Burlington Bowlers on the Go

Editor: Theresa Kennedy
Date: 2026-08-05

Saturday, Aug. 15 - Open Triples, Glenridge.  Theresa Kennedy, Marie Limanni & Evan Bingley. 

Monday, Aug. 10 - Open Triples, Hagersville.  Theresa Kennedy, Pat Binnie & Marie Limanni.

Sunday, Aug. 9 - Port Dalhousie Women's Triples / Mixed Triples.  Pat Binnie's team of 

Thursday, Aug. 6 - Bowling Belles - Women's Triples, Dundas.  Theresa Kennedy, Josephine MacLean & Toni Langshaw. 

Wednesday, Aug. 5 - Women's Triples with a Novice, Milton.  12 teams from Burlington, Milton, Oakville and Georgetown entered this 2-12 ends tournament.  Theresa Kennedy, Marie Limanni & Karen Janelle placed third, winning 2 games.  First place was a team from Georgetown and second place was a local team skipped by Lynda Williams.  Marion Brunton's team of Penny Heneke & Anita Steckle had a record of 1-1. 

Saturday, Aug. 1 - Oshawa Gold Cup. Jim Steckle & Ernie Gersok played on the Wayne Wallwork team with Andy Caldwell in this 32-team Fours tournament, winning 2 games but finishing out of the money.  First place went to Steve McKerihen, David Anderson, Jeff Harding & Fred Wallbank (James Gardens) while second place went to Kody Olthof, Trevor Whyte, Malcolm Whyte & Dyland Jacobs (Woodstock).  Third and Fourth place (also 3-game winners) went to Erik Galipeau, Martin Foxhall, Robert Galipeau & David Llewellyn  and Peter Mutter, Brian Fowler, Jack Fowler & Everett Zwiers.  

Friday, July 31 - Sunday, Aug. 2 - Ladies 3-day, Woodstock. This tournament is similar to the Hanover tournament with the tournament shifting every two years. There are 18 fours teams, 38 pairs teams and 58 singles.  The Pairs and singles games are set out in 2 draws.  An overall winner is chosen based on points and wins in each daily tournament. Marion Brunton, Theresa Kennedy, Audry De Souza & Toni Langshaw were one of the Burlington teams and were 1-2 in Fours competition. Sophie Burrows skipped her fours team of Teresa & Trisha Bucknall (Beamsville) and Sharon Godlewski (Woodstock)  to fourth place. High last game was won by Elizabeth Blunt, Carol Risidore, Cathy Wheat (Roselawn) & Maureen Francella (Hagersville). Pat Binnie also had her Fours team from AZ with her - Dee, Sherry & Jean. The winner of the Fours was the Katie Davidson team from Hanover, with Glenda Courtice, Heather Comba & Sandy Weatherall. Second was Gloria Cheung, Elise Kerr, Maggie Li & Helena Ho while third place was taken by Dianne Trask, Meredith Bee, Kelly Shelson &  Rebecca Johnston.  

For the pairs competition, there were two draws.  Theresa & Toni (2-1), Marion & Audry (1-2), and Sophie & Sharon (2-1) were in the first draw and did not make it to the money. The 3-game winners were Teresa & Trisha Bucknall, Laura Seed & Anne Morrissey, and Mona Li & Lan Tran.The second draw had Elizabeth & Cathy (1-2), Carol & Maureen (2-1), and Pat & Jean (last game high). The 3-game winners were Elizabeth Cormack & Chrystal Shephard, Kay Johns & Lynn Frost, and Katie Davidson & Sandy Weatherall.  Elizabeth & Chrystal were also the top pairs in both draws, winning new bowls bags from vS Sports. 

Toni, Marion, Sophie, Elizabeth & Pat were the only Burlington bowlers in the singles tournament on the very rainy and wet Sunday.  I understand that 3 abbreviated games were played in each draw.  Marion, Sophie & Toni were each 2-1 in the first draw but out of the money. The winners of that draw were Pat Beaumont and Dianne Trask.  Overall singles player was Pat Beaumont (Preston). Elise Kerr and Kay Johns shared the  owlet of the tournament award with 104 points. Thanks to Laura and Meredith for organizing; Jim Roth for drawmaster; Garrett Fisher for umpire duties; and to Woodstock LBC in general.

