This year the Club applied for, and was awarded, a $25,000 grant from the Federal Government's New Horizons program. Cost estimates for the new sunshades were received from a number of contractors. All of those estimates exceeded the $25,000 grant. We decided to move forward with the project … [Read more...]
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Juan de Fuca hosts a Friday Morning Men’s League (FMML) every year. This year the duration was 18 weeks, with 26 triples teams competing from 9 different clubs. At the conclusion of the season, money is awarded to the top 10 teams. The FFML exists to bring out new and experienced members to have … [Read more...]
OBLC Team 4th in the 2024 JDF Friday League
Juan de Fuca hosts a Friday Morning Men’s League (FMML) every year. This year the duration was 18 weeks, with 26 triples teams competing from 9 different clubs. At the conclusion of the season, money is awarded to the top 10 teams. The FFML exists to bring out new and experienced members to have … [Read more...]
Oak Bay bowlers share top honours at the 2024 BSI Yarrow Cup*
The 2024 Men's Pairs Yarrow Cup was held September 7-8 at the 101-year-old Canadian Pacific lawn bowling club in downtown Victoria by the inner harbour. This tournament is one of the most prestigious long-running tournaments in Victoria. The field consisted of 16 teams, definitely the more … [Read more...]
Burnside Mix and Mingle
Fourteen female bowlers with three years or less experience competed on Saturday September 7 at Burnside Lawn Bowling Club. Bowlers were divided into three groups and then randomly scheduled into three games with different team mates from any of the competing clubs. They also played a different … [Read more...]
2024 Club Labour Day Triples
The penultimate Oak Bay Club bowling tournament, the Labour Day Triples, was held under sunny skies and perfect temperatures on 2 September 2024. Making sure that all club members could enjoy the day, croquet players also set up a tournament of their own. Fourteen … [Read more...]
Victoria Day Rotational Triples
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OBLBC 2nd and 3rd in Galleon
Four Oak Bay teams participated in the BSI Galleon Mixed Pairs event last weekend, May 21-22, at Juan de Fuca LBC. This tournament is the official opening of the new bowling season and there were 28 teams from Bowls South Island Clubs. The conditions on Sunday were challenging with strong and … [Read more...]