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Weekly News – April 28 – May 4

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MEMBERSHIP UPDATE

A reminder that the 2024 membership fees are now due.

Full membership $208, Social $21, Locker Rental $15.

Thanks to all those members who have already renewed. In order to accommodate 26 new members, I will need to update the tag board in the draw room. If you have not renewed your membership your tag may be removed. To avoid this please advise me if you plan to renew soon. I would also appreciate knowing whether or not you intend to keep your locker.

Name tags for new members have been ordered. They will be placed in the
draw room below the tag board as soon as I receive them.

Kathleen Arthorne

 

PARKSVILLE LAWN BOWLING CLUB – BOWLYMPICS – MAY 20, 2024

SPONSORED BY RBC WEALTH MANAGEMENT

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GOLD, SILVER & BRONZE MEDALS TO BE AWARDED

12:45 PM: DRAW BOARD CLOSES (Tags in)

1:00 PM: A SHORT FUN EVENT FOLLOWED BY –

8 END TEAM GAME – BOWLYMPIC SCORING

A special welcome to all our Novice Bowlers

FUN GUARANTEED

REFRESHMENTS AVAILABLE

First Bowl of 2024

Well wasn’t it great to be out on the green again!

The first Bowl was bowled by Markey Pellow, who joined the club 29 years ago  and is  still an avid bowler with the club.

Sixty four members ( 5 novices) joined in the draw. A little rain didn’t deter the bowlers as shortly the sun appeared and it was a wonderful afternoon.

A social time was held after the draw in the club house, providing an opportunity to meet our novices and friends after the winter break.

Enjoy the coming bowling season with draws, club tournaments, open tournaments, fun days and leagues.

GREAT BOWLING

Kathleen Motley,  Games Director

 

Markey Pellow delivers the first bowl of the season.

Markey Pellow is all style as she rolls the first bowl of our 2024 Lawn Bowling Season.

Markey Pellow is all style as she rolls the first bowl of our 2024 Lawn Bowling Season.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weekly News – Apr 21-27

Written by Murray Sinclair on . Posted in Need to Know.

Did you know?

You can simplify the calendar to just show the events you are interested in. Click on “Filter” and then “Category”, select the items you want to see and then click “Find Events”

Thank You

The coaches have finished 4 days of coaching new members and we have 24+ new members. Thanks to Lynne, Beverly, Vicki and Andy C. for setting out coffee and goodies. Thanks to all the dedicated coaches who put in long days helping people to learn to bowl. Thanks also to all the club members who came out to help. It makes it so much easier with your help.

 And a huge WELCOME to our newest members.
Sandi Mitchell 

THRIFTY SMILE CARD FUNDRAISER 

 
The last day to order your Smile Card is Saturday at noon.  They will be ready for distribution at the Opening Day Draw on Sunday.  Click here to order

Opening Day

This coming Sunday April 28th, tags in by 12:45.  12 end draw  “ Start the SUN dance now!”

May 1. Registration closes for spring leagues

       Mixed triples Tuesday 6:30
       Cutthroat. Wednesday 9:30
       Mixed pairs Thursday 6:30
       Still room for entries $6.00 pp

Welcome

to the 40 folks who signed up for lessons at the open houses. We hope you enjoy the upcoming lessons and we look forward to welcoming you as members of our club should you decide to join.

PLBC members

Smile Card

It’s Smile Card Time.  Please click

to place your order, last day for orders is Saturday April 27th at noon.  They will be ready for distribution on Sunday, just in time for our opening day draw.  If you know your friends or neighbours like to shop at Thrifty’s, why not ask them to send in an order too?

Chris Fereday

For everyone’s information

Coaching on April 23 to 26 will be from 9:30 till 3:00. We will be having two shifts this year. You can come and use the green after 3:00. If you would like some help before the season starts please contact me through the website under player development.

