After a seven game round robin tournament, Richard Broad & Doug Bradley were locked in a 3-way tie for first place in Men's Pairs at the US Championship with Carl Landgren & Steve Nelson from the Central Division and Tony Baer & Bill Brault of Southwest Stripes.
The Southwest Stripes team led with plus points, so Richard & Doug played the Central Division team first. They won that game and advanced to the final playoff. With the average pairs game of 21 ends lasting over three hours, Doug & Richard had bowled over 24 hours to get to this final match.
Over 45 members and guests showed up for what had to be the most splendid fall day for bowling and brats in the history of Oktoberfest. That fine showing, along with the great turnout for our Diehards League is proving that, "Bowling ... It's not just for summer anymore!"
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Chris Davis is the only member of JPLBC who attended the US Open this year.
Below are his dispatches from the tournament.
US OPEN 2008: DAYS 5 & 6 (October 17 & 18)
I'm up at 5:30 again; I'm in the habit now after 6 straight days of it. But there's no more bowling. Damn! Well, all the better since I've got some ground to cover here, having eschewed the blog last night for a trip to opera! You see, I simply had to attend, dahling! One must cut one's bowls with a bit of culture now and then, don't you agree? OK ... where was I .... and where do I begin?
It is a tale of two days, for sure. Wednesday was the first day of the pairs. It dawned grayer than the others but was still pleasant enough and I made a few extra turns on my ride south to Lake Merrit to wake up my raggedy sinews and take in a few new neighborhoods along the way. This town is so rich when it comes to houses and trees and gardens ... lots of age and character, and personal touch... but I digress.
Jefferson Park Novice/Veteran Pairs Tournament
Saturday, September 6
10am-4pm
Winners
1st place--Richard Krueger & Stephen Tontoni
2nd place--Its Nishikawa & Russ Leonard
3rd place--Richard Broad & Lindy Wishard
The Jefferson Park Club Singles Tournament was contested under a blue and cloudless sky on July 12th and 13th. A total of 12 bowlers played in two sections of six in a round robin. After five intensely competitive games Rodger Green and Chris Davis were the winners of their respective sections. In a final playoff which was watched by an enthusiastic cheering section, Rodger prevailed with a score of 18-5 and is the 2008 Jefferson Park Club Singles Champion. Congratulations to both Rodger and runner up Chris and to all the bowlers and markers who made this tournament a success,
Link to 2008 Challenge Ladder:
2007 Challenge Ladder ends successful first season!
The club's Challenge Ladder was a great success! The ladder closed October 1st with over 70 challenges issued, and 24 club members participating.
Congratulations go out to Richard Broad for finishing atop the ladder! Check out final standings at: http://www.seattlebowls.org/l
If you didn't get a chance to participate this year, don't worry, the plan is to offer the ladder again next season. If you played this year and have any suggestions to make the ladder work better, please email Willie Weir and Rick Simpson your ideas.
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Jefferson Park hosted Woodland Park for the honor of being the first Seafair Trophy Winner.
In an intense competition 5 teams of bowlers from each club played 2 games to decide who would win. In the morning set of games, Jefferson Park prevailed, winning 4 and losing 1. After a very nice lunch, Woodland Park won the afternoon session by 3 games to 2 with the Blue Angels roaring overhead. This made Jefferson Park the overall winner by 6 games to 4.
It was a very exciting finish as it was all decided by the last game to finish. Jefferson Park were leading by 14-11 going into the last end with Woodland threatening to have a big end to win the game. The hero was Chris Davis who delivered a great last bowl to prevent a Woodland Park win.
The faces and personalities, ages and abilities of lawn bowlers are richly varied. This section of our web site introduces some of the players who form this club and help define this sport.
PART I of our 124 part series: Better Know a Bowler
Meet Richard Broad!
Richard Broad is a member of both Woodland Park and Jefferson Park lawn bowling clubs. He is a member of the US National Team and competes internationally.
