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CONTENTS 06 Multi-Disability Nationals

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Brisbane’s Chermside Bowls Club hosted the 2013 MultiDisability National Championships.

Queensland’s under-25 men were the only home-side winners when Qld and NSW clashed at West Toowoomba.

08 Black Douglas

16 Indoor Qualifiers

Reigning state singles champ Marilyn Emerton came close to adding another prestigious title to her trophy cabinet.

Bowlers from across the state went head-to-head at Australian Indoor qualifying rouunds.

10 Money for Jam

20 Glow Bowls

Ethel Folye’s charitable efforts touched the heart of burns victim Matt Golinski when he dropped in at Toombul BC.

World first? Coorparoo Bowls Club is pulling the crowds with an innovative glow bowls concept.

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From the Chair

your say

with Ron Chambers It’s been a busy month in Queensland bowls.

Northern Suburbs Bowls Club Federal treasurer Wayne Swan and Queensland State treasurer Tim Nicholls were special guests at the Foundation Day of the new amalgamated Northern Suburbs Bowls Club. The former Clayfield and Kedron clubs have pooled their resources to come up with a bigger, stronger identity. Clayfield’s greens have gone to housing development and the new Northern Suburbs home base will be the greens at Kedron-Wavell on Edinburgh Castle Rd. Members seem happy with the merger. I congratulate both clubs on being pro-active in paving the way for a stronger, united future.

Junior Academy My home club of Musgrave Hill played host to the first training session of the new Gold Coast District Junior Academy. Sponsors BCIB and Aero have supported the powerhouse district to kick off a series of regular training sessions for younger Gold Coast bowlers, to give them a distinct transition path from junior to senior ranks. The session was well attended. Who wouldn’t want to learn from the likes of world-class performers like Kelvin Kerkow and Brett Wilkie, who said it was their goal to help the young players reach their potential.

Dear Editor,

I’m writing to say thanks very much for Queensland’s interest and support of our Blind Bowls national team (playing at the world titles in England this month).

Being from Western Australia, I’m a long way away from everyone else.

It was invaluable to attend the training camp in Queensland earlier this year with BQ high performance coach Bill Cornehls.

Bill’s played in England and his advice and interest was extremely helpful to our preparation.

We hope we do you all proud!

I’m tremendously proud to be representing my country and I’m looking forward to stepping on to the green in my Australian uniform and doing the best I can.

David Goddard, Western Australia

BA Meeting Musgrave Hill (Gold Coast) hosted the June monthly meeting of Bowls Australia, with upcoming meetings to be held in Sydney, Melbourne and back in Queensland at Pine Rivers. BA felt moving the monthly meetings around would give them a chance to catch up first hand with what was going on in the states.

Silver Nugget The inaugural Silver Nugget was held at Tweed Heads Bowls Club this month catering for Under 25 bowlers from Australia and New Zealand. It was played June 19-21 and entry was by invitation-only. Tweed Heads is a leading club for promoting and hosting prestige tournaments, including Gold, Silver and Junior Nugget events, Prestige Open Singles (June 30July 3) and the Australian Indoor Championships (July 29-August 1). The 2013 Junior Nugget will be played on August 3-4 and the Golden Nugget singles from August 6-9.

QLD V NSW Well done to all Queensland’s rep players on their recent test performances in Toowoomba, and congratulations particularly to the Queensland’s U-25 Men on their win. All games were closely contested but it was only the young men who were able to reign supreme over the Blues.

West Toowoomba club did a great job of hosting and there were many compliments about the generous assistance given to both teams by the host club’s officials and volunteers.

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Despite reports to the contrary in last month’s Queensland Bowler (Surprise Upsets of 2013, pg 8) Maranoa/Warrego did not defeat Tropical Far North Queensland in round one of the 2013 women’s District Sides Championships.

The actual score was 84-34 to the TFN girls, but a clerical error saw the wrong result posted online.

Sorry for the mix up folks...but don’t worry, we caught the perpetrators and they are now buried in the back garden.

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Multi-Disability Nationals

BOOTSY BAGS GOLD

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n intensive care nurse who plays from the heart has saved the pride of Queensland and won singles gold at the 2013 Multi-Disability National Championships at Chermside (June 11-15).

Tony Bonnell, affectionately known as “Bootsy”, is the toast of his club and state after a thrilling win against outstanding New South Wales player James Reynolds, 8-6, 3-7, 3-1.

It was the only gold medal for Queensland in a championships dominated by the Victorians, pushed all the way by NSW and with occasional flashes from South Australia, Queensland, ACT and WA. The 45-year-old Pine Rivers bowler said it was a tough five days of competition.

“Each game got more nervewracking, but I enjoyed every one of them,” Bonnell said.

“Against Jamie in the final, it could have gone either way, but I just got a few good bowls up and it went my way.”

Bowls Queensland state development manager Brett Murphy said it was one of the best games of set play singles he’s ever seen.

“A cracker jack game, it would have fitted right in on TV,” Murphy said, to wide acknowledgement and applause.

Bonnell is used to overcoming the odds.

Last year he couldn’t even make the Queensland team for the Multi-Disability championships, this year, he’s won a gold medal.

When Tony and Monique married, they were told they wouldn’t have children because of the radiation treatment that saved Tony’s life.

He lost his chance of a future in his favourite sport of rugby league (where he got his nickname Bootsy, the same nickname as his uncle Dennis when they played together in the Gympie comp).

As a family, they like camping and swimming and Tony likes tinkering with his 1942 World War I jeep when he’s not on the green, where he spends about six hours a week training.

As a 17 year old, Cooroy-born Bonnell lost his leg to cancer but his life was saved.

But he found a new sport, lawn bowls, through his girlfriend Monique’s dad, Kevin Willert, a bowler at Brighton.

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and moved to work at Royal Brisbane hospital together, now both intensive care nurses.

Tony and Monique met doing their nurse training at Gympie

But true to their habit of never giving up, Tony and Monique were blessed with two sons, Sean, now 11, and Emmett, 6, who are very proud of their dad’s success in lawn bowls.

Tony doesn’t look nervous on the green but he says he is.

