Gord Fall & Glen Taylor roll bowls for Cancer research - Colwood, BC Veteran lawn bowlers mixed with youngsters last weekend in Colwood during an annual fundraiser that aims to kick cancer in the butt. The 12th annual Bowl for the Cure attracted nearly a full field of 160 bowlers for the two-day fun.
Read moreAs Provincial hosts for the National Mixed Pairs Championship, B.C. sent two teams to the Parksville Lawn Bowling Club and both came home with medals. After round robin play over the Sept. 7 week, B.C.’s ‘A’ team, Christie Grahame (Skip) and Marlene Cleutinx, finished at the top of the board taking only one loss to Saskatchewan’s.
Read moreB.C.’s senior triples team’s headed out east to Quebec in search of gold. Things were starting off well for the men and women - both Richmond based teams - as they both got out to a nice start. The women’s team of On-Kow Au (Skip), Rainbow Lung and Shirley Lai were up 2-0-1 after the.
Read moreThe Women's Triples podium. B.C. men's pairs playing against Manitoba 'B'. The Men's Fours podium. It was in the Canadian Women’s Triples gold medal game that produced the most exciting finish of the Championship’s final day. In the last end, down three against a feisty Alberta trio, B.C.’s front-end of Belle Chan and.
Read moreThis is the last week to get your entries into Bowls BC for The Champion of Champions Pairs Tournament as it is right around the corner. This is a great opportunity to get out and play the Pairs Champions for each Club around the Province. The Bowls BC Champion of Champions Pairs is a competitive.
Read moreIt was a West Coast showdown in suburbia Toronto this past weekend as two B.C. bowlers battled for their chance to represent Canada in Australia. Westlake delivers while Sidel watches. Shortly after the Junior Nationals, 25 & Under World Cup qualifier and Forster Lang Pairs were completed, the National 25 & Under Championships took place..
Read morePricilla Westlake, B.C.’s only representative and returning champion at the Junior National Championship, defended her Canadian title successfully. The Junior National Championships, held in Ontario at the Etobicoke Lawn Bowling Club, also hosted the boys and the 25 & Under boys and girls events running in the same week. Westlake studies one of Kos'.
Read moreThis year’s Mixed Pairs Championship took a move to the North Shore and hit the real grass of West Vancouver Lawn Bowling Club. Quibell, Mulligan, Cleutinx, Grahame, Cheung, Yung With 27 teams entered, the greens were full top and bottom. Always the best in B.C. show up to this tournament to try and book another.
Read moreThe last weekend of July saw the last Major playdown come to a close and four new faces added to Team B.C. for the Canadian Majors in Winnipeg. With 23 men's teams and 21 women's teams, it took 10 draws over three days of double knockout Bowls at the Men’s and Women’s Pairs Provincial Championship.
Read moreThe July 4th weekend saw the completion of the first of three major Provincial championships, the Fours. Both Men’s and Women’s champions went undefeated against eight other teams, on each side, in the double knockout playdown held at the Juan de Fuca Lawn Bowling Club. In the Women’s championship, Skip Marlene Cleutinx with teammates Josephine.
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