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CONTENTS
Volume 39
06 Silver lining
18 Sport for all ages
Queensland’s Dee Robertson and Brett Wilkie go down fighting in Australian Open blue ribbon singles finals.
From under-18s to over-60s, Australian Open a big hit with all ages.
08 Girls just wanna have fun
20 International flavour
Broadbeach import Chloe Stewart guides fon-loving foursome to maiden Australian Open title.
International presence ramps up as countries suss out the Gold Coast greens ahead of Commonwealth Games.
14 Disability bowlers dazzle
22 What winter?
Queenslanders share the honours at increasingly competitive Australian Open BWD events.
All the action as Queensland’s greens don’t stop for the weather.
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Issue 06
AUS OPEN 2016
Omar & Wizz in Singles Showdown The runaway most popular event at the Australian Open 2016 was the Men’s Singles, 864 bowlers competing across 216 sections at 13 Gold Coast host clubs, taking three days to complete. There was a special thrill for those in Section 37 to find themselves lined up against former South African cricket captain Kepler Wessels. In Section 177 it was the battle of Bester and Lester and Australia’s No 1 bowler was dismissed by Victorian Jackaroo Barrie Lester; however Bester got a “next best” entry through to the knockout rounds, starting at Round of 256. There was no mercy from this point, the field reduced by half each round, until there were only 16 left standing, including five Queenslanders. Three of them fell short of the quarters, Max Jaffray (Tweed Heads) ousted by Aaron Wilson (Clayton VIC); Scott De Jongh Fitzpatrick claimed by eventual winner Aron Sherriff (Ettalong Memorial NSW); and Bruce Bridger (Suburban Townsville) bettered by national coach Steve Glasson OAM (Mount Lewis NSW). Broadbeach’s Sean Ingham and Helensvale’s Brett Wilkie were proud quarter finalists, but Ingham was the next casualty of the Glasson renaissance, 21-15. However Jackaroo Wilkie made short shrift of his national coach in the semi 21-6, lining up a date with one of the world’s best singles performers, Sherriff. The windy conditions meant not every end was a jaw-dropper but one spectator thrilled to be there was 95-year-old Jack
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Rogerson from Melbourne, who came up to the Gold Coast specifically “to look at the bowls”. “It’s a shame one of them had to win, they were brilliant, these two boys,” Rogerson said. Wilkie started well and kept in touch but towards the end, Sherriff got the break he needed and closed Wilkie out. “I think it was a case of quality over quantity today, I was pretty lucky to pull out the big ones when I needed so I’m
pretty stoked,” Sherriff said of his 21-15 win in front a packed TV arena. “Full credit to Aron, he handled the tricky conditions well today to win the final,” Wilkie said. “The Gold Coast is the best place in the world to host an event of this scale, AO 2017 is gong to be huge!” Pictured above: Australian Open singles champions for 2016 Aron Sherriff and Natasha Scott.
Picture courtesy of Botwls Australia
Keegan (Broadbeach) and Jessica Srisamruaybai (Tweed Heads). Clarke, Brown, Dutton, Robertson and Keegan progressed to quarters, Clarke and Robertson to semis, and a proud Robertson stepped out into the national spotlight in the final, won by Scott 21-7.
Dee wins silver If you didn’t know who Dee Robertson was before, her name will now be known all around Australia after appearing LIVE on Fox Sports in the Women’s Singles final against one of the best of all time, Natasha Scott at the peak of her powers. Dee did not bowl in the final like she bowled against Noelene Dutton in the quarters, a grueling slog-fest that could have gone either way, but it was Dee who closed the deal (21-20) and progressed. For the Mt Isa girl, it’s been years of hard work and sacrifice to transition from country bowler to a national final. “It’s basically taken four years to get to here, there are a lot of good bowlers in the north but they don’t get recognized or selected, I knew I had to move down here but it took a long time and it finally feels like I’m in the right place,” Dee said. Dee has been a “FIFO” (fly in, fly out) bowler for Broadbeach for the past year, a club she calls “fantastic, with amazing people and amazing management”. “I’d fly in on a Thursday to play Premier League and fly home again (to Cairns) on a Saturday or Sunday,” Dee said.
Scott trumps the pack The Player of the Tournament award went to Australia’s No 1 ranked female bowler Natasha Scott (Raymond Terrace NSW), winner of the Women’s Singles and semi finalist in the Pairs and Fours. It was a great payday for Scott, with the bonus $1500 for the best performed bowler coming on top of $13,000 (Singles), $1000 (Pairs) and $750 (Fours).
“I feel like I can finally relax now and enjoy my bowls.” In the Women’s Singles competition of 292 bowlers, 73 sections and 55 “next best” entries, Queensland had nine finishers in the Top 16, Lynsey Clarke (Helensvale), Georgia White (Paradise Point), Emma Brown (Broadbeach), Debbie Logan (Mt Gravatt), Noelene Dutton (Windsor), Maria Rigby (Kawana), Dee Robertson (Broadbeach), Julie
Pictured bottom from P6: Cricket legend Kepler Wessels; Men’s Singles finalists Sherriff and Wilkie; bowls fan Jack Rogerson, 95; BA crew Victoria Troster, Jen Pitson, Aidan Davis, Kelsey Cottrell, Sherriff, Jakub Syslo; Dee Robertson’s support crew, dad Max, niece Tiarna, Val Jackson, Cheryl Heaps, Dee, Mel Larcombe, Cheryl Hutchinson, Rodney last month’s cover dog; Women’s Singles runner-up Dee Robertson.
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It's just the way we roll Chloe Stewart, 20, is Victorian-born but her chilled attitude definitely suits the Gold Coast way of life. The former Kyneton bowler moved to Broadbeach in March and put together a Fours team based on who she likes to play bowls with and who is the most fun.
Chloe Stewart’s was the only team with Queensland interests to make the semis and the young Broadbeach skip’s strategy with the national final looming was to “go out and have some fun!” “This is the best team, we have so much fun every time we play, I can’t wait for tomorrow, but I also don’t want it to end,” Georgia White from Paradise Point said. At just 26 years old, brilliant junior Georgia had a few years off bowls to have two children, but she came back to the sport about a year ago and found it’s like riding a bike. “It’s fantastic to make a national final, I feel like the old lady of the team and I’m only 26,” Georgia said, clearly nurturing of her skip and the two young 17 year old aces Chloe convinced to come up from Victoria for a play-date.
