With the 2024 outdoor bowling season coming to a close soon, work has commenced on the replacement of the club's very tired sun shelters. The old shelters have been removed and the wood will be recycled. A number of club members have assisted in the demolition and clean-up. We have been very … [Read more...]
Oak Bay bowlers share top honours at the 2024 BSI Yarrow Cup*
September 15, 2024 by
The 2024 Men's Pairs Yarrow Cup was held September 7-8 at the 101-year-old Canadian Pacific lawn bowling club in downtown Victoria by the inner harbour. This tournament is one of the most prestigious long-running tournaments in Victoria. The field consisted of 16 teams, definitely the more … [Read more...]
Burnside Mix and Mingle
September 14, 2024 by
Fourteen female bowlers with three years or less experience competed on Saturday September 7 at Burnside Lawn Bowling Club. Bowlers were divided into three groups and then randomly scheduled into three games with different team mates from any of the competing clubs. They also played a different … [Read more...]
2024 Club Labour Day Triples
September 11, 2024 by
The penultimate Oak Bay Club bowling tournament, the Labour Day Triples, was held under sunny skies and perfect temperatures on 2 September 2024. Making sure that all club members could enjoy the day, croquet players also set up a tournament of their own. Fourteen … [Read more...]
2024 Novice Champs
August 26, 2024 by
Congratulations to our Novice Singles Winners for 2024! The winner of the Novice Women’s event was Susan Buss. Susan will compete at the Novice BSI championship on Saturday Aug. 31 and Sunday Sept. 1 at the Lakehill Club. Games on Saturday will be at 10:00, 12:15 and 2:30. Play continues at the … [Read more...]
TABLE OF FRIENDSHIP
August 23, 2024 by
TABLE OF FRIENDSHIP (To honour the memory of David Roberts) David and Joan Roberts came to BC to spend their retirement years here in Victoria from Wales in December 2005. Shortly after (in 2006), they joined Oak Bay LBC, and the following year David became a member of the Executive as … [Read more...]
Ladies Fun Tournament Aug 16th
August 17, 2024 by
On Friday August 16th, 2024 the Ladies’ fun tournament kicked off at 10 am. 12 teams of Scotch pairs played 10 ends in the morning, enjoyed lunch together and played another 10 ends in the afternoon. Fun with some competition was the achieved goal. Thank you to Karen Evans for helping me … [Read more...]
South Island Open Singles Tournament 2024
August 15, 2024 by
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...]