1550
Crown Drive North, Corona del Mar, CA 92625
(map)
(949) 640-1022
Free Lessons
Mon 6:00 p.m. - Tue 10
a.m. -
Sat 12:30 p.m.
Mon-Wed-Fri — Practice or Arranged Games
Mon — Bowl Under the Lights
6:30 p.m.
Tue — Draw (Pairs)
1:00 p.m.
Thu — Twilight Potluck Bowls
5:00 p.m.
Sat — Teams Set
10:00
a.m.
Sun —
Afternoon Draw (Triples) 3:00 p.m.
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2008 OfficersPresident: John Groothuis
Vice President: David Stennes
Treasurer: Jan Hargraves
Secretary: Dee McSparran
2008 Board of DirectorsRay Norris (Immediate Past President)
Cathy MacDonald
Charlie Herbert
Len Cormier
Patty Lucas
2008 USLBA Representatives (Men)John Groothuis, Tom Hargraves, Phil Luth
2008 USLBA Representatives (Women)Marion Compton, Pauline Kozma
2008 Committees and Chairpersons
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Art........................................ |
Eula Casselman |
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Poker.......................... |
Joyce Smith |
| Club Draw Saturday...................... Sunday........................ Monday....................... Tuesday...................... Thursday..................... |
Jim Altobelli John & Cathy MacDonald Charlie Herbert Jack McDermott Terry Heeley |
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Club Supplies......................... |
David Stennes, Len Cormier III |
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Clubhouse Decorations............ |
Mary Dooley, Cathy MacDonald, Pat Kost |
| Facilities Scheduling................ | Jan Hargraves |
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SWD Reps/Delegates |
John Groothuis, Tom Hargraves, Phil Luth Marion Compton, Pauline Kozma |
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Gardening.............................. |
Tom Hargraves |
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Greens Supervisor................... |
Tom Hargraves |
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Greens Keeper........................ |
Ramiro |
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Hospitality............................. |
Patty Lucas, Flossie Dunning |
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Instruction............................. |
Jan Hargraves, John Groothuis |
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Membership........................... |
John Groothuis |
| Open House........................... | Len Cormier |
| Social.................................... | Myrna Chan, Len Cormier |
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Tournaments |
Jim Altobelli Tom & Jan Hargraves Tom Hargraves Charlie Herbert |
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Welfare................................. |
Darlyne Hilliard |
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The Yellow Jacket................... |
Jay Coons |
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Publicity................................ |
Ray Norris |
| Web Site............................... | Dee McSparran |
Lawn Bowls Links
United States Lawn Bowls Association
Contact Information
Phone
(949) 640-1022
E-mail address
2007 Club Tournaments Winners
| Club Vet-Novice Triples January)................. |
Terry Heeley, Eddie Bower, Jim Altobelli |
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Valentine's Day Pairs (February)................. |
Theresa Casanova & Jim Altobelli |
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St. Patrick's Day Pairs (March).................... |
Ginnie Kelley & Don Stewart |
| St. Jospeh's Day Triples (March)................. | Tony Baer, Shep Sheppard, Ed Shearin |
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President's Cup Triples (Mar)...................... |
Tibor Kozma, Ray Norris, Terry Heeley |
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Persina Tournament (August)..................... |
A - |
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President's Cup Pairs (Sep)........................ |
Jan Hargraves & Ron Temple |
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President's Cup Singles (November)............ |
not played |
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Turkey Shoot (November).......................... |
Jim Kelley, Ginnie Kelley, Joyce Smith |
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
Past Presidents
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Last revised: 08/25/2008