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Amelia Bruggy (Bendigo) and Tiffany Brodie (Fitzroy) were delighted with the 16-13 win in the final over another friendship group, who also met through bowls.
“That’s the game that could have won or lost it for us, we were down for a lot of the match, we really had to fight for it,” Stewart said.
If we didn’t win, we were the winners anyway, for the most fun team!
Only two QLD teams made it through to the Women’s Fours quarters and as luck would have it, they were drawn against each other, Stewart’s girls defeating Ester Regan’s team of Faye Clarke, Brittanny Wiley and Maria Rigby, 18-12.
The silver medal went to Kylie Whitehead (Wodonga VIC), Tayla Spence (Bundoora RSL VIC), Kristina Krstic (Manning WA) and skip Samantha Shannahan (Merrylands NSW). “If we didn’t win, we were the winners anyway, for the most fun team!” Chloe said. Stewart said their toughest match was in knockout against Coolum Beach’s Annica McGill, Brenda Balchin, Marilyn Clayton and Louise Witton, 14-12.
“Not to get too far ahead of ourselves but we’ll be back next year,” Chloe said. “Hopefully we’ll get these girls to move up to Queensland (I’ll talk to your mother, Tiff!).” Main pic, Tiffany Brodie, Amelia Bruggy, Georgia White, Chloe Stewart, above left, Sam Shannahan’s four against Stewart’s four in the final, and above right, Louise Witton’s four was the toughest, from left, Brenda Balchin, Louise Witton, Marilyn Clayton, Annica McGill.
AUS OPEN PAIRS
Locals feel the pressure in pairs Defending national champs Emma Brown and Noelene Dutton faced an early exit in the Round of 32 at the hands of Broadbeach duo Cheryl Nielsenbeck and Lesa Hogg, 23-10. However a junior pairing Brown brought together went through in the Round of 32 and against the odds, Broadbeach’s Jessie Cottell, 15, and Makayla Gibson, 17 (Bundoora RSL, VIC) out-played Australian Jackaroos Kelsey Cottrell and Lynsey Clarke, 14-11. Another Broadbeach success story was new transfer Julie Keegan flying the flag for QLD in the final, winning through with 2015 Australian Open Singles champ Ellen Ryan from Julie’s NSW preferred club Cabramatta. For those of you who watched the Women’s Pairs final LIVE on Foxtel, “the Blues” (Ellen and Julie) played well, but Jackaroo duo Anne Johns (St John’s Park) and Bowls Tasmania CEO Rebecca Van Asch (“the yellows”) played better, winning 21-14. “We planned to play longer ends as we noticed Ellen and Julie were playing shorter length ends really well in their semi final, it paid off today,” said Johns.
The Australian Open was a heart breaker this year for many Queensland combinations in the Pairs. Keegan said she enjoyed the tough final and was far from disappointed with the silver medal, against such opposition. “We played well, but Rebecca played really well, we got within two shots but couldn’t finish off,” Keegan said. The awesome performance from Van Asch probably sealed her selection in the Australian team for the World Champs later this year. “We’re stoked to have come away with a win, we gelled really well together and had a lot of fun along the way, it’s very exciting to win another Australian Open with a good friend,” said Van Asch. Anne Johns has now equaled the record for the most Australian Open titles, six in eight years, the same amount as Lynsey Clarke. “The Australian Open has been a great hunting ground for me, I’m very excited to share this honour with my good friend Lynsey Clarke,” Johns said. Pictured: giant slayers Jessie Cottell and Makayla Gibson; proud mum Lynsey Clarke and ‘Aunty’ Kelsey Cottrell with baby Kenzie; Tewantin Noosa’s Robyn McAnelly and Jennie Lonie.
2016 Women’s Pairs finalists Julie Keegan, Anne Johns, Rebecca Van Asch, Ellen Ryan
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Pedersen in blistering form Big name casualties early in the Men’s Pairs included Jackaroos duo Brett Wilkie and Nathan Rice and South Australians Scott Thulborn and Wayne Reudiger, upstaged by two Malaysian sides in the sectionals. Queensland’s defending champs Robbie Wild and Sean Baker were eliminated early as well, in the first round of knockout. Australian Defence Force pairing Gerard Harkens and Phil Black trumped the father-son pairing of Steve and Ben Glasson in the sections, but the Glassons progressed to knockouts anyway via “next best” entry.
Warilla’s Matt Miles and Chris Herdon from St John’s Park had a dream run to the final, a grinding one shot win in the quarter finals over Broadbeach internationals Ryan Bester (Canada) and Gary Lawson (NZ) 16-15, and in the semis, a two shot win over Queensland’s last hope Andrew Howie from Helensvale teamed up with his former ACT teammate Mac McLean 19-17. However Miles and Herdon met their match in the final, Steve Dennis (Westlakes SA) and Nathan Pedersen (Cabramatta NSW) in blistering form, Dennis setting the stage and Pedersen showing the flare to claim a 16-13 victory and $10,000 winner’s cheque. Pairs competitors Gav Brinkworh and Jeff Grieve from Coolangatta said “nothing compares to playing pairs at the Australian Open.” Pictured: (top) Men’s Pairs winners Nathan Pedersen and Steve Dennis; quarter-finalists Mac McLean, Andrew Howie and silver medalists Matt Miles, Chris Herdon; Gav Brinkwork and Jeff Grieve; VIPs catching up in the Broadbeach beer garden Scott Thulborn, Steve Dennis, Ryan Bester, Ryan Burnett, Kevin Anderson and Brett Wilkie; (left) Jaiden Herbert from East Maitland, NSW.
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MEN'S FOURS
Cracking the code A team of crack greenkeepers from South Australia went back to back in the men’s fours, making it two national titles in 2016 for Nathan Pedersen and Steve Dennis, while only one Queensland side made the quarters. Steve Dennis, Nathan Pedersen, Wayne Reudiger and skip Scott Thulborn have won the Australian Open Fours for a second consecutive year. “I’m pretty excited but a bit drained to be honest, after the last day,” Steve Dennis said, after following up his pairs’ title with the fours gold. “I’m happy that we got up in the end!” The final was hotly contested by a four with a Queensland connection, South Tweed’s Wayne Wilson playing for Barrie Lester’s boys from Victoria, Jerome Coles and Josh Thornton, Wilson delighted with his first national silver medal.
themselves right back into the match with the final end to play at 15-13. Yet in the final end, Thulborn’s four showed why they were the defending champs masterfully gaining a one to win the match and take home the $12,000. The only ridgy didge all-QLD outfit to make the quarters was Sam White from Paradise Point, with Chris Mitchell, Braidan Leese and Troy Makin.
