Xmas Party December 2

The Olympic flame  comes to town

Club member Barb Cassidy was one of those Vancouver Islanders selected to carry the Olympic torch on Nov. 2 during its journey across Canada.

Some of the club members waiting in Parksville

Seen at the AGM November 7

Dave takes the plunge(r) by replacing Art as Director of Maintenance

Final visit of the season by some of the Stanford Place residents

Friday Night Madness 11th September 

Some of the sights on/off the bowling green. Make up your own captions.

George Gibson Mixed Triples September 9th and 10th.

First -  Rick, Lynne and Mick, with sponsors George Gibson and Grant Hicks.

Second - Pat, Gwen and Lynn

Third - Keith, Carol and Harry Harrison (Victoria)

Fourth - Jim, Flo and Oliver

Fifth - Bill, (Dave Cole, Olga, Olav-standing in for Bill)

Sixth - Nanaimo's Rick Quibell, (Tom Renton) and Mary Roughton

Zone Singles September 5th & 6th 

Mens Novice Singles, Gold - Ken Bucyk, Silver - Rick Dolley

Ladies Novice Singles, Gold - Sue Ouimet, Silver - Kathe Stewart

Ladies  Singles, Gold - Elaine Van Kooten (Port Alberni), Silver - Jan MacNaughton. Dave Muir, Vice President, North Island Zone, presented the trophies.

Mens Singles, Gold - Archie Harris (Courtenay), Silver - Keith Terlson.

Courtenay Mixed Fours August 22-23

Two pics of some of the participants

A justly proud Vern Greenhill of Courtenay Bowling Club with his Canadian Championship Mens Singles gold medal. 

Club Mens and Ladies Singles Aug. 13 & 14

Winners (in white), Gary and Jan, with runners-up Keith and Sandi.

Shades of Pink/Ladies Day - August 12 

The players and umps

Who's that tickling Dave's bum? 

Crikey!

The action starts

Meanwhile, in the kitchen, the hired help gets stuck in

Now, you put this coffee filter .........

Gotcha this time

Still sweating over which dressing to put on which salad

Taking a breather

The ladies still hard at it outside on the cool green 

Umpire Jim tries not get dirt on his pants

Minnie applauding the players on rink 5

At last, lunch is ready

More champas ladies? 

And the winners are .......

Some of the winners follow in the next 5 pics

Proud prez and vice prez posing with new club rock sign

PLBC Novice Singles August 4-5

Mens and Ladies Winners - Rick Dolley and Kathe Stewart

Mens Winner - Rick Dolley

Ladies Winner - Kathe Stewart

Mens and Ladies Champs and Runners-up

Rick Dolley, Ken Bucyk, Kathe Stewart and Sue Ouimet

Novice Competitors

PLBC Open Mens & Ladies Triples Aug 1-2

Mens Winners - Rick Quibell, Keith McMann, George Gibson (Nanaimo). Don Livingstone (Legion) presenter.

Mens Runners-up - John Wilson, Mike Morgan & ? (Qualicum)

Ladies Winners - Melie Ursulom, Pat Cutt, Irene Whitehouse (Courtenay).

Ladies Runners-up     Gloria, Sheila and Margaret

Nanaimo Gold Bowl Mixed Triples July 24-26 

Winners Group A - Gary, Lynn and Shannon Battles (Victoria)

Runners-up Group A - Tony, Patti and Baz

3rd Group A - Stu, Jan and Len

Winners Group B - Dennis, Gwen and Pat

Winners Group C - Duncan, Sandi (and John Schofield)

Open Tenderfoot Tournament July 11 

Winners - Myles Novak with his two Nanaimo partners

2nd - Frankie Stemler, Larry Fogg and Diane Cotgrove

3rd - Andrew Mitchell (Sandi and Butch's grandson) with Nanaimo partners

4th - Kathe Stewart, Joe Stemler and Roberta Stets

BC Mens Pairs Championship  July 10-13

Silver medallist Gary Robinson with partner Michael Leong of Granville Park Lawn Bowling Club

Parksville Open Mixed Pairs July 3-5 

Winners Stu and Jan McNaughton with Quality Foods trophy

War Amps/Canada Day

Members show their colours

Presentation to Julian Wan Telfer, this year's Champ

Courtenay/PLBC Challenge June 26

Sandi receives trophy on behalf of winners Parksville

Winners, Thursday night Triples League

Kate & Keith Mannister, Anita Woods  (apologies from our candid camerawoman for the unusual picture quality)

Courtenay Scotch Pairs June 20-21 

Winners, Gary and Olga

Doug & Sharon in the pink 

Seasoil Parksville Classic June 5-7 

A spectator's eye view of the first ends

Umpire Dave relaxes between  service calls

Trying to keep cool

Is that the Spanish Armada coming Barb?

 Baz supervising his temporary team mates. 

A tense moment in the final

Maestro Hiren Bhartu, winning team skip 

The winning team 

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Mixed 4s Nanaimo May 31 

3rd - Butch, Sandi, Lynn, Rick

4th - Art, Gloria, Jeanette, Oliver

A hard days bowling - guess who?

Bowlympics May 18 

Gold Medal winners. Lawrence Cotgrove, Gil Simpson, Frankie Stemler, Bob Warburton.

Medals presented by Louise and Hereward Allix.

Silver Medal winners. Mick Rix, Dave Muir, Brenda Jarvis, Kate Mannister.

Bronze Medal winners.Pat Clover, Dianne Proctor, Peter Rossiter, Dorothy Johnson

Speed bowling winners. Anne, Gwen, Anita, Gloria

Past and present Bowlympian winners

Mixed Triples Open Courtenay May 16 & 17

Third place Bill,Pat, Art