A team from the 100 Mile House Carpet Bowling Club will be representing Zone 2 at the Carpet Bowling Association of B.C. provincial championships in Prince George, May 7-8.
Al and Linda Bishop partnered with Terry and Sherry Fossum to take the zone championships in team-of-four competition in Little Fort on March 19-20.
The team won five of its six games to earn the right to advance to the provincials. The Bishops and Fossums beat teams from Chase, Barriere, Clearwater, Little Fort and Interlakes, and gave up their single loss to Kamloops.
Linda says their victory was a combination of skill and luck.
“We bowled quite well, but I was surprised. I didn’t think we would win.”
All of the team members are relatively new to the sport, and Linda says she’s only been at it for slightly more than two years and Al has been playing for less than two years.
The 100 Mile House club has had good results at previous provincials, but this is the first time to the championships for the Bishop/Fossum team. They will play seven other teams over the course of the two days at the tournament.
Linda says their training regime will be little more than regular club practices and the usual tournaments, but she’s excited about competing at provincials.
“I hope to do well for 100 Mile, and do our best. It’s just an honour to be going.”
The 100 Mile House club is very active, playing year-round, except sometimes July or August, when people are engaged in summertime activities. The club has around 20 members, with the oldest member aged in the mid-80s.
“It’s good exercise and a good social atmosphere,” Linda says, adding carpet bowling gets people out and active, and club members have great fun playing.
The 100 Mile House club will host a carpet bowling fun tournament with several visiting clubs at 100 Mile Community Hall on May 15.
