US Lawn Bowls Championships Day 1 – MLPLBA Bowlers Win 6 of 8 Matches

The second No Bocce Bowl Tournament was held on July 20, 2014. Seven bowlers participated. 1st place was awarded to Roland Faas and 2nd place went to Ted Bailey.  Participants dressed in the colors of the Italian Flag: red, white, and green. Charlene Harmon organized the tournament.

MLPLBA hosted the Central Division Playdowns Pairs tournament on July 18-19, 2015.  MEN – Bob Schneider and Rob Behncke were undefeated going into their last game when they were narrowly defeated by the team of Leif Andresen and Jim Grzybowski.  This put them into a playoff for the championship against the other one loss team…

This past weekend Milwaukee bowler Steve Nelson emerged as the winner of Men’s Singles Playdowns and will represent the Central Division in the US National Championships in Arcadia California October 16-20.  This annual event is competition amongst bowlers who represent Bowls USA’s seven divisions. Congratulations and best of luck to Steve.

The Stuart Club Pairs Tournament on Saturday, August 2 featured games of 3-bowl pairs, a first at the Milwaukee Lake Park greens. Steven Nelson organized the tournament. 13 players participated. Coming in first place were Carl Landgren and Rob Behncke. Second place went to Tom Vanderbilt and Pat Mueller/Max Cavender.

Max Cavender was the only member of Central’s team to manage a win on Day 3 of the U.S. Lawn Bowling Championships in Seattle. Max can still earn a silver medal with a win in his last game tomorrow. Although losing both games today the women’s pairs team has an outside chance at gold, but…

The men had a pairs competition amongst themselves at the Otto Hess Invitational this year on September 6, 2014. Four teams participated. 1st place was won by Rob Behncke and Jim Cavender. 2nd place went to Bob Schneider and Brian Schieble. Thank you to tournament director, Rob Behncke.