TERRY LACHANCE
(1968 – 1975)
aka: Terri LaChance
Height: 5’2”
Weight: 133 .lbs
Born: ? – Boston, Massachusetts
Husband: Buck Jones
Titles Held:
NWA Western Canadian Women’s Title 1968 (inaugural)
20 Recorded Matches as of July 11, 1975
Career Record Compiled by David Creahin * dcreahin@protonmail.com
1968
Stampede Wrestling – Promoter Stu Hart:
06/22 Golden, BC vs. Jan Case
06/24 Brooks, AB vs. Jan Case
07/05 Calgary, AB beat Jan Case Stampede Week
*Won inaugural NWA Western Canadian Women’s Title
07/08 Calgary, AB beat Jan Case
07/13 Edmonton, AB beat Jan Case
The Ring Wrestling Magazine – Dec. 1968
A match between Terry Lachance vs. Jan Case for the Western Canadian Women’s Title is featured in the Los Angeles-based magazine.
Boxing Day wrestling show scheduled for Merritt
(Merritt Herald, Wednesday, December 18, 1968)
“Some excitement is in store for Nicola Valley residents on Boxing Day this year. For the first time in many years, a live wrestling show be seen in Merritt and everyone is invited not to miss this great attraction.
Featured will be a girl wrestler, Terry Lachance, a petite 133 lb. five foot two brunette Massachusetts girl of French Canadian ancestry. Terry, who has always been interested in sports, played every sport open to girls in high school and her father was a pro-boxer. A chance viewing of a girl wrestler on television was what first got her interested in this sport so she talked to promoters and sports writers in Boston and other cities who all gave her encouragement.
Also featured on the program will be “Terrible Ted”, a 600 lb. seven foot tall wrestling bear, who is the world’s largest wrestling bear “undefeated in 1500 pro. bouts.”
A prize of $1,000 is being offered to any man who can pin him in a “battle of man and beast.”
The show will be held at 8 p.m. in the Oddfellows Hall on December 26, Boxing Day and the wildest action is promised.”
12/26 Merritt, BC vs. Jane Case
1969
01/03 Kamloops, BC vs. Jane Case
07/12 Edmonton, AB w/. Janet Chase vs. Judy Grable & Judy Birk
1972
All Star Wrestling – Promoter Gene Kiniski and Sandor Kovacs:
08/07 Vancouver, BC lost to Donna Lemke
12/07 Victoria, BC w/. Ray Glenn lost to Sandy Parker & Duncan McTavish Mixed Tag Team Match
12/11 Vancouver, BC lost to Sandy Parker
12/12 Burnaby, BC drew Sandy Parker All Star Wrestling (aired 12/16)
12/16 Nanaimo, BC vs. Sandy Parker
1974
Superstars of Wrestling – Promoter Dean Silverstone:
01/22 Seattle, WA drew Rachel DuBois
Stampede Wrestling:
11/23 Sherwood Park, AB vs. Doris Omoth
*Billed as “Canadian Ladies Champion”
1975
07/04 Calgary, AB beat Doris Omoth Stampede Week
07/07 Taber, AB beat Doris Omoth
07/08 Red Deer, AB beat Doris Omoth
07/10 Regina, SK vs. Doris Omoth
07/11 Calgary, AB w/. Little John & Billy the Kid lost to Doris Omoth, Cowboy Lang & The Haiti Kid Mixed Tag Team Match
According to Smith Hart, Lachance was in a longtime relationship and/or “marriage of convenience” with Stampede wrestler Buck Jones. She may have left the territory with him after he moved from Edmonton to Peace River in or around 1975.
Sources:
The Clawmaster’s Archive
“Wrestling Title Histories” by Gary Will and Royal Duncan
WrestlingClassics.com
Various newspaper articles