Feb-Mar 2013
There’s been plenty of action this summer - Check it out inside!
4 Across The Ditch Queensland had a resounding win in the Trans-Tasman development series.
10 State champs entry forms Sign up for the 2013 state junior championships today!
12 Bill Cornehls Pick up some tips from the Queensland state coach Bill Cornehls.
14 Follow the bowls tweeters We recommend which bowls tweeters you should be hitting the follow button on.
Got a story for the Contributions: Are there any juniors going places at your club? Have a big under-18 event coming up that you would like featured? Any other junior related action happening in your area? Send us any junior related news so we can give your club a shout-out. Contact details Email: qldbowler@bowlsqld.org Twitter Account: @bowlsqld Official Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/juniorbowlermag Phone: (07) 3355 9988
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Name: Dale Mcwhinney Shillington Age: 14 Nickname: Daleo Place of Birth: Royal Brisbane Hospital School: Varsity College Siblings: Older brother, Dean Pets: Two dogs - Buddy and Westy Dream job: Carpenter Favourite playing position: Anywhere Years playing bowls: Five First club: Mt Tambourine Current club: Burleigh Heads Bowls used: I use White Lines Biggest influence: My family Most memorable bowls moment: Winning Pine Rivers Junior Classic Pairs with my very last bowl Most embarrassing bowls moment: Driving when my bowl went a metre out of bounds Sporting hero: Any great bowler but I’ve always wanted to be as good as my dad and brother Favourite singer: Usher Celebrity crush: Miranda Kerr Favourite food: Pizza Greatest fear: Snakes Dream holiday destination: Hawaii Favourite thing to do outside of bowls: Play indoor cricket Three things you could take if stranded on a desert island: Bowls, food and water
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Trans-Tasman Series Auckland Bowls Club
Australia’s top bowlers, both adult and junior, face off against the best our Kiwi cousins have to offer. Queensland’s Natasha Jones and Sean Ingham feature.
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State Junior Championships Numerous venues
Queensland’s rising stars compete for state supremacy. Singles, pairs, triples and fours in under-15 and under-18 will be played and the top bowlers will be crowned.
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Kandanga Junior Triples Kandanga Bowls Club
Kandanga might have been hit by floods but it will not be kept down. The Gympie club will host the junior triples, with $900 in prizes. See the flyer below for all the info.
Sign up for the state champs and you could follow in the footsteps of best female last year, Bolivia Millerick.
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Queenslanders take Test clean sweep in Trans-Tasman Development Series. Queensland’s rising bowls stars sent a resounding statement to their Trans-Tasman counterparts in December’s Across The Ditch series. The Maroon U-18s and U-25 development squads defeated Auckland six tests to one and seven Tests to none, respectively, taking back the trophy in 2012. Queensland state coach Bill Cornehls was pleased with the performance of the young guns, who were boosted by a home ground advantage. “At the end of the day, we were more consistent than the Auckland kids,” Cornehls said. “They worked together as a team really well, even though they were playing in different disciplines, and they really showed their strength. “Having more familiarity with the Musgrave Hill greens was an advantage for us as well.” While the strong result was a major win for the Maroons, Cornehls said what was just as important was the constant feedback given to bowlers and the improvement shown over the series. “Myself and a couple of other coaches held de-briefings after every match and gave them something to improve upon for the next one,” he said. “we were really happy to see everyone improve through the series.” The international competition is a rare opportunity for many of the bowlers, who were invited to play based on their potential. “It was good for them to have that competition, because they don’t get as much opportunity for competition, so it’s really important.”
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Pine Rivers recently hosted a junior coaching clinic for its locals. Advanced coaches Lindsay Elliott and John Krebs ran the clinic, held at Club Pine Rivers last month. Elliott, who has played bowls for decades, is strongly committed to helping junior bowlers develop and used this clinic to help the local bowlers out. The clinic was not just a one-off for Elliott who is at the club regularly helping out some of the club’s young talent. “I have been playing bowls since I was a teenager,” Elliott said. “I volunteer my time five days a week to coaching juniors and new bowlers, something I think is vital to the survival of lawn bowls as a sport.”
What Jones would look like in Aus gear. Image digitally altered. Bribie Island star Natasha Jones has been rewarded for a breakout 2012, with selection in the Australia junior team for next month’s Trans-Tasman series. Jones, 17, was picked for the singles and triples disciplines in the series, after winning gold in her debut singles outing at last year’s 2012 junior nationals. In the triples, Jones will be teaming up with Samantha Noronha and twin sister Natalie. Samantha will be a familiar face for Jones, after she played against her in the 2012 Junior Golden Nugget final. It will be the perfect way to start out Jones’ final junior year, before she turns 18 in July. The teenage talent will have a chance to compete at one more junior state champs, to be held in April, but not the 2013 national championships. Jones was one of two Queenslanders picked for the series, with 18-year-old Sean Ingham selected for the Australian Development squad. Ingham played in the 2012 series as part of the junior side as well. The trans-Tasman series will be held from March 1723 in Auckland.
Do you think that you have the talent to become one of Queensland’s next state junior champions? Want a chance to improve your bowls and play against the best youngsters this state has to offer? Do you just want to have a bit of fun while playing bowls? Then, the 2013 Junior State Championships are the competition for you. This year the premier competition will be held at Bongaree, Bribie Island and Solander Lake Bowls Clubs from April 3-9 and there’s a spot for everyone. If you want to make a team, get some of your friends (all affiliated bowlers) for the under-15 or open age groups and see how you fare. If you’d rather blaze your own trail in Queensland’s bowls landscape, enter in the singles categories. You don’t even need to go searching for the nomination forms – they’re right here in the Junior Bowler. Just turn the page. For more info on the championships, go to http://bowlsqld.org.