Pictured: Nathan Pedersen and Ellen Ryan accept the Best Performed Club tophy for Cabramatta; Barrie Lester, Steve Glasson and Jack Heverin broadcast for Fox Sports; Men’s Fours silver medalists Barrie Lester, Wayne Wilson, Jerome Coles and Josh Thornton.
“I had fun!” Wilson said. “We started off slow but there was only three shots in it.” Wilson and Lester met and hit it off at South Tweed last year when Lester came up to Queensland to play Premier League. Wilson would definitely like to play with the same boys again at AO 2017. Bowls Australia put the cameras on the Men’s Fours final for an upcoming episode of The Bowls Show (SBS Sundays 1pm – 2pm) The winning four maintained a steady lead throughout the match, up nine shots after the 12th end, 15-6, however, Lester’s team retaliated strongly, gaining a five on the penultimate end to put
Three other QLD teams were eliminated in the final knockout Round of 16, Dean McWhinney, Ian Law, Steve Tong, Paul Girdler (s); Gordon Williams, David Balchin, Mark Spring, Darren Redman (s); Dale McWhinney-Shillington, Gary Pearson, Graeme Shillington, Bernie Melville NSW (s).
2016 Men’s Fours champions Nathan Pedersen, Scott Thulborn, Steve Dennis and Wayne Reudiger. Pic: BA
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BWD SINGLES
Gold rush in singles Queenslanders won half of the Bowlers-with-a-Disability singles titles on offer at the Australian Open 2016, plus two silver medals. Bowls as an equal-access sport improves each year with increasing entries in the BWD. The winners at Musgrave Hill on BWD singles finals night were extremely proud of their success and enjoyed being the first finalists to pose with the novelty cheques.
against silver medalist Joy Forster from Chermside (director Bruce Jones), 21-8. Queensland’s third title came in the Intellectual Disability singles, North Toowoomba’s Nathan Appleton successfully defending his Australian No 1 spot 21-17 in a closely fought final.
Queensland did the double in the Hearing Impaired final, Mareeba’s Barry Lynne winning the gold and fellow Queenslander Brian Taylor from Logan City winning the silver medal, 21-11.
In the Vision Impaired Men’s Singles, Dennis Wormald from Narangba (director Roz Myles) took home the silver, with the gold medal won by British international Carl Fountain (Dolphin Indoor UK) 21-4, with Fountain giving himself time to acclimatise to QLD conditions at New Farm Bowls Club, ahead of the Open.
Another double for Queensland was in the Vision Impaired Women’s Singles, Thuringowa’s Lynne Seymour (director husband Robert) exceptional
In the Physical Disability Men’s Singles, Tony Bonnell from Pine Rivers was national runner up behind Josh Barry (Sebastopol VIC), 21-11. Despite valiant efforts, there was no bling for Queensland in the Physical Disability Women’s Singles, two New Zealand stars Carolyn Crawford and Pam Walker taking both medals back home, across the ditch. Pictured: BWD Singles presentation pics and pic of Mark Whiteman Mayfield West, NSW (below) courtesy of Bowls Australia.
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BWD PAIRS
Twice as nice A dynamic duo of BWD singles champs Josh Barry (VIC, Physical Disability) and Nathan Appleton (QLD, Intellectual Disability) united their talents to win the Multi Disability Pairs at this year’s Australian Open, ending the dreams of Queensland pairs royalty Deb McGarry (Burrum Heads) and Don Currie (North Ipswich), 17-10. “It’s really good to win, the Australian Open is one of the biggest tournaments in the world in the disability events so it’s great to win,” the new Aussie pairs champs said.
director Grant Fehlberg) took on defending champs Dennis Wormald (Narangba, director Roz Myles) and Joy Forster (Chermside, director Bruce Jones) in a gripping final.
“Playing with Nathan is good, we don’t talk much on the green but we know how each other play, so it’s great,” Josh Barry said.
The match was long and tight and tied 15-15 going into the final end, when Backstrom and Fehlberg pulled out the crucial two, to take the Australian Open Vision Impaired Pairs title 17-15.
In the semis, Barry and Appleton impressively toppled Commonwealth Games rep Tim Slater and Lucas Protopapas 27-13. The popular Victorian duo had previously taken out Serena Nicholls (Burleigh Heads) and Tony Bonnell (Pine Rivers) 20-11 in the quarter-final.
New parents Serena Nicholls and Tony Bonnell didn’t win a pairs medal this year but they were celebrating anyway, the arrival of an adorable little girl Serenetta Bonnell nine weeks ago.
On the other side of the draw, McGarry and Currie defeated a New Zealand pairing in the quarterfinal and then a NSW side in the semis. In the Vision Impaired Pairs, singles experts Chris Backstrom (New Farm, director Wendy Ferguson) and Jake Fehlberg (Burleigh Heads, Pictured: (clockwise from top) BWD Multi-Disability Pairs winners Josh Barry and Nathan Appleton; BWD Vision Impaired Pairs winners Chris Backstrom and Jake Fehlberg; runners up (multi dis) Don Currie & Deb McGarry; runners up (blind) Dennis Wormald, director Roz Myles, Joy Forster and director Bruce Jones; Serena (Nicholls) and Tony Bonnell with baby Serenetta.
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U18 SINGLES
A SPORT FOR ALL AGES The second year of AO Gold Coast was bigger and better with increased international flavour from Malaysia and China and more “youngies” and “oldies” added to the already potent mix.
Pictured: (main photo) Over 60s Pairs champs Colin Lowery and Peter Bellis with silver medalists Jon Townsend and Bill Wiltshire from NSW. P18 (top) U18 Girls finalists Jess Srisamruaybai and Tiffany Brodie, (left), U18 Boys semi finalist Jake Rynne and title winner Jono Davis; Tegan Wilson. U18 As luck would have it, the youngest bowler at the Australian Open Kane Nelson, 11, from Belmont Services, was drawn against his brother, U18 Boys Singles defending champion Jacob, 17, in the first round.
However Mitch Mears (Algester), Jayden Cottell (Broadbeach), Jake Rynne (North Dalby) and Jayden Christie (Helensvale) went through to knockout as “next best” entries.
