PHOTOS
A Note About Photos: The photos here have been saved lower resolution to speed up process time. If you'd like a copy of any photo, email us at oakmontlawnbowling@gmail.com and, if we have it, we'll send you a higher-resolution picture.
April 1 April Fools' Day
The sky was dark and worrisome, but the day was beautiful. We had an amazing turn-out: 24 players! The devious plot to make the game foolish was to change positions after 4 ends. So, on end 5 skips became leads, and leads and seconds moved up. And again, on end 6, we changed positions. This was fun for those who hadn't skipped before and a challenge for those perpetual skips who were no longer sure how to set the jack or rake the bowls.
March 17 St. Patrick's Day
We had 18 bowlers, 6 teams, 4 games. Jim Krause's team took first place, Richard Goodwin's took second, and Denise Lenahan's took third.
February 20 Presidents' Day
A GREAT turn-out for our first game of 2023! We had 25 bowlers, 8 teams, 4 games. And beautiful weather (and it snowed just a couple of days later).
December 2 Holiday Awards and Gala
We still aren't back up to our pre-Covid attendance figures, but we had a good turn-out and a wonderful party. The evening began with music and mingling while the gifts were wrapped. Then a good selection of pasta and salads. Tables were decorated by our social committee and one lucky member received a free year's membership. After dinner, Jim Krause and Steve Pickell gave out the tournament awards. Then Jerry announced the volunteer of the year. Looked like almost everyone stayed to clean up after. What a wonderful group!
And now, thank you's. I KNOW I've missed people. Just let me know and I'll get this right.
Our social committee is stupendous, wonderful and fantastic. Thanks to Pam Dempsey, Linda Pickell, and Marilyn McKeever for doing so much to make this happen. Thanks to Jeana Garcia for the slide show with the best of the best photos from 2022. Thanks to Pam, Linda, Marilyn, Jeana and Mary Blake for making the gift tree happen. Thanks to the sea of volunteer gift wrappers who took our gifts and made them look beautiful. Wrappers included: Diane and Kirk Vandagriff, Linda Goodwin, Liliane Rains, Marilyn and Jerry Garland, Diane Ethier, Steve Wallace, Janet Johnson, and John Jay. AND virtual hugs and kisses to all of you bowlers who bought gifts.
Thanks to Bonnie Johnston and Marilyn McKeever for greeting us as we came in the door and to Greg Goodwin for serenading us as we settled in. Thanks to Steve Pickell for overseeing trophy distribution. Thanks to Jim Krause for emceeing (and sneaking into almost every picture and taking a good number of awards).
Here are the photos:
And now, thank you's. I KNOW I've missed people. Just let me know and I'll get this right.
Our social committee is stupendous, wonderful and fantastic. Thanks to Pam Dempsey, Linda Pickell, and Marilyn McKeever for doing so much to make this happen. Thanks to Jeana Garcia for the slide show with the best of the best photos from 2022. Thanks to Pam, Linda, Marilyn, Jeana and Mary Blake for making the gift tree happen. Thanks to the sea of volunteer gift wrappers who took our gifts and made them look beautiful. Wrappers included: Diane and Kirk Vandagriff, Linda Goodwin, Liliane Rains, Marilyn and Jerry Garland, Diane Ethier, Steve Wallace, Janet Johnson, and John Jay. AND virtual hugs and kisses to all of you bowlers who bought gifts.
Thanks to Bonnie Johnston and Marilyn McKeever for greeting us as we came in the door and to Greg Goodwin for serenading us as we settled in. Thanks to Steve Pickell for overseeing trophy distribution. Thanks to Jim Krause for emceeing (and sneaking into almost every picture and taking a good number of awards).
Here are the photos:
November 22 Thanksgiving
We had a beautiful day for our tournament. 18 bowlers, 3 rinks, 3 winning teams. Steve P and Pam D mixed things up quite a bit by having us throw 2 jacks. We didn't center them. We then scored each jack as though it was on it's own. That means that a bowl that was close to both jacks could be counted twice. In one case, the jacks were close enough that the 4 bowls closest to one were also closest to the other, giving the team 8 points. And the opposite could also happen, where one team had 3 bowls on one jack and the other had 3 bowls on the other jack, so they canceled each other out (OK, yes, you had to be there to understand). What was interesting to me was having so many non-centered jacks. It was greet training for fine-tuning your bowling. And, of course, a bit frustrating, too.
