100 Mile House and area athletes grabbed a fist-full of medals in a very successful showing at the Surrey 2012 BC Summer Games, July 19-22.
Para-equestrian athlete Tristi Allwood climbed to the top of the podium three times to collect gold medals in Para-dressage. Her wins came in the Novice, Team and Free Style events.
Allwood and Andrea Dobbs also contributed to a bronze-medal finish for their Cariboo-North East Zone 8 equestrian team.
In rowing skills events, the Zone 8 team, with all members coming from the South Cariboo Rowing Club, started out strong with two medals on the first day of competition.
The team of Anna Lisa Craig, Alex Lubbe, Tyra Van Osch, Josie Duncan and Sebastian Gulka of Fraser Valley Zone 3 (borrowed) earned gold in the Mixed 4x with Coxwain skills event. A bronze medal went to Craig and Duncan in the Women’s 2x skills race.
The Zone 8 team placed fifth in the Mixed Quad, while Craig and Duncan finished eighth in the Women’s 2x event.
Later on in the rowing season, at the North Shore High School Rowing Championships, Duncan went on to win gold in the intermediate women’s singles event. Craig and Jemma Van Osch also scooped gold in the intermediate women’s double 500-metre race.
In girls’ softball, the Zone 8 team suffered two back-to-back losses, and in boys’ softball, Zone 8 had two wins and a loss.
The girls’ soccer team had four losses and a win to place seventh.
Cariboo-North East placed sixth overall with six gold medals, seven silver and eight bronze.
