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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
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.
Get more details from these links -
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
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
1st Prize - Amy Leung, Joe Chan & Yettie Soe
2nd Prize - James Chen, Stephen Yung (not in photo) &Lisa Cheung
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
Pat presenting 1st prize to Gary Kirk & Gayle Waddell
2nd Prize to Jim Duholke & Linda Ng
3rd Prize to Shella Holt & Trevor Field
In 4th Place - Stephen Yung & Lisa Cheung
WEDNESDAY EVENING TRIPLES
Art Schumann, Novice this year
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 -
1st Prize, Paul Lee & James Chen
2nd Prize, Lisa Cheung & Eric Leung
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.
1st Prize, Lisa Cheong & Kitty Tsin
2nd Prize, Vivien Chan & Gigi Chan
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
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!
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
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 -
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BULL'S EYE - Points for getting into the red, blue or white
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MIND THE DITCH - Draw within 6 feet of the ditch
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LEAP THE FROG - Each bowl to go past the previous bowl
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IRISH BOWLS - Play all bowls then roll the jack to the most favourable post
And the winners were -
CATALINA, KING AND SHIRLEY
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