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Cover 2022 Junior State U18 Singles Champions Hannah Ogden & Ty Jesberg

Volume 45 Issue 1

6 – Floods hit Queensland clubs

10 – Junior State Championships

24 – History of a wooden bowl

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28 – Dalby’s busy calendar

23 SAFEGUARDING MINORS IN SPORTS

SUMMER COMPETITIONS

Premier League Queensland and Q7s-Qld are happening

Mullins Lawyers discuss laws on keeping minors safe

21 UMPIRE

26 CLUB NEWS

Joan Brotherton explains officiating duties and Conditions of Play

Catch up on holiday news from our clubs

22 RBM

34 Coaching

New RBM David Barnes asks how your business is moving

Jacqui Hineman encourages bowlers to plan for their year of bowls

Editor: Jo Grey

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From the President with BQ’s Peter Williamson Another year has passed, and we head towards the State Annual General Meeting.

I wish to thank the board members for their time and effort throughout a year of trying times. We have all been touched in some way with lockdowns, flood, and a sundry of other issues that we have had to endure. The stories of how clubs have overcome these difficulties will, I am sure, inspire more of us to put our foot forward in keeping our clubs sustainable.

It has been pleasing to note clubs and districts pursuing the opportunity to amalgamate. The benefits outweigh any obstacles that may be encountered.

The Junior State Championships held at three Toowoomba clubs went well with an extremely high standard of play. The participants are to be congratulated with their play and the way they conducted themselves during the event. Results may be seen elsewhere in the magazine. Linda Mitchell, one of our match committee was hospitalised and is now recuperating at home. All at Bowls Queensland wish Linda a speedy recovery.

During the course of conversations with BQ’s law firm, the use of an individual’s personal information by their respective clubs and districts was discussed.

A club or district association may not, without the authority of a club member, pass to another party the individual’s personal information. I would suggest club and district secretaries acquaint themselves with the Australian Privacy Act 1988 which covers how personal information may be collected and used.

Peter Williamson

Maryborough Services Memorial Bowls Club also suffered damage during the mid-January flooding. The bottom level of their club house was flooded, which included the lockers, Maryborough Services toilets and cold room.

Memorial Bowls Club Clubs that have been affected by events such as flooding, can contact Bowls Queensland and apply for disaster relief funding.

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FLOODS HIT QUEENSLAND CLUBS Last month, the Queensland weather lashed across the State and flooded two of our clubs, Tansey Bowls Club and Maryborough Services Memorial Bowls Club. Tansey Bowls Club was hit the worst, with about a metre of water inside the clubhouse. Tansey’s President Rainer Marschall said they had to remove the wall linings so that the walls could dry out properly.

“Most of our tables, chairs and other furniture were ruined and will be dumped,” he said “The kitchen and appliances including fridges, freezers, stoves and ovens will have to be replaced.

“All of our machinery for green maintenance has also been under a metre of water and we are still in the process of trying to assess what can be saved.

“Fortunately, our cold-room looked like it was okay, although all of our stock was lost, our BBQ is still operable so we can operate in some form. We are not a rich club and we have fewer than 30 full members.

“Our little club is not just a bowls club. It is not in a town or city, it is in a rural area and is used by the local community who vote there, have birthday parties and all other sorts of other gatherings there.

“These same people were amongst the workers you see in the photos helping to clean up the mess at our club, even though most of them had lost horses and cattle, which is their livelihood, and had extensive damage to fences and other property damage to deal with at their own properties.”

Rainer is very grateful to the community, volunteers and also to the North Toowoomba Bowls Club who held a raffle during the Junior State Championships to help raise funds for the club. Murgon Services Club has made a $30 000 donation to assist the club. Within a week, the machinery was repaired and the club had been cleaned.

The oldest working volunteer helping to restore the damage was the club’s life member who is 86 in May and the youngest was about three years old.

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SUMMER COMPETITIONS Premier League QLD

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The Premier League QLD (PLQ) competition kicked off January 8, 2022 with 14 teams.

The Q7s-Qld is run as a home and away format, within divisions and sections where teams play each other, once on their home green and once on opponents green. Q7s-Qld is therefore conducted with six teams per section, which takes ten weeks; plus two to three weeks of finals.

The Great Bowls Challenge has three divisions for both men and women and is played in Brisbane and across the Sunshine Coast.

With eight bowlers per team, players compete in a two pairs and a fours format across six weeks with each team playing home and away.

The finals weekend will be held on March 19-20, 2022.

Selected matches will be livestreamed each weekend.

Go to the Premier League Facebook page for more information: facebook.com/Premier-LeagueQueensland

The first round kicked off on February 5, 2022 and the Semi Finals and Grand Finals will be held on Sunday April 3, 2022.

Round 1 commenced on Saturday February 4, 2022 and the Quarter Semi Finals will be held on March 26, 2022. The Grand Final Round Robin will be on April 2, 2022.

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CEO REPORT with BQ’s Brett Wilkie Another exciting year of bowls has commenced with the QLD Junior State Championships complete and summer competitions underway. 2021 was a challenging year again with the impacts of COVID-19; fingers crossed our calendar is not hampered this year and events are able to go ahead as planned. All the best to districts, clubs and members across the State for the year ahead.

Qld Sports Awards I attended the Qld Sports Awards evening late last year with Kane Nelson who was a finalist in the 2021 The Courier Mail Channel 7 Queensland Junior Sport Star of the Year. Congratulations Kane on being a finalist and well done to Mollie O’Callaghan who won the award for swimming.

Supporting finalist Kane Nelson (centre) at the Qld Sports Awards were Jacob Nelson (left) and Brett Wilkie (right) 2022 Junior State Championships Well done to all juniors in this event on their performance and sportsmanship displayed.

Thank you to the parents/carers/family/coaches/clubs and districts who supported the juniors so they could attend this event. Thank you to Cameron King from North Toowoomba Bowls Club for his assistance along with volunteers from the North Toowoomba, Toowoomba and Club Toowoomba Bowls Clubs. All six days were livestreamed, thank you to Robbie Allan and Brian Marshall along with other commentators including Des Kemp, Kerry Green, Katelyn Inch and Ryan Burnett.

Thank you to the Toowoomba Regional Council, Sunblessed Sunscreens and J Carroll Club Promotions for their ongoing support of this event. Congratulations to the ten girls and ten boys invited to attend a junior camp in April.

BQ Board and AGM Nominations closed on January 31 for the role of Vice President, Director of Finance and two Board Directors on the Bowls QLD Board. Details of nominations received will be in the March Bowler. The Bowls QLD AGM will be held on Wednesday, March 16.

State 8 a Side Mixed Event Bowls Queensland has established a new State-wide Interclub “8 a Side Event” set to commence in 2022, starting at club, through to district level, then onto group playoffs and culminating in State Finals. This 8 a Side Event will encompass club sides of four women and four

men contesting women’s pairs, men’s pairs and mixed fours disciplines.

Each club who wishes to enter a side will have an intraclub playoff if needed. If a club only has one side to nominate, they will automatically progress. Successful club sides will then advance to district playoffs with the winning club side advancing to group playoffs. The successful club side from each of the eight group playoffs will contest the State Finals to be played on Thursday and Friday, November 3-4 2022 at a venue to be advised.

Bowls Queensland must be notified of group winners by Monday October 10 2022. District/groups will need to coordinate a timeframe for club/district/group playoffs to be completed in line with this date. Please find Conditions of Play for this new interclub 8 a Side Event on the Bowls QLD website.

Bowls QLD Event Hosting Expressions of interest are open for any clubs interested in nominating to host the following Bowls QLD events: 2022 State District Mixed Pairs, 2022 State Champion of Club Champion Finals Series, 2022 State Pennant Finals, 2022 8 a Side Mixed Event. Expressions close on February 14.

