Early morning of Monday July 18th, the dreaded e-mail – a lead in the McEwan Cup Men’s Pairs tournament has had to withdraw due to work commitments. So here we are with no spares to fill the gap – a tournament organizer’s nightmare. These things happen. Moral: make sure … [Read more...]
Croquet Mallet Winner
May 4, 2021 by
WINNER OF THE GOLDEN MALLET It’s been a long road but with the vision of Brent Jansen and David Anderson croquet is finally here. We would like to congratulate Mort Nelson for winning the draw for a brand new donated by Oakley Woods Acadia wooden mallet valued at $250. Well done Mort thank you … [Read more...]
Short Mat Tournament October 2019
October 27, 2019 by
The first short mat tournament of the season took place on Saturday Oct. 26th., with 32 enthusiastic participants. Players were divided into 2 groups with 5 teams of triples in each group, and the matches consisted of each team playing 4 games of 2 bowl triples. There was a time limit of a maximum … [Read more...]
Carnarvon Cup 2019
August 27, 2019 by
The wind-up to the Carnarvon cup (men's pairs) took place on a brilliant summers day, August 27th. The cup this year was memorable with the closeness of the competition; for the skip's segment there were no fewer than 10 players within 8 points of the lead. Ron Harmer was unfortunately absent as he … [Read more...]
Bridge Club Luncheon
April 7, 2019 by
The bridge club had a lunch followed by bridge interspersed with prizes and a 50/50 draw.It was a great success according to all those who attended. The 50/50 draw raised $264 with half going to the club. It was won by Robbie Bagot who very kindly donated $50 back to the club.The money raised … [Read more...]
Short Mat Bowlers visit Nanaimo LBC
March 17, 2019 by
Welcome Cake! Familiar Face Jim Brown At the invitation of the short mat bowlers of the Nanaimo Bowling Club, nine bowlers from Oak Bay LBC traveled to Nanaimo to play some social short mat bowling. It should have been ten, but the author (me) came down with a nasty cold and, rather than … [Read more...]
Final Short Mat Tournament of the Season
March 12, 2019 by
The club held its final Short Mat Tournament of the season in Anderson House (two mats) and Carnarvon House (one mat). The club enjoyed a turnout of 36 players which equalled the record turnout for our February Tournament. As in Feb this gave us 12 teams of triples, which meant we played with … [Read more...]
News from Lake Hill Short Mat Championship
February 25, 2019 by
Well a changing of the guard at the Lakehill Short Mat Tournament played last weekend Feb 22-24th. Last year Svend and June Klausen with Bud Randall won the A Flight at the 2018 Lakehill Short Mat Tournament Well, there is a new champion! Andrew Harley with his team from Oak Bay put together a … [Read more...]
Short Mat Tournament February 16th, 2019
February 18, 2019 by
The club held its third Short Mat Tournament of the season in Anderson House (two mats) and Carnarvon House (one mat). The club enjoyed a record club turnout of 36 players plus a couple of spares. This gave us 12 teams of triples, which meant we played with 3 pools of 4 teams. This gave each … [Read more...]
2019 Short Mat Inter Club Tournament
January 28, 2019 by
2019 Inter Club Short Mat Tournament The Oak Bay Bowling hosted a short mat tournament over weekend of January 25th through January 27th. Teams from across Victoria arrived at club to do battle from mid-day Friday until Sunday afternoon. The entry saw teams from bowling clubs; Oak Bay, Lake Hill, … [Read more...]
