Milwaukee Blind Pairs success despite rain

Twenty-eight Milwaukee lawn bowlers played in cold and rain over two days in the Blind Pairs event held over the Memorial Day weekend. This tournament is the traditional kick-off event for the Milwaukee club and features a unique format in which skips and leads play with different partners in each game, hence the term "blind pairs". After each game the winning leads are paired with losing skips and vice versa. A tech guru is required to keep it all straight, but the bowlers only care that it is a fun way to play with and against different combinations of players.The overall winner was Bob Schneider, followed by new bowler Brendan Churchill and Barb Althoen. Next up is Club Triples on Sat, June 11 followed by the Potlicker Cup Pairs on June 18-19, the first hotly contested tournament of the year.