2012 Playdowns – Women’s Singles

We held the 4th Annual Veteran Novice Tournament on September 27, 2014. Veterans (more than 2 years of lawn bowls experience) were paired with novices (2 years or less of lawn bowls experience). Twenty bowlers participated. First place went to the duo of Jim Grzybowski and Diane Carlin-Bartel. Second place went to Glorianne Mather and Min…

It was a privilege to represent the US and Milwaukee club at the world “Champion of Champions” singles tournament held Nov 23-Dec 2 on Norfolk Island, which is a self-governing territory of Australia.  The island is a beautiful but very small isle (5×3 mile) located 2.5 hours by plane east of Sydney in the South…

The Veteran/Novice Pairs tournament was played on September 14th.  There was a great turnout with 16 participants divided into 8 teams.  The teams were split into two pools of 4 playing a round robin.  The winners of each pool advanced to a playoff final.  Anna Witt and Sue Dropp (pictured left) triumphed over Crandall Hays…

The Stuart Club Pairs tournament was held on August 1, 2015. Although there were only four teams in this one day tournament, the playing field was competitive. The format was a round robin with each game consisting of 12 ends. It was shaping up to be a three-way tie, but finally it came down to…

MLPLBA hosted the Central Division Open Singles tournament on August 8-9, 2015. Eleven bowlers participated. Max Cavender edged out three time national champion Bob Schneider to capture the 2015 Central Division Singles title.  Bob had a 10 to 5 point advantage in the 18 shot final, but Max played some dynamic bowls to even up…

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…