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District 14 Mixed Pairs Playdowns

7/29/2024

The District 14 Mixed Pairs playdowns were held in Oshawa on Saturday/Sunday July 27th/28th. The winners were Ben and Baylee van Steijn who won three of their four games to qualify for the Ontario Mixed Pairs Championships in Woodstock on August 10th /11th.

The top two teams qualify for the championship and there was a three way tie for second place which meant tie breaking games. I’m delighted to say that Peter Stuart-Sheppard and Lori Wills won the tie break to claim second place and will also be competing in Woodstock.

Congratulations to both teams and good luck in Woodstock

Bill Arthur

Club Novice Tournament

7/27/2024

The idea of entering a tournament is daunting for a new bowler. No matter how much people tell you it's just like a jitney and it's fun and not too serious the prospect is not an easy one to contend with. Congratulations therefore go to the new bowlers who signed up for the club novice tournament on Saturday July 27th. They did enjoy it and learned a few things along the way.

Eight teams competed and the numbers were such that some teams were pairs and some triples.

Terry Dyche's team were the big winners in round one, just ahead of Henry Kowalski's team and they met in round two with Henry's team beating Terry's by 14-3. Terry bounced back in round three. In an extraordinary game against Laura Mounce's team they were ahead 15-2 with two ends to play and Laura bounced back with 8 points in the last two ends but it was too little too late and Terry held on to win and take second place.
Meanwhile Henry Kowalski's team completed the day with an emphatic win against Terry Bradshaw's team to win the tournament with 3 wins and 41+6 points.
Winners – Henry Kowalski and John Ledgerwood
Second – Terry Dyche, Dave Johnson, Jenn Wetherall and Brent Bayley (Jenn and Brent shared the day)
Third -Al Bell, Robert Eals and Jan Moynes
One game high – Laura Mounce , Wes Witlox and Stacey Hyatt

That was the week that was.....

7/22/2024

A round up from the last ten days

Campbellford Mixed Pairs Friday July 12th - Second place with 3 wins: Bob Bates & Pat Bylok

Pickering Open Pairs Saturday July 13th - Winners: Bill McCollam, Pierre Vanderhout (Kingston) Last Game High: Bob Bates and Pat Bylok

Oshawa Open Pairs Sunday July 21st (Skip must be novice) - Winners Peter Stuart Sheppard and Lynn Frost (Cosburn Park)
Second - Terry Bradshaw and Al Bell

District 14 Senior Pairs - July 17th
Winners Ladies - Janice Slobojan and Marion Chisholm (Lindsay)
Winners Men - Bill Arthur and John MacKenzie (Oshawa)
Note: ladies runners up Nan Hendren and Kathleen Shirley have been invited to fill a spot at the Ontario Championship.

Anniversary Tournament

7/13/2024

In 1907 a lawn bowling club was established in Victoria Park. 117 years later we are still here in this historic corner of Cobourg.

We celebrated, as we always do, with an anniversary tournament sponsored by HTM Insurance. There was a huge car show in Victoria Park with different bands playing all day which added to the fun atmosphere of the day.

Normally we play three ten end games but because of the heat the second and third games were reduced to eight ends, a move that all the bowlers were grateful for.

After the first round Terry Bradshaw's team and Kathleen Shirley's team were setting the pace with both teams scoring the maximum 15. They played one another in round two with Terry victorious by 11-4. Meanwhile Bill Arthur's team was making good headway by winning their second round game to set up a third round game against Terry. In a tight game it came down to the last end with Terry winning the game and the tournament. That loss for Bill's team allowed Kathleen Shirley's team to come through into second place.

Winners – Terry Bradshaw, Lisa Collins and Monica Miller 3 wins 34+1
Second – Kathleen Shirley, Brodie Johnston and Dennis Kirby 2 wins 30+2
Third – Bill Arthur and Ken Bevan 2 wins 27+1
One game high – Ann Tough, Laura Mounce, Fran Marsh and Ralph Hewitt (who shared the day)

Thanks to the drawmasters, Mona Attard and Ernie Sapinski and everyone else who helped to make the day successful.

And last but not least to Foodland for the anniversary cake.

Ladies By The Lake

7/7/2024

On Thursday July 4th our open ladies triples was hotly contested, in more ways than one. The afternoon heat was stifling and the top match went to an extra end to decide the winners. The match was between Nicky Chamois team and Carol Dewey's and it went down to the very last bowl with Nicky getting the decisive winning shot. That result dropped Carol's team to fourth place.
Winners – Nicky Chamois, Nancy Myers, Sue Logeman (Oshawa)
Second – Nan Hendren, Kathleen Shirley, Ann Tough (Cobourg)
Third – Janice Slobojan, Marion Chisholm, Tracey Warren (Lindsay and Cobourg)
Fourth – Carol Dewey, Tammy Browes-Bugden, Mary Thibault

Some great bowling and thanks go to Dave Shirley for organizing the kitchen and to the sponsor, Bob Bates, who was also the drawmaster.

You can find the full results with scores by clicking here

Canada Day

7/2/2024

The sun shone, the park was packed with visitors, the band marched past the club, we had breakfast in the park.....yes it must have been Canada Day.

What a great turnout we had. Sixty members played in fifteen triples teams and, as usual, it was quite the spectacle for all the people walking past the club and watching the games.
I will start with thanks to:

The sponsor - Thomas Motors
The drawmasters - Pat Bylok, Fran Marsh and Ralph Hewitt
Al Bell and Laura Mounce for getting everything ready at the start of the day and Al for grilling
Ralph Hewitt – for the share the wealth
Kitchen staff – Dot Macrae, Dale McMillan, Laura Mounce, Carol Dewey, Mary Salter (with apologies to any one I missed
And to all the players and visitors for making it a great day

And what about the tournament?

The top scorers in the first round were my team and Sarah van Steijn’s both with 15+1. We played each other in round two and Sarah had a resounding win. Meanwhile Carl Ferguson’s team followed up a good first round win with an empathic 14-6 win to be tied on points with Sarah after two rounds and set up a match against one another. Carl’s team had yet another convincing win to win the tournament with a magnificent score of 3 wins and 44 points.

Two other teams won all three games, Donna Longman’s and Jacob Hyatt’s but Donna pipped Jacob into second place by one point. Ironically Jacob’s Mom, Stacey, was on Donna’s team.

Click here to see the full result

I did do a little live streaming on Facebook during the day, including, the prize giving. Apologies for the fact that there are a couple of minutes with nothing happening at the beginning of the section. Fast forward to get to the action. I will edit in due course and post on YouTube.

Bill Arthur
N.B Prizes were presented by Dean Johns from Thomas Motors