District #4 Novice Singles

Despite the rain both Andy Davis representing our men and Shirley Bain representing our women bowled well in St. Mary's yesterday. Shirley won the title and will go on to Ottawa for the Provincial Novice Singles. That's another OLBA pennant for our club, congratulations Shirley and Andy for getting there.

GCLBC Novice Single Playdowns

Here we go again. It was a small field with only two women and four men competing for the chance to represent Grand Cove in the district playdowns in St. Mary's next weekend but once again there was no shortage of drama.

On the women's side it was Roz MacDonald vs Shirley Bain in a best 2 out of 3 contest. Shirley won a close game before going on to defeat Roz 2 straight so Shirley will represent GCLBC in the district playdowns in St. Mary's.

Thanks to Brian for umpiring and getting the greens ready along with all the markers for the day - Ken, Linda, Robert, Charles and Loretta. Thanks Mark for the coffee and pastries.

Shirley delivering a bowl while Roz and marker Ken look on.

Roz's turn.

Roz's smooth delivery

and Shirley's winning form as she will represent us in St. Mary's

Meanwhile on the men's side it was another long day featuring games of 21 ends and longer before tie-breakers to decide our champion. The format calls for the first bowler to 21 pts to be the winner. Paul Wybrow, Frank Beattie and Andy Davis all finished with 2-1 records forcing tie-breakers. In the first tie-breaker Frank defeated Paul in a five end game. In the championship game Andy made shot after shot to defeat Frank and claim the title. Andy Davis will represent our club next weekend in St. Mary's.

Andy and Paul squaring off in the first game of the day.

Paul's fine delivery.

Andy's good form.

Marker Robert keeping score and answering questions from the head.

Our Champion Andy will represent us in St. Mary's

That's a wrap some 9 hours after it started.

Maxwell Rice Tournament

It was another successful OLBA tournament for our Grand Cove Lawn Bowling Club. We were the perfect hosts with the top 4 teams coming from outside our club. We did get rave reviews for our greens and food and rightfully so. Travis and his grounds crew did a great job with the greens and once again Mark, Doug and Ann outdid themselves with breakfast and lunch. Thanks to Draw Masters Ken, Linda and Paul and all the volunteers who helped with set-up and tear down. We think Mr. Rice would have been proud of his club today (as always click on photos to enlarge them).

Our flags were flying and the rain had let up.

Breakfast was ready.

… and so were the swans

Travis and his grounds crew putting finishing touches on the greens

Tools of the trade

Skipping ahead to lunch - no time for photos during the first game

We moved lunch to the clubhouse

Getting ready for afternoon games.

A couple of good guys.

Handshake time before the games

So many with good form - our own Loretta

… and Julie from Sarnia.

Kay using some fancy footwork

More good form.

The rose of Sharon outside our SW corner

The gallery - we had a bye for this game.

Rick's fancy footwork

The measurement.

The rake.

The walk

Wrap up and prizes on the deck

The draw masters final results

This year's champions - Everett, Peter and Leslie from Startford

That's a wrap.