Athletes ascended the podium steps for their achievements at the B.C. 55-Plus Games.
The multi-sport event, formerly the B.C. Seniors Games, was held Sept. 12-16 in and around Vernon.
Participants from Nanaimo, Nanoose Bay, Lantzville and Gabriola Island made an impact, helping the North Island zone team to a fifth-place finish in the overall standings with 273 medals.
Close to 3,600 participants took part in 28 sporting events at facilities throughout the north Okanagan region. They were also treated to opening and closing ceremonies, an afternoon social and a nighttime dance.
“We were very pleased with everything,” said Wee Yee, president of the 2017 Games committee, speaking to Black Press. “The biggest thing was the feedback from the participants. They were all very co-operative and were saying things like ‘these were the best Games ever.’ They all had fun.”
Results include:
Archery - Ida McClellan, gold, recurve with sight.
Badminton - Michael Collery, gold, competitive singles, gold, competitive mixed doubles, silver, competitive doubles; Stella Hu, gold, competitive singles, silver, competitive mixed doubles, gold, competitive doubles; Bill Chen, silver, competitive mixed doubles, silver, competitive doubles; Murray Serjeant, bronze, recreational singles, gold, rec doubles, silver, rec mixed doubles; Barry Samson, gold, rec doubles, bronze, rec mixed doubles; Toney Lambert, silver, open singles, bronze, open doubles, gold, open mixed doubles; Sandy Curran, gold, competitive doubles; Margaret Hudson, gold, competitive doubles; David Lemire, silver, rec doubles; Rob Waine, silver, rec doubles.
Bridge - Ruth Rennie, silver, duplicate master points; Judy Langstaff, silver, duplicate master points; Doug Parry, silver, social; Rayne Parry, silver, social.
Darts - Mike Brenton, bronze, singles, silver, doubles; Steve Benson, silver, doubles.
Dragon boat - Mimi Anderson, gold; Hazel Ayers, gold; Terri Bell, gold; Colleen Blouin, gold; Sandie Borghesan, gold, mixed, gold; Elena Collens, gold; Leslie Currie, gold; Erica Edwards, gold, mixed, gold; Lesley Heavey, gold, mixed, gold; Didi Irvine, gold, mixed, gold; Gayle Janovick, gold; Linda Manarin, gold; Lavonne Patterson, gold, mixed, gold; Wayne Pealo, gold, mixed, gold; Holly Pirozzini, gold, mixed, gold; June Rainey, gold, mixed, gold; Sheryl Thomson, gold, mixed, gold; Arlene Witham, gold, mixed, gold; John Corlett, gold, mixed; Max Nock, gold, mixed; Bob Sorochan, gold, mixed; Ann Walker, gold, mixed; Bill Walker, gold, mixed; Doug Kulai, gold, mixed; Lawrence Tang, gold mixed; Dave Thomson, gold, mixed; Gord Witham, gold, mixed.
Golf - Lesley Hazeldine, silver, low gross; Marge Bibby, gold, low gross; Tina Robertson, bronze, low gross.
Hockey - Paul Sinclair, bronze; Cliff Cookman, bronze; Bob Simpson, bronze; Norm Bohl, bronze; Jack Broome, bronze; Richard Fontaine, bronze; Ken Lamont, bronze; Henry Wiebe, bronze; Wes Betz, bronze; Ed Berendt, gold; Tom Mullan, gold; Len Slogar, gold; Andy McNally, gold; G. Bob Rutland, gold; Gary Bryan Fenton, gold;
Horseshoes - Trish Anderson, bronze.
Mountain biking - Derek Steel, gold, time trial, gold, road race, gold, hill climb; Lorrie Baildham, gold, time trial, gold, road race, gold, hill climb; Dave Saunders, gold, cross-country, gold, team relay; Peter Mysak, gold, cross-country, gold, team relay; Dalton Corbett, gold, cross-country, gold, team relay; Judy Villeneuve, gold, cross-country, silver, team relay; Mary Mark, gold, cross-country, silver, team relay.