“I just try not to take things too seriously and stay calm and focused,” he said.

“Tony plays from the heart,” Monique said.

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QUEENSLAND CHAMPS COULD BE HEADING FOR GLASGOW GAMES Para bowls will be played at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow for the first time in 2014.

There are potentially three spots available for Australian bowlers with a physical disability classed between B5-B8 to contest a Commonwealth Games medal and thanks to his flawless performance at the national championships, Tony Bonnell has been named in a squad of 12 “candidates most likely”, along with runner-up James Reynolds (NSW), and fellow Queenslander Clive Williams from Maryborough Services.

“The criteria we took into account for the 12 selected in the trial squad were things like performances at nationals, previous results in competition, demeanour, body language and attitude and technique for heavy green play,” Australian coach and selector Steve Glasson said.

Australian Para-Bowls Commonwealth Games Trial Squad: Anthony Bonnell (QLD) B6 Carolyn Nelson (NSW) B6

James Reynolds (NSW) B7 Tim Slater (VIC) B7

Clive Williams (QLD) B7

VICTORIANS RULE The Victorian contingent would have gone home with excess baggage given the number of trophies and medals they won at the 2013 Multi-Disability National Championships, hosted by Bowls Queensland, Sporting Wheelies Queensland and Chermside Bowls Club.

Wheelie Wendy Odgers took home women’s singles gold, while her husband Wayne teamed up with Josh Barry to take home men’s pairs gold.

Men’s pairs silver medallist Tim Slater won the Encouragement Award for best and fairest all round new talent and Victoria won the supreme state overall trophy.

Fortunately for the host state, Tony Bonnell from Pine Rivers saved our pride by winning the men’s singles gold and Bernie Wolland from

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Mossman narrowly conceded the bronze to South Australian wheelie Liam Buckley.

NSW got some booty too, thanks to Carolyn Nelson and Lynn Smith winning the women’s pairs gold, beating the Victorians into silver and Queensland’s Serena Nicholls and Kaytlyn Smith into bronze.

Barry Charity (SA) B7

Joshua Thornton NSW) B8 Joshua Barry (VIC) B8

Wendy Odgers (VIC) B5 Liam Buckley (SA) B6

Darryl Willson (SA) B6

Alison Meakin (VIC) B7 Queenslanders were privileged to see all of the 12 bowlers selected in the trial squad show what they could do at the recent national championships at Chermside, supported by Bowls Queensland.

Bowls Australia will conduct a number of talent identification events in each state later in the year for any bowler wishing to nominate as a possible candidate for Commonwealth Games selection.

Pictured top: Queensland team, 2013 Multi-Disability National Championships, manager Carol Watters, Debra McGarry, John Green, Kaytlyn Smith, Clive Williams, Serena Nicholls, Tony Bonnell, Sylvia Hiltunen, Bernie Wolland, Allan Field. (Left: Victoria’s successful bowlers show off their spoils). queensland bowler | 7

Black Douglas Queensland champ Emerton edged out in thrilling title showdown Primed from her Queensland state championships singles win, Mooloolaba’s Marilyn Emerton was only a few bowls short of her second big title in as many weeks.

After a grinding four days of competition against some of the best women competitors in the sport, Emerton looked to have the title in the bag at the pointy end of the 2013 Ladies Black Douglas at South Tweed Bowls Club (May 27-30).

In a final that had the lot, a canny Emerton saved end after end, twice in the space of three ends turning a potential four-shot deficit to a one-shot advantage, leaving eventual winner Beth Quinlan from St John’s Park wondering when her deft drawing and up-shots would ever count on the scoreboard.

The grand finalists had to contend with rain showers and wind gusts coming and going during their two-hour contest, where both enjoyed a run of ends.

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Emerton scored 10 quick shots from ends two to five, going 10-2 up, Quinlan driving without success.

At 14-6, Emerton was travelling nicely until a 0-7 concession to Quinlan over four ends brought Quinlan back into the match, 13-14, and giving the St John’s Park master renewed vigour.

The score was 17-all by the 18th end but with her backhand working brilliantly, Emerton collected a further two to lead 19-17.

In the next end, Quinlan had the luck her way and managed to unseat a possible three bowl advantage to Emerton by moving the shot bowl and kitty to her advantage, taking the score to 19-all.

As is her custom, Emerton did not react, but her next end was her first bad one, as she dropped three shots to Quinlan 22-19 and then a further two in the next end, 24-19, with Quinlan all but there.

We all know Emerton never gives up and she’s cool under pressure and she claimed back a vital single shot in the next end, 20-24.

In the final end to decide the Black Douglas champion 2013, Emerton was unable to rattle her opponent’s two-bowl advantage, giving Quinlan the shot, end and match 25-20 after 24 ends.

South Tweed Sports CEO Gordon Rhodes provided excellent commentary on the $10,000 2013 Black Douglas competition.

Pictured below: Christine Baxter from Mt Gravatt (red) and Coral Withers clash at the 2013 Black Douglas at South Tweed Bowls Club, Photo by John Van Den Broeke.

(Inset: Beth Quinlan)

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MONEY FOR JAM It’s not too often a Master Chef comes to morning tea at a bowls club, but that’s exactly what happened at Toombul earlier this month.

The lure of Ethel Foyle’s home-made rosella jam proved too strong for Sunshine Coast burns survivor and chef extraordinaire Matt Golinski.

“Ethel did a fantastic job raising money for the Peter Hughes Burn Foundation by cooking up batches of rosella jam, which sold like hot cakes to bowls club members,” Toombul’s Kathy Churchward said.

“We’re a very caring, charitable club and the visit from Matt was wonderful, he had a cup of tea and even ate our sandwiches.”

Each year as her rosella garden bears fruit, Ethel researches a good cause to make money for jam.

“My daughter works in a burns unit and I asked her about the Peter Hughes Foundation and she said it did an amazing job,” Ethel said.

“I made 200 bottles of jam, mostly rosella, but also cumquat, plum, and orange marmalade.

“A few other club members also helped by making lemon curd, cakes and pickles to sell, some donated ingredients like sugar, others put in cash donations.

