Bowls Canada Boulingrin – The Bowls Canada 2016 Junior and Under 25 Championships are set to begin at the North Vancouver Lawn Bowling Club in North Vancouver, British Columbia on Tuesday August 2^nd.  The week long championship is sponsored by MVP Sports, a long-time contributor to advancing bowls in Canada.

The Junior competition will begin on Tuesday August 2^nd and conclude with the medal rounds on Thursday August 4^th.  Saturday August 6^th marks the start of the Under 25 Championships with medal rounds scheduled for Monday August 8^th.  The male and female winners of the 2016 Canadian Under 25 Championships will be nominated as a Canadian entry to the 2017 World Junior Championships hosted in Queensland, Australia. 

In addition to winning the Junior and Under 25 championships titles, the Youth Development Squad will be determined during these Championships.  The top four young men and women placing at the Under 25 Championships and the top four male and female Juniors placing at the Junior Championships will be named to the Youth Development Squad for a one-year term.  These athletes will be eligible for selection to national development events that may be run over the course of the year and may also be eligible for funding opportunities within their individual provinces. 

Below is the current roster for the Junior Championships:
 

Junior Men		Junior Women
Brad Roden	AB	Emma Boyd	BC
Trevor Birrel	BC	Adysen Cattermole	BC
Max Bodley-Scott	BC	Amanda Tremblay	BC
Thomas Brick	BC	Carah Webster	BC
Auz Chambers	BC	Cori Millard	ON
Tristan MacDonald	BC	Baylee Van Steijn	ON
Mason Mandzuk	BC	Sydney Boyd	SK
Owen Twamley	BC	Jordan Kos	SK
Jason Valchar	BC
Rob Law	MB
Braeden Campbell	NS
John Siteman	NS
Michael Fraser	ON
Erik Galipeau	ON
Owen Kirby	ON
Ben Van Steijn	ON
Mason Boyd	SK
Carter Watson	SK

Below is the current roster for the Under 25 Championships:

Under 25 Men		Under 25 Women
John Siteman	NS	Pricilla Westlake	BC
Lucas Caldwell	ON	Stirling Wood	ON
Michael Pituley	SK	Sydney Boyd	SK
Brandon Watson	SK
Grant Wilkie	SK

Bowls Canada Boulingrin is excited to run a high performance camp specifically designed for these Junior and Under 25 athletes after the Junior medal rounds on Thursday August 4^th. The camp will be co-run by BCB Performance Director Macky Singh and Asia Pacific Championships pairs gold medalist Steven Santana.  The camp will focus on teaching the strategies and skills required to achieve high performance success. The participants will have the opportunity to immediately apply their learnings in a modified mixed-triples competition at the end of the day. 

On Friday August 5^th, the Forster Lang Pairs tournament will take place.  This is another great opportunity for these top level young athletes to play in a team envionment and apply the performance tactics introduced in the training camp.  Bowls Canada would like to thank long-time supporters Irene Forster and Henry Lang for their commitment and contribution to Junior Bowls in Canada.

For more information on current results for the 2016 Junior Championship, visit: http://www.bowlscanada.com/en/championship/2016_Junior/2016Junior.html

For more information on current results for the 2016 Under 25 Championship, visit:
http://www.bowlscanada.com/en/championship/2016_Junior/2016U25_championships.html

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For more information, please contact:
Katie Gardner, Communications and Promotions Manager, Bowls Canada Boulingrin
kgardner@bowlscanada.com 

About Bowls Canada Boulingrin
Bowls Canada Boulingrin (BCB) is the governing body responsible for lawn bowls in Canada.  The BCB mission is to advance the sport of bowls in Canada.  For more details on Bowls Canada Boulingrin and the sport of lawn bowls, visit www.bowlscanada.com.