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CLUB NEWS

FUN & SKILLS DAY - MAY 22, 2023

As usual, we had a fun day testing everyone's skills at the various exercises for length, line and, of course, luck. Although the sun didn't come out, it was warm enough and no rain!
The winning team was -
Jeremy Browman - Trevor Field - Steven Hsieh

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MICHAEL LEONG AT WORLD BOWLS

GPLBC member Michael Leong represented Canada at the 2022 Champion of Champions tournament at the Naenae Bowling Club in Wellington, New Zealand. He played extremely well, finishing 6th in the Men's B Division. Here is Michael when he won the Canadian National championship in 2019, thus qualifying for the World event this year.

 

 

 

 

 

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BOWLS CANADA - https://bowlscanada.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5f981183a201d3dc1c3acfdb9&id=ac8047d7d2&e=8d065f513f

BOWLS NEW ZEALAND -https://bowlscanada.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5f981183a201d3dc1c3acfdb9&id=5a18ed3e27&e=8d065f513f

Michael Leong wins the 2019 Canadian National Championship

DR. MURRAY BLAIR MIXED TRIPLES

August 20 was another great day of bowling weather, enjoyed by 20 teams. Alistair Black, President, handed out the prizes to the winning teams

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1st Prize - Amy Leung, Joe Chan & Yettie Soe

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2nd Prize - James Chen, Stephen Yung (not in photo) &Lisa Cheung

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3rd Prize - Gonzo Wong, Hita Cheung & King Cheung

ARTHUR DINGMAN MIXED PAIRS

Sunday August 7 was a fine day for the club. Not only was the weather gorgeous but we had a club team coming in with 3rd prize. In Alistair Black's absence, Pat Tolhurst handed out the prizes to the winners

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Pat presenting 1st prize to Gary Kirk & Gayle Waddell

2nd Prize to Jim Duholke & Linda Ng

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3rd Prize to Shella Holt & Trevor Field

In 4th Place - Stephen Yung & Lisa Cheung

WEDNESDAY EVENING TRIPLES

Art Schumann, Novice this year

Art Schumann, Novice this year

The Wednesday Evening Triples group

WED Group on the last evening

TONY BOUCHER AUSTRALIAN PAIRS - JULY 23, 2022

The club held the annual Tony Boucher Australian Pairs tournament on Saturday July 23
Three teams out of the 19 registered won prizes, plus there was a fourth Hidden Prize awarded by drawing lots from all the remaining teams who were not otherwise in the prize money.
And the winners were - 

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1st Prize, Paul Lee & James Chen

2nd Prize, Lisa Cheung & Eric Leung

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See more photos on the  Photos page

3rd Prize, Shirley Choi & Peter Cheong

WOMEN'S CLASSIC PAIRS - FINAL RESULTS

After 10 gruelling weeks of 18 end games, 4 teams came out as winners. First and second spots were decided in the playoffs and third and fourth didn't play each other since the prize money was the same for both positions. Congratulations to Lisa Cheong and Kitty Tsin for their 1st place win.

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1st Prize, Lisa Cheong & Kitty Tsin

2nd Prize, Vivien Chan & Gigi Chan

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3rd Equal, Jenny Siu & Rainbow Lung - Bonnie Smith & Nancy Speers

BC MEN'S WEEK 2022 - HERE ARE THE GPLBC WINNERS

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Triples, Section A - First Prize
Nathaniel Hui, Peter Cheong, Clayton Hui

Aussie Pairs, First Prize
Kelvin Lai, Paul Leung

Aussie Pairs, Third Prize
George Sit, Simon Tang

Congratulations to each of these great players !

THIS GRANVILLE PARK TEAM CAME IN 2ND IN THE ANDY CRAIG MIXED FOURS AT STANLEY PARK ON JULY 9

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Congratulations to Clayton, Barbara, Shirley and Nathaniel

CONGRATULATIONS TO CLAYTON AND NATHANIEL HUI

Clayton and Nathaniel competed in the Provincial Juniors and the Under 25s at Sidney LBC
Clayton came 2nd in the Juniors and Nathaniel got a 3rd in the Under 25s
Their success makes us all proud of them as members of our club!

Clayton Hui, 2nd place winner
Barbara with Clayton & Nathaniel
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V&D MEN'S PAIRS

On June 4 and 5 Granville Park was pleased to host this year's V&D Men's Pairs competitions. There were 26 teams competing on the Saturday out of which the best 8 teams went forward to the finals on Sunday.

Here are the winning teams -

FIRST - Kin On Lau, Gonzo Wong (Richmond) SECOND - George Sit, Simon Tang (Granville Park) THIRD - Kelvin Lai, George Man (Richmond) FOURTH - Tom Berridge, David Goddard (Kerrisdale)
Photograghs of these winners are available on the V & D website (
vndba.com)

George & Simon, Second Place Winners

George & Simon, second place winners

FUN & SKILLS DAY - MAY 23, 2022

A large crowd of members had great fun on Victoria Day with the four games designed to develop skills for new bowlers and experienced ones alike.
The games were -

  • BULL'S EYE - Points  for getting into the red, blue or white

  • MIND THE DITCH - Draw within 6 feet of the ditch

  • LEAP THE FROG - Each bowl to go past the previous bowl

  • IRISH BOWLS - Play all bowls then roll the jack to the most favourable post

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And the winners were -
CATALINA, KING AND SHIRLEY

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