Terry van Meer cleaned up in the pool.
The Enderby swimmer won nine medals at the 55+ BC Games in Cranbrook/Kimberley.
Van Meer won five individual gold medals in the women91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s 65-69 division, taking the 50-, 100- and 200-metre freestyle races, the 25m butterfly and the 100m individual medley. She also won an individual silver in the 100m breaststroke.
She added three relay medals, gold in the women91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s 300-339 (combined ages) 4 x 25 freestyle relay, and a pair of silver in the women91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s 200-299 4 x 25 medley and mixed 220-259 4 x 50 freestyle.
Vernon91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s Myra Grypink also made a splash in the pool, winning six gold medals in the women91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s 85-89 class. Grypink won the 25-, 50-, 100- and 200-freestyle races, as well as the 25- and 50-metre breaststroke events.
It was a great Games for Enderby participants.
Abby Pavelich was a double gold medalist in golf, taking the women91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s 75-79 Div. B 24.4-40.4 Index division91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s Flight B and Low Gross titles.
Yvonne Dibblee won five silver medals in track and field in the women91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s 65-69 class. Dibblee was second in the discus, shot put, weight throw, javelin and hammer toss.
Ageless Margaret Raffan added to her Games91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™ medal collection, winning gold in javelin and silvers in discus, shot put and weight throw in the women91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s 90-94 category.
Coldstream91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s Stephen Joyce brought back four Games medals from the men91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s 55-59 track and field events. Joyce won gold in the 1,500-metre race, 10-km road race and 5,000m race, and added silver in the 400-metre run.
NORTH OKANAGAN MEDALISTS, BY COMMUNITY (results from ):
ARMSTRONG
DARTS: Wayne Morrison: bronze in men91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s 55-64 doubles; bronze in men91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s 55-64 singles; bronze in Team of 4; Tannis Jones: silver, women91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s 55-64 doubles; silver, women91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s singles; bronze, Team of 4;
FIVE PIN BOWLING: Marlene Mobley, bronze, Mixed 55+ Div. A;
CURLING: Derrell and Sheron Sears, Ann and Randy Graham, bronze, 55-64 mixed curling; Al Hodgson, Jake Konrad, Rick Criss, Frank Speed, bronze, men91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s 65+ curling;
COLDSTREAM
TENNIS: Wilf Steeves, silver, men91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s 60-64 doubles; Diane Steeves, silver, women91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s 70-74 doubles; Joe Fabi, bronze, 75-79 mixed doubles;
CURLING: Wayne Ovens, bronze, men91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s 55-64;
LUMBY
TRACK AND FIELD: Fred Ziemer, bronze, men91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s 65-69 5,000-m power walk;
VERNON
ARCHERY: Graham Go, bronze, 55-62 Target Compound with Sight and Release; bronze, 55-62 3D Compound with Sight and Release; Geoff Elliott, silver, 55-62 Target Recurve Bow Without Sight; bronze, 3D Recurve Bow Without Sight;
CURLING: Dave Poggemoeller, Don Eyers, Jamie Sexton, bronze, men91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s 55-64;
CYCLING: Frank Bandelow, men91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s 70-74, bronze, time trial competitive;
FIVE PIN BOWLING: George Smith, Claudia West, bronze, mixed 55+ Div. A;
LAWN BOWLING: Jim Burns, Danny Loo, bronze, men91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s 55+ pairs;
TENNIS: Chad Craigen, Ron Burton, bronze, men91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s 60-64 doubles;
HOCKEY: George Fargher, silver (playing with Cranbrook Colonels);
PICKLEBALL: Gordon McKinnon, Steve Stafford, gold, men91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s 3.75 doubles;
SOCCER: Okanagan Oldtimers, men91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s 65+, bronze;
SWIMMING: Clint Lee, men91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s 70-74, silver, 100-free, 800-free; bronze, 400-free; 200-free; Deanna Picco, women91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s 70-74, silver, 400-free; bronze, 25-free;
TRACK AND FIELD: Cory Holly, men91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s 60-64, gold, hammer throw; Dennis Desrochers, men91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s 65-69, bronze, discus, javelin, hammer throw.
Greater Vernon, Armstrong and Spallumcheen hosted the 2017 Games. The 2019 event will be back in the Okanagan in Kelowna.
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