Category Archives: USLBA / National

North American Challenge — Canada vs USA, Sept 9-11

Check here for all the news, venue info, player profiles, background stories, photos…. Daily updates will also be available on this weblog during the event.

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Central Singles Playdown winners

Steve Nelson emerged out of a hotly contested field to win the Central Division singles playdowns, qualifying for the 2010 US National Lawn Bowls Championships. Nelson, the current US singles champion, went 7-0 in the division’s playdowns tournament held at Milwaukee LBC. A log-jam emerged for 2nd … Continue reading

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Witt-Mather win CEN women’s pairs playdowns

Anna Witt and Glorianne Mather qualified to represent Central Division at the US Championships this fall. Witt and Mather were the Central representatives in 2009 but this year they switched up the order with Witt playing skip. Charlene Harmon and … Continue reading

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Coming up soon — US Open, Sept 25-30 in So. Calif.

Hello Everyone, Time is running out for you to enter the U.S. Open. Go to US Open Lawn Bowls website for all the information and registration forms. In order to help us provide top class facilities and an Open “to remember” … Continue reading

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Canada selects lawn bowls team for North American Challenge vs USA

Team Canada has announced its line-up for the NAC lawn bowls test match against Team USA, to be held Sept 9-11 in Milwaukee WI. The ten men and ten women will be divided into the Folkins and Jarvis squads in … Continue reading

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USA announces women’s team for lawn bowls test match v. Canada

The women’s Team USA has been named to compete in the lawn bowls North American Challenge against Team Canada, to be held Sept 9-11, 2010 in Milwaukee, WI. Folkins Team Singles: Dee McSparran Pairs:    (L) Dee McSparran, (S) Myra Wood … Continue reading

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YouTube – lawn bowls match, US Championships

Watch Carl Landgren (CEN) wrangle with Jack Behling (SC) in a singles lawn bowls match at the 2006 US Championships in Milwaukee WI. Click here to view YouTube video provided courtesy of Ted Bailey.

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Player positions announced for NAC

Selectors for Team USA have recommended the men’s player positions for the test match v. Canada at the North American Challenge, to be held in Milwaukee September 9-11. Team Folkins: Singles: Michael Siddall Pairs: (L) Joe Regan, (S) Michael Siddall … Continue reading

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Central men to compete in lawn bowls test match against Canada

Three Central Division men have been named to Team USA to compete in the biennial lawn bowls test match against Canada. Current US pairs champions, Joe Zinna and Bob Schneider, and singles champion, Steve Nelson, all of Milwaukee Lake Park … Continue reading

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Finally a reason to join Facebook

Never having seen the need for the world to know how mundane my life really is — “getting a cuppa joe now” or “got a new Dremel…woohoo” — I had not ventured into the world of social networking. Then Athol … Continue reading

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