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CONTENTS

APRIL 2018

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Jackaroo Brett Wilkie with QLD Minister for Sport Mick de Brenni

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Volume 41 Issue 3

14 – Games Flashback from Moorooka

10 – Commonwealth Games

17 – State team picked for National Disability Champs

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19 – Age no barrier for Algester’s centenarian

12 are you ready?

26 WORLD CHAMPS

Queenslanders are preparing for the thrilling BQ State Champs next month

Who’s the best in the world?

15 CLUB QUEENSLAND AWARDS

28 PLQ WRAP-UP

The best clubs are bowls clubs!

Lynsey Clarke reviews the PLQ finals held at Club Helensvale

20 WHAT’S YOUR CLUB BEEN DOING?

34 coaching tips

News from clubs across Queensland

Mackay proving hotspot for bowls enthusiasm

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Bowls Queensland Patron: His Excellency the Honourable Paul de Jersey AC, Governor of Queensland 4 queensland bowler april 2018

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From the President with BQ’s Peter Williamson

A highlight of the month was the privilege of attending a club to present a centenarian his 100-year Medallion.

2018 “Easter”* Open Prestige Singles

Algester Bowls Club gave David Russell, a very respected member of the club, an afternoon tea complete with a traditional Scottish Pipe band, country dancing and a rendition of songs from his place of birth (see more on p19).

The Bowls Queensland AGM is just a few days away at the time of writing. Nominations have closed for the four Board positions up for election this year. The only nominations contesting these positions has been from the same people now currently in those positions.

As a team (includes all staff ) we have been able to contain rising costs and at the same time have our coaching and umpiring staff visit districts and clubs throughout the state. It is unfortunate that the Coaching Panel, whilst trying to encourage several advanced coaches to reaccredit, find it difficult because the reaccreditation process is seen to be too onerous by these coaches.

Our Match, Selection and Constitution committees have continued to operate effectively.

The incoming Board, Staff and Committees will have additional workload as we envisage more participation in the sport throughout the state for the forthcoming year. Shush!!! – maybe a hidden agenda?

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Commonwealth Games

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Australia will join more than 6,600 athletes and team officials from 70 nations and territories converging on the Gold Coast for the twenty-first edition of the Commonwealth Games.

The Commonwealth Games have been conducted by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) every four years (except for 1942 and 1946 due to World War II) since the first British Empire Games were held in Hamilton, Canada in 1930.

This will be the fifth time Australia has staged the Commonwealth Games following Sydney (1938), Perth (1962), Brisbane (1982) and Melbourne (2006) which makes Australia the nation to have hosted the most number of Games.

Australian Commonwealth Games Bowls Para-sport Team:

Athletes with a disability triples

Vision-impaired pairs Lead: Lynne Seymour (67, Thuringowa, QLD, Director: Robert Seymour)*

Skip: Jake Fehlberg (23, Burleigh Heads, QLD, Director: Grant Fehlberg)*

Lead: Joshua Thornton (36, East Shepparton, VIC)*

Second: Tony Bonnell (50, Brighton, QLD)

Skip: Ken Hanson (68, City Colac, VIC)* *Debutantes

Australian Commonwealth Games Bowls Men’s Team: Singles

Aaron Wilson (26, Cabramatta, NSW)*

Pairs

Lead: Brett Wilkie (43, Club Helensvale, QLD) Skip: Aaron Wilson 8 queensland bowler april 2018

Triples

Lead: Barrie Lester (35, Mulgrave Country Club, VIC) Second: Nathan Rice (38, Club Helensvale, QLD) Skip: Aron Sherriff (32, Club Helensvale, QLD)

Fours

Lead: Barrie Lester Second: Brett Wilkie Third: Nathan Rice Skip: Aron Sherriff

Schedule Thursday 5 April 09:00 am - 2:15 pm Men’s Triples Women’s Singles 4:00 pm- 9:15 pm Men’s Pairs Open B6/B7/B8 Triples Women’s Fours Mixed B2/B3 Pairs

Friday 6 April 09:00 am - 2:15 pm Men’s Triples Women’s Singles 4:00pm-9:15pm Men’s Pairs Open B6/B7/B8 Triples Women’s Fours Mixed B2/B3 Pairs

Saturday 7 April

09:00 am - 2:15 pm Men’s Pairs and Triples Women’s Fours and Singles 4:00 pm - 9:45 pm Open B6/B7/B8 Triples Mixed B2/B3 Pairs Men’s Pairs and Triples - Quarterfinal Women’s Fours and Singles Quarter-final

Please note that these times were correct at the time of publishing.

For the latest schedule, visit: www.gc2018.com/sport/lawn-bowls

Sunday 8 April

09:00 am - 3:45 pm Mixed B2/B3 Pairs Men’s Pairs and Triples - Semifinal Women’s Fours and Singles Semi-final Men’s Triples Gold and Bronze Medal Matches - Final 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm Open B6/B7/B8 Triples Women’s Singles Gold and Bronze Medal Matches - Final

Monday 9 April

09:00 am - 3:30 pm Men’s Singles Women’s Pairs

Mixed B2/B3 Pairs Men’s Pairs Gold and Bronze Medal Matches - Final Women’s Fours Gold and Bronze Medal Matches - Final 5:00pm - 10:15 pm Men’s Fours Open B6/B7/B8 Triples Women’s Triples

Tuesday 10 April 09:00am - 2:15 pm Men’s Singles Women’s Pairs

4:00 pm - 9:15 pm Men’s Fours Women’s Triples

Wednesday 11 April 09:00 am - 2:15 pm Men’s Singles Women’s Pairs 4:00 pm - 10:15 pm Men’s Fours Women’s Triples Women’s Triples - Quarter-final Open B6/B7/B8 Triples - Semifinal Mixed B2/B3 Pairs Gold and Bronze Medal Matches - Final

Thursday 12 April

09:00 am - 3:45 pm Men’s Fours and Singles Quarter-final Women’s Pairs - Quarter-final Women’s Pairs and Triples Semi-final Open B6/B7/B8 Triples Gold and Bronze Medal Matches - Final 5:30 pm - 8:40 pm Men’s Fours - Semi-final Women’s Triples Gold and Bronze Medal Matches - Final

Friday 13 April

09:00 am - 3:45 pm Men’s Singles - Semi-final Men’s Fours Gold and Bronze Medal Matches - Final Women’s Pairs Gold and Bronze Medal Matches - Final 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm Men’s Singles Gold and Bronze Medal Matches - Final

Jackaroos busy bees at Windsor As they prepared for the Commonwealth Games, Australia’s full squad contingent visited Windsor Bowls Club on the eve of the sport’s showpiece event.

All 17 bowlers travelled to the innercity club on March 28 for practice on the greens, followed by a working bee.

The Australian Jackaroos helped with tasks around the club including marking green lines, cleaning windows and organising bowls stock in a bid to give back to the club.

There was the chance for some of the district’s representative juniors to share the green with the Australians.

National coach of the Jackaroos Steve Glasson said the experience was an extremely humbling one for his team.

