Author: Carol Bucyk

The Two day Parksville Open Pairs Tournament sponsored by Hearing Life was held on June 15th and 16th.  There were some truly tight games this past weekend and there were a number of winners in their divisions coming from different clubs.  The games were played in a winner plays winner format.  In A Division, first place  and the trophy went to Dean Penny and Shelley McCollum from Courtenay.  Second in A went to our own Rick Dolley and Sandi Mitchell.    In first place in B Division  were Parksville’s Merry Danarti and Bob Allaby.    Second in B went to another Parksville team, that of Mary and Kent Card.  Rounding out the final top placements were the  Nanaimo club’s  C and D with Ian and Anne Yewer and Vern Hagstrom and Linda Cooper.    Winners of their final games were the teams of James MacDonald and Darlene Opacic from Qualicum Beach (D), April Gilchrist and Vern Greenhill (C) from Courtenay, Ken and Carol Bucyk (B) from Parksville and Diane Cruickshank and Bill Burgess (A) of Parksville as well.    A very big thank you goes out to Lynn and the kitchen magicians  who kept us supplied with goodies, the grounds crew who always do a fabulous job, our bartending crew who kept us hydrated, the umpires who gave of their time,  and to Joey Merrell who undertook her first running of a tournament.   Well done, everyone. Not to be forgotten, our ace cub photographer, Chuck Benson, who took numerous pics of the days’ events.   Once again, a special thanks to Hearing Life who made this whole event possible.

Sandi Mitchell and Rick Dolley, second place winners in A Division.

D Division Winners from Nanaimo were Vern Hagstrom and Linda Cooper.

The three major spring leagues are now in the books and here’s the results.  In the Tuesday evening mixed triples, it was Anne Holland, Geoff Holland and David Perry.  The Wednesday morning cutthroat league winner’s title went to Diane Cruickshank and the Thursday evening mixed pairs winners were Robbie Thomas and Don Urquhart.  Congratulations and many thanks to all who participated.

Please check the board in the sun room at the club,  and online for sign-up for the next rounds of leagues.  Novices, we encourage you to come out and be a part of the fun, action and/or create your own team to come out to play.   Also, don’t  forget to come out and watch the open tournaments when lawn bowlers come from around the district   to play on our beautiful greens.  Be prepared to be amazed by some really skilled players making shots on really great greens.

Carol Bucyk

It was a pretty much perfect weekend for lawn bowling when the Quality Foods Men’s and Women’s Triples Tournament was held in Qualicum Beach June 8th and 9th.    The winners on the men’s side were  Vern Hagstrom, Adrian Hewitt and Wayne Magneault of Nanaimo.  Second place went to Mike Ward, James McDonald and Charles MacIntyre of the home club in Qualicum Beach.   Our own Rick Dolley, Ken Bucyk and George Wallis took home third place.  The hard working team of Dean Penny, Vern Greenhill and Henri Saucier of Courtenay  placed fourth.  Rounding out the top five was another Qualicum team, that of George Opacic, Ross Nakagawa and Willie Dunlop.

Carol Bucyk

Here are the Interclub standings for May.  Qualicum Beach and Parksville both have nine points, while Nanaimo and Courtenay have fifteen each.

Carol Bucyk

It was a wild and weekend up in Courtenay for the Ramsay Lampman Rhodes Scotch Pairs Tournament.  The event, which ran June 1 & 2  had dreary, chilly and spitting rain, with Sunday having some of the toughest conditions in which to play.  Although Parksville was well represented, we were blanked out by three other clubs and their teams.  First place  and top prize went to the home team of  Wayne and Leone King of Courtenay.  Dean Penny and Hal Gray, also of Courtenay,  earned second place.  Third went to Nanaimo’s Vern Hagstrom and Linda Cooper.   Courtenay’s April Gilchrist and Vern Greenhill took fourth while the father -daughter team of Erik Ewen and Luci Ewen of Qualicum Beach  earned fifth place winnings.

Carol Bucyk

The weather was decent and the bowling was fantastic this weekend at the  Ramsay Lampman  Rhodes Mixed Triples Tournament held in Nanaimo.  Best of all, two Parksville teams earned some serious cash after their second and third place finishes.

Congratulations go out to Team Penny of Courtenay  for their win in the two day event.  Second place went to our own  Bob Allaby, Luise Norman/Sandi Mitchell  and Sue Tompkins.  Third place was earned by the Parksville  team of Bill Burgess, Don Urquhart and Robbie Thomas.

  The Ed and Lucie Triples Tournament was held this past weekend in Courtenay with fourteen teams in the running for prizes.   Unfortunately, the Parksville  Lawn Bowling Club, which was well represented, got blanked in the tournament.

After two long days,  with serious rain on Saturday and sunny skies on Sunday, the winners were decided with Rick Quibell’s team from Nanaimo taking top prize.  Next came Erik Ewen’s team from Qualicum Beach.  Hal Gray and Rosemary Montreil from Courtenay  earned third and fourth places respectively.  Vern Hagstrom took fifth of Nanaimo and Dean Penny of Courtenay took the final spot in the winner’s circle.  Rick Dolley’s team ended their tournament with a 2 and 2 record and the highest score of six points of the Parksville teams entered.

Thanks to the teams skipped by Rick Dolley, Luise Norman, Bill Burgess and Mary Card for representing our club in Courtenay.

Carol Bucyk