On Father's Day, June 21st, we lost a dear friend.
Chuck Caddey died on Sunday, surrounded by his family.
Jefferson Park Lawn Bowling Club would not be the thriving, healthy organization it is today without Chuck Caddey. He served as the club's president from 1999 through 2007. For many of us, Chuck was our first introduction to the club--a warm handshake and a smile. Everyone felt welcome when Chuck was on the greens.
When Chuck came on as president, the club was in trouble. Membership had dwindled and many people thought the club was destined to close. But Chuck was determined to introduce a new generation to the sport and place he loved. Every Wednesday night (Fridays later on) Chuck hosted free nights open to the public. One by one he built a new core group.
Many of those people were drawn first to the spirit and kindness of Chuck, and only later embraced the sport of lawn bowling.
Chuck's joy came from seeing "young people" out on the greens. He had the uncanny ability to teach you to bowl, convince you to join the club and ask if you'd like to be on the board ... all in one night.
He liked to compete, but didn't care about winning. He never played in a national championship. But he will always be our champion.
July 4th is the Chuck Caddey Independence Day Ice Cream Social & Open Bowling (7pm). Marge (Chuck's wife) thought that would be the best time for us to honor Chuck's life. It just so happens that Chuck and Marge met on July 4, 1952.
Come on out and celebrate the life of our president, friend, and champion.
Well, here we have another set of tournament results.
First, on June 20th thru 23rd we hosted the USLBA NW Region Playdowns to see which Pairs went to Long Beach for the US Championships.
Mens Pairs
Larry Edgar/Richard Krueger beat Howard Syder/John Koch in the final of a Double Elimination Tournament 18-17 and 29-14 so congratulations to Larry and Richard.
The competition in this tournament was intense and our new bowlers who entered did a great job and beat some of the favorites.
The Womens Pairs had only one entry and Debbie Tupper and Pam Edwards from Portland won by default. Good luck to them at Long Beach.
Jefferson Park 2009 Winners CircleThe NW Division Short Jack Pairs was held at King City in Oregon on May 16 and 17th. This was in conjunction with the NW Division Spring Meeting which was held after bowling completed on Saturday, May 16th.
Warm weather finally arrived and bowling on Saturday and Sunday was under cloudless skies with temperatures in the mid 80's.
10 teams contest for the title of Short Jack Pairs Champion and the bowling was very competitive as 3 teams tied for first place and I had to resort to + points to determine a winner. Seattle teams figured prominently in the results as Its and Nancy Nishikawa of Jefferson Park came out as Champions. Second place went to Roger Green of Woodland Park and Nita Chambers of Jefferson Park were second. Jeff Covell and Andy Kluberud of woodland Park were third.
King City
Its and Nancy Nishikawa
Roger Green and Nita Chambers
Jeff Covell and Andy Kluberud
Reported by Chris Davis
Day 3 from the South Central Open/Phoenix
Cut to the chase: The weather sucks, we rock, it’s cocktail hour!!!
What do we have to report? Here we go:
After a seven game round robin tournament, Richard Broad & Doug Bradley were locked in a 3-way tie for first place in Men's Pairs at the US Championship with Carl Landgren & Steve Nelson from the Central Division and Tony Baer & Bill Brault of Southwest Stripes.
The Southwest Stripes team led with plus points, so Richard & Doug played the Central Division team first. They won that game and advanced to the final playoff. With the average pairs game of 21 ends lasting over three hours, Doug & Richard had bowled over 24 hours to get to this final match.
Jefferson Park Novice/Veteran Pairs Tournament
Saturday, September 6
10am-4pm
Winners
1st place--Richard Krueger & Stephen Tontoni
2nd place--Its Nishikawa & Russ Leonard
3rd place--Richard Broad & Lindy Wishard
Jefferson Park hosted Woodland Park for the honor of being the first Seafair Trophy Winner.
In an intense competition 5 teams of bowlers from each club played 2 games to decide who would win. In the morning set of games, Jefferson Park prevailed, winning 4 and losing 1. After a very nice lunch, Woodland Park won the afternoon session by 3 games to 2 with the Blue Angels roaring overhead. This made Jefferson Park the overall winner by 6 games to 4.
It was a very exciting finish as it was all decided by the last game to finish. Jefferson Park were leading by 14-11 going into the last end with Woodland threatening to have a big end to win the game. The hero was Chris Davis who delivered a great last bowl to prevent a Woodland Park win.
Brunch-n-Bowls is all about food, warm summer mornings, good coffee, stunning views ... and bowling. These are informal Sunday morning gatherings for Members & Non-Members. Bring a brunch item to share, your own coffee mug & invite your friends. Instruction for guests available.
Dates for 2009
Sunday, June 14
Sunday July 612
Sunday August 23
Time: 10AM - 1PM
Members Free •••• Guests $5/person Greens Fee
Casual attire, flat-soled shoes are always required for the greens
