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 2023”
MEMBERSHIP UPDATE– To read complete article select the title to activate the link.
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
WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
- NEW MARKERS
- MARKERS WHO HAVE TO RENEW OWING TO MARKERS CERTIFICATION EXPIRING
- MARKERS WHO WANT TO REFRESH
IF YOU ARE INTERESTING IN ATTENDING THE CLINIC PLEASE OPEN THE POSTER FOR MORE INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO CONTACT THE FACIILITATORS.
JUAN de FUCA LAWN BOWL CLUB
2024 OPENHOUSE:
- SUNDAY APRIL 21st 1 pm to 3 pm
- SATURDAY APRIL 27th 1 pm to 3 pm
Everyone is welcome!!
Our team of qualified coaches will be on hand to teach you the basics and to assist all guests so their first lawn bowling venture is a positive one. Please wear flat soled shoes and clothing that is comfortable allowing you to move around easily, we will supply all the bowling equipment you need to get started.
We are an active Club and throughout the season we have many choices that are sure to keep you busy and having fun…..Leagues, Club Tournaments, BSI (Bowls South Island) Tournaments, Fun Days and drop in bowling every day. We also have Social Members that join us after bowling for the barbeques, celebrations and fun games.
We are located behind the Q Centre Arena within the Westshore Parks & Recreation Complex.
For more information refer to our poster below or contact our Coaching Coordinator, Jack Robertson.
SEE YOU IN APRIL
2024 BOWLING SEASON START
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
There are some volunteer positions that are still open and are perfect for anyone who wants to be involved and looking for a way to help.
- Bowling Store- Maintain and sell the small items used by bowlers such as Grippo, Chalk pens etc
- Flower Basket & Planters- Someone with a green thumb to water, weed, feed
- Fairway Community Cards- These cards are a fundraiser for the club and we need someone who will be responsible for signing members up and explaining how the cards work
If any of these positions appeal to you please contact Steve Shulhan, our JDF LBC President by selecting this link.
FACEBOOK PAGE
For all of you that follow Facebook you can find us at our own Facebook page.
Juan de Fuca Lawn Bowls Club-Official
REBUS PUZZLES
WEEK #9 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!!
YEAR END BANQUET
We changed things up for our Banquet this year and it was a smashing success. We selected the Auditorium at the Juan de Fuca 55 + Centre for our venue and decided to utilize Island Culinary Services to do the catering. They did such an amazing job at the Nationals we felt we could not go wrong, and we were right!
The evening started out with a cocktail hour and delightful piano music by John Stonehouse. Dinner was catered by Island Culinary Services, who once again amazed us with their delicious selections! There was some fierce competition over the door prices and attempted bribery as members watched their hoped-for prize walk off with someone else. ???????? We honoured our 2023 Novice Champions, Club Singles Champions and our outgoing Executives, thank you to all who participated on the Greens and behind the scenes, you are what make this Club the success it is! The Auditorium at the Juan de Fuca 55 + Centre boasts a great stage so our final entertainment, the Hounds of Cuchulain were beautifully showcased. They played their rousing Celtic music for an hour after dinner much to the delight of our members.
https://www.hounds-of-cuchulain.com/about.html
https://www.islandculinaryservice.ca/
LAWN BOWL FOR THE CURE (LB4C)
Once again Juan de Fuca Lawn Bowls Club hosted the Lawn Bowl for the Cure tournament. This tournament has been managed and run by Harry & Beattie Harrison for 20 years. THANK YOU, HARRY & BEATTIE, FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK, your dedication to this cause for the last 20 years is amazing and commendable. Over the lifetime of the LB4C, the tournament has raised and donated $110,338.00 to Cancer Research. Each year the tournament boasts 32 teams made up from all the South Island Lawn Bowling Clubs. On each team there must be a minimum of 2 women & 2 men, and in the past some teams have had as many as 18 players! Teams come dressed for the occasion in pink or team costumes which adds to the festivity of the weekend. This year we had 212 bowlers entered into the tournament.
