2009 - OVERALL PARTICIPANTS PER PROVINCE (From East to West) Here are the total players per province who participated in 2009 tournaments. Ontario still leads the group, with 392 members who participated in one or more events, followed closely by B.C. with 373. It is interesting to notice the breakdown by division and the various portraits. BC is doing very well with 112 women (almost as many as in the men's). Ontario has an impressive number of juniors. The Senior 30' division continues to gain "popularity", forming the majority of Alberta's participants. Three provinces increased their number of participants in 2009: Ontario, New Brunswick and Manitoba. Code Province Men Women Sr30 JrB JrG Total Diff. with 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- 68 Nova Scotia 22 2 3 0 0 27 - 13 67 New Brunswick 74 14 8 0 0 96 + 20 66 Quebec 162 30 25 4 3 224 - 20 65 Ontario 267 69 47 40 16 439 + 29 64 Manitoba 11 4 3 0 0 18 + 5 63 Saskatchewan 39 13 17 5 0 74 - 7 62 Alberta 34 44 86 5 1 170 - 7 61 British Columbia 136 112 94 16 15 373 - 23 ------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- Totals: 714 284 277 66 33 1421 - 16