Live Streaming Bowls Queensland will be livestreaming all of our events in 2022. The livestreaming will use the Bowls Queensland Facebook page platform and will also be accessible through the Bowls Queensland website under the events tab (for those not on Facebook). To enlarge the screen, click on the game you would like to watch and then hover your mouse cursor on the bottom right corner and as per the red arrow below, click on “Click to enter fullscreen”; here you can also click on the speaker icon to activate/turn on the sound to hear the commentary.

If you are waiting for a new live game to appear on the page, don’t forget to refresh the page regularly to load it.

Some games may take a moment to load and become clear, depending on your internet speed.

Many clubs are now running these livestreams on their club house TVs which is great for their patrons. Thank you to the Bowls Gold Coast Tweed Media team for livestreaming Bowls Queensland’s events.

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Junior State Championships - January 16-21, 2022

By Peter Rookas

It was superb summer weather in Toowoomba when the Bowls Queensland 2022 Junior State Championships kicked off on Sunday, January 16. A record 83 junior bowlers journeyed the length and breadth of Queensland to the Darling Downs for the third successive year. From Weipa in the far north to Broadbeach and the Tweed District, young bowlers and their support ‘crew’ (families) converged on the garden city for a week of championship bowls.

Sunday, January 16 Held across North Toowoomba, Toowoomba Bowls Clubs and Club Toowoomba, the first event was the Fours Sectional play followed by the semi-finals on Sunday, January 16 with Hayden Oster’s and Cody Gerick’s teams qualifying for the gold medal match and Wyatt Martin’s and Todd Brain’s teams making it through to the bronze medal match held on Tuesday, January 18.

Fours Semi-Final Scores •

Jonty Millard, Oliver Corken, Sophie Allan, Hannah Oster defeated Cooper Sutton, Samuel Collier, Dakota Brindle, Wyatt Martin 18-14

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Lacey Gerick, Travis Pearce, Riley Gerick, Cody Gerick defeated Charlie Mens, Zachary Flood, Jack Chergwin, Todd Brain 18-17

MONDAY, January 17 The Under-15 and Under-18 Pairs sectional play and semi-final was played at North Toowoomba Bowls Club on Monday, January 17. Brothers Trent and Thomas Brehmer along with Brody Carter and Bryce Jarrett defeated their opponents to make their way into the gold medal final in the Under-15 category, while Riley and Lacey Gerick with Rhys Gillman and Nash Godfrey qualified for the bronze medal final match. The Under-18s played sectionals and postsectional matches with the semi-finals due to be played the next day (Tuesday).

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U15 Pairs Semi-Final Scores •

Bryce Jarrett, Brody Carter defeated Nash Godfrey, Rhys Gillman 21-18

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Thomas Brehmer, Trent Brehmer defeated Lacey Gerick, Riley Gerick 16-11

TUESDAY, January 18 it was down to the business of winning medals on the first day of finals. The day got underway in very humid conditions, under laden skies and with a gentle breeze from the north east. A somewhat heavy morning dew made the green a little slower, even after a cut and roll. The Under-15 Open 3-Bowl Pairs finals took centre stage at the start of the day’s proceedings, alongside the semi-finals of the Under-18 Open 3-Bowl Pairs.

The Under-15 Gold Medal match between the Brehmer brothers Thomas and Trent (Algester Bowls Club in Brisbane) and the Pialba pair Bryce Jarrett and Brody Carter lived up to all of the pre-game hype and was a ‘cracker’ of a match. The Brehmer siblings jumped out of the blocks quickly, adjusting to the slightly slower greens, to shoot to a 4 – 0 lead before being reeled back in to 4-all and then trail 5 – 4.

The Algester connection hit back quicky to lead 10 – 5 and looked to be cruising but some deadly bowls from Brody Carter locked the scores up again

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at 10 – all. It was then shot for shot to 13-all before the Brehmers looked to have snatched the gold medal with a 15 – 13 lead on the last end and holding shot.

It was down to the last bowl and Carter again rose to the occasion to push the shot off kitty, hold his ground and claim a second shot to tie the match up at 15 – all.

The Brehmers won the crucial toss for the mat and sent the kitty long. Thomas put in three very good lead bowls but Carter was not to be denied and edged in close to ensure a measure for the shot.

Trent Brehmer then played the shot of the match, trailing the kitty close to the ditch and despite Carter’s valiant attempt, the Brehmer brothers secured the Under-15 Open Pairs Gold medal, much to the delight of the big crowd in attendance.

The play-off for the Under-15 Open Pairs Bronze medal was nearly all one-way traffic.

Sunshine Coast Kawana siblings Lacey and Riley Gerick were never headed by Nash Godfrey and Rhys Gillman and ran out comfortable winners with a score of 25 – 8.

U15 Pairs Final Scores • Thomas Brehmer & Trent Brehmer (Gold U15 Pairs)

Bryce Jarrett & Brody Carter (Silver U15 Pairs)

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Thomas Brehmer, Trent Brehmer (gold medal) defeated Bryce Jarrett, Brody Carter (silver medal) 16-15

Lacey Gerick & Riley Gerick (Bronze U15 Pairs)

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Lacey Gerick, Riley Gerick (bronze medal) defeated Nash Godfrey and Rhys Gillman 25-8

Meanwhile, it was ‘game on’ with the Under-18 Open Pairs semi-finals. In a ‘nip & tuck’ affair, the pairing of Olivia Rothwell and Caysee Wilson was always going to be hard to beat, with Rothwell the defending Queensland U18 Singles champion. But up against the girls was the Ty Jesberg/Lachlan Moore combination, with Jesberg the defending U18 Boys Singles champion.

As expected, there was never more than a shot or two in the contest and the girls held their nerve to edge out the boys 18 – 17 over the 18 ends. The other semi-final saw the favoured Oliver Corken and Cody Gerick combination prove more than a handful for Jack Chirgwin and Todd Brain and the former cruised to a 19 – 16 victory.

U18 Pairs Semi-Final Scores •

Oliver Corken, Cody Gerick defeated Todd Brain, Jack Chirgwin 19-16

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Olivia Rothwell, Caysee Wilson defeated Ty Jesberg, Lachlan Moore 18-17

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The stage was set for a ‘shoot-out’ with Queensland’s best Under-18 boys and girls to do battle in the gold medal match. Oliver and Cody were quick to pounce on the first end for 3-shots and an early lead, but the girls were unfazed and hit back with 2-shots on the next end.

It then went shot for shot before Olivia and Caysee edged ahead 9 – 7. This seemed to fire the boys up

Caysee Wilson & Olivia Rothwell (Silver U18 Pairs)

Cody Gerick & Oliver Corken (Gold U18 Pairs)

Jack Chirgwin & Todd Brain (Bronze U18 Pairs)

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and a change of tactics to long ends saw Oliver and Cody hit back for two consecutive 3-shot ends, to put them 13 – 9 up after 12 ends and now the pressure was on the girls. A mistake by Corken with a ditched kitty on the 13th end opened the door for Rothwell and Wilson to play a short end. They held shot until Gerick played a superb last bowl draw and the moment was gone.

Despite pressing hard to reduce the margin, the girls had the wind taken out of them on end 16 when Cody played two precision bowls for 2-shots and a 17 – 11 lead. On a never-say-die final end, Cody Gerick again displayed why he is one of the best juniors in Queensland and played a superb draw to hold 3 shots after good lead-up bowls by Corken.

A Wilson drive reduced the final end to 2-shots, but it was a gold-medal winning score of 19 – 11 to the boys.

The Bronze Medal Under -8 Pairs match was in the balance until late in the contest when Todd Brain and Jack Chirgwin claimed a rare 5-shots and closed out the contest against Ty Jesberg and Lachlan Moore, winning 20 – 10.

U18 Pairs Final Scores •

Oliver Corken, Cody Gerick (gold medal) defeated Olivia Rothwell, Caysee Wilson (silver medal) 19-11

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Todd Brain, Jack Chirgwin (bronze medal) defeated Ty Jesberg, Lachlan Moore 20-10

Travis Pearce, Riley Gerick, Cody Gerick & Lacey Gerick (Gold Fours)

The last medal matches of the day were for the Open Fours Junior Championship. The Gold Medal match was billed as an ‘All Star’ final with siblings Lacey, Riley and Cody Gerick teaming up with Travis Pearce on one side while Sophie Allan, Jonty Millard, Oliver Corken and Hayden Oster completed the opposition.

