After three days of competition at the 2006 Canada Senior Games in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Team Yukon had collected 20 medals.

Ten of those medals came in the pool while four were in track and field, three from arts and crafts and one each in cycling, golf and floor curling.

Results from the final day of competition, Saturday, were not yet available.

Leading the way in the pool for Yukon was Roddy Dale, who picked up three gold medals in the 55+ men's category, in the 100-metre back, 50-m back and 100-m IM.

Jim Coxford claimed two gold medals in the 65+ men's events, one in the 100-m back and the other in the 50-m back. Competing in that same category, Tony de la Mare added a gold in the 100-m free and silver in the 100-m IM.

Paul Dabbs also grabbed a gold medal for Yukon, swimming in the 55+ men's 100-m free.

In women's pool action, Marjorie Crawford finished first in the 60+ 50-m back and collected a silver medal in the 50-m breast.

Tom Parlee dominated the track and field competition over the first three days, picking up two gold medals and a silver.

Parlee threw for 31.81 metres in the men's 55+ discus three more than his previous best at the 2004 Games in Whitehorse, finishing first. He was also on top in the shot put, with distance of 9.22 metres, and put in a great effort for the silver in javelin, at 27.21 metres.

Joining Parlee in track and field success was Merton Frieson, who claimed silver in the 65+ women's 400-metre predicted walk.

In golf, it was Yukon's Ev Pasichnyk reigning supreme, bringing home the gold in the 55+ women's net competition, with a final of 144.

Well-known Whitehorse cyclist Nesta Leduc was impressive in the 10-kilometre time trial, finishing with a silver medal.

In team sports, Yukon took the bronze in 55+ open floor curling.

And in the arts and crafts portion of the Canada Senior Games, three Yukoners were awarded medals for their work.

Corky Repka grabbed a silver for her wooden model train while Ruth Thom was also given silver, for her color photography. Dorothy Burke's collection of three photos won her a bronze medal.

Other results over the first three days of the Canada Senior Games included:

Slo-pitch

Mixed 55+

Wednesday

Regina Rebels 8, Team Yukon 2

Thursday

Yukon 3, Eastman 17

Yukon 10,

Charleswood Prime Times 23

Friday

Yukon 16, Saskatoon

Silver Foxes 20

Yukon 9, A VI All Stars 16

Ice Curling

Wednesday

Men's 55+

Manitoba 9, Yukon 1

Mixed 55+

Yukon 4, P.E.I. 6

Mixed 65+

Yukon 7, Alberta 7

Thursday

Men's 55+

N.W.T. 9, Yukon 2

Yukon 8, Saskatchewan 5

Mixed 55+

Yukon 2, Alberta 11

Yukon 3, Manitoba 8

Mixed 65+

Yukon 4, Ontario 6

Women's 55+

Yukon 6, Alberta 8

Friday

Men's 55+

Alberta 8, Yukon 3

Yukon 8, B.C. 12

Mixed 55+

Yukon 6, B.C. 9

Yukon 8, Saskatchewan 9

Women's 55+

Manitoba 12, Yukon 4

Saskatchewan 12, Yukon 2

Mixed 65+

Saskatchewan 5, Yukon 5

Golf (18 Holes)

Men's 55+ Net

Fourth James Harris, 150

Men's 65+ Gross

Sixth Skip McLarnon, 191

Men's 65+ Net

Fifth Austin Bradford, 151

Women's 65+ Gross

Fourth Sylvia McLarnon, 250

Women's 65+ Net

Fourth Wilma Olson, 167

Meanwhile, a major fire at a downtown hotel in Portage la Prairie shook Games participants last Thursday, specifically the Ontario senior men's hockey team which was staying there.

Portage la Prairie RCMP Const. Dave Spakowski said the fire at the century-old Portage Hotel started at about 6:20 a.m. and the cause is still under investigation.

Spakowski said all 15 people in the hotel at the time were safe and accounted for.

'There were 13 people from the Team Ontario hockey team that were staying in temporary residence inside the hotel at the time. They were all able to get out,' he said.

The hockey team was considered one of the favourites in the tournament. But all of its gear was destroyed by the fire including sticks, skates and clothes so the the team is going home early.

Fern Gauvreau, a member of the hockey team, was in the hotel when the fire started. He was staying on the second floor along with teammates.

'I was in there,' he said. 'We looked down the hallway and could smell smoke, so we got dressed came down the stairs and all got out but my hockey bag was still in there.'

Teammate Jim Powers was also staying on the second floor.

'I didn't really think much of it, but when you look, there's a lot of wood and it's an old building, so we were out of there quick.'

He said a man, who is not on the team and likely one of the hotel residents, escaped out one of the windows from his second- floor room.

'Some poor guy was sitting on the roof (of the bar patio) and he jumped off,' Powers said.

He said he and his teammates lost all of their personal belongings, including their hockey equipment.

'All of our flight tickets were in there all we have is what we got on.'

The hotel, originally called Hotel Portage, was built in 1905 for a cost of $50,000. The firm that built the hotel designed the local Canadian Pacific Railway station and Royal Alexandria Hotel in Winnipeg in 1904.

The hotel was designed with a restaurant and bar, and individual telephones in every room a feature considered state-of-the-art at the time. The hotel itself was considered the last example of a turn-of-the-century hostelry business.

The Portage Daily Graphic contributed to this story.