Milwaukee Lake Park Lawn Bowling Club
Milwaukee Lawn Bowling
The 2013 Potlicker is in the record books. Congratulations to the pairs team of Bob Schneider and Rob Behncke for winning the annual two day tournament! Six teams competed in this year’s tournament that was held June 8-9. Amazingly, the tournament ended in a three way tie for second place for teams Anna Witt / Paul Legwinski, Max Cavender / Joe Zinna, and Jim Cavender / Carl Landgren. Also competing were teams Steve Nelson / Rebecca Nguyen and Leif Andresen / Jim Grzybowski / Dat Nguyen. Special thanks to tournament director Leif Andresen for coordinating this annual special event.MLPLBA hosted the 2014 Central Division Playdowns tournament on August 9/10 (Pairs) and 16/17 (Singles). Men’s Pairs winners were Bob Schneider and Rob Behncke. Women’s Pairs winners were Anna Witt and Glorianne Mather. Men’s Singles winner was Max Cavender. Women’s Singles winner was Pat Wimmer. These players will represent the Central Division at the National…
Milwaukee bowlers competed in the club’s 2012 triples tournament Saturday June 23rd. Triples teams of men and women who bowled together during morning and afternoon games also enjoyed a barbecue lunch on the clubhouse terrace and cocktails afterwards. Thanks to tournament coordinator Jim Grzybowski for a successful event. Congratulations to the top four winning…
Six bowlers from Milwaukee represented the Central Division at the 2014 National Championships, in Sun City Center, FL, November 4-8. Anna Witt (skip) and Glorianne Mather (lead) finished with a 3-4 record in the Womens Pairs competition. Bob Schneider (skip) and Rob Behncke (lead) finished with a 3-4 record in the Mens Pairs competition. Pat Wimmer finished with a 1-6 record in…
The Otto Hess/Sydney Steller 2-Bowl Triples event was held on Saturday Aug 31st. Congratulations to winners: 1st- Rob Behncke, Tiff Reilly, Steve Sedgwick (pictured above) 2nd- Pat Wimmer, Crandall Hays, Marg Knitter 3rd- John Kirkwood, Alice Sedgwick, Steve Thomas 4th- Jim Grzybowski, Rebecca Nguyen, Dat Nguyen
This club tournament was inspired by the veteran novice pairs tournament played at Jefferson Park in Seattle, WA and we started playing our own version in 2011, typically with two matches in the morning and two matches in the afternoon. The Veteran Novice Pairs Tournament teams veterans with more than three years of lawn bowling…
Central Division made a good start in round robin play at the US Lawn Bowls Championships in Seattle WA, winning six of eight matches. In the morning session Central played the Northeast Division: Singles– Max Cavender 21-4 W; Charlene Harmon 10-21 L Pairs– Anna Witt/Glorianne Mather 21-11 W; Carl Landgren/Steve Nelson 19-10 W In the…