“In the end, we were able to hand over $1300 to Matt for the Peter Hughes Burn Foundation.”

Peter Hughes won the heart of a nation with his bravery and selflessness after being badly burnt in the October 2002 Bali Bombings.

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He set up the Peter Hughes Burn Foundation to meet the needs of burns survivors and their families in times of trauma.

Chef Matt told Toombul Bowls Club members their money would go to a great cause.

He said he had been to two Peter Hughes Burn Foundation retreats and they were of great help and comfort.

Matt’s wife and three daughters didn’t survive a Boxing Day 2011 fire at their Sunshine Coast home.

Matt survived but suffered burns to 40 per cent of his body.

“He told us when he finally got out of the hospital after six months or so, the first month was very busy as everyone came around but then nobody comes and the Peter Hughes Burn Foundation was a big help,” Mrs Churchward said.

Ethel Foyle said it made her feel good to be able to do something to help.

“And thanks to all our club members who bought my jam and our other treats, and to those who gave ingredients, including Aspley Seniors, and those who donated money,” Mrs Foyle said.

Picture by Angie Simms, Courtesy The Courier-Mail.

Burns survivor Matt Golinski pleased to accept a cheque for the Peter Hughes Burn Foundation from Toombul Bowls Club’s Ethel Foyle.

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hey may be under 25, but these young guns of bowls are proof that the future of Queensland representative bowling is bright.

As the sole team to come away with a series win following the recent Queensland verse New South Wales Test Series at West Toowoomba Bowls Club, the men’s under 25 team were proudly flying the maroon flag.

By the end of day one, the young men had the series wrapped up with two test wins.

They couldn’t quite convert the third to make it a clean sweep, but it wasn’t through lack of trying.

The first test saw the boys take it by just three shots after scores were locked at 1.5 rink wins each, Kurt Brown won his singles game against Matt Miles 25-21, while Des Cann Jnr and Scott DeJongh tied in their pairs match, and Sam White’s triple had a one shot loss.

That afternoon it was a different story with two rink wins to take the test with both Pairs and Triples winning their games and with it sealing the series.

On day two the team came out firing, but couldn’t make it a clean sweep, with just one rink win from Des Cann’s triples 18-9.

Despite this, they were still ecstatic to take the series.

Queensland representative Sam White said nothing compared to the feeling of knowing they had won.

No silver lining for Maroon men Queensland’s men couldn’t go back-to-back when they met New South Wales in their annual interstate clash in Toowoomba last month.

It all came down to the final match of the three-test series, but the Maroons fell short, 51-57, letting the Blues reclaim the trophy.

After losing the series opener 51-58, the Queenslanders were desperate to stay in the hunt and bounced back with an impressive 53-45 victory in test two.

“It was do or die in the second test, so it was good to come out and square the series up,” Maroons rep Robbie Wild said.

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Tensions were high as the third and final test got underway, with both sides battling for every shot.

Nathan Rice got Queensland off to the perfect start with a 19-17 win over former Maroons teammate Mark Casey, while Alex Murtagh surged back for a draw against Shane Garvey, 17-17, despite trailing early in the game.

With just two shots separating the sides, it all came down to Kelvin Kerkow’s clash with Blues sharpshooter Aron Sherriff.

Unfortunately the Qld veteran couldn’t contain his former Australian teammate, going down 15-23 to hand the title to NSW.

Wild said the team went into test three knowing they would have a massive fight on their hands.

“We knew it would come right down to the wire and that’s what it was,” he said.

“We weren’t too far off the win, but it just didn’t happen.”

Throughout the two-day test series, the Toowoomba weather threw everything at the players, from rain and wind to bone-chilling temperatures and even and the occasional blanket of fog.

Wild joked that it was the first time he had ever played “in the clouds”.

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s e i r e s t s e T a b m o o w oo “It feels pretty good (to win), especially with Jay (Cross) out and having Scotty (DeJongh) come in, he did a brilliant job,” Des Cann Jnr said.

“It’s great to bring home a title, it’s the first for the Under 25 men in four years.”

It was the opposite for the under 25 women who started day two with no hope of taking the series, but hungry to get one test under their belt.

Like the men, their first test was a 1.5 rink draw, with the Blues taking the win by just three shots.

Determined not to let the Blues make it a clean sweep of it, the girls came out firing on all cylinders on day two to win the test with three impressive rink wins.

Cassandra Millerick said they were happy with their win in the final test.

“We won three straight last year and we didn’t want to lose three this year, so at least we are going home with one test win under our belt,” she said.

Her twin sister, Bolivia was named the Queensland U/25 female player of the series, while Kurt Brown was named as the male U/25 player of the series.

The second test was also won by NSW, but not from a lack of trying from the Queensland’s girls.

Despite having just one rink win from singles player Cassandra Millerick, they only missed out on victory by four shots.

Lady Luck not shining on Qld girls Queensland’s women came tantalisingly close to defeating New South Wales at West Toowoomba Bowls Club last month, with just a shot or two separating the sides on day one of the 2013 test series.

With just a little bit more luck, the Queenslanders could easily have came out on top.

But despite their heartbreaking loss, the home side weren’t too disappointed with their overall performance, which saw them out-point the Blues over the three-test series.

Test one was lost by just one shot, 58-59, in a thrilling set of games that came down to the final bowl, with Queensland’s girls fighting to the bitter end.

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Playing on home turf, Tracy Foster said she was a little anxious at the start of the series, but soon squashed her nerves.

“There was a lot of pressure at first, but it was great to play at home,” she said.

Foster, who was named Queensland’s Player of the Series, said that while it was disappointing to lose, the team was not too upset with their performance, putting the narrow defeat down to bad luck.

“We were unlucky, it could have gone either way really, but I am not disappointed with how we played,” she said.

Pictured (clockwise from top left) - Queensland Under-25 women: Betty Andrewartha (team manager), Cassandra Millerick, Kiani Andersen, Bolvia Millerick, April Wilson, Madi Styles, Shahn Griffiths.