“I’m probably going to get pumped by Kane knowing my luck,” said Jacob. “He’s playing really well.”
Both Rynne and Mears made the semis, but both were defeated, Jono Davis from NSW winning the title and Josh Studham from SA the silver, 21-13 in the final.
As it turned out, neither Kane nor Jacob won their section, with only two QLD juniors successful out of 11 boys sections, Musgrave Hill’s Dale McWhinneyShillington and Zac Adams from Swifts.
In the Girls U18 Singles, Kawana’s Rebecca Rixon was the only Qld winner out of five sections, with Tweed Heads Jess Srisamruaybai earning a “next best” pass and eventually becoming a finalist.
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It was cold and dark by the time Srisamruaybai and VIC’s Tiffany Brodie lined up in The Bowls Show Arena final at 5pm. Srisamruaybai was 1-10 down and most of the spectators and officials were looking forward to an early night. But the 15-year-old mounted the comeback of the tournament, rising to 19-19, and beaten 21-19 only by a successful drive by Brodie to snatch back the title. “I’ve been in bowls for 30 years and that was one of the best games I’ve seen,” said umpire Jeff Davis from Adelaide.
OVER-60S PAIRS
P19 (top) Men’s Over 60s Sam Laguzza NSW; Women’s Pairs winners Therese Hastings and Faye Luke, below, Pam ‘Blocker’ Smith and Sue ‘Suitcase’ McKenzie, volunteers Beth Woodberry and Dean Zantuck; Over-60s Pairs John Walker & Gordon Williams (Hervey Bay) vs Ed Richardson & Fred Silver (Beenleigh). Over 60s Bowls Australia president Nigel Smith from South Tweed was very excited about the introduction of an Over 60s Pairs event into the Australian Open, generously sponsored by YOU magazine. It’s a discipline close to his heart, having been an Over 60s Men’s Pairs champ for Queensland multiple times. “It gives Over 60s a pathway to become Australian champions, it’s a very large demographic and we need to be aware and mindful that they deserve recognition,” Smith said.
Unfortunately for QLD this year our Over 60s did not win the silverware, but those who have followed bowls for a long time enjoyed seeing former world champ in every discipline Peter Belliss from New Zealand back on a green. Belliss and partner Colin Lowery wrapped up the inaugural Men’s Over 60s Pairs national title 18-8 over NSW’s Jon Townsend and Bill Wiltshire. “It’s a holiday for us to come over here and a bonus to play some bowls and an extra bonus to do well,” Belliss said. “The Open Over-60s has a bit of prestige to it!”
In the Women’s Over 60s Pairs, coaches Therese Hastings (WA) and Faye Luke (SA) teamed up to win the inaugural title and $5000 prize purse 18-15 in a nail-biting comeback against New Zealanders Wendy Mackie and Reen Stratford. “We got lucky,” said Hastings. “We thought we’d play in the Over-60s just to get a game.” “Then we started to win a few games and thought “Oh this is alright, wouldn’t it be good to be out on the big stage at the end?”
Pictured: (from left) Dale McWhinney-Shillington; Kane Nelson; Rebecca Rixon; BA director Louise Witton and president Nigel Smith; Paul Gray, Bob Clerke, Ken Katon from NSW; ITO’s Bob Gilham from Melbourne, Lynn Brayley from Bribie Island, Joan Prosser from Adelaide.
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INTERNATIONAL FOCUS
Wee win to the Aussies An Australia versus Scotland international (June 5-7) was a highlight for both squads, with national coaches trialling various combinations. Broadbeach has been a popular destination lately for international teams trying out greens and facilities ahead of Commonwealth Games 2018. The international “friendly” also served as a selection trial for the World Champs in Christchurch NZ later this year. Australia performed twice as well as Scotland on the familiar surface, 43 of 64 games, 20 won by Scotland, and one draw. “It’s just brilliant to see everyone again,” Scottish international based at Broadbeach Kevin Anderson said, hugs all round. The Scottish team was introduced to Bowls Australia’s Jack Attack format, playing seven games for The Bowls Show TV cameras. (The Bowls Show is broadcast on free-to-air, SBS on Sundays 1pm – 2pm.)
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Helensvale’s Brett Wilkie (pairs and fours) and Mark Casey (triples and fours skip) are off to NZ in November to represent Australia in the World Champs (Nov 29 – Dec 11). NSW’s Aron Sherriff and Karen Murphy have been given the prestige singles rubbers. Also going, Barrie Lester, Aaron Wilson, Natasha Scott, Carla Krizanic, Rebecca Van Asch and Kelsey Cottrell.
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Pictured from top, Scotland coach John Price, high performance manager Rhona Howie and asst coach George Sneddon; Carla Krizanic and Scot Laura Welsh; Scottish international based at Broadbeach Kevin Anderson with Scotland Taylor Bowls rep Anne Dunwoodie; filming for The Bowls Show on SBS, Scotland’s Alex Marshall, Julie Forrest and Paul Foster. Aussie squad Rebecca Van Asch, Kristina Krstic, Ellen Ryan, Chloe Stewart, Anne Johns, Karen Murphy, Brett Wilkie, Nathan Rice, Barrie Lester, Mark Casey, Max Kleinig, Aaron Teys, front row, Natasha Scott, Lynsey Clarke, Carla Krizanic, Ray Pearse, Kelsey Cottrell, Aron Sherriff, Wayne Reudiger, Aaron Wilson.
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Breaking Borders NTC V HKG, QLD U18 V HKG
The second annual development test series between Brett Wilkie’s National Training Centre (NTC) squad (identifying young Queenslanders with potential to represent Australia) and its Hong Kong China equivalent was a close contest and a successful warm up for many going on to the Australian Open. Most of Wilkie’s NTC side was Queenslanders, with a few interstate visitors, like Darwin’s Colleen Orr, Victoria’s Tiffany Brodie and NSW’s Sarah Boddington. Most of the clashes were won by QLD NTC but Wilkie said the Chinese were rapidly adjusting to the faster Gold Coast greens. The NTC international was played at Helensvale on June 9 and Paradise Point on June 10, with Wilkie (assisted by Lynsey Clarke) testing a number of different NTC combinations over the two days.
