Nationals – U18s

Fours – Women – continued

Shari Solly then stepped up with a great conversion shot and when the Victorian skipper fell short Bruce added two counters to see WA hit the lead 12-11 with just a few ends to play.

Another great end set up by the sister combo of Masters and Saunders saw WA grab another three shots to take the biggest lead of game with two ends to play 15-11. Steady play over the last few ends saw WA claim the Gold medal to their huge delight.

Gold – WA • Silver – Victoria • Bronze – Northern Territory

• Blake Nairn. • Photo courtesy of Bowls Australia.

Singles – Men

Manning’s David Downey found himself on the National stage for the first time in open competition. Unfortunately, he struggled to adjust to the Broadbeach greens on the day and found the opposition a bit too good. It was tough going for David who the scores being 15-25 to NSW, 13-25 to Victoria and 12-25 to NT however he is sure to have gained some valuable experience at this level which should stand him in good stead next time. In a rare Tasmania v NT final Robert McMullen from Tasmania had a dream match leading 19-0 before winning 25-2 hardly bowling a bad one to claim a massive victory.

Gold – Tasmania•Silver – Northern Territory•Bronze – Victoria Singles – Women

Hailey Packer was the WA Women’s representative. Her results were a 12-25 loss to NSW, 25-14 win over Tasmania and a 1725 loss to South Australia. Like her Manning teammate David Downey she will take a lot from her performances knowing she isn’t far away from the best in Australia. The final was won by arguably the in-form player in Australia in the Women’s game in Kelsey Cottrell.

Gold – Queensland • Silver – South Australia • Bronze – NSW

2022 Nationals – U18s Under 18s team do WA proud

• Under 18s Fours side. • Photo courtesy of Bowls Australia.

Congratulations to the WA Under 18 Boys and Coach Blake Butler on their efforts at the Under 18 National Championships at the Broadbeach Bowling Club.

The fours team of Segan Pasalich, Tom Brooks, Brock Kilmurray and Cam Wellington topped their section went into the Gold Medal game.

Unfortunately, under the lights and in the rain, they were unable to overcome a strong Tasmanian outfit but a silver medal at the Nationals is an amazing effort.

The pair's combination of Cam Wellington and Brock Kilmurray finished second in their section to set up a bronze medal game. But it was not to be for the boys on this occasion as they went down to Queensland to just miss a Medal.

The Triple's team of Segan Pasalich, Tom Brooks, and Callum Alberti were not able to put it together on the day. A last-round win over NSW was not enough to make the medal rounds but it was a great way to finish the day.

The Boy’s Singles is always a difficult event to win, with the boys around the country playing at a very high level. Callum Alberti stepped up and never stopped trying as he battled hard and with pride for WA but was unable to advance to the medal rounds.

A special mention to Alex Wasley who was very close to WA selection. When a state was unable to provide a team, Alex stepped up and played in a composite team performing very well under the WA colours.

Congratulations to all our boys, you have done WA proud.

2022 Nationals – Multi Disability Championships Bowls Australia hosts their first National Multibowl

For the first time in the 30+ year history of physical disability bowls at a National level, the 2022 Multibowl was hosted by Bowls Australia.

Six States and one Territory played Open Triples and then gender specific Singles and Pairs in B5/6 and B7/8 classifications. Each side is allowed up to ten para-bowlers of six men and four women.

What does a classification mean? Under the auspice of International Bowlers with a Disability (IBD) players go through a medical and technical classification process that groups players of equal balance and ability to play each other on the green – even though they have quite varied disabilities.

IBD bowlers compete at National level at the Multibowl and then have a chance to play at International Level at the Commonwealth Games and IBD specific events.

Western Australia couldn’t field a complete side falling one player short with six men and three women. Five new players from Pingelly (Michael Garrett and Clem Nottle), Yanchep (Jodie Nikolic), Kardinya (Diana Nixon), and Morley (David Stephen) combine with prior event players Wayne Allsopp (Dowerin), Eddie Gollan (Thornlie), Steven Murray (Scarborough), and Maud Taylor (Eaton).

WA started strong on the first day of Open Triples with all three teams winning. Following on from that the team of Murray, Allsopp and Nixon made it through to the quarter finals but unfortunately did not go further as they went down to the VIC side of Thorton, Barry, and Protopapas who went on to win the Open Triples for the 3rd consecutive year.

