Club News and Views

This year’s inter-club short mat tournament took place on February 27th to March 1st and was played between both the Oak Bay LBC and the Lake Hill LBC, using 2 mats at each. All teams played 4 games total – once on each mat. Originally, we had one team from every BSI club represented. Unfortunately, […]

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The Club hedge had a major trimming on Friday, February 27th to make more room on the sidewalk for benches. Thanks to good size group of volunteers assisting the professional trimmer, the job went quickly and smoothly. With Spring approaching hopefully it will recover quickly. Thanks to Judy for organizing this job as well as […]

The annual in-house Short Mat Mixed Triples Tournament was held on the weekend of February 7-8 and eight teams – chosen, as always, by random draw – fought for the title. On Saturday each team played three games: some of these were very close, including one tie, but a few were rather more one-sided and […]

On December 31st we had 18 players and then about 6 more of the indoor group joined us for appies in the clubhouse. A fun evening.There were 18 people who showed up for the New Year’s Day bowl. A great day to start the New Year. Fresh air, exercise and laughter. Cheers, Gina

Thank you so much for coming out to our simple Xmas lunch party. Each of you are what makes these events turn out so well. It seems to have been popular and enjoyable for those who attended. I wish to thank the many people who had a part in making the lunch a success. Kim […]

Another successful sale! Thanks goes to all who helped out to make this event such a success.And special thanks to Linda Simpson (aka Mrs. Clause) for organizing everything.

The first Short Mat Tournament of the season took place over the weekend of November 14-16th. As always, this was a Mixed Scotch Pairs event – men skipped the first six ends, ladies the second six – and, as is usual for in-house Lakehill tournaments, teams were assigned by a random draw on the computer. […]

On Nov 18th twenty women showed up for outdoor bowling on a cooler but sunny afternoon. Lots of laughs, high spirits and good exercise!Gina

A big thank you to my hard working team for the annual hedge trim. Ian Catto Tree Service was hired for the job. Thanks to the clean up team of Larry S, Betty H, Sharron M, Kenn P and Stephen M. Not only did the hedge get trimmed, we also weeded the ditches, removed the […]

The annual aerating of our precious greens has been completed for another year. Thanks to Shaen and his crew of volunteers who scooped up many thousands of cores generated by greenskeeper John’s machine. After John finishes covering the greens with sand, they should be in good shape in a couple of weeks.

This season the Thursday evening Aggregate Lawn Bowling League was from May 1 to September 11, in which 20 weeks were in play. There were 44 members registered to participate in this event. Our aggregate season finale was on Thursday, September 11, 2025. There were 30 members attending this finale which started at 4 p.m. […]

On Sunday, September 14, 2025, our last outdoor club tournament of the season started with a drizzly morning but it did not stop 48 enthusiastic Lake Hill lawn bowlers from competing. As the games progressed so came the beautiful weather, the laughter (unless you were playing on the same rink multiple times) and the competitiveness. […]

Thanks to all those who bowled and thanks for the generous donations made by our members!!!! We had 55 members bowling and our donation was $935.00. Special thank you to “Betty The Banker” aka Betty Hellwig, for collecting all the money . Sue Ennis, Mary Sullivan and Heather Butler won baskets . The weather was […]

From September 10th to the 12th the lawn bowling event of the 2025 BC 55+ Senior Games were held at the Nanaimo LBC.  The following five Lake Hill Members represented Zone One, South Island and earned medals. Men’s Pairs of Nick May and Bawan Saravanabawan – Gold 🥇 Mixed Pairs of Heather Butler and Mike Lee – […]

A group of 20 closed out the 2025 cutthroat season on Sunday, September 7th with a final bowling session and windup party. Prize winners were Sirish P. first,  Larry S. second, Larry M. third, Kate K. fourth and Phil W. fifth. Thanks to Val and Larry for cooking up some deluxe hotdogs and putting on […]

The annual in-house Quaddies tournament was held Sunday, August 24th at 9:00 a.m. with 32 bowlers attending. Due to the predicted high temperature we bowled 8 ends/10 ends for singles instead of the scheduled 10 and 12 ends. With the shortened format we finished an hour ahead of the usual time and some of the […]