Bowling

Maccabi Lawn Bowls to tour Israel again

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:38:51 +0000

Following successful lawn bowls tours to Israel in 2011 and 2012, the Maccabi Lawn Bowls Association will be returning to the region in this autumn.

Tour organiser, and Maccabi GB Vice President, Stuart Lustigman said: "The last two tours were so successful that I could not accommodate everyone that applied for this year's tour. Consequently, I have organised two back-to-back tours and, so far, a total of some 60 places have been reserved".

The tours will take place from September 29 to October 7 and October 7-15. Each tour will play four matches against local opposition and seven of Israel's lawn bowls clubs have agree to host the visitors.

In addition to competing, the groups will enjoy a full programme of educational, cultural and social activities with visits to places of interest not always frequented by tourists in Israel.

Lustigman said: "We still have a few places available and non-playing partners are also very welcome. As always, sport is a great vehicle to expose people to the Israel experience both young and not so young.

“This will bring to 12 the number of sports tours to Israel that I have organised since the year 2000 and it's great to know that the participants and the State of Israel both derive mutual benefit.”

Maccabi bowlers impress on tour

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 10:40:35 +0100

The Maccabi Lawn Bowls Israel Tour completed its second successful visit with matches against local opposition.

The entire party, comprising 37 people, including 29 bowlers, spent eight days in Israel and visited The Israel Sports Centre for the Disabled, Boys Town Jerusalem and The Therapeutic Horse Riding Centre as part of a varied and informative programme.

The group were hosted by four clubs where the top performing teams were Ruth Harris, Anthony Goldwater and Michael Taylor in Ra’anana, Doug Greenston, Lee Greenston and Philip Norman in Netanya, Frank Dryer, Marsha Dryer and Gill Lewis in Haifa and Melvyn Lesser, Rose Stern and Michael Taylor in Kiryat Ono.

Team captain Ruth Harris said: "The bowling was of a very good standard, with the clubs fielding a number of Israeli internationals."

Group leader Stuart Lustigman commented: "Lawn bowls was a perfect sport for this type of tour and I was very proud of every one of our players and supporters, some of whom had not visited Israel for a number of years. I am optimistic the tour will be replicated next year."

Lustigman bowled over

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:43:15 +0100

The Maccabi Lawn Bowls Tour of Israel leaves this weekend with a party of 37 people, including 29 bowlers from Bishopswood, Glebelands, Woodcock Park, Stanmore, Selbourne, Northwood and Herga Bowls Clubs.

The group will play matches against Ra’anana, Haifa, Netanya and Kiryat Ono Bowls Clubs in an eight-day programme.

The tour party will visit Boys Town Jerusalem, Israel Sports Centre for the Disabled, as well as the Therapeutic Horse Riding Centre. Group leader Stuart Lustigman is expecting another great success.

He said: "Following on from last year’s successful tour, my only regret is that I cannot take everyone that applied for a place, but I already have reservations for next year and 2014.

"This will be the 10th sports tour of Israel that I have organised in the last 12 years and once again demonstrates the power of sport as a tool to expose people to the Israel experience."

Majestic Michaels sees off Ellis to take MGB ten pin bowling crown

Wed, 09 May 2012 10:53:15 +0100

The annual Maccabi GB Tenpin bowling tournament took place at Airport Bowl on Sunday with a large pool of players of all abilities, including several newcomers and an international flavour with one player coming over from Sweden.

Each player competed in six games, with qualifying in the morning session, and the top eight scratch players and top eight handicap players qualified for separate matchplay finals.

In the scratch event, Adam Michaels, in his first Maccabi GB Tournament, saw off Gary Ellis in the final.

Russell Snipper capped off a great day qualifying for the Maccabiah team as well as bagging third place by beating Michael Loberman in the playoff.

In the handicap event, Howard Panas fought off some stiff competition in the quarter-final and semi-final before finally seeing off Maccabi GB veteran Paul Hart in the final. Andrew Brill came third beating Matt Plax in the playoff.

Maccabiah Tenpin Bowling Sports chair Michael Loberman said: "It was brilliant to see some new faces and I am especially pleased for Adam Michaels, who came down from Hull to play and went home as the scratch winner."

The Maccabi GB tournament was also the final qualifier for the Tenpin bowling team for next summer’s Maccabiah Games and the team will be announced shortly.

Lawn bowls delegation fly the flag in Israel

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:59:49 +0100

A group of 34 people including 26 players from the Maccabi Lawn Bowls Association GB have completed a week-long tour of Israel.

The delegation played matches against the bowling clubs of Ra'anana, Ramat Gan, Haifa and Jerusalem. The matches proved very challenging but were not without some success.