“Windsor is an inner-city club who, to their credit, have emerged from a difficult time and are now a thriving part of the Brisbane bowls community with a vision to improve,” he said.

“The experience for our squad is part of Bowls Australia’s ongoing commitment to the community and the foundations of our sport.”

Images: Bowls Australia

Australian Commonwealth Games Bowls women’s Team: Singles

Karen Murphy (43, Cabramatta, NSW)

Pairs

Lead: Kelsey Cottrell (27, St Johns Park, NSW) Skip: Karen Murphy

Triples

Lead: Carla Krizanic (27, Sunbury, VIC) Second: Natasha Scott (27, Raymond Terrace, NSW) Skip: Rebecca Van Asch (29, Invermay, TAS)*

Fours

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Commonwealth Games

Shaping up Australia’s toughest competition on the green Northern Ireland

None of Northern Ireland’s medallist (silver - men’s triples & bronze - women’s pairs) from the 2014 Games have been included in the squad for the Gold Coast, allowing an opportunity for the team to perhaps un-earth a young star. However, the team is still blessed with experience, headlined by veterans Ian McClure and Martin McHugh, who both last won a Games medal (gold) way back in 1998 in the men’s fours. Names like Donna McNally, Simon Martin, Gary Kelly and Catherine Beattie bring further Games experience to the squad, strengthening Northern Ireland’s position as no easy-beats come April.

Wales

Scotland

Two-thirds of the Welsh only medal-winning discipline (triples) in Glasgow return for successive Games, with Jonathan Tomlinson and Marc Wyatt spearheading the team. The two are aptly supported by stalwart Anwen Butten, who holds multiple Games and World Championships medals but yet to obtain that elusive gold. Further to that, several more squad members will arrive in Australia with outstanding recent World Championship accolades, with Emma Woodcock a silver medallist (triples - 2016) and Jess Sims a gold medallist along with Laura Thomas (pairs 2016). While a feel-good story to come from the para-sport squad is former teacher Julie Thomas, who will make her Games debut after only taking up the sport four years ago after losing her sight 10 years ago.

The Scots enjoyed a hugely successful home games in 2014, handling the expectation of a nation with aplomb in taking out gold in three of the four men’s disciplines.

Possessing some of the finest bowlers in the world among their ranks, Scotland will again present a strong case for gold in multiple events.

With gold medals across both World Indoor and Outdoor Championships to his name, Scottish hotshot Ryan Burnett will be looking to defend his title on Broadbeach albeit in slightly different conditions to 2014.

England

Having fared well in Glasgow 2014 with a total of six medals including one gold, the 17-player squad selected for Gold Coast has been earmarked as one of England’s deepest in recent memory and will be spearheaded by three-time Games gold medallist Ellen Falkner.

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New Zealand

The Kiwis will be looking to increase their medal tally from Glasgow where they picked up three medals at each level of the podium, headlined by veteran Jo Edwards taking out the Women’s Singles gold medal.

In a bid to further impact the medal tally on the Gold Coast, an experienced squad has been selected with seven of the ten members having tasted Games action previously.

Canada

Malaysia

The Canadian squad has proven to be a competitive unit on the international stage and the selected squad for the Gold Coast Games includes some familiar names to Aussie bowls fans. Ryan Bester and Kelly McKerihen are two who have been prominent figures among the National Rankings in Australia in recent times and they will be supported by the likes of Leanne Chinery, Jacqueline Foster and Chris Stadnyk. This will be Bester’s fifth, Stadnyk’s fourth and Chinery’s third Games respectively, with the former looking to add a gold medal to his collection after collecting bronze and silver in previous Games. Greg Wilson, Ryan Stadnyk, Cameron Lefresne, Joanna Cooper and 2017 World Youth Champion Priscilla Westlake round out the lesser experienced names of the squad, adding to the strength of the team and the promising blend between youth and experience.

The team will be spearhead by the doyen of Malaysian bowls, Siti Zalina Ahmad, a twotime Games gold medallist in singles and the only women to have ever done so. She will be supported by the likes of Glasgow fours silver medallist Emma Firyana Saroji, multiple Games medallist Fairul Izwan Abd Muin and another Glasgow heroin Muhammad Hizlee Abdul Rais, who took out the pairs silver medal with the aforementioned Fairul.

Malaysia have been trialling and testing themselves on the Broadbeach greens for some time now and will definitely be contending for medals come the Games.

South Africa

The Proteas surprised all in 2014 when they took home five gold and two bronze medals to lead all-comers on the medal tally.

It was the female contingent that dominated in Glasgow, with gold coming in the pairs and fours in addition to further bronze medals in the singles and triples, which meant that four of the seven total medals came from the women’s disciplines.

Malta’s family affair Queensland sisters Connie-Leigh Rixon, Rebecca Rixon and mum Rosemary Rixon will be representing Malta together as a family unit on the world stage, with all three selected to play for the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Their selection came as a shock to the Rixon trio with Malta originally limited to just four bowlers, before it was decided Malta could field two more bowlers.

“It’s amazing that we will be playing together, it’s all a bit surreal as you don’t really ever expect that to happen and I think it’s the first time ever a mother and her two daughters have ever competed side-by-side in a Commonwealth Games event,” Rose Rixon said.

“The girls and I have been trying non-stop; it has been a long journey and we have been entering in everything we can to help train and prepare for the games and we’ve also been well supported by the local bowls community, which has been fantastic.”

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CEO REPORT with BQ’s Brett Wilkie Commonwealth Games We are blessed to have the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland. Hopefully the bowls gets some quality air time on Channel 7 during the Games to help promote our great sport.

T hank you!

A highlight for me playing in the Commonwealth Games is sharing the experience with the Athletes With a Disability (AWD) and the Vision Impaired (VI) players and directors. In the lead up to the Games, the Jackaroos join with the AWDs and VIs for training and lead up competitions including Trans Tasman’s and Multi Nation events. I gain much inspiration from these talented bowlers who are amazing to watch and train with and the comradery of our team is amazing. It is a pleasure to be a part of this journey with them.

It saddens me to hear reports of some disability bowlers not being treated fairly across our State. I encourage all clubs to embrace any players with a disability, so they can enjoy the game to the fullest. I recently attended a Sporting Wheelies Sports Connect Forum where it was highlighted that 1 in 5 people in QLD have a disability. We need to encourage these people to stay active and bowls is a great way to do this.

Thank you to our volunteers who will help staff our “Have a Go” station at the Broadbeach venue during the games. This will include being able roll the Junior Jack Attack kit bowls and pass on promotional material to spectators.

It is great to see so many of our Bowlers volunteering in various roles at the Games. This will be an amazing experience for all involved. Mark Casey has done a great job as Bowls Manager for the Games with the assistance of Chris Green and Claire Turley, who are well known in the bowls world.

Thank you to the Windsor Bowls Club for hosting the Australian Team just prior to the Games.

AGM It was great to catch up with the Delegates at the recent Bowls QLD AGM and also meet some new faces.

Thank you and well done to the BQ Staff who worked tirelessly leading up to and on the day of the AGM. A lot of work goes on behind the scenes to make this day a success.

