The Ontario Under 18s championship was held at Kingston on June 28th and 29th and we had two entrants in the boys tournament, Will Richardson and Ben Van Steijn. Baylee Van Steijn competed in the girls tournament. The first three in each category would qualify for the Canadian junior championship.
In the girls section Baylee finished fourth and brother Ben finished sixth in his category. However, the real success was Will Richardson who bowled very well all weekend to take the silver medal. Will lost only one of nine round robin matches to qualify for the gold medal round. In a very close game he lost in a tie breaker to Adam McKerihen of the James Park club in Toronto but his silver medal was just reward for some excellent bowling. The bronze medal was taken by Lucas Caldwell of the Peterborough club. Will is pictured with Andy Caldwell, the Ontario Lawn Bowling Association Director for junior bowling.
This was an especially good performance from Will who was playing in the provincial championships for the very first time. He now goes on to represent Cobourg and Ontario at the Canadian national championships in August.
Congratulations to all three juniors for some great bowling but especially to Will.
In the girls section Baylee finished fourth and brother Ben finished sixth in his category. However, the real success was Will Richardson who bowled very well all weekend to take the silver medal. Will lost only one of nine round robin matches to qualify for the gold medal round. In a very close game he lost in a tie breaker to Adam McKerihen of the James Park club in Toronto but his silver medal was just reward for some excellent bowling. The bronze medal was taken by Lucas Caldwell of the Peterborough club. Will is pictured with Andy Caldwell, the Ontario Lawn Bowling Association Director for junior bowling.
This was an especially good performance from Will who was playing in the provincial championships for the very first time. He now goes on to represent Cobourg and Ontario at the Canadian national championships in August.
Congratulations to all three juniors for some great bowling but especially to Will.