Cody Gerick proved the perfect skip and capitalised on some good team play to open up a handy 13 – 3 lead.

Opposition Skip Hayden Oster was doing everything in his power to keep his team in the match but to no avail. His team’s bowls were going agonisingly close over the final ends and even he couldn’t ‘pull a rabbit out of the hat’ with some of his superb play. The final score of 22 – 7 to the Gericks’/Pearce combination belied the closeness of the match; however, Pearce was a stand-out in the match, with sublime touch and superb weight control.

The Bronze medal Under-18 Fours clash was a contrast, with a nail-biting finish down to the last end. Cooper Sutton, Sam Collier, Dakota Brindle and Wyatt Martin looked to have the match sewn up until a late surge by Charlie Mens, Zac Flood, Jack Chirgwin and Todd Brain tied the contest up at 17-all, after a big 4-shot result on the 15th end.

Martin’s team remained calm and came up with their own 4-shot result on the very next end before Brain and his team made them sweat, closing to within two shots and a final score line of 21 – 19.

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Sophie Allan, Jonty Millard, Hayden Oster & Oliver Corken (Silver Fours)

Dakota Brindle, Wyatt Martin, Sam Collier & Cooper Sutton (Bronze Fours)

Open Fours Final Scores •

Lacey Gerick, Travis Pearce, Riley Gerick, Cody Gerick (gold medal) defeated Jonty Millard, Oliver Corken, Sophie Allan, Hayden Oster (silver medal) 22-7

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Cooper Sutton, Sam Collier, Dakota Brindle, Wyatt Martin (bronze medal) defeated Charlie Mens, Zac Flood, Jack Chirgwin, Todd Brain 21-19

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Oliver Corken, Samuel Collier & Ty Jesberg (Triples Gold)

WEDNESDAY, January 19 A record 19 teams lined up for the 2-bowl Triples Championship on Day 4 of the 2022 Bowls Queensland Junior Championships. Two games were contested on Tuesday January 18 and the rest throughout Wednesday. To make it to the medal games, the players had to contest a marathon 72 ends.

Another balmy day in the Garden City greeted bowlers and their families for what was sure to produce some great action and the young players did not disappoint, with the quality and standard of bowls played first-class.

Favoured sides progressed steadily through the rounds, however there were a few surprises. The combination of Hayden Leslie, Olivia Rothwell and Caysee Wilson was edged out by Sophie Kiepe, Travis Gibbs and Stella Palmer in a close encounter while the Ty Jesberg team with Oliver Corken and Sam Collier had to fight hard to make their way to the semi-finals.

Early favourites Riley Gerick, Travis Pearce and Cody Gerick were also pressed but once in the semi-final, made no mistakes with a comprehensive 24 – 6 victory over the Stella Palmer skipped side to claim a place in the gold medal final. It was a similar case for the Ty Jesberg skipped team. Once in the semi-final, they dominated the Phoebe Russell, Bryce Jarrett, Brody Carter combination before taking a 24 – 13 victory and setting up an epic showdown.

As expected, the gold medal final was a cracker. Jesberg, the reigning Under-18 Singles champion, quickly stamped his authority on the game, snapping up 2 shots on the first end and it was obvious he had brought his ‘A’ game for

Riley Gerick, Travis Pearce & Cody Gerick (Triples Silver)

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Sophie Kiepe, Stella Palmer & Travis Gibbs (Triples Bronze)

the Triples after a sluggish performance earlier in the week. Gerick’s team hit back with a shot on the second end but then an uncharacteristic mistake on the next end proved costly and the Jesberg team extended the lead to 5 – 1.

Another exchange of shots and then 2 shots to Jesberg & Co and it was 8 – 2 after 6 ends. It was clearly obvious that both teams were well matched and it was shot for shot again until a crucial mistake on the 12th end made by Cody Gerick. With the score at 10 – 6 in favour of Jesberg, Gerick drew the shot with his first bowl only to see Ty sneak inside him.

Using a fraction too much weight, Gerick missed Jesberg’s shot bowl and in doing so, pushed his team’s bowl away to be 2 down leaving Jesberg with a bowl in hand. Ty played a sublime draw to the kitty and the score jumped out to 14 – 6. As expected, Gerick’s team made a comeback but a crucial shot to Sam Collier put the score at 15 – 10 with only three ends remaining. When Gerick’s team looked to be closing in, Jesberg produced his best bowl of the game to snatch 2 shots for a 17 – 10 lead and the match closed out with Gerick picking up a token final end 2 shots for a 17 – 12 result. Jesberg was the star of the match, but Collier and Corken made solid contributions in a great team effort. Cody Gerick again bowled well and received good support from his brother Riley and Travis Pearce.

The surprise packet of the medal matches was the Stella Palmer team against the Brody Carter team in the bronze medal encounter. Stella’s team skipped away to what seemed an unassailable lead on 15 – 2 before Brody & Co. stormed back to get within one shot at 15 – 14. That effort seemed to take its toll and a 4 shot end by Palmer’s team shortly after the fight back took the wind out Carter’s sails and Palmer raced away to a 25 – 14 victory. From a nervous young girl from Roma in 2020 to a supremely confident skip in 2022, Stella Palmer was a shining light in this fine team win.

Triples Final Scores •

Oliver Corken, Samuel Collier, Ty Jesberg (gold medal) defeated Riley Gerick, Travis Pearce, Cody Gerick (silver medal) 17-12

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Sophie Kiepe, Travis Gibbs, Stella Palmer (bronze medal) defeated Phoebe Russell, Bryce Jarrett, Brody Carter 25-14

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Riley Gerick U15 Gold

U15 Boys Singles Champions Ben Harrison (Silver), Riley Gerick (Gold) & Brody Carter (Bronze)

Ben Harrison U15 Silver

FRIDAY January 21 After five days of superb junior bowls action in the 2022 Bowls Queensland Junior Championships, it all came down to the final day (Friday January 21) and the staging of the ‘Blue Ribbon’ events; the medal finals in Singles for Under-15 Boys & Girls and Under-18 Boys & Girls. Players and spectators were hoping that the freak weather event of Thursday wouldn’t repeat itself, when visibility was almost non-existent due to fog and the lights had to be turned on at 10:30am.

The day’s play got underway at 8.30am with the Under-15 Girls Gold medal match and the Under 18 Girls Gold/Silver and Bronze medal contest.

Brody Carter U15 Bronze

The Under-15 Girls Bronze medal was decided on Thursday, when Kawana’s Lacey Gerick proved too strong for Roma’s Mia Haylock, to claim her place in the Gold/Silver final against Gympie’s Tilah Mason.

At 12-years of age, Gerick was always going to find the task daunting. Mason skipped away to an early 8 – 2 lead and extended that lead to 14 – 2 before Gerick settled the nerves and began to fight back. Slowly the gap narrowed but Mason’s start was too much to overcome for young Lacey; the final score line 21 – 13 and a very deserved win to Tilah Mason.

Tilah Mason U15 Gold

Lacey Gerick U15 Silver

U15 Girls Singles Champions Lacey Gerick (Silver), Tilah Mason (Gold) & Mia Haylock (Bronze) 18 Queensland Bowler February 2022

Mia Haylock U15 Bronze

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Ty Jesberg U18 Gold

U18 Boys Singles Champions Cody Gerick (Bronze), Ty Jesberg (Gold) & Jack Chirgwin (Silver)

Jack Chirgwin U18 Silver

The Under-18 matches were a contrast with Zayah Morgan of Capalaba always in control on the Bronze medal match against Sophie Kiepe. Morgan jumped out of the blocks quickly to establish a commanding 13 shot lead before closing out the match 21 – 7.

