WELCOME TO THE NORTHEAST DIVISION OF BOWLS USAStretched from New England to Southern Virginia and out to Western Pennsylvania the Northeast Division is the birthplace of lawn bowls in the United States of America.
In the early 1900's the American Lawn Bowls Association was formed in Buffalo, NY and continues today as BOWLS USA with clubs spanning from coast to coast. Our division is a very active one with tournaments nearly every other week during the summer as well as an annual week-long open tournament with potential visitors from all over the globe. The Northeast Division supports a strong local club base and encourages clubs to join and spread their wings to other clubs and more competition. We support clubs who foster strong camaraderie, league play and social events throughout the year and who seek to promote and grow the sport for future generations to enjoy. The Northeast division has a long tradition of excellence with several national champions and even a world champion in its past and current membership. All the clubs welcome guests who want to try out this sport and joining is easy. Contact us today and we'll get you started in a game that you can play and enjoy for a lifetime. It is a great family game with husbands and wives playing at the same time with their children. It is not unheard of to have three generations all playing on the same green. We all have witnessed 12 year olds competing against 80 year olds, grandfathers against grand-daughter and brothers teaming up for 2 and 3 decades. It is truly a sport one can play and compete at a high level for many many years. The most common phrase we hear from new members who came to the game in retirement is, "I wish I knew about this game before!" Come give it a try! Click on image below to find your nearest club....
Photo courtesy from Tee Adams
We belong and so do you!
Rule Book of Bowls
Download the laws of the sport of bowls here! LAWN BOWLING BASICSThe video below was created by Charlie Hebert, who is an avid bowler and champion with an extreme interest in promoting lawn bowls. Thanks Charlie from your friends in the Northeast!
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President's Message
The 2017 NED lawn bowling season has now been in full swing. We have completed 3 of our NED Tournaments with 2 more to go and completed our Pairs and Singles Playdowns. We are very proud of all of our winners (see results below) and cannot wait to see how they represent us in the National Championships in California later this year in October! Our NED Open is coming up on the last week in Aug (Aug 26 to 31), which is being hosted at two beautiful venues in the Poconos, Skytop and Buck Hill Falls. We are looking forward to seeing folks from all over the country attending this mixed open event of Triples, Pairs and Singles. As I mentioned in my last President's message, one of my goals for my term was to increase membership and awareness of our underrated sport. Since the beginning of this year, we have formed 3 different committees: 1) Marketing, 2) Recruitment of clubs, 3) Coaching/Clinics, to work on these goals. We now have some exciting news to share: - One of our previous NED clubs, Sunrise Lawn Bowling Club located in Eisenhower Park in Long Island, NY, has recently come back into our division again. We are committed to assisting this club in getting their greens up to standard so they can host future NED Tournaments, market the sport in their area and assist them with any clinics for their club members to be more active competitively. - We recently hosted a bowls clinic before one of our NED tournaments c/o Eileen Luba & Patrick Duffy, both official Bowls USA coaches. We wanted to educate and provide our members with a refresher course on the etiquette, rules and strategy of the game. We plan to have future clinics depending on the needs of each club, prior to an upcoming NED tournament. - Membership of the Northeast Division has increased by +14% from last year with various initiatives of the clubs to increase membership. We want to keep this momentum for next year and will target for a 20% increase. If anyone has any additional questions, thoughts or ideas, please feel free to email us at nedbowls@gmail.com. We welcome any feedback or participation in our division to make us better. Sincerely, Veronica Sum NED President July 2017 HALL OF FAMERS
There is a rich tradition of excellence in the Northeast division. Click here to see our Hall of Fame and read a little about some of our members who have achieved National recognition. We have inducted the following bowlers in our NED Hall of Fame for 2017:
Colin Smith, Essex County LBC In Memoriam: Ron Buck, Dupont LBC Lois Saladin, Frick Park LBC |
NED TOURNAMENT NEWS
2017 Northeast Division Open - August 26 to 31, 2017: Click here to download flyer with additional information
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UPCOMING NED TOURNAMENTS
2017 Tournament Schedule Available now! Click here...
**Join us for SALADIN PAIRS, our next NED Tournament, being held at Frick Park in Pittsburgh, PA on Aug 12 & 13, 2017 **
NOTE: Entry deadline for this tournament is Sat, Aug 5, 2017
2017 Tournament Schedule Available now! Click here...
**Join us for SALADIN PAIRS, our next NED Tournament, being held at Frick Park in Pittsburgh, PA on Aug 12 & 13, 2017 **
NOTE: Entry deadline for this tournament is Sat, Aug 5, 2017
2017 NED TOURNAMENT RESULTS
2017 FIRST ANNUAL SALADIN PAIRS - FRICK PARK LAWN BOWLING CLUB IN PITTSBURGH, PA
August 12 & 13, 2017
Congratulations to Veronica Sum and Dick Sayer of Essex County Lawn Bowling Club on winning the 1st Annual Lois Saladin Pairs. There were 15 teams that showed up to play and remember Lois in Pittsburgh on Aug 12-13. Veronica and Dick finished undefeated with 5-0 wins. Three teams finished with 4-1 records, which required playoffs. Joe Kelly and Ryan Hastu of New York Lawn Bowling Club defeated Alex Last and Patrick Duffy of Essex County Lawn Bowling Club, who had previously defeated Russ Sheldon and Jeri Spann of Frick Park.
