Members of the 2008
North America Challenge Team Announced

Dana Lum and Jack Lucy, chairpersons of the Team Selectors, have announced the members of Team USA that will represent the United States in the 2008 North America Challenge. The games are scheduled August 6 through August 9. The games are scheduled to be played in Burlington, Ontario the first week of August.

Kathy Alton

Reggie Barnaes

Jan Hargraves

Tanya Hills

Linda Jahraus (alternate)

Linda McDougall

Marita Nierth

Anne Nunes

Sandy Souza (alternate)

Katy Stone (alternate)

Jackie Tucker

Brenda Wright

Myra Wood

Manager to be selected

Team Folkins
Bill Brault	Triples Lead, Fours Lead
Phil Dunn	Pairs Lead, Fours Second
Michael Siddall	Triples Skip, Fours Skip
Loren Dion	Pairs Skip, Fours Vice
Phil Salt	Singles, Triples Vice

Team Jarvis
Richard Broad	Pairs Skip, Fours Second
Bob Schneider	Triples Vice, Fours Vice
Joe Zinna	Triples Skip, Fours Skip
Jim Olson	Pairs Lead, Singles
George Tucker	Triples Lead, Fours Lead

Brian Studwell	Manager

USA Wins The Gold

People travel to China for various reasons. Some to see such wonders as the Great Wall, see an emerging nation, or perhaps cruise the Yangtze to see the new Three Gorges Dam. Others travel to China (Hong Kong) to play in the well known China Open lawn bowling tournament. Well, that's what TEAM USA did. The went to play and to WIN and WIN they did. Competing from March 4 - 7 were 28 nations including Scotland, Canada, England, Australia (2 teams), and Wales just to name a few.

The team included Bob Schneider (Skip), Chris Booth (Vice), Richard Broad (third and team captain), and Bill Brault (Lead).

The team went 5-1-1 in the section round-robin which included defeating Australia 2 and England. After winning the quarter and semi finals they faced Australia 1 for the gold. They won over Australia 1 handily by a score of 15 to 10 bringing an international gold medal to the United States for the first time in 24 years. Further, they did it without having a team manger to handle the details.

We might add that before the China Open, Chris Booth won a gold medal in the Hong Kong International Mixed Fours. That's two golds for Chris in a matter of days. Can anyone tell us the last time a TEAM USA member brought home two gold medals?

Look in the Summer edition of BOWLS USA for all the details.

A hearty ‘flick o’ the brim’ from BowlsAmerica.

We are sad to learn.....

.....that neither the men's nor the women's Team USA qualified for World Bowls 2008.

The Women's Team Selectors for 2008

Dana Lum - DanaLum@Verizon.Net
Annette Schans - AGS64@aol.com
Mary Terrill - termj@mailstation.com
Maryna Hyland - ivanhyland@hotmail.com
Sybil Bernash - Sybil469@aol.com

Applications for the 2009 Men's Team USA

The National Team Selectors (NTS) will be selecting several teams for the 2009 International Calendar of events. If you applied last year, you should receive your application forms via email sometime in the late summer along with a calendar of the events for whch the USA is eligible. If you did not apply last year see instructions below for contacting Jack Lucey.

Form A in the Application package will contain instructions for completing the application. If possible, we would appreciate an electronic application to facilitate the turnaround time and points calculations that can be done automatically on electronic forms. However, in order to do so, it will require a specifically worded email accompaniment to replace the waiver form. If you need hard copy forms, please contact Jack (see below), and hard copies will be mailed to you. For manually prepared forms, legibility counts. Type or write with black ink, because your forms will need to be photocopied and sent to the other Selectors. Your applications will remain confidential. Please mail the completed forms to Jack Lucey at the address below, to reach Jack on or before Oct 1, 2008. You may phone him with questions at 617-376-2509 any time before 10PM Eastern Time, or email Jack Lucey at jacklucey@comcast.net.

Jack Lucey
93 Suomi Road
Quincy MA 02169

CONGRATULATIONS...

....to Mert Isaacman and Loren Dion who have been invited to compete in this year's Hong Kong Invitational Bowls Classic, playing in Singles and Pairs in early December. Both players have accepted the invitation. We wish them the best of luck in the competition.