Success on the Green
A record number of our members qualified for the Vancouver and District Prize-winners Day at New Westminster. They included five first-year players, and half the group had been playing for three years or less. We look forward to even more success in future seasons.​
Bowls on YouTube
Lawn bowls may struggle to get airtime on TV, but there is a great range of material to watch on YouTube. Videos from Australia are especially common, and one very good series to watch is The Bowls Show. It's noisy, it's colourful, it's everything people don't associate with bowls - and there are some brilliant games to watch. Following the World Indoor Bowls championships in January there is a heap of good bowls to watch (and copy!) on YouTube. There are more hints on watching such videos in the newsletters mentioned below.
VIEWS
Our friend and Richmond member On Kow Lee issues a periodical newsletter about events in the world of bowls. She kindly makes this available to Granville Park members. On Kow Lee's enthusiasm is totally infectious, and her wisdom in seeing the wider aspects of the game (psychology and teamwork) is very obvious. In June the main focus was the World Championships, held in Australia, and in July it was the turn of the Australian Open, with reference also to Malaysia and Hong Kong; August includes another international tournament Down Under, with coverage also of the Australian Indoor Open. The September summary deals with major events at our local indoor rinks at PIBC. All these newsletters have links to several YouTube videos.
GPLBC Vice-President Trevor Field has been compiling a bowls blog over the years, aimed primarily at new or intermediate bowlers, with comments and advice on how the game is played.
Happy reading!
COMING UP...
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​2025 AGM
The club's AGM will be held on Sunday 26 October (1 pm). All members are encouraged to attend. All documents have been sent out by email or (if required) surface mail. If anyone has a question or issue to raise about these arrangements, please contact a Board member or send a message.​
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