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The Canada 55+ Games, originally set for Winnipeg in 2026, have been postponed to 2028 due to funding challenges and rapid growth in participation. Held every two years, the Games promote physical, social, and mental well-being for seniors aged 55+, featuring 20+ events and activities. Participation surged to nearly 3,000 in 2024.

Run by the volunteer-led Canadian Senior Games Association (CSGA), the Games were canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19 but made strong comebacks in 2022 (Kamloops) and 2024 (Quebec City). Since the Games support senior health, social connection, and active living, they align well with public health and community well-being initiatives.

CSGA President Dave Finn expressed disappointment over the postponement, citing the struggle to secure funding despite extensive efforts.

“This is such an unfortunate situation where we have a national event that encourages so many seniors to stay both physically and mentally active, and yet, despite constant door knocking, emails, and grant applications, we can’t find the funding to support it.”

Supporters/participants are encouraged to contact their local Members of Parliament (MPs) to highlight the importance of the Games and to support the CSGA in advocating for funding to ensure the Canada 55+ Games long-term success.

During the delay, the CSGA will continue working to secure resources to make the 2028 Games even better.

In the meantime, seniors can stay engaged by participating in local and provincial 55+ Games, joining community activities, or staying active with fitness groups.

Canada 55+ Games - Canada Senior Games Association

Way to Go Team Alberta!!!

Individual results can be found on the Canada 55 plus Events page

https://canada55plusqc.ca/en/events/

Poetry

1.James Roberts High River Zone 2 From Winter to Spring Gold

2.Robert Franz Brooks Zone 1 I am of the Boomer Generation Silver

3 Pam Ellenberger Edmonton Zone 6 The Claws of Cancer Bronze

Light Verse

1.Sharon Olsen Camrose Zone 4 Spring Gold

2.Robert Boulet Spruce Grove Zone 5 A Golden Goal Silver

Fiction

1.Joyce Johnson Edmonton Zone 6 Torn Gold

2.Pam Ellenberger Edmonton Zone 6 The Loss of Innocence Silver

Non -Fiction Serious

1.Brenda Willsie Bowden Zone 4 What Changes a

Person’s Life Gold

Non-Fiction Humorous

1.Marshall Yaremcio Edmonton Zone 6 Golfing in November Gold

Medal Winners – Art – 2024 Provincial Winter Games

Camrose

Category #1 – Mixed Media

Silver: Carolyn Alway Zone 2

Category # 2 – Miscellaneous Art

Gold: Phyllis Pitz – Zone 2

Silver: Robert Franz – Zone 1

Category # 3: Painting (Landscape)

Gold: Frances Fodchuk – Zone 4

Category # 4: Oil Painting (Still Life)

Gold: Frances Fodchuk – Zone 4

Category # 5: Oil Painting (Figures)

Silver: Frances Fodchuk – Zone 4

Category # 7: Water Color (Landscape)

Gold: Barbara Myggland – Zone 4

Silver: Carolyn Alway – Zone 2

Category # 9: Water Color (Figures)

Gold: Frances Fodchuk – Zone 4

Silver: Carolyn Alway – Zone 2

Category # 10: Water Color (Floral)

Gold: Carolyn Alway – Zone 2

Silver: Barbara Myggland – Zone 4

Category # 11: Acrylic (Landscape)

Gold: Sandra Schroeder – Zone 2

Silver: Wanda Marsh – Zone 2

Category # 12: Acrylic (Still Life)

Gold: Wanda Marsh – Zone 2

Silver: Barbara Myggland – Zone 4

Category # 13: Acrylic (Figures)

Gold: Catherine Dallas – Zone 2

Silver: Sanra Schroeder – Zone 2

Category #14: Drawing (Pen & Ink, Charcoal, Conte, or

Graphite Pencil)

Gold: Robert Franz – Zone 1

Silver: Catherine Dallas – Zone 2

Bronze: Barbara Myggland – Zone 4

Alberta 55 plus Camrose Winter Games 2024 Medal Winners

Duplicate Bridge:

First: Kevin Strangway & Roy Bolton - Zone 8

Second: Pat Odegaard and Diana Smith – Zone 2

Third: Jim Normey and Lloyd White – Zone 6

Euchre:

