August 10 and 11th held at the Gordon head lawn bowling club the South Island Open Singles was held. 32 single players entered this growing tournament. A very Interesting format. The first player to seven ends wins the game with a potential of playing up to 13 ends in total for one game. The … [Read more...]
The Greenslade Men’s Pairs Tournament 2024
August 14, 2024 by
August 13 and 14th 2024 The Greenslade men’s pairs Tournament was held at the Oak Bay Lawn Bowling Club. There were 16 pairs teams from the BSI clubs throughout Victoria. The tournament consisted of five 16-end games over the two days. There were no five-game winners. A special thanks goes out to … [Read more...]
Juan de Fuca Ladies League 2024
July 31, 2024 by
22 teams from the lower island participated in the Juan de Fuca ladies Monday morning league. This league consisted of 9 games over nine weeks and teams were randomly drawn to make up the schedule. Everyone enjoyed the competition as well as getting to play teams from all the … [Read more...]
Burger Cup Tournament 2024
July 29, 2024 by
Over 65 bowlers, croquet players, volunteers and spectators attended the Burger Cup tournament. Bowlers played 3 six-end games while the croquet teams played 3 games. Once the players saw the Burger Cup “trophy” the games were on. The first-place teams in bowling and croquet would be presented with … [Read more...]
Bad Bowling But Good Luck
July 19, 2024 by
Juan de Fuca LBC hosted a one day Quaddie on Friday July 19th. I’d like to say that our Oak Bay team played a brilliant game and brought a host of teams to their knees. But alas that’s just one of our fantasies. We did have a good time and our high point happened when they drew the 50/50 number and … [Read more...]
The 2024 McEwan Cup
July 19, 2024 by
On Tuesday, July 18th, instead of playing our usual Tuesday morning men’s league, the club members gathered to play the McEwan Cup, the club Men’s Pairs tournament. We welcomed several new or newer bowlers to the tournament….John Mayston-Taylor, Jack Showers and Michael Trickey. They all … [Read more...]
BSI Ashford triples at Burnside Lawn Bowling Club, July 13 & 14 2024
July 17, 2024 by
July 13 and 14th 2024 two very hot days and lots of Lawn bowling. This is an open tournament which a woman has to skip the entire triples tournament. A team can be formed with players from various clubs. Over the two days there were five 14 end games consisting with experienced and newer players … [Read more...]
A Conversation with Leanne Chinery, July 2024
July 17, 2024 by
Preamble On a June afternoon I was looking for results from the Australian Open and found a livestream of the Women’s Fours Final. The game had just started and on one team were 3 Canadians who all now live in Australia! I was now hooked to watch the whole game. While I was … [Read more...]
Family Appreciation Event, July 2024
July 17, 2024 by
The annual Family Appreciation event took place Friday afternoon on July 12. As Gloria’s pictures show over 60 croquet and bowlers participated. This yearly event is to thank and recognize those members who have joined our club under our introductory fee schedule. Pizza was provided to all … [Read more...]
Missing: Mah Jong Table
July 17, 2024 by
A strange mystery needs to be solved. Recently Jan Price donated a perfect Mah Jong table to the club Susi and I picked it up and placed it in Carnarvon House. The Mah Jong players have used it a few times But here is the mystery - it’s disappeared. If anyone knows where it is it would be great to … [Read more...]