Events Thank you to all clubs who showed expressions of interest to host upcoming Bowls QLD events. Successful candidates are being finalised and clubs will be notified in the near future.

Australian Indoor Singles Qualifying for women will be held at Tweed Heads and Paradise Point Bowls Clubs on the 21st April.

Inaugural State Arm Bowlers Championships will be held at Musgrave Hill Bowls Club from 28 April – 2 May. Representatives Congratulations to the men and women selected to represent QLD in the Australian Sides Championships in Darwin from 2 – 5 May. These teams will have a practice session on Sunday 29th April at Club Pine Rivers.

Well done to the U18 players selected to represent QLD versus NSW in July. The venue for this event is still yet to be determined as we are waiting for Bowls Australia to finalise the venue for the Australian U18 Championships, which also will be held in QLD this year.

Brett Wilkie

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Thank you to the Queensland Government and the Queensland Academy of Sport for their support of the QLD Commonwealth Games Athletes with a Bonus Grant.

Brett Wilkie is pictured here with Queensland’s Minister for Sport, Mick de Brenni (cover), at the Bonus Grant Ceremony at Parliament House.

The QLD Government awarded each Queenslander involved in the Commonwealth Games, Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games with this grant. The QLD Government support all levels of sport including grass root development programs and club infrastructure improvements. They also support State Sporting Organisations in their quest to deliver various programs for the development and betterment of sport in Queensland.

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for the State Champs?

After all the drama of last year’s competition, Queensland bowlers will be back at it again for another thrilling BQ State Championships!

The championships enable players to compete for state titles in Singles, Pairs, Over-60s Pairs, Mixed Pairs, Triples and Fours on May 14-27.

Capturing a coveted state crown places the winner in the company of some of Queensland’s greatest bowlers.

This year’s Singles finals will be live streamed on the Bowls Queensland Facebook page so fans can keep up with the action from anywhere in the world!

Winners of the Singles, Pairs, Triples and Fours will advance to this year’s Australian Championships (November 26-30) at Club Sapphire, Merimbula, NSW.

All systems go for BPL07 Story by Bowls Australia

The Bowls Premier League (BPL) is set to return bigger and better in 2018 for its seventh instalment across the television screens of Australia and New Zealand.

From April 23 to 26, the eight BPL licensed teams will descend on the Naenae Bowling Club in Lower Hutt, New Zealand and battle it out for the $100,000 prize pool.

Each night of the tournament will be broadcast LIVE both in Australia and New Zealand via Fox Sports Australia and Sky Sport NZ respectively.

Viewers in Australia can tune in from 4pm-9pm AEST, while those across the ditch will see all the broadcast action from 6pm-11pm NZST. Bowls Australia will provide Rinkside Live live-streaming of the preliminary daytime rounds through its Facebook page.

There has been some movement in the playing circles, headlined by Australian Jackaroo Aron Sherriff moving up to

the Gold Coast Hawks from three-time winners the Sydney Lions.

Sherriff will be joined by Australian and Helensvale teammate Nathan Rice, who has made the move from coach to player, with stalwart Mark Casey set to take the reins as coach.

Three new additions will make their BPL debut in the seventh staging of the event, with the Brisbane Pirates selected Club Pine Rivers’ former-state lead Michael Breen, the New Zealand Blackjacks opting for Commonwealth Games competitor Mike Nagy, and the Perth Suns presenting Helen Morss with her first guernsey.

Entry into Naenae Bowling Club for the preliminary daytime matches and nighttime games is free of charge for all four days of the action.

Team selections for BPL07: Moreton Bay Brisbane Pirates: Kelsey Cottrell, Alex Marshall, Michael Breen, Dave Edwards (Coach) Club Helensvale Gold Coast Hawks: Aron Sherriff, Nathan Rice, Lynsey Clarke, Mark Casey (Coach) Silkari Illawarra Gorillas: Jeremy Henry, Aaron Teys, Kay Moran, Wes Falconer (Coach) Blundstone Melbourne Roys: Aaron Wilson, Barrie Lester, Carla Krizanic, Ian Ewing (Coach) Moama Murray Steamers: Michael Walker, Ryan Bester, Ellen Ryan, Barry Brennan (Coach) Tower New Zealand Blackjacks: Shannon McIlroy, Jo Edwards, Mike Nagy, Sharon Sims (Coach) Dyenamic Perth Suns: John Slavich, Clive Adams, Helen Morss, Therese Hastings (Coach) BCiB Sydney Lions: Ben Twist, Corey Wedlock, Karen Murphy, Steve Glasson (Coach)

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s e m a G m m o C t s a l s ’ d n a l s Queen Queensland last played host to the Commonwealth Games back in 1982, with the lawn bowls competition being held in Brisbane at the Moorooka Bowls Club.

The Jackaroos 1982 team featured Queenslanders Rob Dobbins, Keith Poole and Rob Parrella. Joining the local lads were Rosemary O’Brien, Eva Wilcher, Patricia Smith, Bert Sharp, Don Sherman, Denis Dalton and Peter Rheuben.

Australia’s 1982 team finished with a gold in the fours (Queenslanders Rob Dobbins and Keith Poole with Aussies Bert Sharp and Don Sherman), silver in the singles (Queenslander Rob Parrella) and bronze in the pairs (Queenslanders Denis Dalton and Peter Rheuben).

Fours Skip Keith Poole said that they didn’t feel the pressure until they were in front. When the last bowl came to rest in the fours match between Australia and Zimbabwe, pandemonium broke out. The Bowler, October 1982 reported that all four players leapt high with glee when they realised they had won.

“Robbie Dobbins swept skip Keith Poole off his feet.”

“Don Sherman jumped the fence into the stands to his wife.”

“Rob Parrella, already having won the singles silver medal, rushed across the green to join them.”

Let’s see what our 2018 Jackaroos can do.

Images: Bowler magazine, October 1982

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Bowls clubs walk away with top awards Bowls clubs across Queensland were strong contenders at the Keno & Clubs Queensland Awards for Excellence.

Clubs Queensland recently hosted their annual awards event to celebrate the successes and achievements of clubs in Queensland. Bribie Island Bowls Club, Club Kawana and Mossman Memorial Bowls Club were winners on the night, with Mossman Memorial walking away with five awards.

Clubs Queensland President Don Seccombe said that staff, management and volunteers work tirelessly to ensure ongoing improvements and the sustainability of clubs.

Best Bowls Club Large Award winner Bribie Island Bowls Club (Mullins Lawyers)

“These awards go a long way to acknowledging those efforts,” he said.

“Congratulations to all our community clubs on your achievements.”

Bowls Queensland CEO Brett Wilkie was proud to see the number of bowls clubs who had nominated for the awards.

“I’d like to encourage all clubs to take the time to provide submissions for this prestigious event,” he said.

“It’s great to see clubs being rewarded for all of their hard work and dedication.

“Congratulations to all winners and nominees!”

