Author: Carol Bucyk

August 3rd and 4th were hot and busy days as the Courtenay Club hosted its  well attended 2-4-2 Tournament.  The hometown team of Vern Greenhill and Leone King were the overall  winners of the tournament, beating out our own Chris and Martin Fereday who ended up taking second in “A” Event.  Other winners included Mike Ward and Helen Roberts of Qualicum, Linda Mears and Brian Scheer of Courtenay and our own Bob Allaby and Sue Tompkins .

The 2-4-2 game is a nice change from the regular  pairs event in that the lead throws 2 bowls,  then the skip rolls his/her 4 bowls, and then the lead comes back and rolls their 2 bowls, all in alternate rotation with the other team.  In the next end, the person who was skip becomes the lead and rolls his or her bowls in the  above 2-4-2 format.  It is a lot of fun and gives players a chance  to be both a skip and a lead in the same game.

Carol Bucyk

You know it’s going to be a great day to play when the winds are gentle and the air is warm, but not too hot.  That’s exactly how the weather played out in Parksville this past weekend for the Ferguson Exteriors Men’s and Women’s Open Triples Tournament.    Great greens greeted the players on Saturday morning, and the greens were quite consistent throughout the weekend.

Winners on the men’s side was the team of Dean Penny, Vern Greenhill and Henri Saucier.  Second was earned by our own Parksville team of Rick Dolley, Ken Bucyk and Graham Fowler.  Third also went to Parksville team, that of Bill Burgess, Don Urquhart and Mike Kelly.

On the women’s side, it was our own Sandi Mitchell, Chris Fereday and Merry Danarti taking first place, while Diane Cruickshank, Kathleen Motley and Fay  St. Marie, also of our club taking second.  Rounding out the top three was the Nanaimo team of Mary Mulligan, Linda Cooper and Ann Yewer.

A very big thank you goes out to all who made this possible:  Ferguson Exteriors who were the very generous sponsors of this tournament, the kitchen crew, bartenders, grounds crew, games committee, all those who came to play and those who came out to watch and support local lawn bowling.

Carol Bucyk

It was an absolutely gorgeous night to be on the green as our zone wrapped up its interclub league for the season.  The final standings for the league were Nanaimo in first place with 49 points.  Second was the Courtenay team with 45 points.  Our own  club earned 28 and Qualicum Beach picked up 20 points.

A very big thank you goes out to all who took part from the greens keepers to the kitchen volunteers, games committees,  and all of the players from all of the clubs who made this event possible.  A note to all novices and tenderfoot players:  please come out to these interclub events.  They are a lot of fun and you get to play on some pretty great greens.   It’s a great way to gain experience in a very relaxed  setting, and the social meet-ups   afterwards are really good, too.

Carol Bucyk

Port Alberni played host to the Ramsay Lampman Rhodes Mixed Triples Tournament July 20th and 21st, and two clubs dominated in the event.  Merry Danarti, Rick Dolley and Sandi Mitchell took first place and along with prize winnings will get their names on the trophy.  Second place went to the team of Keith Terlson, Ken and Carol Bucyk.  The other top spots in the event were earned by the team of Chris Windress, Adrian Hewitt and Kathleen Hewitt and Ann Yewer from Nanaimo.   Rounding  out the top four was another Nanaimo team, that of Vern Hagstrom, Linda Cooper and Ian Yewer.

A very big thank you goes out to our  sponsor, Ramsay Lampman Rhodes who have  been so supportive of our sport this season.  Also, a big thank you to the Port Alberni club members from the kitchen crew, umpire, games, volunteers, greens keepers and everyone else who always make Port Alberni such a welcoming place in which to play.    Carol Bucyk