First: Gertie Collins and Jean Moskeluk – Zone 3

Second: Doreen Bodinsky and Elaine Meyer – Zone 5

Third: Dianne Soltys and Ruby Trembicki – Zone 5 fill for Zone 4

Floor Curling: 55+

First: Jerome Bourassa, Elaine Taylor, Marie Ingersoll, Darcie Wasyluk

Zone 7

Second: Dave Sonnenberg, Valrie Duff, Barbara Myggland, John

Broemeling Zone 4

Third: Mike Dolynny, Victoria Dolynny, Delores Heck, Ann Yarmuch

Zone 6

Floor Curling: 70+

First: Dennis & Dianne Hartman, Kathleen Tennant, Douglas Harrold

Zone 4

Second: Stan & Dianne Andruschuk, Linda Frank, Jim Clifford Zone 6

Third: Nettie Neustaeter, Patricia & Lawrence Bartholow, Karl Gibbie -

Zone 2

Snooker: 55+

First: Terry Levesque – Zone 5

Second: Don Hennessey – Zone 7

Third: Rodney Yim – Zone 3

Snooker: 70+

First: Bill Cormylo – Zone 3

Second: Wayne Wesolowsky – Zone 6

Third: Louie Humbke

Alberta 55 plus Winter Games

St. Albert – April 25 – 26, 2024

5 - Pin Bowling

Scratch

55+ Women – Brenda Rau – Gold – Zone 5

Bonnie Malmas – Silver – Zone 4

Barbara Turcotte – Bronze – Zone 6

Val Connell – Zone 5

65+ Women – Beverly Morin – Gold – Zone 4

Peggy Plathan – Silver – Zone 3

Hazel Laboucan – Bronze – Zone 8

J. Linda Traquair – Zone 2

75+ Women – Sandra Irwin – Gold – Zone 2

Linda Olson – Silver – Zone 4

Faye Smith – Bronze – Zone 4

85+ Women – Bessie Stevens – Gold – Zone 5

55+ Men – Albert Schram – Gold – Zone 4

Russell Foster – Silver – Zone 1

Mark Patterson – Bronze – Zone 5

Peter Laderoute – Zone 8

Ralph Courtorielle – Zone 5

Wayne McCutcheon – Zone 5

Keith Lee – Zone 2

65+ Men – Lloyd Cunningham – Gold – Zone 8

Don Ware – Silver – Zone 2

Robert Boulet – Bronze – Zone 5

Chris Hylton – Zone 3

75+ Men – Norman Preston – Gold – Zone 2

John Murphy – Silver – Zone 3

Tom Walker – Bronze – Zone 5

James Milman – Zone 2

Brian Carlson – Zone 4

Melford Haas – Zone 8

Vernon English – Zone 6

85+ Men – Ernest Hanchar – Gold – Zone 3

POA

55+ - Tracy Hindle, Shirley Fillinger, Karen Stiles - Gold, Zone 2

Marcia Wilson, Sharon Barnden

Garry Klein, Carolyn Lucas, Daren Lien – Silver – Zone 4

Richard Erickson, Verna Erickson

Faye Sperling, Coralee Richmond, Rosamy Krupa – Bronze – Zone 5

Doris Chizma, Cathy Smith

65+ - Isabel Gibson, Morris Thompson, Vern Kalmbach – Gold – Zone 5

Wayne Noullett, Larry Jansen

Arnold Lamont, Linda Rostad, Noreen Foss – Silver – Zone 4

Richard O’Brien, Brian Henke

Eric Andersen, Merv Zwicker, Joan Mayer – Bronze – Zone 1

Sandra Hunt, Linda Seitz

Richard Starchuk, Aurora Felipe, Arthur Loewen – Zone 3

Gloria Becker, Remy Hipolito

Dennis Thompson, Leslie Markham, Earl Markham – Zone 2

Helen Jorgensen, John Tarapaski

75+ - Paul Davis, Sharon Olsen, Carter Calliou – Gold – Zone 4

Frank Snopek, Richard Collett

Robert Latty, Mary Ann Latty, Diana French – Silver – Zone 7

Peter Briere, Ronald Myers

Bill Schwalm, Carmelita Monroy, Manuel Lumapas – Bronze – Zone 3

David Lodhar, Rebecca Lodhar

Darts

55+ Ladies – Blossom Braganza – Gold – Zone 2

65+ Ladies – Dianne Pelland – Gold – Zone 3

Betty Ann Fountain – Silver – Zone 2

Sharon Gillison – Bronze – Zone 5

Evelyn Lesiuk – Zone 8

75+ Ladies – Linda Stevenson – Gold – Zone 4

Angeline Majeau – Silver – Zone 5

55+ Men – William Lesiuk – Gold – Zone 8

Denis Charboneau – Silver – Zone 7

65+ Men – Robert Cox – Gold – Zone 8

Robert Palmer – Silver – Zone 2

Greg Braganza – Bronze – Zone 2

Jim Storch – Zone 2

75+ Men – Dave Formstone – Gold – Zone 2

Victor Ouellette – Silver – Zone 7

Richard Nousek – Bronze Zone 5

Gary Pelland – Zone 3

“A” Rating:

