2018 NED TOURNAMENT RESULTS 

2018 ARCULLI PAIRS - September 22 & 23, 2018

13 teams turned out for the re-scheduled Arculli Pairs on September 22-23 at Essex LBC. After 5 rounds of play the team of Patrick Duffy and Ken DeAngelis finished with 5 wins. 5 teams tied with 4 wins and 1 loss and in playoff games of just 6 ends, Michele Arculli & Susan Berg eliminated Ed & Alex Last but then lost to Ryan Hastu &  Joe Kelly. In the other playoff game Yatish Uchil and Ron Forlenza defeated Sam Johnson and Dan Berg in an extra end. In the playoff for 2nd and third place Yatish Uchil and Ron Forlenza defeated Ryan Hastu and Joe Kelly. In the playoff for 4th place Michele Arculli and Susan Berg were victorious over Sam Johnson and Dan Berg.

Thanks to all that participated and all the workers at Essex for doing a great job hosting the event and providing lunch both days.

Congratulations to our winners and thanks to all our bowlers for making it a great event.
Final Results :
1st    Patrick Duffy & Ken Deangelis          
2nd      Yatish Uchil & Ron Forlenza          
3rd      Ryan Hastu & Joe Kelly                
4th      Michele Arculli & Susan Berg 

This concludes the NED schedule for 2018 - hope to see more of you at the tournaments next year. 

2018 HALL OF FAME TRIPLES - September 8 & 9, 2018

Thank you for all that participated in the Hall of Fame Triples at New York Lawn Bowling Club in Central Park. Only 5 teams participated and we were able to complete the tournament in one day due to the inclement weather. A five card draw was implemented and two teams had 3 wins and 1 tie, who had to play in a final playoff. Congratulations to Wes Moe, Yatish Uchil and Les Winter of New York LBC for winning this year's HOF Triples. They beat the team of Debbie Pelosi, Ed Last and Maurice Lafond.

2018 NED OPEN - August 18 to 23, 2018

Thank you to Buck Hill Falls and Skytop members for hosting the 2018 NED Open. Their hospitality was great and we had a wonderful week of bowling with only minor weather concerns.

We had 12 triples, 17 pairs and 19 singles. Congratulations to our winners.
**Ryan Hastu is bowler of the tournament finishing in the money in all 3 events**
Triples :
1st     Ed Last - Yatish Uchil - Alex Last  ( NY )
2nd    Ryan Hastu - Joe Kelly - Georgina Kellman  ( NY )
3rd     Larry Stawartz - Cory Stawartz - Marion Stawartz   ( Pittsburgh )
Pairs : 
1st    Larry Stawartz & Cory Stawartz   ( Pittsburgh )
2nd   Richard Marcus & Yatish Uchil     ( NY )
3rd    Ryan Hastu & Joe Kelly               ( NY )
4th    Sandra Wall & Dave Murray         ( SE )
Singles :
1st   Derek Mckie      ( Canada )
2nd  Ryan Hastu       ( NY )
3rd   Adriana Sandoval   ( SW )
4th   Gary Mosso      ( Pittsburgh )
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2018 SINGLES PLAYDOWNS - August 4 & 5, 2018

Congratulations to Michele Arculli & Scott Snyder, who have won the right to represent the NED at the 2018 National Championships at Sun City, FL in November. Michele won both games against challengers Frances Shen and Veronica Sum with Veronica winning against Frances to be our runner-up.

On the men's side there were no undefeated players in the field of 6 with all having at least 1 loss from round robin play. It was Scott Snyder and Colin Smith with only one loss who entered the play-off with challengers Duncan Farrell, Ed Last, Robin Goldman & Ryan Hastu, who finished in that order.

In the playoff, Scott proved to be the better player coming from 13-10 down to win 15-13 in an exciting finish.

Please join me congratulating Michele and Scott and wishing them the best of luck at the Championships. I am sure they will do the NED proud.
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2018 Ladies' Singles Playdown Winner: Michele Arculli of Essex County LBC
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2018 Men's Singles Playdown Winner: Scott Snyder of Essex County LBC

2018 SALADIN PAIRS - July 21 & 22, 2018

Congratulations to Frick Park on hosting the 2nd Annual Saladin Pairs.  They not only provided us with a great tournament but took home all of the prizes...a Frick sweep!

1st Gary Mosso & Jeri Spann
2nd Larry Stawartz and Cory Stawartz
3rd Richard Lockyer & Wick Hall

Congratulations to Gary and Jeri for a great win by defeating Larry & Cory in a playoff.Richard & Wick beat Maurice LaFond & Tony Decarolis in the playoff for 3rd place.

