Recent Happenings in 2024 and before
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The end of season put-away and cleanup took place on Oct 21 and 22. A volunteer group under the direction of Robert, took down the tents, aerated, raked, top dressed, and put things away for the season. For more photos, click on the photo at the right. This photo shows the lawn before and after aerating, and after cleanup raking. Click on the photo to see other photos and previous OPENING and CLOSING details.
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October 18 was the date for our annual AGM, trophy presentations and dinner. President Michael Clarke guided us through the AGM process before retiring. Click on the ticket photo at right to go to more details and photos.
All present congratulated and thanked Michael, the other Board members, and so many of the club membership who contributed so much to the running of the club through their enthusiastic volunteering throughout the year. THANKS TO ALL. |
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In September, we held our club championships. Expand the following photo for details. The rules quoted for this event are as per World Bowls Law56. For those interested in those rules, a copy of that law is included on our web page here.
In the individual men's challenge, the winner was John Stevenson.
Mens and womens novice singles were held on Tuesday Sept 24. Congratulations to Stephen and Shirley on their respective victories over formidable competition. Click here for more details.
The second club championship event was the Mixed Pairs. It started Thursday Sept 19 but needed carryovers to Friday and Monday. A further carryover finally saw the winning team emerge; Deborah Davis and Jim Hennebery. Click here for more details.
Our first club championship event, Mixed Triples, was held on Thursday afternoon Sept 12. Congratulation to the winning team of Pam Nuth, Deborah Davis and Don Harvey. Click on the following photo to enlarge it.
One of our members, Keith Hudson, is an accomplished wood turner. Keith brought some of his not-perfect products to bowling and sold most of them to bowlers present. He then donated the proceeds to the Stittsville Food Bank. The donation was $430! Thank you Keith and those who supported his efforts. Click on the following photo to expand it.
Wednesday Aug 28 was the annual Burns-Nichol Tournament. Two games of 10 ends each for club members mixed triples and/or ladies triples. Lunch was provided by Waterside Retirement Residence. Thank you Waterside Retirement Residence. Details on the tournament and a photo of the winners can be found here.
Thursday Aug 22 saw the Wildpine open tournament of mixed pairs and women's pairs, Aussie rules. Teams from Almonte, Highland Park and Nepean competed against our club teams. Click here for more details.
The club's annual Funtastic event was held on Thursday Aug 15. It was a combination of games for teams of 4 persons. Club members only. Details can be found here.
Monday Aug 5 was a regular bowling day. In honour of Colonel John By and to celebrate Colonel By Day, the club planned to provide a free BBQ for members. Due to weather conditions, the event was postponed to Aug 7. Thanks to all who helped out, especially our chef Jim. Thanks also to support from Giant Tiger in Stittsville and Freshco in Bells Corners.
The LMR Invitational Tournament was held on August 1. 14 mixed triple teams competed. Details here.
The annual Kelly Cup mixed triples tournament was held on July 25. A good turnout competed as mixed triples enjoyed mixed weather conditions. Details here.
The Great Goulbourn Lawn Bowling Bake Sale took place on Friday July 10 after bowling, from 11:00 to 11:30. Club bakers outdid themselves with an overwhelming supply of goodies! Proceeds to benefit the club coffers. Thanks, Pam.
July 9. The club held the annual Stittsville Villa sponsored event for the Goulbourn Lawn Bowling Trophy. Details are here.
July 1. Canada Day fell on a regular bowling Monday. The club provided a BBQ after morning bowling. Details here.
June 30. Almonte hosted a Novice Pairs tournament. Six club members participated. Details here.
June 28. The entrance to the club was updated with (new) pavers. Details here.
June 13. The annual Walter Curtiss Memorial Tournament was held. Pictures and details on Walter Curtiss are here.
May 20. Victoria Day and the first day of bowling.
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Thursday, May 2. Volunteer members put up the tent and prepared the greens. Good job team....it looks great. Photos of the team before the roof was on.
To start the 2024 season, Margaret Harding arranged a Spring get together as was done in 2023. It was held at Buster's Bar and Grill in Kanata on Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 5pm. A very good turnout enjoyed a fine dinner and the good company.
Our 2023 AGM and banquet were held Nov 3, 2023 at the Kanata Legion Branch 638 in north Kanata. After an excellent dinner, awards were presented to the years champions. As well, a cheque from the estate of former member Walter Curtis was gratefully received. Please click here to see details.
At our AGM on October 12th 2022, we recognized the dedicated service of Robert Swift. Robert has been our Greens Keeper for the last 6 years but finally decided it was time to pass the torch. The Board felt we needed more than a verbal acknowledgement of Robert's contribution and it was decided to create something that would recognize Robert's efforts far into the future. To that end, we decided to dedicate his favourite place at our Club in his honour. Take a close look at the picture below and see for yourself.