Opposing team skips Alex Lee for the Blues and Queensland’s Kurt Brown. Queensland’s Under-25 men: Kurt Brown, Sam White, Scott DeJongh, Eric Copeland, Jason Carpenter and Des Cann Jnr. Queensland’s Player of the Series medal winners Anthony Kiepe and Tracy Foster. queensland bowler | 13

DIAMOND-LESS

KAWANA SPARKLE AT RAPID FIRE CLASSIC Club Kawana’s Fred Diamond must be kicking himself after he pulled out of the Pine Rivers Invitation Winter Open Rapid Fire Classic over the June long weekend due to Champion of Club Champion commitments.

His boys Jason Thomas, Lou Dalakis and John Thain from Mooloolaba rolled up “Diamond-less”.

They called on Pacific Paradise’s Darren Maddrell to fill Fred’s shoes.

The quartet went on to win seven out of eight games, winning the massive Winter Classic winner’s cheque of $7000.

They also won the bonus Calcutta prize money, since they had the foresight to back themselves and “buy” themselves in the Calcutta auction.

Second place went to “Straight Backs”, a team from St Johns Park in Sydney skipped by former Australian rep Steve Anderson, who has more than 150 national games under his belt.

Anderson teamed up with Michael Cragie, Gary Stanwell and Gerard Short to score six wins and a draw from eight games.

Queensland team “Halma’is Hotties” were unlucky to be beaten into third place, with the same number of wins, six, and a draw, as the NSW contingent over the eight games.

However, Steve Halmai, Peter Leon, Brendon Hoey and Jamie Anderson had to be content with third place, as the visitors won more ends on a countback.

Fourth place went to the St John’s “Glennies”, skipped by English international David Holt with St John’s teammates Alistair Connell Trent Craigie and Ben Morthorpe Round wins were paid on the winners of the fours games.

Round One went to “Termites” with Michael Brown, Michael Keegan, Leigh Fitzhenry and John Lawton taking the cash.

Round Three was won by the “Ancients”, the boys from Coolum, Greg Dale, Greg Brown, Ian Sanday and Nev Walsh.

Pictured above (clockwise from top): Qld rep Pam Rowe with dad Ash Rowe (left), Mullumbimby’s Murray Johnston and Pine RIvers CEO Wayne Moffatt: St John’s Park Josh Berry in action: Marty Deutschmann sporting some funky threads.

Below: Rapid Fire Classic 2013 winners Jason Thomas (Moolooaba), Darren Maddrell (Pacific Paradise), Pine Rivers President Ron Howden, John Thain and Lou Dalakis (Mooloolaba)

Round Six was taken by the “Awesome Foursome” from Deception Bay, Richard Gascoigne, Troy Elzinga, Alan Patch and Andrew Paskins.

The last round was won by Ferny Grove team the “Four Wise Men” with Jim Wise, Ed Boxall, Rob Dickinson and John Newell.

“ Good bowls was played in a relaxed atmosphere on fast wide drawing carpet and the tournament was wide open right to the very end,” organiser Des Wilson said.

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Aus Indoor Qualifiers

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INDOOR ready to roll

The nation’s top bowlers will converge at Tweed Heads Bowls Club from July 29 to August 1 to compete in the 2013 Australian Indoor Championships.

With just 64 spots available in the draw (32 men and 32 women), competition has been fierce at qualifying events across the nation.

Throughout June more than 110 bowlers (47 women and 69 men) played for their chance to qualify for one of the 10 exclusive spots up for grabs.

Qualifiers were held at Mooloolaba, Paradise Point, Pine Rivers and Tweed Heads.

The Queensland women to qualify were Christine Baxter (Mt Gravatt), Jane Bush (Kawana), Barbara Townsend (Mooloolaba), Maria Rigby (Manly) and Natasha Jones (Bribie Island).

The Queensland men to qualify were Paul O’Brien (Broadbeach), Brett Wilkie (Helensvale), Gary Pearson (Burleigh Heads), Paul Girdler (Tweed Heads) and Kurt Brown (Pine Rivers).

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Fourteen women took to the greens to compete for two qualifying spots.

Competing in the semifinals were Barbara Townsend (Mooloolaba), Margaret O’Rourke (Mooloolaba), Jane Bush (Kawana) and Marilyn Emerton (Mooloolaba).

Townsend defeated O’Rourke 9-6, 9-10, 4-2 to secure her spot, while Bush defeated Emerton 10-4, 8-7 to get the second qualifying berth.

Men (June 15)

Twelve bowlers hit the Mooloolaba greens to vie for one Australian Indoors qualifying spot.

The semifinals saw Keith Lindsay (Yeppoon), Nigel Melbourne (Kawana), Paul O’Brien (Broadbeach) and Ian Dufty (Club Maroochy) battle it out with Lindsay and O’Brien progressing to the finals.

Lindsay defeated Melbourne 12-7, 7-5, while O’Brien defeated Lufty 8-1, 4-6, 4-2.

O’Brien went on to qualify after defeating Lindsay in the Grand Final 11-6, 10-4.

PARADISE POINT Women (June 8)

Twelve bowlers vied for one Australian Indoors qualifying spot at Paradise Point.

Progressing to the semifinals were Tracy Foster (West Toowoomba), Julie Dean (Paradise Point), Christine Baxter (Mt Gravatt) and Christina Pavlov (Broadbeach).

In the semis, Foster won 10-4, 10-4 over Dean and Baxter won 9-8, 12-1 over Pavlov.

In the final, Baxter was celebrating after a narrow win over Foster, 12-8, 9-6, to take the one qualifying spot made available at Paradise Point.

Men (June 15)

With just one spot up for grabs, competition was fierce at Paradise Point with 15 bowlers.

Brett Wilkie (Helensvale), Kelvin Kerkow (South Tweed), Ken Roberts (Paradise Point) and Todd McIntosh (Hamilton) all proceeded to the semifinals.

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Wilkie defeated Kerkow in three close sets 8-6, 6-9, 3-2, while Roberts and McIntosh had an equally intense semi with Roberts winning 3-11, 11-3, 3-2.

Wilkie took the sole qualifying spot after winning the final against Roberts 11-6, 9-4.

