The American team consisting of members of the Northeast and Southeast divisions of the United States Lawn Bowls Association WON the inaugural Maritime Challenge Cup by the final score of 59-13 (out of 72 possible points)..Congrats to our members and friends from the Southeast on some great bowls and representation of United States and East Coast bowls! Read more about the games origin, the tournament and view more photos from the event below!
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Maritime Challenge USA team (consisting of members from the NED and SED)competed April 28 and 29 at Pinehurst LBC in North Carolina. This is a new challenge tournament pitting a 15 person team from the Brunswick Provence in Canada vs. a 15 person team from the Eastern part of the United States. The format will be Rink, Triples, Doubles and Singles with winners each receiving 2 points and 1 point for a tie. The first team to reach 37 wins the cup. This event was born out of simple conversation that a few took beyond just talk. Tom Kees of Pinehurst and Geoff Mulherin and Pat Beggs of Canada chatted at U. S. National Open last year and the result was the creation of this event. They enlisted others like Linda McDougall(formally of Bridgeport LBC) of Sun City Florida and Patrick Duffy of Brooklyn and interest was shown and a US team made up of players from the SED and NED was formed. The Canadian team at present consists of members from the Brunswick club. More to follow.
The US team is made up of the following: (SED) George & Jackie Tucker, Bud Ricucci, Linda McDougall, Earl Shaner, Marita Nierth, Dan Delgarn, & Bobbi Elwell. (NED) Burl & Barb Roller (Brooklyn), Bob Patterson (Brooklyn), Patrick Duffy (Brooklyn), Edward Last (Central Park), Ron Stubbing (Central Park), & Duncan Farrell (Essex County). Tom Kees & Pat Zimmerman are SED alternates. Ryan Hastu (Central Park) & Joe Kelly (Central Park) are NED alternates. |
Our Canadian friends and competitors
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An account of the inaugural Maritime Challenge Cup
Competition between the Maritime States of U.S
and Maritime Provinces of Canada
April 28th and 29th, 2012
Pinehurst LBC, Pinehurst, NC
Tournament Director Tom Kees opened the match with a welcome to all bowlers. Ron Lloyd, Director of Lawn Sports for Resorts of Pinehurst and George Tucker PLBC offered opening remarks. Captain Pat Beggs, Canada introduced the Canadian team and Co-Captains Linda McDougall from the SE division and Patrick Duffy from the NE division introduced the members of the United States team. Duncan Farrell and John White each sang their respective national anthems. Bob Patterson from the NE division led all in the pledge of allegiance to the flag.
We had the traditional Spider which was won by Dagmar Bridgman, Canada.
Day #1 saw competition in Singles and Fours.
The U.S. team dominated the first round by winning 5 of the 6 matches. Round #2 produced another strong performance by the U.S. Team winning another 5 matches out of 6 played. Round #3 featured 3 wins in Singles and 2 in fours. At the end of the first day of competition, the United States had a commanding lead of 30 points while Canada scored 6 points.
Day #2 featured competition in Pairs and Triples.
Round #4 saw the U.S team winning 3 games with 1 game tie and the Canadian team took 2 games and 1 tie game. Round #5 saw the U.S team winning all 6 contests. Round #6 produced 5 wins for the U.S. squad.
The final scores while heavily in favor of the U.S. squad, it should be noted that many of the games were decided by fewer than 3 points.
The closing ceremonies featured the familiar friendly camaraderie between bowlers who had a good time and great competition. The Canadian team promised to return next year loaded for bear!
Competition between the Maritime States of U.S
and Maritime Provinces of Canada
April 28th and 29th, 2012
Pinehurst LBC, Pinehurst, NC
Tournament Director Tom Kees opened the match with a welcome to all bowlers. Ron Lloyd, Director of Lawn Sports for Resorts of Pinehurst and George Tucker PLBC offered opening remarks. Captain Pat Beggs, Canada introduced the Canadian team and Co-Captains Linda McDougall from the SE division and Patrick Duffy from the NE division introduced the members of the United States team. Duncan Farrell and John White each sang their respective national anthems. Bob Patterson from the NE division led all in the pledge of allegiance to the flag.
We had the traditional Spider which was won by Dagmar Bridgman, Canada.
Day #1 saw competition in Singles and Fours.
The U.S. team dominated the first round by winning 5 of the 6 matches. Round #2 produced another strong performance by the U.S. Team winning another 5 matches out of 6 played. Round #3 featured 3 wins in Singles and 2 in fours. At the end of the first day of competition, the United States had a commanding lead of 30 points while Canada scored 6 points.
Day #2 featured competition in Pairs and Triples.
Round #4 saw the U.S team winning 3 games with 1 game tie and the Canadian team took 2 games and 1 tie game. Round #5 saw the U.S team winning all 6 contests. Round #6 produced 5 wins for the U.S. squad.
The final scores while heavily in favor of the U.S. squad, it should be noted that many of the games were decided by fewer than 3 points.
The closing ceremonies featured the familiar friendly camaraderie between bowlers who had a good time and great competition. The Canadian team promised to return next year loaded for bear!
A little history of the Pinehurst club found on the net!
The Pinehurst Lawn Bowls Club is a sanctioned Club and is a member of the United
States Lawn Bowls Association. Lawn bowls has been part of the history of Pinehurst Country Club since the 1920’s and the sport was actively played until the 1950’s. After a period of dormancy, Billie Nestor, the first president of the current club revived the sport in the 1980’s and it has continued until the present time. Our green is located on the main campus of the Pinehurst Country Club. The current Club has been in operation for 24 years and has been affiliated with either USLBA or its predecessors (American Lawn Bowls Association or American Woman’s Lawn Bowls Association) since the 1980’s. Pinehurst Lawn Bowls Club is a member of the Southeast Division. Our members have served actively on the Southeast Board of Directors as well as President of the Southeast Division (Jackie Tucker). Several members have been National Councilors including George Tucker, Tom Kees and Al Pelliccio. Tom Kees served as National Secretary for USLBA from its inception for a period of 10 years. Our Club has had great success in bowling competition. Jackie Tucker has been the United States Champion. George Tucker, Al Pelliccio, Jay Alphin, Linda Alphin, Barbara Roller, Burl Roller, Monica Dykeman and Pat Zimmerman have held titles in the Southeast Division on behalf of the Pinehurst Lawn Bowls Club. The Pinehurst Lawn Bowls Club has held the Challenge Cup, which is a competition between Pinehurst and the Williamsburg Lawn Bowls Club, for 16 of the 21 matches. We are the host Club for the East Coast Challenge which pits the best bowlers from the Southeast Division versus the best bowlers from the Northeast Division. Many of our bowlers participate in the Southeast Open, Northeast Open, National Open and the United States Championships. We have hosted the United States Championship competition and will do so again in the near future. We are always working toward improving our ‘green’ so that we can boast of one of the finest facilities on the east coast. |
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