• WA's Multibowl team.

Our women’s singles started with very close losses across the board in the first round and then total wins in the second round with Diana Nixon winning 18 to 14, Maud Taylor winning 21 to 15, and Jodie Nikolic winning 21 to 8.

The third game of the day the players level of tiredness was showing with the women going down. So, no semi-finals for our ladies – but an excellent level of representation from our WA ladies.

While the women were contesting the B7/8 singles our men partnered up to participate in the B7/8 pairs.

WA was not fortunate in the pairs with only one win during the three-game day by Eddie Gollan and Clem Nottle against TAS 22 to 8. The men’s B7/8 singles brought mixed results with close games not reflected in the scores with Wayne Allsopp, Clem Nottle, and David Stephen going down by small margins and played mostly to the time limit of 2 hours and 15 minutes.

Mick Garrett, Eddie Gollan, and Steve Murray all pulled out wins. Of these three it was ‘Mick’ Garrett who took on New South Wales and Tasmania to win his section, then the quarter finals proved to be too tricky, and he too lost to David Minns from Tasmania. On the final day of the 2022 Multi-Disability Nationals WA was not in any of the semi-finals but they have had a fantastic week. Entering the competition with five new players learning the ropes and playing three games a day over 5 days left even the most energetic player tired. In a wonderful achievement WA came out ahead with Jodie Nikolic, from Yanchep, winning the Clover Lester Encouragement Award. This award is presented to the player who shows the most promise for future para-bowl play. Congratulations Jodie!!

BowlsWA 2022 Multibowls Side

Name Club Wayne Allsopp Dowerin Michael Garratt Pingelly Eddie Gollan Thornlie Steve Murray Scarborough Clem Nottle Pingelly David Stephen Morley Jodie Nikolic Yanchep Diana Nixon Kardinya Maud Taylor Eaton

Mixed Masters Pairs Bill and Lisa too good in Masters Pairs

Mosman Park’s Lisa Featherby and Kalamunda’s Bill Brandsma have combined to win the Stirling Mixed Masters Pairs in the most dramatic circumstances. This event played primarily on the indoor green at Stirling Bowling Club from October 14-16 saw an amazing finish unfold.

Sectional play began on Friday night with four sections including Featherby and Brandsma who were lucky to survive a very tough section.

They won their opening match 14-5 over Stewart Gosstray and Belinda Lehman (Doubleview) but then went down to Scott Walker (South Perth) and Linda Warburton (Mosman Park) 10-13 which left an anxious wait hoping Gosstray would defeat Walker in the last match and fortunately for them that is what occurred allowing them to move into the Sunday finals.

Another 6 sections were completed on Saturday with tournament favourites Cody Packer (Osborne Park) and Kaitlin Tyrrell (Manning) losing their section on a count back and last years winners Shane Loftus and Julie Savell (Osborne Park) also bundled out.

However the talented Laura Merz and Blake Butler (Manning) went through along with Kevin Pickering and Pam Chalmers (Osborne Park).

These two teams provided one of the best clashes in the semi finals with Pickering and Chalmers prevailing in a tight 15-11 win. Featherby and Brandsma had three comfortable wins progressing to the final. They defeated Carlsen/Cooper (North Beach) 17-4, Pauling/Spragg (Composite) 15-4 and Pasalich/ Saunders (Osborne Park) 13-5. The final was real tight affair for most of the match but the Osborne Park pair of Pickering and Chalmers looked to be getting on top. They held a nice four on one end when a lucky Featherby drive saw them collect a fortunate one shot and keep them in the match. With the title on the line Featherby and Brandsma were three behind however the duo had set a plan with Brandsma leading he had placed a bowl behind the head. Featherby was right in the area with her first and trailed the jack back to this waiting catcher. Pickering tried to reduce the count and with Featherby adding a third suddenly the scores were level. Pickering again failed to reduce the count and Featherby saved her best for the last end added another counter for a score of four to win the match 12-11 in a thrilling finish.

Mixed Masters Fours Fours team too good

A capacity field of 36 teams lined up to contest the Mixed Masters Fours, the first event for the season in the Dyenamic Masters Series.

Sectional play was held on Sunday 25th September with the top 8 teams qualifying to play finals on the Public Holiday Monday 26th September.

Nice greens and perfect weather saw some great games played across both days.

