Newport Harbor Lawn Bowling Club
1550
Crown Drive North, Corona del Mar, CA 92625
(map)
(949)
640-1022
Free Lessons
Call for appointment
Mondays: 6:30 p.m. BOWLING UNDER THE LIGHTS
Tuesdays: 9:30 a.m. COMPETITIVE PAIRS (tournament bowlers)
1:00 p.m. AFTERNOON SOCIAL BOWLING (Pairs)
Wednesdays: 10:00 a.m. MORNING SOCIAL BOWLING
Thursdays: 9:30 a.m. COMPETITIVE PAIRS (tournament bowlers)
5:00 p.m. TWILIGHT BOWLS & POTLUCK (bring a dish)
Saturdays: 10:00 a.m. MORNING SOCIAL BOWLING
Sundays: 2:00 p.m. AFTERNOON SOCIAL BOWLING (bring an appetizer)
PRACTICE OR ARRANGED GAMES - Mon thru Sun
(Call 30-60 minutes prior to game time for draw)
INAUGURAL GUEST LEAGUE 2012 seeking nonmember participants Registration Form
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2012 OfficersPresident: Dave Phillips
Vice President: Bob Carpenter
Secretary: Carol Smith
Treasurer: Jan Hargraves
2012 Board of DirectorsDarlyne Hilliard
Doug Lofstrom
Jim White
Ray Norris
Ted Farfaglia (Immediate Past President)
2012 SWD Representatives (Men)Dave Phillips, Tom Hargraves, John MacDonald
2012 SWWD Representatives (Women)Sharon Grady, Darlyne Hilliard
2012 Committees and Chairpersons
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Art........................................ |
Eula Casselman |
| Club Draw Saturday...................... Sunday........................ Monday....................... Tuesday...................... Wednesday.................. Thursday..................... |
Darlyne Hilliard, Jim White Bob & Emily Carpenter Helen Dinkins, Shirley Cooper, Fred Anast Charlie Herbert Nancy Steward, Sally Cadwallader, Jim White Bob Morris John Groothuis, Darlyne Hilliard |
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Clubhouse............................. |
Sally Westcott |
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Clubhouse Decorations............ |
Cathy MacDonald |
| Facilities Scheduling................ | Jan Hargraves, Dave Phillips John MacDonald |
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Greens ................................. |
John MacDonald |
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Greens Keeper........................ |
Ramiro Mendoza |
| Historian............................... | Darlyne Hilliard |
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Hospitality............................. |
Darlyne Hilliard, Doug Lofstrom |
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Membership........................... |
Dave Phillips |
| Publicity................................ | Dee McSparran |
| Socials................................... | Jim White |
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Tournaments |
Chuck Muser Jan Hargraves Tom Hargraves Simon Meyerowitz |
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Welfare................................. |
Sally Shipley |
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The Yellow Jacket................... |
Jane Wood |
| Web Site............................... | Dee McSparran |
2011 Club Tournaments Winners
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President's Cup Triples (August)................... |
Jerry Grady, Rita Greenberg, Jan Garrett |
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Gender Challenge Men vs Women (July)......... |
Maryna Hyland, Jan Hargraves |
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President's Cup Singles (June)..................... |
Charlie Herbert |
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President's Cup Pairs (May).......................... |
Simon Meyerowitz, Sharon Grady |
| Vet-Novice Triples (April)............................. | John MacDonald, Tom Hargraves, Shirley Cooper |
| Valentine's Day Mixed Pairs (April)................ | Patty & Dale Lucas |
Lawn Bowls Links
United States Lawn Bowls Association
Contact Information
Phone
(949) 640-1022
E-mail address
Lawn bowling, or "bowling on the green" is a game that has been around for a good many hundred years. During the heydey of the Roman Empire, the game was known as "bocce." Metal bowls were used and the game is still played in Italy and Southern France. Bocce has been introduced into this country and is played in many cities of the United States.
The Romans eventually carried the game to Europe and the British Isles. Bowling was so well established in England that by 1300 A.D., the Southhampton Old Bowling Club was organized - a club that is still in existence. The game became so popular in England and also in France that it was eventually prohibited by law, because archery, essential in those days to national defense, was being neglected. however, bowling was not suppressed in Scotland, where it attained great popularity. Scottish bowlers developed the present flat green game and established rules of play, some of which are still used in our modern games.
In England and Scotland elaborate facilities have been built completely enclosing greens for winter play, and the BBC televises tournament competitions almost every month. Royalty in England played and enjoyed the game. King Henry VIII had a bowling green installed at Whitehall, where it is reported that Anne Boleyn rolled a few before her untimely demise.
The "biased" wooden bowl was first introduced in the 1500s. Up until then the bowls were perfectly round. Wooden bowls were used up until the introduction of our composition or plastic bowl. However, even today, the British still refer to them as "woods."
British officers installed bowling greens in the American Colonies, in New York in 1725, and in Port Royal, Canada, in 1734. The game lost popularity during the Revolutionary War, and was not revived in the United States until a hundred years later, when a club was started in New Jersey. In 1899 the first bowling green on the west coast was built in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. The first club in Southern California was formed in Los Angeles in 1908.
In 1937, William V. Jones, a recent arrival in the Harbor area from British Columbia contacted several friends with the idea of organizing a lawn bowling club here in Newport Beach. Businessmen in the area were contacted and with donations of $5 and 10, a total of over 2000 was collected to assist in building a green. In the fall of that year the Newport Beach City Council was approached, and after a great deal of effort, a site, then in use as a camping place on the Balboa Peninsula, was obtained. This site was next door to the present-day American Legion clubhouse.
Building the green presented quite a problem. Good soil was needed to replace the sand, and the City of Newport Beach responded by furnishing trucks and people for the job. The Hayward Lumber Co. donated lumber for a small equipment shed and for a fence to surround the property. Although few in number, the members leveled the ground, planted the grass seed and did the watering. They also hand-mowed and rolled the green which was finally ready for play in the summer of 1938. On January 16, 1939, Articles of Incorporation were filed with the California Secretary of State. Bylaws were adopted and with very few amendments, are still the guide for operation of the club today.
The club continued operations at its Peninsula site, but with growth in membership it became apparent in the late 1960s that a new and larger location would be needed. After discussion with the Newport Beach Parks and Recreation Department and The Irvine Company, a site was selected at the corner of San Joaquin Hills Road and Crown Drive that would accommodate two greens. With additional funding from the Joslyn Foundation and donations from its own members, a clubhouse and additional facilities were constructed on the property, and the greens were ready for play in 1972.
Newport Harbor club is affiliated with the United States Lawn Bowls Association, which gives our members an open-door privilege to some 9,000 lawn bowling clubs all over the world. The national lawn bowls associations are divided into seven Divisions, and we are a part of the Southwest Division, consisting of 28 clubs from Santa Maria in the north to San Diego in the south, with more than 2,500 members. The southwest Division helps to sponsor tournaments practically every weekend of the year somewhere within the area.
With exceptionally good fiscal management over the past years, and support for the City of Newport Beach, we have been able to provide our membership with one of the best lawn bowling facilities in all of Southern California.
― Blair Lord
"What Lawn Bowling Means to Me"
". . . there is a certain camaraderie among lawn bowlers not found in any other sport. It is excellent exercise, does not take a whole day of time, and good sportsmanship is always present. Millions of Americans, not just a few thousand, should be on the green, for once a person becomes a member of a club and gets on the green, he will find that his future will be filled with untold pleasures . . . and many added years."
— Walt Disney
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