Wilkie also arranged a series at Mermaid Beach between four U18 QLD players (Shane White, Nicky Cahill, Rebecca Rixon and Julia Allen-Best) and four U18 Hong Kong Pictured above, U18s clash at Mermaid Beach; China bowlers, which was also a great (below) Julia Allen Best, Honor Sui and Hong Kong success. China team manager Walter Kwok, (bottom) Gloria Pictured top, QLD NTC V Hong Kong Ha and Rebecca Rixon, (bottom left) at NTC HelensChina (Helensvale), back left, Lynsey vale, Camilla Leung, Emma Brown, Georgia White, Clarke (coach), Kristy Thatcher, Nic and Terry Lau (coach). Pics: Dave Rixon. Gosley, Cohen Litfin, Mitch Mears, Jesse Turnbull, front row, Jess Srisamruaybai, Jessie Cottell, Colleen Orr (NT) Georgia White, Sarah Boddington (NSW), Jessica Hogan (ACT), Connie Rixon, bowlers and Hong Kong China, back row, Terry Lau (coach), Camilla Leung, Martin Sham, Imen Tang, Kevin Ho, Jordi Lo, Bernard Leung (coach), Walter Kwok (team manager), front row, Angel So, Olivia Yu, Elisa Cheung, Candy Leung, Dorothy Yu, Anna Chan, Rita Tsui, Alice Ho (coach), Howard Poon (assistant sport executive).
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WINTER ACTION
From the Chairman
by BQ Chairman Peter Williamson
The Board has been dealing with a number of matters that may be of interest to the wider Queensland bowls community. One interesting challenge has been the on-going quest for a replacement database system that will be useful and user-friendly for clubs, districts and state office. Another issue where progress has been made is in the Brisbane District “cluster group” survival plan, which if successful, could have wider ranging implications for other bowls districts in Queensland. A subcommittee headed by Dr Neil Peach is working towards the development of a major bowls centre that will benefit the Brisbane District cluster and the survival of the sport and clubs in the district.
Icing on cake
Ester Regan’s strong finish in the $10,000 South Tweed Sports Prestige Ladies Singles (May 23-26) was the icing on the cake for the Bramble Bay skip, helping her to cement the No 3 national ranking, behind superstars Natasha Scott and Carla Krizanic. Regan was already No 1 in QLD, finishing the bowls year almost 100 points ahead of QLD No 2 Lynsey Clarke (who competed in the same major tournaments but also welcomed baby Kenzie eight months ago). While Regan doesn’t have the state or national profile of Jackaroos like Clarke, Scott and Krizanic, the high national ranking shows she has performed consistently in their stratosphere over the past year. In the South Tweed final, Regan showed both brilliance and inconsistency, Krizanic taking the title 25-9.
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“Regan was a deserving finalist, Krizanic a deserving winner”, South Tweed Sports CEO Gordon Rhodes said. Tweed Heads Jess Srisamruaybai showed great maturity to win her section over Julie Keegan and progress to the semis, meeting her match in Krizanic 25-5. Cabramatta warrior Carmen Anderson triumphed over Australia’s No 1 Natasha Scott to win her section, but came unstuck against Regan in the semi, 25-12.
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BQ has been in contact with the Department of National Parks, Sport and Racing to gain funding to enable a legal entity to review the material and information collected on “The Future of Bowls in the Brisbane District”.
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The report will be made available to Bowls Queensland to see if there is information that might be useful for other districts in planning for their futures.
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(Should any other district have a plan for survival and need legal or other help, please forward the details to the BQ office. Through the BQ Board, we may be able to advise districts about options for assistance.)
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The Bowls Queensland board is here to assist in any way within our capacity all districts and clubs affiliated with BQ regarding the sport of bowls. The busy tournament schedule continues with the winter carnivals in full swing and I wish you all good bowling. As far as BQ events are concerned, by the time you read this the U18 QLD V NSW test series will have been conducted at Tugun Bowls Club, a wonderful opportunity for the stars of the future to play under test conditions. 2016 Ladies Prestige Singles winner Carla Krizanic and runner-up Ester Regan.
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Halmai crowned
TOPS CHAMP Queensland’s No 1 ranked bowler for 2015-16 Steve Halmai from Tweed Heads and New Zealand’s Sandra Keith came out TOPS of 147 entries in the Tweed Open Premier Singles (TOPS) to win themselves coveted wildcard entries in the 2016 Golden Nugget. The day before the tournament was the worst storm the Tweed Heads and Gold Coast had seen in a long time and there was a feeling the tournament might be moved indoors, however when Sunday came, the first day of the tournament, the sun was shining, and the greens pulled up reasonably well. The $15,000 TOPS (Sun June 5 – Wed June 8) was designed as a warm up for the Australian Open, offering the same format, early rounds of sectional play followed by knockout on the final two days. An outstanding performance by North Dalby’s Jake Rynne earned him an entry into the Junior Golden Nugget field.
“We are delighted to support the up and coming champions of tomorrow,” THBC chairman John Rayward said. “32 of the most talented girls and boys from all states and territories of Australia will play in this prestigious event later this month,” (July 30-31 Indoor).
The Golden Nugget will be held a week later (August 8-11) and for 30 years, it has been a prestige battleground of the best bowlers from Australia and New Zealand. Pictured: TOPS inaugural winner Stephen Halmai, THBC chairman John Rayward and TOPS men’s runner up Paul Girdler.
Special win for Leigh Popular Sunshine Coast bowler Leigh Fortington has won the inaugural competition bearing her surname, the $5000 Fortington Mixed Pairs at Kawana (June 4-5). Leigh chose her partner wisely in Queensland’s own specialist in the discipline Kurt Brown, now bowls development manager at Kawana, the sentimental favourites winning on ends over Broadbeach’s Dee Robertson and Pine Rivers Paul Jopson.
The competition was close, with nobody going through five games undefeated, but Leigh and Dee both finished on four wins, one draw, ahead of Bramble Bay’s Maria Rigby and Irish international Shane Leonard in third. “Leigh is an asset to our club in every way, she helps out when we need a sponsor, she’s a great bowler, and a really nice lady as well,” Brown said. “It’s fantastic to win the inaugural Fortington Mixed Pairs with Leigh, not to mention such a close result over my old
pairs partner Joppo, we don’t get to play together as much now I’m at Kawana.” Leigh and husband Ted (a former Noosa bowler) have brought enough money into Club Kawana to fund the Fortington Mixed Pairs for the next 10 years, Ted saying it was a pleasure to support the game that has given him so much enjoyment. (Pictured from left, Maria Rigby, Shane Leonard, Dee Robertson, Paul Jopson, Kurt Brown, Leigh Fortington.)
