Steven John McKerihen (born 1957) is a Canadian international

lawn bowler Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which the objective is to roll biased balls so that they stop close to a smaller ball called a "jack" or "kitty". It is played on a bowling green, which may be flat (for "flat-gre ...

Bowls career

He started bowling at the age of eight in 1965, at the Toronto-Boulevard Club. In 2007, he won the silver in the triples and bronze in the fours at the

Asia Pacific Bowls Championships The Asia Pacific Bowls Championships formerly the Pacific Rim Championships was a bowls, lawn bowling competition held between national bowls organisations in the Asia Pacific region. The event was inaugurated in 1985, and it was initially held ...

in Christchurch, New Zealand. He has been selected twice for the triples team by Canada for the Commonwealth Games; at the

2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ...

in Melbourne and the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...

in Delhi. McKerihen is the most successful fours skip in Canadian lawn bowls history, with six gold medals as skip in the fours at the Canadian Championships.

Personal life

He is a teacher by trade. His daughter is

Kelly McKerihen Kelly McKerihen (born 5 May 1986) is a Canadian International lawn bowler. Biography In 2007, McKerihen won the triples and fours bronze medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships. She won a bronze medal in the Women's singles at the 2012 W ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McKerihen, Steve 1957 births Canadian male bowls players Living people Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada