THE TWO VICTORIAS Members will be interested to know that there are a number of similarities between Victoria here and Hong Kong. Both were established as British Crown Colonies, i.e, in 1841/42, one as a result of the fur trade by the Hudson’s Bay Company and the other by the East India … [Read more...]

A pot luck lunch was enjoyed by at least 20 bowlers on Friday, to celebrate the seasonal end of the Ladies Friday morning league. The team of Angela Adamek, Mary Burcher, Jackie Mooney, and Pat Thomas succeeded in our goal of encouraging and welcoming our newer bowlers to join us. The pot luck … [Read more...]

Congratulations to our Novice Singles Winners for 2024! The winner of the Novice Women’s event was Susan Buss. Susan will compete at the Novice BSI championship on Saturday Aug. 31 and Sunday Sept. 1 at the Lakehill Club. Games on Saturday will be at 10:00, 12:15 and 2:30. Play continues at the … [Read more...]

On Friday August 16th, 2024 the Ladies’ fun tournament kicked off at 10 am. 12 teams of Scotch pairs played 10 ends in the morning, enjoyed lunch together and played another 10 ends in the afternoon. Fun with some competition was the achieved goal. Thank you to Karen Evans for helping me … [Read more...]

The day started with everyone enjoying fresh baked scones made by Kay Alexander . Kay provided delicious  homemade goodies throughout the day, thank you.   Before the start of the tournament Harnam Grewal spoke about the background of the Legacy Programme (see separate post). Thank you … [Read more...]

LEGACY TRIPLES TOURNAMENT I have been asked by Linda, a National Triples Champion, to say a few words to kick-off this tournament. Membership fees alone do not cover all the expenditures involved in running a club such as ours. Hence, the legacy programme. The Legacy programme was prompted, … [Read more...]

This is  a new initiative designed to honour the legacy of National Team Players both past and present. Oak Bay LBC are privileged to have a present member and some past members being recognized and honoured. Those being honoured are: Betty Walker    .  (WB). Present … [Read more...]

Constable Berle Zwaan of the Saanich Police Department and Constable Natalie Mishrigi  of the Oak Bay Police Department gave an informative presentation to 40 club members on Wednesday July 31st.  The presentation provided a host of information on internet and telephone scams, … [Read more...]

Groundhog Day Our New Years Day Extravaganza was so successful that your Games Committee agreed to try a repeat called “Groundhog Day” on Saturday February 4th.  Croquet and lawn bowlers are asked to arrive by 1:15 with the games starting at 1:30pm. The weather will determine how long we … [Read more...]