August 10 and 11th held at the Gordon head lawn bowling club the South Island Open Singles was held. 32 single players entered this growing tournament. A very Interesting format. The first player to seven ends wins the game with a potential of playing up to 13 ends in total for one game. The … [Read more...]
The Greenslade Men’s Pairs Tournament 2024
August 14, 2024 by
August 13 and 14th 2024 The Greenslade men’s pairs Tournament was held at the Oak Bay Lawn Bowling Club. There were 16 pairs teams from the BSI clubs throughout Victoria. The tournament consisted of five 16-end games over the two days. There were no five-game winners. A special thanks goes out to … [Read more...]
Legacy Tournament, August 10 2024
August 11, 2024 by
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 History
August 11, 2024 by
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...]
Bowls Canada Capping Project
August 9, 2024 by
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...]
Internet and Telephone Scam Presentation
August 1, 2024 by
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...]
Juan de Fuca Ladies League 2024
July 31, 2024 by
22 teams from the lower island participated in the Juan de Fuca ladies Monday morning league. This league consisted of 9 games over nine weeks and teams were randomly drawn to make up the schedule. Everyone enjoyed the competition as well as getting to play teams from all the … [Read more...]
Burger Cup Tournament 2024
July 29, 2024 by
Over 65 bowlers, croquet players, volunteers and spectators attended the Burger Cup tournament. Bowlers played 3 six-end games while the croquet teams played 3 games. Once the players saw the Burger Cup “trophy” the games were on. The first-place teams in bowling and croquet would be presented with … [Read more...]
Bad Bowling But Good Luck
July 19, 2024 by
Juan de Fuca LBC hosted a one day Quaddie on Friday July 19th. I’d like to say that our Oak Bay team played a brilliant game and brought a host of teams to their knees. But alas that’s just one of our fantasies. We did have a good time and our high point happened when they drew the 50/50 number and … [Read more...]
The 2024 McEwan Cup
July 19, 2024 by
On Tuesday, July 18th, instead of playing our usual Tuesday morning men’s league, the club members gathered to play the McEwan Cup, the club Men’s Pairs tournament. We welcomed several new or newer bowlers to the tournament….John Mayston-Taylor, Jack Showers and Michael Trickey. They all … [Read more...]