Sandi Mitchell 

Volunteer Recruitment

Volunteers are needed in the following areas:

1. Preparation for, and throughout the Summer Season. 

GROUNDS.  General light maintenance of flower beds and mowing and edging grass surrounds around the Green, around the Club House and rear grass parking lot.  The main work day is every Monday morning throughout the season. Ideally we should have about 10-12 people so we could rotate the tasks as some commitment is needed but not every week. Refreshment break, tea, coffee and goodies provided. 

GREENS.  Trainee mower operators with a view to assist with the regular Monday, Wednesday and Friday grass cutting of the green.  Usually, a team of two but ideally a team of three.  Trainee Greens Iron (roller) operator. At least once a week but ideally after every grass cutting.  Again, we should have a list of 10-12 people in total so that the tasks can be rotated and provide cover for vacations. These operators can also be introduced and trained in the use of machines that are not used every week. These machines are all selfpropelled and relatively easy to use.

2. Regularly throughout the summer season and occasionally during the winter season. 

SOCIAL/KITCHEN.  The function at present of the Social/Kitchen is to provide tea, coffee and goodies during Club and Open Competitions from approximately 9.00 am to 2.00 pm. The volunteers working a rota system.  Volunteers will be needed as follows- 

  1. One Volunteer to take on the position of Social Director.  This is a Board position and basically is a member able to oversee the overall running of the kitchen, supervising volunteers, organzing the restocking of supplies and general kitchen cleanliness. Volunteers can be utilized to assist with these tasks. 
  2. Volunteers to assist taking part in a rota system for preparing tea, coffee and goodies when required.  Volunteers to occasionally operate the BBQ’s at nominated Open Competitions.  Generally, lunches will be Brown Bag supplied by the competitors. 

GENERAL CLUB, GREENS/GROUNDS MAINTENANCE.

Volunteers willing to assist with occasional extra work around the clubhouse, grounds and greens.  Tasks include painting, cleaning, equipment and building maintenance and greens marking for competitions. Ideally there would be a 10-12 volunteers to call on as this could be at short notice with information circulated via the Web Site.

For past information – click “Previous” below.

National Volunteer Week

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“Just under 4 of 5 Canadians volunteered in some capacity in 2018. Forty two percent  of Canadians did some kind of Volunteer work. Volunteering is at its core the most basic human activity that we do. You see a job that needs doing, some one that needs a hand, a problem, that needs to be solved, you get it done without asking for anything in return just because it is the right thing to do.”
Thank you for all the willing volunteers that we have at PLBC during this week April 14th  to 20th  

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PGOSA Club

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PGOSA will be renting the green for the exclusive use of their members on Wednesdays from 6:30 to 8:30. This activity will take place each Wednesday night from May 15th until September 25th. The club house and deck remain open to PLBC members. 

Week of April 8 – 14, 2024

Written by Jo-Anne Merrell on . Posted in Need to Know.

Garage Sale

Thank you to those of you who helped out in some capacity. A special shout out to Lynne Hutchinson. We couldn’t have done it without you! I often went to the club and found Lynne busy pricing items all by herself. Lynne, it did not go unnoticed. Since Qualicum had their garage sale on the same day it was decided that we would promote each others event. That had a positive impact on our sales. We are still reviewing the contribution that having the container on site to our bottom line. Since the kitchen is closed until further notice maybe filling it up with garage sale items would be a good interim use. We thus avoid the container cost. Our minds are now busy exploring avenues to increase the number and value of the merchandise we are able to offer. Our numbers are down slightly from the previous couple of years but still respectable. As always, any and all input is greatly appreciated.

Garry Steele

 

Baking

We have a couple of events coming up this month; the open houses and the novice lessons. Although not necessary it is nice to be able to refreshments in the way of tea, coffee and goodies. To that end we need some baking. Please put what you bring into the freezer.