Meanwhile, just two rinks away, Chloe Runge (Glasshouse) and Hannah Ogden (Burnett) were locked in an enthralling battle for Gold and Silver. Chloe pounced early for a 4 shot lead before Hannah clawed her way back to level at 6-all. Then it was shot-for-shot until Hannah got a ‘mini break’ of 15 – 12 and then 18 – 15. Runge was not going to be denied and drew level at 18 – all and then held three shots for game and had one hand on the Gold medal.

Cody Gerick U18 Bronze

With her last bowl in hand, Ogden remained calm and played a superb forehand draw to finish just inside two of Runge’s shot bowls and reduce the score to one shot and 19 – 18 in favour of Runge. Another tight end followed which saw Ogden hang on for the shot and the scores were locked at 19 – all.

Ogden then held shot and in what seemed a cruel twist of fate for Runge, Ogden’s last bowl looked destined to be through the head but a fortunate collision with her own short bowl, rolled that bowl up to claim 2 shots and the Gold medal win 21 – 19. It was an enthralling match that could’ve gone either way and each girl was more than deserving of the Gold medal.

Hannah Ogden U18 Gold

Chloe Runge U18 Silver

U18 Girls Singles Champions Chloe Runge (Silver), Hannah Ogden (Gold) & Zayah Morgan (Bronze)

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It was then time for the Under-15 and Under-18 Boys finals to take centre stage and they didn’t waste time in delivering a spectacular array of shot making. The Bronze medal matches went pretty much to script, with Pialba’s Brody Carter turning on an exhibition class to oust Riley Paterson of Glasshouse 21 – 3 in the Under-15 match. Carter had the ‘touch’ right from the opening end and never gave Paterson a chance to get settled. The Under-18 Bronze was a slightly closer affair between Sam Collier of Broadbeach and Kawana’s Cody Gerick. Collier took a solid 9 – 6 lead but then became a ‘spectator’ as Gerick’s ‘hot hand delivered an emphatic 21 – 11 victory.

The Under-18 Gold medal encounter saw defending champion Ty Jesberg, now a Tweed Osprey, take on Glasshouse ‘surprise packet’ Jack Chirgwin. While Jesberg was favoured to contest the final, Chirgwin left a trail of very good players in his wake to secure his place in ‘the big dance’. And he was on song early, setting up a ‘mini break’ of 10 – 6.

This seemed to ‘fire up’ the defending champ and in the blink of an eye, Jesberg powered to 10 – all and then found another gear to career away to a 21 – 12 victory in his final year as a junior.

But it was the Boys Under-15 Gold medal final that was to capture the attention of the huge crowd that had stayed on to watch the Girls & Boys Singles finals. It was a case of ‘David & Goliath’ with the small in stature Ben Harrison of Paradise Point up against the lofty Riley Gerick from Kawana. And it was ‘David’ (Ben) that came out blazing, shooting to a 10 – 2 lead and then 13 – 8 before ‘Goliath’ (Riley) came to life and started to chip away at the lead. Very quickly scores were locked at 15-all before Harrison made another move to 17 – 15. Gerick again stepped up and it was 18-all.

It was amazing bowls, with both players taking the kitty back on numerous occasions. Gerick secured the breakthrough to get to 20 – 18 and despite a last gasp shot by Harrison to get to 19, Gerick was resolute in closing out the match to claim the Gold medal.

Singles Final Scores •

U15 Boys Riley Gerick (gold medal) defeated Ben Harrison 21-19; Brody Carter (bronze medal) defeated Riley Paterson 21-3

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U15 Girls Tilah Mason (gold medal) defeated Lacey Gerick (silver medal) 21-13; Mia Haylock (bronze medal)

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U18 Boys Ty Jesberg (gold medal) defeated Jack Chirgwin (silver medal) 21-12; Cody Gerick (bronze medal) defeated Sam Collier 21-11

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U18 Girls Hannah Ogden (gold medal) defeated Chloe Runge (silver medal) 21-19; Zayah Morgan (bronze medal) defeated Sophie Kiepe 21-7

Bowls Queensland is happy to announce the following juniors (10 girls & 10 boys) have been invited to attend a training camp in April, when a Junior Squad will be announced to represent Queensland in the U18 QLD vs NSW Test Series (held in August). Congratulations to all!

Girls: Stella Palmer (Roma), Chloe Runge (Glasshouse Mountains), Dekota Brindle (Darra Cementco), Sophie Kiepe (Club Helensvale), Sophie Allan (Club Helensvale), Holly Anderson (Cunnamulla), Mia Haylock (Roma), Lacey Gerick (Club Kawana), Corinne Stallan (Cooktown) and Keira Powell (Tweed Heads).

Boys: Kane Nelson (Belmont Services), Cody Gerick (Club Kawana), Travis Pearce (Kenilworth), Sam Collier (Broadbeach), Oliver Corken (Thuringowa City), Hayden Oster (Kandanga), Jack Chirgwin (Glasshouse Country), Todd Brain (Cunnamulla), Wyatt Martin (Gayndah) and Corey Marshall (Club Helensvale).

Note: A new Junior Development Program is soon to start at Club Kawana, led by New Zealand Champion Katelyn Inch. This program aims to provide a pathway for juniors to reach their potential, with exciting opportunities for developing players to represent their club, district, State and country. Commencing on February 27, players will develop a range of skills to fast track their progress. Contact Katelyn Inch (0423 359 716) or Kurt Brown (0402 164 936) for more information.

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Umpire with Joan Brotherton Officiating and Conditions of Play A special welcome back to bowls and as we are still negotiating our way through the various Covid-19 restrictions, I wish you all a very safe, enjoyable and healthy 2022. As we return, I am sure we will be all involved in various competitions and social bowls as well as many officiating duties and I do wish you all the best in whatever you are involved in during 2022.

The full Bowls Queensland Extreme Weather Policy is The most important issues that will come up in the near on the Bowls Queensland website under the following: future will be: “About” – “Governance” – “Policies” and I recommend, as • Conditions of Play it is important, that all umpires, officials and clubs have a • Weather Conditions copy of the policy as it sets out the following: • Duty of care to all officials and players.

• Introduction • General Guidelines Conditions of Play: • Hot Weather January saw the start of many events at State, district • Wet/Cold Weather and club levels with all these events having various • Lightning Conditions of Play to suit each event. That is why it is • Sun Protection especially important that all officials and players read the conditions for each event they enter or are officiating. It Another particularly is also a good idea to highlight various Conditions of Play important reminder that you feel that you need to be fully aware of. The main is that we all need to laws to read are as follows: remain hydrated and Section 5.2 – Game Regulations: (Page 91) • Law 57: Regulations for play: (Page 91) • Law 57.1 – Domestic Regulations: (Pages 91, 92, 93) with the following explaining the regulations that Member National Authorities can make to cover the following aspects of the sport: • Laws 57.1.1 to 57.1.3 • Law 57.2 - Conditions of Play: (Page 93) with the following Laws explaining what controlling bodies must decide on what Conditions of Play are necessary to govern their competitions: • Laws 57.2.1, 57.2.2 and 57.2.3 • Appendix A 1 – Conditions of Play: (Pages 95/ 96) with the following also explaining what the controlling bodies must decide on the Conditions of Play for an event before details of the event are publicized. The following conditions must be available to umpires and to entrants who ask for them and must be clearly displayed at all venues throughout the course of the event and must at least include the following: A.1.1, A.1.2, A.1.3 to A.1.3.10, A.1.4 to A.1.4.17.

Weather Conditions: Another critical issue that players, officials and spectators experience at this time of the year is the weather.

Conditions can vary throughout our State and Australia, and it also becomes an issue for umpires and officials to consider their decision taking into account the Duty of Care to all players, officials and spectators.

It is an extremely hard decision, and one cannot please everyone, however players, officials and spectators safety is to remain the paramount consideration.

drink plenty of water.

