It took a while, but the sandbox is done and on Monday April 13th, the crew moved the sand back into the box. We even had a little help from a former member of the Club. Joe Randazzo, now a member of the Courtenay Lawn Bowling Club, dropped by for a visit with the Monday morning crew. Watching the rest of the group haul wheel barrow after wheel barrow of sand to the new box, Joe offered to move a few loads of the sand for us. What a guy, and greatly appreciated.
Pictured is the sand moving crew of: Graham Rae, Charles MacIntyre, Joe Randazzo, Alan Barry and Ross Nakagawa.
A BIG thank you to ALL that helped with the demolition of the old sand box and construction of the new one.
Well, it’s been a lot of work, especially for Mick Banks, but the new sandbox has fianlly been finished. Now all we need to do is get the sand pile back into the sandbox. We hope to get some of it back into the box on Monday after our usual morning work bee. It’s a labour intensive job, no 20tth centure technology here! (Shovels and wheel barrows only.)
The old rotten wood and other items will be going to the dump on Sunday the 12th thanks to Merle and her truck. It will be nice to have that corner of the green clear and ready for the outdoor season on May 1st.
Well that was certainly an exciting day! They were lined up in the parking lot by 8:30am anticipating the 9:00am opening. There were so many people early on that some people left and said they’d come back when they could move around freely.
A HUGE thank you to all the volunteers who helped pick up donations, sorted, priced, tested, washed, polished and then manned the tables for the sale. Also thank you to Nita and Jane who put a lot of items on Facebook Market Place. Some of the bigger items that are left will continue to be posted on the Market Place.
Thanks also to the kitchen, (Katherine, Merle and Phil) for the hot dogs and goodies.
A special thanks to Geri, Queen of the Garage Sale for all the hard work she does to pull this off. Rumour has it we brought in about $5300!! I think that’s one of the best sales ever!
Sunday March 22nd was the scene of the 3rd Triples Sunday Fun Day Tournament. There we three separate draws with the first game starting at 8:30am and the last game starting at 4:00pm. Prizes for first and second places were handed out after the second game of each draw.
All draws were full which allowed 54 members to take part. There were some close games and others not so close. You never know what’s going to happen on any given day or any given game. The fortunes of teams can even change throughout a game.
Thanks to James MacDonald and Darlene and George Opacic for organizing the tournament and making sure it ran without any hitches. It’s greatly appreciated by the members.
As usual the kitchen served up a delicious beef stroganoff with salad and sticky toffee pudding for dessert. There were the usual coffee and goodies available all day for a nominal $5. Thanks to Geri, Katherine and Merle for keeping the members fed and watered.
Jodi, Mike and Garry looked after the bar throughout the day.
You may have noticed the new sandbox construction is progressing. The weather has not been cooperating over the last couple of weeks, either with rain or cold weather.
Mick Banks is perservering, working a couple of hours here and there, whenever the conditions allow. Other than the concrete blocks, Mick has done the majority of the work in the design and construction of the box. He’s had some help from a few of the greens crew, Charles MacIntyre, Ross Nakagawa and Garry Campbell.
We’ve been re-using as much of the old wood as we can, to keep costs down, but some new wood needed to be purchased to ensure the integrity of the structure.
With any luck and favourable weather conditions, the new sandbox should be ready for the outdoor season.
On Sunday March 1st the games representatives from some of the Bowls Vancouver Island North and Powell River District lawn bowling clubs (Nanaimo, Parksville, Port Alberni, Quaicum Beach, Courtenay and Powell River) met at the Qualicum Club to finalize the Open Tournament schedule for 2026. Also decided at the meeting were the locations for this years President’s Cup (Nanaimo), Mixed Pairs (Courtenay), Senior Singles and the Novice and Intermediate tournaments. The Senior Singles and the Novice and Intermediate tournaments are scheduled for Powell River, but if they are unable to host them, the Qualicum Beach Club has offered to host.
Once the District Open Tournament booklet has been finalized it will be posted on this website and emailed to the members. You can also check the website calendar for the dates and locations of all the district open tournaments once the tournament booklet is published.
On Sunday February 22nd the QBLBC hosted its 2nd In-Club Sunday Fun Tournament of the winter. There were 3 draws starting at 8:30, 10:00 and 11:30. This allowed 54 participants up from 36 in the previous tournament. Thanks to the Indoor Games group, Geri and her kitchen crew and Jodi and her bar crew.
Draw A 1st place: Ian Turner (not in picture), Charles MacIntyre, Maureen Queen
2nd place: Denise Hooper, Andy Burpee, Barb Radcliffe
Draw B 1st place: Geri Stewart, David Ruckman, Katherine Fouchard
2nd place: George Opacic, Gloria Davies, Brandy Knight
Draw C 1st place: Murray Trudel, Glen Greenhill, Margaret Halliday
2nd place: April Gilchrist, Graham Rae, Pam Vanderburgh
February 14th and 15th saw the Super Challenge League 2 bowl mixed triples take place at the Qualicum Beach Lawn Bowling Club. It was a full slate of 12 teams with players from the mainland, Victoria and many of our district clubs.