Thank you very much, Sandi Mitchell

 

Membership Fees

Membership fees may be paid by cheque in the Membership mailbox in the draw room, or by e transfer to the Treasurer.
Full membership $208
Social $21
Lockers $15

Thank you, Kathleen Arthorne

 

101 FOR REGISTRATION ONLINE FOR LEAGUES AND CLUB TOURNAMENTS

1) Click on ANY Day for the Event on the calendar
2) Registration form pops up
3) Input information that is required
4) Hit SEND
It is sent to Games, a confirmation will be emailed that it has been received.  A reminder will be emailed a few days before the event starts.

League Registration begins April 17 – Closes May 1

Spring Mixed Triples league. May 7 – June 11
Open to all players.  Limited to 16 teams
Duration 6 weeks   Entry fee $18.00 per team

Spring Cutthroat Ladder league. May 8 -June 12
Open to all players.  Limited to 25 players
Duration 6 weeks   Entry fee $6.00 pp

Spring Mixed Pairs League.  May 9 – June 13
Open to all players limited to 16 teams
Duration 6 weeks $12.00 per team
(Winners move onto district Mixed pairs held in September in Qualicum)

 

Volunteers needed this week!

We need volunteers to assemble the benches this Tuesday starting at 9:00 am. The work involves bending over and lying down underneath the benches. Please bring a screw gun (aka drill with Robertson #2 bit). The more the merrier!
Thanks!
Andrew Adamson

Week of April 1 – April 7, 2024

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Fortis Team

Hi all,

Here’s the Fortis team that helped us out! Sanded and painted the frames they did.
Amazing and done in 3 hours on Friday, with more to come.

Andrew Adamson

Tarmac Upgrade

Here are some tantalizing photos of the tarmac upgrade.  Visit the club to see the real thing as well as the bowl shed upgrade, the magical improvement to the bowling green after a cruel winter and the initial steps to the benches and landscaping.

Andrew Adamson

Easter Greetings

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Easter Greetings

The Board would like to wish all the membership and their families a very happy Easter.

From your PLBC Board

 

Week of March 25 – 31, 2024

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Lawn Cutting

We are looking for 3 or more helpers on Thursday, April 4, 2024 to cut the grass around the green and do some tidy up in the gardens. Start time will be 8:30 am. If it is raining, we will postpone this. If you can help, please contact Andrew Adamson.

 

Closure of the Kitchen

Please be advised that effective today, the kitchen is closed (except for the dishwasher for the use of the bar). We are currently seeking a Social Director to take over the running of our kitchen. At the SAGM the Board will be looking for a volunteer to step up as Social Director. The Board and Club Members would like to thank Vicki and Mick for all their contributions to our Club.

Trevor Motley

Week of March 18 – 24, 2024

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Garage Sale / Container / Donations!

The container is now at the Clubhouse. Please contact Garry Steele to arrange a time to drop off any items you are donating to the garage sale.

For book donations, there is a box marked Books for Garage Sale under the telephone desk beside the bookcase.

 

Lawn Bowling Fitness Video

The following is a link to some exercises that you may want to check out before the start of our bowling season. There are no instructions, just a video. They were developed by a fitness instructor and a lawn bowler. As with all exercises only do what your body allows you to.

Lawn Bowling Fitness – Dynamic Warm-Up (youtube.com)

Sandi Mitchell

 

Board News

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Watch for some great changes to the front entrance to our club. The tarmac will soon be replaced so that there is a level,  attractive walkway to the clubhouse. Repairs will be made to the bowl shed and it will be repainted. Also, the front wall of the clubhouse will be refreshed with a new coat pf paint.

In the Fall plans are underway to increase the size of the equipment shed where the scoreboards, rakes, mats etc are stored. This will greatly improve the convenience of using this building.

The SAGM will be held on April 6th and there will be a volunteer recruitment. Please give some consideration as to how you might be further able to add to the enjoyment of our club by volunteering. There will be many suggestions available from the members manning the table. Be sure to stop and talk to them.

Also our Membership Director, Kathleen will be accepting membership fees for those who wish to pay in person.

Upcoming Dates

The events below can be found on the website calendar.

SGAM April 6th 1:00 p.m.

Garage Sale April 13th

Open House April 20th and 21st

Bowling begins April 28th