Corner Brook has a number of budding youth bowlers going to Saskatchewan to test their mettle against the best in Canada.
The Corner Brook Centre Bowl will send two two-member teams and two singles bowlers to the 2018 Youth Bowling Canada nationals March in Regina.
Brooklyn Stride, a silver medal winner in Bantam Girls Singles at the 2017 YBC Nationals, teamed up with 10-year-old Abby Tiller to win gold at provincials and earn the right to represent Newfoundland and Labrador on the national scene in the Bantam Girls Team event.
Jordan Park and Kevin MacKenzie, both 14, will represent the province in the Junior Boys Team event after winning top honours at the provincial YBC event earlier this year.
Samantha Davis, certainly no stranger to the national YBC scene, will represent the province in Senior Girls Singles, while Cody Jacobs will be gunning for gold in the Bantam Boys Singles event.
Here is a look at how Corner Brook’s talented bowlers punched a ticket to Regina this year:
Name: Samantha Davis
Division: Senior Girls Singles
Age: 19
Hometown: Massey Drive
Parents: Gord/Debbie Davis
Years in bowling: 15
YBC highlights: Bronze (Junior Girls Singles) 2013 YBC Nationals, Bronze Senior Girls Team 2014 Nationals, making fourth national appearance
2018 Provincial Scores
Game 1 — 261
Game 2 — 262
Game 3 — 233
Game 4 — 283
Game 5 — 240
Total Pinfall — 1,279
Name: Cody Jacobs
Division: Bantam Boys Singles
Age: 10
Hometown: Corner Brook
Grandparents: Sharon/Terry Delaney
Years in Bowling: 6
YBC Highlights: Winning Family Twosome two years in a row and scoring a 551 triple
2018 Provincials Scores
Game 1 — 249
Game 2 — 178
Game 3 — 241
Game 4 — 164
Game 5 — 195
Total Pinfall — 1,027
Name: Kevin MacKenzie
Division: Junior Boys Team
Age: 14
Hometown: Corner Brook
Parents: Leonard/Rhonda MacKenzie
Years bowling: 5
YBC Highlights: 2018 gold Junior Boys, 2017 provincial mixed combo silver
2108 Provincial Scores
Game 1 — 197
Game 2 — 194
Game 3 — 175
Game 4 — 214
Total Pinfall — 590
Name: Jordan Park
Division: Junior Boys Team
Age: 14
Hometown: Corner Brook
Parents: Kayla Dicks/Greg Park
Years bowling: 6
YBC Highlights: Attended 2017 YBC Nationals as member of Boys Combo Team, career 369 single
2018 Provincial Scores
Game 1 — 200
Game 2 — 257
Game 3 — 263
Game 4 — 269
Total Pinfall — 989
Name: Brooklyn Stride
Division: Bantam Girls Team
Age: 10
Hometown: Corner Brook
Parents: Jason/Jennifer Stride
Years Bowling: 6
YBC Highlights: Silver Bantam Girls Singles 2017 YBC Nationals, 261 high single
2018 Provincial Scores
Game 1 — 199
Game 2 — 170
Game 3 — 139
Game 4 — 251
Total Pinfall — 759
Name: Abby Tiller
Division: Bantam Girls Team
Age: 10
Hometown: Corner Brook
Parents: Craig/Tracy Tiller
Years Bowling: 6
YBC Highlights: 2018 provincial gold, 265 high single
2018 Provincial Scores
Game 1 — 204
Game 2 — 172
Game 3 — 151
Game 4 — 196
Total Pinfall — 723
