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NEWS at a GLANCE on the WEBSITE For the latest news on events, fundraisers, website changes, policy changes within JDF LBC go to the page called “News at a Glance 2025”

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YEAR END BANQUET

WHO: All members, their spouses/partners and guests

WHAT: Juan de Fuca LBC Annual Year End Banquet

WHEN: Saturday October 18^th, 2025. Doors open at 6:00 pm

WHERE: Auditorium at the Juan de Fuca 55 + Centre

To confirm attendance, a deposit/payment of $56.00 is required by all attending, with a deadline date of October 11th.

Regular & Student Members: Your deposit will be refunded at the banquet if attending.

Associate Members, Social Members and Guests: Refunds do not apply

If you are planning on attending, please put cash or cheque in an envelope with your name(s) written on the front and deposit the envelope in the event box next to the tag board in the Clubhouse. As a regular member, if you are paying by cheque that includes a guest, an associate or a social member, please make out two cheques and one of them will be refunded at the banquet. NOTE the Clubhouse closes on October 4th, after October 4th please pay by etransfer or contact the treasurer, Gary Paugh.

You may also pay by EFT eventsjdflbc@gmail.com. If you choose this payment method, all regular members attending will receive cash at the banquet as their refund.

The deadline for receiving deposits/payments is Saturday, October 11^th.

Once again, our banquet will be catered by Island Culinary Service, (click to view menu) and we will have a fun live event including music bingo and dancing. Times are subject to change.

Cocktail hour: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Dinner: 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm

Presentations: 8:15 pm – 8:30 pm

Entertainment: 8:30 pm – 10:00 pm

BSI SIMMONS CUP – WOMEN’S TRIPLES

Congratulations to Cathy Robertson (S), Kathy Berg (V), and Linda Turnbull (L) on their outstanding performance and achievement of 2nd place! Well done, team!

2025 CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP WOMEN’S FOURS

Congratulations to Annie Mathie (Skip), Sherry McGowan (Vice), Jill Foster (Second) and Wendy Leamen (Lead). These extraordinary women seem to get better each year. This year they brought home the Bronze Medal after representing BC in the Woman’s Fours at the 2025 Canadian Lawn Bowling Championships which took place at the Commonwealth Lawn Bowling Club in Edmonton, Alberta. Well done and congratulations ladies.

BOWLING UNDER THE STARS

To see if there is enough interest, please email tournaments@juandefucalbc.ca

Please refer to the POSTER and CoP for all the information regarding this fun tournament. All skill levels are welcome, novices and intermediate players are welcome and encouraged to come out and play. Select the BLUE JDF Club Tournament Registration button at the top of the page to register,

LADIES NOVICE CLUB TOURNAMENT

On Sunday August 11, 2025 the Ladies’ Novice Tournament Group B playdowns started.
Participants: Barbara Campbell, Heather Gitzel, Nancy Passfield and Betty Townsend
Coaches: Gary Paugh, John Pallister, Steve Hambleton
Markers: Dianne Murray, Cathy Robertson, John Turnbull

All the participants played well, and it was very exciting. It was a very hot day, and the coaches and markers tried to stay out of the sun while they could as they all had three games that they were involved in. The winner will face Barb Prentice to determine the ladies’ novice champion on Friday Aug 22nd at 10am. Come on out and cheer these champs on!!

SIMMONS CUP WOMEN’S TRIPLES

This two day tournament was held at Victoria LBC on August 12th & 13th. Twenty teams from all the BSI clubs gathered to play. Day One was scorching hot regardless of which green you were playing on! Shade was a premium, fortunately Day Two was cooler with a welcome breeze. We certainly did not need the sweaters the tournament organizer recommended we bring 🤣🤣.

Congratulations to Cathy Robertson (Skip), Kathy Berg (Vice), and Linda Turnbull (Lead) on their outstanding performance and achievement of 2nd place! Well done, team!

A big shout out to all the JDF Teams:
Sharon Ward (Skip), Brenda Thomson (Vice), Nancie Sorenson (Lead)
Julie Dickson (Skip), Judy Hambleton (Vice), Shannon Baggott (Lead)
Cherlynn McCarthur (Skip), Claudia Lang (Vice), Betty McDougall (Lead)

EARL McCUE SCOTCH PAIRS SATURDAY AUGUST 16th

It was a fun filled Scottish Themed Tournament on the greens of Juan de Fuca. Although we had no pipers piping or dancers dancing, we did have some outstanding lawn bowling and some impressive dress attire.

Tournament Winners:

First place and Trophy -Harry Harrison (Skip) and Shannon Baggott (Lead)

Second Place -Byron Propp (Skip) and Joanne Scarbro (Lead)

Third Place -Vern Atkinson (Skip) and Dianne Murray (Lead)

Best Dressed Awards (as voted by the members):

Best Men’s Scottish Costume – Vern Atkinson & Best Women’s Scottish Costume – Bonnie Taylor

A big thank you to all the players who embraced the Scottish theme and brought so much spirit to the event. It was truly a fun day!

2025 BSI SOUTH ISLAND SINGLES

Gordon Head LBC on August 8th and 9th, 2025

Congratulations to Jack Robertson on securing second place in the 2025 BSI South Island Singles!

