Author: Carol Bucyk
Quality Foods Open Triples Brings Winners from Across District
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
Port Alberni Needs You!!
Port Alberni will be hosting its Men’s and Women’s Pairs on June 26 and 27th and they are looking for some more women to bolster the women’s side of the roster. Please contact derekjburke@gmail.com if you are interested in playing in Port Alberni those two days.
Carol Bucyk
Interclub Results as of May 27/24
Here are the Interclub standings for May. Qualicum Beach and Parksville both have nine points, while Nanaimo and Courtenay have fifteen each.
Carol Bucyk
Now That Was a Wet One!!!
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
Parksville Teams Shine in Weekend Tournament
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.
Bowlympics a Big Hit at Parksville Club
This year’s Bowlympics was played under sunny skies and light winds with a great response of both experienced and novice players turning out for the event. The combination of regular and unique skill challenges in lawn bowling made for a lot of laughs and light-hearted banter. A special guest appearance in the person of Detritus (a.k.a. Geoff Holland), helped to complete the afternoon’s event.
The Gold Medal went to the team of Trevor Motley, Kathleen Motley and novice Nadine Kilkenny. They scored a whopping 18 points for their medal win.
Silver Medal winners with 16 points was the team of Peter Scott, Miriam Gunn, Brian Larkin and Jeff McEachern, another novice.
Mary Card, Diana Olenick and novice, Roger Taylor, earned the Bronze Medal with 13 points.
The club would like to thank RBC Wealth Management , Louise Alix and Sandy Taylor for their involvement with the event which has been a part of the club’s schedule since 2002. Also, congratulations to all the novices who came out for this event. We hoped you had fun and we’ll see you in even more of our club’s events. A special thanks to Chuck Benson for the great pics. Always reliable and always great shots!!
Carol Bucyk
Parksville Blanked in “Ed and Lucie Triples” Tournament in Courtenay
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
Results from Nanaimo’s Connect Hearing Tournament
Nanaimo held its Connect Hearing Tournament on May 4th and 5th, and there were number of different clubs in on the winnings.
First place went to Dean Penny, Vern Greenhill and Shelley McCollom of Courtenay. Second was the team of Ian Yewer, Ann Yewer and Wayne Migneault from the Nanaimo club. The Ewen family (Erik, Susan and Luci) from Qualicum Beach took third. Ross Younger, Barb and Margie Carpenter of Nanaimo took fourth. Rounding out the top five was the team of Bill Burgess, Don Urquhart and Robbie Thomas from the Parksville Lawn Bowling Club.
Carol Bucyk
And We’re Off…
The lawn bowling season for our Parksville club started off with Markey Pellow rolling the honourary first bowl of the 2024 outdoor season. We had a full slate of 64 people playing fours for the event and experienced four seasons in just under two hours of 12 end play. It was the typical “wait five minutes and the weather will change” type of situation, but it didn’t seem to matter. Members were just happy to be outside and enjoying the beautiful greens. Once again, thanks to the grounds crew who does such an amazing job in making our greens both so beautiful and playable.
Congratulations and best wishes to our novices who either came out and watched or got on the green to play. We’re so glad that you are a part of our lawn bowling club family. Happy Bowling!