Best Club Redevelopment (under $2 million) Award winner Club Kawana (sponsor Rohrig Group)

Best Club Far North Queensland Award winner Mossman Memorial Bowls Club (sponsor Rydges Hotels & Resorts)

KENO & CLUBS QUEENSLAND AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE 2018 Winners Award Name

Sponsor Name

Winner

Best Bowls Club Large Best Club Redevelopment (Under $2 million) Best Bowls Club Small Best Community Service by a Licensed Club Small Best Social Club Small Best Club in a Rural Community Best Club Far North Queensland

Mullins Lawyers Rohrig Group Mullins Lawyers Club Training Australia SG Gaming XXXX Rydges Hotels & Resorts

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Aron Sherriff to Debut for Queensland The Queensland Team to compete in the Australian Sides Championships in Darwin from the 2nd – 5th May will feature some new and returning players.

Following on from their series loss in both the Men and Women’s Test Series versus NSW recently, selectors have made some changes to both teams.

The big inclusion for the Queenslanders is former NSW rep and Australian star Aron Sherriff who will make his debut for the Maroons. Andrew Howie, who was part of the best performed rink at last year’s Sides Championship makes

a return to the men’s team after solid performances this year. Scott DeJonghFitzpatrick makes a come back to the open side after being awarded the player of the series versus NSW in the U25 category. Robert Wild was unavailable for this series due to family and work commitments.

The women’s team will be looking to defend their title after winning the

Marj Morris Trophy in Adelaide last year. Changes from the NSW Series include a return of Jessica Srisamruaybai after missing the series due to family commitments and the experienced Louise Witton re-joins Lynsey Clarke’s rink.

Selection Coordinator Greg Bostock said “The selection process is always difficult as we have a wealth of talent available knocking on the door. We believe these teams will be very competitive against the strong opposition they will encounter in Darwin”.

Selected teams: WOMENS TEAM TEAM Lead Second Third Skip

Name Cassandra Millerick Natasha Jones Claire Turley Julie Keegan

Club Broadbeach Club Helensvale Tweed Heads Broadbeach

District Gold Coast Tweed Gold Coast Tweed Gold Coast Tweed Gold Coast Tweed

TEAM Lead Second Third Skip

Name Jessie Cottell Dee-Anne Robertson Kristy Thatcher Bolivia Millerick

Club Broadbeach Broadbeach Tweed Heads Broadbeach

District Gold Coast Tweed Gold Coast Tweed Gold Coast Tweed Gold Coast Tweed

TEAM Lead Second Third Skip

Name Jessica Srisamruaybai Louise Witton Chloe Stewart Lynsey Clarke

Club Tweed Heads Coolum Beach Tweed Heads Club Helensvale

District Gold Coast Tweed Sunshine Coast Gold Coast Tweed Gold Coast Tweed

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State team picked for National Disability Champs Bowls Queensland has announced the players selected to represent Queensland in the 2018 National Disability Championships (May, 20-25).

The team to contest the event includes a number of familiar faces and debutant Damien Delgado (Tweed Heads), a total of 10 players have been selected.

Team manager and coach Alan Thorp says he is excited for the championships and believes the team will do well this year and hopes they will emulate the success they had in 2017 championships.

“I’m really looking forward to this competition and I think the team will do very well, they get on fantastically as a team and make a great combination,” Thorp said.

Queensland team: Women:

Serena Bonnell (Burleigh Heads), Louise Hoskins (Sth Johnstone), Deb McGarry (Burrum Heads) and Kaytlyn Smith (Edge Hill Memorial).

Men:

Tony Bonnell (Burleigh Heads), Don Currie (North Ipswich), Damien Delgado (Tweed Heads), Cristian Lenske (Gympie), Brett Sellars (Bongaree) and Bernie Wolland (Mossman Memorial).

Team Coach/Manager: Alan Thorp.

“It will be good to see our debutant Damien in action for the state too, I think he will do well at the event he’s a great bowler as he’s focused, has a great attitude and is a team player.

“I think we have a strong team and they will all do well.”

The national championships will be held at the Kardinya Bowling Club, WA.

MEN’S TEAM TEAM Lead Second Third Skip

Name Scott DeJongh-Fitzpatrick Robert Hammond Sean Baker Aron Sherriff

Club South Tweed Roma Victoria Point Club Helensvale

District Gold Coast Tweed Maranoa/Warrego Gateway Gold Coast Tweed

TEAM Lead Second Third Skip

Name Andrew Howie Anthony Kiepe Kurt Brown Brett Wilkie

Club Club Helensvale Club Helensvale Across The Waves Club Helensvale

District Gold Coast Tweed Gold Coast Tweed Bundaberg Gold Coast Tweed

TEAM Lead Second Third Skip

Name Jayden Christie Matthew Lucas Sean Ingham Nathan Rice

Club Club Helensvale Club Helensvale Broadbeach Club Helensvale

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The name’s Russell.

Dave Russell.

Algester bowler David Russell celebrated his 100th birthday on March,14 with his fellow club members at his favourite club, BQ president Peter Williamson was in attendance to present David with his 100 year medallion in recognition of his achievement.

While the club would’ve loved to have David’s hero Sean Connery join in the celebrations, 007 fan David was happy with the day nonetheless.

David is a young-at-heart Scotsman who has been with Algester bowls club since its inception more than 30 years ago.

He is still an active member of the club, playing frequently and arriving on other days to partake in his favourite glass of wine.

Even more impressive than his age is David’s love of competitive sport having won the Club Pairs Championship in 2002 at the age of 84. He still makes himself available for pennant selection.

“He played a game in western challenge this year and he still enjoys his social pairs game every Wednesday,” Algester Men’s president Greg Hart said.

“He has a good sense of humour and is always jovial!

“On behalf of all of us at Algester Sports Club, we would like to recognise our well-loved club member David Russell on reaching 100 years of age, an impressive milestone by any measurement.”

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Longreach 4s Carnival Congratulations to the winners of the Longreach 4s Carnival: Phillip J Jarvis, Jules Johnson, John Henman and Paula Brun

Marlin Coast Bowls Club Ladies Classic One of Cairn’s richest and most prestigious bowling events, the 18th annual Marlin Coast Ladies Classic, was held at Marlin Coast Bowls Club recently and proved to be as popular as ever with $2000 in prize money handed out on the day.

“The all-day event featured 14 teams of four players, played over four games and it was great to see a full green,” Women’s president Jan Baumann said.

“Teams entered from Atherton, Mossman, Mareeba, South Johnstone, Tully, Babinda, Silkwood, Edmonton, Edgehill, West Cairns and, of course, Marlin Coast.

“The first Ladies Classic was held in 2001 and was called the Ladies Classic Federation Fours, as it was the 100year celebration of Australia becoming an independent country.”

Marlin Coast’s Shirley Sampson, Jill Kefford, Christine Scott and Joan Carey were the lucky winners in this year’s competition.

Second place went to other Marlin Coasters Linda McCarthy, Laurie Roberts, Jean Smith and Noeline Newton, while third place went to the Tablelands team of Sue Hemmersley, Carmel de Zen, Raewyn Keddie and Norma Gray.

Christine Scott, Joan Carey, Shirley Sampson and Jill Kefford.