The top GB triples team in the two-day match against Ra'anana were Stuart and Sheila Rose, together with John Laurence and Ruth Harris, Michael Allen and Elaine Rees had success in Haifa.

There was a team victory by 36 shots for Great Britain over Jerusalem with Michael Baum, Ruth Allen and Gerald Diamond taking top spot and Ray Harris, Hilary Burns and Anthony Goldwater in second place.

GB captain Ruth Harris said: "This whole trip was a great experience and in lawn bowls the more you play, the more you learn."

The tour was organised and headed by Stuart Lustigman who has for many years taken masters football delegations to Israel.

"This trip was another example of how sport can be used as a vehicle to support Israel and give players who might not make the Maccabiah a similar experience,” he said. “I am now looking at other possibilities.”

'Fantastic response' for JRDA

David Gold — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:21:16 +0100

The Jewish Racing Drivers Association (JRDA) will be officially launched on September 11 at an event hosted by Lotus Silverstone during the Le Mans Series and Intercontinental Cup.

The JRDA announced earlier this year that they were forming an organisation which they hope will find a Jewish Formula 1 champion within five years, and they have attracted attention from the US and Europe.

Paul Burns of the JDRA said: "We've had a fantastic response from like-minded racing enthusiasts from far and wide and now have a great launch event."

Israeli driving prodigy Alon Day, who has teamed up with the JRDA, will be racing at the launch event and addressing attendees as a speaker afterwards.

Day, 19, currently races in the German Formula 3 series for HS Techneck Motorsport and is currently fifth in the 15-man championship with just under half of the season remaining.

He harbours ambitions of competing on the senior Formula 1 circuit and said: "Having the JRDA logo on my car acts as a visible reminder to our community that anyone with enough ambition and drive can achieve anything."

For information about the event, contact Paul Burns at info@jrda.co.uk.

Success could come at a price

Danny Caro — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:35:39 +0100

Team GB's performance at the European Maccabi Games has been described as a huge success, and rightly so.

The bar was clearly raised in several sports with the Open and Junior footballers proving a cut above the rest. It was also the Games where our futsal players put themselves on the map. There were also excellent performances in golf, table tennis, tennis, badminton and ten pin bowling among others.

It now appears that we have formed a conveyor belt for success for future international events, although one aspect could prevent budding athletes from playing a part. Cost.

I've heard that it could cost up to £4,000 for GB athletes to compete at the 2013 Maccabiah Games in Israel.

I was part of the cricket team in 2005, and in 2009, athletes were asked to raise around £2,795 for representing their country. The price for a three-week trip, which includes pre-camp, kit, transport, accommodation, food, round-the-clock security and admin charges also sees GB subsidise some of the poorer nations. But rest assured, it was worth every penny. Spiralling costs mean that some very good athletes will be priced out of the Jewish Olympics. Maccabi's ethos is Sport for All and I hope they find a way to get everyone worthy of a place on the plane.

● The GB delegation received advice about nutrition although this seemed to go out of the window when footballer Michelle Keller mistakenly put sugar instead of salt on her chips before the flight home. Sounds like a bit of a sweetener if you ask me.

Medals galore for Team GB

Danny Caro — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:44:26 +0100

Team GB produced an astonishing record-breaking performance at the 13th European Maccabi Games in Vienna .

The 220-strong delegation won a mammoth 71 medals of which 31 were gold, 23 silver and 17 bronze.

The three-man swimming team of Trevor Pears, Hollie Singer and Naomi Ayrton claimed 19 medals between them.

Wonder kid Zak Zilesnick swept the board in Table Tennis, winning the singles, doubles and team gold in the Junior Boys tournament.

Ten Pin bowler Gary Ellis registered a perfect 300 score to win the European bronze in the Masters event. In total, GB claimed five bowling medals with Ian Davis taking silver in the singles.

The golfers also enjoyed a profitable week. Nicky Harris produced the round of the week at the testing Fontana course, going round in three under par to take the Men's Individual Gross. There were 15 other medals including gold for Tracy Capal and Louisa Tarn.

GB enjoyed unprecedented success in squash. Top seed Sam Levine clinched the Men's Open title. Matt Crawcour, the former world No. 69, pipped Dave Lazarus in the Masters final.

There was silver and bronze in the fencing with Richard Bernstein, Jonathan Bernstein and Lawrence Reid finishing second in the Team Sabre.

All three football teams returned with medals including gold for the Junior Boys and silver for the Women's team.

It was a ground-breaking event in Futsal with GB taking bronze in the Open event, silver in the Masters and bronze in the Juniors.

