More than 70 seniors from Salmon Arm took part in the 2014 BC Seniors Games, held in Langley from Sept. 9 to 13, bringing home 53 medals – 11 gold, 22 silver and 20 bronze.
Games results for 2014 include:
Cribbage, silver: Snuffy Clarke/Sharon Krause; bronze: Donna Ross/Marilyn White.
Golf, silver: Fred Horne 70-74 Div. B; bronze: Monty Kilborn 70-74 Div. A; silver: Brian Maurer 65-69 Div. B.
Hockey: The Salmon Arm Cavaliers took fourth place.
Horseshoes, gold: Marlene Marshall 55+E; bronze: Faith Juell 55+D; gold: Matt Honkanen 65+A; Silver: Ted Honkala 65+E; bronze: Edwin Krieg 65+C.
Curling, bronze: Trish Probyn, Dianne Becker, Donna Schultz and Lisa Schwartzenhauer (55-64 division).
Slo pitch: The Zone 8Ers took home fourth.
Swimming: Muriel Hurlbert won gold in individual medley and a bronze in 800-metre freestyle. Terry Van Meer won silver medals in breaststroke and 100-m IM and bronze in backstroke, 50-m freestyle and 25-m butterfly.
Table tennis, mixed recreational: Dennis Chow and Norma Bischoff took the gold and Norma Bischoff/Smith won gold in the mixed doubles recreational. Wilf Pauls won silver in the men’s recreational, while Erich Kraus/Jarvis Wice won bronze in the competitive division. In doubles recreational, Dennis Chow and Wilf Pauls took home the bronze.
Tennis, gold: Shirley Knorr won the women’s singles; Sue Ford and Shirley Knorr won silver in women’s doubles, and Les and Mary Heron won silver in the mixed doubles event.
Track & field: Marcia Beckner won gold in the 65-60 100-m and 200-m dash, silver in the 400-m dash and in the long jump, and bronze in the 5-km race. Hellen Byron won bronze in the 70-74 200-m Dash. Yvonne Dibblee won silver in the 400-m power walk relay, the high jump, discus, weight throw and javelin, and also a bronze in shot put. Linda Haas won silver in 400-m power walk relay and the 5-km power walk. Paulette McKinnon won bronze in the 5-km power walk. Judy Murray won bronze in the 10-km road race. Kathleen Yanke won silver in the 200- and 500-m dash and 5-km race, and a bronze in the 400-m dash and the 10-km road race.
Tony Haas won a bronze in the 5-km power walk, as well as the hammer throw, while James Roberts took home a silver in javelin.
Cycling: Mary Pakka, in the 80-84 age category, received three gold medals for time trials, road race and hill climb.
More than 3,800 seniors from across the province competed.
