The Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries 55-Plus Games Kick-off in Brandon today.

Portage la Prairie will be well represented with teams participating in baseball, cribbage, and 5-pin bowling. Portage bowlers Gaylene Morton, Archie Hunter, Kathy Lilly, Judy Roberts and Bob Jones make up the 5-pin team. Morton says it's a familiar event for them.

"We enter it almost every year. So it comes up, and it's eligable for anyone to enter. So we entered a team."

Morton says they always have a great time, and it's quite competitive.

"Well there's that aspect to it. Sometimes we do well, and sometimes we don't do so well at all, but we always have a good lunch."

The Games wrap up on June 16th.