The action closed on Tuesday when Savannah Simmons won the Junior Singles tennis final and David Garcia picked up a third gold in badminton.

Team GB manager, Samantha Cohen, said: "Maccabi has devised a plan and we are already seeing the results.

Roll of honour

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:44:19 +0100

GOLD

Badminton: Junior Boys - D Garcia

Football: Open and Junior Team

Golf: Gross Individual – N Harris

Masters scratch: M Lerner

Open Net Individual: Z Talbot

Team Gross – Open

Ladies Open Scratch: LTarn

Ladies Handicap – T Capal

Open - Female team

Table tennis: Junior team

Boys doubles

Boys singles - Z Zilesnick

Squash: Men's team

Open - S Levine

Masters - M Crawcour

Swimming:

T Pears- 50m fly, 50m free, 100m free ,200m free

H Fisher- 50m free, 50m breaststroke, 50m fly, 100m breastroke.

N Ayrton - 100m free, 200m free.

bowling: Team Event – I Davis, G Ellis, J Nesbit, D Sasienie

SILVER

Badminton: Juniors - Y Goodlink

Fencing: R Bernstein, J Bernstein, L Reid

Football: Ladies - Open Team

Golf: Individual Gross - M Kuber

Open Net Individual - B Mesrie

Team Gross - Junior

Open Handicap - M Charles

Open Handicap - S Smouha

Squash: Masters - D Lazarus

Swimming: 50m freestyle -N Ayrton, 100m fly - H Fisher

200m medley - H Fisher

Freestyle relay - H Fisher/N Ayrton

Bowling: Singles - I Davis

Trios - I Davis, G Ellis, J Nesbit

Table Tennis: Boys doubles, Masters Team

Tennis: Masters Plate - S Carlin

Masters- S Cole

BRONZE

Fencing: Team Foil

FuTSAL: Junior Team

Golf: Individual Gross - R Alter

Open Handicap - M Phillips

Open Scratch - A Larchy

Squash:Open - D Nagler

Masters - D Lazarus

SWIMMING: H Fisher 50m backstroke, 100m free

N Ayrton 50m breaststroke, 400m free , 4x50 medley relay - Fisher/Ayrton

Table tennis -Junior Singles: Z Mandel, Masters Doubles - J Banks and I Lewis

Tennis-Masters - P Sheeter/ N Baum

Singles and doubles – K Collins

Ellis bowled over by kingpin Loberman

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:56:06 +0100

TEN PIN BOWLING Michael Loberman was the star turn at the Maccabi GB Tenpin Bowling tournament.

He exacted revenge over 2010 winner Gary Ellis over two games in the final of the scratch division at the Airport Bowl, in Harlington.

The opening round saw every bowler bowl five games, with the top eight qualifiers in the scratch division and the top eight qualifiers in the handicap division going through to the knockout stage. Ellis took home the Freddie Loberman Memorial Trophy after winning the first five games of the tournament. His handicap score of 1153, averaging 205 scratch, saw him beat another Team GB bowler, Jack Nesbit, by 12 pins.

Loberman finished in third place, averaging an impressive 208 scratch, leaving him as the top seed in the scratch knockout finals.

Having overcome scares against Robin Bluston and Larry Handworker on his way to the final, Loberman averaged an incredible 231 over six games. He took the high game with his first game of the tournament, 257 scratch, or 273 handicap.

Ellis bowled two games over 250 – 257 and 277 in his semi-final win over Patrik Goldberg of Sweden.

Goldberg won the 3rd/4th playoff after beating Handworker, who had earlier bowled a 265 game.

Ritchie Kneip, Ellis and Nesbit, all members of GB squad competing at the European Maccabi Games in Vienna, also posted high scores. Honourable mentions also go to Handworker and Robin Bluston. Handworker bowled a 234 in qualifying and in the knockout stages bowled a 265 game. Bluston bowled a 232 in qualifying.

The handicap knockout rounds proved to be just as epic. Maccabi stalwart Geoff Isaacs eventually came out on top, defeating top seed Gary Nesbit in a very close run final match.

Nesbit had beaten current GB captain Ian Davis and former squad member Paul Hart on his way to the final, but lost out to the very experienced Isaacs who accounted for Paul Sassienie and newcomer Craig Grant, who averaged 160 in his first tournament, on his way to the final.

Five of the six members of the GB bowling team for Vienna were represented.

Competition organiser Russell Sniper said: "This was a good chance for the players to practice on conditions similar to those in Austria, and will hopefully have shown them where adjustments and corrections need to be made prior to the Games."