Wednesday, July 29 - Triples, Oakville. Deb McCourt, Jean English (MN/AZ) & Pat Binnie were three-game winners and placed first. 

Tuesday, July 28 - Open Pairs, Ancaster.  Maureen & Frank Francella (Hagersville) placed first with 3 games won.  Pat Binnie & Jean English (MN/AZ) were second.  Elizabeth Blunt & Toni Langshaw won one game high aggregate.   

Saturday, July 25 - Mixed Triples, St. George.  This Friends of St George tournament, sponsored by Michael Briks, is two-bowl triples.  In first place was the Hagersville/Simcoe team of Frank & Maureen Francella & Yvette Vanderhope. In second place was Jim McIntyre, George Menzies & Dorothy McIntyre.  The third place team was skipped by local, Lee Smith and included Todd Woods & Pat Beaumont.  

Thursday, July 23 - Friday, July 14 - KO Open Pairs Challenge, Woodstock.  This tournament features 5 10-end 3 bowl games on Thursday and if you make the cut, 3 14-end games on Friday.  Pat Binnie & Patrick Cote lost only one of eight games (to the champions) and finished First in the 1st Division. The overall winner was Kody Olthof & Dylan Jacob (Woodstock). Ernie Gersok & Jim Steckle made it to Sunday but lost in the Quarter Finals of D Division, which was won by Tom Roth's team. B Division was won by Bill McCollam's team while C Division was won by Jim Roth's team. Congratulations to all bowlers! 

Tuesday, July 21 - Lively Ladies, Roselawn.  This triples tournament is divided into 2 parts - social (2 games) and competitive (3 games). There were only 4 teams in the social portion and 4 teams in the competitive portion. Due to the weather, 1 game of 10 ends and 2-8 end games were played. Deb McCourt, Teresa Bucknall (Beamsville) & Pat Binnie came in first with 3 wins, while the next 3 teams all had 1 win.  Elizabeth Blunt, Toni Langshaw & Josephine MacLean came in second based on points. 

Friday, July 16 - Sunday, July 19 - Ladies in Waiting, Hanover 3-Day tournament.  This tournament has been held for the last 15 years.  First day is a fours tournament, second day is a pairs tournament and the last day, one can play singles or triples. Total points are kept for each player with a bowler of the tournament award. This is a fantastic format. Marion Brunton, Meredith Bee (Heritage Greens), Toni Langshaw & Theresa Kennedy combined to win first place of 16 teams.  Second place was held by Kay Johns, Rebecca McKnight, Lynn Frost & Tracey Warren.  In third place was the Betty Robitaille team from Midland while Val McWilliams team was fourth. On Saturday, the focus shifted to Pairs (32 teams).  The competition was quite fierce but started late because of the massive storm that hit us - greens were totally flooded but drained very quickly. Theresa & Toni played together and finished 7th with 2 wins, just behind the Kay Johns team.  Pat Binnie & Debbie McCourt won 1 game high aggregate. {Apologies but I don't have the results of all the pairs teams}. On Sunday, Pat and Marion played singles (8 teams) with Pat Binnie coming in 2nd behind Sandie Weatherall.  Meredith, Theresa & Toni were in the triples tournament (6 teams) and won 1 game high aggregate. Val McWilliams and her team of Pat Kostecki & Cathy Wheat won a very close and well-played game against Johns, McKnight  & Warren.  Player of the tournament went to Pat of Glenridge.  Congratulations to all - a fun time and lots of competitive bowling. The food was good, rinks were short and fast (20 rinks on one green), and they had share the wealth draws as well as a "penny auction" on items donated by club members and sponsors. 