Congratulations to the winners of the 2022 Mixed Masters Fours – Cody Packer, Hailey Packer, Laura Merz and Blake Butler (pictured with cheer squad Jasper) who proved far too good through out the event undefeated in six matches including a comprehensive 18-4 win in the final.

Runners Up were the Sorrento side of Bruce Eagles, Murray Hulbert, Kerry Hutchinson and Coral Smith.

• The winning Fours team – Blake Buter, Laura Merz, Hailey and

Cody Packer with cheer leader Jasper.

• Men's State Fours winners.

Comfortable win in Men,s final

The 2022-2023 Dyenamic WA Men’s State Fours had a field of 96 teams take part this season with the final taking part at the Manning Bowling Club on the afternoon of Sunday October 30th.

In the Semi-Finals, the Sorrento team of Bruce Eagles, Murray Hulbert, Peter Flack, and Peter Morgan had a strong win over the Composite team skipped by Segan Pasalich (Osborne Park), Shane Loftus (Osborne Park), Andrew Pasalich (Osborne Park), and Sean Niven (Joondalup) 20-10.

The other Semi-Final saw a solid win for South Perth’s Justin Opie, Glenn Pauling, Troy Kinanne and Scott Walker over Doubleview’s Kyle Mcilroy, Stewart Gosstray, Steve Cerff and Gavin Faulkner18-11.

The Final was played under a series of different weather conditions with both wind and no wind at different times and sunshine and light rain also alternating through the game. The Bruce Eagles team started well by winning the first two ends to go up 3-0 with Justin Opie drawing level on the third end with a three.

Again, Eagles won two ends in a row and surged to a goodsized lead 11-3 by getting fours on both occasions. Opie again answered by grabbing a four of their own followed by a three to close the gap to a single shot of 10-11 after seven ends of the eighteen-end game.

At the halfway mark of the match, the Eagles team was leading 14-10 and were starting to gain the ascendence with more consistent bowls in the head. A two to Opie on the tenth end saw him close within two shots of Eagles at 12-14 but it was the start of the end for the South Perth team.

Three singles in a row followed by two, one, one and two saw Eagles win seven ends in a row and take a 23-12 win with an end to spare. Bruce Eagles, Murray Hulbert, Peter Flack, and Peter Morgan led from start to finish only being level on the third end to earn the 2022-23 Dyenamic WA State Fours Championship.

• Women's State Fours winners.

Tense struggle in Women,s final

The 2022-23 Dyenamic Women’s State Fours ended with a classic final at the Manning Bowling on Sunday October 30th with the composite combination of Laura Merz (Manning), Therese Hastings (Manning), Kaitlin Tyrrell (Manning) and Lisa Smith (Perth & Tatts) up against another composite team of Renate Coote (Mosman Park), Maureen Cooney (Thornlie), Jenny Parker (Mosman Park) and Jacinta Zadow (Kojonup).

In the morning Semi Finals, the Merz team were too strong for the defending champions Jennie Bruce (Busselton), Shari Solly (Osborne Park), Amanda Masters (Osborne Park), Shaan Saunders (Osborne Park) 23-6. While Coote defeated last seasons runner up’s Lisa Featherby, Chris Ace-Watson, Denise Kelly, Linda Warburton (Mosman Park) in a close contest, 19-16.

The final began with Merz hitting the green running by winning the first two ends to jump to a 3-0 lead, however Coote instantly came back with a two and a four to double the Merz score and lead 6-3. A run of four ends, including a three, single, two and four, saw Merz blow out to what could have been a match winning lead after only eight ends 13-6.

All that changed at the halfway mark of the game, when on the ninth end of the eighteen-end game, Coote’s team hit back with a big six shots to draw within one shot 12-13. Another single to Coote and then a three saw the Merz quartet on the back foot, down 13-16. But the experienced Merz team never panicked and replied again with two threes to take back the lead 19-16.

A single to Coote on the fourteenth end was only the fourth single of the game with multiple shots on an end being the usual for both teams. A single then to Merz and then a two to Coote set up a tense final two ends of the game with the score on 20-19 in Merz’s favour.

On both occasions Coote looked to be a in position to win the end but some pressure bowls, especially by Skip Laura Merz, saw her team take a single on the second last end to claim the title.

