Mulberry PARC Art Walk September 2024
The Open Art group was invited to the Mulberry PARC Art Walk event held on September 21, 2024. About 20 members from the group attended, displaying more than 30 paintings. The show was well attended by residents and visitors of Mulberry. Our hosts commented on the high quality of our paintings and our enthusiasm. We had a wonderful time and we look forward to participating in next year's show.
The Bonsor 55+ Song Along Group
We have 49 members as of June, 2024. We have a summer break for 2 months and will resume on
September 12, 2024 at the Bonsor Recreation Complex Mult 1 & 2 from 1 to 3 pm. A time schedule will be
provided to all our members for 2024 and 2025 when we meet again.
We are a group of music lovers. We sing songs in English from all over the world, mostly from 50s and
60s, some from musical theatres, and folk songs. We have a pianist, a treasurer, coffee masters, office helpers,
a drummer, and two song leaders to lead the groups to sing, using song books provided by Bonsor and
returned to Bonsor at the end of the sessions.There are two solo sessions. Members are free to use their
cel phones, music sheets for the pianist, or sing without music. All are welcome. We enjoy songs in all languages.
The group fee is $10.00 per person per year. He/she must also be a member of Bonsor Recreation Centre. They
will get a memebership card once the fee is paid.
We have coffee breaks in between and enjoy snacks donated by our members or purchased by our coffee fund.
We celebrate special occasions with pot lucks. We have many volunteers. We recognize their contributions at the end
of year with special gifts.
Alice Crestejo
Leader of Bonsor 55+ Sing Along
Snooker Group Always Has Something Going!
The 2024 House League Champions are team "Beat It Again!" captained by Joe Leung. His team members were Bin Sun, Bryan Geddes, Del Gachallan, Gerry Lindsay, Harvey Lee, Joe Eng, John Tseng, Ken Chan, Russ Bourne, Tom Wong and Toni Conte.
After the 12 week regular season, Joe's "Beat It Again!" team finished 1st overall and competed in a 2-game playoff to win the Championship. Joe's team was the class of the league.
The attached photographs were taken at the Bonsor Snooker Club and the 2024 House League Luncheon on August 28, 2024 at the Kirin Seafood Restaurant in New Westminster, BC.
The 2024 House League Season and Luncheon were both great successes.
Dan Hanna
President
Bonsor Snooker Club
Bonsor 55+ Thursday Night Dances
Always ready to celebrate any occasion, the dance committee celebrated last week with a "BLACK AND WHITE", and as usual everyone rose to the occasion!
New members and non members are always welcome to an evening of fun, with refreshments and good live music. Come and join us?
Snooker Club Report
Bonsor Snooker Club
Report as of August 8, 2024
During the period from May 2024 to August 9, 2024, the Bonsor Snooker Club conducted 2 main tournaments. The Harvey Lee Double Knockout Snooker Tournament ran from July 2 to July 19. There were 32 participants who played 63 frames (games) to determine the Champion Stan Ziolkowski.
The 2024 House League Tournament ran from May 8 to August 8 for 14 weeks with 4 House Teams with approximately 56 members competing for the championship. The Championship team was Beat It Again! captained by Joe Leung. The other participating teams were Pot Black, captain George Kawaguchi, Red Black Only, captain Dan Hanna, and Snooker Dragons, captain Rod Lockhart.
As a participant in the Lower Mainland Seniors Snooker League (LMSSL), Bonsor has a promising team with 20 members. The LMSSL competition includes 8 teams and starts on September 4 2024 until mid-March 2025.
The Bonsor Snooker Club membership is strong with 70 members. In addition to schedule tournaments, the Snooker Club offers daily free-play time. The skill level of play ranges from novice to expert with varied opportunities to learn the sport and improve skill level. Of course, the Club also offers opportunity for friendship and good times.
Dan Hanna
President
Bonsor Snooker Club
Badminton Tournament & Social - June 2024
After much preparation, the anticipated day finally arrived. Everybody was in great spirits arriving at the gym, with some in their team colors. Each participant received a gift bag upon check-in. A group picture of the participants and volunteers was taken for posterity, and with the blowing of the whistle, the tournament began. The tournament ended with the prize draws. Prizes ranged from racket bags to gift cards.
A total of nine (9) groups participated in a round-robin style tournament, one of which was a mixed doubles group. Eventual winners in each group were awarded bronze and silver medals, with the first place winner a coveted gold trophy. The trophies and medals were presented during the tournament lunch.
The tournament lunch offered a choice of pork, chicken or vegetarian meals. A group of 8 lady members prepared a variety of desserts which were distributed to each table. To add to this feast were 175 treats that our Letty graciously donated to the tournament lunch.
To spice up the event, several prizes were raffled during the lunch hour. These included two badminton rackets. Everybody took something from this event. Some went home with treats, others with prizes, medals or trophies. And still others went home with the experience of having participated in a badminton tournament.
A special mention to ALL the volunteers here, and especially to Roger (our photographer/videographer) who put their hard work to make both the tournament and lunch social another successful event.
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