WE NEED YOUR HELP! CASINO UPCOMING!

BCSSS is having a casino on Sunday and Monday, July 26 and 27 at the Ace Blackfoot Casino at 4040 Blackfoot Trail SE, Calgary. All the positions are filled except for a cashier for the Sunday day shift (10:45 am -7:00 pm) and a banker for the Sunday night shift from 6:15 pm to closing (approximately 3:30 am). If you don’t want to drive home, we will provide you with a room at the Hotel Blackfoot. If you are able to help, or to be a back-up, please let us know asap.

Norma Dawson – nedawson@shaw.ca or 403-830-3580

At our AGM in April, two members received their fifteen- year membership pins – from left to right – Norma Dawson and Nettie Neustaeter receiving their pins from Vice President, Doug Campbell.

Other honorees who were not at the meeting – 20 years for Ron Houser, and 10 years for Harold Jones, Curtis Buck and Marv Schuller.

BCSSS Board 2026-27 – President - Vacant, Vice President – Doug Campbell, Secretary – Lynda Cooke, Treasurer – Norma Dawson, Membership Director – Pat Bartholow, Activity Director – Joss Binns, Directors – Area 1 & 2 – Vacant, Area 3 - Tim Hodges, Area 4 – Carolyn Alway, Area 5 – Joss Binns, Area 6 – Don James, Area 7 – Nick Radmanovich, Area 8 – Norma Dawson, Area 9 – Sue Cowitz.

There was a 5-pin Bowling Provincial Championship in Medicine Hat in May and our zone was well represented. In the team event in the 65+ age group from the Olds/Carstairs area, Les Markham, Dennis Thompson, John Russell, Rick Evans and Debra McKinnon won the Gold medal. The Silver medal in the same age group went to the Cochrane team of Tracy Hindle, Sharon Barnden, Karen Stiles, Therese Reist and Myrna Fink. In the singles event, Sandra Irwin from Hanna won the Gold medal in 75+ Ladies, and in the 75+ Men, Les Markham of Carstairs won Silver and Jim Milman from Drumheller, Bronze. Congratulations to all of our bowlers!

Don James, Area 6 Director Carstairs, organized a fun Cycle Ride on June 19^th with nine riders, mostly from zone 3. He is planning on doing two more fun rides – in August and September, both west of Calgary.

Posters will be coming out soon for a Floor Shuffleboard fun day in High River, Thursday, August 13th and a Bridge fun tourney in Cochrane on Friday, August 14^th. These will be open to members and friends and there will be no fee. Unfortunately, due to Winnipeg withdrawing their bid for the Canada 55+ games this year, there is not a lot going on.

The next Canada 55Plus Games will be in Regina, SK, August 21 - 24, 2028. There will be 12 mandatory events - 8-Ball Pool, 5-pin Bowling, Cribbage, Darts, Golf, Ice Curling, Ice Hockey – Men & Women, Pickleball, Slo-Pitch, Swimming, Tennis, and Track & Field. The 3 optional events will be Bridge (contract and duplicate), Stick Curling and Cornhole.

Alberta Provincials leading up to Canada Games will be in Fort McMurray August 12-15, 2027 and Grande Prairie in the Spring of 2028.

Tracy Hindle and Nancy Gibbie at the Cochrane volunteer fair earlier this year.

During Senior’s Week in June, BCSSS contributed to local events and/or booths to promote Alberta 55plus. We were well represented in High River, Cochrane, Didsbury, Olds, Sundre and Airdrie.

Zone Newsletters

Zone 2 Directory

Doug Campell, Vice-President

Phone: 403-932-6866 Email: tdsouth@alberta55plus.ca

Pat Bartholow, Membership Director

Phone: 403-556-0280 Email: zone2membership@alberta55plus.ca

Joss Binns, Activity Director
Phone: 403-934-2458 Email: zone2activities@alberta55plus.ca

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