Coaching Clinic Linda Warburton

Pathways Coaching day at Manning

The Bowls Australia High Performance Team, led by Karen Murphy AM (National Pathways Manager and assistant Australian Coach), ran a coaching day at the Manning Bowling Club on Wednesday 18th October.

The day was primarily for the players from Western Australia who have been selected to be included in this program and will be under the watchful eye of National Selector and Pathways Coach for WA, Therese Hastings.

These players include Ruby Leggett (who was unavailable on the day as she was in hospital having knee surgery), Segan Pasalich, Jack East and Calvin Rodgers (Vision Impaired Bowler) and his director Jason Schreutjens. The presentation has been presented to all states, however ours in Western Australia was delayed by Covid.

The day commenced with a presentation to the State Regional Bowls Managers; members of the Bowls WA High Performance team; athletes and parents of the Pathways players, Para bowlers and Vision Impaired bowlers and various other support crew.

Bowls Australia were represented by: Gary Willis, Australian Coach; Rebecca Van Ash, manager of High Performance with Bowls Australia and now retired International Bowler; Karen Murphy AM (who needs no introduction as an International Bowler and retired Jackeroo); Ellen Falkner, manager of the Bowls Australia Para Squad, an International player from England who has come to Australia to work with our Para Team.

Ellen’s resume is as extensive through her bowls career in England as Karen Murphy’s is with Australia; Therese Hastings who needs no introduction, Ian Hastings who was doing some statisitics with the Para players and Leah Lazarro is the operations manager for Bowls Australia. Her role is being the backbone of everything they do as far as an organizational role goes.

Kristina Krstic had her Gold Medal on hand for all in attendance to ogle over and gave a talk to the Pathways Players about what being a Jackeroo is all about, with requirements for training etc.

Cody Packer also addressed the group and told everyone about his journey to date as a Jackeroo squad member.

Karen addressed the group with a Power Point presentation of what the Pathways program is about.

• Karen Murphy, Jason Schreutjens, Segan Pasalich, Calvin Rodgers, Jack

East and Therese Hastings.

After the session indoors, the players, along with some local accredited coaches went out onto the green to put into practice some drills that Karen had set up for them.

They did these drills, marking their scores for their own benefit so they can address any areas that they may need to work on. They then played a game of singles, playing 7 ends, then swapping opposition players for another 7 ends.

All during this exercise, they were being watched by Karen and the other coaches for any aspect of their game they wanted to address.

Manning Bowling Club ladies, as usual, provided great hospitality with sandwiches for lunch for the group.

We are very fortunate to have the quality of people to assist our bowlers of the future, who devote their time and energy into programs such as the Pathways program.

Some Coaching hints for meaningful practice sessions: • Always practice with purpose. Be disciplined with your practice, marking your own drills is for your own purpose and designed to assist you to improve on areas that may not be your strongest. • Don’t always go and practice in perfect conditions and on perfect greens. • Use your practice session time to practice for events that you have entered into or for your next pennant match, (in the position that you are going to play).

O60s Men,s Pairs Osborne Park duo wins Men,s Pairs

Some 10 years on from winning the Open State Pairs good mates and Osborne Park team mates John Goddard and Gary Caffell have combined to win the Men’s Over 60s State Pairs at Leeming Bowling Club in a thrilling final against a gallant Mick Ryan and Joe Rollnik from Ellenbrook, the final score 16-15.

In the semi finals Goddard and Caffell survived an early scare when they trailed the Kalamunda duo of Bill Brandsma and Bob Farrant 7-1 after four ends. A maximum count on the next end saw them level up and they would only be behind once more. With the scores 9-10 they picked up a three followed by four two ends later to lead 16-11. They carried that margin to the finish winning 21-14.

Ryan and Rollnik saluted 17-12 however they were never seriously threated by the surprise Lake Monger duo of Graeme Davies and Brett Parker who did well to reach the semi finals. The Ellenbrook pair always holding the ascendency after jumping out to a 9-3 early lead and maintaining that advantage on the run home. A big credit to the Lake Monger pair especially Davies who was a last minute call up when one of the Parker brothers came down withCovid.

The final looked mismatched on paper with the highly credentialled Osborne Park team the hot favourites given their history and that they had been impressive with some big victories to this point of the competition. The less fancied Ellenbrook pair had survived some very close matches to make the finals but they were ready to give it their all.

