Special Olympics - Burnaby will be sending its first all-female curling team to its first-ever national Games in St. Albert, Alta. from Feb. 28 to March 3.
Led by skip Artisia Wong, third Bridget Colvin, second Alene Elgaard and lead April Armstrong, the Ice Rockettes became the first curling team to qualify for the national competition in the 30-year history of the local chapter.
The three-year-old rink qualified through the local playdowns before finishing second at the Special Olympics B.C. Winter Games in Coquitlam in February.
BOWLER TO FINALS
Jesse Richardson will be in tough at the Youth Bowling 5-pin provincial championships in Langley next month.
Richardson, who bowls out of Lucky Strike Lanes in New Westminster, won the senior boys' Lower Mainland zone singles title with a 996 pinfall.
Brandon Kirk from Galaxy Bowl in Abbotsford qualified with a zonetopping 1,386 total in regional playdowns.
Tyler McLean of Williams Lake also rolled a plus-1,300 total to earn the B.C. North berth into the senior boys' singles.
The provincial singles finals will be rolled at Willowbrook Lanes in Langley on March 3.