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Darra Cementco’s Master Pairs Submitted by Michelle Davidson Darra-Cementco witnessed three huge days of fantastic quality bowls and this year’s line-up of teams suggests it was without doubt an exceptional field of masters.

Women’s Masters Pairs players Sue McKenzie (Broadbeach) and Mareeba’s Sue Brady triumphed over an impressive field, which included Jackaroos Kelsey Cottrell and Natasha Scott.

Brady and Mckenzie finished with five wins and a margin of 55 shots.

The formidable double act of Enoggera’s Maria Rigby and Ester Regan placed just behind the winners with five wins and a margin of 54 shots, while third place went to Helensvale’s Brenda Balchin & Louise Witton (Coolum Beach) with five wins and a margin of 36.

In the Men’s Masters Pairs semi-finals Paul Staggard (Helensvale) and Rob Parrella (Musgrave Hill) mounted a huge fightback to in a final extra end to overcome Devon Slater & Brad Lawson (Enoggera) 19-18.

In the other leg of the semi-final Victoria Point’s Sean Baker & Steven Tong (Pine Rivers) proved to be too strong of a force for Gary Andrews & Barry Ward and won the semi 22-13.

The grand-final between featuring team Parrella and team Tong proved to be equally thrilling, after more than four hours of play the 21 ends were completed.

Champions Paul Staggard and Rob Parrella prevailed 19-17 over Sean Baker & Steven Tong.

Thank you to everyone, especially major sponsors Graystones.

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Moore Park secures Wide Bay Classic win After eight weeks of competition, Moore Park Beach Bowls Club could finally celebrate as the winners of the 2018 Division 2 Wide Bay Classic competition (January, 13 - March, 10).

Clubs from Bundaberg, Maryborough and Hervey Bay competed over seven weeks with the top four clubs competing in the play off and final over one day for the outright winners.

“Moore Park Beach is just a struggling little seaside town with approximately 40 women and 70 male members,” Moore Park team manager Sue Jardine said.

“During play off we won six out of seven rinks and again in the finals we also won six out of seven rinks, so it has been a wonderful effort by the players to achieve this result.”

Second place went to Urangan bowls club, while East Bundaberg bowls club finished in third place.

“Burnett Bowls Club hosted the finals on their greens, which were in beautiful condition,” Jardine said.

“The only problem players faced were the terrible gusty winds on the day of the finals, which made conditions hard to handle.

Without the support of sponsors these events would never happen, so thank you Taylor Bowls.”

Rocky’s Jack Attack is back After a successful run in 2017, the Capricornian Jack Attack Shield is back up for grabs again starting April 6 at the Rockhampton Bowls Club this year.

Up to 16 teams of three members will play two tie-break sets of five ends each Friday night for eight weeks before the competition finishes with a final in the last week.

Winners have their names added to the prestigious shield as well individual trophies, while runners-up each receive a medallion.

Teams consist of a minimum of three players but can register up to six players to cover absences and are allowed to sub players on and off.

The club has new coloured bowls available for the Jack Attack tournament and have hired the services of the local band ‘Generation Gap’ to provide music on the green.

Back row left to right, Jeff Abel, Adrian Ferrara, Wayne Barnett, John Kemp, Bob Northover, Geoff Hicks, Liam Kronk, Bruce Fryer, Greg Skelly, Barry Chandler, Reserve Lindsay Browne. Middle Row Brian Harris, Bob Trudgian, Lee Mason, Robyn Chandler, Tania Adams, Betty Klaassen, Reserve Geoff Gunn. Front row, Manager Sue Jardine, Chrissy Strowger ,Estelle Tippett, Josie Mizzi. Absent players on the day were Raelene and Scott Fryer, Gary Eldridge.

Ken’s masterpiece Samford Bowls Club life member Ken Gibson has finally unveiled his stained-glass creation after more than five months of work and a battle with adversity.

Ken says despite the setbacks he was proud to have finished the piece for his beloved club.

“I started work on it last August, unbeknown to the club,” Ken said.

“I have been a member of the Samford Bowls Club for 30 years and enjoy playing on the carpeted greens,” he said.

“Soon after I suffered a slight stroke and had double vision, so had to put it away for about six weeks.

“What I enjoy about the club is the friendliness and camaraderie between all of the members.”

“When I started on it again, I unfortunately stood on a piece of broken glass and had to have surgery to have it removed.”

Ken’s creation will be installed just in time for Samford’s 70th anniversary in June.

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Cunningham’s players of the year Congratulations to Cunningham District’s 2017 Player of the Year award winners.

The Men’s Player of the Year award went to Swifts’ Jay Cross, whose list of achievements for 2017 include winning Club Pairs, District Champion of Champion Pairs, District Singles, District Pairs and skipping the winning Division 1 pennant team.

Not only did Jay represent CDBA in District and State District Sides, he also gained State representation in 2017.

The Ladies District Player of the Year award was shared by two of the district’s outstanding bowlers with United’s Joanne Kane and Algester’s Jenny Fleming of Algester both receiving the award.

Barbara Francis

Oh boy Boyne Tannum – it’s been 30 years!

By Nick Kossatch

Boyne Tannum Ladies Bowls Club celebrated a significant milestone last month. The club hosted the prestigious Masters Invitational Fours Carnival, which attracted a total of 14 clubs from throughout central Queensland as part of the event’s 30th anniversary.

Players of the Year Joanne Cane and Jenny Fleming

Player of the Year Jay Cross

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Long-serving BITS club member Karen Thomas said she was privileged to be part of an event that caters only to players who have won championships for their respective clubs.

“It just brings back memories; I started bowling in 1987 and 1988 was the first year of the carnival,” she said.

“I couldn’t believe how well the ladies played back then and I had hoped that one day I could play as well as them.”

BITS Ladies Bowls Club president and player Barbara Francis said she has had a mixed campaign. However, it is a sport she considers more as a hobby.

“It keeps you going and it’s good exercise walking up and down.”

She said her form had matched the variable weather over the two days.

“Hot and cold because it rained and the greens stands up to the rain fine, but it just makes it a bit heavier to play on,” Francis said.

“But hey, we’ve all managed and most of us are experienced bowlers, so they all managed to sort of cope with the wind.”

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“They were good friendly games and everyone was on good terms because they all played against each other previously,” she said.

Teams from Rockhampton, Yeppoon, Emerald, Monto, Biloela and Miriam Vale were just some that took part in the carnival.

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ON THE LAWN WITH MULLINS LAWYERS

Money laundering in clubs – know your obligations and minimise your risk Money laundering is more common through gaming machines than many licensees realise and many clubs underestimate the risk of money laundering in their venue. The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) have identified clubs as vulnerable targets for money laundering practices through their recent campaigns.

All clubs with gaming machines should be aware of their Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) reporting obligations and the requirement for them to have a compliant AML/CTF program in place.

that a patron is playing the gaming machines as evidence that money laundering is not occurring in their venue. Accordingly, it is critical that clubs have a transaction monitoring program that can address this type of money laundering. Through analysing the data collected by this program, clubs should be reporting customers who receive a high number of gaming payouts over a specific period.

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AUSTRAC has developed the following tips for clubs in protecting themselves against money laundering: 1.

