Ambrosio, Lorraine

Year Inducted / Année Intronisé:

2006

Province / Province:

British Columbia

Category / Catégorie:

Curler, Team

Biography / Biographie:

Lorraine Ambrosio (Bowles) played lead for BC’s Lindsay Sparkes.  In 1976, Sparkes and her team of Dawn Knowles, Robin Klassen, Lorraine Bowles won their first provincial and their first national championship.

In 1979, the team returned to the national championship, and won again. This qualified them for the inaugural 1979 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women’s Curling Championship. The team lost in the semi-final to Switzerland.