Water has many important roles in the body and is required to maintain blood volume, regulate body temperature, and lubricates your joints.

All clubs have water available at the bar or

containers near the rinks so please look after yourselves during the various weather conditions.

Duty of Care to all Officials and Players: This is also important and is a requirement that all umpires and officials read and sign the Officials’ Code of Ethics and Code of Behavior when submitting their various application forms. Full details of these ethics can be found on pages 68 and 69 of the Officiating Manual for Marker, Measurer and National Umpire or a copy can be printed from the Bowls Queensland website under “Forms” – Umpire/Coach – The Officials’ Code of Behavior and I also recommend that all umpires, officials and clubs have a copy of this document as it covers many aspects of our game.

I hope the above is of assistance to you during the months ahead and please remember if you wish to become a national marker, measurer, umpire or are due for reaccreditation, please contact your district umpire committee who will be pleased to assist you with all the information required to submit your application.

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Development with Lesley, Micheal and David We’d like to welcome the new Regional Bowls Manager for Central QLD, David Barnes. David will be contributing to the Development column in the Queensland Bowler magazine with fellow RBMs, Lesley Bates and Micheal Sorrensen.

David’s first article for the Bowler magazine, “How is your business moving?” is about remembering to ask ourselves important questions about our club and how to see our club through others’ eyes. Welcome David!

How is your business moving?

By David Barnes

I know most of us think that our club is a sporting club but in reality our clubs are businesses and these businesses need to run at a profit to ensure the long term future of the business. There are a number of questions we need to ask ourselves to assist with growing our businesses.

1. Is my business running at a profit?: All members who have an interest in the club should know and understand if the club where they are members is running profitably or not.

2. If not, why not? What is costing the club money and what needs to be done to reduce this loss? This is where we need to do some navel gazing and think about what we are doing to attract new members to the club.

3. How does the club look to our patrons? A lot of the time I used to walk through my club from a door not used by our patrons. I had to change my attitude and see what they see when they walk through the door. How is the carpet? How is the lighting? How is the welcome? How is the smell, does it smell like the seventies/eighties? How are the amenities, clean and smell fresh? How is our food offering if we have one? If we wouldn’t feed it to our family, why would we expect someone else to eat at our club?

4. What am I doing to help our club? Behind every club there are hardworking volunteers. What am I doing to help my club? It doesn’t have to be for a day or a week, every little bit helps. If you are handy at something then lend a hand. If you aren’t handy, like me, then come along and learn something new and offer some camaraderie on a working bee day.

5. What do we do to thank our wonderful volunteers? As previously stated, hardworking volunteers are the lifeblood of our club. They don’t do it for monetary gain but to help the club out, so what do we do to say thanks?

Do we put on a sausage sizzle, give them a coffee or cold beverage? Have a Christmas party at the end of year?

6. How do we let all our members know what is happening and what is coming up? Emails and social media are a great way to keep the community engaged. If potential patrons see something that looks like fun on a regular basis, then we are more likely to visit. Theme nights can be an inexpensive way of setting up a fun night.

7. If we have staff, how happy are they? Have a chat with the team when you are there. They have as much buy-in as we do, as this is their livelihood. We need to ensure the club is a friendly and inviting experience for everyone who comes through the door.

8. Entertainment, what do we have? Do we have raffles, jag the joker, barefoot bowls, jack attack, music, charity nights, morning teas, Melbourne Cup? The list is only limited by our imagination. We need draw cards to have patrons come into our businesses.

9. Do we have a future plan (strategic)? We need to be planning for years ahead and not just next week or tomorrow. Where would like our club to be in five years time and what can we do to be there realistically without damaging our club financially?

Remember we are at our club because we love it and the lifetime sport of bowls. ENJOY!!!

RBM - NORTH QLD

Lesley Bates 0429 213 207 lbates@bowls.com.au 22 Queensland Bowler February 2022

RBM - CENTRAL QLD

David Barnes 0429 442 818 dbarnes@bowls.com.au

RBM - SOUTH EAST QLD

Micheal Sorrensen 0447 507 040 msorrensen@bowls.com.au

Safeguarding minors in the sports industry

By Juanita Maiden

In the era of #metoo and with publication of “Set the Standard” (the Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces by Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins) hot off the press, it is time for participants in the sports industry to ensure they have implemented and are following best practice in the prevention of and response to any instances of bullying, sexual harassment or sexual assault.

Claims of bullying and harassment in elite sport have recently gained significant media attention, including the “Athlete A” documentary which exposed decades of abuse within the USA Gymnastics system. Closer to home, the recent “Change the Routine” Independent Review into Gymnastics in Australia by the Human Rights Commission, observed the “win-at-all-costs” culture that prevailed across the sport and created unacceptable risks for the safety and wellbeing of young athletes.

Other high profile Australian sporting bodies such as Football Australia, Hockey Australia and Swimming Australia have recently shown that they are taking the issue seriously and have commissioned

independent reviews into their own sports.

One of the key findings by the Change the Routine Report was that the sport at all levels had not appropriately and adequately addressed complaints of abuse and harm, and was consequently not effectively safeguarding children and young people. Contributing factors to this included a lack of internal expertise, resources, and complicated governance structures.

To keep children and young people safe within the sports industry, the Human Rights Commission highlighted 12 recommendations for sporting bodies to implement, including: • All matters regarding child abuse and neglect, misconduct, bullying, sexual harassment, and assault be investigated externally of the sport; • Establish interim and ongoing oversight over relevant complaints at all levels of the sport; • Establish a toll-free triage, referral and reporting telephone service operated by Sport Integrity Australia; and • Align current governance with Sport Australia’s Sport Governance Principles more consistently and effectively.

As we previously reported in John Mullins’ article titled New Child Sex Offence Laws for Sporting Clubs, mandatory reporting laws exist in Australia and sporting organisations are obliged to comply with the respective child protection legislation that exists in each Australian state and territory. Since July 2021, in Queensland: • all adults must report sexual offending against children to the police unless they have a reasonable excuse; and • adults in an institutional setting (which includes a sporting club) must protect children from the risk of a sexual offence being committed.

In this crucial time of change, the Australian sports industry needs to ensure our children and young people are safe and protected in order for us to continue to grow and succeed as an industry.

If you require assistance to develop policies for your club, or if you have any other questions, then please do not hesitate to contact the writer, Juanita Maiden at 07 3224 0353.

If you require any other guidance or advice, please contact Matt Bradford at 07 3224 0353.

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THE HISTORY OF A WOODEN BOWL

Glenn Johnson with his wooden bowl and BQ’s Alan Thorp

Glenn Johnson from Elliot Heads Bowls Club recently shared some historical information about an inherited wooden bowl with the Queensland Bowler magazine.

“I believe this object is a very early version of a wooden bowl possibly used in ‘crown green bowls’. This bowl was passed on to me from my late English stepfather. It was dug up in Kent, Southern England about 50 years ago during renovations to an old horse stable. Where did it originate? Maybe Sir Francis Drake used this bowl while the Spanish Armada was sailing up the English Channel in 1588 or maybe it was used earlier than that date.

The bowl is wooden with a pronounced crown to one side. It is about 4 ¾ inches (120mm) at the widest point and about 2 ¾ inches (70mm) deep. On one face, the number ‘1’ is stamped in the outer circle with the initials AJ and the word ‘MAKER’ in the inner circle. On the high crown face there are some circles with what looks like markings as a result of being fixed to some sort of lathe. There is evidence that a drill bit was used on that face as well. When delivered on a flat green, this ‘bowl’ crosses over about 5 rinks and ends up travelling in circles.

Maybe we will never know of its origin so I am sticking with the Sir Francis Drake version.“

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Queenslanders Honoured at BA Awards Night

By Kelsey Cottrell

Queenslanders flew the flag high for the Sunshine State at the recent Bowls Australia Awards Night.

Queensland had three deserving winners who edged out quality finalist to be named Australia’s best. The past two years have seen the Awards Night delivered virtually due to COVID-19, but this has not taken away from the prestige and esteem that a national award holds in the sporting landscape.

