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The Santa Ana Lawn Bowling Club is hosting an Open House on May 10

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Art Pedroza Posted in Entertainment, Gerardo Mouet, Parks and Recreation, Santa Ana, Seniors, Sports 9 Comments

The Santa Ana Lawn Bowling Club no longer lists their members or officers on their website. Perhaps they took that information down after we revealed that hardly anyone from Santa Ana actually participates in this organization.

So who are these people who are using our public park for their own entertainment, even though most of them don’t live here? In 1935 & 1936 the 1st lawn bowling green in Santiago Park was constructed with public funding from the Work Projects Administration (WPA) program. In the summer of 1938 the first lawn bowl was rolled. Popularity of the sport created a need for the second “green” which was constructed in 1952. Continue reading→

Lawn bowling open house at Park Santiago today

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Art Pedroza Posted in Entertainment, Parks and Recreation, Santa Ana, Seniors, Sports 3 Comments

Visit the Santa ana Lawn Bowling Club’s annual “Open House” on Saturday, May 7, from 10 am to 2 pm.

Come and learn how to lawn bowl. Free lessons, free use of a set of lawn bowls. It is a fun exercise, very inexpensive and fun for all age adults. Come to the greens in Santiago Park.

Park in the creek bed off of Memory Lane east of Main St just north of the Descovery Science Center. From 10 to 2 on Sat May 7th.

The Santa Ana Lawn Bowling Club was founded in 1938 on grounds belonging to the Santa Ana Parks Dept. The club is run by a board of directors and officers who are elected by the club membership. It is located at 510 East Memory Lane, Santa Ana in Santiago Park not far from the Westfield MainPlace Shopping Mall.
Bowling is on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and on special tournament days. Bowling times are Tuesdays and Thursdays May through Oct. at 4:00pm, Nov. through April at 1:00pm and at 9:00am on all Saturdays. Fun Day is the first Saturday of the month.

Yearly dues are $75. New members are allowed free use of bowls for up to four months, instruction, a locker (subject to availability) and a name badge. There is a $3 fee each time we bowl to cover incidental club expenses. The fee is higher on fun day and tournament days to cover the prize money given to the winners. In respect of tradition, bowlers wear the traditional “whites” on Fun Days, club tournament days and for special events. Membership in the Santa Ana Lawn Bowling Club also provides access to the other Lawn Bowling Clubs in the area. Many tournaments are held throughout the year at other clubs which are open to members of all of the Lawn Bowling Clubs.

National lawn bowling is governed by the United States Lawn Bowling Association which has its own officers and board and is divided into seven divisions which oversee lawn bowling at the local levels. The Santa Ana Lawn Bowling Club belongs to the Southwest Division (www.swlawnbowls.com). International tournaments are run by the World Bowls Board. Click on an image below to enter the respective web site.

Santa Ana Lawn Bowling Club having an Open House on May 8

Posted on April 25, 2010 by Art Pedroza Posted in Civic Affairs, Entertainment, Santa Ana, Seniors, Sports Leave a comment

I noticed the banner shown in the picture above, when I was walking my dog today, at Santiago Park. It would appear that the Santa Ana lawn Bowling Club is trying to promote their sport, even as the Santa Ana Parks and Recreation Agency and the Santa Ana City Council have been considering other uses for the Santa Ana Lawn Bowling Center.

The Club posted this notice on the City of Santa Ana’s Community Calendar: Continue reading→

Is lawn bowling still relevant to the people of Santa Ana?

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Art Pedroza Posted in Latinos, Santa Ana, Seniors, Sports 14 Comments

When I suggested that we replace the Dale Griggs Lawn Bowling Center, located at Santa Ana’s Santiago Park, I had no idea what the sport of lawn bowling was all about. But I had an idea that the lawn bowlers were not from Santa Ana.

Don’t ask by the way who Dale Griggs is. I tried to find out. I suspect he was a past elected official. There is almost no information about him available on the Internet. But his name still lingers at Santiago Park.

Yesterday I took my dog for a walk – and brought my camera. As you can see in the slide show above, these folks don’t appear to be from Santa Ana. One of the cars, which had a lawn bowler license plate, even had a City of Fountain Valley sticker on it.

Here is what the Santa Ana Lawn Bowling Club has to say about themselves and their sport, on their website: Continue reading→