The Harnam Legacy Project 2026 - Equipment Shed renewal to Harnam House The Harnam Legacy Project was initiated in the summer of 2025 when Harnam Grewal and his wife Sherree asked to meet with some members of the Executive Committee. Harnam said that he and Sherree wanted to do something special … [Read more...]

The process of repainting the coloured rink indicators (yellow, red, blue, white) on our two greens began on our clean up day a month ago.  Since then, the intrepid Brian Sandercock has been diligently completing the painting of all of the backboards in green.  He also sanded and painted … [Read more...]

The official opening of the 2026-27 season at our Club took place under sunny skies on a windless day. Eleven rinks of bowls were set up for 66 players along with a short course of croquet for 20 or so players. A number of new members joined the festivities and had a fine introduction to the sport … [Read more...]

Oak Bay hosted nine other Victoria area clubs for the President’s Cup. This annual tournament rotates between clubs and features members of each club’s executive competing for the honour of having the President’s Cup in their clubhouse for the year. It is the kick off to the BSI tournament … [Read more...]

  On April 11, 2026, approximately 70 members and guests gathered at the Oak Bay Lawn Bowling Club to dedicate the newly renovated equipment building as “Harnam House.” The rain held off and the afternoon became a joyful celebration of Harnam and Sherree Grewal’s extraordinary generosity and … [Read more...]

Short Mat Lawn bowling is a favourite for the winter months when we cannot bowl outdoors. A few years ago, prior to Covid, there used to be 3 inter club short mat yearly tournaments held between various clubs. Sidney, Lake Hill and Oak Bay. These tournaments were always fully subscribed and a lot of … [Read more...]

Close to fifty members celebrated St Patrick’s Day (yes it was a bit early but our members like to start early) and took the time to say goodbye to one of our own - Layla G who will soon be living in Cranbrook and taking on the challenges of her new job. It was a sunny and warm day that started with … [Read more...]

40 brave members came out to play 6 ends of lawn bowling and complete a few games of croquet. It was so cold that no one recognized Brent M given that he was wearing long pants. The games began with a “Spider” which was won by Ray D but only after a measurement with another bowl confirmed that Ray … [Read more...]

Dear Members and Friends, Thank you all for coming out to the Oak Bay Lawn Bowling Club for our first get-together of the year on January 1, 2026. It was fantastic to see such a lively turnout with approximately 60 people enjoying a variety of activities including outdoor lawn bowling, indoor … [Read more...]