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WELCOME TO THE NORTHEAST DIVISION OF BOWLS USA

Stretched 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!

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Rule Book of Bowls
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LAWN BOWLING BASICS

The 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!
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 
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President's Message

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Happy Spring...and welcome to the 2018 Lawn Bowling Season!

I am excited to kickoff the 2018 Lawn Bowling season at most of our clubs, which should begin in May! Besides the clubs opening their greens for existing members and new bowlers, we are looking forward to kicking off the tournament season within the Northeast Division (NED). 

  • 2018 NED Tournament Schedule:  is now available. Click here for schedule. 
  • ​2018 NED Open will be held in the Poconos again at both Skytop & Buck Hill Falls – Dates: Aug 18 to Aug 23, 2018. Click here for more information including entry and accommodations.
  • 2018 US Open will be held in Sun City, AZ – Dates: Nov 2 to 10, 2018. Click here for registration and entry information.
  • 2018 National Championships (reps are winners of the NED Playdowns) will be held in Sun City Center, FL – Dates: Nov 24 to 30, 2018
  • NED Sub-Committees: We are  still looking to have any volunteers who might have interests in the following committees.  We believe some of you have talents & skills that we are not aware of. Therefore, we are asking for your experience to assist us in promoting this sport.
    • Marketing – Chairperson: Dick Sayer (richardsayerphotography@gmail.com)
    • Club Recruitment – Chairperson: Josh Sayer (jsayermusic@gmal.com)
    • Coaching/Clinics – Chairperson: TBD 
If anyone is interested in any more information on these committees or would like to join, please feel free to reach out to the above chairperson.
  • Possible new clubs for NED:
    • Coveleigh – Rye, NY: might consider returning to the NED / further discussions are required this year.
    • Buffalo, NY (Park Country Club): has a bowling green that is part of a county club and the Board has already approved acceptance of their inclusion into our Division. Awaiting final confirmation.
    • New Bedford, MA (crown greens): discussion and meeting has taken place with representative of New Bedford Recreation Department to build two new grass greens to replace current crown greens. Funding is still being approved and construction will not take place before Fall of 2018.
  • Announcements: 
    • Colin Smith has been officially voted into the Bowls USA Hall of Fame. Congratulations to Colin for a well-deserved honor. We will be officially honoring Colin at the first NED Tournament next year, which will be the Arculli Pairs in May.
    • Lastly, I have been officially elected as 2nd Vice President of Bowls USA and will remain the Female Councilor for the NED.

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
April 2018


NED Bowler of the Year (BOY)

PictureBowler of the Decade Winner: Jack Lucey 2000 to 2009
How Bowler of the Year is Determined....

At each event on the NED calendar, points are awarded for finishing in the first 4 positions (if determined). 10 points for 1st, 8 points 2nd, 5 points for 3rd and 3 points for 4th. Points are accumulated throughout the year and an award is made to the top player based upon points at the end of the year or at the first event the following year. 

An award is also given to the best Player in each Decade. 

​Starting in 2018 we will no longer award BOY points for the Play-downs and the top 10 players at end of the NED Open will automatically qualify for selection into the East Coast Challenge team should that player apply. Also receiving selection will be the Play-down winners. 

​East Coast Challenge is an annual Team event against the Southeast Division. Each division selects 15 players to play in 3 groups of 5 over 2 days in Singles, Pairs, Triples and Fours.



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NED TOURNAMENT NEWS

2018 Tournament Schedule....click here​
UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS

LAST NED TOURNAMENT OF THE YEAR....ARCULLI PAIRS

The Arculli Pairs will be held on September 22 & 23 at Essex County Lawn Bowling Club in Bloomfield, NJ. This will be the last tournament of the season and we will be honoring one of the greatest bowlers of our time, Skippy Arculli.

UPDATED NED TOURNAMENT INFO

An updated NED Tournament schedule has now been posted as of May 31, 2018. Due to bad weather, both the Arculli Pairs and Ron Buck Singles have been cancelled from their original dates.
  • Arculli Pairs at Essex County Lawn Bowling Club in Bloomfield, NJ has now been moved to September 22 & 23, 2018 
  • Ron Buck Singles at DuPont Lawn Bowling Club in Wilmington, DE has now been moved to June 9 & 10, 2018
  • NOTE: Hall of Fame Triples was originally scheduled for September 15 & 16, but now has been moved up to September 8 & 9.

2018 NED TOURNAMENT RESULTS

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 Hall of Fame Triples Winners (l to r): Yatish Uchil (Vice), Les Winter (Skip) and Wes Moe (Lead) of NYLBC
2018 Hall of Fame 2nd Place Winners (l to r): Ed Last (Vice), Debbie Pelosi (Lead) and Maurice Lafond (Skip)

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 )
2018 NED Open Triples Winners: (l to r): Alex Last (Lead), Yatish Uchil (Vice) and Ed Last (Skip) of NYLBC
2018 NED Open Triples 2nd Place Winners (l to r): Ryan Hastu (Skip), Georgina Kelman (Lead) and Joe Kelly (Vice) of NYLBC
2018 NED Open Triples 3rd Place Winners (l to r): Larry Stawartz (Skip), Cory Stawartz (Vce) and Marion Stawartz (Lead) of Frick Park (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 )
2018 NED Open Pairs Winners (l to r): Larry Stawartz (Skip) and Cory Stawartz (Lead) of Frick Park (Pittsburgh)
2018 NED Open Pairs 2nd Place Winners (l to r): Richard Marcus (Skip) and Yatish Uchil (Lead) of NYLBC
2018 NED Open Pairs 3rd Place Winners (l to r): Joe Kelly (Lead) and Ryan Hastu (Skip) of NYLBC
2018 NED Open Pairs 4th Place Winners (l to r): Sandy Wall (Skip) and Dave Murray (Lead) of Florida, SE Division
Singles :
1st   Derek Mckie      ( Canada )
2nd  Ryan Hastu       ( NY )
3rd   Adriana Sandoval   ( SW )
4th   Gary Mosso      ( Pittsburgh )

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2018 NED Open Singles Winner: Derek McKie of Canada - 2nd consecutive win
2018 NED Singles 2nd Place Winner: Ryan Hastu of NYLBC
2018 NED Singles 3rd Place Winner: Adriana Sandavol of California, SW Division
2018 NED Singles 4th Place Winner: Garry Mosso of Frick Park (Pittsburgh)

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 Saladin Pairs Winners: Jeri Spann (Lead) & Gary Mosso (Skip)
2018 Saladin Pairs - 2nd Place: Cory Stawartz (Lead) & Larry Stawartz (Skip)
2018 Saladin Pairs - 3rd Place: Wick Hall (Lead) & Richard Lockyer (Skip)

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.

FOR 2017 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!

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.

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