BC SENIORS’ GAMES 2008
The BC Seniors Games is a major annual event for active seniors, 55+ to compete at a high level with their peers. It is being held this year in Prince George.

I am proud to be representing my community of Guildford and all of Zone 3, Frasor Valley in pairs carpet bowling along with my team mate Kapur .

We left Surrey just after 6 AM this morning. Kapur has use of a Toyota van and a triples team of Manny, Tony and Dorothy from Century Club in Coquitlam are with us. After an uneventful trip, we arrived in Prince George shortly after 4 PM. We checked into our hotels and then off to the Seniors Games Village to get registered, oriented and then attended the Opening Ceremonies. Not quite as elaborate as Beijing, but excellent all the same. There are 2400 participants here and raring to go. Our Carpet Bowling begins at 10 AM tomorrow, Wed, Sep 11.
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Sept. 11, Thursday

Today was the first day of competition and an exciting day it was. I think the thing I notice is the quality of the competition here and at the same time, the high degree of friendship and fun, and a lot of fun we did have. We finished the day tied for third place with 2 wins for 4 points.

Our first game was with Vancouver Island North who beat us 12 to 6. While the score sounds a little lopsided, we were actually in it all the way and it could have gone either way. Doug had a shot and had to move the jack which he did, but it balanced momentarily on the edge then teetered off. Had it held the edge we would have gained 3 points instead of losing 4 and that made the difference.

We won our next two games 11 – 4 and 9 – 6 against South Central and East Kootenay. Again, the were close and exciting.

Our last game of the day was with Peace River – Liard. We lost 8 – 4 after a hard battle.

Our threes team from Wilson did a little better, winning 3 out of 4 for 6 points..

We have 3 games tomorrow and one on Saturday, so stay tuned for further updates.