Month: August 2021

On Tue evening 31 Aug 2021, both men’s and women’s singles tournaments for novices were held.  This was the first time since 2019 that these tournaments were held.  We were not allowed to welcome new members (i.e., novices) in 2020 due to COVID restrictions.  The winners were as follows:

Novice Men’s Singles

1. Norman Osatuik
2. Paul Klintworth

Novice Women’s Singles

1. Ruth Mennie
2. Melanie Klintworth

On Sat 28 Aug 2021, we held the Andy Reid Mixed Triples Tournament.  This, our final nonnovice intraclub tournament of the year, was played in perfect weather.  The quality of bowling was quite high.  Everybody bowled well, winners and losers alike.  There were some high scoring games, but we also had a notable low score: 7-5, i.e., 12 one-point ends.  This was between Jean McTavish’s team and David Crowe’s team. Congratulations to the winning teams:

1. Elaine Rolston, Andy Byrne, Shirley Grimmett
2. Kathie Draeseke, Diane Stanger, Ruth Mennie
3. David Crowe, Bob Burrows, Sandra Webster

On Sat 21 Aug 2021, both men’s and women’s singles tournaments were held.  The winners were as follows:

Men’s Singles

1. Ken Sherlock
2. Mark Dix-Cooper
3. Charles Hou

Women’s Singles

1. Elaine Rolston
2. Margit Hunt
3. Kathie Draeseke

These tournaments were played under cloudy but dry skies–good weather indeed for lawn bowling.  There were a lot of close games; the number of blowouts was much less than usual.  The calibre of bowling was quite high.  Apart from congratulating the winners, special “longevity” mentions must be given to Kathie Draeseke & George Bangham.  They each bowled in excess of 50 ends.

We held our first-ever event (bowling+social) just for new members on Sat 7 Aug.  The new members bowled Australian pairs.  This gave many of them their first taste of the skip role.  Coaches were also present to help them out with tactics etc.  Feedback was very positive, and we hope to hold the event again next year.

The grounds of West Point Grey looked uncommonly festive on Aug 2. Balloons graced the clubhouse; gowned, hatted ladies and dapper gentlemen circulated among the crowd while old (some VERY old!) and new members gathered to celebrate our first 100 years as a club!

Lunch was served (yes…served!) to guests under small pavilions while they listened to Charles Hou’s history of the club and remarks from three civic visitors. Time capsule contents were on display in the clubhouse along with all sorts of other club-related memorabilia. Fun bowling events both preceded and followed the festivities and were thoroughly enjoyed by both participants and spectators.

It was a marvelous, well-planned day which set the bar very high for the WPGLBC bicentennial!