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CLUB NEWS
You Beaudy! The Beaudesert Bowls Club’s annual Classic Carnival has been running for 22 years and this year defending champ Roger Goodrich from Broadbeach skipped his team to back-to-back honours, rising to the top of a quality field from Queensland and interstate. The Carnival runs over a week in April, starting with mixed two-bowl triples, men’s threebowl pairs and ladies triples and leading into the weekend Gelita “Beauy Classic”. (Gelita is a gelatin manufacturer based at Beaudesert since 1995.) In this year’s Mixed Triples, visiting teams from Canungra and McKenzie Park competed, with a mixed team from Beaudesert/Canungra (Carmel Timms, John Butterfield and Johnathan Seagull from Canungra) taking the prize, 6+21. Close second was Kent Taylor, Doug Ward, Faye Hinds (Beaudesert) 6 +12 and third, Col Jordan, Gaye Blank, Gary Day (Beaudesert) 4 +12. Last round winner was a Canungra team skipped by Mykal Prosser. Teams from Chermside, Burleigh Heads, Elliot Heads, Canungra, Southport and Beaudesert took part in the Men’s Pairs, father and son
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combos taking the first two places, Brian and Ben Marshall (Beaudesert & Musgrave Hill) 6 +66 and the Staggard boys from Burleigh (Paul Snr & Jnr) 6 +30.
Geoff Lanham, Robbie Allan, Roger Goodrich, Mar Waitai
The weekend Classic sees Men’s Fours contest five games of 16 ends. Entries were strong from South Toowoomba, Logan City, Southport, Burleigh Heads, Canungra, Rosewood, Darra, Benowa, North Ipswich, Souths Acacia, Paradise Point, and Picton NSW. “They always put on a good show, we go every year,” Alan Wakefield from Souths Acacia said.
Souths Acacia incentive prizewinners Michael Freer, Bill Gibson, Phil Elder and Alan Wakefield.
Roger Goodrich’s defending champs were undefeated for Broadbeach, 10+6.2. Second went to South Toowoomba’s Blair Merril, 10+5.7. (There will be a change of dates in 2017 due to a clash with Easter and Anzac Day, the weekend carnival is now likely to start proceedings on April 22-23 with the other events to follow.)
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Beaudesert president Col Jackson, gold sponsor Lindsay Teese and games director Paul Newton.
Setting a great example Roma boy Robert Hammond has played Queensland Premier League in the big time for South Toowoomba and Helensvale but now he’s back in the bush and doing great things for bowls in Roma. At just 34 years of age, he’s the club president and still a keen lawn bowler as he raises his young family, even getting his son John into the sport, making it three generations of Hammonds (his dad John Snr is in the sport too!) “We’re trying very hard to raise the profile of lawn bowls out here in Roma and everyone would get a kick out of seeing one of our own get recognition,” club coach Greg John said. “Robert will be a strong contender again in Group Champion of Club Champions and he still has ambitions of representing Queensland.”
Hammond was runner up in state singles to Jamie Anderson in 2010 and finished equal third in last year’s Champion of Club Champion Fours, going down to eventual winner Ryan Bester. He has won all club championships this year, singles, pairs with his dad, triples with Laurie Giuhot and Dion Benfer and fours with Grant Kindman, Peter (Fred) Cherry, and Patrick Ferguson and followed up with another string of wins in the Maranoa District championships with the same teams (except for Gavin Dibble subbing for Grant Kindman in the fours and son John subbing for Dion Benfer triples). “It’s a special achievement for one bowler to win all of these championships in the one season, Robert Hammond is a great success story for Roma!” proud club coach Greg John said.
BEENLEIGH FIRE Beenleigh Bowls Club is recovering from a fire on June 2. Emergency services were called just before 7am and managed to contain the blaze, but not before it caused serious damage in the club’s gaming room and serious smoke damage throughout the remainder of the building. “It could have been a massive fire if it had taken off because it’s such a big building,” Fire and Rescue acting chief superintendent Brad Commens told the Gold Coast Bulletin newspaper. “I guess there’s no bingo on this morning,” one nearby resident is reported to have said. The club is hoping to be bowling again shortly, but in the meantime, both nearby Woongoolba (women) and Logan City (men) have been supportive and helpful in enabling Beenleigh members to practice their sport.
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AUGUST
Australian Indoors (Tweed Heads, Aug 22-25) Multi Disability State Champs (Chermside, Aug 28-31)
SEPTEMBER
QLD V NSW U25 Test Series (TBC, NSW) AUST U18 Champs (Sept 30 – Oct 3, Holdfast Bay, SA)
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State Mixed Pairs (Enoggera, Oct 15-16) Champion of Club Champions (Musgrave Hill, Oct 22-27)
NOVEMBER State Pennant (Bribie Island, Nov 26-27)
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THE LEGACY OF DAWN STANTON Solander Lake Bowls Club on Bribie Island will hold an annual Dawn Stanton Memorial Bowls Day in May each year to remember the enormous and generous contribution of its foundation president and first life member. Dawn died in November last year and the club held its first memorial bowls day at the end of May, where friends and family came to share Dawn stories. This was the woman who got down on her hands and knees to help build the first bowls green at Solander in 1979, back then a new housing estate at Banksia Beach. There were a number of break-ins in the early years and Dawn would show up with a shotgun to ward off intruders. “That sums up our Dawn, the club was her pride and joy, and she maintained that interest to the very end, we can safely say we’ll never see the likes again,” club media officer Vicki Mitchell said. The first green was created by rolling 70 bags of granulated cork on to a bitumen base, which was then sprayed green. A building called “The Hut” was moved on to the land and became the clubhouse, officially opened on November 22, 1980. “In those early days, the Solander Lake Bowls Club for women was the social hub of Banksia Beach, the venue for Friday night meals, live shows, bingo and many long discussions,” Mitchell said.
She was on the women’s committee from 1979 to her death in 2015, still serving as a selector for Pennant and Super Challenge.
“There were a number of break-ins in the early years and Dawn would show up with a shotgun to ward off intruders.”
“Men could become only associate members and any suggestions had to be passed by the Ladies Committee.”
In 1993 the administration of the club was taken over by a management committee with men’s and women’s committees running the bowls.