Ellenbrook leader Joe Rollnik was super impressive for most of the match regularly nailing the jack however his good work was often undone by an equally impressive John Goddard. After a tight opening salvo the scores were locked at 2-2 after four ends before Goddard was fortunate with a drive which hit a front bowl and then dislodged every Ellenbrook bowl on the green. Goddard added an extra counter to secure a score of three and have them leading 5-2.

His good fortune turned around in the next end however as Rollnik had played three exceptional bowls and Goddard once again fired but put his drive through the narrowest of gaps, an inch either way would have been a killed end and once again the scores were locked, this time at five apiece.

• Gary Caffell and John Goddard.

Again a series of close ends saw the scores level at 7 all before Rollnik hit another purple patch and the Ellenbrook team took a good 12-7 lead. Goddard then hit back with a series of good ends himself to level the scores for an amazing fifth time at 12-12. Another two winning ends for the Ellenbrook duo saw them leading 15-12 and the upset looked a strong possibility with just two ends to go.

Gary Caffell then played two of his best ends of the match, just when they when needed. They grabbed a one on the first of those courtesy of a front toucher to make it 13-15 before he added two close bowls on the last end. Goddard was able to play a couple of good bowls himself and suddenly Ryan was down four.

Knowing if he hit the target he could win the match or possibly force and extra end the weighted shot was a touch on the narrow side but clipped one of the shot bowls through the head, unfortunately it never touched any of the other counters and the Osborne Park had saluted in a gutsy effort.

Chrizanda Hartman the Centre Manager at Fiona Stanley Hospital for GenesisCare who are first time Bowls WA sponsors was on hand to help present the finalist prizemoney along with the winners trophy and medals with Bowls WA Board member Phil Manning. Phil was able to personally recommend GenesisCare who are cancer care specialist and had helped care for his late father. Along with congratulating the winners Phil thanked all the participants along with the Bowls WA and club volunteers and host venues for their support of the event.

• Runners-up with Chrizanda Hartman and board member Phil Manning.

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O60s Women,s Pairs Blackwell and Abe claim Pairs title

The finals of the GenesisCare Women’s Over 60’s Pairs were completed at the Rossmoyne Bowling Club in chilly conditions. It was great to see a number of other participants and interested onlookers at the final.

In two competitive semi finals scores were locked in both matches with just a handful of ends to play however both winners were able to win the bulk of ends to secure victory. The country combination of Irene Leahy (Kalgoorlie) and Bev Davidson (Kukerin) upsetting three times champions Kerry Andersen and Linda Warburton from Mosman Park 19-12 winning the last five ends of the match.

Likewise Noelene Abe (Corrigin) and Kaye Blackwell (Mt Pleasant) did their best work in the late stages picking up back to back scores of three on ends 14 and 15 to grab a match lead 16-12 and hanging on to win 18-13 against the North Beach duo of Debra Rhine and Rhonda Prosser.

After the lunch break the breeze had stiffened and was quite gusty, combined with overcast conditions and a quick green running over 16 seconds all players found it challenging to regularly get bowls close.

Leahy and Davidson struck first with a very good three on the opening end with Davidson looking to continue her hot form from the semi final. However as the match progressed Abe and Blackwell adjusted well especially into the breeze where they picked up several multiple shots progressing to a 12-6 advantage at the half way mark.

Irene Leahy had a great end just when they needed it, putting two bowls right on the jack and with Davidson adding a counter the composite team where able to bridge the gap to 11-15 with just five ends to play.

• O60s Women's Pairs finalists with Genesis Care's Chrizandra Hartman. • Kaye Blackwell and Noelene Abe.

When they continued that form with a 2 and 1 the score was suddenly 15-14 and it was looking like going right to the wire. However Abe played a great lead bowl and when Blackwell added 3 counters unusually Davidson couldn’t get one close it was back out to 19-14 with two ends to play.

Abe then applied more pressure putting down a toucher and another close bowl. After Blackwell added another counter Davidson was forced to drive to try and keep the game alive but was just narrow.

Congratulations to Noelene Abe and Kaye Blackwell on a well deserved 22-14 victory.

The win gives Abe a second Over 60’s pairs title whilst for Blackwell it was her first in this event. Bowls WA Board member Lisa Featherby along with GenesisCare representative Chrizanda Hartman made the presentations to the finalists.