Milwaukee Lake Park Lawn Bowling Club
Milwaukee Lawn Bowling
This Bowls USA tournament was held in the Los Angeles, CA area September 26 – October 3. There were 190 male and 82 female participants, including our own Anna Witt and Rob Behncke. Max Cavender, associate member, also played. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the format of the Open, any team reaching…
Veteran and novice bowlers came together to form six pairs teams and competed against each other in a 6-end round robin tournament on September 26, 2015. The tournament director was Carl Landgren. Results were: 1st place: Carl Landgren/Min Waite 2nd place (tie): Crandall Hays/Barb Gamoke and Pat Wimmer/Joanne Moll
This men’s only tournament was held on September 12, 2015. Ten men formed 5 pairs teams. Thank you to tournament co-directors, Bob Schneider and Leif Andresen. 1st place: Bob Schneider/Matt de St. Aubin 2nd place: Rob Behncke/Jim Cavender 3rd place: Crandall Hays/John Kirkwood
This women’s only tournament was held on September 12, 2015. Four women took turns playing with and against each other in a round-robin pairs tournament. Pat Wimmer was the decisive winner. Tiebreakers were needed to determine the final standings of the remaining participants. Thank you to tournament director, Glorianne Mather.
The summer party was held on Sunday, August 23, 2014. We had 34 members and 2 guests in attendance. Thank you to Rebecca Nguyen for preparing all of the delicious food! Anna Witt then organized a pairs game where the afternoon league bowlers chose a partner from among the evening league bowlers. There was some high-spirited play! In one…
MLPLBA hosted the Central Division Playdowns Pairs tournament on August 15-16, 2015. MEN – Steve Nelson needed all of his experience in national and international play to get by his long time pairs partner Carl Landgren and win the 2015 Singles Playdowns. Both players were on their games in the 90 degree heat. The match…
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…
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…
Associate member, Ted Bailey, sold his condo in Kenosha and headed back to California where he will live year-round. Ted served as the Friday Frolics league director for four years, played in tournaments, and has been a friendly face for Milwaukee bowlers that play in California tournaments. We will miss him.
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…