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Clubs need to ensure that they are not taking a ‘one-size fits all’ approach to identifying and managing money laundering risks. Rather, each club should have a specific AML/CTF program in place which is tailored specifically to the club. This should address the way that a club will respond to money laundering and the associated risks surrounding AML/ CTF. It is important for clubs to realise that money laundering can still occur when a patron plays all of the money they deposit. Criminals are increasingly willing to lose a percentage of their deposit as a cost of money laundering.

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Clubs should also note that money launderers are often regular customers. While it is important to build strong relationships with customers, licensees should be constantly monitoring their club for suspicious activity. AUSTRAC has advised that this can include customers who are buying winning tickets/cheques, asking for cheques to be written in someone else’s name and regularly bringing very large amounts of cash to gamble.

Clubs have specific record keeping obligations under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006. It is critical for clubs to maintain accurate records of transactions. AUSTRAC recommends that these records are kept electronically, making monitoring transactions under your monitoring program easier.

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Mackay City’s Come & Try Day Mackay City Ladies Bowling Club’s ‘Come and Try’ morning held on Feb 21 proved to be a great success with 23 men and women attending.

Ladies from the Mackay City Bowls Club were very pleased with the response they received from non-bowlers who came along to their ‘Come and Try’ day.

“In fact, the newcomers were so taken by the sport that most of the 23 agreed to come back to the club to learn a little bit more about the game,” Mackay City women’s secretary Janette Dark said.

Bowls Queensland coaches Ian Thorp and Dennis O’Toole, plus presenter and assessor Felix Purcell were on site for the day.

Brisbane’s big win!

2018 Poinsettia Cup Challenge (March,4) Submitted by Alan Brown

After nine long years of waiting in the wings, the Brisbane District Men finally secured the Poinsettia Cup and did so in a sensational style by putting a stop to Cunningham’s three-year-long stranglehold on the title.

The 2018 Poinsettia Cup Men’s Interdistrict competition was played between Brisbane, Caboolture, Cunningham and Gateway.

Brisbane District chalked up three wins for the day but there were no easy victories across the three games played.

Brisbane came from behind to beat Caboolture in game one, game two saw Brisbane level pegging with Gateway but broke away towards the end of that game for a 71-50 win.

Game three proved to be the most dramatic for Brisbane after Gateway opened up a huge margin against Caboolture and waited for Cunningham to beat Brisbane, which would have allowed Gateway to leapfrog Brisbane into victory.

The Cunningham and Brisbane clash saw the lead change on a number of occasions throughout the match.

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Back: Keith Brown, Harry Damm, Bradley Lawson, Ben Hamilton, Peter Brown, Brad Harris, Aidan Fikar, Dave Thomas, Ben Walsh, Carl Douglas Flegler, Raymond Bax, Chris Perkins (Karen).

Front: Alan Brown, Brendon Egan, Reece Taylor, Daryl Weymouth Rod Dixon, Brett Fogg, Greg Rolls, Steve Hayden

The bell rung to end play, but two rinks were still out on the green with four bowls to be played.

Brisbane led by five shots but went down on a rink by one shot, while the other rink witnessed a great weighted bowl from Cohen Liftin to change the head and place Cunningham in the driver’s seat for a win.

However, Pedro Brown (Brisbane) stepped up to be the man of the hour for Brisbane and drew a final cracker, which finished a close fourth shot to hand Brisbane the victory by one shot and secure the title 63-62.

y a D y r T & e m o C What’s next?

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Now that your club Evaluate: It’s a good idea for the organisers to sit down and talk about the event after it has has had its Come happened to establish what has worked well and what did not work well. will hopefully help your club to improve your next Come & Try day strategy and & Try day, what do This help to boost the future number of attendees. you do next?

Some things to consider when evaluating the success of the day:

Follow-up:

After the event, you should upload any photos taken on the day to Facebook and invite people to like your club’s Facebook page and tag themselves in the photos. This will help to boost the clubs social media following, which creates engagement between the club and the community.

If you have some decent photos of the day it is worth sharing them with your local newspaper, as they may want to do a story on about a local club trying to expand its membership. This is practically free advertising as any news article about the club raises its profile within the community.

At the very least send in your pics to the Bowler magazine as we would love to publish them and help promote your club!

Social media engagement You can measure the success of the event from a number of different factors like the increase in followers on the club’s Facebook pages, as well as the number of shares, mentions, likes and views that the Come & Try event posts have received.

Actual day attendance Attendance is a good gauge to evaluate the success of any event.

Compare the number of people you reached out to and the number of people who expressed interest to assess the effectiveness of your preevent marketing. Differentiating the number of people who registered and the quantity of attendees that showed up during the event can also measure your success in drawing the crowd.

Attendee satisfaction Event success also relies heavily on the visitor’s experience. A positive

experience helps elevate your club’s awareness and will encourage your visitors to return for future events.

You could create a simple anonymous ‘Yes or No’ survey for people to fill out before they leave, it may reveal what the attendees thought about your event and help you to make the next one even better.

Monetary returns You can also measure your event’s success through takings at the bar.

Press and media coverage Press and media coverage are valuable to every business and good reviews help build knowledge about your event and club. Whether is pre- or post event, any coverage will help boost your club in the community’s mind and increase the potential for sponsorship opportunities for future events.

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Aaron Teys & Ellen Ryan

Lucy Beere and Jeremy Henry

Aussie clean sweep at World Youth Champs It was a stellar performance from the Australians at the 2018 World Youth Championships at Broadbeach who collected titles in all three events as well as a bronze medal for each event.

The week-long international under-25 event came to a head with the final of the mixed pairs and blue-ribbon women’s and men’s singles staged over the course of a day.

Australia’s Ellen Ryan and Aaron Teys dominated the mixed pairs event from day one, cementing their position as the ones to beat after winning all four games. Chloe Stewart & Connie Rixon They finished with a 20-5 victory over composite team Shae Wilson (Norfolk Island) and Ryan Burnett (Scotland), to earn the nation’s first golden medallion of 2018.

Queenslander Connie Rixon finished with a bronze medal for her efforts in the pairs on behalf of Malta with Namibia’s representative Cabous Olivier.

In the men’s singles, Aaron Teys and Corey Wedlock were the front runners from the start but the final proved to be an easy affair for the 2015 Australian Open singles winner, who defeated the Welshman in a comfortable 21-12 victory to collect gold.

Western Australian star Kristina Krstic was on top form as she secured her Kristina Krstic & Aaron Teys second World Youth Championships singles title in four years, with a stunning victory over New Zealand’s Kaitlyn Inch 21-13 in the final decider.

Henry picks up a half dozen Story by Bowls Australia

In an all-Australian final, Jeremy Henry was crowned World Cup singles champion for the sixth time in his bowls career.

He defeated reigning Australian indoor singles champion David Ferguson 12-1, 9-7 in an excitement-charged final in front of a capacity crowd at the Warilla Bowls & Recreation Club, south of Sydney, New South Wales.

