2019 LBLBC Club Tournaments

LBLBC Tournaments are organized for LBLBC members to compete with one another at the club level. Except for Novice Singles, Participants are awarded points towards the coveted "Bowler of the Year" honor. You automatically get 40 points for each tournament you bowl in and more if you place. In addition to points, you get cash if you place.

Points Distribution

1st place - 100 points
2nd place - 80 points
3rd place - 60 points
Everyone else - 40 points

Tournaments are held on Saturdays and Sundays starting at 9:00am.

This Year's Tournaments

Sun Feb 24: Men's & Women's Singles
Sun Mar 24: Vet Novice Triples (Blind Draw)
Sun Apr 28: Pairs (Blind Draw)
Sun Jun 16: Vet / Novice Pairs (Blind Draw)
Sun Jul 7: Novice Singles
Sun Jul 28: 3-Bowl Pairs (Pick Your Partner)
Sat Aug 17: Two-Bowl Triples (Blind Draw)
Sat Sep 28: Reinie Kramer Australian Pairs (Blind Draw)
Sat Oct 26: Mixed Triples (Blind Draw)

LBLBC Reinie Kramer Australian Pairs (Blind Draw)

The eighth LBLBC tournament of the season, the Reinie Kramer Australian Pairs (Blind Draw) is scheduled for Saturday September 28, 2019 at 9:00am. The price is $5.00 per person.

Australian Pairs is a pretty cool format. Australian Pairs allows both people on a team to play Lead and Skip.

In the first end of the game the Leads start off with 2 Bowls each. Then the Skips play their 4 Bowls. Then the Leads complete the end with their final 2 Bowls. Thus, the Leads act as Lead and Skip in the same end.
In the Next End the roles are reversed. The Skips playing First with their Two Bowls. Then the Leads play their 4 Bowls. Then the Skips complete the End with their final 2 Bowls.

This alternating pattern continues throughout the game. Aside from the extra walking, in the Australian Pairs, the rules are the same as a normal Pairs Game.

This tournament is open only to LBLBC members. Competitors will be matched by blind draw. Bowler of the year points will be awarded!

Deadline is the Thursday 10:00pm September 19! (Yes, 9 days before the event to prepare for a special lunch).
Check-in is at 8:30 AM.
Trial ends start at 9:00 AM.

An even number of teams will be accepted to prevent byes. This means that the number of people signing up must be evenly divisible by 4. Sign ups are first come first served.

Remember to bring a lunch, snacks, and a bottle (to put our filtered water in). Or simply bring your own water. Please wear a club or white shirt and white shorts. No T-shirts please. Remember flat soled shoes and no flip flops.

8.17.19 LBLBC 2-Bowl Triples (Blind Draw)

The seventh LBLBC tournament of the season held Saturday August 17, 2019. The format was 3 10-end games of 2-bowl triples.

We had the lowest turnout of bowlers yet this year. Just 12 bowlers, 4 teams participated. But that resulted in a very interesting round-robin tournament where every team played every other team.

The bowling started at 9:00am, 45 minutes for lunch, and finished the awards presentations at 1:45pm.

1st Place

Abe Pinnella, Randy Hatfield, Jim Lyons

2nd Place

Tom Richeson, Kole Carr, Sandy Graham

3rd Place

Ed Chatlin, Scott Graham, Ken Robillard

7.28.19 LBLBC 3-Bowl Pairs (Pick Your Partner)

LBLBC hosted its sixth club tournament, 3-Bowl Pairs, on Sunday July 28th. The format was 3 10-end blind draw games.

We had a good turnout of 36 people (18 teams) to compete for a small cash prize and Bowler of the Year points.

The Winners!

1st - Abe Pinnella, Tom Richeson
2nd - Greg Mech, Clay Nolde
3rd - Curt Bartsch, Dave Breedon

Winners were determined first by most matches won, most plus points, least opponents points, and most number of ends played.

And once again, the last tiebreaker determined the winner between 1st and 2nd. We really need to fix this.

7.7.19 LBLBC Novice Singles

LBLBC hosted its fifth club tournament, Novice Singles, on Sunday July 7th, The format was 3 blind draw games, first to 15 points wins.

We had a good turnout of 23 novices to compete for a small cash prize and more importantly, your name on the Novice Champion plaque on the wall.

The Winners!

1st - Alan Burkholder
2nd - Amy Ding
3rd - Ben Brown

Winners were determined first by most matches won, most plus points, least opponents points, and most number of ends played.

And wouldn't you know it, the last tiebreaker determined the winner between 1st and 2nd.

6.16.19 LBLBC Vet / Novice Pairs (Blind Draw)

LBLBC hosted its fourth club tournament of the year on Sunday June 16th. The format was a Vet / Novice Four Bowl Pairs Tournament where the novice was the lead. Teams were selected through a blind draw.

This tournament was a sponsored event. A club member who wishes to remain anonymous has graciously made a donation so that the winning team received $100/person and the second place team received $50/person, third place received $25/person.

Lunch was provided and it still only cost $5 per player. 3 12-end games. Winning places were determined by total match points, total plus points, and total fewest competitor plus points. 3 match points per win, 1 per tie, and 0 per loss. Max 7 plus points.