British Columbia rolled to the top of the medal standings as the North Shore’s West Vancouver and North Vancouver Lawn Bowling Clubs co-hosted the country’s best bowlers last week at the Canadian Lawn Bowling Championships.
Gold medal finals were held Saturday at the West Vancouver Lawn Bowling Club with grandstands placed beside the three championship lanes to create an intimate and intense bowling experience. British Columbia used their home turf advantage to score six medals in the six divisions, including two golds, three silvers and a bronze. North Vancouver club member Malcolm Taylor got in on the winning action, scoring silver in the men’s triples division with the B.C. Team B that included teammates German Santana and Mel Eccles.
Host province gold medals went to the B.C. Team B of Marlene Cleutinx, Josephine Lee and Rita Patterson in the women’s triples division and the B.C. Team B of Dave Baldwin, Christie Grahame, Stanley Chow and James Chen in men’s fours.
The B.C. Team A of Diane Fulton, Jenny Siu and Shirley Choi took silver in the women’s triples division while the B.C. Team B of Kinon Lau and Francis Yau took silver in the men’s pairs division. The women’s fours team of On Kow Au, Rainbow Lung, Lisa Cheung and Gigi Chan took home bronze for the host province.
This was the first time that the men’s and women’s doubles, triples and fours nationals were held at the same location at the same time, making it the largest Canadian Championships ever staged, according to event organizers.
