CANADA WINS ALL 7 TROPHIES AT THE NORTH AMERICAN CHALLENGE,

The Lawn Bowls, North American Challenge was held this year in Milwaukee WI in September.
30year old Mike Bester, a 16 year veteran of the sport is usually found on a Thursday evening playing at the local Burlington Lawn Bowling Club. However in September he played a major part in the Canadian upset as the Jarvis group Skip for the 3’s and Vice for the 4’s in the North American Challenge between the US and Canada in Milwaukee WI. The Jarvis men’s final was considered the most exciting finish of the tournament. Going into the last round, the Canadians were 2 wins and 51 shots behind the American Jarvis team. Both Bester’s team and our Jarvis single, Jurgen Fessler from London Ontario, had to win, and combined they had to win by 26 shots to bring home the men’s Jarvis trophy. Fessler won his game 21-14, which meant Mike’s team had to win by 19. We were ahead by about 10 halfway through the game when Fessler finished so we kept the pressure on and scored the 2 shots we needed on the last end to win by “exactly” the needed 19, and the men’s Jarvis by 1 point on shot differential. Bester said “It made a forgettable 2-4 record feel memorable”.



To read more about the great Canadian Lawn Bowling win go to the NAC web site. http://nac2010.wordpress.com/