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...]
Dizzying Work
November 9, 2025 by
Our groundskeeper of 10 years, John Correa, worked very hard to core and sand our greens in October as part of his annual greens’ treatment. As you can see from the photos, it was a complicated business that was dizzying at times. Thanks John! Submitted by David … [Read more...]
Sunday Novelty Draw Wrap-up for 2025
October 6, 2025 by
The Sunday morning Novelty Draw wrapped up Sun. Oct. 5 with session 24 of the 2025 season. The group attending enjoyed a pizza lunch and presented Donna Blackstock with a framed photo of the group to remain at the club to celebrate the successes of this weekly collaborative effort. In … [Read more...]
2025 Autumn Croquet Tournament
September 30, 2025 by
What started out as cold weather turned into a perfect day to play a series of four friendly croquet matches on six rinks. Everyone got off to a good start on these 45 minute timed events. They kept their own individual scores and at the end of four games we were able to determine the top four … [Read more...]
Fall Fling, September 16 & 17, 2025
September 18, 2025 by
The Fall Fling was the club’s last outdoor tournament for 2025. It was an afternoon event held on Tuesday, September 16 and Wednesday, September 17. The weather co-operated and gave us sunshine both days. In first place was the shared team of Brent Merchant/Brent Jansen, Lauren Charlton and Pierre … [Read more...]
Maddalon Ladies Pairs Tournament
September 13, 2025 by
On Friday, September 12, 2025, the Maddalon Ladies Pairs Tournament was a great success. Ten pairs played 16 ends with lots of laughter and good sportsmanship on display. Tournament Winners Thank you to the 23 players and three spares who participated. Event … [Read more...]
2025 BSI Novice Men’s Singles
September 8, 2025 by
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...]
2025 BSI Women’s Fours Tournament
September 7, 2025 by
The Oak Bay Women's Fours had its inaugural night tournament September 2,3,4 after seven previous triples events. The change was made to accomodate more players on our lighted green. It was a whopping success with 64 players crowding the green. The bowlers had to adapt to the changing green from … [Read more...]
Special Visitors To Our Club
September 5, 2025 by
On Friday, a well-known member of the Australian bowling community visited our club. She is none other than Chrissy Pavlov from the infamous Broadbeach Bowls Club (Gold Coast) where she is a Board member. Chrissy has had won Australian titles over the years, is the … [Read more...]
Two new members achieve top ranking in the Labour Day Triples
September 4, 2025 by
Oak Bay’s penultimate bowling tournament of the season took place on Labour Day with the aptly named Labour Day Triples. A strong field of 14 teams participated, with position-sharing bringing the total number of members on the greens to 47. The format consisted of three 10-end games. Heading into … [Read more...]