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!
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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2018 President's Message
Following the NED Open the NED Delegates have elected me to my 4th term as President. My first term was for the ALBA Eastern Division back in 1997. At that time we began discussions to merging the men and women together and held our first joint open in 1999. During the open we had 2 full greens at Buck Hill with 14 pair’s teams for the women and 16 men’s triples teams. Our BBQ on the Monday night had 77 people attend. While participation was down a little over last year we only had participation from 42 division bowlers. (14 women) We have also lost the use of several greens including Slater Park, Cunningham and Williamsburg.
In short, we have declined significantly in the last 20 years. However, under the leadership of our past president Veronica Sum, with support from our board and Bowls USA, we are making strides to halt that trend. Improvements in our marketing, coaching and grant programs are a great beginning. We have been assisting New Bedford, who is working towards bringing bowling back into the Boston area and hopefully we will be bowling there in a couple of years. There is still much to do and we need your help. I invite all of you to consider getting involved. Running the NED is not a job just for tournament bowlers. There have been several programs introduced by Bowls USA and NED to support our clubs and in the NED we would like to do more. We would benefit from having board members who are social bowlers that care about the game. We need to know more about what a social bowler needs and why some clubs do not feel a need to be part of the NED. If you are interested in becoming a board member please let me know. Colin Smith President NED 2018 NED Bowler of the Year (BOY) Bowler 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. Download file for history of BOY and past BOY winners
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NED TOURNAMENT NEWS
2018 Tournament Schedule....click here
UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS
LAST NED TOURNAMENT OF THE YEAR....ARCULLI PAIRSThe 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.
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UPDATED NED TOURNAMENT INFOAn 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.
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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 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**
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 )
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 )
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 )
1st Derek Mckie ( Canada )
2nd Ryan Hastu ( NY )
3rd Adriana Sandoval ( SW )
4th Gary Mosso ( Pittsburgh )
2018 SINGLES PLAYDOWNS - August 4 & 5, 2018
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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. |
2018 Ladies' Singles Playdown Winner: Michele Arculli of Essex County LBC
2018 Men's Singles Playdown Winner: Scott Snyder of Essex County LBC
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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.
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
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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. |
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.
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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.
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
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RON BUCK SINGLES AT DUPONT - June 9 & 10, 2018
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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 |
2018 Ron Buck Singles Winner: Patrick Duffy with Betty Lou presenting him the plaque & check
2018 Ron Buck Singles - 2nd Place Winner: Ryan Hastu of NYLBC with Colin Smith, Tournament Director presenting him with his check.
2018 Ron Buck Singles - 3rd Place Winner: Dan (Sven) Berg of Williamsburg
2018 Ron Buck Singles - 4th Place Winner: Joe Kelly of NYLBC with his spouse, Ryan.
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FOR 2017 TOURNAMENT RESULTS, CLICK HERE.
IN OTHER NEWS....
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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.