Jake Rynne, who has just celebrated his 18th birthday, finished the year as the second highest ranked male bowler nationally and claimed gold in the Queensland Champion of Champions; now he can add Under-18 Male Bowler of the Year to his career highlights.

Jake showed great maturity in his victory speech, acknowledging all the people who have helped him achieve such great heights to date.

Jake Rynne

“The road to winning this award is not an easy one, and I am certainly no exception, so I would like to thank firstly my grandparents, and mum in particular, for sacrificing so much for me and helping me overcome all kinds of obstacles to be able to pursue my bowling goals and dreams,” said Rynne. “I quite simply wouldn’t be where I am today without the help of mum, and I cannot thank her enough.”

“Bowls is a game that has opened me up to meeting some of the most influential people in my life so far, and not just on the sporting side.

Thank-you to Ian Schuback for all the opportunities on and off the green and the phone calls that I gained so much wisdom from. Next to Greg Bostock; Greg, thank you so much for everything you have done for me, I’m not even sure how many years, but without you I would not have made it to the position I’m in today.”

This award is the icing on the cake for Rynne’s beautifully orchestrated junior bowls career and we look forward to watching him progress through the ranks in the years to come.

Damien Delgado

We saw our next Award winner burst onto the scene at the 2021 Queensland State Championships, making the Open Men’s State Singles Final. Tweed Heads’ Damien Delgado is vying for a spot in the 2022 Commonwealth Games Para Bowls Team and winning awards on the national stage certainly shows the form he is in just six months out from the games.

Delgado is also stacking his trophy cabinet with titles in the Disability Bowls category; Delgado won the singles and pairs at the Queensland Multi-Disability Championships and was runner-up in the Australian Open Multi-Disability Singles. Damien has great support from his family and the Tweed Heads Osprey’s who he credited his award to.

“I’m very humbled, it’s unexpected to win, I’ve got some great competitors out there in the disability bowls,” he said. “I must give a big shout out to my wife, we have three kids under six, but she allows me to play week in and week out; I couldn’t ask for a bigger support than what Jessica has given me.

Beverley Rush

“Also, the great support from Tweed Heads, they’ve always been behind me and are very accommodating for me around the greens and help in any way they can. I wouldn’t have been able to win this award without their support.”

Bowls clubs wouldn’t survive without volunteers.

Beverley Rush was been crowned the winner of the Aero Bowls Volunteer of the Year award Rush has shown an exemplary dedication to disability bowls, she has been heavily involved with the Queensland Blind Bowlers Association and has attended state and national championships as a director.

“For the friendships over the years, clubs for their support, my husband and family, thank you.”

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WHAT’S YOUR CLUB BEEN DOING? KALLANGUR CELEBRATES 39TH PRIME MINISTERS CUP

By Ken Small

The 39th Prime ministers Cup was held at Kallangur BC 14th November 21.

The inaugural cup was presented in 1984 by the then Prime Minister Bob Hawke.

On this occasion, the cup and $900 prize money were presented by the Deputy Premier Mr Steven Miles and Dean Wells MP and was sponsored by the local branch of the Queensland Labour Party.

The cup and charter are on display at the Kallangur Bowls Club, along with the cup’s history.

Winners L-R: Sue Bond, Troy Harrison, Steven Miles (Deputy Premier), Ken Small, Dawn Denford (Skip) & Alan Clarke (KMBC Chairperson)

CLUB EMU’S COME & TRY DAY brings in new members

By Kim Martin

Late last year, Club Emu Park Bowls on the Capricorn Coast held a Come & Try Day in conjunction with the Bowls Qld initiative.

The club had embarked on a reinvigoration program to build up membership and the Come & Try Day came at a perfect time to support what the club was already doing.

Bowls Qld provided promotional flyers and posters that were distributed widely around the local community and business sector by bowls club members. Fortunately, the day dawned a perfect Central Queensland day, with warm clear skies and a gentle cooling coastal breeze.

The official start time was 2pm, but a couple of keen punters arrived early and were itching to get going. Across the afternoon, between 15 and 20 people dropped by to have a go. For a small community, this was a very pleasing result indeed. The majority of the “tryers” got right into it and stayed the whole afternoon.

As a result of the day, a couple of “tryers” have already joined the club, with the prospect of a few more joining in the foreseeable future. Club President Steve Farmer said all up, it proved a very successful day and the club would be very keen to run a similar day again in the future.

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a sad FAREWELL to yeppoon’s JENNY HANSEN

By Althea Vaughan

It is with much sorrow that we advise the passing of Jenny on 17th December 2021.

Jenny was a valued member of the Yeppoon Bowls Club, and represented the club and district for years in many events. Jenny represented the Central Queensland District at the State District Sides since 2009. She was always selected to play in the Division 1 Pennant team and in 2020 was selected to play for the North team in the North/South Challenge. Jenny was honoured to be the only player from the CQ District selected to play in this event.

On the green, Jenny was a quiet achiever, always encouraged her team, respected her opposition, was a humble winner and a gracious loser.

The last game Jenny played was the Pairs Champion of Champions Zone playoffs with partner Althea, at the Burnett Bowls Club, an event they won. Jenny was excited to have qualified and it was her wish to be well enough to play in the State Finals, but sadly, this was not to be. Jenny was liked and respected by all who knew her, and will be sadly missed.

TULLY’s championships

By Rod Bradley

Tully Bowls Club held their Christmas function and presentation of championship awards late last year. Some members were accompanied by their partners, and to start the celebrations Joanne, our club secretary, read out a very descriptive poem she had written that included each member! Needless to say, there were lots of shouts and laughter.

This was followed by the presentation of the club’s championship awards.

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Men’s Championship Singles: Rod Bradley

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Men’s Championship Pairs: Rod Bradley and Peter Smith

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Mixed Championship Pairs: Rod and Val Bradley

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Ladies Championship Singles: Judy Hood

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Ladies Championship Pairs : Judy Hood and Bev Achilles

Men’s Singles Champion Rod Bradley with President John Brown

Following these presentations, the club was proud to present Life Membership Badges to Leno Ceccato and Mary Bacic. These two bowlers are both hardworking and valued members.

A enjoyable luncheon followed and members and partners socialised and joined in to celebrate the end of a great year of bowls.

Mixed Championship Pairs L-R: Rod & Val Bradley & President John Brown

Ladies Pairs Champions L-R: Judy Hood & Bev Achilles

Tully Life Members: Mary Bacic & Leno Ceccato

Men’s Pairs Champions L-R: Peter Smith, Rod Bradley & President John Brown February 2022 queensland bowler 27

DALBY EMBRACES NEW NORMAL

By Juliana McGahan

Dalby Bowls Club has survived another year in this most uncertain world we live in with the only “shut down” being in 2020, when all clubs and nearly the whole country shut doors to families and clubs everywhere. Dalby has been lucky to scrape through 2021 without any upset to the lives of everyone living here. Club members have returned to almost normal or as we say “new normal” ways. Play resumed and the club has hosted the Men’s Carnival, the Ladies Carnival, the “Arm” Bowlers Tournament and the biggest one of all, the Three Day Inter Palm Lake Resort Carnival.

Two teams from the Dalby Club went to North Dalby’s Carnival, in October to contest the two-day event and one team came out with five wins and the overall win. Congratulations to Sharon Knight and Allan Smith visiting from Helensvale, John McGahan and Garry Schulz.

Winners of the North Dalby Carnival L-R: Allan Smith, Sharon Knight, Garry Schulz & John McGahan

Following the North Dalby Carnival, it was an early start for the Ladies Final Fours Competition. Although it is not always appreciated, there are often predictions as to who will win. It doesn’t always turn out as predicted. With one win for each team, the upset of the year happened. Margaret Read, Florence Henderson, Angela Rynne and Joyce Hall put everything they had into this game, running on empty and giving it their all, to win against the team of Wendy Usher, Val Dun, Lorraine Tebbit and Betty Vaughan, with a score of 26 to 7.

