Ongoing Coordination of Oak Bay and Victoria Clubs Benefits Area Croquet Players. November 8th saw the successful completion of a croquet tournament that began in March. Despite several delays, mostly related to rain, players played games over two full days — October 25 and November 8 — to find six … [Read more...]

Well done Jerome Foenander, our Bronze medallist for the BSI Novice Men’s Singles!   The Novice Men’s Singles Tournament was played over the past weekend at Sidney Lawn Bowling Club.  Ten novices were separated into two pools, and Jerome reached the Bronze Medal segment. There were some … [Read more...]

Jackie arrived yesterday with a children's painting easel in a wagon and set up on the green to do our usual Sunday morning tip for those in attendance. It was fantastic and was a major hit with the group. While we do offer a Sunday morning tip each week, we have never had a presentation quite … [Read more...]

  Reporting by Donna Blackstock   I’M BACK! A year ago I was lucky enough to connect with long time Canadian Team member Leanne Chinery and share her remarkable story with the lawn bowling community here in Victoria where it all began. I felt at the time that there were … [Read more...]

November 27th was “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” sung by the band AC/DC.  Club members came out to fill the holes that were dug for the sunshade foundations. Having weathered a number of rain storms the dirt was rather heavy and stuck to our shovels, rakes, boots and clothes but we did prevail. … [Read more...]

The annual Family Appreciation event took place Friday afternoon on July 12. As Gloria’s pictures show over 60 croquet and bowlers participated. This yearly event is to thank and recognize those members who have joined our club under our introductory fee schedule. Pizza was provided to all … [Read more...]

May 11 Opening Day was a resounding success. There were over 70 people bowling, croqueting and socializing. As special guests, the Honourable Laurel Collins, MP Victoria and her assistant Greg Teurling and acting Mayor Hazel Braithwaite, District of Oak Bay, joined us for a few ends of Bowling. Our … [Read more...]

For the past two years, there's been five people from Victoria driving up to Qualicum Beach to play in a 10 session 20 game premier league indoor full length facility, same size as the outdoor Lawnbowling greens. There are only two such facilities in Canada, one in Vancouver and one in Qualicum … [Read more...]

The short mat players of Nanaimo Bowling Club invited Oak Bay to visit them for an afternoon of social short mat play. The club responded with a group enthusiast players who drove up to Nanaimo on March 15th. Two cars carried up the players with 4 players in with Brent Merchant and three players … [Read more...]