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The draw for the 2022 Lawn Bowls Nations Cup will be held this week, Thursday Oct. 20. The fixtures, rules and teams can be found at the link below. We will update again after the draw. lb-nations-cup-2022-ver2Download

The YC&AC team of Hideaki Ando, Saori Hamada, George Ishiguro and Tom Tyrrell won the Bowls Japan Fours on October 8, beating qualifiers from the Kanto and Kansai regions to lift the massive trophy on the artificial green in Tachikawa, Tokyo. This is the first time that a team representing YC&AC has won the Bowls … Continue reading YC&AC Team Wins Bowls Japan Fours

Sunday Morning League The lawn bowls staple that is the Sunday Morning League was played over five weekends beginning June 5. Going into the fifth and final round, four of the six teams had a chance of winning the title. In the final reckoning, two teams finished on 7 WLD points with Team Hendy, Klug … Continue reading Sunday Morning, Saturday Afternoon: The Winners

2022 is the 100th anniversary of the opening of the first full-size lawn bowls green at YC&AC. Put another way, this year marks 100 years of regulation lawn bowls in Japan. Before this year's Opening Day action began, the bowlers gathered for a photo call and botched an attempt at a Human 100. [It's there … Continue reading Team Fujiwara Wins Centennial Opening Day Tournament

The tables below show the teams, fixtures, rules and scoring system for the Centennial Opening Day Tournament to be held Saturday, May 21. Click to enlarge. Teams and Score Sheet Fixtures, Rules and Scoring System The Don Helm Memorial Trophy, which is awarded to the winners of the Opening Day Tournament

Another season interrupted by coronavirus concerns, not to mention a dreadful sequence of rainy weekends, concluded on Sunday November 28 with the Closing Day Tournament and Awards. Though we certainly suffered from the rain mid-season, we were incredibly fortunate on tournament days, with the weather for Closing Day being quite fabulous. Up for grabs on … Continue reading A Brief 2021 Season Review

The "draw" for the 2021 Closing Day Tournament has been completed, using an ingenious new "A to Y" sprinkle method (copyright Kaz). In alphabetical order of initial letter, players' first names were "sprinkled" into teams A1 then B1, A2 then B2, and so on through to B4. Remarkably, this "hands-free" and completely unbiased method not … Continue reading Closing Day Tournament 2021: The “Draw”

The final of the 2021 Saturday/Sunday League was contested on Sunday November 14 between the Sunday Morning League winners, Team Hegarty, Honjo and Tsuyama, and the Saturday Afternoon League winners, Team Ando, Potticary and Saito. Final day action In a close match that finished 15-13 (or something like that), Team Hegarty, Honjo and Tsuyama prevailed. … Continue reading Honjo, Tsuyama and Lucky Jim Win 2021 League