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January 26, 2004

BC TEAMS SHINE AT NATIONAL TEAMS EVENT

Victoria, BC - The Canadian Men's and Women's Team Champions took place in Victoria this past weekend and BC was on fire. The BC #1 Women's Team won the Gold Medal defeating Alberta in the final. The #2 Women's Team were seeded 5th but finished a well earned 4th. The key to the #2 Team finishing higher than expected was probably due to a great win by Ashley Clackson over Louise Lefebvre from Quebec. The Gold medal team consisted of Melanie Jans, Kelsey Souchereau and Jennifer Blumberg. The #2 Women's Team was Ashley Clackson, Alicia Haneine and Nicola Martin.

The BC #1 Men's Team won the Silver losing very narrowly to Quebec in the Final. The BC #1 Team consisted of Winston Cabell, Jeff Boag and Jim Geddes. Both BC teams finished higher than expected. Seeded third, the #1 BC Team was expected to meet Alberta in the Semi Final but that didn't happen. It seems that the #7th seeded team, which just happened to be the #2 BC Team pulled off a huge upset by defeating Alberta in the Quarter Finals. The BC #2 Team consisted of Jonathan De Souza, Randy Town and Barry Gifford. Jonathan De Souza came up with the big win in that match up defeating Joe Forster 3-1. Barry Gifford played a barn burner of a match which was also a huge contribution to Bc's 2nd Team victory over Alberta. Barry defeated Andrew Janzic in extra points in the 5th. This set up a BC vs. BC Semi Final, guaranteeing either Gold or silver to one BC Team and a no less than 3rd or 4th place finish for the other. The #1 BC Team came within one or two points of winning the Gold and likewise the #2 BC Team came within one or two points of placing third.

Jeff Boag had an extremely good weekend as well. Jeff set the tone in the men's final by upsetting Sean Delierre of Quebec in the first match. The BC Teams were seeded 3rd and 7th so a very good finish for both the men's teams.

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