At the start of each bowling season one of the Bowls South island District clubs hosts the Presidents Cup. Each of the 11 BSI clubs are invited and this year the event was held at the Lake Hill LBC with 10 clubs participating. Unfortunately the event took place on May 11 which was the same day as … [Read more...]
May 11, 2024: Club Opening Day and 70th Anniversary
May 12, 2024 by
May 11 Opening Day was a resounding success. There were over 70 people bowling, croqueting and socializing. As special guests, the Honourable Laurel Collins, MP Victoria and her assistant Greg Teurling and acting Mayor Hazel Braithwaite, District of Oak Bay, joined us for a few ends of Bowling. Our … [Read more...]
Celebration of Life for Anne Murfitt
May 8, 2024 by
Anne Murfitt, who was an avid bowler, and important part of our bowling community died April 28th. Anne will be missed by all who knew her. A Celebration of Life will be held at the Gordon Head Lawn bowling club 26th May beginning at 1pm. Each club has been asked to appoint a spokesperson who … [Read more...]
Club Cleanup Day 2024
April 12, 2024 by
Thursday April 11th was our annual cleanup day. 15 or 16 volunteers were out getting our club ready for our open houses and opening day. Beverly and John cleaned the croquet carts and equipment. Steve Dix and Rod Armitage washed the windows. Peter,Ian,Carla,Robert and Brian weeded and cleaned the … [Read more...]
Hardworking Members Install New Lighting Over The East Green
April 5, 2024 by
Photos by Gloria Brown … [Read more...]
Darts Wrap-Up, April 3, 2024
April 3, 2024 by
The darts group finished off the season on Wednesday with a fun filled afternoon that included a fabulous cheese tray and a darts themed cake! All of the food brought in for the day was fantastic but special congratulations for Angela Adamek and Brian Sandercock who created a FABULOUS chocolate cake … [Read more...]
Carnarvon Carpet Cleaned – April 1st 2024
April 1, 2024 by
Finding a day to clean the carpet at Carnarvon House was not easy with the calendar being so busy throughout the year. Taking advantage of one of least busy days in the Carnarvon House activity calendar the date of April 1st was selected. The Canasta group that was scheduled to play at 1:00 … [Read more...]
2024 Third Annual Victoria Snake Croquet Inter-club Tournament
March 24, 2024 by
The Third annual Victoria Snake Croquet inter club tournament was held Saturday, March 23 and 24th. It started out raining and lasted all Saturday with 16 teams playing at two different locations – eight teams at Victoria Bowls and Croquet club and eight more teams at Oak Bay Lawn Bowling Club. … [Read more...]
Pat & Gavin Reid Memorial St. Patrick’s Day Tournament 2024
March 24, 2024 by
The Pat and Gavin Reid memorial St. Patrick's Day tournament was held at the Qualicum Beach indoor facility. Gavin Reid had a great deal to do with the vision and building of the indoor lawnbowling at Qualicum Beach. Without him and other volunteers, the fantastic facility would never have been … [Read more...]
2024 Qualicum Beach Premier Winter League
March 24, 2024 by
For the past two years, there's been five people from Victoria driving up to Qualicum Beach to play in a 10 session 20 game premier league indoor full length facility, same size as the outdoor Lawnbowling greens. There are only two such facilities in Canada, one in Vancouver and one in Qualicum … [Read more...]
