Editor’s note: Bowling on San Jose’s new synthetic green is quite unlike bowling on grass. With fast speeds and pronounced draw, the synthetic green put our Berkeley bowlers to the test and they answered confidently.

The San Jose LBC Vet Novice Fours took place Saturday April 26. 

Eight teams participated and played four 10 end games of fours, two bowls for each of the four bowlers.  Bowlers from five PIMD clubs participated: Berkeley, Oakland, Palo Alto,  San Jose and Santa Clara. When all was said and done, Berkeley bowlers made up 5 of the 8 bowlers of the top 2 teams.  

The first place undefeated team (left to right) Leslie Marshall (San Jose), Reggie Banares (San Jose), Patricia Erwin (BLBC) and Janie Hillyer (BLBC) was undefeated.

The second place team (left to right) Ben Corson (BLBC), Bernadette Chang (BLBC), HC Yung (BLBC), and Mark Cooney (San Jose) lost just one game by a close score.

Judy Hillyer played on the fourth place team and was recognized as the MVP by their team skip.  Well done BLBC bowlers!.