He started bowling at the age of eight in 1965, at the Toronto-Boulevard Club. In 2007, he won the silver in the triples and bronze in the fours at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand.[2]
He has been selected twice for the triples team by Canada for the Commonwealth Games; at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.[3]
McKerihen is the most successful fours skip in Canadian lawn bowls history, with six gold medals as skip in the fours at the Canadian Championships.[4]