This year was no different, as seen from the picture below, the orange haired beauty, Brent Merchant stood in for the missing team player. Each players donates $10.00 for the privilege of joining the fun and there was also two 50/50 draws that raised another $700.00 towards the cause. Thank you everyone for all your donations and participation in the final tournament of the year. Pictures from the 2 days can be viewed under 2023 JDF PHOTOS.
JDF LBC Executive
Brent Jansen, Karen Evans, Ray Dilba, Donna Blackstock, missing is Laila Godfrey
KIWI KWADDIE
At Juan de Fuca’s Club Tournament, the Kiwi Kwaddie held on Saturday September 9th with 10 teams of four entered the tournament. Our Games Committee lead by Judy Hambleton, Brenda Thomson & Cathy Robertson did an exemplary job of keeping us in line and on time!
– First place & Trophy Winners: Dave Tabbernor, Bryan Bridges, Lee Ann Daniels & Hensley Boyd
– Second Place: Joanne Scarboro, Rob Reynolds, Joanne Cowan & George Cooke
– Third place: Jeff Leamen, Allan Atkinson, Sandi Doran & Ray Bailey
– Random Prize winners: Julie Dickson, Jim Winter, Chuck Authier & Bee Kelly
Well done Guys looks like it was a fun day by all ????????????
More pictures in the 2023 JDF PHOTO ALBUM
BSI GREENSKEEPER MIXED TRIPLE TOURNAMENT
On Saturday September 2nd Juan de Fuca LBC once again hosted our annual BSI Greenskeepers Mixed Triples Tournament. We had a total of 28 teams play in this year’s tournament on another beautiful hot day.
Congratulations go to:
- First place and Trophy winners goes to Brent Jansen along with Karen Evans and Donna Blackstock of Oak Bay LBC
- Second place to Vern Atkinson & Kim Englested along with Heather Butler of Lakehill LBC
- Third Place: Brent Merchant, Susie Merchant and Gopal Gowda
- Fourth Place: Dennis Verge, Dorothy Verge and Kyoshi Sekiguchi
Well done Guys ????????????
JDF MEMBERS TOURNAMENT WINNERS
Starting next May we will post all the JDF LBC Members who were successful in the JDF LBC and BSI tournaments. So please come back next year to see how our members are doing!
2023 CANADIAN LAWN BOWLING CHAMPIONSHIPS HAVE FINISHED. THE EVENT WAS A SUCCESS IN EVERY WAY, FROM THE EXCELLENT PLAY & SHOTS MADE TO MEALS, VOLUNTEERS & FANS. TO REVIEW THE RESULTS & PICTURES SELECT THE LINK BELOW
Select to link to the 2023 Canadian Championship Page or find it under the drop down menu on the HOME page.
THANK YOU MESSAGES
We have received four warm, heartfelt messages from participants of the Canadian Championships to all our volunteers from Juan de Fuca as well as the members from our Vancouver Island Clubs and 2 people from other Provinces that stepped up while accompanying participants to the games. Thank you to everyone, without you the games could not have happened. Please select MESSAGES to read what George Cubiss, Cary Manns, Mike O’Reilly, Shelley Sidel and Debra (Trillium Communities) have said.
And they are being photo bombed by Alberta player Bev Robinson
Come on down and join the fun while watching the Canadian Championships Pairs & Fours. To view all the pictures click the following link 2023 JDF Photos – Love is bowls Juan de Fuca Lawn Bowling (juandefucalbc.ca)
2024 ARCHIVED HOME PAGE ARTICLES
BSI, PROVINCIAL & NATIONAL TOURNAMENT RESULTS:
CLUB TOURNAMENTS RESULTS:
LEAGUES RESULTS (CLUB & BSI):
CLUB SOCIAL EVENTS:
GENERAL NEWS: DOLLAR SPOTTING, JDF LBC RESOURCES, WEBSITE, 2023 BYLAWS
2023 ARTICLES CAN BE FOUND HERE
2022 ARTICLES CAN BE FOUND HERE
