Ladies Singles League

The ladies singles league crowned their champion. Janette Starling won her third championship in four years with a convincing win over the defending champion, Barb Moll. Pat Ferrier won the bronze medal. 

Pairs Champs Crowned

Sam Ferrier and Wes Bresee took the pairs league championship easily over Curt and Barb Moll. The will have their named engraved on the HJ Cove Memorial Trophy.

Red Amos Trophy Awarded

The pairs teams of Denis Ethier, Yvonne Sanregret, and Doug Sanregret had to come from behind to win 9-8 over Janette and Cave Starling to win the Red Amos Trophy, awarded to the team that wins the B side championship in pairs league. 

Ethier was a late edition to the team due to injury. 

WellTraxx Yardstick Tournament

 

The Medicine Hat Lawn Bowling Club held its 8th annual WellTraxx Yardstick Tournament on Saturday, with members enjoying a fun day of high-scoring competition.

A Yardstick tournament is a variation of lawn bowls where every bowl finishing within one yard of the jack scores a point. Unlike traditional lawn bowls, both teams can score on the same end, often resulting in much higher scores.

Bowlers played three games throughout the day, with teams randomly redrawn before each game. Individual players accumulated the points earned by their teams over the three games to determine the overall champions. As a unique tournament tradition, all prize winners received a one-metre stick signed by every participant.

In the women's competition, Pat Ferrier claimed the championship, followed by Barb Moll in second place and Linda Bower in third.

Mike Gilchrist captured the men's title. Wes Bresee and Denis Ethier tied for second place, while Doug Sanregret earned the third-place metre stick.

The annual WellTraxx Yardstick Tournament continues to be one of the club's most popular fun events, combining friendly competition with a unique twist on the game of lawn bowls.

Medicine Hat Memorial Tournament

We held our annual Medicine Hat Memorial Triples Lawn Bowling Tournament on the weekend. This Bowls Alberta-sanctioned tournament is designed for bowlers of all abilities and experience levels to compete in a provincial tournament. Twelve teams representing six clubs from Calgary, Edmonton, and Medicine Hat participated.

Teams played five games in the scorching heat on Saturday to determine the playoff rankings for Sunday's competition. Dave Byrnes, Christopher Mavin, and Ericka Esplin from Rotary Park Lawn Bowling Club in Calgary finished the first five games with a 4–1 record, tied with Curt Moll, Braydon Gordon, and Barb Moll of Medicine Hat. However, the Rotary Park team won the tiebreaker by virtue of having a better points-for record.

On Sunday, teams were divided into three pools based on their records from Saturday.

On the A side, Byrnes, Mavin, and Esplin won their semifinal game against David Robertson, Ann Robertson, and Jane Bowyer from Calgary, 7–3. Moll, Gordon, and Moll took on the Medicine Hat team of Doug Sanregret, Sam Ferrier, and Wes Bresee, winning 7–4 to set up a final between the tournament's top two seeds. However, it was the Rotary Park team that dominated the final, defeating the Medicine Hat team 15–0 to capture the pennant.

On the B side, Keith Bacon, Mike Belliveau, and Kathryn MacGregor from Calgary LBC defeated the Medicine Hat team of Mike Gilchrist, Shirley Richards, and Paula Bolster, 11–2.

The C side featured two Edmonton teams, with Francis Jo (Royal LBC), Susan Kitzan, and Mike Evans (both from Highlands LBC) edging Highlands LBC's Richard Turner, Kathy Kerr, and Thelma Melnichuk, 7–6.

The tournament's top skip, as voted by the participants, was Cave Starling of Medicine Hat LBC. Starling received the Ben Osterman Award.

The Howard Davison Award, as voted by the participants and presented to the team they felt the late, great Howard Davison would most have enjoyed playing with, was awarded to Byrnes, Mavin, and Esplin of Rotary Park LBC.

Canada Day Triples

Six team competed for the annual Canada Day Triples Tournament. Experienced skips are chosen to draw names from a hat. This year, it was the ladies' turn to be the skips. 

Teams played three round robin games. The top four teams moved on to the championship final and the bronze medal game. 

Jean Bresee's team of Sam Ferrier and Mike Gilchrist came out on top going undefeated in the round robin, and then beat Barb Moll's team of Frank Buck and Braydon Gordon 7-2 to win the annual trophy.

In the bronze medal game, Pat Ferrier's team of Wes Bresee and Jim Clegg took the bronze with a 7-3 win over Mary Clegg's team of Doug Sanregret and Curt Moll.

Dave Dennis Memorial Tournament

The Dave Dennis Memorial Tournament is our first tournament of the year. It is a 1v1 game played with two bowls. The first player to 11 points, or the score after 11 ends, determines the winner. We don't stay in the lanes for this one. Heads up on the green because there are jacks, bowls, and people coming from all directions!

Jean Bresee took the ladies side, with Linda Bower finishing in second place, and Paula Bolster in third. On the men's side, Doug Sanregret was the men's champ, winning in a tiebreaker against Mike Gilchrist. Third place also needed some math to figure out the three way tie. Sam ultimately came out on top to take the third place medal. 

The Medicine Hat Health Foundation will receieve a cheque for $200 in Dave's memory.