2018 LADIES' AND MEN'S PAIRS PLAYDOWNS - July 7 & 8, 2018

Congratulations to the Ladies' winners, Jeri Spann & Susan Berg, who won both their games against Frances Shen & Veronica Sum. 

Congratulations also to our Men's winners Sam Johnson & Dan Berg, who won all of their 5 matches. Runner-up is Maurice LaFond & Jerry Demello, who won 4 out of 5.

Please join me in wishing our NED representatives good luck in the Championships in November at Sun City, FL. Have fun and enjoy the event. This will be the first time we have a husband and wife representing the NED.

Thanks to the Skytop club for hosting the event. We could not have asked for better weather and the greens were great.
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2018 NED Ladies' Pairs Playdown Winners: Jeri Spann (Skip) of Frick Park , PA and her partner, Susan Berg (Lead) of Williamsburg, VA
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2018 NED Men's Pairs Playdown Winners: Sam Johnson (Skip) of Essex County Lawn Bowling Club and his partner, Dan Berg (Lead) of Williamsburg, VA.
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2018 NED Men's Pairs Playdown Runner-ups: Maurice Lafond (Skip) and Jerry Demello (Lead), both from Essex County Lawn Bowling Club.

DREVITCH PAIRS AT BUCK HILL FALLS - June 23 & 24, 2018

Congratulations to Joe Kelly & Ryan Hastu of New York Lawn Bowling Club for winning the 2018 Drevitch Pairs, which was hosted at lovely Buck Hill Falls in the Poconos this year. A total of 8 teams participated and we played an Australian pairs format for this tournament. Joe & Ryan were undefeated and won this event with a 5-0 record. Playoffs were held for 2nd & 3rd place between Jerry Demello & Maurice Lafond of Essex County Lawn Bowling Club against Susan Berg & Dan (Sven) Berg of Williamsburg as both teams had a 4-1 record. The husband & wife team of Dan & Susan defeated Jerry & Maurice, who were last year's defending champions, in a close game. Congratulations to all the winners and special thanks to Buck Hill and their wonderful hospitality.
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2018 Drevitch Pairs - 1st Place Winners: Joe Kelly & Ryan Hastu of New York Lawn Bowling Club
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2018 Drevitch Pairs - 2nd Place Winners: Susan & Dan (Sven) Berg of Williamsburg
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2018 Drevitch Pairs - 3rd Place Winners: Jerry Demello & Maurice Lafond of Essex County Lawn Bowling Club

RON BUCK SINGLES AT DUPONT - June 9 & 10, 2018

We finally kicked off our  2018 NED bowling schedule with the Ron Buck Singles held in Dupont on June 9 & 10, 2018. The weather finally cooperated and we were able to complete all games with the rain coming for the last end of the playoffs.

Betty-Lou Buck was on hand to present the trophy to Patrick Duffy, who defeated Ryan Hastu in the 3rd end of a tie breaker set after both winning all 6 of their games and 1 set each in the playoff game.

This year we tried a different format for the singles playing 2 - 7 end sets with total points scored as the decider in each set. A 3 end tie breaker set with ends won was used when each player won a set each. One set point was earned with each Set or Tie Breaker Set won.

We each played 6 games with the event decided on Set Points won rather than wins. This meant that a person finishing with 3 wins and 3 losses had a better Set Points total than someone with a 4 wins and 2 losses due to winning a set in each of their 3 losses giving them 9 points. The 4-2 player won no additional sets in their losses and finished with 8 points. 

In 3rd place was Dan Berg with 5 wins and 10 Set Points. 4th went to Joe Kelly who finished with more sets won than Barry Kessler in 5th place. Both finished with 9 points, Joe had 3 wins and Barry had 4 wins.

Thanks to Tee Adams for hosting the event on what may be our final trip to Dupont as the future of their green is uncertain. 

Thanks also to all those that played and helped with the set-up of the green. We did not use the boards this year and just went with strings front and back of the ditch area.

1st  - Patrick Duffy
2nd - Ryan Hastu - defending champion
3rd - Dan Berg
4th - Joe Kelly
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2018 Ron Buck Singles Winner: Patrick Duffy with Betty Lou presenting him the plaque & check
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2018 Ron Buck Singles - 2nd Place Winner: Ryan Hastu of NYLBC with Colin Smith, Tournament Director presenting him with his check.
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2018 Ron Buck Singles - 3rd Place Winner: Dan (Sven) Berg of Williamsburg
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2018 Ron Buck Singles - 4th Place Winner: Joe Kelly of NYLBC with his spouse, Ryan.