1968 B.C. CHAMPIONSHIPS  
                   HOSTED BY THE GREATER VANCOUVER HORSESHOE CLUB
                             CENTRAL PARK, BURNABY, B.C.
                                SEPTEMBER, 1968

Bob  Blunt  of Vancouver averaged 58.7% in ringers, winning 8 games and
losing 1 to capture the 1968 British Columbia Open crown in that annual
meet  which  was  held  over  the Labor Day weekend on the Central Park
courts,  Burnaby.  Meet  was  hosted by the Greater Vancouver Horseshoe
Club.

Blunt's only loss came at the hands of Gene Pfliger, Murray Rayner, the
defending  champion  lost to Blunt and Pachita, finishing in the runner
up  spot  with a new B.C. ringer percentage for the tournament of 62.5.
Mel Campsall took Class B honors.

Source NHPA News Digets - November, 1968.

MENS CHAMPIONSHIP CLASS                 W-L     RS      SP    PERCENT
1.      Bob Blunt       Vancouver       8-1     302     520     58.7
2.      Murray Rayner   Youbou          7-2     296     478     62.5
3.      Stan Pachota    Vancouver       7-2     300     506     59.9
4.      Ed Enefer       Burnaby         6-3     295     534     54.7
5.      Williams Adams  Vancouver       4-5     246     524     46.2
6.      Gene Pfliger    Prince George   4-5     258     568     45.3
7.      Fred Hinter     Cloverdale      4-5     228     538     42.2
8.      Jim Dutton      Victoria        2-7     217     498     42.8
9.      Tom Calder      Vancouver       2-7     203     522     37.9
10.     Jim Ruskowski   Burnaby         1-8     212     520     40.8

MENS B CLASS                            W-L     Rs      SP    PERCENT  
1.      Mel Campsall    Burnaby         8-1     205     500     41.4
2.      Earl Benoit     New Westminster 5-4     161     528     30.4
3.      Tiny Baldwin    Vancouver       4-5     144     608     24.0
4.      Bill James      New Westminster 1-8     109     576     17.5