There was just one spot available at Pine Rivers with 10 bowlers competing.

It was Natasha Jones (Bribie Island) who qualified after she defeated Rachelle Mathias-Harkness (Broadbeach) 10-2, 12-2.

Men (June 15) Just 10 bowlers took to the greens at Pine Rivers to play for one qualifying spot.

And it was local Kurt Brown (Pine Rivers) who qualified after defeating Daniel Keogh (Windsor) 12-6, 4-11, 3-2.

TWEED HEADS Women (June 8) Eleven women played for one spot at Tweed Heads.

After winning Section One, Maria Rigby (Manly) proceeded straight to the final, while Kristy Thatcher (Tweed Heads) and Diana Cunnington (Tweed Heads) played in the semifinal.

Thatcher defeated Cunnington 7-4, 10-4, but it was Rigby who prevailed in the final defeating Thatcher 6-7, 11-4, 5-0.

Men (June 15-16) With 32 bowlers and just two qualifying spots up for grabs, the competition was tough at Tweed Heads. The winner from Sections 1-4 progressed along with the winner from Sections 5-8.

In the first four sections Paul Girdler (Tweed Heads), Jamie Anderson (Capalaba), John Millington (Tweed Heads) and Steve Massey (Tweed Heads) all proceeded to the semifinal.

Girdler defeated Anderson 7-8, 10-2, 4-0, while Tweed Heads mates Millington and Massey had a close semifinal with Millington coming out on top 8-8, 10-7.

In the final it was Girdler who won defeating Millington 12-3, 12-1.

In the final four sections Gary Pearson (Burleigh Heads), Jacob Nelson (Cleveland), Trevor Broadbent (Wynnum Manly) and Ian Law (Burleigh Heads) all progressed to the semifinals.

Pearson defeated Nelson 10-6, 8-3, while Broadbent defeated Law 2-9, 10-7, 6-0.

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GLOW BOWLS There is never a dull moment at Coorparoo Bowls Club, with the club greens literally glowing come nightfall.

With its UV-lit greens, the bowls club lights up for functions and parties with a difference.

Three years ago, the club was investigating installing floodlights in order to open up the greens to bowlers at night.

But Coorparoo Bowls Club manager Tony Stolting heard some horror stories from other clubs about complaints from neighbours about bright lights, so he came up with the idea of glow bowls.

Tony said it was trial and error before he came up with the current set-up, which is quite successful, drawing attention to the club from around the country.

“At the time we were the only bowls club in Australia and possibly the world to have it, but word has gotten around and I have had a number of bowls clubs around the country enquire about it,” he said.

So popular is the concept of glow bowls, that aside from one YouTube clip, the club does no promotion for it, rather all their bookings are word of mouth and the number of repeat bookings they receive is phenomenal.

“It shows a new dynamic of the game and we have won new fans of the game that we wouldn’t have gotten through the doors otherwise,” Tony said.

Tony said the UV lights make the fluro painted bowls glow, as does anyone with bright clothing on.

“It does lend itself to the fun factor, people make an effort to wear their whites and bring along glow sticks, so it looks really funky.

“It just adds an extra dynamic to the bowls side of it.”

Due to budget constraints, the club doesn’t have the lights set up permanently, but they still have consistent bookings throughout the year.

For $12 per person (minimum of 12 people) you can have a glowing good time and experience lawn bowls with a difference.

The club, which is always looking for innovative ways to draw in the public has a host of other exciting events, including kids parties, open mic nights, music bingo, trivia nights and more.

To find out more about glow bowls at Coorparoo Bowls Club visit their website www.coorparoobowlsclub.com.au

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Thinking outside the box More than just a club...Coorparoo is quickly becoimg the heart of a community Coorparoo Bowls Club is changing the perception of lawn bowls one bowl at a time.

The team at the club have been working hard to make the game more appealing to potential bowlers, young and old.

From kids parties and open mic nights to supporting an all-girl hip hop group, the club not only thinks outside the square, but takes risks by jumping completely out.

With no revenue coming in from gaming machines, the club started looking for other ways of bringing people through the doors, and it seems to be paying off.

Another aspect to the club is its charitable efforts, with Coorparoo deciding 2013 would be the club’s Year of Charity. So when a local hip hop dance crew contacted them for support, they jumped on board.

State of Play from the Prince Academy is an all female hip-hop dance crew who have been dancing together for five years.

Earlier this year, State of Play placed first in the Hip Hop International Dance Competition, where they secured a position to compete in Las Vegas in August. Coorparoo Bowls Club has jumped on board to help support the dancers reach their goals with fundraising evenings.

“I loved them the minute we met and we teamed up to do a festival at Coorparoo Bowls Club since it’s the Year of Charity at the club,” Coorparoo Bowls Club functions manager Tanya Houia said.

“They are a bunch of amazing young dancers who feature in the Brisbane dancing scene and now we are proudly a sponsor and the home to State of Play.”

Hip-Hop dance crew State of Play in action at Coorparoo Glow Bowls

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Working party, back row, David the plasterer, Gary O’Shea, Harold Linsket, Roland Puncheon, David Pluckrose, John Keogh, Theo van Gaalen, John O’Shea, middle row, Sally Buchanan, Marj Linsket, John Broderick, Merle Dossell, kneeling, Graham Kersnovske, Colm McVeigh, Eddie Blom.

Light at the end of the tunnel for devastated Mundubbera Ferny Grove Bowls Club’s first trip to Mundubbera to help re-build their bowls club was a huge success.

The crew returned again in May and now the rest of the ceilings and the new walls are finalised.

“We turned up to Bunnings at Stafford with our truck on the Friday before we were about to set off and they donated everything we needed,” he said.

The club will be holding a Dinner-Dance in the coming months and member Peter Drummond is running the Gold Coast Marathon in July and all sponsorship money will go towards the club.

Ferny Grove’s Roland Puncheon said one of the highlights happened just before the group set out for their first visit in late April.

“We were so happy with their donation, it was more than we expected.

“We are also eternally grateful to all the other companies that have donated so far, including CSR and Doyles Home Hardware at Mitchelton.”

