The Lawn Bowling Club has closed the “Green” for the winter after a very successful season of competition.  Outgoing President, Morgan Robinson, acknowledged and congratulated the competitive success of the Club’s members at the District, Provincial and National levels as follows:

Playing respectively in the Men’s and Ladies’ Fours, David and Sandra Jefferies represented Ontario in the Canadian Championships in Edmonton.  After taking the Ontario Silver medal, the Men’s team tied for 3^rd at the National level.  The Ladies’ team won Provincial Gold and played for Ontario at the Nationals.

Grant Fletcher and John Bennett bowling in the Senior Men’s Triples won District 16 and represented the District at the Provincials finals.

In the Men’s Pairs, Grant Fletcher and a player from the Elmdale Club won the District and continued on to the Provincial finals.

Kin Dillane, John Stevenson and Andy Tait won the District 16 playdowns in the Novice Men’s Triples and then continued on to represent the District in the Ontario finals.

The Governor Generals competition is held annually between representative teams from Quebec and Ontario.  Grant Fletcher, Ted Tozer, Kin Dillane and Daryle Carmichael won the right to represent Ontario at this year’s tournament in Smiths Falls.

She also noted that individual teams did extremely well in the in club tournaments and those sponsored by other District 16 clubs.

Ms. Robinson concluded that she was pleased to witness the increase in membership this past year.  She stressed that the Club must look to encouraging youth to join its ranks as they will be the future of our game.

The Galetta Lawn Bowling Club is located in the Galetta Community Centre.  Its members come from the communities of Arnprior, Pakenham, Carp, Kinburn, Woodlawn, Dunrobin, Kanata and Ottawa.  The Spring 2011 season will open at the Club on Tuesday May 17, 2011 at 3:00 PM.  All parties interested in trying out the game are encouraged to join us for a warm up game and a super pot luck dinner on that date.

For Further Information contact Kin Dillane, President at (613) 832-5456