Morning Star Staff
Charleigh Lemay and Jaydn Waldron will have home lanes advantage for the Youth Bowling Youth Doubles provincial championships to be held April 9 at Vernon’s Lincoln Lanes.
Lemay and Waldron won the bantams (eight-to-10-years-old) zone final with 255 pins over average to advance to the provincial finals on their home lanes.
Lincoln Lanes’ bowlers have been rolling in the qualifying rounds for youth doubles since January in each of the youth divisions (bantams, juniors and seniors).
Bowlers were paired with a partner (highest average with lowest average, second highest with second lowest, etc.) and after six weeks, the top-two doubles teams pins over average advances to the zones, held at Lincoln Lanes.
Bowlers were competing from Vernon and Kelowna in the three-game, pins over average tournament.
Lincoln Lanes competitors brought home three silver and three bronze medals from the zone finals.
In bantam, Zakk Hamilton and Paige Lutes won silver with 199 pins over average while Libby Hampshire and Charlee Buckley won bronze with 164 pins over average.
Tommy Gauthier and Jordan Laroque won silver in the junior division (11-14) with 130 pins over average, finishing ahead of Mercedes Klim and Chaundra Hauber, who won bronze with 76 pins over average.
In the seniors division (15-19), Kevyn Hoggard and Matthew Boyes won silver with 18 pins over average, beating out lanemates Grace Fontaine and Tyler Droder, who won bronze with four pins over average.