But that is not the end of Ferny Grove’s commitment to re-building Mundubbera Bowls Club.

To get involved in future trips contact Ferny Grove Bowls Club on 3851 1889.

By the Sunday morning they had a new ceiling finished.

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After 300 ends, 4800 bowls and playing non-stop for 38 hours, a group of exhausted, but exhilarated bowlers from Mount Gravatt Bowls Club let out a cheer as they set a new Guinness World Record for the longest continuous game of indoor lawn bowls.

At 9pm on Sunday, May 19, the six bowlers had equalled the previous world record of 36 hours, but they were determined to make it all that much harder for anyone else to beat them and stoically continued for a further two hours.

Bowling in three teams of two, with two hours ‘on’ and one hour ‘off’ the bowlers were only allowed to leave the area surrounding the green for one five minute break in their hour off and they were not allowed to sleep.

The teams of Irvin Leaver and Win Worsnop, Graham Chattin and Ann Crocker, and Geoff Devencorn and Grant Upton started bowling at 9am on Saturday, May 18 and finished off at 11pm on Sunday, May 19.

For Irvin Leaver, he only had Monday off to rest, before heading back to work on Tuesday, but the seasoned bowler found it easier than expected.

His bowling partner, Win Worsnop agreed.

“The two hours on the green seemed to fly by, I am finding it was the hour between that was starting to drag,” she said.

Having flown back from China just days before, Geoff Devencorn thought the lack of sleep in his journey would be good preparation for what lay ahead.

“I am not sure if that was good practise or not,” he laughed.

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“It’s the weather that’s affecting me, we were expecting it to be a bit warmer, it’s the first time I’ve ever complained about cold bowls though, it’s a whole new experience.”

His bowling partner Grant Upton is also a glutton for punishment having only had keyhole surgery on his knee six weeks prior.

“People say I am an idiot, but I just wanted to be part of it to help promote the club,” he said.

“It wasn’t hard, it was just fun, I wanted to go on for another three hours to make it harder for others to get the title, but they wanted to stop at two.”

Ann Crocker said the secret to continuing was lots of chocolate, but according to others, it was her age.

“I am the baby of the group, they asked me because they thought I could go the distance and I am feeling fabulous,” she said.

Not only were they bowling to break a record, but to raise money for Prostate Cancer, a cause close to bowler Graham Chattin’s heart.

Mt Gravatt Bowls Club President Malcolm Ferguson came up with the idea for the club to break the record attempt, but if their record gets beaten any time soon, he is not sure if he would attempt it again.

“We had to have two witnesses on at each time, they cannot be related to each other and cannot be associated with the bowls club, plus we had to have recorders here looking after the manual record and the video record,” he said.

“We have been busy behind the scenes organising this since August last year.”

But it paid off in the end, with the bowlers going straight for 38 hours. Now the reams of paperwork and videos have been sent to Guinness World Records where it will be made official.

Pictured (clockwise from below): Ann Crocker : Irvin Leaver & Win Worsnop : Grant Upton : Geoff Devencorn & Graham Chattin.

“I am a prostate cancer survivor and that’s why I wanted to take part,” he said.

“My attitude was good, but my body was not so good, particularly at the 24 hour mark.”

People could sponsor the players for the overall amount of touchers, of which there were 252, each getting 10 cents apiece.

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Kangaroos vs Kiwis The Aussies have once again reigned supreme in Kallangur Bowls Club’s annual international grudge match against New Zealand

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porting rivalry between Australia and New Zealand has always been fierce.

Whenever a match is played against our neighbours across the ditch, national pride is always on the line, no matter what the sporting code.

And it was no different at Kallangur Bowls Club on June 9 as the Aussies and Kiwis went head-to-head in their annual Australia vs New Zealand Lawn Bowls Challenge.

In the eight years the event has been running, the Aussies have taken the title four times and 2013 was no different.

After an intense match that saw scores locked, the Aussies won the series

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following a sudden death shootout and now lead the tally board with five wins.

Each year two teams of fours are selected to represent their country and play for bragging rights for the year to come.

But other teams are encouraged to play (dressed in their country colours of course!) and enjoy the festivities of the day.

Kallangur men’s club secretary Ken Small said the 2013 challenge was a huge success.

“Despite the weather not being kind to us this year, we still had 15 teams competing,” he said.

Mr Small said the day is more than just about bowls, with fun for players and

spectators including raffles, a corner shootout and a band so the entertainment continues into the night.

“Lunch is usually a fare from Aussie or Kiwi staple and this year it was pies, peas, bangers and mash,” he said.

Each year the event gets more and more popular and Kallangur Bowls Club encouraging bowlers and non-bowlers to jump on the greens and have a roll.

Pictured (back row): Tim Harris, Wayne Scannell, David Bainbridge, Robbie Taberner, Steve Kaefer, Allan Wright, Ian Jakeman, Colin Devlin, John Craig, Merv Hudson, Paul Phillips, Ken Turner (Front row): Ken Small, Brian Brown, Craig Farrow, Gavin Scannell

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Across two months, five separate competitions will be held with a total prize pool of more than $80,000.

President Chris Backstrom said Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 June 2013 half dozen volunteers were urgently

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Powerhouse district Gold CoastTweed now has it’s own official junior development squad.

The squad of 12, aged between 12 and 16 years, was welcomed to their first official training run at Musgrave Hill Bowls Club by Bowls Queensland chairman Ron Chambers.

Advanced coach Greg Bostock came up with the idea of providing for the future of the sport on the Gold Coast via a promising juniors development squad.

The district board approved a plan to hold monthly training sessions for juniors who showed promise at the recent district and state junior championships.

Players selected for the BCIB Gold Coast Tweed Junior Development Squad are: Mitch Sowden and Bethany Boland from McKenzie Park, Devery Cortenbach from Benowa, Blair Girdler, Jessica Srisamruybai, Jade Clarke and Chris Clarke from Tweed Heads, Dale McWhinney-Shillington from Burleigh Heads, Max North and Sarah Wilson

Future proofing Gold Coast brimming with young bowling talent from South Tweed, Jake Nicholson from Paradise Point and Mikki Bailey-Nelson from Club Helensvale.

