By Rick Banas of assisted living provider BMA Management
Last week, I had the opportunity to do something I thoroughly enjoy, joining other BMA staff members as volunteers for the Affordable Assisted Living Coalition’s 2014 Supportive Living Wii Bowling and Trivia Championships.
Teams of residents from 15 affordable assisted living communities in Illinois gathered together at the Decatur Hotel and Conference Center in Decatur, Illinois for the two-day competition.
5th Annual Wii Bowling Tournament
This is the fifth year that the AALC has held a statewide Wii Bowling Tournament. The number of teams was the largest ever, with more than 80 teams entering the competition. Teams from 17 BMA communities qualified for the 32-team playoffs, with two of the teams reaching the Final Four.
The Champs from Heritage Woods of Charleston took home the Third Place trophy and medals. The trio — John Honn, Bill Pankey and Harry Waggle – won the tournament last year. This year, they fell to the Gardeners of Glenhaven Gardens in Alton, Illinois, in the semi-finals.
As one of the residents on the Champs stated, the Gardeners said they were out for us, and they did it.
The Gardeners took home the 2014 First Place trophy and medals after beating team of residents from Timberlake Senior Living in Springfield. The Gardeners have qualified for the playoffs in all five years that the tournament has been conducted. They have taken home the First Place Trophy three times.
The Bowling Brooks from Heritage Woods of Bolingbrook took home the Fourth Place trophy and medals. The team finished in Second Place in 2012 and in Third Place last year. The 2014 team members are Anne Duncan, Vonnie Heagy, Michael Malina, Jeanne Pridmore, Joan Schmitz and Elsie Sottile.
“And the Answer is…” Trivia Competition
Teams from six BMA affordable assisted living communities qualified for the semi-finals. T-Time from Cambridge House of Maryville took home the Fourth Place trophy. Cambridge House team members included Eldora Chadwick, Paulette Creek, Lynda Leggett and Glenna Stewart. The Useless Facts from Prairie Living at Chautauqua were recognized for having the most unique team name.
What those of us in attendance found to be the most remarkable is that the team from Victory Centre of Galewood in Chicago did not miss a trivia question in the qualifying round, the regionals, the semi-finals or the finals. Victory Centre took First Place honors.
Trivia Teams from BMA Communities
Bowman Estates of Danville • Brain Teasers
Nancy Bowden • Helen Halloran • Suella Rennick
Cambridge House of Maryville • T-Time
Eldora Chadwick • Paulette Creek • Lynda Leggett • Glenna Stewart
Deer Path of Huntley • Deer Path Scholars
Steven John Bradley • P.J. Brosmith • Andrea Ortiz
Heritage Woods of Batavia • The Trivia Tigers
Richard Becker • Jim Gent • Jerry Wall
Heritage Woods of Centralia • Wonder Wizards
Betty Fenton • Kathryn Francois • Polly Raines
Prairie Living at Chautauqua • Useless Facts
Madeline Brossart • Will Major • Norine Rose
All affordable assisted living communities managed by BMA Management, Ltd. are certified and surveyed by the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services. All assisted living communities are licensed and surveyed by the Illinois Department of Public Health.
“BMA Management, Ltd. is the leading provider of assisted living in Illinois
and one of the 20 largest providers of assisted living in the United States.”
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