Pickleball - Karen Peniuk, bronze, mixed doubles; Clive Jones, silver, mixed doubles; Brenda Stewart, silver, mixed doubles.
Slo-pitch - Pauline Davidson, bronze, mixed; Marie Morton, bronze, mixed; Jim Reynolds, bronze, mixed; Judy Mitchell, bronze, mixed; Gloria Young, bronze, mixed; Cheryl Cave, bronze, mixed.
Soccer - Doug Cowling, silver; Adda Besseghieur, silver; Keith Watson, silver; Glen Murphy, silver; Jon Dominy, silver; Will Brown, silver; Les McGrath, silver; Dave Johnson, silver; Scott MacLean, silver; Barry Murphy, silver; Ken Wright, silver; Joe Hopwood, silver.
Swimming - Ian Burvill, gold, 100m breaststroke, gold, 50m breast, gold, 50m butterfly, gold, 50m freestyle, gold, 200m individual medley, gold, 100m IM; gold, 4x25m freestyle relay, gold, 4x25m medley relay, gold, 4x50m free relay; Nancy Ryan, gold, 50m back, silver, 200m free, silver, 100m free, silver, 50m free, gold, 100m back, gold, 4x25m free relay, gold, 4x50m free relay; Doreen Scantland, silver, 50m back, bronze, 50m breast, gold, 100m breast, silver, 25m back, silver, 25m breast, silver, 100m back, bronze, 4x25m free relay; Emmy Matte, gold, 50m breast, gold, 400m free, gold, 800m free, silver, 25m back, silver, 25m breast, bronze, 25m free, bronze, 4x25m free relay, bronze, 4x50m free relay; Helen Sharpe, silver, 50m breast, gold, 100m breast, gold, 25m breast, gold, 4x25m free relay, gold, 4x50m free relay; James Scantland, bronze, 100m back, gold, 100m breast, silver, 25m breast, silver, 50m breast, bronze, 25m back, silver, 4x25m free relay, silver, 4x25m medley relay, bronze, 4x50m free relay; Ralph Motzek, gold, 100m back, gold, 25m back, gold, 50m free, silver, 100m free, silver, 4x25m free relay, silver, 4x25m medley relay.
Table tennis - Dan Ford, bronze, competitive doubles, gold, competitive mixed doubles.
Tennis - Shirley Craddock, gold, doubles, silver, mixed doubles.
Track and field - Eric Kirschner, silver, 1,500m race walk, silver, high jump, bronze, 5,000m power walk, bronze, long jump, silver, triple jump; Joe Giegerich, gold, 4x100m relay, gold, high jump, gold, pentathlon, gold, long jump, gold, triple jump, silver, javelin, gold, 200m, gold, 100m, gold, 80m hurdles; Terry Riggins, silver, 400m, silver, 1,500m, silver, 10-kilometre road race; silver, high jump, silver, 800m; Jess Brewer, gold, 80m hurdles, silver, triple jump; Patti Rogers, silver, long jump, gold, 400m, gold, 100m, gold, 200m, silver, 4x100m relay, silver, 4x100m mixed relay; Barry Sparkes, bronze, 100m, silver, 200m, silver, 400m, silver, pentathlon, gold, long jump, silver, triple jump, gold, 4x400m relay, silver, 4x100m mixed relay; Bob Gehm, bronze, 5,000m, bronze, 5,000m power walk; Denise Bonin, silver, 50m, silver, 100m, bronze, 400m, silver, 200m, silver, long jump, silver, 4x100m relay, silver, 4x100m mixed relay; Sandie Bissessur, silver, 100m, silver, 400m, silver, 200m, silver, 800m, gold, 50m, silver, 4x100m relay; Debbie Punshon, silver, 4x100m relay.