The club held its annual general meeting in Carnarvon House on Sunday, October 20, 2019. A total of 60 members were in attendance. All committee reports had been provided earlier on the club website which allowed for more time to be spent dealing with new business. The meeting also provided an … [Read more...]
Silver by a sliver
Results are now in. The team of Mary Wright (White Rock LBC), Donna Blackstock (Oak Bay LBC) and Anne Van Bastelaere (Sidney LBC) had a great run at the Canadian Senior Triples Championships in Beaconsfield, Quebec. They finished on top following round robin play which put them into the playoffs … [Read more...]
Does Donna do it?
Donna Our own Donna Blackstock has been competing in the 2019 Canadian Senior Triples Championships in Beaconsfield, Quebec from September 13-17. Donna’s teammates are Mary Wright from White Rock LBC and Anne Van Bastelaere of Sidney LBC. After completion of round robin play, they finished on top! … [Read more...]
Pro-Am Champ of Champs Open Pairs
Oak Bay LBC hosted the 2019 provincial Pro-Am Champ of Champs Open Pairs tournament. The event drew 16 teams from throughout the province, taking place 14 & 15 September. The format required one player, the “Amateur” to have less than three years’ experience (began bowling in 2017 or later) … [Read more...]
Greenskeepers Mixed Triples
Winners (L to R), Al Wood (skip), Linda Cowie (vice), Karen Evans (lead), Wendy Leach (presenter) … [Read more...]
Thursday Special Draw Report
Another season has come to a conclusion and once again this weekly event continues to receive outstanding support from our members. Over the past 19 weeks we averaged 47 bowlers per week which is fantastic. This support makes it a pleasure to manage the event. This year each morning was started … [Read more...]
Anne Webster Women’s Triples
B Event Winners (L to R) Louise Mason (vice), Donna McIntyre (lead), Betty Walker (skip) The last BSI women’s tournament of the year was held this week at Lake Hill LBC on 10 & 11 September. The Anne Webster women’s triples tournament included at least one player with two years or less … [Read more...]
Pro-Am preparations
Friday, 13 September saw John Correia our greenskeeper extraordinaire, along with a number of club members hard at work preparing for this weekend’s Pro-Am Champ of Champs Open Pairs Tournament. In some of the following photos black ink is shown being laid on the green to mark the centre of each … [Read more...]
Short Mat past & present
It won’t be long before we’re into another season of short mat bowling at our club. Some information has already been provided by President Brent Merchant in his 31 August email but additional details will be published on the club website as they become available. It seems only yesterday that our … [Read more...]
Follow the money
Those who are full (playing) members of the Oak Bay Lawn Bowling Club will know that our annual dues for 2019 are set at $250 per member. You might wonder what becomes of this money. First, from the $250 collected $35 is sent from the club to Bowls BC (BBC) which in turn sends $19 to Bowls … [Read more...]