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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.

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.

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.

 
128 lawn bowlers assemble before the Men's Fours competition at Laguna Hills

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 6^th 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.