Granville Park Lawn Bowls Club

14 Teams competed for the honour of winning a once-in-a-lifetime tournament.  At the end of the day, it was the Richmond foursome of Peter Lee, Lisa Cheung, Kelvin Lai & Gigi Chan which won the day with the the only undefeated (3-0) record.  A three-way tie at 2 wins and 1 loss was won by Connie Yeung's Vancouver South rink on the basis of shot differential.  High single went to the host club's team of Francis Yau, Josephine Lee, Shirley Lai and Simon.

All teams were treated to good greens, a beautiful commemorative anniversary towel and a piece of cake to round off the event.

The 2015 is going to be one to remember.

Our club is proud to celebrate its 100th anniversary.

Our two high-light events will be the

100th Anniversary Invitation Tournament on Victoria Day

and

The 100th Anniversary Reception

Team Canada brought home three medals from the Asia Pacifics and one was in the pocket of one of our members, John Aveline.  John played second on the men's fours team that won bronze.  You can read about the event from a player's perspective by checking out John's website http://www.againstthebias.webs.com/. 

The Vancouver Leisure Society is holding its 4th annual bowls tournament to raise money to help combat Cystic Fibrosis.  This year Granville Park had the privilege of hosting all fours nights of this event.  The event has now spread to four cities across Canada (Ottawa, London, Victoria & Vancouver).  In the  first three years of this event, over $100,000 has been raised for Cystic Fibrosis research.  You can see Fred Lee's coverage of the event in the Province RIGHT HERE.

This event was inspired by Eva Markvoort (pictured below) who had Cystic Fibrosis and was able to take part in the event's first year.  She succumbed to CF in 2009, but her spirit continues to have be the driving force behind such things as finding a cure for CF and organ donation.

For more information check out the VLS website:  http://vancouverleisure.ca/about/

The mainstay of our club, Tony Boucher, was awarded the 2010 Vancouver and District Volunteer of the Year.

Ian Webber gave a brief description of the highlights of Tony's bowls 43 year career which included:

Our club is available to groups who would like to throw some Bowls.  So if you're a company who wants to book an office party or a team-building afternoon, or you're just a group of friends who want to celebrate a birthday or simply give Bowls a try, contact us and we'll find a day and time for your event.

We will supply all the equipment you need and any coaching you may wish as well as offering 2 greens and a comfortable club-house.  We also have free parking!

Please note: if your group would like to include alcohol in your event, we require that you arrange all of the necessary liquor permitting and provide us with proof of same before the day of the event.

President:           Pat Tolhurst

Vice President:  Sharon Cowie

Past President:   Juanita Tucker

Secretary:          Alistair Black

Treasurer:          Wilman Wong

Directors:          Peter Cheong

                          Shirley King

                          Serge Pannu

                          Alice Wong

                         Wilson Choi

                         Steven Hsieh

Marjorie Mitchell