All associations have their top bowlers and, in Conestoga, June Gregg is acclaimed as being the very best. Bowling out of Towne Bowl in Kitchener, June set exceptional, unmatched standards in league play, the provincial championships and the Master Bowlers’ Association.

In 1964 on the “Townettes”, a team from her home lanes of Towne Bowl, June bowled a 356 single as part of a 1558 total, a team score that was approved by the Canadian Bowlers Congress as a ladies record for many years. On that team with June were other stars such as Joyce Grasser, Marg Rogers, Ruth Pickard and Pat Litwiller. The previous mark was held by a team from Vancouver.

In 1965, June joined the Waterloo Lanes Ladies Team in the Western Ontario Inter-County league, and the strong K-W ladies squad won what is probably a Canadian record, winning the league title eight times in nine years.

June began qualifying for the provincial championships as early as 1963, and bowled in Toronto and North Bay before the bowlers took over and ran the first event in Guelph in 1965. In all, June qualified for the OV provincial championships eight times, and culminated her efforts with a victory in the singles event in 1974. Advancing to the national finals in Vancouver, June placed third, losing to Jan Peters of the host province.

June won her first national title in 1975, also bowling in Vancouver, as part of the Master Bowlers’ Association ladies team. June originally joined the Master Bowlers’ Association in 1965, and won both the Double Knockout Tournament in 1970 and the Mixed Triples in 1975 with Tom Falletta and Ian Cameron.

Her lifetime average ranks with the leaders at 240 over five hundred games, and through ten years of participation, June’s bowling skills were also evident off the lanes as well. Working with Bob Totzke and Orv Bauman, the threesome helped organize the Kitchener-Waterloo 5 Pin Bowlers’ Association and June continued on that executive for many years. From her base at Towne Bowl, June worked with Bob Totzke, Jim Huehn and Jim Witmer to run the Molson’s All Events Tournament, one of the most popular events in the province. June also served for nine years as president of the Western Ontario Inter-City League and, in addition, held administrative positions with the Ontario Bowlers Council, the Canadian Bowling Council and the Master Bowlers’ Association.

June was fortunate in the fact that she was married to her biggest supporter, Claude. No matter where June bowled, Claude was there lending to the drive that made her a champion of the lanes and a Hall of Fame inductee here tonight.