PEN TRACK SENIORS EXCEL AT B.C. GAMES

In the final event of the competitive season, the older members of the Peninsula Track & Field Club invaded Penticton for the B.C. Seniors Games and came back loaded with medals and new Games records.

Leading the parade was Les East in the M60 class who, attending the Games for the first time, not only snagged gold medals in the Discus (28.58m) and High Jump (1:10m) but, in winning the 5km Hammer event, set a new Games record of 24.06m. He also took silver in the Long Jump competition.

Another golden ‘first timer’, John Affleck, also set a new Games record in his M55 6km Hammer event with a heave of 21.18m to go with his bronze medal in the Shot.

70 year old Gwen Havies, competing in her 3^rd Games, was thrilled with her record setting gold medal performance of 0.85m in the High Jump, to which she added two bronze medals in the Hammer and Shot events.

Sandy Anderson, an earlier “Pen Track Athlete of the Week”, brought home 3 gold medals with her wins in the Shot (8.43m), Discus (18.05m) and as a member of the Zone 1 4x100m relay, plus two silvers in the High Jump and Javelin, and a bronze in the Hammer Throw.

Marjorie Daniels (W70), taking part in her 12^th Seniors Games, repeated her triumphs of earlier years by again winning the 100m (20.85) and 200m (45.36) and adding a 3^rd gold medal as part of the 4x100m relay team.

Danny Daniels, the team coach, again brought home a gold medal in his favourite event, the grueling day-long Pentathlon competition, scoring 2365 points, while adding Discus gold (22.79m) and High Jump bronze medals to his collection.

Rounding out the Pen Track winning totals were Wendy London (W60) with a 4x100m relay gold medal and, savouring her first medal performance in her 4^th Games, Peggy Morfitt (W65) with a well-deserved silver in the Hammer Throw.

Is it any wonder that the younger members of the Pen Track Club perform so well in their competitions when they have role models like these to follow?

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