Thanks to all the came out for the day and to Frick Park for hosting.
Results:
1st : Veronica Sum & Dick Sayer
2nd : Joe Kelly & Ryan Hastu
3rd : Alex Last & Patrick Duffy
4th: Russ Sheldon & Jeri Spann
Thanks to all the came out for the day and to Frick Park for hosting.
Results:
1st : Veronica Sum & Dick Sayer
2nd : Joe Kelly & Ryan Hastu
3rd : Alex Last & Patrick Duffy
4th: Russ Sheldon & Jeri Spann
2017 DREVITCH PAIRS - NEW YORK LAWN BOWLING CLUB (NYLBC) IN CENTRAL PARK, NY
July 22, 2017 (one day tournament)
Congratulations to Maurice Lafond & Jerry Demello of Essex Lawn Bowling Club (ECLBC), on winning the Drevitch Pairs which was re-scheduled to a 1-day event with 4 games due to the weather forecast. They were undefeated and had the best plus points with 34.
In Second place were Ryan Hastu and Joe Kelly of NYLBC, also undefeated but with lower plus points.
Third place went to Patrick Duffy and Alan Winson of ECLBC with three wins and a tie with Les Winter & Yatish Uchil with the best plus points from the three wins.
Thanks to NYLBC for hosting and all who played.
In Second place were Ryan Hastu and Joe Kelly of NYLBC, also undefeated but with lower plus points.
Third place went to Patrick Duffy and Alan Winson of ECLBC with three wins and a tie with Les Winter & Yatish Uchil with the best plus points from the three wins.
Thanks to NYLBC for hosting and all who played.
2017 NED SINGLES PLAYDOWNS - FRICK PARK, PITTSBURGH, PA
July 8-9, 2017
Congratulations to Michele Arculli of Essex Lawn Bowling Club and Dan (Sven) Berg of Williamsburg, VA for winning the Ladies' and Men's Singles Playdowns. They will both be representing the Northeast Division in October at Newport Harbor, CA at the National Championships.
NOTE: This will be Michele's 9th appearance representing the NED at the National Championships.
NOTE: This will be Michele's 9th appearance representing the NED at the National Championships.
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2017 NED PAIRS PLAYDOWNS - DUPONT LBC, WILMINGTON, DE
June 24-25, 2017
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Congratulations to the new NED Ladies' Pairs Playdown Champions, Eileen Luba and Doreen Alexander of Frick Park, Pittsburgh, PA.
NOTE: This will be Doreen's first time representing the NED at the National Championships. |
2017 NED Ladies' Pairs Playdown Winners (l to r): Eileen Luba and Doreen Alexander of Frick Park, PA
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Congratulations to the Sayer brothers for winning the NED Men's Pairs Playdowns. Both Bobby Sayer and Richard Sayer of Essex County Lawn Bowling Club in Bloomfield, NJ, will be representing the NED in the Pairs at the National Championships in California.
NOTE: This will be the Sayer's 11th time representing the NED at the National Championships. |
2017 NED Men's Pairs Playdown Winners (l to r): Bobby Sayer and Richard Sayer
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FOR ALL OTHER 2017 TOURNAMENT RESULTS FROM MAY, CLICK HERE.
FOR ALL OF 2016 TOURNAMENT RESULTS, CLICK HERE.
IN OTHER NEWS....
Check out some videos of the Finals at the 2016 World Bowls with some of the greatest bowlers around the world!
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Institution of new fliers and business cards for use at some clubs in 2014...
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We developed a new promotional flier and business card that will hopefully help spread a positive awareness of our sport around the communities that have bowling greens. This is our first new step towards working with clubs to build membership.
The fliers are tri-fold and are meant to be used in combination with the business card with each club's contact. Currently, Frick Park, Essex and Fernliegh LBCs have been issued cards and we will work to get more clubs involved.
You can click on each individual image on the bottom to enlarge.
The fliers are tri-fold and are meant to be used in combination with the business card with each club's contact. Currently, Frick Park, Essex and Fernliegh LBCs have been issued cards and we will work to get more clubs involved.
You can click on each individual image on the bottom to enlarge.