From Mick Banks:

We had 19 volunteers working at least 8 hours including coffee and lunch break provided by Lynn and her own volunteers.

The operation began with the coring of the green. The cores needed to be raked up and removed from the green. Once that was completed a layer of sand was spread over the green and raked into the coring holes. The weather was kind and we managed to complete the job before the rain started. Good job by all. The whole job was well organized and went without a hitch. Thanks to everybody for a job well done.

The event to cap off a great year at QBLBC was the Indoor-Outdoor Tournament held on September 26th. It was held under bright sunshine, which contrasted nicely with the previous night’s pouring rain. The sponsor, Best Value Pharmacy, were very generous in their support.

Stephanie Hahn provided advice and extra prizes to lucky bowlers, then presented the five winning teams their envelopes.

In top spot were Murray Trudel, Debi Sjogren and a beaming Michael Gibson.

2nd place went to Graham Rae, Suzanne Ewen and Chris Willis.

In 3rd were John Eyre, Nancy Blue and Linda Jacobson.

4th place went to Charles MacIntyre, Ray Chenier and Maureen Queen.

Rounding out the winners in 5th place were Erik Ewen, Kath Eyre and Denis LaPointe.

Thanks to the organizers and all the volunteers who made the tournament a success.

Here are the winners from the final Cutthroat Session:

1st place – Tony Morris

2nd place – Stuart Goodby

3rd place – Erin Sellers

4th place – Alan Brunskill

Thanks to Alan for looking after the cutthroat sessions.

Another beautiful day to celebrate Labour Day.

The autumn classic Maggie and Jiggs tournament was played under mostly sunny skies and pleasant fall temperatures.

1st place – Erin Sellers and Tony Morris

2nd place – Kath Eyre and Bryan Bennett

3rd place – Susan Medhurst and John Wilson (pic not available)

4th place – Shelley Howieson and Denis LaPointe

Congratulations to the winners and to all who came out and participated.

Open House

The Winter indoor bowling season will be starting soon.

Please check our website for Schedule 1, under Calendar of Events and Session Schedule.

Members are able to sign up for leagues at the Open House on September 19th, 10am to 2pm.

Members can sign up for 2 leagues at this time, if there are available spots after the first week you can sign up for additional leagues. We encourage all to sign up for the spares list too.

Tuesday and Saturday will be handled by the League committee.

If Summer only members wish to sign up for Winter Bowling it will cost $110.

We look forward to seeing you on the Indoor Green this season.

September 5th & 6th was the showdown for the District Singles Men’s and Women’s tournament. The weather was very pleasant and it was great to see so many different clubs represented in the viewing gallery. It’s always encouraging for the competitors when they have some cheering going on!

Thanks to the QBLBC for hosting the tournament this year.

As always, thanks to the different Club volunteers who marked for the games, you are appreciated.

After two days of competition these are the results:

District Women’s Singles:

1st place – Joan Matheson – Courtenay

2nd place – Kate Wilson – Parksville

District Men’s Singles:

1st place – Grady Work – Nanaimo

2nd place – John Eyre – Qualicum Beach

The Canadian Senior Men’s Triples Tournament was played in Windsor Ontario. The BC team of Dennis Verge (Victoria), Nick May (Victoria) and John Eyre (Qualicum Beach) won Gold. The other BC team of Dave Baldwin (White Rock), Bill Pattinson (Maple Ridge) and Jim Guszowaty (White Rock) won Silver.  Congratulations to an outstanding performance by our BC Teams! Two Ontario teams played for Bronze.

A special shout out to our very own John Eyre!

August 29th and 30th saw the district Novice and Intermediate tournament played at the Qualicum Beach Lawn Bowling Club. Congratulations to all the participants.

Thanks also to the Qualicum Beach Lawn Bowling Club for hosting this years tournament and the District for supplying the medals.

Women’s Novice

1st place – Yvette Carter-Squire (Nanaimo)

2nd place – Connie Bech (Parksville)

Men’s Novice

1st place – Randy Hall (Parksville)

2nd place – Mark Merrick (Nanaimo)

Women’s Intermediate

1st place – Erin Sellers (Qualicum Beach)

2nd place – Shelley Howieson (Qualicum Beach)

Men’s Intermediate

1st place – Ray Chenier (Qualicum Beach)

2nd place – Zoltan Pataky (Nanaimo)