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 PERCENT 1. Bob Blunt Vancouver 8-1 58.7 2. Murray Rayner Youbou 7-2 62.5 3. Stan Pachota Vancouver 7-2 59.9 4. Ed Enefer Burnaby 6-3 54.7 5. Williams Adams Vancouver 4-5 46.2 6. Gene Pfliger Prince George 4-5 45.3 7. Fred Hinter Cloverdale 4-5 42.2 8. J. Dutton Victoria 2-7 42.8 9. T. Calder Vancouver 2-7 37.9 10. Jim Ruskowski Burnaby 1-8 40.8 MENS B CLASS 1. Mel Campsall Burnaby 8-1 41.4 2. Earl Benoit New Westminster 5-4 30.4 3. T. Baldwin Vancouver 4-5 24.0 4. Bill James New Westminster 1-8 17.5