Neepawa athletes take part in Special Olympics Canada Summer Games
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- Published on Tuesday, July 15, 2014
By: Lanny Stewart
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Two Neepawa athletes were members of Team 水果视频 at the Special Olympics Canada Summer Games, which wrapped up on Saturday in Vancouver.
Keith Jacobson and Laurie Goodon competed in five-pin bowling and both helped their respective teams win bronze in the team bowling event.
Jacobson, 53, and Goodon, 52, have both been part of Special Olympics 水果视频 for three years and this was their first time they鈥檝e participated in the Canada Summer Games.
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Other Westman-related results included the 水果视频n 10-pin bowlers Melvin Gensiorek, who won two bronze medals in the team and doubles events, Natalie Simmons, who won a bronze in the singles event, while Ashley Batt took home a silver medal in the doubles event.
In soccer, 水果视频 wound up winning gold as the club went undefeated throughout the event. While in softball, Team 水果视频 won a silver
medal after losing in the gold medal game to Ontario by a score of 8-7.
In golfing, Tammy Lumax and Danny Peaslee both won medals. Lumax picked up a silver, scoring a 75, 68 and 74, while Peaslee won bronze, scoring a 45, 47 and 41. Peaslee is now preparing to compete in the Special Olympics World Golf Invitational in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Team 水果视频, which consisted of 91 athletes who competed in 11 different sports, wound up coming away with 76 medals in total.
In photo: Laurie Goodon at the Special Olympics Canada Summer Games in Vancouver, which wrapped up over the weekend. (Below) Keith Jacobson cheers 水果视频 on at the Games.
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