National Champion!

CONGRATULATIONS DAVID SHAW!

NATIONAL MENS PAIRS CHAMPION

A big congratulations to our very own Grand member David Shaw and his partner Ian Ho from Sun City West.  David and Ian partnered to win the U.S. National Pairs Championships in early November 2022.  Seven divisional championship teams from all over the United States participated. It was a grueling tournament that required playing a round robin format consisting of several days of 18 end games.  Over the course of the tournament they were the only team with one loss.  Job well done and again congratulations. Click here for a few photos from the event.

New lights for our green!

The Sun City Grand Board has approved an upgrade to the lights for our lawn bowling green. Timing of the installation has yet to be determined but once it has been completed the new lights will provide a nice, bright environment for night bowling! Thanks to David Shaw and our club board for continuing to pursue this necessary upgrade.

2019 US Open Results

The US Open Lawn Bowling event held in Sun City, Sun City West, and Sun City Grand was a big success and our new green and overall facility was highly heralded by bowlers from all over the world! Thanks to all of our volunteers who helped out with hosting the event here and at the other venues. Special thanks to Deb Everts for coordinating all of our club volunteers!

For those interested final results can be viewed by clicking here. 8 of our club members participated in 2019. Look closely to find out how they did!

SCG 2019 US Lawn Bowling Open Players(from left to right back row: Tony Davi, Tom Cracraft, Brad Heldele, David Shaw, Terry Everts, Vince Geglia; front row: Jolynn Geglia, Rae Iverson)

SCG 2019 US Lawn Bowling Open Players

(from left to right back row: Tony Davi, Tom Cracraft, Brad Heldele, David Shaw, Terry Everts, Vince Geglia; front row: Jolynn Geglia, Rae Iverson)

US Open Results

The US Open Lawn Bowling event held in Sun City, Sun City West, and Sun City Grand was a big success and our new green was highly heralded by bowlers from all over the world! Thanks to all of our volunteers who helped out with hosting the event here and at the other venues.

For those interested final results can be viewed at the link below. Check closely and you will see some of our member’s names in there!!

It's Complete!!!!

Our new artificial green is now complete and we began using it at our regular Thursday morning time on October 25. It is absolutely fantastic - it runs fast, true, and is a consistent texture and color. The only downside it can no longer be used as an excuse for poor bowling!

A big thank-you goes to CAM for approving this project for the Bowling club. And an even bigger thank-you to David Shaw, Rae Iverson and Ron Rollick for representing the club on the approval process and overseeing the construction. It was a lot of hard work and the club members are very appreciative. We are also appreciative of the efforts of several others who have worked hard since the green was completed to get it ready for play (eg The Everts, Tony Davi)).

Come out soon to try it out!

Passing of John Lynn

With sadness we give you news that former lawn bowler John Lynn passed away.  John passed away in April, but news is just now reaching us from his daughter Nancy.  John was instrumental in bringing lawn bowling to Sun City Grand in the early days.  Although it's been several years since John was on the Green, one will never forget his esteem for the rules of the lawn bowling, which led John to be a highly regarded umpire for the sport.  

 

Lasting memory for those who had the privilege of knowing John and bowling with him:  As the last bowl was rolled for an end, John would give a tilt of his head and declare "and now we walk."   

 

Rest in peace John Lynn.

 

(from Deb Everts)

US Open

We have received approval from CAM to hold some of the Open events here at Grand.  It will likely be a 2 or 3 day event somewhere in the November 5-10 timeframe but the final scheduling of events and locations has not been finalized yet.  And it will also depend upon whether our new artificial green is finished by then (details to follow on that as well).   Regardless, it will be a great opportunity for everyone to watch some great players and great bowling!!

As more details emerge we will update the information here so check back regularly!