Ferguson, who defeated Henry to win the Australian Indoor Championship last August, made his way into the world final in the day’s first match when he outgunned fellow Shellharbour resident Brendan Aquilina, who was representing Malta, 10-4, 9-2 in the second semi-final.

In the first eliminator, Henry claimed an equally comfortable victory over New Zealand’s world fours champion Ali Forsyth, 10-4 7-2.

Ferguson, who is the bowls co-ordinator at the Engadine club in Sydney, was undefeated in his lead-up schedule, while Henry’s only loss came in Round 9 against Indian champion Dinesh Kumar.

The final day’s action on the Warilla carpet saw Guernsey pocket-rocket Lucy Beere end the unbeaten run of Australia’s Bec Van Asch in the women’s final.

After a close first set win, Beere was ‘blown away’ by Van Asch in the second 8-2, but countered with a potent tiebreak display where she collected a double and a triple in a demonstration of fine draw bowls to capture the title.

Being ‘under the pump’ is nothing new to Beere, who lost her two opening qualifying matches, but managed to scrape into the top three, then, in a replay of last year’s women’s final, turned the tide against defending champion Jo Edwards of New Zealand.

Bronze went to Ellen Ryan after she was trumped in a 21-15 semi-final against Katlyn Inch, which came after Ryan’s blistering undefeated showing in the sectional rounds.

Edwards, the world number one, and Van Asch both went through the qualifying stanza of this year’s World Cup undefeated, while Beere lost three of her eight sectional rounds.

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Development with Wade and Andrew Wade

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Gold Coast Bowls and Community Club a hive of preparation

Fairul Izwan Abd Muin with Club President Graham Tinning

The Malaysian Lawn Bowls team in Australia for the Commonwealth Games arrived in late January to give themselves plenty of time to acclimatise and prepare for their quest for medals. Four years ago, they won two silver medals and their coach, Simon Botha, hopes for an improved performance this time around.

At the invitation of the Gold Coast Bowls and Community club, the team of 11 players with their manager and coach joined the local members for an afternoon of social bowls on February 21.

The Chairman, Bryan Chester, presented Simon and Eddy, the Manager of the Malaysian team, two Moana Park Bears jerseys to commemorate the occasion.

The coach was so impressed with the championship quality of the greens, that an arrangement was made with the Board of RBM - CENTRAL QLD Wade Mutzelburg 0429 442 818 wmutzelburg@bowls.com.au

Directors for the team to use the club as their local base and training facility right up to the commencement of the Games.

The local club is better known as the Moana Park Bears and is home to the Moana Park Cup held in June, just before the Australian Open, which the club will also host.

The Malaysian team will be training at the club on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays if anyone would like to check them out. They are a very young and talented team that’ll give other nations a run for their money.

Coach Botha, a South African, is a world-famous coach who rates his players very highly and he’s available to give some coaching lessons to club members on request.

The club is only a short hop, step and jump from the Broadbeach Bowls Club, which is the Commonwealth Games venue. In fact, while that club is being prepared for the Games, many of their members are using The Moana Park club for their regular games.

The lawn bowls community both locally and internationally is proving to be a great inspiration for all sports for their cooperation and comradeship.

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2018 PLQ Wrap-Up (March, 17-18) Submitted by Lynsey Clarke

Glorious sunshine greeted our PLQ competitors and spectators as the masses descended upon the greens at Club Helensvale for one of the most eagerly anticipated weekends of the year - the 2018 PLQ Finals Series.

By the time the dust had settled following Saturday’s games only six teams remained with the Premier Champs to come from Pine Rivers, Helensvale or Kawana, while our A Grade Champs would either be Pine Rivers, Broadbeach, or Enoggera.

In the Premier Grade preliminary final on Sunday morning our minor premiers in the Pine Rivers Pirates would take on the Thunder from Kawana.

Some may say Kawana would hold the underdog label in this match but by joe did they not play like it!

The class of Pine Rivers was evident as it has been every year, however the Pirates were equally matched in talent by the performances of every one of the Thunder players.

The hefty crowd were treated to one of the most exciting matches of the weekend with Kawana holding a small lead from start to finish.

Premier Grade Champs Club Helensvale

The Pirates were never out of the picture though, their talented side always fighting hard with the difference only a few shots over the last several ends.

It would come down to the last end between Kurt Brown and Robbie Wild’s teams to determine who would go on to the ultimate showdown, the Pirates requiring two to force an extra end.

Premier Grade runners-up Kawana Thunder

A great start by Brown’s lead in Nick Cahill saw him trail the jack close to the ditch with his first bowl and his second not far from that again.

The Pine upfront crew had a few around the mark but the Thunder held shot with Cahill’s first wood.

A Grade Champs Broadbeach Bulls

A Grade runners-up Enoggera Eagles

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Shining in the limelight was the effervescent Ian Schuback at third for Kawana who thrilled the crowd by trailing the jack in to the ditch and all but snuffing out the Pirates hope of securing a double.

The Pirates were gallant in their effort to draw two within a foot of the ditch but unfortunately for Pine their hopes of a maiden Premier League title were to be put off for another year, Kawana taking the match in front of their enthused supporters by five shots to earn their place in the final.

The A Grade semi-final was more of a one sided affair with the Enoggera Eagles continuing their stellar finals campaign against the minor premiers.

Enoggera held a strong lead against Pine from early in the piece with the motivated side proving too consistent for the Pirates on this occasion.

With all rinks providing some great entertainment across the green, the enthusiastic Eagles showed they really are a force to be reckoned with, earning their spot in the Grand Final with a 10 shot defeat of the Pirates.

The Premier Grand Final would be a rematch of the first game of the weekend with the high flying Hawks to take on the determined Kawana Thunder.

After the Hawks took the chocolates convincingly in their first meeting, both sides knew the Grand Final would be a whole new ball game.

The star studded Hawks side came out firing in front of their home town supporters, leading by 15 at one point in the match.

The Hawks keen to take back the title after the pain of losing two Grand Finals in a row on the last bowl.

However, the fight in the Thunder ensured it wouldn’t be a one-sided affair this time round, getting within three shots with only 10 ends to go.

The class of the Hawks however would prove crucial, with the team of the green and gold stringing together the majority of the last several ends across each rink, eventually winning by seven shots and taking out their eighth and most satisfying PLQ title.

In A Grade, it would be the Bulls who proved the classiest, ending the run of the fierce Eagles team.

The Broadie side led convincingly from start to finish with a powerful display of depth across all rinks.

The Eagles fought hard however it would be the Bulls to take their maiden A Grade crown this year, getting over the line by a solid 15 shots.

Umpire with Joan Brotherton This month I would like to look at a couple of Laws that, not only I have been asked to explain, but that in general, get questioned.

Law 25 (page 38) – Delivering the final bowl of an end “It is not compulsory for the last player in any end to deliver the final bowl of the end, but the player must tell the opposing skip or opponent in Singles of the decision not to deliver the final bowl before the process of deciding the number of shots scored starts (as described in Law 23.1). This decision is final.”

