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INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT
Inducted 1994
Pekoe began bowling in 1936 in the Recreation
league at Stag Lanes and continued to bowl for 47 years in several
other leagues.
- Mercantile Tenpin Bowling Lanes
- Winnipeg City Senior Tenpin Bowling League
- Winnipeg Commercial Tenpin Bowling League
- Como Men's Senior Tenpin Bowling League
- St. John Cantius Men's League.
In the Mercantile League from 1947-58 Pekoe
always finished in the top six high averages (176-186). His team
the Globelites won the High series in 1958 and the League Championship
in 1952-53 and again in 1956-57 with Pekoe rolling a four game total
of 793.
In the Winnipeg City Seniors league, Pekoe was
Team Captain of the Globelite Team which won the League Championship
five years in a row (1953-58). He won Team High Single twice (948,
1022), and Team High Series once. Pekoe was winner of the Brunswick
Balke Callender Company Award for "Least Errors" in 1955-56 and
also win High Single (247), High series (670-209, 214, 247) and
was awarded the Cancilla Memorial Trophy in 1951-52 and 1956-57
for league high average (187, 184).
Pekoe bowled in the Commercial league for a
few seasons with the Brewery Products team winning the league Championship
in 1955-56, High Average twice (183, 188) and High Series (617).
As a member of the Carling Red Caps in the Como
League, Pekoe's team won the League Championship in the 1965-66
and 1969-70 seasons. Pekoe also won high average five times, high
single (256) and high series (621).
Pekoe also had several other achievements:
Was the first Manitoban to be given an American
Bowling Congress Award of Merit with a 279 score bowled at Gibson
Recreation Lanes.
Won the Brunswick Balke Singles Tournament averaging
201 over 16 games
Winnipeg Bowling Association Annual Tournament
All-Events Champion
Brunswick Tournament City Singles Champion
"Strike It Rich" Singles Tournament Champion
(268 game)
Won the Saratoga New Year's Day Tenpin Classic
Singles Championship with a four game series of 978.
Over the 47 years of participating in tenpin
bowling, Pekoe had an overwhelming number of accomplishments, many
of which are unfortunately unavailable in the archival records we
have at our disposal. He excelled in all sports he participated
in and was award the "Community Service Award" by the City of Winnipeg
in 1977 for his accomplishments and sportsmanship.
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