The 36th Manitoba 55 Plus Games were held in Glenboro and area June 12th-14th. Approximately 805 athletes including 128 from the Pembina Valley region participated in sports such as pickleball, golf, slo-pitch, swimming, track, snooker, cards and floor shuffleboard. The 2019 games will be held in Swan River.

 

Pembina Valley Medalists
Contract Bridge
Joy Dell & Yvonne Marcon, Notre Dame (gold)
Jean & Linda Brisson, Notre Dame (bronze)

Duplicate Bridge
Basil Agnew, Morden & Hellar Nakonechn, Carman (gold)
Joy Dell & Yvonne Marcon, Notre Dame (silver)

Golf
Ron Lowry, Carman 9-golf (gold)
Tammy Dyck, Roland 9-hole (gold) 18-hole (silver)
Lois Dudgeon, Morden 9-hole (silver)
Charlie McCullough, Carman 18-hole (silver)

Pickleball
Peter Hildebrand & Len Victor, Morden (gold)
Jeff & Lorrie Wooster, Morden (gold)
Dave Goertzen, Winkler & Ed Giesbrecht, Winnipeg (silver)
Gerry & Larry Falk, Morden (silver)

Track
Willie Anseeuw, Oak Bluff (3 gold)
Doug Fraser, Carman (2 gold)

Snooker
Rheal Simon, Notre Dame (2 Silver)
Stuart Ganske & Rheal Simon, Cartwright Team Event (silver)
Stuart Ganske, Cartwright (bronze)

Bocce Ball
Mary George, Carman (gold)
Thomas George, Carman (bronze)

Darts
Thomas George, Carman (gold)

Horseshoes
Mary Anne Plette, Winkler (bronze)

Swimming
Lori Reitze, Winkler (2 Gold)


TOTAL: 36   Gold - 19   Silver - 11   Bronze - 6

 

Pembina Valler regional co-ordinator Lois Dudgeon shared her thoughts on the job the Glenboro committee did hosting the 2018 55 Plus Games




Pembina Valley golfers