Tuesday, July 13 - St George's Dave Ritchie Memorial event saw 14 teams play in the sweltering heat. It was determined that there would be 3 games of 8 ends - but due to heat, it was changed to 2 games of 8 ends.  First to third place all had 2 wins.  In first was Korey Kleinwachter & Karen Jackson (Simcoe) with 24 points.    In second place were Frank & Maureen Francella (Hagersville) with John McKechnie & Pat Kostecki from Glenridge. 2nd place to 6th place winners all had 18 points, so all sorts of various methods were employed to figure out where they fit in.  Fourth place was Wayne Martin & Pat Young (Heritage Greens); fifth place was Theresa Kennedy & Colin Waring (Burlington/St George) and sixth place was Lee Smith & Pat Beaumont (St George / Preston). Fun time and we all saw the beautiful gazebo that the club volunteers put together. 

Sunday, July 11 - Alex Graham, a great promoter of lawn bowling for many years, and 104 years old, sponsored the Mixed Triples tournament at Brampton's newly laid artificial turf. Vince Donohue, Pat Binnie & Ismail Tahir were three-game winners and placed first. 

Saturday, July 10 - Ernie Gersok, Debbie McCourt & Marion Brunton combined for 3 wins and 2nd place at Oakville's mixed triples tournament.  A local team skipped by Ron Bonnie came in first. 

Saturday, July 10 - A Niagara-on-the-Lake team of Larry Wright, Ken Holowel & Mike Spadafora placed first in Dundas' Centennial Trophy tournament.  The Roselawn team of Rusty Ruggles, Fred Gundel & Cathy Wheat placed second while a local team, Don, Glenn & Ron, came in third.  Theresa Kennedy, Audry De Souza & Dineen Baran (Dundas) won the high aggregate. 

Saturday, July 10 - Vince Donohoe (Brampton) & Pat Binnie combined for third place as a two-game winner in Port Credit's Ghosh Family tournament.  It was a full house with 16 teams entered. Two novices from Port Credit, Ron & Danielle Ferguson, won that tournament. According to Danielle, “It was a great game. Tied in the second to last end and in the last end, my husband bowled an amazing last bowl (they were sitting two) to pop the jack to my back bowl. Pat was such a great competitor to play against.” (Wonderful to hear and fantastic memory for shots).

Tuesday, July 7 - A Niagara team of Jim Elliott & Larry Wright came first at Roselawn’s OBA Pairs  in second place was the burly from team of Jim Steckle & Ernie Gersok  third place was a combined Burlington/ Niagara Falls Team of Pat Binnie & Marg LePere  

Monday, July 6 - The McKie team of Derek, Murray Benniewies &  Rebecca Coon merged to collect first prize at Hagersville Open Triples. In second place was the Burlington team of Dekker Ly, Patrick Cote & Pat Binnie who had a great 3rd game against McKie. (Note that Dekker had recently obtained a silver medal in U18 Singles.  Rebecca also has a silver medal in U18 Singles as well as in Women's Singles - youth bowlers looking good).  In 3rd place was another Burlington team skipped by Elizabeth Blunt and joined by Maurice Cartier & Toni Langshaw. Two other Burlington teams also competed - Marion Brunton, Marie Limanni & Chris Brandl, as well as Jim McIntyre, Theresa Kennedy & Dorothy McIntyre. In addition, Brian Conroy played with his brother and sister-in-law - no sibling disagreements.

Wednesday, July 1 - Jim & Anita Steckle travelled to play in Elmira Lawn Bowling mixed pairs tournament.  Two 10-end games were played with the third game cancelled because of the heat.  Jim & Anita were declared the winners!  In second place were Dave DeFoe & Pat Beaumont. 

Monday, June 28 - Elizabeth Blunt, Carol Risidore & Cathy Wheat (Roselawn) were first in the Open Triples tournament in Simcoe. 

Tuesday, June 22 - Nine Burlington bowlers were in Ancaster for Open Pairs. Cathy Wheat (Roselawn) & Pat Binnie combined to come in first.  Second place went to Frank Francella (Hagersville) & Yvette (Simcoe), while third place were the Bonni's, a father/son team from Oakville.  Fourth place went to a local team, Phil Farley & Paul Slater. 

