The darts group finished off the season on Wednesday with a fun filled afternoon that included a fabulous cheese tray and a darts themed cake! All of the food brought in for the day was fantastic but special congratulations for Angela Adamek and Brian Sandercock who created a FABULOUS chocolate cake … [Read more...]
Carnarvon Carpet Cleaned – April 1st 2024
April 1, 2024 by
Finding a day to clean the carpet at Carnarvon House was not easy with the calendar being so busy throughout the year. Taking advantage of one of least busy days in the Carnarvon House activity calendar the date of April 1st was selected. The Canasta group that was scheduled to play at 1:00 … [Read more...]
2024 Third Annual Victoria Snake Croquet Inter-club Tournament
March 24, 2024 by
The Third annual Victoria Snake Croquet inter club tournament was held Saturday, March 23 and 24th. It started out raining and lasted all Saturday with 16 teams playing at two different locations – eight teams at Victoria Bowls and Croquet club and eight more teams at Oak Bay Lawn Bowling Club. … [Read more...]
Pat & Gavin Reid Memorial St. Patrick’s Day Tournament 2024
March 24, 2024 by
The Pat and Gavin Reid memorial St. Patrick's Day tournament was held at the Qualicum Beach indoor facility. Gavin Reid had a great deal to do with the vision and building of the indoor lawnbowling at Qualicum Beach. Without him and other volunteers, the fantastic facility would never have been … [Read more...]
2024 Qualicum Beach Premier Winter League
March 24, 2024 by
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...]
Short Mat Players at Nanaimo Bowling Club: March 2024
March 18, 2024 by
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...]
St. Patrick’s Day Guinness Green Beer Games 2024
March 17, 2024 by
The Guinness and Green Beer Games were a huge success and the weather couldn't have been better. Over 60 members came out for lawn bowling, croquet and to help with the kitchen, bar, setup/take down the equipment, and to clean up Carnarvon House after the festivities. We are thankful that so … [Read more...]
2023-24 Short Mat Leagues Celebration
March 11, 2024 by
Photos by Gloria Brown This year we had two short mat leagues. The first league saw 7 groups of 8 players and the second league had 5 groups of 8 players. Having this level of participation was unexpected but great to see. Participants reported a great level of competition, a host of incredible … [Read more...]
THE MYSTERY OF JERRY AND ANONY-MOUSE
March 6, 2024 by
THE MYSTERY OF JERRY AND ANONY-MOUSE No, no murders took place. Whew! Jerry and Anony-mouse must have read Agatha Christie’s “They Came To Baghdad”, and then They Came To Anderson. If you don’t already know, Anderson House is besieged by two critters! We know the name of one of them as … [Read more...]
Fantastic Fun Frolicking in February
February 11, 2024 by
Photos by Gloria Brown It was a frolicking fun time today. Over 60 members came out to bowl, play croquet, Mah Jong and Cribbage. We even had a couple drop in who signed up as new members once they saw all the people who were playing croquet - their sport of choice. Andrew Harley organized the … [Read more...]