National Championships, 2026

Editor: Theresa Kennedy
Date: 2026-08-14

The Youth National Championships (U18 and U25) are taking place in Hanover this week, with final determination this weekend. Dekker Ly is bowling in the U18 division. He made it to silver for the provincials. Let's give him lots of cheers. 

Fours and Pairs Championships take place in North Vancouver starting Monday August 17 - Wednesday, August 19 with Burlington's own Pat Binnie as a member of the Ontario Fours Women's squad. She is joined by skip Elizabeth Cormack, Gloria Cheung & Teresa Bucknall.  They will also be joined by the second place women's team, Jill Calvert-Goetz, Pat Kaufman, Sandy Weatherall & Katrina Carter.  The Pairs championship is on at the same time with Kay Johns & Lynn Frost and Dianne Trask & Meredith Bee for Ontario.  The men's fours will be represented by Derek McKie, Peter Mutter, Murray Benneweiss & Everett Zwiers, as well as Isaac Kerr, Cayden Carter, Jacob Hyatt & Dekker Ly. All four young men will be rushing from Hanover to play in North Vancouver.  The men's pairs are Erik & Robert Galipeau as well as Kody Olthuf & Mike McNorton.  Erik is also flying in from Hanover. 

Singles Championships take place in North Vancouver immediately following the Fours & Pairs championship.  Ontario is represented by Kody Olthuf, Curtis Cartmill, Katrina Carter and Rebecca Coon. Rebecca is also coming to BC from Hanover.  Wish them all well.