Dawn Stanton was a strong and determined leader and an accomplished bowler at club, district and state levels.
The club now has two grass greens, one of them named after Dawn, gaming machines and a bistro.
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The word Solander came from the Swedish naturalist Dr Daniel Carl Solander who worked closely with Joseph Banks on Captain Cook’s Endeavour. Solander Lake has 100 women members, 200 men, and 1000 social members. Bowls is played every day except Mondays and all competitions are open to both men and women.
Pictured: Main photo, Dawn Stanton. Below, Dawn in 1979 inspecting Solander Lakes first cork green. Left, Solander’s 2016 women’s president Kath Petty and senior vice president Betty Rudd standing on the Dawn Stanton Green.
Lest we forget West Cairns TPI Memorial Bowls Club has created a memorial to their immediate past president of 21 years, the late William (Bill) Hannan.
“Bill retired from the position last year due to ill health, we miss him and he will not be forgotten,” club treasurer Ken Broughton said. The memorial was officially unveiled by Bill’s widow Anna and dedicated by HMAS Navy base chaplain Ian Lindsay before family and friends from West Cairns Bowls Club and West Cairns TPI (Totally and Permanently Incapacitated) Memorial Bowls Club. Bill lived in Glasgow, Scotland and was a member of the British Royal Navy before he and Anna moved to Sydney, and later Cairns and Weipa, where Bill became president of Weipa Bowls Club. When the couple moved to Cairns, Bill joined West Cairns where he served as president, life member and patron.
He later joined West Cairns TPI, which became a memorial club as more members passed on. Bill was well known in the region, visiting clubs as part of the Past President’s Assn. Bill never let failing eyesight stop him from his bowls, using a walkie talkie to communicate with his partner to advise the position of the bowls at the head and to suggest which shot he should play. Bill was born in 1924 and died earlier this year, aged 91.
34 year quest for glory It’s taken 34 years for Ingham’s Noorla Bowls Club to win one of the North’s most coveted competitions, the Blue Pennant. The winning team (pictured) is Anthony Serra, Gary Accornero, Tomas Garate, Nygel Craven, Neville Ingram, Graham Wegert, David Guazzo, Senesio Menegon, Peter Hall, Giovanni Vezzoli, Keith Wegert, Alex Casale. The NQDMBA extends from Ingham in the north to Bowen in the south and Hughenden in the west. The annual Pennant comp is played over the May long weekend, with the Blue Pennant being No 1, Red No 2,
and Purple No 3, and of course, every club wants to win the Blue Pennant. This year the Blue Pennant was played at Bowen and Wangaratta Bowls Clubs in the Bowen area. Clubs from the NQDMBA area contest each colour, the winner of red and purple move up a division and the loser of blue and red move down a division. Noorla now goes on to compete in the Group 8 finals in Cairns to see if they can win again and compete in the State Champion of Club Champion finals at the Gold Coast in October.
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Umpire with Joan Brotherton
WANNA SCORE? You have entered an event and are not too sure how and what to do with the scorecard. You approach the Controlling Body for details and then ask the Umpire to explain further. SCORECARD: Details on the procedures to be adopted regarding the scorecard can be found under Law 40.1.7 on page 59 which is part of the Skip’s duties. The skip must: 40.1.7.1. be responsible for the scorecard supplied by the Controlling Body while play is in progress. 40.1.7.2 make sure that the names of all players of both teams are correctly entered on the scorecard. 40.1.7.3 record, on the scorecard, all shots scored for and against both teams as each end is completed.
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40.1.7.4 compare and agree the scorecard with that of the opposing skip as each end is completed. 40.1.7.5 at the end of the game, record on the scorecard the time that the game finished and then sign their own and the opposing skip’s scorecard. The above is how the scorecard should be kept and completed, however for domestic play the duties of the player filling out the scorecard can be transferred to other members of the team. NOTE: these duties must be transferred to players whose positions, in order of play are the same in each team – 40.1.9.
The domestic ruling - DR.3.2 on page 120 is as follows: DR.3.2.1 In Singles – the marker is responsible for keeping, completing and dealing with the card as per Law 42. DR.3.2.2 In Pairs – the skip of each team. DR.3.2.3 In Triples – the skip of each team. DR.3.2.4 In Fours – the second of each team. As above indicates, it is very important how the scorecard is kept and completed and when both players agree that the scorecard has been filled out correctly and signed, it is then handed to the ►
Let the bowl roll ON THE SUBJECT OF TOUCHERS, I GOT A LOVELY EMAIL FROM MACKAY DISTRICT UMPIRE LYNDA LEYSHON ABOUT OUR BACK FROM THE DEAD PHOTO IN LAST MONTH’S JUNE BOWLER.
Controlling Body for their attention and action. This will, of course, depend on the type of competition/event the players are competing in, however it is important that both cards are handed in as that is a record of the game played and completed.
USE OF THE SCOREBOARD: 40.1.8 For domestic play, Member National Authorities can decide the procedures for using a scoreboard instead of one of the scorecards.
DR.3.1.1 The scoreboard may be updated at any time by any person but must be updated at least every second end and the Skip is responsible for ensuring it is correct as per the scorecard, except if the responsibility for the scorecard has been passed from the Skip to the Second in Fours as per DR.3.2.4 then the Second is responsible for the accuracy of the scoreboard. As you can see from above any person can update the scoreboard and that is why it can be updated each end particularly when a Master Board is being used and spectators and players are watching the progress of the scores e.g. in Pennant /various finals etc. but I do emphasis that the player responsible for the scorecard i.e. Skip in Pairs/Triples and Second in Fours must make sure the scoreboard is correct as per the scorecard.
“I was lucky enough to umpire the game that day, the bowl was declared “alive” and the game continued, but not without all other games stopping to watch the decision!” Lynda said.
Rixon (green) plays weight looking for jack and slices it into the ditch in between Algate’s two touchers (grey).
“We all learn something every time we get on a green and this particular game was to select Mackay District teams.”
David Bowles plays his second bowl (aqua) and tries to draw close to ditch.
