Baking
Baking for Upcoming Tournaments
The Club is in need of baking for upcoming tournaments. Please place your baking in the freezer with your name and the date.
Thank you from the Games Committee
Membership
MEMBERSHIP NOTICE
I am currently preparing the 2024 Club Directory. It will go to the printers by the end of this week. If you have not renewed your membership for any reason please do so, in order to be included in the directory.
BOWLS BC CARDS AND RECEIPTS
These are ready for you to pick up on the table in the sun porch.
Kathleen Arthorne
Friday Morning Coaching
Friday Morning Coaching
Friday morning coaching is there for all players, all levels of play, who are looking for help with any part of their game. Your coaches will have set up different challenges for you to practice which will help you if you want to improve your game skills. If you need help and cannot make the Friday morning session, please let me know through our website under Player Development and we can find a better time. You may also request the help of any of the coaches.
Sandi Mitchell, Player Development
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
President’s Message – Presidents Cup
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
On Thursday May 16th our Club hosted the Presidents Cup for the 6 Vancouver Island North and Powell River District Clubs.
The comments we received from a large part of the participants were so great that I felt the need to pass these accolades along to our Volunteers who spend many hours to make our PLBC one of the best in BC.
We had excellent comments on our bowling green, the pleasing surrounding gardens, the inviting entrance to our club and the friendliness of our all members that were at yesterday’s event.
The club house was decorated wonderfully for all the participants to enjoy.
Also comments were complimentary on our new scoreboards
I felt is was necessary to send this message out to the membership to let all the volunteers know and share the extremely good comments we received. Without all the hard work from all the many volunteers we would not be receiving such wonderful comments.
Just to summarize it makes me very proud as your President to be part of this amazing club.
From
Your President Trevor Motley and PLBC board members
Board News
Board News
The new pavement at the club entrance has been completed and the Bowls Shed has been repaired.
The front of the club house will soon receive a new coat of paint.
The new benches have been completed and add a pleasing complement to our green. Thank you to Fortis for providing much needed labour and assistance in getting the benches completed.
Many thanks to the volunteers who have worked hard to plan for and complete these projects.
The community is expressing more interest and awareness for lawn Bowling and exploring the sport that we all enjoy so much.
PGOSA has begun their rental schedule on Wednesdays evenings from 6:30 to 8:30.
Other groups that will be visiting and trying out the game include Fortis employees who have been so helpful in the installation of our new benches, City Hall staff who will rent the green for one session and a class of students from Balenas Secondary school for one session as part of their Life Skills program.
Miriam Gunn (fund raising director) has created a plan to provide Memorial Plaques to be mounted on the new benches. If you are interested in memorializing a friend or family member in this way, please contact Miriam for more information.
Watch for advertising on our new scoreboards which will contribute significantly to our revenues. Thanks go to Miriam for her hard work in seeking out new fundraising ventures for the club and to Mick Banks for preparing the templates for displaying the ads.
We welcome 27 new members to our club this year. We are very happy to have you join us.
We are still looking for a Social Director for the club. If you would like to find out more about this position, please contact any member of the Board. In the meantime, we thank Andy Cruickshank for hosting the social time following the Tuesday morning draw and to Lynn Hutchinson who will be organizing coffee, tea and goodies for tournaments.
If you wish to contact any Board member please go to the Board of Directors page on the website and click the email icon to send a message.
Interclub Events – Reminder
Interclub Events
Please ensure you add your name to the sign up sheets to secure your spot in upcoming Interclub events.
Sylvia Gibbs Ladies’ Pairs Tournament – Qualicum Beach
Sylvia Gibbs Ladies’ Pairs Tournament – Qualicum Beach
We have been advised that this tournament will be going ahead. Please register your team by notifying The Ewan Family at esewen@gmail.co at your earliest opportunity to ensure you secure a spot for your team. There will only be 16 spots for teams.
In Memoriam
Memorial Plaques
Two memorial plaques have been installed on our club benches.
If you are interested in getting one installed please contact Miriam Gunn (Fundraiser).
For these photographs and others from this year, please click here: Photos 2024 – Parksville Lawn Bowling Club
Week of May 6 – 12, 2024
Courtenay Ladies Tea Party – July 16, 2024
Please see the attached for for information regarding the Ladies Tea Party event in Courtenay.
Courtenay Ladies Tea Party – July 16, 2024
Cowichan Lawn Bowling Club
Please see the attached for a Womens Open Two Bowl Triples tournament on June 11 & 12, 2024 and a Mens Open Two Bowl Triples tournament on July 16 & 17, 2024.
Cowichan – Ladies Open Two Bowls Triples
Nanaimo Lawn Bowling Club’s Vision Impaired Program
Greetings,
Please pass this invitation along to your members, their families, and
friends.
The Nanaimo Lawn Bowling Club’s Vision Impaired Program has been offered
to the public for over 40 years!
If you, or someone you know has a vision impairment and would like to
learn a new sport, be active, meet new people and be a part of the
community, please join us on _Tuesday, June 4th at the Nanaimo Lawn
Bowling Club at 500 Bowen Road (Bowen Park)._
We are offering 3 FREE lawn bowling sessions, 9am, 11am and 1:30 pm
where each vision impaired participant will be paired up with a sighted
director (volunteers welcome) who will teach and guide them on how to
play the game. Please wear flat soled shoes and comfortable clothing.
A BBQ lunch will also be available.
To register for any one session, please contact:
membership.nlbc@outlook.com or secretary.nlbc@outlook.com.
Transportation from the ferry dock may be arranged if needed.
Happy bowling!
Donn Sherry
Vision Impaired Program Director
NLBC Visually Impaired Introductory Workshops
Measuring Clinic
On May 17 there will be a measuring clinic for the novices and any novices from last year who would like to learn how to do a few basic measurements. The measuring clinic will start at 10:00. Coaching will also be available at 9:30 as usual.
Note also that on June 17 at 1:00 there will be a more involved measuring clinic. If you have never taken a measuring clinic you are urged to take advantage of this clinic.
Sandi Mitchell