It didn’t rain, and that was good news for the TV cameraman and the Upside guys Jeff King and Ed Bain from CHEK TV who visited our club on Tuesday, May 20th. Although the wind was sometimes a factor, sandbags on the camera tripod helped. Many club members came out to play so the greens […]
Club News and Views
President’s Cup – May 10, 2025
Saturday May 10 brought the first BSI tournament of the year, the President’s Cup which involves teams from the executives of all the South Island clubs. This year all 11 clubs entered and so the hosts, Victoria, entered a second team to make up the numbers. Despite some early showers, the weather brightened up and […]
St. Andrew’s Regional High School Visits
St. Andrew’s Regional High School visited our club for the second year in a row. The Active Living 11/12 yr Class of 22 students enjoyed 90 minute sessions of fun-filled bowling on Tuesday, April 29 and Thursday, May 1. There were students from as far away as Mexico and Spain. The Spring weather was ideal […]
Open Houses 2025
It is thanks to the amazing and involved membership that the Lake Hill Lawn Bowling Open Houses 2025 were yet again successful. The weather offered up a spectacular spring day for the Saturday event and, subsequently, a misty cool evening on Monday; that did not deter people from visiting our club. We had 45 exuberant […]
Summer Season 2025 Opening Day
It was a full house – all 8 rinks in use – as Saanich Mayor Dean Murdock delivered the first bowl to officially start the summer 2025 season. The weather cooperated as friendships were renewed. Intermission during the games allowed all present to enjoy cake, treats and beverages. Thanks to the kitchen crew – Bev, […]
Social Short Mat Pizza Party Windup – April 9/25
The annual pizza party for the short mat bowlers was held on April 9th with 54 in attendance. It was a great indoor season with lots of enthusiastic bowlers. We also welcomed some new members from Gordon Head, Burnside and Juan de Fuca, all of them great additions to the club. We had lots of […]
Aggregate Windup Party – April 5, 2025
Forty plus people gathered on Saturday night to celebrate the end of a successful short mat aggregate bowling season. As in past we all enjoyed a fabulous spread of Chinese food and scrumptious desserts. Congratulations to the winners Bawan and Anita for Tuesday Scotch Pairs Sirish, Mary and Bawan for Thursday Triples Val and Larry […]
Interclub Short Mat Tournament March 7, 8, 9, 2025
We were delighted to host the first Interclub Short Mat tournament since Covid. I wish to thank all the teams for sportsmanship and I hope everyone had a good time. We were pleased that we had a team from Nanaimo and Duncan. We had only one play off where the skips roll one bowl each. […]
Open House 2025
Lake Hill Lawn Bowling Club invites one and all to Open House 2025. This 2 day event provides an opportunity to explore the challenge of lawn bowling, learn about the club and have some good outdoor fun. Everyone welcome!
Qualicum Beach Indoor Mixed Triples
Nick May, Heather Butler, and Dan Bitterlich (Burnside Lawn Bowls) competed February 22/23, 2025 in the Mixed Triples at Qualicum Beach Indoor Bowls Complex. Good time had by all!
In-house Short Mat Triples Tournament 2025
The annual in-house Short Mat Mixed Triples tournament was held over the weekend of February 16-18, a week later than originally planned, thanks to snow and sickness. A good time was had – we hope – by all and there were some fiercely-fought games and some surprising results. After the first round, in which each […]
Bowling in Honolulu
Anita and Judith at the Aloha Barefoot Tournament in Honolulu, Hawaii. They played 6 short games today and won at least 2. There are also two or three teams from the Burnside Club playing as well. Good luck to all with any remaining games!
Outdoor bowling -Dec. 31/24 and Jan. 1/25
The Weather gods cooperated and we had 18 hearty members show up each day to have some fun. What a terrific turnout and some good laughs. A Nice way to end one year and begin anotherGina
Christmas Luncheon – Dec. 14/24
The Club’s annual Christmas luncheon took place last Saturday. Approximately 50 people enjoyed socializing, some fun games and a fantastic meal. Thanks to Mary as chief organizer of the event, to Judy, Leslie, Margo, Shirley, and Mary for cooking the meal, to Charlene and Bernice for serving the meal and cleaning up afterwards, for Sirish […]
Christmas Craft and Bake Sale – Nov. 30/24
The first annual Christmas Craft and Bake Sale was a HUGE success. From 9 am to 1 pm on Saturday many people circulated among the tables which displayed an amazing assortment of baking, preserves and crafts. The amazing total raised was $4,602.22. Astonishing! And it was so much fun – visiting with members and their friends and […]
The first Short Mat tournament of the 2024-25 season
The first Short Mat tournament of the 2024-25 season was held over the weekend of November 22-24; as is traditional, it was Mixed Scotch Pairs. Twelve teams played 3 games each and the top four teams proceeded to the playoffs on Sunday. There were some exciting games and some surprising results – a number of […]
Short Mat Fun Bowl – Nov. 8th
About 20 fun-loving club members gathered on Friday night for the annual “crazy bowl” event. Taking top score in six crazy challenges was Mike L, followed closely by Marnie D. Thanks to Mary S and Eleanor W for organizing the event and to Margo and Leslie for the kitchen duties as well as all the […]
Memorial Plaque
Members attending the semi-annual general meeting yesterday, October 26, took a few moments to watch Larry McClung attach a plaque to one of our benches in memory of long-time member Linda McClung.