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Setting goals: What, why, how
Bill Cornehls Current Queensland state coach Goal setting gets you to write those things that are important, urgent, attractive, and achievable and gives you the inspiration required to reach your goals. Achieving your goals gives you a sense of fulfillment, happiness, contentment and joy. Goal setting is a way of mentally stronger and making it easier to achieve everything you wish to. Once you have the strength of mind to defeat barriers and reach your goals you are well and truly on the road to success.
WHAT IS GOAL SETTING? Goal setting is an important part of sport. Some successful athletes has worked towards, and achieved, a goal that they set out for their career. Others have chased their dreams and achieved the desired results by working through a process. They may not have followed a deliberate goal setting format but achieved the results with the same
base plus slugging through his career. You might not recognize his name, but you should recognize this quote. “Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.” This mentality applies to goalsetting. Rather than focusing on the negatives, focus on what you want to achieve (your goal) and work towards that.
There are resources available to help you with your own goal process or discuss with your coach to set your goals if you require help. Established resources give you the basis for your steps and make it easier for you. At the end of your goal writing session you should have definite goals. The goals will develop the ladder for you to follow in your development and improvement in this sport. The resources for your goal setting are a guideline and start the procedure to help you think and get
“Never let the fear of striking out stop you fro m playing the game.” - Babe Ruth, American base ball legend
desire and commitment that is required. Goals keep you focused and motivated, they help you see the light at the end of the tunnel and point you in the right direction through difficult stages or when others would give up. Babe Ruth is one of the most famous baseball players of all time. He played Major League Baseball for 22 years. Ruth was renown for his batting brilliance and he set career records for home runs, runs batted in and on-
HOW DO YOU SET GOALS? Goal setting is a procedure with arranged segments. You should work through these segments in order to assist you in successfully achieving your goals. Implementing a strategy to reach your goal is beneficial in many ways. Strategies give you a process to assist you in what you want to achieve. Basically, you are designing a plan to get from point A to B.
started. This guideline doesn’t have to be your goal setting form but you need to start the procedure somewhere and you can change this to suit you. A goal setting resource is a guide to create your goal setting passageway, and gives you assistance to understand the path towards achieving your overall goal in the sport. Once your goal is written down it becomes a reference point and reminder of how and what you are
endeavouring to achieve. Be prepared to adjust your goals. Situations do change and there is a need to make adjustments and make the adjustment for your development. Your goal setting page can be used to evaluate where you are at present and help with the necessary changes that you need to make keeping you on track. Onward and upwards. Remember to read your goals regularly and focus on what you want to achieve. A successful plan clearly indicates in particular what you want and the desired conclusion. WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU SUCCEED? When you succeed you should reward yourself and acknowledge that achievement. This will indicate that you are heading towards your main goal. Continually setting goals will challenge you and keep you motivated for achievement. Example for setting a goal: At training in the 96 bowl block drill I will have 50 bowls within a mat length or an agreed distance from the jack and I will work towards this by doing the drill five times over the next five training sessions. It is realistic, precise and this means you will know whether you have achieved your goal. Goals can be short, medium or long time segments or they can be straightforward or more difficult. Goals relate to skills required to improve or develop you to reach your major goal. SMART goals can follow a simple procedure as below: Specific goal: What you desire to achieve Measurable goal: Measured against a starting point Achievable: Should be difficult, but within reach Relevant: Must be in line with your individual goals Timing: Will have a time completion date or achievable date Two final tips from me: Do the hard yards on the green. Be prepared to accept constructive criticism that is intended to help steer you along the pathway to gain success.
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pecific goal: What you desire to achieve easurable goal: Measured against a starting point
chievable: Should be difficult, but within reach
elevant: Must be in line with your individual goals
iming: Will have a time completion date or achievable date
Goal-setting checklist Start with an achievable goal. Write your achievable goal down and put it where you can see it every day.
Plan how you can achieve your goal. (Nothing is won without a plan).
Focus on your written goal as it will help you when you have those results not in your favour. Don’t dwell on past results or future possibilities, concentrate on the present.
Keep your goal simple. Simple things set a solid foundation and will help you move on to more complex goals.
In tough times, remember your goal. steps will rebuild confidence, but over confident is a formula for disaster, so keep your confidence levels in check.
Believe in your self. If you have the right amount of self belief (not arrogance), you will achieve your goal. 11
State coach Bill Cornehls went to North Dalby last month to help junior bowlers Some of Queensland’s country juniors had a chance to learn from the best last month, as part of a junior coaching day at North Dalby Bowls Club. Ten promising youngsters from North Dalby, South and West Toowoomba took part in the coaching afternoon, which was hailed as a great success. It was not just old hands who got a chance to learn more about bowls, but there were also three beginners at the clinic who all improved their bowling in the 5-hour session. Queensland coach Bill Cornehls led the session, offering one-on-one time to the bowlers. Each player received about 20 minutes of individual time with Cornehls, to help correct any problems they had with their delivery technique. As well as individual coaching, Cornehls set up numerous activities for all the bowlers to fine tune their skills throughout the afternoon. North Dalby secretary, Sally Nellen, said the afternoon was incredibly well received by all of the kids, with the only hiccup coming in trying to wind the event up. “Everybody agreed that it was an excellent clinic,” Nellen said. “We had to turn the lights off to get the kids off the green. It was a great problem to have.” It was not just the juniors picking up some of Cornehls’ bowling wisdom at the clinic, Nellen said. “The parents were around and they managed to pick up a thing or two from the afternoon as well. They all enjoyed it immensely,” she said. With the success of the first junior coaching clinic, Nellen said the club would be considering doing a similar afternoon for adults as well.
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