Jack was the only player to win all five of his opening round games, earning a well-deserved spot in the playoffs. He went on to claim victory in both his playoff and semi-final matches, but in a fiercely contested final, he fell just 1 point short of the title. Well done, Jack

Well done also to Rob McArthur on winning one of the two random prizes

CRACKERJACK MIXED TRIPLES

On Saturday August 9th, 2025 it was a fun and exciting day on the greens as we had 12 teams battle it out for the Cracker Jack Trophy. It was wonderful to see so many of our new members join in on the fun. Well done everyone

First Place and Trophy Winners: Skip: Allan Atkinson, Vice: Cathy Robertson and Brenda Thomson (Sharing), Lead: Tom Prentice

Second Place: Skip: Steve Hambleton, Vice: Dianne Murray, Lead: Tom Whelton

Third Place: Skip: Rick Favell, Vice: Donna Harding and Barbara Campbell (Sharing), Lead: Betty Townsend

LADIES NOVICE CLUB TOURNAMENT

On Thursday August 7th, 2025 the first four of our eight-person playoff started today with the A Group. Battling for a spot in the Final were Barb Prentice, Deb Mackie, Wendy Farwell, and Jo-Ann Lacher.

After some fierce competition, Barb Prentice emerged victorious! She will now face the winner of the B Group to decide who will be crowned our Novice Champion.

Well played today ladies

PROVINCIAL SENIORS TRIPLES TOURNAMENT

Gordon Head LBC hosted the Senior Triples tournament from August 5th – 7th, 2025.

Congratulations to Cherlynn McArthur, Claudia Lang, and Wendy Leamen on winning the Gold Medal in the Provincial Senior Triples.

We also extend congratulations to Kim Engelstad, Judy Hambleton and Dianne Murray who, although they didn’t reach the finals, played some outstanding lawn bowling.

Well done ladies. You’ve made Juan de Fuca LBC proud!

BC DAY FUN DAY

What a great day. The weather was bright, sunshine and soft breeze.
There were 44 members that came to have fun and feast on an assortment of salads.
We played the Yardstick game. The scores were high 43 – 42 lost by 1.
A lot of laughter and waving of the yardstick. It was a fun day on the greens.
Everyone was ready to try all the salads and come back for seconds.
After brunch we played card Bingo, with money on the line and our very own caller Steve Horvath keeping things lively. Potential winnings for nickels, dimes, quarters and loonies. Steve kept everyone entertained and the crowd were the winners. Very successful day all around.
Thank you too all. Looking forward to the next one.

Games Committee

PILE O’BOWLS OPEN (POBO)

JDFLBC have 4 Scottish Cowboys who rode the blue skies back to Regina to play in the Pile O’Bowls Open. The theme for the tournament this year is Western so these four took it to heart and out did themselves with CooBoy shirts (Scottish pronunciation for cow!), and horned hats. The Cowgirls said a hard NO to the shorts covered in fur!! Hopefully their “proper” attire wins them as many games as the number of looks they are sure to get. They are a shoe in for the best dressed prize 😂🤣. Annie’s name tag makes it look like her cow is wearing a hair bow 🎀😉

Good Luck Jack, Marion, Davie & Annie we are all rootin for you.

DAY 2: The Coo Boys stats are: Won 4, lost 2 and actually in 3rd place! Win 1 of 3 tomorrow and they are in the playoffs.

DAY 3: The ‘Coos’…..……made the playoffs!! They play the other BC Team in the quarter finals…..The Clan…Linda Ng and company.

DAY 4: Sadly the ‘Coos’ reign on the Greens came to a halt, so they took to the Players Lounge to cheer on the other teams. They may not be bringing home a trophy but they were definitely the talk of the tournament with their creative Western garb! Well Done Davie, Annie, Marion and Jack 👏🎉👏🎉

2025 YEAR END BANQUET

The Year End Banquet is a JdF tradition, a great way to celebrate another fun and successful year of lawn bowling. This year the Year End Banquet will be October 18, a change from October 11 which is the Thanksgiving weekend.

More details on the banquet will come as we get closer to the big event but to get you excited the menu is attached. 2025 BANQUET MENU

WOMEN’S COMPETITIVE PAIRS LEAGUE

Listed below are the results from the 2025 league and a link to the FINAL STANDINGS:

FACEBOOK PAGE

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Juan de Fuca Lawn Bowls Club-Official

PRESIDENTS CORNER

Hello everyone,
In a few short weeks our lawn bowling season will begin, and we’ll return to the greens for another fun season of social events and competitive play. I hope that all of you have had an enjoyable and healthy winter and are as excited for the new season as I am.

To see the complete message at the President’s Corner under Members & Admin

REBUS PUZZLES

WEEK #20 PUZZLE

Each week a new puzzle will be printed and the SOLUTION for the previous weeks puzzle will be posted under News at a Glance.

What’s a rebus puzzle? Well, a rebus is a representation of words, phrases, sounds or syllables by images of objects, letters, numbers or symbols. More simply, the pictures or symbols of a rebus represent and express sounds and words.

Open this link to read the expanded definition and History of Rebus Puzzles.

HAVE FUN!!