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This week in Cobourg

5/28/2023

 
Monday May 22nd
Our tournament season got underway in the traditional manner with an open fours tournament on Victoria Day. On a bright but cool day 14 teams from Windsor to Kingston competed for the Lauria Hyundai trophy. The defending team was Derek McKie, Martin Foxhall, David Llewellyn and Pierre Vanderhout and after two games it looked like they may be on route to retaining their trophy. However they came up against Cary and Mark Lucier (Windsor) and David and Rob Steffen (Oshawa) who played very well to take the trophy. Pete Fisher of Today's Northumberland was on hand to report on the tournament. Click here to read his report There are photos of the winning teams on the photos page

Tuesday May 23rd
Bowls Canada announced that Baylee van Steijn had been selected to represent Canada in the World Championships in Australia in August. There are five ladies in the team and Baylee will play in the triples and fours. There is another report from Pete Fisher on this, Click here

Wednesday May 24th
This was the second of our Wednesday night practice sessions and we had a number of potential new bowlers turn up for their first free lesson. Thanks to all those members who turned out to help with the lessons and to Nan Hendren and Helen Beaton for making the arrangements. 


Bob Bates, Pat Bylok, Peter Stuart-Sheppard and Bill Arthur travelled to Campbellford for an open pairs. After a delayed start because of rain the tournament was reduced to three ten end games. It was a good day but no success to report as both teams won only one game.

Saturday May 27th
Our first club tournament of the season was sponsored by Spectacular Water Systems. Twelve teams competed and the prize winners were as follows:

Winners: Brodie Johnson, Dave Carleton, Bonnie Sheridan 3 wins 36+4 points
Second: John Ledgerwood, Laura Mounce, Eve Gorringe & Mary Thibault (shared the day) 3 wins 26 points.
Third: Carol Dewey, Jenn Wetherall, Ian Hartford , 2 wins, and 30 +9 points.

Click here for photos


Deja Vu as those who played in Campbellford  travelled to Pickering  for another tournament. It was a beautiful day but the results were the same with each team winning only one game. Martin Foxhall also played in the tournamnet with friends from Willowdale but guess what... he only won one game as well, but at least he got some prize money for the one game high. 

Sunday May 28th

A good end to the week for Bob Bates and Pat Bylok as their luck changed with a win in a mixed pairs in Cosburn Park.

And that was the week that was!

Bill Arthur



Opening Day

5/14/2023

 
The sun shone, the lake sparkled, the greens were manicured, the tables heaved with food, the veranda was packed with members - it was the opening day of the 2023 season. 

Thank you to all those who contributed to a wonderful first day. It was the best for quite a long time and great to renew old acquaintances and welcome some new members.


Town of Cobourg Councillors Adam Bureau and Aaron Burchat were the guests of honour and after a few instructions from President Carol Dewey and Vice President Peter Stuart-Sheppard rolled in the new season with some good bowls.

Just over 60 members played in a ten end jitney and the first winners of the season were Ben van Steijn, Jacob Hyatt and Laura Mounce.

It takes a little while to get back in the swing and there were some frustrations shown but also a lot of  good bowling and laughter.


There is a short three minute video on YouTube with highlights. Click the picture below to watch the video
Bill Arthur
May14th 2023


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Spring General Meeting

5/4/2023

 
The Spring meeting was held at Trinity Church on Wednesday evening, May 3rd. There was a very good attendance and before the meeting members were able to renew their membership for the upcoming season and pay their locker fees. The draft minutes will be sent to members in due course but in the meantime here are a few highlights.

The two Executive Committee vacancies have been filled by Laura Mounce and Alan Bell. Laura is Director of Communications and Marketing and Alan is the new Greens Director. Other changes since last season include Mona Attard becoming the administrator of the club email account and Michelle Tinney is now responsible for sponsorship and advertising.

It was also announced that Nan Hendren is the new Vice President of OLBA.

There were a number of forms for members to complete to indicate that they wish to volunteer to help with club activities and it was great to see many of these being completed. There are opportunities to help with greens keeping and the club surrounds, kitchen help, tournaments etc. If you weren't at the meeting there will still be opportunities in the coming weeks to sign up for various activities.

One of the changes for the coming season is that the Monday Night League, which was previously different fun games, will become a competitive triples league. Alan Bell is organising this and members can enter as a team or individuals can sign up and be put on a team. 
Below is a slideshow from the meeting.
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Bill Arthur

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