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November 16, 2025|1:00pm | Meeting called to order by Tom Marley
Board Members
Tom Marley, President | Jack Blakeley, Vice President | Jeff Maple, Treasurer | Dennis Bockus, OLBA Rep |
Carl Trinier, Immediate Past President | Victoria Robinson, Secretary
Welcome and President’s Message
Tom welcomed the members and introduced the board members.
• BBC Governance Structure
o Last year the governance structure of the BBC was changed to comply with changes to Not For
Profit legislation
o This fall the sports sections were directed to align the composition of their executive and the
terms of the executive members with that of the BBC board
o The executive could be made up of 3 or 5 members and members are elected for a 3-year term
o We opted to have a 5-member executive and requested to stay with a two-year term but were
unsuccessful
o Under the new structure the position of Immediate Past President (IPP) is non-voting and has a
term of one year, at the option of the IPP
• Successes of Bowlers in 2025
o Rachel Jones, Mari-Lynn Wikant and Andrea Hampton won the District and Provincial Ladies
Triples and went on to the Nationals in Edmonton, where they achieved an impressive fourth
place
o Cathy Moxey and Mark Pearson won the District Mixed Pairs
o Mike Healey and Meno Jose won the District Men’s Seniors
Congratulations to all our winners and thank you to all the bowlers who competed this year.
• Greens Remediation
o $34,000 instead of quote of $42,000 due to reuse of sod and soil
o The new and replaced sod has taken in spite of the early snow; we are hoping for an early and
warm spring
• History of Lawn Bowling at the BBC
o Kevin McConnell is a long-time member of the Balmy Beach Club who has been compiling the
histories of the club in recent years
o His newest release is Balmy Beach Book of Bowls, the history of lawn bowling at the BBC,
which was sent to members of the LBC as a PDF in the fall
o I have been posting excerpts from it on our Facebook page, which included information on the
creation of the lower green in 1951
• Sunday Euchre
o Euchre started this month and will resume in January, monthly until April
o It is held on the first Sunday of each month; registration starts at 11:30am and games start at
noon
o This is a fund raiser for lawn bowling, so come out and play; players are asked for a voluntary
donation of $10
o Thank you to the BBC and Sandra Barrett, a lawn bowling member, for providing prizes at the
last game of the past season; Sandra has also offered to provide a prize at each tournament,
starting in January.
Tom thanked the club for all their assistance and support this year. We couldn’t have done it without them.
– Approval of Spring Meeting Minutes
– Approval of the minutes from the Spring 2025 meeting was requested.
– Mike Healey moved to approve the minutes; Bonnie Morrice seconded the motion
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