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!

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 22^nd was the scene of the 3^rd 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.

First draw winners were:

April Gilchrist, Doug Drummond, Julie Payjack

2^nd place were:

Jim Nivison, Debi Sjogren, Pam Van den Bergh

Second draw winners were:

Ross Nakagawa, Karen Perrin, Terry Hick

2^nd place were:

Helen Roberts, Ray Chenier, Laurel Witzer

Third draw winners were:

Vern Greenhill, Gloria Davies, Debbie Elliot

2^nd place were:

Martin Fereday, Graham Rae, Linda Hoem