Saturday, June 20 - Six Burlington teams  competed in the St. George Triples with 2 Novices tournament.  The Simcoe team of Kevin, Rob & Korey came first, followed by 2 local teams skipped by Lee and Ron came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.  In fourth place was the Burlington team of Jim Steckle, Theresa Kennedy & Chris Brandl. 

Saturday, June 20 - Five Burlington teams competed in the Glenridge Open Triples  tournament. In first place from Burlington was the Peter Andersen team with Don Rush and Dave Burrows (John McKechnie subbed half-way through).  In second place was Kathy Smith, Teresa Bucknall & Trisha Bucknall while third place went to Jerry Cotton, Kim Groombridge & Tim Cotton.  Two additional Burlington teams also bowled - Marion Brunton, Sophie Burrows & Penny and Jim Wills, Mimi Claude and Laurie Bennet.  

Thursday, June 18 - Pat Binnie & Barb Young were in 3rd place in Norwich.

Wednesday, June 17 - Pat Binnie, Lise Barnard & Penny Heneke were first in the Milton women's triples with a Novice.  

Wednesday, June 10 - Pat Binnie & Ian Howard (Oakville) were first at the Open Pairs tournament in Oakville. 

Saturday, June 6 - Pat Binnie & Teresa Bucknall (Beamsville) placed fourth in Hagersville's Open Pairs tournament. First place was Dave DeFoe & Pat Beaumont of Preston; second place went to Frank & Maureen Francella while third place went to a local team - Tony (Greenskeeper) & Laurie. Last game high was Dylan Jacobs &  Trevor Whyte (Woodstock).  Also present on three different teams were Theresa Kennedy, Elizabeth Blunt & Chuck Agro. It was a delight to bowl in Hagersville and hit Hewitt's Dairy afterwards.  

Saturday, May 30 - Pat Binnie, Cathy Wheat (Roselawn) & Chuck Agro were in the money today at Beamsville, coming in second  to Larry's team from Niagara Falls.  Larry is usually in the mix and it really doesn't matter who he plays with.

Wednesday, May 27 - two Burlington teams played in Milton in the Women's Triples with a Novice and ended up with identical records of 1 win and 1 loss - but didn't make the money. Oakville and Milton teams were the winners in this event.  Totally unplanned, the team of Pat Binnie, Toni Langshaw & Penny Heneke were in light pink tops with white bottoms, while the team of Marion Brunton, Theresa Kennedy & Audry De Souza were in hot pink tops and white bottoms. We all looked good and had a fun day. 

Sunday, May 24 - a Burlington team consisting of Jim Steckle, Ernie Gersok, Chris Brandl & Chuck Agro did a great job at Kitchener's Heritage Greens Lawn Bowling Club against outstanding opponents with 2 wins and 1 loss.  However, they didn't make the money.  Overall winner was Rick Lyons, John Bezear, Rob Galipeau & Erik Galipeau. In second place was Murray Bennewies, Jim Roth, Everett Zwiers & Derek McKie. Third place was Ryan Blair, Jake Masterson, Mike McNorton & Kody Olthof. 

Wednesday, May 20 - two Burlington teams participated in Oakville's Women's Triples of 2-12 end games.  Midge Leonhardt, Dorothy McIntyre & Irene I'Anson won both games but were, unfortunately, out of the money.  The team of Pat Binnie, Teresa Bucknall (Beamsville)  & Penny Heneke won one game high winner aggregate. Congratulations to both teams. 

Monday, May 18 -  Patrick Cote, Pat Binnie & John Smyth captured First place, winning 3 games in Woodstock, with 16 teams overall. It was a nice birthday present for John - first time in Woodstock and a significant year (you will have to ask him to find out how significant!). Congratulations to the threesome. 

Saturday, May 16 - Pat Binnie, Theresa Kennedy & Brian Conroy were the only Burlington team at the mixed triples in Beamsville. They won the first game but the second games were rained out with 3 or 4 ends to play. We didn’t place in the money but a good tournament to start off the year. This was Brian’s first outside tournament - and think he may have caught the bug. 😆