It 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..

Pricilla 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'.

This 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.

The 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.

The 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.

Michael Leong ready to deliver. Photo: Bowls Canada After a long week of head to head Bowls in Edmonton, Michael Leong came away with the Men’s Bronze medal at the National Singles Championship. Leong slipped into the Bronze medal game after facing eventual Champion, Alfred Wallace, in the semi-finals. Wallace was an opponent feared all.

The 2014 Canadian Singles has been going on over the past week and BC has been well represented throughout the tournament as 5 players from BC attended the National Event to try and stake claim for the rights to head over seas to represent Canadian at the 2015 World Championships. Malcolm Taylor (North Van LBC).

Arguably the best husband and wife team to hit the Canadian Lawn Bowls scene has done it again. Last year’s B.C. and National Mixed Pairs Champions Malcolm and Marie Taylor scooped the 2014 Provincial Outdoor Singles titles going undefeated throughout the double knockout tournaments. On the final day, June 8, there were five tiebreaker games..

Granville Park Lawn Bowls Club will play host to 20 men and 10 women this upcoming weekend in the B.C. Singles Championship, the first outdoor Provincial playdown of 2014. This is the only outdoor tournament of the year that has the potential of producing a World Champ. Both Men's and Women's champions will represent our.

The rain stayed away for the first day of the Hyack tournament’s round robin play, but when all six sections were set for the Sunday finals on May 25, the downpour began. Did that stop the 32 mixed triples team from playing for the money? Never. The New Westminster Lawn Bowling Club - proud host.