Zone 8 Fall 2017

Volume 8 Issue 4

In this issue …. Provincials Results………………. p2 Calgary Provincials In Pictures ………….. p3 High Prairie Provincials John van den Berg and Fred Demchuk carrying the Zone 8 Banner at Results ……………… p4 the 2017 High Prairie Provincials, September 14 to 16. High Prairie Provincials in Pictures ……….… p5 Looking Ahead …….. p6 Busy Summer-Fall for Zone 8!

A small but mighty Zone 8 team made the trek to Calgary for the 2017 Summer Provincials held August 10 to 12. Our hats go off to Calgary for pulling this event off in a very short planning timeframe!! Our team was among the 1000 or so athletes who descended on the area to compete. Zone 8 competed in Pickleball, 5-Pin Bowling, Track & Field, Swimming, Golf, Cycling and Slo-Pitch. Venues were scat- tered throughout Calgary and area, making it difficult for competitors to see any competition other than their own: Slo-Pitch was hosted in Strathmore, and one of the Cycling races was west of Crossfield, running through Dogpound A special shout-out to our (yes, it does exist, and yes, it was a very hilly course!!). High Prairie Fall Games Food Services Coordinators, However, participants had a chance to meet and socialize and Kay Savill and enjoy some great entertainment at the excellent banquet one Marilyn Stevens and their evening in Calgary. gang of enthusiastic Thank you: well done, Calgary! volunteers for the wonderful meals, snacks and decorations. Only a few weeks later, September 14 to 16, the High Prairie Provincials, host- We did eat very well!! ed by Zone 8, were off to a roaring start. Roughly 360 participants made High Prairie their temporary home and competed in Bocce Ball, Darts, Crib (Double & Single), Duplicate Bridge, Euchre, Military Whist, Floor Curling, Floor Shuf- fleboard and Crafts. Our sincere thanks go out to the High Prairie and area mu- nicipalities, clubs, organizations and many great volunteers who rolled up their sleeves and pitched in to make these provincials a success. And, again, a small but mighty group of Zone 8 competitors made us proud!

Congratulations to all competitors, you’re all WINNERS!!!

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Zone 8 Zone 8 at the 2017 Calgary Summer Provincials

Medal Winners: ATHLETICS Mollie Brown (): 1 Gold, 1 Silver Winnie Scobie (Hythe): 3 Silver Al Bromling (Grande Prairie: 1 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze Fred Brown (Grande Prairie): 1 Gold, 2 Bronze Frank Tries (High Prairie): 4 Gold Joe Larsback (Fairview): 2 Gold, 2 Silver, and a Gold as part of the Zone 3 Relay Team Ray Gilkyson (): 1 Bronze BOWLING Lloyd Cunningham (High Prairie): Silver Melford Haas (Bluesky): Gold Bill Skaley (Rycroft): Bronze CYCLING Bob Walsh (High Prairie): 1 Gold, 1 Silver Freddi Bromling (Grande Prairie): 2 Silver Mike Bain (Grande Prairie): 1 Silver, 1 Bronze GOLF Dave Temple (High Prairie): Gold George Dashkewytch (Faust): Silver Rebecca Turcotte (High Prairie): Bronze PICKLEBALL Marcie Milligan (Sexsmith) & Dian Sedore (Grande Prairie): Silver Eldine Kjemhus (Hythe) & Darlene Bekkerus (La Glace): Bronze Gwen Atkinson (Grande Prairie) & Sandy Richer (): Sil- ver SWIMMING Adele Major (Grande Prairie): 2 Gold, 2 Bronze Mary-Helen Hopkins (Grande Prairie): 4 Gold Wendy McMillan (Grande Prairie): 1 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze And the ladies won Bronze in the Relay!

