Zone 2 athletes achieved results above and beyond expectations at the 55+ BC Games last week in Kimberley and Cranbrook. Residents of the Comox Valley played a key role in the success of the North Island zone.
Following are Comox Valley medal winners:
Badminton
Daryl Bissell, Comox – 3 gold
Russel Lang, Courtenay – 1 gold, 1 silver
Mary Reed, Courtenay – 2 gold, 1 bronze
Anna Robitaille, Courtenay – 2 gold, 1 bronze
Five Pin Bowling
Ivan Ally, Courtenay – 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze
Donna Leche, Black Creek – 1 silver
Men and Women 55+ Team Div A – silver
Pat Belanger, Comox; Peggy Cummins, Comox; Bob Sharp, Comox; Edward Tanner, Courtenay; Coral Tanner, Courtenay
Golf
Grace Coulter, Comox – 2 gold
Valerie Dingwall, Courtenay – 1 silver
Marie Israel, Comox – 1 bronze
Valerie Orr, Comox – 1 bronze
Pat Schmidt, Comox – 2 bronze
Ice Curling
Men 55 – 64 Team – gold
Blair Cusack, Comox; Richard Tanguay, Comox; Rick Thomson, Courtenay;Terry Woloshyn, Royston
Women 55 – 64 Team – gold
Kim Jonsson, Courtenay
Lawn Bowling
Vern Greenhill, Courtenay – 1 gold, 1 silver
Pickleball
Mike Chatwin, Comox – 2 gold
Sharon De Goede, Courtenay – 1 bronze
Evie MacDonald, Courtenay – 1 silver
Soccer
Men 55+ Team – gold
Pat Bell, Royston; Steve Dietrich, Courtenay Alan Fletcher, Hornby Island; Andy Marinus, Comox
Men 65+ Team – gold
Chris De Witt, Courtenay; Laurence Gerritsen, Courtenay; Alan Jackson, Comox; Mike McManus, Comox
Swimming
Gordon Giesbrecht, Courtenay – 6 gold
Joan Lightfoot, Comox – 2 gold, 1 bronze
Robert Reed, Courtenay – 1 bronze
Brian Staton, Black Creek – 9 gold
Tennis
Don Axtell, Comox – 1 gold
Shane Field, Courtenay – 1 silver, 1 bronze
Kurt Nielsen, Courtenay – 1 gold
Track and Field
Terri Jones, Comox – 5 gold
Louise Reed, Comox – 4 gold
