – if not larger than – teams from Edmonton and Calgary. We’re proud of that”, reports BCSSS President Norma Dawson of High River.
“Our competitors range in age from 55 to 92, playing in some 17 events.
The number of entries in each event is listed below:
Bocce 8, Contract Bridge 4, Cribbage 6, Cycling 10, Floor Shuffleboard 4, Golf 17, Pool (8-ball) 5, Swimming 4, Horseshoes 2, Athletics 14, Pickleball 28, Cornhole 2, Slo-Pitch 27, Crafts 5, Photography 3.
Player Distribution, by Area
Area 8 (Foothills County, includes Okotoks, High River, Diamond Valley; Director, Norma Dawson):
Cycling: Maggie Nichol-Bowen, Bob Wahlund, James Roberts.
Golf: Jean Whyte, Judy Kenny, Bob Cheyne.
Pickleball: Heather Coonfer, Carrie Irwin, Carolyn Mulholland, Gail Reiss, Paulette McKinnon.
Slo-Pitch: Gary Paukert, Curtis Buck, Jack Bews, Warren Tiede, Gordon Pyle.
Track & Field: Norma Dawson, Sandi Lightfoot, Ernie Robson, Jim Vangilst, Paul Burns.
Crafts: Nancy Neufeld, Anne Wahlund.
Photography: Barb Larson.
Area 7 (RockyView County west, Bearspaw, Cochrane, Springbank, Bragg Creek; Director, Doug Campbell).
Bocce: Myrna Fink, Tracy Hindle, Sharon Barnden, Marcia Wilson, Vel Edwards, Monique MacKenzie, Bonnie Freisen, Jennifer MacKenzie, Jim Paramchuk.
Contract Bridge: Ken Munro, Lucia Ciupa.
Cornhole: Karl Gibbie.
Cycling: Brent Gross, Clint Docken, Bob Martens.
Floor Shuffleboard: Nancy Gibbie & Doug Campbell.
Golf: Joan and Chris Logan, Barb Gibson.
Horseshoes: Gerry Burkholder.
Pickleball: Lina Danis, Julie Clark, Lorraine Makowecki, Catherine Burdett, Barb Imeson, Gary Hawkes, Steve Katulka, Bill Cooper, Jim Bend, Zahir Lakha, Mark Lenson, Colin Gilbert.
Slo-Pitch: Reg Macdonald, Andrew Fett, Tracy Roberts, Dan Muhlbach, Pat Drinnan.
Swimming: Joan Gunn-Allard.
Track & Field: Lynda Gross, Lyndon Emro, Brian Hill.
Photography: Tracy Hindle, Myrna Fink.
Area 9 (Canmore, Banff; Director, Susan Cowitz)
Cycling: Earl Emberton.
Track & Field: Susan & Russ Sagert.
Area 6 (Mountainview County, Olds, Didsbury, Carstairs, Sundre; Director, Nettie Neustaeter)
Cornhole: Earl Markham.
Cribbage: Pat & Tom Bartholow.
Cycling: Don James.
Floor Shuffleboard: Dave & Nettie Neustaeter.
Golf: Eleanor McKenzie.
Horseshoes: Les Markham.
Crafts: Bernice Willsie, Earl Markham.
Area 4 (Airdrie, Crossfield, Balzac; Director, Carolyn Alway)
Golf: Loreen Lehmann.
Pool (8-ball): Lorna Scott.
Track & Field: Randy Molitor.
Slo-pitch: Bruce Hall, Christopher Mann, Lloyd Maxwell, Terry McKechnie,
Swimming: Debbie & Frank Willoughby.
Crafts: Carolyn Alway.
Area 1 (Hanna, Oyen; Director, Robbin Thurn)
Pickleball: Jay & Sharon Slemp.
Pool: Cal Werner, Deb Werner.
Track & Field: Robbin Thurn.
Area 2 (Drumheller) & Area 3 (Three Hills to Beiseker); [Director, Linda Traquair].
Cribbage: Lloyd Laughlin, Ron Keats, Daryl Saboe.
Cycling: Tim Hodges, Jim Milman.
Golf: Keith Lee.
Pickleball: Rob Thomas, Duane & Laurie Bolin, Afolabe Otegbade, Dan Hird, Bob Chambers, Leon Berg.
Pool: Derek Campbell, Remie Defoor.
Track & Field: Wendy Laughlin.
Area 5 (Strathmore, Chestermere; Director, Joss Binns).
Contract Bridge: Joyce Hvingelby, Candy Tashlikowich.
Cribbage: Brenda Blazenko.
Golf: Deb Dancey, Charlie Freemont, Marianne Pinchbeck, Christine Anderson, Michele Power, Margaret Reed, Joss Binns, Richard Walker.
Pickleball: Louise Bleier, Ron Anderson.
Slo-pitch: Rudy Dave Mayer, Carmen Browne, Brian Aris.
Swimming: Steve Wiewel.
Track & Field: Louise Nesterenko
For more info go to www.alberta55plus.ca
