The Snowball event was held on June 12 and was a new event for our bowlers.

The 1st four ends were skipped by players who were normally leads. Their introduction to that position was an eye-opener for them but  they did have lots of support from other players. It was a great way of showing them what happens at the skip position.

The next four ends were skipped by thirds, and the last 4 ends were taken by the skips.

After some confusion as to the rules, the players dug right in and thoroughly enjoyed themselves, particularly the newer players who were on winning teams.

Thank you to Darlene Opacic and Stuart Goodby for organizing the event.

Thank you to all the volunteers who made this event a success–kitchen, bar, greens and anyone we have missed.

1st place-Graham Rae, Susan Medhurst and Bob Willis

2nd place-Len Bettam, Barb Radcliff/John Eyre and Terry Cowan

3rd place-Stu Goodby, Terry Hick and Adele Turner

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Qualicum Beach Lawn Bowling Club members Brian Michell and Erik Ewen came out of the tournament this weekend in Courtenay winning the Scotch Men’s Pairs. Congratulations to these two gentlemen.

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.’

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!

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)

Isabel was a member of our Club for many years.

Here are some photos from her birthday party at The Gardens.

Congratulations Isabel for making it to 100!!

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!