Examples like these are a good reminder to all to never stop any bowl that is going into the ditch! Here is another fabulous toucher photo from this year’s Bowls Queensland State Championships Pairs. Grey bowls – Mark Algate (Drayton), Aqua bowls – David Bowles (Laidley), Blue bowls - Allan Newman (Maroochy), Green bowls – David Rixon (Maroochy). Here is a first hand account from Allan Newman about how the end played out: Allan Newman’s first bowl (blue) is three inches away from the jack. Mark Algate’s first bowl (grey), a toucher, becomes shot. Newman draws the toucher off and his second bowl is shot. Algate draws another toucher, it becomes shot, now holding two. Dave Rixon (green) plays weight on forehand looking for jack in ditch and just misses. David Bowles (aqua) plays a weighted bowl backhand looking for jack, gets a slight toucher, and punches both of Algate’s touchers (grey) into the ditch, where they rest side by side.
Both grey touchers are now touching the jack.
Newman and Algate both draw their bowls trying to sit as close to the ditch as possible. Rixon draws his third bowl forehand, slightly wide, hits up one of Newman’s first two bowls from near the T, which ends up resting on the right hand grey bowl, still two shots to the grey. David Bowles plays backhand looking to move the blue bowl and just misses. Rixon has to play a slider to roll the blue bowl over once and sit on both greys. Plays it, gets a slider off outside bowl, and connects with the third shot rolling it over once. It is now sitting on both touchers and edge of the green touching the jack and becomes the shot. David Bowles plays weight trying to dislodge the shot bowl from on top of the grey but just misses. “Wow, what an end!” says Newman. “I never realised I could be so happy to lose an end but this one really was exceptional, it was uncanny the way it unfolded,” David Bowles said.
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CLUB LAW
REJECTION OF CLUB MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS A common question that we are often asked by club managers is in relation to applications for membership and the process by which a club may reject an application. Generally, membership can only be declined in accordance with the terms of a club’s constitution. The constitution will often include a cause which deals with accepting and rejecting applications from members and potential members. Additionally, a club’s competition may also list criteria which a member must meet in order to be accepted as a member of the club, for example, that the person applying must be of good character and repute. An important consideration is whether the constitution requires the club to provide reasons as to why an application is rejected. Some constitutions will require the management committee to provide such reasons and if so, it is important that the club is able to justify why the application has been rejected. If the constitution contains membership criteria, then this may be easier to justify, for example in relation to the example above, the club would need to justify why the person was not of good character and repute.
Generally, these appeal rights will allow the person whose application was rejected the opportunity to appeal to the management committee to have its application re-assessed. Subject to the club’s constitution, any appeal proceedings would need to abide by the rules of natural justice so that the person whose membership was rejected is afforded a full and fair hearing. If the club’s constitution is silent on any of the above points, and if the constitution does not expressly exclude section 47 of the Associations Incorporation Act 1981, the Model Rules will apply and will be taken to be the association’s own rules. In relation to the admission and rejection of the members, the Model Rules state that the management committee must consider an application and must decide whether to accept or reject that application. The Rules provide that if a majority of the members of the committee vote to accept the applicant then the applicant must be accepted as a member of the class of membership applied for.
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No criteria for membership are provided in the Model Rules. If the club’s constitution expressly excludes the Model Rules but is silent on the process of rejecting applications, it would be in the management committee’s discretion whether to accept or reject the application. Of course this discretion would be subject to limitation, including antidiscrimination laws. The Model Rules state that a person whose membership application has been rejected may appeal to the secretary. The Rules provide that the applicant must be given a full and fair opportunity to show why the application should not be rejected and the management committee or members of the committee who rejected the application must be given a full opportunity to show why the application should be rejected. Accordingly, clubs should ensure that they abide by their constitution in relation to the rejection of any applications for membership. If a club’s constitution is silent on this point, then the Model Rules may apply and a club will be required to adopt these. Alternatively, if the Model Rules are expressly excluded, it will be in the management committee’s discretion whether to accept or reject an application, noting that its decision may be appealed against and justification of its decision may be required.
If the constitution requires that reasons be provided for rejection of an application but does not list any membership criteria, the club will need to come up with other ways of justifying its decision, for example, accepting the membership application would not be in accordance with the overall object of the club.
Should you require any further information in relation to the above, or wish to discuss your club’s constitution in detail, please contact Curt Schatz on (07) 3224 0230.
If an application for membership is refused, often a constitution will provide the applicant various appeal rights.
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MEGA BOWL
LEAVE THE MONEY ON THE MAT The Mega Bowl was a popular feature of Australian Open 2016 and if you haven’t heard of the concept before, it might be interesting for your club? Pictured: (left) Mixed Pairs Mega Bowl winners Annica McGill and Troy Somerville; (below) Comm Games ambassadors Borobi the koala and BA’s Mark Casey; (bottom) reps of the 14 AO 2016 host clubs, from left, Ben Woods (Musgrave Hill), Les Miller (Helensvale), John Beard (Tugun), Gilli Lockett (Benowa), Barry Gilbert (Broadbeach), Marion McMahon (Mermaid Beach), Michael Thomas (Robina), Fiona Hall (Mudgeeraba), Brad Carbis (Southport), Colin McPherson (Gold Coast Bowls & Community), Peter Hamilton (Burleigh Heads), Kevin Goldie (McKenzie Park), Noel Gray (Paradise Point); (bottom right) Broadbeach’s Colleen Gilbert and Warren Birks.
In the inaugural version held at Broadbeach, 90 bowlers paid $10 entry, creating a prize pool of $900 and for that they played a one-bowl knockout, winner takes all. (In a club fundraiser version, you might pay out 50 per cent and keep 50 per cent for the house?) The whole event was completed in under an hour and Darren Morrison from Terrigal NSW defeated South Australian Tyson Wilson in the final, not a bad prize pool for someone playing a total of just eight bowls! This singles competition was so successful that a Mixed Pairs Mega Bowl was run a few days later, with each bowler again having just a single bowl to put pressure on the opposition. This time there were 32 teams entered and the winners were Coolum Beach’s Annica McGill and Troy Somerville (pictured left), defeating Club Maroochy’s Rose Rixon and Graham Worsnop (Jamie-Lee’s dad). It was a great initiative for a bit of fun after a long day of bowls and it certainly kept the crowds entertained. On behalf of all Queensland bowlers, Bowls Queensland congratulates Bowls Australia on a job well done! A special thanks to all 14 bowls clubs and all the Queensland volunteers who made our interstate and international visitors and bowlers feel so welcome. The Australian Open 2016 truly lived up to its name as the “World’s Biggest Bowls Festival”.
- Warren Birks
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queensland bowler
july 2016
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