The Second Annual Summer Snake Showdown croquet tournament was played in ideal summer conditions on Saturday, June 18th.  A random draw was done to create the eight teams of two players that battled through three preliminary rounds to determine the finalists.  Mitch Fumalle and Kory Swain … [Read more...]

Canada Day Fundraiser a Fun Success!   The results are in from our fun day of fundraising on Canada Day. All told the club has raised $7,265 for the CHAMPS program. This included $1000 donations from each of Tony Tucker's Pharmasave on Oak Bay Avenue and Matt MacNeil of the Penny Farthing … [Read more...]

  Over the weekend of July 11-12 the Burnside Lawn Bowling Club hosted the Ashford Mixed Triples BSI tournament. In this triples format, each team had to be skipped by a woman, inducing many nerves from this novice skip! It was a beautiful weekend filled with great weather and great bowling! … [Read more...]

The McEwan Pairs, a club men’s pairs tournament for 2026, was played on Tuesday, 14thJuly. As with a lot of these tournaments, the draw changes as a some the players were unable to make it that morning. Fortunately, we did have several players who filled in the gaps admirably. Many thanks to Arne … [Read more...]

Bobbi-Jean secured a second-place finish in the Bowls BC Provincial Singles Championships played over the past weekend and has officially qualified for the Nationals!   The Nationals will be played in North Vancouver from August 17-23.   Please join us in congratulating her on this … [Read more...]

Dogwood BSI Mixed Pairs at Vic West - Tournament Recap The Dogwood Mixed Pairs tournament was held at Vic West during the evenings of July 6th, 7th, and 8th.  Format: •  Nights 1 & 2: 32 teams competed across two time slots, with each team playing two 10-end games per … [Read more...]

Acknowledgment of Support from Croquet Canada By Gopala Gowda, Organizer, Western Canada Open Golf Croquet Croquet Canada’s generous support has strengthened Oak Bay’s ability to participate in and promote competitive croquet in our region. Their 50% subsidy toward two sets of tournament-grade … [Read more...]

The annual Findlay Memorial Mixed Triples was held over three evenings at Vic West Lawn Bowling Club, drawing teams from around Greater Victoria. The format required at least one player with three years or less of bowling experience. Some call it developing new bowlers. I have another theory—but … [Read more...]

The weather cooperated as the members of the club gathered for the annual Canada Day Fun Day to raise funds for CHAMPS.  Captain Mary Magill gave an inspiring speech to her Team White only to be motivationally matched by Team Red Captain Lauren Charlton. Participants were decked out in the … [Read more...]

First Club Singles Tournament since 2019! Twenty bowlers signed up for the club’s singles tournament. The club had not had a singles tournament since 2019 when it was won by Linda Cowie.  The twenty bowlers were randomly drawn into groups of four for a World Cup style tournament with a group … [Read more...]