91原创 and Aldergrove athletes helped lead the Fraser Valley to the most medals at the B.C. Seniors Games.
The Games were held Aug. 20 to 24 in Kamloops.
Fraser Valley athletes won a total of 403 medals, including 168 gold. They also captured 139 silver and 96 bronze.
Leading the charge was swimmer Jean Buchanan who won six gold in the women鈥檚 90+ division. She was first in the 100, 200, 400 and 800 freestyle events, as well as the 50 and 100 backstroke.
Joy Hargreaves won gold in the women鈥檚 65-69 25m backstroke. Hargreaves also won gold in the 4x25 freestyle relay and bronze in the 4x25 medley relay.
Frances Steinfeld was also a big winner, capturing three gold and two silver medals in track and field. Steinfeld won gold in the women鈥檚 75-79 discus, shot put and 800m. She won silver in the 200m and 400m races.
Mildred Parks won gold in the women鈥檚 75-79 10km race walk and silver in the 5000m power walk. She also helped win bronze in the women鈥檚 4x400 power walk.
Phil Lefebure won a pair of silver medals in the men鈥檚 80-84 100 and 200m races.
Local athletes also added to the medal haul in cycling.
Dick Aporta won a trio of gold medals in the men鈥檚 70-74 novice division in the road race, hill climb and time trial. Linda Anderson was tops in both the women鈥檚 60-64 novice time trial and road race. And Tom Barichello won a pair of bronzes in the men鈥檚 55-59 competitive time trial and hill climb.
Archers won four gold medals.
Kenneth Buchholz won a pair in the men鈥檚 65-69 target and recurve competitions while Aaltje Stiegelmar did the same in the women鈥檚 70-74 division.
Darrell Decker won gold and bronze in the mixed novice 55-64 equestrian mountain trail events. He was first in the undersaddle and third in the inhand.
Horseshoes produced two medals: Ernie Sievert won silver in the men鈥檚 65+ Class D competition, while Annabelle Sievert won bronze in the women鈥檚 55+ Class C.
Jacquie Van Ieperen took bronze in women鈥檚 70-74 golf.
Table tennis players contributed greatly to the medal count, both individually, and in team play.
In recreational play, Patricia Toppings (women鈥檚 80+) won gold while Henry Knaier (men鈥檚 75-79) and Gladys Bower (women鈥檚 80+) won silver. Toppings and Bower also teamed up to win gold in doubles and Knaier partnered with Jim Simpson to win the men鈥檚 doubles and with Norma Andrus to win mixed doubles.
Harvey Funk (men鈥檚 75-79) won bronze in singles and in the mixed doubles.
David Barregar and Ed Bregg (70-74) partnered to win silver and Bregg and Alice Kennedy also teamed up for another silver in mixed doubles. Kennedy then teamed with Andrea Pike for silver in the women鈥檚 division.
In competitive play, Paul Howes (men鈥檚 75-79) and Dick Lu (men鈥檚 70-74) both won silver and Richard Chang (men鈥檚 65-69) won bronze. Chang also won bronze in mixed doubles, while Howes and Lu took silver in men鈥檚 doubles and Patricia Toppings won bronze in mixed doubles.
Other team medals were:
Wendy Nagasaka (women鈥檚 55-59) won gold in recreational badminton; Dianne Griffiths (55+) won gold in mixed bridge; Brad Martyniuk and Mark Farnyuk (55-59) won gold in slo-pitch; Sheila Lanktree and Bill Pike (55+) won silver in cribbage; Gwen Clark (55+) won silver in curling; Dave Meredith (60+) won silver in ice hockey and John Kusch won silver in doubles pickleball.
And Chris Dunne, Reva Berman, Ruth Bedell, Carolyn Armour, Carol Oleksiuk, Bev O鈥機onnor, Glenda Grassmuck, Joanne Matheson, Lynda Paquette, Marg Garratt, Moira McGlashan, Trisha Copp, Sue Foreman, Jaye Peebles won silver as part of the FLCC Phoenix in Dragonboat racing.