There are a number of important points and processes in this law that need to be observed and carried out. ›› It is only the last player in an end that can elect not to play the last bowl and that decision is final. ›› The player must tell the opposing skip or opponent in Singles. ›› It must be done before the process of deciding the number of shots scored starts. ›› The directors at the head must observe Law 23.1 (page 36) – the process of deciding the number of shots scored must not start until after the player has advised that they are not playing their last bowl.

Simple facts Nominated Player: One whose entry has been lodged until entries close. Can be changed or withdrawn.

Intended Player: One whose entry has been accepted from the time entries close until they are constituted. Can only be replaced in the first round by a Substitute if not available to play.

Substitute: One who is appointed to play in place of the Intended Player at any time (including the first end of any game).

Replacement Player: One who is appointed to play in the place of an Intended Player or Constituted Player who cannot play in any round after the first round.

It’s important to note that all of these changes have to be accepted and approved by the Controlling Body.

If there are any queries or explanations you require regarding the laws, please do not hesitate to contact me through the Editor of the Bowler, as many members may be experiencing the same or similar, and sometimes it is just a simple explanation that is of great assistance.

One of the questions I receive is that players think that once the last player has decided not to play their bowl, they do not measure and just make the decision on their observation or what they have advised the skip. The result, as I’m sure many of you have found, could be quite different after measuring the shots. It is also important that the last player does not transfer their bowl down the green until after the head has been declared, so as to avoid distracting players or disturbing the head. In other words, hold onto the bowl until the head has been declared and the bowls removed.

Another query which just keeps coming up and that covers D.R.2 (page 114) – Game Anomalies, and in particular D.R.2.1.4 (page 114) – Intended Players: “One whose entry has been accepted as a player, team or side for a particular competition from the time entries close until the Member is constituted”.

This means that until the time entries close, the player is regarded as a Nominated Player – D.R.2.1.3 (page 114) and can be changed. However, once entries close, the player is classed as an Intended Player and cannot be changed. If for some reason they cannot play in the first round, they can have a substitute who must be an eligible player whose ability must not be taken into account. If the Intended Player, after the first round, finds that they cannot return, that is when an eligible Replacement Player – D.R.2.1.7 (page 115) can be introduced and can play in any position, including the skip, however the Intended Player cannot return to the team after playing in the first round.

In a game of singles 7 bowls have been played and the final player, Mary Ross has been told she is holding 2 shots.

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Firm Up Your

Finances

Gateway honours Earl Klease BQ president Peter Williamson attended the Gateway district’s AGM in late February to present a 25-year meritorious medal to Earl Klease in recognition of his service as secretary of the Gateway district.

Klease has been a member of the bowling fraternity for more than 50 years and has held a vast number of positions from being on the board of Bowls Australia, to president of the RQBA in the ‘90s and the president for Downs DBA. Not only has Earl been a great administrator of the sport, but he is pretty handy on the green too and played on the reserve side for Queensland’s state team.

A life member of Downs, Gateway and BQ as well as a member of the BQ hall of fame, he was instrumental in the formation of the state pennants and was the chairman of the state match committee for a number of years.

“He’s been a massive wealth of knowledge for Gateway district to tap into over the years,” Gateway District president Derek Penny said.

“There’s not many people who have the same level of understanding of the sport as Earl and I don’t know what we would do without him.”

Earl says his love for the game has been the driving force for him to take up various positions in the sports’ administration.

“I’ve been bowling since 1967 when I was first introduced by work friends and I’ve just enjoyed playing it ever since,” Klease said.

“I think if you’re playing and enjoying sport you should really try to give something back and helping out with different bits is just my way of doing it.”

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BQ’s Peter Williamson with Earl Klease after presenting the 25-year meritorious award

Stanton turns 90 Former Buderim bowler Ivan Stanton recently celebrated his 90th birthday (March, 5) and reflected on his bowling career, which has spanned more than six decades in Queensland.

The 90-year-old has played a part in the history of many bowls clubs across the state after he first took to the sport in 1949 at Gayndah, where he was a junior livestock buyer for the Gladstone Meatworks.

He initially became a member of Gladstone before moving to Clermont, where he played for 10 years and was appointed club president.

Stanton soon relocated to Kilcoy, and played a vital role in establishing the club there. Ivan and his wife June were active members of the Kilcoy club and were both granted life memberships at the club. June has been heavily involved in bowls at Kilcoy, fulfilling a variety of roles including Club President, Secretary and Treasurer for many years. June joins the “90s club” in May when she turns 90. Son, Peter Stanton, followed in his parents’ footsteps and became a well-renowned bowler himself.

After many years at Kilcoy, Ivan later joined Newmarket in Brisbane and it was there he reached peak form, winning the 1965 Queensland pairs title and the 1965 Queensland fours crown in a team which included bowls icon Keith Poole.

In 1972, Stanton’s bowls career was capped when he captured the Queensland and then the Australian pairs title with Bob Baird in Adelaide.

He also won several district titles, including the Kilcoy singles championship which he won 17 times.

Stanton moved to Buderim with June in 1999 and joined the local club where he played for a number of years before retiring from bowls in 2012.

Ivan and June celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary last year.

Ivan (90) and June Stanton (almost 90) celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary last year.

Media clippings of Ivan’s successes

Dalby recognise 35 years of service

Submitted by Dalby secretary Margaret Read “She has represented the Dalby Bowls Betty Vaughan received her life Club in various roles and as a player in membership of Dalby Bowls Club local and regional bowls.

Ladies section from club president Mary Coggan. Life membership is an “We consider her to be a role model honour bestowed on an individual to others at our club and has provided who has contributed exceptional and valued leadership for many years and outstanding service to the benefit of still continues to do so. the club.

“Thank you for everything you’ve “Betty has been a part of our club done, Betty.” for over 35 years,” Club Secretary Margaret Read said.

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Coaching with BQ coaching committee

Dotty

Gibby

Thorpy

Mackay benefits from BQ Coaching The Club Coach Assessment Course was held at North Mackay Club each night from Monday, February 19 to Thursday, February 22, ending at 9.15pm. Four men and one woman attended the course. Again, the level of contribution and the high knowledge of the people from Regional Queensland makes us wonder how good they would be if they were residing in the South-East corner.

It was interesting that the Competition Module and a Come & Try Day at Mackay City Club was held on the same day, so while Alan did the Competition Module, Dennis assisted on the green with the Come & Try participants.

It was amazing to see how everyone responded to trying the bowls delivery, then try and become more accurate when we set different target drills.

This high standard continued to be portrayed at assessment time and all players were deemed very competent.

Our thanks to both North Mackay and Mackay City Club for the way they looked after us.

We had 38 people who attended the Skills Day that covered the fundamentals of bowls, technical skills, tactical skills and mental skills. The State Coaching Committee provide this training with the full backing of the BQ Board. The number of people attending, their enthusiasm and the level of participation shown highlights the need to do more for these areas.

A total of 17 people attended the Selection Module and eight people attended the Competition Module.

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Thorpy’s Coaching Tip Your delivery is not important.

It is everything! Not everyone’s delivery has to be identical, but you must develop a rhythmic and smooth delivery to be consistent.

Only after you can deliver the bowl on your chosen line accurately (almost) every time can you concentrate on weight.

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