5-pin bowling athletes of the Special Olympics Team BC 2024 Training Squad are gearing up to roll over the competition at the National Games!
B.C. will be well-represented in 5-pin bowling at the National Games, as seven teams will be ready to compete with pride in Calgary:
- Chilliwack
- Cowichan Valley Strikers
- Dawson Creek Headpins
- Delta
- Port Alberni Grizzlies
- South Okanagan Brats
- Vancouver Strike Force
Thirty-five total athletes make up the seven teams, accompanied by 14 experienced coaches. Each team has been practicing hard over the past nine months, sticking to their training plans and their routines.
SOBC – Vancouver coach Jennifer Knoll is excited to “share with the other athletes the experience to represent SO Team BC, the travel they are going to experience, and the friendships they are going to make while on this amazing trip of their lives.”
“I am excited to see how much fun all of the athletes are going to have with this amazing opportunity to go out and show how good they are at their sport,” she says.
Team mottoes
Cowichan Valley Strikers
Howling together, striking as one
Dawson Creek Headpins
What we do together can make a difference!
Port Alberni Grizzlies
Dare to dream big, then do something about it
South Okanagan Brats
Never give up
Vancouver Strike Force
One team, one dream
Team member profiles
| Name | Team | Local | Hometown |
| Athletes | |||
| Allen Hahner | Cowichan Valley Strikers | Kelowna | West Kelowna |
| Bill Polz | Cowichan Valley Strikers | Nanaimo | Nanaimo |
| Darian Tielemans | Cowichan Valley Strikers | Cowichan Valley | Duncan |
| Leanne Hewitt | Cowichan Valley Strikers | Nanaimo | Nanaimo |
| Maurice Bernier | Cowichan Valley Strikers | Port Alberni | Port Alberni |
| Angela Flannigan | The Brats - S. Okanagan | South Okanagan | Oliver |
| Bob Brimacombe | The Brats - S. Okanagan | South Okanagan | Oliver |
| Travis Block | The Brats - S. Okanagan | South Okanagan | Oliver |
| Ryan Richter | The Brats - S. Okanagan | South Okanagan | Osoyoos |
| Sascha Bayliss | The Brats - S. Okanagan | South Okanagan | Osoyoos |
| Dara Watson | Dawson Creek Headpins | Dawson Creek | Dawson Creek |
| Jacob Hanson | Dawson Creek Headpins | Dawson Creek | Dawson Creek |
| William Waffle | Dawson Creek Headpins | Dawson Creek | Dawson Creek |
| Lance Pattinson | Dawson Creek Headpins | Prince George | Prince George |
| Robert Beiswanger | Dawson Creek Headpins | Quesnel | Quesnel |
| Samuel Hall | Delta | Abbotsford | Abbotsford |
| Gerene Herrewynen | Delta | Abbotsford | Abbotsford |
| Kerry Lamb | Delta | Delta | White Rock |
| Darrin Greenstein | Delta | Delta | White Rock |
| Tyler Coe | Delta | Delta | Delta |
| Betty Coleman | Chilliwack | Chilliwack | Chilliwack |
| Corey Bennett | Chilliwack | Chilliwack | Chilliwack |
| Jamie Fulcher | Chilliwack | Chilliwack | Chilliwack |
| Julie Prachnau | Chilliwack | Chilliwack | Chilliwack |
| Neil Fromhart | Chilliwack | Chilliwack | Chilliwack |
| Cody Booth | Port Alberni Grizzlies | Port Alberni | Port Alberni |
| Crystal Domovich | Port Alberni Grizzlies | Port Alberni | Port Alberni |
| Dakota Tate | Port Alberni Grizzlies | Port Alberni | Port Alberni |
| Jenna Domovich | Port Alberni Grizzlies | Port Alberni | Port Alberni |
| Sebastien Thomas | Port Alberni Grizzlies | Port Alberni | Port Alberni |
| Dallas Stager | Vancouver Strike Force | Vancouver | Vancouver |
| Lucia Busto | Vancouver Strike Force | Vancouver | Vancouver |
| Nick Chan | Vancouver Strike Force | Vancouver | Vancouver |
| Raymond Zhou | Vancouver Strike Force | Vancouver | Vancouver |
| George Cazzaro | Vancouver Strike Force | Vancouver | Richmond |
| Coaches | |||
| Irene Lintner | Cowichan Valley Strikers | Cowichan Valley | Duncan |
| Jean Scholefield | Cowichan Valley Strikers | Cowichan Valley | Duncan |
| Patricia Krieger | The Brats - S. Okanagan | South Okanagan | Osoyoos |
| Jacky Sheng | The Brats - S. Okanagan | Nanaimo | Nanaimo |
| Ellen Martz | Dawson Creek Headpins | Quesnel | Quesnel |
| Carol Lee | Dawson Creek Headpins | Prince George | Prince George |
| Kim Turney | Delta | Fort St. John | Fort St. John |
| Jack Walsh | Delta | Dawson Creek | Dawson Creek |
| Ian Davie | Chilliwack 1 | Chilliwack | Chilliwack |
| Leslie Bowling | Chilliwack 1 | Abbotsford | Abbotsford |
| Jennifer Knoll | Port Alberni Grizzlies | Port Alberni | Port Alberni |
| Debbie McCooey | Port Alberni Grizzlies | Comox Valley | Courtenay |
| Trish Dunn | Vancouver Strike Force | Oceanside | Nanoose Bay |
| Greg Dunn | Vancouver Strike Force | Oceanside | Nanoose Bay |