When players start this wonderful game of bowls at an advanced age, such as I did, at the ripe “old” age of 62, there are sometimes juniors starting out at the ripe “young” age of eight and nine.

Allan Smith, Sharon Knight, Garry Schulz & John McGahan

If you are all of five feet nothing, you are on eye level with these juniors, and they don’t seem very intimidating. But what happens when you come up against them in seven- or eightyears’ time?

Carl and Bradley Flegler were an integral part of North Dalby Bowls Club in their formative years, before moving to Brisbane and now playing for Enoggera.

Whilst I was umpiring the North Dalby Carnival, I met up with the boys and just had to have this photo taken. The boys are now 6’4” or 194cm, but I have shrunk to 4’11”. This surely looks like I have gone back to pre-school. I must admit to getting a lot of laughs out of this photo.

L-R: Carl Flegler, Juliana McGahan & Bradley Flegler

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MEN’S INVITATIONAL FOURS AT KANDANGA

By Lorraine Emery

Kandanga Bowls Club Men’s Invitation Fours was staged on the 20 and 21 November at the very picturesque setting of the Kandanga Country Club.

The weekend was a huge success with elite players coming from far and wide for this prestigious event.

Garry Dan presents the winners of the $6000 Kandanga Country Club Men’s Invitation Fours for 2021 with their prize money.

L-R: Kandanga’s Garry Dan, Jamie Bartle, Tony Green, Russell Ferriday & John Ferriday

Some great bowls were witnessed during the course of the weekend, with the eventual winners being a Kenilworth team consisting of John Ferriday, Russ Ferriday, Andy Green and Jamie Bartle. This was the only team with five wins.

With four wins each, second place went to Tony William’s team from Hervey Bay, and third place to the Kandanga team of Harley Ryan, Garry Dan, Greg Emery and John Westerlo.

A superb weekend was had by all with our guests being very well catered for all weekend, with camping and dining facilities available at the Kandanga Country Club. A heartfelt ‘thankyou’ goes to the sponsors with great prizes paid down to fifth place. We look forward to hosting this event again in 2022.

Runners-up L-R: Kandanga’s Garry Dan, John Walker, Tony Williams, Mike Roy & Magic Johnson

Third L-R: Greg Emery, Garry Dan, Harley Ryan & John Westerlo

NEW NOVICE PAIRS HELD AT VICTORIA POINT

By Joan Brotherton

We held a very enjoyable and successful event late last year. It was a new event for our club called Novice Pairs for which we received a wonderful response. We only had one green available due to maintenance on our other green; however, we received entries from 14 teams with members from the following clubs attending:

Ann Bottin and Judy Hamson – Cleveland

Belmont Services, Beenleigh, Chermside, Ipswich, Logan City, Mt. Gravatt, Wellington Point, Windsor, and Victoria Point. It was one game of twenty-one ends and included morning tea and a barbeque lunch prepared by members of our Men’s Club. All that attended requested and are looking forward to more novice games in the very near future, which we will be including in our 2022 Calendar.

There were various prizes given out with many teams receiving a prize. The overall winners were Ann Bottin and Judy Hamson from Cleveland and the runners-up were Deb Mackenroth and Chris Smith from Victoria Point. Well done to the winners and all who participated in this special day.

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COOLOOLA’S ROss GOING STRONG AT 90

By Phillipa Collins

A very popular member of Cooloola Coast Bowls Club since 2004, Ross Aird, recently turned 90 years young and is still a keen bowler. He manipulates a bowling arm extremely well and enjoys the weekly social competition.

Born in Brisbane on January 14, 1932, Ross has led a full life so far. His family moved to the Sunshine Coast where Ross was educated at the local Montville school. He later joined a Nambour Bank as a teller where he met a “very stunning, blond girl” who came into the bank to do her firm’s banking. A year later the happy couple, Ross and Avis, were married.

Ross has had a fascinating work life. He left the bank to take on a milk delivery business, then joined the thriving family footwear business in Nambour. Their leisure time was taken up watching their two daughters growing up and enjoying a variety of sports. Avis played golf and Ross sailed competitively.

During 1966 and 1967, the highlight for Ross was being selected to represent Queensland in the Australian Lightweight Sharpie Championships in Hobart.

During 1969, Ross and Avis welcomed a new baby daughter.

Ross Aird

Unfortunately, from 1982 to 1992 Ross suffered serious health problems and while a complete early retirement was out of the question, they sold their share of the business and hit the road, working in a variety of jobs including as manager to clubs, hotels and motels all over the state. They owned and operated a fishing trawler aptly named ‘Kismet’, worked in the charter boat Industry in the Whitsundays and owned and operated a sapphire claim on the Central Queensland Gem fields. To keep in close contact with everyone at the gem fields, they always visit at least once a year.

During 1999, the happy couple decided that their caravanning days were near an end, and, after visiting Tin Can Bay many times over the years found their home in this little sleepy town. Ross joined the Senior Citizens Club where he was the treasurer for many years, then both Ross and Avis joined the Cooloola Coast Bowls Club in early 2004.

VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR RETIRES

By Ann Putland

Beverley Rush, after 27 years of coaching and directing multi disability bowlers, retired on Friday December 10 2021.

A small thank you was held at Souths Suburban Bowls club, where bowlers thanked Beverley for her many years of patience and dedication. Bowlers presented her with some gifts in appreciation, one being a personalised calendar with photos from 2013 to 2021 of bowlers she has coached and their support workers.

Beverley was a coach and director with the Blind Bowlers Association. She formed the Mackay Multi Disabled Bowls at North Mackay Bowls Club and in 2008 moved to Souths Suburban Bowls Club. Beverley not only coached new bowlers but helped past bowlers get back into the game with the help of wheelchairs, bowling arms and other aids.

In the past few years she has helped South Suburban Bowls Club host the State and National titles here in Mackay, with some bowlers she has coached being successful; a couple being Russell Jackson in the Hard of Hearing section and Cooper Whitestyles in the Sporting Wheelies section. Recently, Beverley received a Bowls Australia award for Aero Bowls Volunteer of the Year (pictured).

When Bowls Queensland caught up with Beverley and asked her what had been the highlight of her volunteer role, she said it had been attending State and national tours. She has been heavily involved with coaching bowlers with a disability, in particular the Queensland Blind Bowlers Association over the years and is happy that she was able to guide vision impaired bowlers, such as Christine Henry in Brisbane, to gain recognition within their club. Now that she has retired from her coaching role, Beverley plans to “have a bit of time for me”, which is well deserved.

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CALLIOPE’S FOURS CARNIVAL

By Pedro Tappenden

Calliope Central Bowls Club Mixed Fours Carnival was recently played over five rounds of 14 ends. Teams had to be skipped by a lady.

Teams came from Yeppoon.

Bundaberg, Biloela, Gladstone, Yaralla, Mt. Larcom, Bitts and the home club. There was a full field of 16 teams.

Winners L-R: Ladies President Pat Hamilton, Bendigo Community Bank Director Jo Hill, Mark Larney, Virginia Larney , Duncan Dukes & Bill Sophios

First place with four wins, 39 ends and a margin +24 were Mark Larney (lead), Bill Sophios (second), Duncan Dukes (third) and skipped by Virginia Larney. Second with four wins, 36 ends a margin of +18 were Allan Koy (lead), Jo Jones (second), Nev Blackley (third) and Jenny Hatherall (skip). Third with four wins, 35 ends and a margin of +17 were Barry Hearn (lead), Gary Kington (second), Jenny Heard (third) and Suzanne Kington (skip).

Thank you to our sponsor, Bendigo Community Bank.

LADIES FOURS CARNIVAL AT YEPPOON

By Angela Browning

The annual two day Ladies Fours Carnival was held at Yeppoon Bowls Club late last year. The event was well attended with clubs from Airlie Beach, Mackay, Gladstone, Bundaberg and places between.

