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Canadian Championships
This page contains summary information about
this year's Canadian Championships, and a list of
Manitoba's past medal winners
at National or International events.
2026 National Championships
For a small province, we did extremely well, coming home
with 1 gold and 3 silver medals! Congratulations to our medal winners!
Gold
Women's Senior Triples team
Betty Van Walleghem, Brenda Frank, & Barb Heinrichs
Silver
Sam Forrest, Canadian Youth Championships
(& Spirit Award in the National Championships)
Shirley Fitzpatrick-Wong & Clarice Fitzpatrick, Women's Pairs
Leo Dusablon, Men's Singles
For more information, check out the Blog!
And Congratulations to all members of the 2026 Manitoba team
who attended the 2026 National Championships!
Youth Championships: Sam Forrest
Men's Singles: Leo Dusablon
Women's Singles: Shirley Fitzpatrick-Wong
Men's Pairs: Jerome Kirby & Leo Dusablon
Women's Pairs: Shirley Fitzpatrick-Wong & Clarice Fitzpatrick
Men's Fours: Rod Rose, John Bjornson, Wayne Trindall, & Sam Forrest
Women's Fours: Adeline Richardson, Gillian McMurchy, Angela Kenning, & Elaine Hunnie
Mens Sr Triples: Gerry Venderbos, Bob Cowie & Ray Saurette
Women's Sr Triples: Betty Van Walleghem, Brenda Frank, & Barb Heinrichs
For more information on the Canadian Championships, please see Bowls Canada Boulingrin's webpage.
Manitoba Medal Winners
Manitoba's most recent medal winners
at Nationals are listed below.
2025 Canadian Championships
Brian Kullman, Leo Dusablon & John Bjornson: Mens Triples Bronze
2024 Canadian Championships
Betty Van Walleghem: Women's Singles Gold
Betty Van Walleghem & Gillian McMurchy: Women's Pairs Silver
Brenda Frank, Gillian McMurchy, Angie Kenning & Barb Heinrichs: Women's 4's Bronze
Bob Van Walleghem: Men's Singles Bronze
Bob Van Walleghem & John Bjornson: Men's Pairs Bronze
2023 Canadian Championships
Brenda Frank, Donna Gobeil, Angie Kenning and Barb Heinrichs: Women's 4's Silver
Jerome Kirby: Men's Indoor Singles Bronze
2022 Canadian Championships
Jerome Kirby: Men's Indoor Singles Gold
Betty Van Walleghem and Elaine Jones: Women's Pairs Silver
2020 & 2021: No Canadian Championships were held due to the COVID-19 epidemic.
2019 and earlier: For a list of Manitoba bowlers who attended national and international events, with medal wins indicated, up to 2019, click on the PDF icon here:
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