Although Team Ontario is no longer competing in bowling during the Special Olympic Canada Winter Games they finished off their last game strong with a win over Nova Scotia, 686 to 521.
The team has players from the northwest including Kenora’s Jem Swain-Moeller who says she’s happy to be competing at a national level.
“It’s pretty good, I’m mostly excited to be with my fellow athletes, be with my team, be with Gary and meet some new friends,” Swain-Moeller explains.
During her last frame of bowling in the Friday afternoon game, Swain-Moeller got a strike, she says it came after she suffered an injury in the ninth frame but she recovered, “it felt good and I proved to myself I can do better.”
The highlight for the Kenora bowler was meeting figure skater Scott Moir.
“I felt like I was dreaming, my family got to meet him and it was really good,” Swain-Moeller adds.
Dryden’s Michele Dawn Schroeder says she’s proud of her team and how they did.
Justin LaBlance is from Port Elgin and says during the Special Olympic Canada Winter Games he had one of his best games in 5 pin bowling.
“Even if I don’t medal, I had a good weekend and I bowled the best I could,” LaBlance adds.
Scott Pichlyk is from Sioux Lookout and says he thought he didn’t do so well and then he had one game that was his personal best around 123.
“I’m the only one from Sioux Lookout that’s on our team. I never knew I’d make it this far and it’s nice to be in a different town,” Pichlyk adds.
The Special Olympic Canada Winter Games in Thunder Bay wraps up on Saturday.