Gold Susan Brigliadori Zone 3

Silver Tom McKay Zone 3

“B” Rating:

Gold Gladys Wilson Zone 4

Silver Victor Koop Zone 8

“C” Rating:

Gold Sharon Hatch Zone 7

Silver Lucy Graham Zone 1

Women 55+

Gold :  Lara Wiebe

Annette Gregory

Zone 2

Silver : Kathy Iwaasa

Lana Pittman

Zone 1

Men 55+

Gold : Mark LeBere 

Jay Kennedy

Zone 2

Silver :   John Zhao

Alban Carvalho

Zone 3

Bronze :  Milton Iwaasa

Ruel Vera Cruz

Zone 1

MiXed 55+

Gold : Mark LeBere

Lara Wiebe 

Zone 2

Silver :  Hong Zhang

Virginia Pang

Zone 6

Bronze :  Kathy Iwaasa

Ruel Vera Cruz

Zone 1

Women 60+

Gold :  Grace Yuen

Hong Zhang (Qiang)

Zone 3

Silver :  Cheryl Griep

Toni Kerr

Zone 2

Men 60+

Gold :  Chris Ballard

Dale Martin

Zone 3

Mixed 60+

Gold :  Milton Iwassa

Lana Pittman

Zone 1

Men 65+

Gold :  Jian Zhang

Bolek Babiarz

Zone 3

Mixed 55+

Gold :  Jian Zhang

Grace Yuen

Zone 3

Silver : Cheryl Griep

Bob Fast

Zone 2 

Women 55

Gold :  Amy Kern & Helen Thompson

Silver :  Tanya Seneko & Wendy Trepanier

Bronze :  Donna Weiman & Marlene Woods

Women 60

Gold : Donna Duff & Marlene Treleaven

Silver : Janet Elliott & Angela Morin

Bronze : Sharon Horn & Lisa Millar

Women 65

Gold : Lena Chi Chung & Mary Woo

Silver : Bev Jones & Darlene Smith

Bronze : Julie Bradshaw & Betty Caine

Women 70

Gold : Darlene Bekkenes & Judy Brewster

Silver : Deb Hamer & Lynn Roche

Women 75

Gold : Ann Crouser & Vivian Oko

Men 55

Gold : Daryl Crooks & Gord McNeill

Silver : Jim Yamkowy & Kevin Morrison

Bronze : Brad Buss & David Khatib

Men 60

Gold : Dean Fontyene & Ken Angelstad

Silver : Peter Walsh & Greg Smith

Bronze : Wayne Lewin & Tim Elliott

Men 65

Gold : Cyril Gorman & David Austin

Silver : Barry Irving & Ken Cochrane

Bronze : Chi Cheung Chan & Bruce Chung

Men 70

Gold : Darrel Berkkenes & Aubrey Brewster

Silver : Bob Milligan& Wayne Inkpen

Men 75

Gold : Dennis Bischel & Rolly Fagnan

Silver : Mel Reid & Don Boorse

Mixed 55

Gold : Wayne Lewin & Amy Kern

Silver : Wendy Trepanier & Kevin Morison

Bronze : Wendy Novakowski & Sam Basilliades

Mixed 60

Gold : Ken Angelstad & Marlene Treleaven

Silver : Janet Elliott & Daryl Crooks

Bronze : Donna Duff & Dean Fontyene

Mixed 65

Gold : Donna Weiman & Gerald Weiman

Silver : David Austin & Sharon Horn

Bronze : Lenna Chi Chung & Bruce Chung

Mixed 70

Gold : Norm Vienneau & Darlene Williamson

Silver : Deb Hamer & Darcy Budinski

Bronze : Aubry Brewster & Judy Brewster

Mixed 75

Gold : Darlene Bekkenes & Daryl Bekkenes

Silver : Dennis Bichel & Ann Crouser

Bronze : Marion Dicke & Mel Reid

55+

Gold : Sandy and Jeff Kaufman. Zone 6

Silver :Joss Binns and Jim Adair. Zone 2

Bronze :Randy and Ruby Olson, Zone 5

70+

Gold : Tom Steele and Barbara Palmer, Zone 5

Silver : Gary and Elaine Sky, Zone 8

Bronze : Ken Fedoruk and Bob Pasatsky, Zone 8

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