Vegreville Cash Bowlspiel Rolls with Community\u2019s Spirit

Rosanne Fortier News Correspondent

The sound of bowling balls rolling was barely heard because Vegreville Bowling Lanes was instead filled with laughter and conversations at the Vegreville Cash Bowlspiel on March 15, 16, and 17.

People from all over Alberta participated in this Bowlspiel, which had 28 teams with four players on each team.

Bowlers were pleased to say why they chose to participate in the Bowlspiel. Randy Giese who is from Edmonton and has been attending theBowlspiel for the last 20 years, said he thought the event was great because he enjoyed meeting everyone; since he has been bowling he has got to know a lot of people from all over Alberta. Bowling is his passion and he usually bowls three nights a week. Three years ago, he suffered a stroke and that hurt his ability to bowl as well as he bowled before where his score was usually 208, now it’s about 174.

Rob Schmalzl from Calgary said he has been participating in this Bowlspiel since 2005. He keeps coming back because he likes the community. Vegreville Bowling Lanes gives him a different challenge than in the city when he bowls and the overall feeling is different too because the people in Vegreville have more character to their personalities.

Some of the bowlers from Vegreville who participated in the Bowlspiel (in no particular order) Stacey Barett, Brodie Gagne, Steven Litwin, Adam MacRae.

(Rosanne Fortier/photo)

Glen Papin from St. Albert added he loves Vegreville and Vegreville Bowling Lanes. He always comes back because over here, he gets to know the people, it’s a friendly environment, and he likes the owners of Vegreville Bowling Lanes-Corinne Audy and Kevin Tremblay. He also likes to support the community because the people in it treat him well.