Canadian Pacific Lawn Bowling Club
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Still looking for something to do this summer that is new, gets you outdoors and physical? New to Victoria? Come try the CP Lawn Bowling club! Memberships have just been dropped 50%, it is now only $75 for a full 2010 membership! We offer lawn bowling 7 days a week, and croquet several days a week as well, not to mention all of our extra curricular activities. We just might have the youngest median membership in North America, with teenage members to members in their 90s, there is no reason you shouldn’t check us out!
The CPLBC is eligible to participate to a maximum of $1,000.00 during the period from June 4, 2010 to May 7, 2011. The approved project is for the purchase of new or good quality used bowls for the club. There is a special need for smaller sized bowls for training novice bowlers.
Here is how the Smile Card Program works:
- Obtain a Smile Card from the Club Coordinator Ruth Suter (250-721-9904, e-mail gsuter@telus.net).
- Take the card to any Thriftys Service Counter, and load up the card using cash, debit card or credit card in an amount that reflects your estimated purchases over say a week, month or longer. Let’s say the amount is $400.00. The minute this amount is loaded on to your Smile Card, the CPLBC account is credited with 5% of that amount ($20.00) towards the approved project. The Club receives accrued funds monthly.
- This program has no cost to you. It is an easy way for customers to earn funds for their organization just by shopping at a Thriftys store. If we as a Club spend $20,000.00 at Thriftys before May 7, 2011, the Club receives the full $1,000.00.
Smile Card Fundraising Program – Program Information for Cardholders CPLBC)
This tournament is open to all full members of the club. The court will be open from 4p.m. on Saturday afternoon onwards for practice, as the green is quite fast right now. The tournament itself will start at 10a.m. on Sunday, June 27 and will likely continue through to 5 or 6 o’clock. Two levels of play will allow intermediates and experts play to their hearts’ content. The tournament fee is a modest $20 and includes refreshments on the Sunday. Please contact activities@cplawnbowling.org as soon as possible with your intention to participate as we would like to start developing the pairings.
Show up around 5p.m. on Canada Day and let us treat you to a BBQ dinner on us! We will have a cash bar and would love to show you how to lawn bowl if you’re interested in giving it a try. Show up promptly, as once lessons are done we expect we’ll play a couple games. For the evening you are encouraged to bowl in bare feet!
This is an all ages event, your only requirement is that you must be able to roll a lawn bowl from one end of the green to the other. We are asking all members of the club to bring a friend or two. We encourage you to stop by and introduce yourself if we haven’t met you before.
After several years of debating, negotiating and consultations, and thousands of hours of volunteer time, I’d like to thank everyone in Victoria for their support. Yesterday we received the signed and stamped lease from the city of Victoria, keeping us around for another 15 years (which will bring us over the 100 year mark!)
We would like to offer our thanks by providing free lessons to anyone interested. Stop by Thursday evenings at 5:30p.m. or Sundays at 1p.m. wearing flat soled shoes, for the rest of the summer!
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Kris Constable
President
Canadian Pacific Lawn Bowling Club
For more information on the free lessons, please contact Ruth and Gary Suter, 250-721-9904.
This is a last call for those who have not renewed their memberships for the 2010 year to now do so. All who use the green for either lawn bowling or croquet renew as Regular Members at $150 for the year until May 2011. Those who do not bowl or play croquet but who enjoy watching the games or participating in other recreational and social events, may renew as Social Members at $30. Anyone who is a 2010 Social Member and who wishes to play either lawn bowls or croquet, may upgrade to Regular Member by paying $120.
Along with the other clubs in the BSI, we submit our list of members for inclusion in the BSI Roster which is published mid-May. For that reason, we need, and it is required by our Constitution, that we receive your membership renewal by Saturday, May 8th. Membership forms and dues may be mailed to the club (720 Belleville Street, V8W 1A3) or paid at the clubhouse.
Download 2010 Membership Form
Lawn Bowling opens officially on Saturday, 24 April. Please be at the clubhouse in your flat, smooth-soled shoes and whites by 12:45 p.m. for the 1:00 p.m. draw.
As is our custom for Saturday games, tea will be served mid-way through the afternoon ($2.00) – all regular and social members welcome. Please bring some “goodies” – tea-bread, cookies, squares or cake. Whatever is not used on one Saturday will be frozen or stored for use on subsequent Saturdays throughout the season. All contributions to the “cake-tin” or “cookie jar” are welcome at any time, but especially on Saturdays and for Tournaments!
The CP Croquet season gets under way on Sunday, April 25th with a 1:00 p.m. draw. Singles play will be every Tuesday evening at 6:00 p.m. through the summer until the light gives out. Wednesday evenings will be for doubles play. (Note that there will be no draw Tuesday, June 1st because of the Rose Bowl Tournament.) Croquet will also share the green with bowling 6:00 p.m. Thursday evenings and 1:00 p.m. Sunday afternoons (except where bowling tournaments conflict, i.e. June 6th, June 13th, July 18th, August 15th, August 29th and Septempber 12th).
We will be hosting four tournaments – an invitational Victoria Day, May 22nd, 23rd, and 24th, a Club Singles, Sunday, June 22nd, Club Doubles, August 22nd and our summer season wind-up Grudge Match, September 26th. The Fall/Winter calendar will follow. For more information contact the Activities Co-Chairs, Bruce Gillespie (294-0719) or Lorne Carnes (384-5499).
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