Please click here District Open Tournament Booklet – 2026 to access all relevant information including dates, locations and sign up contacts for the District Open Tournaments to be held in 2026. Registration for the tournaments opens on April 15, 2026 at 8:00 am.
A copy of the booklet will be posted in the Sun Room for your viewing.
If you are interested in playing in Open Tournaments and would like further information on sign up procedures or have any other questions, please contact Joey.
This years annual Halloween Games Day took place on Saturday 26th October.
It was well attended by the full complement of 12 mixed triples teams. They all entered into the spirit of the games with many wearing very imaginative costumes. The games played were very much not Bowling orientated. The teams played electronic Tenpin Bowling, Table Curling, Mini Basket Ball, Darts, Corn Hole and Ladder Ball. The games were all very competitive.
After the games the were served with a well-earned beverage and a tasty Chilli and delicious dessert.
The day was rounded off with the presentation of prizes to the winning team of Kate Wilson, Terry Nichols and Gerda Veld.
Two other teams skipped by Diane Cruickshank and Barry Conn tied for first place. A playoff of one dart nearest the bullseye decided the winner.
A Prize of a fantastic Pumpkin Decoration made and donated by Lynne Hutchinson was presented to the winner of the Best Costume – Dianna Olenick.
Thanks to all the participants, including helpers with set up, food preparation, the games and those that helped with the clean up.
A very Gentle Soul who we had the privilege to have as a member of our Club has passed away. Olav Skjelbred has been battling cancer for several years but passed a few days ago. Olav was such a quiet man, always happy and smiling. He came to Canada as a young man after being a ski instructor in Norway. When arriving he worked in the forests of BC as a lumber Jack. He did have some stories to tell about his life and it was a hard one. He became a club member and was a very helpful to many. He spent lots of time on the green and was always smiling no matter how his game was, good or bad. Olav was a coach here which came easy to him as he had been an instructor. He would help you out if you were having a problem. During the winter months you would see him at Short Mat either to play one game or two depending on the day. Then some days come as a spectator. In the summer of course he was on the green enjoying the game he loved. He worked on the our garden planting flower and weeding for few years. If you were at the club for maintenance on Monday mornings he would be there to help Gord Campbell serve up coffee and goodies to keep you all going. During Covid it was Olav’s 90th birthday and the club did a drive by celebration for him. Then Sandi did a cupcake birthday for him two years ago. He was both surprised and very happy. He loved our Lawn Bowling club and enjoyed talking to all the members. He will be sorely missed by many of us. We send our condolences to his daughters and their families from our family, his extended family.
The members on the green sang Happy Birthday on his 80th.
On Thursday May 16th our Club hosted the Presidents Cup for the 6 Vancouver Island North and Powell River District Clubs.
The comments we received from a large part of the participants were so great that I felt the need to pass these accolades along to our Volunteers who spend many hours to make our PLBC one of the best in BC.
We had excellent comments on our bowling green, the pleasing surrounding gardens, the inviting entrance to our club and the friendliness of our all members that were at yesterday’s event.
The club house was decorated wonderfully for all the participants to enjoy.
Also comments were complimentary on our new scoreboards
I felt is was necessary to send this message out to the membership to let all the volunteers know andshare the extremely good comments we received.Without all the hard work from all the many volunteers we would not be receiving such wonderful comments.
Just to summarizeit makes me very proud as your President to be part of this amazing club.
From
Your President Trevor Motley and PLBC board members