A total of 18 teams competed and despite having to cancel the third round due to thunder, lightening and rain the event was played with a truly amazing camaraderie. So, a big thank you to all the ladies that competed and we look forward to seeing you all again next year!

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Winners: Janet Hogan, Vicki Olsen, Jennine Lockwood and Suellen Tappendon

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Runners-up: Jennifer Dingle, Donna Smith, Desiree Hindmarsh and Suzanne Kington

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Third: Jean Adams, Lorraine Young, Jeanette Stevens and Debra Crothers

Winners L-R: Janet Hogan, Jennine Lockwood, Vicki Olsen & Suellen Tappendon with President Myra Wilson February 2022 Queensland Bowler 31

TULLY’s invitational fours

By Rod Bradley

Late last year, 64 bowlers plus some partners and supporters graced the picturesque grounds of the Tully Bowls Club for the Invitational Fours.

Winners L-R: David Wells, Eddie Rick, Ben Cribbin, Geoff Ryder & Event Coordinator Rod Bradley

They came from Townsville in the south through to Cairns in the north, including Mareeba on the Tablelands.

Elio Crema, one of the gentlemen of bowls in the Far North, came with his team from Mareeba. Elio, who has been coming to our Fours for as long as he can remember and who would be one of the “elders” of bowls in FNQ, stated that he enjoyed coming to our event and would continue coming whilst his health allowed.

The event was staged over two days and included five games of 16 ends.

Runners-up L-R: Phil Siganto, Chris McCaffery, Chris Saunders, Richard Stephensen & Event Coordinator Rod Bradley

This time we added a get together on Saturday night for a meal and camaraderie away from the game.

The three top teams finished with just a couple of points separating them: Winners on the day were:

Third L-R: Wayne Petrohilos, Kevin Foord, Michael Greenwood & Tony Burns

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1st: The Team of Ben Cribbin, Geoff Ryder, Eddie Rick and David Wells

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2nd: The Team of Phil Siganto, Richard Stephensen, Chris McCaffrey and Chris Saunders

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3rd: The Team of Shane McInerney, Tony Burns, Michael Greenwood and Wayne Petrohilos (Kev Foord – sub).

GORDONVALE’S OPEN TRIPLES

By Florence Gunn

It was a good turnout of 48 bowlers for the Gilboy Hydraulic Solution Open Triples held at Gordonvale Bowls Club. We have one of the very few remaining grass greens in our district that is maintained by volunteers and we received many comments on the excellent running surface.

Congratulations to the winners of the day Louise Hoskins, Michael Hoskins and Kevin Ford. Thanks to sponsor Greg Gilboy for his support.

Bowlers at the Gilboy Hydraulic Solution Open Triples 32 Queensland Bowler February 2022

Winners L-R: Louise Hoskins, Michael Hoskins & Kevin Ford with Sponsor Greg Gilboy

GIN GIN’S COME & TRY DAY DRAWS A CROWD

By Rodney Jones

I think we can say that the 2021 Come & Try Day was extremely successful for the Gin Gin Bowls Club (GGBC), with more than 70 adults, children and bowlers attending. Gin Gin Primary School advertised the C&T Day an event for fathers and their children, who made up the biggest contingent of people attending.

It was disappointing a few more of our bowlers didn’t attend, as it was difficult to efficiently supervise the day with so many young children in attendance.

Once again, the same few club members did everything, and so are to be thanked for making the day a success.

We could have done better with catering. The free sausage sizzle with an allocation of only one sausage per person may have been a deterrent for some club members to participate. In addition, we could have catered more specifically for the large number of children who attended, maybe having options such as ice cream/soft drink.

Regarding attracting new members, a couple of older adults expressed an interest in joining the club, but I am not sure if they followed through. It might be a good idea to have some sort of record of contact details for people who show an interest in joining.

I’m not sure if we picked up any new members directly from the Come & Try Day, but children who attended the day seemed like seasoned players when they came to the club with the school for sport (bowls) soon after; surely an indication of success on the Come & Try Day. There has been a suggestion that the club should approach Burnett Bowls Club to borrow their trailer which has promotional material and practical coaching aids for junior bowlers. This trailer could be well-utilised for school visits to the club, and on the Come & Try Day. Bowls Qld assistance in promoting the day was spot on. Gin Gin BC did well to utilise the resources supplied by Bowls Qld. The letterbox drop (one two weeks before and another one week before the event) and flyers around town attracted attention.

Gin Gin Primary School Principal, Adam Fritz, was a great supporter. The club should have followed up more with Gin Gin High School as it includes bowls as part of the school sports curriculum.

Feedback from the C&T Day, and the high level of interest raised in the community, suggests that we should certainly hold the Come & Try Day again in 2022.

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Coaching with BQ coaching committee What are your goals for 2022?

By Jacqui Hineman

6. Evaluate: Monitor and review - your personal best.

Some enjoy the connectedness that being part of a club provides, while others enjoy the challenges that comes with working your way up the ranks. There aren’t many sports, apart from bowls, that provide opportunities for entry level players to play against elite players. This is what makes bowls unique. Anyone, no matter age, or gender, can work towards achieving their ambitions.

7. Record: Keep written data - keep a diary or logbook.

As 2022 begins, now is the time to look ahead and decide what you want to accomplish in this year. Below I have included some questions to help you work towards identifying and achieving your goals for 2022.

1. Why do you play bowls?

Do you play bowls because you enjoy interacting with others while keeping fit, or do you enjoy the competitiveness that bowls provides i.e., club championships, pennant, etc?

There is no right or wrong answer. We all enjoy the sport for different reasons, therefore, everyone’s goals for the year will be different. There is no ‘one size fits all’.

2. What do you want to achieve in 2022 and who will help you?

While everyone has different goals and objectives, the process involved in achieving these is the same. We have all heard the saying ‘if you fail to plan, you are planning to fail’. By reflecting on your past performance and realistically assessing your current performance, you are giving yourself the best opportunity to be the best you can, and thereby influencing your future performance. To help in your planning process you can utilise the SMARTER goals suggestions to identify your goals and, together with your coach, develop a plan to help you head in the right direction.

Once your plan has been set and documented, both you and your coach can review, evaluate, and adapt the plan as required. See SMARTER goals suggestions below:

3. Where will you do your training?

This seems like an easy question, but in the current climate players need to be adaptable when it comes to training, and their training environment. While on-green training is necessary, it is not the only place that training occurs. Bowls requires a combination of skills, which includes both physical and mental. Therefore, it makes sense that your training program consists of a combination of physical, technical, and mental skills. When setting your goals and preparing your training program, make sure you don’t only include time for ‘open skills’ (i.e., mini games) and ‘closed skills’ (repetitive practice of one shot). Also set allocated times for physical fitness and mental awareness.

This now means that your training has moved from the club to other areas. This could be your local gym or park, or a quiet room at home where you can spend a few minutes each day engaging in some mindfulness exercises or going for a walk. This all contributes to reducing stress and increasing player performance. Spending time with the family preparing healthy meals is also a good way of winding down after training and will also benefit overall health and well-being.

Remember, your club’s coaches are able to work with both individuals and teams and are more than happy to help you improve your performance by setting up drills or developing and delivering training sessions to meet your needs. Don’t forget to utilise their skills in 2022.

1. Specific: Identify end result and make it clear.

2. Measurable: Does data show improvement, tangible proof and keep score?

3. Action/Achievable: What do I need to do? The effort required.

4. Realistic: Within my capabilities and within my control.

5. Timed: The time-frame, with mini-goals or sub-goals leading to goals.

UPCOMING COURSES

ECKA’S TIP

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Mental - Staying with your shot timeline, remembering to switch off between games/bowls, staying positive, focused on the process of delivering a bowl shot by shot, game by game and not being overwhelmed.

Surat BC Club Coach - 12/03/2022 & 13/03/2022 Surat BC Skills & Bowling Arm - 14/03/2022

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