JUAN DE FUCA LAWN BOWLS CLUB

    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Saturday 02 October 2021 at 3.00 pm (following bowling at 1.00 pm)

        Under the awnings

It is with great pleasure, that JDF LBC would like to announce that Wendy Leamen has passed all the exams and is now a Level 1 Umpire. Well done Wendy, we are all so proud of you.

Congratulations to…………….

Doug Hartford & Mark Legacy, runners up in B Section of the Yarrow Cup held at Canadian Pacific LBC held on Saturday September 11th.

Well done Gentlemen 👏👍

We have another new Lock Box on the equipment shed effective Thursday September 9th. An email was sent out to all the members with the new code.

Thank you for coming out and participating in our Thursday Morning Women’s League this season.  It was lots of fun and despite Covid, we were able to see each other and get in some practice! We were fortunate that the weather cooperated most Thursday mornings as well.  

Congratulations to Steve Shulhan, our 2021 JDF LBC Men’s Novice Champion who went undefeated in round robin play and will represent our Club at the BSI Men’s Novice Championships being held at Burnside LBC on September 4th & 5th. Our runner up was Kim Wilson with 2 wins and 1 loss. Thank you and congratulations to all for taking part.

Once again we are seeing a rise in the Covid 19 cases on South Island and our PHO has now made it Mandatory to wear Masks indoors. That means anytime you enter the Clubhouse & Bowls Room, you must be wearing a mask. No exceptions. Sanitize your hands when arriving and leaving the greens. Play Safe and Stay Safe.

Winners of the 2021 edition of the Andy Stewart Australian Pairs at Burnside.

Three-game winners:

1. Jay Huang & Peter Smith               61
2. Brent Merchant & Harry Walker 57
3. Doug Hartford & Mark Legacy     53 (JDF Members)
4. Lynda Robbins & Patricia Levie   51 (JDF Members)

Congratulations to Joanne MacNeil, JDF LBC’s 2021 Ladies Novice Champ! Well done 👏!!! 5 of our Novices participated in the tournament, thank you and congratulations to all for taking part.

Saturday September 11th, JDF Crackerjack Club Tournament, Mixed Triples, Random Draw, details to follow soon so keep the day open.

Saturday Aug 28th we host the Greenskeepers Tournament. Coffee, Tea and Goodies will be available to the bowlers all day, for a nominal fee of ??$3.00.

We are putting out the call to all you bakers for a sampling of your baked goodies, please and thank you.

When you drop them off, place them within one of the fridges within Kitchen A (the real kitchen) and send Julie D an email. If need be we will move them to the freezers. If you are sending the baking in a container that you want back please put your name on it. Thank you

Our JDF Members, David M, Steve F & Gord O who came in second overall and  narrowly missing out on first place by three shots in the Bowls South Island Greenslade Men’s Triples held at Oak Bay LBC during the weekend.

Also to our Brent J along with Brent M & Mitch O’B of Oak Bay LBC who won First Place overall.

Well done Guys, keep up the good work 👍

“Lawn Bowl for the Cure” on 25-26 September 2021

Due to the event’s popularity this tournament is full of team entries. However.…………….. Some Teams are still looking for extra players.

If you are interested in bowling as a spare in this charity tournament contact Harry H and he will try to accommodate you. Harry requires your name, telephone number, Saturday or Sunday availability, morning or afternoon and your preferred position For contact information go to Members & Admin and open the Membership Contact List for phone # or email address. Good Bowling!

We had a total of 16 teams, three of which had players that game shared, bringing the total to 36 members playing games of Mixed Pairs.

Our Games Committee did an outstanding job, and as a result the tournament went off without a hitch, many thanks to Jack R, Nigel C, Wendy L & Pei Mei C.

Winners of the tournament:

1st Place William Whitelaw & Shelley Sanders

2nd Place Jeff Leamen, Wendy Leach & Linda Turnbull

3rd Place: Davie Mathie, Judy Hambleton, Jack Robertson & Donna Harding

50/50 Winner with a take home pot of $112.00 was Jill Foster

Congratulations to Bobbi-Jean Charlton for coming away with the majority of the wins to become the 2021 ladies singles winner! Well done 👏!

Hello there Lads and Lasses 

I have 2 sets of Bowls for sale. Both sets are size 4. Taylor Ace for $300. Taylor Lazer for $100. Pictures below. 

Anyone wishing to try them out let me know. Davie M