About the USLBA
In the USA, the sport of lawn bowls is governed by the U.S. Lawn Bowls Association, an all volunteer group of officers and councilors. The main forms of communication with members is through the divisions, clubs and this website. The officers meet in person at least once a year at an annual board meeting, usually just before the U.S. Open Tournament. Copies of the approved minutes of the meeting may be download from this page.
OFFICERS - 2012
President - Marty Schans
Marty started bowling in the 1995-1996 season and wishes it had been many years sooner. He has won honors in many Club, Division and National Open events. He has been in the Championships three times from SCD, twice as part of the Pairs team and once in Singles. He is Past President of the Paradise and Lakeview Lawn Bowls Clubs and of the South Central Division. He was elected Councilor in 2005. Marty and his wife Annette have participated in many Division and U.S. Opens and are strong supporters of the sport and the USLBA.
Vice President - Heather Stewart
2nd Vice President - Earl Shaner
Secretary - Janice Bell
Treasurer - Brian Studwell
Some of us call Brian "Mr. Henselite". Not only is bowls his passion, it is his business too as he is the Henselite distributor for the USA. He belongs to multiple clubs in the L.A. area and has won many bowls trophies.
Councilors
| Central | Crandall | Hayes | chays79 |  |
aol.com |
| Glorianne | Mather | matherg | |
matc.edu | |
| Northeast | Michele | Arculli | 77dandc | |
gmail.com |
| Colin | Smith | colinsmith | |
optonline.net | |
| Northwest | Pam | Edwards | edwardsp | |
pacificu.edu |
| Richard | Broad | bowlingbroad | |
gmail.com | |
| Pacific | Robb | Pawlak | pawdes | |
hotmail.com |
| Inter-Mountain | Sandy | Souza | sandy.souza | |
sbcglobal.net |
| South Central | Myra | Wood | dwood15 | |
cox.net |
| Doug | McArthur | dmcarthur | |
williams-financial.com | |
| Southeast | Linda | McDougall | lbmcdo | |
msn.com |
| Tom | Kees | tomkees | |
earthlink.net | |
| Southwest | Sam | DeLisle | sammarydel | |
aol.com |
| Carrie | Fossati | cfossati | |
cox.net |
Division Officers
| Central | Pres | Leif | Andresen | leifand | |
wi.rr.com |
| Sec | Pat | Mueller | mkepat | |
aol.com | |
| Northeast | Pres | Colin | Smith | colinsmith | |
optonline.net |
| Sec | Jack | Edwards | jack.edwards | |
cox.net | |
| Northwest | Pres | Howard | Syder | handjsyder | |
comcast.net |
| Sec | Debbie | Tupper | dtupper | |
laporte-insurance.com | |
| Pacific Inter- | Pres | Greg |
Fyvie | glfyvie | |
yahoo.com |
| Mountain (2012) | Sec | Ginger | Harris | giharris | |
worldnet.att.net |
| South Central | Pres | Larry | Grayson | larry | |
llgrayson.com |
| Sec | John | Stewart | emohruo | |
cox.net | |
| Southeast | Pres | Sue | Bellerose | sbellero | |
hotmail.com |
| Sec | Christine | Garbett | chrisgarbett12 | |
gmail.com | |
| Southwest | Pres | Melanie | Vizenor | mavizenor |  |
yahoo.com |
| Women | Sec | Candy | DeFazio | katzechic | |
aol.com |
| Southwest | Pres | Conrad | Melton | conimelt |  |
verizon.net |
| Men | Sec | Jim | Semanek | jim | |
semanek.net |
Committee Chairs
| Constitution & By-laws | George | Schick | |||
| Golden Bias | Dee | McSparran | deemcsparran | |
gmail.com |
| International Affairs | |||||
| Laws of the Sport | Richard | Broad | bowlingbroad | |
gmail.com |
| Marketing & Promotion | Neil | Furman | neilcfurman | |
gmail.com |
| Membership & Instruction | |||||
| National Championships | Linda | McDougall | lbmcdo | |
msn.com |
| National Team Selection (men) | Jack | Lucey | jacklucey | |
comcast.net |
| National Team Selection (women) | Dana | Lum | danalum | |
verizon.net |
| National Unpire In Chief | Conrad | Melton | conimelt | |
verizon.net |
| North American Challenge | R. Gil | Stephan | |||
| Super Shots | Bud | Birkenseer | budbirk | |
gmail.com |
| Website | Heather | Stewart | heatherstewart78 | |
yahoo.com |
| Webmaster | Jim Semanek | webmaster@uslba.org |
A PDF copy of the October 2010
USLBA Constitution and By-Laws
may be viewed/downloaded here.
(requires Acrobat Reader).
Board Meeting Minutes
2008 2009 2010
IN MEMORIAM
Harold Esch, the only Honorary Life President of the USLBA, passed away recently. He was president of the old American Lawn Bowls Association in 1958-60 and was on the ALBA National Council for 34 years. Only recently did he retire as the USLBA historian.
That kind of service, plus his superb bowling record on the green, made him a charter member of the Lawn Bowls Hall of Fame. Harold was a U.S. champion in pairs in 1966 and 1967. He bowled in 410 US National Open games, winning 319 of them, which earned him the singles championships twice, the pairs title four times, and the triples twice.
He was secretary-treasure of the North Central Florida League for 40 years. His service to lawn bowling in that role so impressed the Mount Dora club that it made him and Honorary Member in 1954 even though he was a member of the old Orlando club at the time. After moving to Mount Dora he won all their club tournaments, some more than once. He was club president 1991-92.