But I was bowling I didn't do a great job of taking photos so here's what I got:
But I was bowling I didn't do a great job of taking photos so here's what I got:
October 28 Halloween
Thanks to Diane and Linda P for the photos!
September 27 Novice Singles
End-of-Summer BBQ
Thanks to Pam Marsh for these BRILLIANT photos!
August 23 Women's Singles
July 26 Open Triples Tournament
Teams were:
Kevin, Marilyn and Rob vs. Denise, Janet and Mary
Steve, Jodi and Steve vs. Jerry, Bonnie and JB
Jim, Mark and Liliane vs. Francis, Ande and Linda
Kevin, Marilyn and Rob vs. Denise, Janet and Mary
Steve, Jodi and Steve vs. Jerry, Bonnie and JB
Jim, Mark and Liliane vs. Francis, Ande and Linda
July 12 Women's Triples Tournament
2022 Independence Day Tournament
Steve P and Pam crafted a very interesting tournament. We played 3 4-end games and changed rink and position between each game.
We had 24 players making 8 3-person teams. The winners were the 4 teams who earned the most points in the 3 games.
We had 24 players making 8 3-person teams. The winners were the 4 teams who earned the most points in the 3 games.
- Mark, Marilyn G, and John took first with 16 points
- Steve P, Steve W, and Diane and Jerry G, Linda P, and Gerry M tied for 2nd with 14 points
- Richard, James and Jim B won 3rd with 13 points
2022 Vet/novice Tournament
From our substitute reporter Jodi: Jim K and Richard are this year's Vet/Novice champs. Final score was lopsided, but the first half of the game was very close. Half dozen plus in the viewing gallery for the match. (Photo by Jodi.)
2022 Sonoma Wine Country Games
May 17 Open Pairs Tournament
May 4 Women's Pairs Tournament
May 3rd BBQ
St. Patrick's Day Tournament
A beautiful day and 24 players. Denise's team came in first place.
President's Day, February 21, 2022
Our first tournament of 2022 had 24 bowlers spread out over 4 rinks. It was very cold and very windy. I suspect a few knees were knocking out there. We also had our first spider of the year.
September 13, 2021, Open Singles
A beautiful day, 16 bowlers, 8 rinks!
September 4, 2021, Labor Day Fun Game
August 18, 2021 Women's Singles
August 10, 2021 Men's Singles
We had 8 men this year. Steve, Jim K, Tom and Francis were the winners in the first round. Jim K probably thought he was lucky to face a very new bowler, but Richard bowled very well and gave Jim a true battle - which was just a taste of things to come. Jim faced Steve in the semi-finals, winning by 2 points in the 21st end. Then Jim faced Tom and, again, won in the 21st end.
August 2, 2021, Open Triples
Semi-finals were cold and gray and then smoky. Final winners were Tom's team: Tom, Marilyn and Liliane.
July 26 Demo Day
It's been much too long since our last Demo Day. This time, at least 22 people showed up to learn about the game and 18 have signed up for lessons. Thanks to everyone who came out and helped make this event so successful. Special thanks to Tony and Mark for organizing.
July 21 Women's Triples
We had 4 teams, 3 women in each team. First round winners were Marilyn, playing with Pam and Ande and Jeannette, playing with Janet and Liliane. Final winners were Marilyn's team. Thanks to Jodi and Jeana for photos.
July 20 After 5 BBQ
Great food and a wonderful turn-out. Who could ask for anything more?
July 14 Men's Pairs Tournament
First round winners were (1) Jim K with Paul, (2) Jerry with Rob, and (3) Phil with Mark. Jerry's team will face Phil's some time after July 21. The winner of that round will face Jim K and Paul. Thanks to Jodi and Jeana for photos!
July 5, Independence Day Fun Game
Thanks to Mary and Jeana for photos.
June 24, 2021 Vet/Novice Pairs
Plans change and I missed the semi-final match between Bonnie and Marilyn (Bonnie's team were the winners). And we don't yet have a date for the finals match. But here are some photos from the semi-final match between Jim and Tom (Tom's team won).