Two greats of the sport in Queensland, Australia and the world, Kelvin Kerkow and Brett Wilkie, were on hand to speak to the juniors and let them know just how far the sport of lawn bowls can take them.

Squad sponsors BCIB’s Kelvin Kerkow and Aero Bowls’ Rod Heaton handed over shirts, caps and a sports bag.

Gold Coast-Tweed clubs have shown support for the initiative by agreeing to host a coaching clinic for the juniors and provide drinks and lunch.

“The aim of the squad is not only to teach the Gold Coast-Tweed juniors more

bowls skills but good sportsmanship and how to reach their potential,” coach Bostock said.

The next clinic will be held on July 27 at Burleigh Heads Bowls Club.

PHOTO: BCIB Gold Coast Tweed Junior Development Squad, back row from left, Mitch Sowden, Devery Cortenbach, Blair Girdler, Brett Wilkie, Dale McWhinneyShillington, Max North, Jake Nicholson, Kelvin Kerkow, front row from left, Rod Heaton Aero Bowls, Greg Bostock Coach, Sarah Wilson, Mikki Bailey-Nelson, Jessica Srisamruybai, Jade Clarke, Bethany Boland, Charles Clarke.

Aussies kick off World Blind Bowls campaign Two Queenslanders were among eight Australians on the plane on June 29 to contest the World Blind Bowls titles at Worthing, England from July 6-19.

Defending World B2 Women’s Singles champion is Joy Forster from Chermside and Christine Henry from Moorooka will contest the B3 Women’s Singles.

Both women will play Mixed Pairs with their Men’s Singles counterparts, Ralph Simpson from Victoria (B2) and defending world champion (B3)Tony Scott from Victoria.

Joy and Christine’s directors are Bruce Jones and Ruth Telfer from Brisbane.

The World Blind Bowls are held every four years, the previous 2009 world titles were held in Melbourne.

Australian blind bowls coach Graeme Clements, team manager Wally Whitehead from Bribie and Australian delegate to the International Blind Bowls Conference, Australian Blind Bowls Association (ABBA) president Dr John Vance from Brisbane are also part of the official team.

Pictured (top right): Bruce Jones and Joy Forster, (bottom right) Australian blind bowls coach Graeme Clements with Ruth Telfer and Christine Henry.

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Gender equality Your reporting obligations The law relating to the workplace changes constantly and it is very important to keep up with these changes.

One of the hot topics over the last few years has been gender equality.

The Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 (Cth) (Act) places new reporting obligations on: • employers of 100 or more employees in Australia; and

• employers that are registered higher education providers.

The Act applies to any employer (including individual people and incorporated or unincorporated bodies or associations) that employs 100 or more employees.

However the Act does not apply to the Commonwealth, a State, a Territory or certain statutory authorities.

The new reporting obligations will be introduced throughout the next two years.

Under the Act employers must lodge annual written reports with the Workplace Gender Equality Agency. From 2014 the reports, which will be pub lic documents, must contain information on gender equality indicators including information about: • the gender composition of the workforce;

• the gender composition of the governing body; • the equality of remuneration between women and men;

• the availability and utility of employment terms, conditions and practices relating

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• the availability and utility of employment terms, conditions and practices

relating to working arrangements that support employees with family or caring responsibilities; and • consultation with employees on issues concerning gender equality in the workplace.

The reporting period runs from 1 April to 31 March in the following year.

At the end of each reporting period an employer must lodge a report between 1 April and 31 May. The first reporting period concluded on 31 March 2013 and relevant employers have until 31 May 2013 to prepare a report.

For this first reporting period the reports must contain information about the employer’s workplace profile and limited reporting requirements.

The current reporting period runs from 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014.

At the conclusion of the current reporting period employers must lodge written reports between 1 April 2014 and 31 May 2013 addressing the gender equality indicators.

Once an employer has lodged a report with the Workplace Gender Equality Agency the employer must provide employees, shareholders and members with access to the report.

The employer must also take all reasonable steps to notify applicable

employee organisations that the report has been lodged.

Employers will face sanctions under the Act for providing false or misleading information in reports or failing to comply with the new reporting requirements.

Minimum standards will be set in relation to the gender equality indicators and the Workplace Gender Equality Agency may conduct random reviews to ascertain an employer’s compliance with the Act. If an employer fails to comply with the Act the Workplace Gender Equality Agency may name the employer in a report to the Commonwealth Government.

The Workplace Gender Equality Agency may also name the employer through other means including on the website of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency and in newspapers.

If an employer fails to comply with the Act the employer may not be eligible to compete for contracts under the Commonwealth procurement framework and may not be eligible for Commonwealth grants and financial assistance.

Employers may consider reviewing their workplace practices in relation to the gender equality indicators in preparation for meeting their reporting obligations in 2014.

Anyone who would like further information about this topic, would you please contact my Partner, Tracey Jessie on (07) 3224 0390 or me on (07) 3224 0230.

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Well it certainly has been a very hectic couple of months.

I would like to welcome Mark Lee to the development team as our newest member.

It was very impressive, how, based on a short conversation, they managed to manufacture a full page article for me... thanks girls.

Mark has also been involved in committees for a long time and knows all about the intricacies of bowls clubs.

I need to start this column by thanking Naomi and Christine from our media department for covering my column in the last two issues.

So why have things been so hectic?

Well it all started when I was away with the Queensland Blind Bowlers in Victoria for their national championships.

During an incredible week, where I was surrounded by extraordinary people, the development officer who had been left behind in Queensland resigned.

Now normally this would cause no great concerns, staff come and go and it’s not like it hasn’t happened before.

But unfortunately there were a lot of things planned for the forthcoming month that could not be put off.

Upon arriving back from Victoria, I had three days to teach the basics to Tim Blake, our new NQ development officer, so he could start the long drive back to Townsville.

As you all would have read in last month’s magazine, Tim is progressing in leaps and bounds and there are a lot of good things starting to happen in the north of the state.

