YC&AC's own Motoko T. is representing Japan at the 15th Asian Lawn Bowls Championships currently being held in Pattaya, Thailand. Motoko will be playing in the Women's Triples and Fours teams. We'll try to keep you posted on Motoko's progress by updating this page when we can. The status on the evening of Day 2, … Continue reading Ganbare Motoko! Ganbare Nihon!
Eight teams contested the 2023 Closing Day Tournament, a two-end, three-wood, round-robin triples slugfest that produced some absolutely incredible bowls. You'd think with that super-short format we'd end up with a mess of ordinary W/D/L results, but in fact there are clear and outright winners of this tournament every year. This season's champions won 6 … Continue reading And in Closing…
Everything you need to know about the 2023 season Closing Day Tournament can be found in the documents below. Click to enlarge. The times after the first match at 13:15 are approximations. Each new match will begin at the ring of the bell as soon as all teams are in position.
The 2023 instalment of the longstanding Club tradition that is the Lawn Bowls Nations Cup was held on Saturday, October 28, in idyllic autumnal conditions. The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five, with the winners of each group progressing to the final and the runners up battling it out for third place. … Continue reading New India Wins 2023 Nations Cup
YC&AC hosted the 2023 Bowls Japan Women's Pairs finals on the weekend of September 23 & 24. Inclement weather made the opening day heavy work for those not familiar with bowling on grass, but Sunday saw clear skies, warm weather and some really hot, competitive bowls! Eight pairs in all took part, six from the … Continue reading Yuko and Yoko Win Bronze in National Pairs
Terry Potticary's remarkable winning start to the 2023 season continued on August 26 with victory alongside Ed Usuda in the Bowls Japan Kanto Region Men's Pairs. Ed & Terry made light of defeat in Round One and rallied to win all of their remaining games — two of them with come-from-behind three-point last-end finishes. Talk … Continue reading Ed & Terry Win Kanto Men’s Pairs
After a marathon five weeks of baking hot competition, the outcome of the 2023 Saturday Afternoon League was decided in the final round, with Team E winning once again to finish top of the table outright on WLD points. Congratulations to Ishu Chugani, George Ishiguro and Toshi Kurosawa! Runners up were in fact, just as … Continue reading Team E Wins 2023 SAL
The 6th RBSC Lawn Bowls Open Triples Tournament was held at the Royal Bangkok Sports Club over five days from 26 to 30 July. This popular tournament had been postponed for four years due to Covid-19 but returned strongly this year with 94 teams taking part from 8 countries. Hong Kong was best represented at … Continue reading Back in the RBSC
The Sunday Morning League is the thickly sliced “bread and butter” of lawn bowls at YC&AC, a simple and nourishing モーニングセット of a tournament that lasts for as long as it takes. This year 18 bowlers lined up for breakfast, so we formed six triples teams, meaning five rounds of toast in total. The entry … Continue reading Team D Wins 2023 Sunday Morning League
The weather forecast was for drizzle and light rain in the morning clearing at noon just in time for the 12:30 start of the Opening Day Tournament. The torrential downpour at midday was not scheduled, and it was some relief for the 26 bowlers assembled when the skies did indeed clear right on time. The … Continue reading Tom, Terry and Eddie Win 2023 Opening Day
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