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Qualicum Beach Lawn Bowling Club

Author: Garry Campbell

Quality Foods Women’s and Men’s Triples

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The Qualicum Beach Lawn Bowling Club hosted the annual QF Triples Tournament this past weekend, bringing together bowlers for two days of friendly competition, great sportsmanship, and plenty of memorable moments on the greens.

Saturday began with cool temperatures and a light drizzle, but spirits remained high as teams took to the rinks. The weather soon improved, with the sun breaking through around 10:30 a.m. and providing ideal conditions for the remainder of the day.

Throughout the tournament, spectators and players alike were treated to an impressive display of skill, with numerous remarkable shots drawing applause from fellow competitors. The event was filled with laughter, camaraderie, and the good-natured rivalry that makes lawn bowling such an enjoyable sport.

Sunday brought even better weather, with a pleasant mix of sun and cloud creating comfortable playing conditions for the tournament’s final matches. As the competition concluded, participants expressed their appreciation for a well-organized event and the opportunity to enjoy a weekend of excellent bowling and fellowship.

The QBLBC extends its thanks to all players, volunteers, and supporters who helped make the QF Triples Tournament another successful and enjoyable event.

The women’s winners were as follows:

1st place – April Gilchrist, Shelley Howieson, Lynn Chwartacki

2nd place – Kate Wilson, Mary Card, Carol Bucyk

3rd place – Sandra Mitchell, Merry Dinarti, Diane Cruickshank

4th place – Kathleen Sherry, Lezlie Howe, Ann Yewer

The men’s winners were as follows:

1st place – Chris Windess, Adrian Hewitt, Brian Howe

2nd place – Dean Penny, Vern Greenhill, Henri Saucier

3rd place – Brian Michel, Erik Ewen, Charles MacIntyre

4th place – Keith Terlson, Ken Bucyk, Christian Massey

 

 

Quaddie Club Tournament

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Saturday May 30th was the Quaddie Club tournament. There were only 16 participants, but a fun time was had by all.

1st place was the team of Stu Goodby, Erin Sellers, Graham Rae and Brandy Knight.

2nd place was the team of Alan Brunskill, Nancy Blue, Doug Runchey and Susan Medhurst.

‘A quaddie in lawn bowling is a fun, social tournament format featuring teams of four players who compete in multiple, varied formats over several games (usually 3). Typically, the day involves playing games as pairs (two teams of two), triples/singles (one or two-person teams), and a full four-person team game.’

First 8 & Eat of the season

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Thursday May 28th was the first 8 & Eat of the season at the Club. It was hosted by Lynn Chwartacki and April Gilchrist. They put on a great spread of butter chicken with rice, naan bread, cucumber raita and ice cream bars for dessert.

Have a look through the pictures. There are a lot of satisfied faces.

Thanks to Lynn and April for hosting! Who’s up next?!! The sign-up sheet to host an 8 & Eat is on the bulletin board.

Victoria Day Celebrations at the Club

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Monday afternoon saw a fine turnout for a 10 end game followed by one of Edwina Doddington’s fancy teas! Many of the participants were dressed in white and some wore fancy hats and facinators. Following are some pictures of the days events from Stu and Darlene doing the draw, to Edwina’s kitchen crew to the tea itself and a couple of shots of the lovely tables layed out with the sandwiches and goodies.

Thanks to all who came out and made the day a success!

The Computer Guys – Spring into Summer Tournament

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On a blustery May 06th, 36 bowlers came to play in The Computer Guys sponsored ‘Spring into Summer Tournament’. Each team played 1 game indoors and 1 game outdoors.  This is truly challenging as each surface is totally different. But they battled and winners emerged, cold and hungry but winners they were. Geri and her faithful kitchen goblins ran out of soup and sandwiches which is a testament to the food!

Thanks to Stuart and the games committee who made it a great success.

The Computer Guys – #108-633 Beach Road, Qualicum Beach – 250-594-4169 www.thecomputerguys.org

1st place – John Eyre, Susan Medhurst, Carmen Ashforth

2nd place – Charles MacIntyre, Gloria Davies, Michael Gibson

3rd place – Stuart Goodby, Cath Eyre, Doug Runchey

4th place – Ken Davies, Ray Chenier, Maureen Queen

5th place – Ross Nakagawa, Nita Jack, Ted McDonough (not in the picture)

Master Gardener Visit

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Our Monday morning gardening crew was fortunate to have a visit from a master gardener the other week. Ida Kespe, who is becoming a master gardener had invited this master gardener to come have a look at our gardens. There we some other interns (future master gardeners) that were also present.

They made the rounds around the grounds and discussed our plants and trees. The master gardener said that our garden crew were doing a good job, which is great praise for our  small group of volunteers.

Way to go group!

McPherson Mixed Triples

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On the weekend of May 9th and 10th, Qualicum Beach Lawn Bowling Club hosted the McPherson Triples. The weather was good (no rain) and the greens were running around 11.5, not bad for the beginning of the outdoor season.

There was one unusual occurrence, the team skipped by Kate Wilson scored a 9 point end against the team skipped by Tony Morris.

Geri and her kitchen crew served up two days of delicious lunches and plenty of goodies.

Thank you to Darlene Opacic and the games committee for organizing the tournament.

Winners were as follows.

1st place: Eric Ewen, Luci Ewen, Suzanne Ewen

2nd place: Mary Card, Laurel Witzer, Kent Card

3rd place: Vern Hagstrom, Zoltan Pataky, Linda Cooper

4th place: Vern Greenhill, Herni Saucier, April Gilchrist

5th place: Bob Alleby, Bob Merrell, Joey Merrell

And the 9 ender: Team Kate Wilson

Prizes were presented by QBLBC President Lynn Chwartacki.

 

And we’re off!!

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Another outdoor season kicked off on Friday May 1st. Our President Lynn Chwartacki invited Qualicum Beach’s Mayor, Teunis Westbroek followed by 3 councellors to throw out the first official bowls of the 2026 outdoor season.

There was a good turnout, with tags in at 1pm and the at 1:30pm the first ten end game of the season.

After there were snacks and goodies for all, plus the bar was open for those who wanted to wet their whistle.

Thanks to the volunteers who set up the green mats, playing mats and scoreboards. And thanks to the kitchen crew who set out the snacks and goodies for all to enjoy!

With the opening day behind us, the next challenge is on May 6th with the Club’s ‘Spring into Summer’ tournament sponsored by The Computer Guys followed by the McPherson Mixed Triples on May 9th and 10th.

HAPPY BOWLING EVERYONE. Let’s have a great summer.

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