Once Tim had left it was onto recruiting a replacement for the position here in the Brisbane office.

Mark has been a keen bowler for plenty of years and has a background in clubs and hospitality, which should be very beneficial to this role.

There was very little settling in time for Mark, as he was thrown in the deep end to assist with the Multi Disability Nationals, held at Chermside.

After five days there, it was off to Toowoomba for a three-day sports expo at East Toowoomba Primary.

Now that he is back in the office we are powering ahead to catch up with our annual club visits, so don’t be surprised if your club gets a call in the near future from Mark.

Along with the club visits we are also

One of the biggest expenses with organising a statewide coordinated event is the cost of advertising, with mainstream radio ($12K), print media ($38K) and television ($25K) costs incredibly high.

With this in mind we have already started working on all other areas of advertising.

We are still chasing sponsorship to assist with mainstream advertising costs, but we are also looking in other areas such as community newspaper and radio as well as trying to arrange guest spots on lifestyle programs to promote the event.

Bowls Queensland have had a relationship with the charity organisation Brighter Future 4 Kids (BF4K) for a number of years now and I am happy to say they have agreed to be involved with this promotion, we believe their involvement will be beneficial for all involved.

BF4K have their own marketing and promotion company, who assist them when attempting to raise funds.

We believe linking a charity organisation to this event can only help increase exposure of the event and open it up to a completely new market of the general public, who will hopefully attend the clubs to help out a worthy cause.

For those that are unaware, BF4K raise funds to buy school shoes for underprivileged children, with all money raised going to the local area where it has been raised.

So any funds raised in Winton stay In the meantime, while applications in Winton, Townsville in Townsville and for that position started rolling in, I Dalby in Dalby, etc. had promotional vans being used all First aid assistant Kerri Caldwell from Ipswich with new BQ This charity structure benefits over the place, I was assisting with development officer, Mark Lee, at the 2013 Multi-Disability local communities, particularly the organising and running the Multi National Championships at Chermside Bowls Club. local schools, students, parents and Disability National Championships, teachers and is a great selling point meetings and sports expos that had moving along with the Statewide Come ‘n’ been scheduled, coaching courses and the for local clubs to use when trying to attract day-to-day duties around the office to attend Try Day and the All Schools Cup Challenge. people to the Come “n” Try Day. too.

Entries from districts for the All Schools We believe this is an incredibly good Cup must be received by July 27.

Oh, did I also mention I had scheduled a opportunity to promote the day on a whole week off work to play in that annual District new level with a specialty promotion and At present 12 districts have confirmed Sides champs and also another week off to marketing business assisting. entries, which is a great start. move house.

It will also be looked upon favourably from Those who have yet to confirm have been Needless to say, things were all over the a community point of view that local clubs sent a reminder email. place for a while there, but fortunately all are doing their bit for charity.

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Pennant Season As many of you have either commenced or are approaching the 2013 Pennant season, I thought I would go through some of the laws that cover the playing of Pennant.

It is very important that all players are familiar with the conditions of play covering Pennant.

These would have been distributed to each club from the various districts and would set out all the conditions of play including the BQ mandatory conditions of play at district level.

All players in a team/side have specific duties to perform and these are all covered in Law 37 page 70 – 72 and I recommend that these be read so that you are familiar with your duties.

Regarding the skip, there are many laws covering this position starting with Law 37.1.1 and continuing to Law 37.1.9.

The following are the main points:

Law 37.1.1 – The skip will have sole charge of the team and all players in the team should follow the skip’s instructions.

Law 37.1.2 - The skip should decide all disputed points with the opposing skip, making sure that any decision reached is in line with the laws of the sport of bowls.

Law 37.1.3 – If the skips need to check any part of the laws of the sport of bowls before reaching a decision, they should ask the umpire for an explanation.

Law 37.1.7.1 - The skip should be responsible for the score-card supplied by the controlling body while play is in progress.

Law 37.1.9 - Skips can, at any time, delegate their own powers and any of their own duties (except those described in Law 37.1.7) to any other members of the team as long as they tell the opposing

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skip immediately. (This particular law mainly refers to the Third, if they cannot measure, the skip can delegate that to another player in the team.)

(g) Player Movement during Play - all players will only be allowed to walk up to the head when stated.

There was a memo sent out in late 2012 re DR3.4 Use of a Scoreboard:

“It is the National Officiating Committee (NOC)’s determination that the “scoreboard attendant” can be any person appointed by either the controlling body, team manager or the host venue.

Therefore the scoreboard at the end of each rink or the “main board” can be adjusted by any player whether they are involved in the game or a volunteer.

It is then up to the skips to ensure that the scorecards and the individual rink scoreboard are aligned at least every second end (when skips are at the scoreboard end).”

Law 37.2 – The Third, Law 37.3 – The Lead and Law 37.4 - Other Duties.

Particular attention should also apply to the following if they are included in the Conditions of Play:

(a) Eligibility of Players – e.g. financial member of a club and a registered player in a particular Division

(b) Trial Ends – under the control of the venue Club’s Games Controller.

(c) Duration of Play – number of ends to be played. (d) Incompleted match/competition – if a match is not completed because of inclement weather, bad light or any other justifiable cause, then a pre determined number of ends shall constitute a match. (e) Scoring – as determined.

(f) Determining a finals winner – as determined.

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(h) Position of players when not playing – as stated. (i) Substitutes/Replacement Players – The controlling body/umpire must be advised. (j) Disqualification – as set out. (k) Coaching during a Match – to be advised to the umpire and match committee prior. (l) Electronic Communication Devices All electronic communication devices located with six metres of the green whilst a match is in progress shall be switched off. These include mobile phones, pagers, transistor radios etc.

Special dispensation may be given to “on call” emergency personnel by the controlling body after consultation. (m) Lights – if required. (n) Attire – as set out.

Of course other situations will occur during the playing of Pennant, however the above gives you some knowledge of what you need to be aware of.

I wish everyone all the best and trust that you all have a very enjoyable and successful Pennant season.

Coaching Column

We’re working on a new look coaching column. Coaching tips will return to Queensland Bowler magazine in due course - Ed

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