Josephine Lee of Burnaby placed second in the women's singles at the Canadian national lawn bowling championships in Montreal last week.
Lee, who bowls out of the Moody Park club in New Westminster, was defeated 21-10 by Shirley Fitzpatrick Wong of Manitoba in the women's singles final. Lee won a national indoor singles title in 2011.
Lee went 7-2 in roundrobin play at the nationals. Her only defeats were to Quebec's Clair Sargent and Katherine Smith of Ontario. Lee defeated round-robin runner-up Fitzpatrick Wong 21-14 in the preliminary playdowns.
The silver medal was Lee's seventh medal at a Canadian championship, including four gold in mixed pairs.
Lee, who has amassed a provincial record of nine gold, two silver and eight bronze in championship competition, has also competed internationally.
In 2010, Lee placed seventh in women's singles at the Commonwealth Games in India.
Next month, Lee will compete at the Canadian mixed nationals in Peterborough, Ont. from Sept. 17 to 24.
In men's singles, B.C. champion Steve Santana defeated John Bjornson of Manitoba 21-19 to win the bronze medal at the nationals in Montreal.
B.C. teams also won a second-place medal in ladies fours following a 1715 loss to Manitoba in the final.
Saskatchewan defeated B.C. 16-14 for the bronze in ladies pairs.
B.C. men's pairs champions Paul Choi and Peter Cheong of Burnaby finished sixth overall with a 4-5 record at the nationals.
In pro bowls, Burnaby's James MacGowan won the Canadian Pro Bowlers Association world indoor singles qualifier in Toronto earlier this month.
The win qualifies MacGowan for the world indoor championships in England in January.
"It's the one I've always wanted to qualify for," said MacGowan. "It's the biggest event you can get to, and there's a lot of incentive to do well."
That incentive includes a winner's purse in English pounds of more than $62,000.
MacGowan defeated his teammate Kody Olthof in the indoor final. Earlier this year, Olthof was part of the Canadian team with MacGowan that placed second overall at the Tiger Bowls International in Hong Kong.
MacGowan also won all three of his preliminary matches, including a tie-break on a last-end shot over Shirley Ko, the top Canadian woman.
