Betty Brussel won four gold medals in the swimming pool at the B.C. 55+ B.C. Games in North Vancouver last weekend.
The New Westminster senior dominated in the pool in the 90-plus age division, winning the 50- and 100-metre women’s breaststroke and the 400 and 800m freestyle at the annual provincial senior’s games.
Graydon Baker cycled home with a pair of bronze medals in the 80 to 84 men’s competitive road race and hill climb. Baker also finished fourth in the time trial.
Colleen White collected a gold in the 60 to 64 novice women’s road race, while also finishing runner-up in the hill climb.
Amy Wen Chen earned three medals, including a gold in the recreational 60 to 64 women’s singles in table tennis. Chen also won in the mixed doubes, while teaming with Pamela Zhou of Burnaby in the women’s doubles.
Brenda Martel placed first in the women’s 4.0 singles pickleball final. Martel also teamed up with Terri Welch for a second gold in women’s 4.5+ doubles.
Marta Nykl won the 75-plus women’s competitive singles in table tennis. Nykl shared a second gold in the mixed doubles.
In track and field, Crawford McNair won the 75 to 79 men’s 5,000m power walk.
Sharon Williams, Terri Walker, Christine Gervais and Kathy McGuire helped the zone 4 Heat to gold in women’s 55 top 59 slo-pitch.
Mike Hebert, John Lomax, Jim Ogren, Brian O’Neil and Marlene Pride also won gold with the Sluggers in 65 and over mixed slo-pitch. Darlene Currie also earned a slo-pitch gold with the 60-and-over women’s Sparks.
Yin Ling teamed up with Fang Yang of Burnaby to win a first-place medal in table tennis in recreational 55 to 59 women’s doubles. Ling also helped herself to a silver medal in the 60 to 64 women’s singles and in the mixed doubles with Jimmy Chow of Burnaby.
Ledira Ernest won a pair of gold in doubles table tennis, including the recreational women’s 70-plus final with Deng Duan of Burnaby. She also took first place in the mixed 70 to 74 division alongside Burnaby’s Bob Costello.
Chris Karaliolios shared gold with Columbus 2 in 55-plus soccer. Tony Succurro also won a gold with Vancouver City over Nick Besselling and Richmond United in the 65-plus soccer final.
Don Toffaletto won gold in the 3.0 mixed doubles in pickleball.
Cindy Zhu claimed a runner-up medal in 55 to 74 women’s competitive table tennis singles. Zhu also picked the bronze with Georgina Wong of Burnaby in doubles.
Charles Bedwell won a silver medal in men’s 80-plus doubles table tennis, Fung Yu Ching took the bronze.
Sandra Robson and Dee Steil took second place in 55-plus 751 and over master points duplicate bridge.
Jeanne Nightingale and David Cordery, and Robert Meredith and Margaret Larsen both won third-place medals in whist in their respective 55-plus mixed pairs flights.
Carol Milner and Susanne Paterson of Burnaby shared second place in 3.0 women’s pickleball doubles.
Terri Welch took home a pickleball bronze in 4.5+ mixed pickleball.
Judi Clark shared a silver medal with the women’s 300+ Lower Mainland C team in the 4x25m freestyle relay. Clark also made finals in four separate pool events, including fourth-place finishes in 25m backstroke and 100m free.
Lower Mainland won the team aggregate, garnering 445 total medals, including a Games-topping 206 gold. Fraser Valley came in second at 409 medals.