June 16, 2021 Open Pairs
The photos here show each bowler with their opposition. So, leads are with their opposing leads, skips with their opposing skips. That's really how we play. In pairs, the skip and lead are like ships passing in the night. The skip might try to give a quick encouraging comment or a fist bump, but your opponent is the one you really get to visit with.
The winning team: Tom and Janet
The winning team: Tom and Janet
June 7, 2021 Women's Pairs
May 31, 2021 Memorial Day Tournament
May 17, 2021 Verticutting
It was early on a cold morning when some brave volunteers showed up to help with the verticutting. The result? Better work and OVA saved money!
2019 Holiday Party
Friday, December 6, 2019
2019 Thanksgiving Tournament
Monday, November 25, 2019
2019 Halloween Tournament
After THREE power outages and some voluntary evacuations we rescheduled Halloween for November 8th. The first place team, with the most points, was Jim K, Jeannette and Ted. Second place team, with biggest spread, was Francis, Marilyn and Jim B. Third place team was Jerry, Kathleen and Topher.
Women's Pairs Tournament
May 8, 2019 to November 9, 2019
We had a trip to the fjords, a bad fall, an serious illness and a move to Florida. And yet these women persisted! Final game was played on November 9, 2019. Marilyn and Pam defeated Jeannette and Janet!
We had a trip to the fjords, a bad fall, an serious illness and a move to Florida. And yet these women persisted! Final game was played on November 9, 2019. Marilyn and Pam defeated Jeannette and Janet!
Men's Triples
September 24, 2019. Four teams: Teams with skips Jim M and Francis won the first round. Francis and his team won the final round to be champion of the men's triples! (Thanks Jeana for taking the photos!)
End of Summer BBQ
September 10. Great food and wonderful company.
Labor Day Tournament
September 5: Bright colors and fun!
Open Singles Tournament
Starting August 30, 2019 until ?????
Thanks to Mary for photographs
Thanks to Mary for photographs
Women's Singles Tournament
Starting August 16, 2019, ending August 31 2019
Thanks to Mary and Jeana for photographs
Thanks to Mary and Jeana for photographs
Men's Singles Tournament
Starting August 5, 2019, ending August 15, 2019
Thanks to Mary and Phil for photographs
Thanks to Mary and Phil for photographs
Open Triples Tournament
July 24, 2019
(Thanks to Jim B and Topher for the photos!)
(Thanks to Jim B and Topher for the photos!)
Women's Triples
July 8, 2019 - Day ONE
Day TWO: This was an incredibly close match with brilliant bowling on both sides. I was bowling one rink over and kept on hearing oohs and aahs and the spectators (I counted 13 at the end) watched each time out do the other. Finally, the winning team was Denise (skip), Ande (second) and Sue (lead).
Independence Day Tournament
July 4 2019
OLBC is a truly wonderful group of people. Here's what it's like to get a group photo:
OLBC is a truly wonderful group of people. Here's what it's like to get a group photo:
Rest of the photos from the Independence Day Tournament:
Vet/Novice Tournament
June 28, 2019
Open Pairs Tournament
June 12, 2019
June 11 After 5
Sonoma Wine Country Games (aka Senior Games)
June 7 and June 8, 2019
The photos for the Senior Games are in several slide shows, from "Getting Started" to "Awards Ceremony". If you don't see what you're looking for, scroll on down. Also, just email me (Mary) at OakmontLawnBowling@gmail.com if you'd like a full-sized version of one of these photos. I had to make them small for the website, but I have larger versions of every one of these pictures.
Photos here are by Bev Shelhart and Mary Blake.
Getting started:
The photos for the Senior Games are in several slide shows, from "Getting Started" to "Awards Ceremony". If you don't see what you're looking for, scroll on down. Also, just email me (Mary) at OakmontLawnBowling@gmail.com if you'd like a full-sized version of one of these photos. I had to make them small for the website, but I have larger versions of every one of these pictures.
Photos here are by Bev Shelhart and Mary Blake.
Getting started:
Team Photos:
Group Photos
The Spider:
Play
Awards Ceremony
Memorial Day Tournament
May 27, 2019
Men's Pairs
4/25/2019
April Fools' Day Tournament
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