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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 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 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,
Rosie Ferraro, one of our Emeritus Members passed away last Tuesday. She was 95 years old.
An active member up to about 6 years ago, Rosie always celebrated our Columbus Day Yardstick event in great style. She provide and cooked the lunch for this event. It was always spaghetti and meatballs.
There is a service for her on Friday, February 22nd at 11.00am. at:
St. Thomas's Catholic Church
4415 S 140th St
Tukwila
Tel: 206-242-5501
To a passerby or to a casual bowler, Green #1 at Jefferson Park Lawn Bowling Club looks perfectly flat. But to the Greens Chair and the donut crew (Richard Krueger, Doug Bradley, Becky Barnett, Its Nishikawa & Chris Davis), it looks like this:
The edges of the green fall off as into an abyss. The corners are sloping down at an angle akin to a water slide. And there are annoying ridges that shoot up like the Cascades.
Men's Pairs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Players | Northwest vs. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeast | Dick Sayer, Bob Sayer (5-1-1) | Won 28-15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwest | Richard Broad, Doug Bradley (5-2) | x | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwest Stars | Liam Courtney, Bill Brault (5-2) | Lost 23-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South-Central | Len Hitchcock , Rich Enockson (4-3) | Won 19-11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeast | Al Pelliccio, Jay Alphin (3-4) | Lost 16-22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific Inter-Mountain | Tom and Jonathan Burnoski (3-4) | Won 24-12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central | Jerry Mathwig, Jack McGaugh (2-4-1) | Won 20-14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwest Division Stripes | Bill Hiscock, Gery Wagner (0-7) | Won 19-15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Click here for complete results of the Northwest's best as they battle it out in Florida. Friday, November 2, noon Jackie Tucker defeated Nancy Nishikawa this morning 21-4 to claim the Women's Singles title. Congratulations to all of our bowlers ... you did us proud! Thursday, November 1, 7pm The mens competition is over ... but the women play on. Nancy Nishikawa will play a one game playoff with Jackie Tucker from the Southeast Division to determine the winner of Women's Singles. They both finished with 6-1 records. Results from the US Open for Team Jefferson Park
JPLBC club members Richard Krueger, Doug Bradley, Chris Davis and Willie Weir participated in the US Open lawn bowls tournament held in Orange County, CA from October 13-18. You can read Willie's dispatches below. Click here for match results.Friday, October 19, 7am Never Give Up Doug Bradley and I had three scheduled games after advancing to the 6th Flight Pairs. Unlike the day before, we both had a good feel of the green. Our first match was against a couple of Aussie’s. It didn’t start well. They carried the jack back on the second and third ends, scoring a three and a two. Down 5-1 after three ends (16 end match), it is easy to think, “Here we go again.” But after 5 days of competing, the one thing I’ve learned is how fast a game can completely turn around. And this one did. Doug kept putting his first two bowls near the jack and then one in back to cover. Our opponents scored just four more points and we won 22-9.
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