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Medal Winners: BOCCE Frank Tries (High Prairie): Silver (played on the Zone 3 team) CRIBBAGE (SINGLE) Ervin Sloan (): Gold John van den Berg (Peace River): Bronze CRIBBAGE (DOUBLE) Robert and Janet Lemay (): Gold Jayne Rubbelke (High Prairie) and Anne Kotyk (Rycroft): Bronze DARTS Evelyn Lesiuk (High Prairie): Bronze Wendell Ebbett (Sunset House): Silver DUPLICATE Bridge Don McDonald (High Prairie) and Blayne Rubbelke (High Prairie): Silver FLOOR CURLING Annie Blackhurst, Polly Stafford, Robert Goulet, Alicemary Olansky (all High Prairie): Silver FLOOR SHUFFLEBOARD William Thunder (Faust) and Theodore Shewchuk (Faust): Gold

Ready for Competition!

Alicemary Olansky means business!

Banquet entertainment by High Prairie

The Triangle Jammers at the Opening Ceremonies

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Zone 8 Zone 8 Executive

President Mary Zabolotniuk Past-President Lea Dashkewytch Looking ahead! Vice - President / Newsletter Freddi Bromling Treasurer / Membership Mike Bain Secretary Velvet Davies * 8-Ball players will shortly be heading down to Red Deer for the Activity Director open 55plus 8-Ball Provincials. This is the last of the events that will qualify Casino Coordinator Wendell Ebbett winners for the 55+ Games next summer. It looks like a fun tourna- ment, being held at ‘The Corner Pocket’ in Red Deer, a commercial Pool & Area Directors Billiard Hall (you can get food and a drink with your game, it seems!). Area 1: , Faust, Kinuso, Widewater, Canyon Viney Sloan * Zone 4 is gearing up to host the 2018 Alberta 55plus Spring Provincials Creek, Smith in Camrose AB, April 13, 14 & 15, 2018. The activities to be hosted are: Area 2: , , High Prairie, McLennan, Renee J. Simard Cribbage, Contract Bridge, Floor Curling, Military Whist, 8 Ball, Snooker , Driftpile, , and Crafts (the ones that were not a part of the 2017 High Prairie Fall Eaglesham, Tangent Games, they’re still working on some details, we will send those along as Area 3: Peace River, Grim- Looking soon as they are finalized so you can spend your winter working on en- shaw, Berwyn, Manning, Nam- for tries!). pa, Brownvale Someone! Area 4: Fairview, Worsley, , Bear Canyon, Ken Allen * We are still waiting with great anticipation to hear where the 2019 Alber- Whitelaw ta Senior Masters Games will be hosted. These are the replacement Area 5:Rycroft, Bonanza, Pat Sydoruk for what used to be called the Albert 55plus Games (Summer and Winter). Silver Valley, Spirit River, Bay (Contact) Big changes ahead!! Tree Area 6 : Wembley, Hythe, * Next summer, of course, the 2018 Canada 55plus Games will be held in LaGlace, , Valhalla Looking for Centre, Saskatoon Lake, Bea- Someone Saint John, New Brunswick on August 21-24, 2018. The verlodge Canada 55plus website www.canada55plus.ca will link you to Area 7: Grande Prairie, the St. John Games Facebook page and give you some general Grovedale, Bezanson, Clair- Mike Bain information about Canada 55plus. mont, Sexsmith In answer to some questions, the Canada 55plus Games are Area 8:Valleyview, Fox Creek, not subsidised in any way: these are entirely at your own ex- Crooked Creek, Sunset House, Ruby Morrison pense, so it takes some planning ahead! You do need to have Debolt qualified in your own province (Canada 55plus rules). If you have quali- Area 9: , Fort Ver- Still looking for fied, you should hear from our Alberta representatives in due course regard- milion, LaCrete, Keg River Someone! ing whether or not you wish to attend, and things will proceed from there. We’re always looking for people to get involved: if you can help out, please contact us. Your involvement and Keep Moving! assistance is greatly appreciated! Keep Learning! Check out our new look on the Ab55plus website! www.alberta55plus.ca

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