Gord Fall, Michael Siddall and Loren Dion

The 2009 Southcentral Division Men's Lawnbowling Tournament got off to a great start Feb 7 & 8 at the Johnson Lawn Bowls club in Sun City West, AZ. The 2 day triples competition featured 34 teams from the US , Canada and Scotland. The pairs and singles events will be Feb 9 to 12. The final game was hotly contested with fine shotmaking by Dick Saunders trying to hold off the California team led by Michael Siddall. With the score tied and Siddall holding the go ahead shot, Saunders last bowl just missed scoring the winning point. The winners are listed below are from Sun City unless otherwise noted.

1st - Michael Siddall (CA), Loren Dion(CA), Gord Fall (CAN)
2nd - Dick Saunders(Scot), Andre Banares, Joe Moletta (CA)
3rd - Willie Weir, Chris Davies, Richard Krueger (all from WA)
4th - Ivan Hyland, Liam Courtney, Jim Olson (all from CA)

2nd flight
1st - Keith Roney (CAN), Al Burdick, Jim Webster
2nd - Joe Murphy, John Burns, Ed Edwards

3rd flight
1st - David Smith, Rich Ringhofer, Dave Reinersten (all from Sun City West)
2nd - Bill King, Paul Gresbriuk, R.Gregory (all from CA)

4th flight
1st - Hugh Branston, John Bush (CA), Bob North (CA)
2nd - Bruce Mathison, Doug McArthur, Bill Pearson

5th flight
1st - Len Hitchcock, Frank Souza, Don Wood
2nd - Jim Roth, Jim Foley(CA), Wray Roth