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AUSTRALIA’S PREMIER LAWN BOWLS MAGAZINE

CONTENTS

Volume 37

Issue 5

Cover Story 11 Cover Story Queensland’s boys in blue are calling for recruits after they took a hammering at the annual Australian Police Bowls Championships in Western Australia. Cover photo by Stu Taylor.

News 06 Anzac Test

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BQ Chairman’s 12 prove too good for the ADF’s finest during the inaugural Anzac test at Hamilton Bowls Club.

10 Super Challenge

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Gold, Silver and Bronze...all the action from the 2014 Taylor Bowls Super Challenge finals.

14 Junior Championships Queensland’s top junior bowlers battled it out for gold and glory on the Gold Coast in April.

Columns 34 Umpire Reader Q&A...Joan Brotherton answers some commonly asked umpiring questions.

Editor: Wayne Griffin Reporters: Naomi Cescotto Alexander Tate Published by: Bowls Queensland Editorial: Queensland Bowler PO Box 476, Alderley, Qld 4051 Ph: (07) 3355 9988 E: news@bowls-queensland.org

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Anzac Test Series

WIND SEALS DEAL FOR QLD CHAIRMAN’S 12 OUTGUN DEFENCE SIDE A blustery westerly blew in favour of Queensland in its test victory against Australian Defence, 2-1.

The co mbined Navy, Air Force and Army bowlers didn’t have the same consistency under the variable weather conditions as the peak rep team chosen by BQ chairman Ron Chambers, known as the “Chairman’s 12”.

Visiting ASBA president Mel Delooze from Nowra (NSW) said Defence were honoured to play against the Chairman’s 12.

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The three-test series, a joint undertaking between Bowls Queensland and the Australian Services Bowls Assn (ASBA), was organised to mark 100 years since the start of the First World War, 100 years ago.

“We don’t usually get to play pressure bowls against such a good side,” Delooze said.

“It was a top quality experience and we’ll be back next year, hopefully to take the trophy home with us next time.”

We don’t usually get to play pressure bowls against such a good side

The plan is to run the Anzac Memorial test series for the next five years (2014-2019), on a weekend as close as possible to Anzac Day (April 25), to mark a century since the years of the First World War (1914-1919), and the genesis of the Anzac legend.

“It was a real honour to host Defence for the first time,” BQ chairman Ron Chambers said.

“We played a pick of our best deaf, blind, Sporting Wheelies, Lifestream, 6 | queensland bowler

experienced and young bowlers, and they made a formidable rep side.”

Pictured above: Australian Services Bowls Assn team, in uniform, Petty Officer Jason Smith (Navy), Warrant Officer Tony Finneran (Army) and Sgt Tony Tapper (Air Force), flanked by, from left, Corporal Wayne Jones (RAAF), Wing Commander Bruce Murray (RAAF), Chief Petty Officer Phil Black (RAN), Flight Sergeant Shaun Keitel (RAAF), Sgt Gerard Harkins (RAAF), Able Seaman Rob Dixon (RAN), Able Seaman Anita Jenkins (RAN), Petty Officer Luke Piper (RAN), Lieutenant Commander Mel Delooze (RAN), Leading Seaman Stephen Patterson (RAN). v37/5

Queensland won the first test in a thriller on the afternoon of May 3 at Hamilton Bowls Club, 61-59.

Defence at one stage had a 10shot lead over the maroons, but Queensland got a lucky break on the final end of the last rink.

The score was 58-59 down, with Queensland holding one, hoping to draw the match.

However Leading Seaman Steve Patterson had the final bowl, for Defence.

Would he convert the head?

The bowl looked good in the run but unfortunately, glanced off a short bowl, and fell short.

The measure was brought out to decide second and third shots, and Queensland ended up with three, giving the maroons the all important firsttest win, by two shots, 61-59.

In the second test, played under lights, Defence were out for revenge and gave no quarter, winning 70-59.

“It was the slower green in the night conditions, it suited our bowls better,” Sgt Gerard Harkins said.

With the 3rd test decider locked in for the 9.30am the next day, the teams arrived to find a ferocious westerly in full force, set to make playing conditions grim.

The teams had power at their backs one way, but had to push against a force-field coming back, as well as sudden sideways wind gusts.

Defence struggled to find the right weight in the variable conditions, losing all three rinks.

▲ Clockwise from top, Chief Petty Officer Phil Black; BQ chairman Ron Chambers; Narrow First Test win to Qld, with Nathan Appleton, Kiani Andersen, Dean McWhinney, Sgt Wayne Jones, LS Steve Patterson and CPO Phil Black (Defence); ◄ Chris Backstrom; BQ’s Ron Chambers with ASBA president Mel Delooze; Sean Ingham with dad Grant and mum Robyn.

Queensland coped much better, almost doubling the Defence score, 95-40, and clinching the series victory.

Best performed in Test 1 was Dean McWhinney (Qld) and Chief Petty Officer Phil Black (Defence).

Best performed in Test 2 was Kurt Brown (Qld) and Sgt Tony Tapper (Defence).

Best performed in Test 3 was Amanda Haevecker (Qld) and Able Seaman Robert Dixon (Defence). ◄ Pictured left (clockwise from top): Queensland’s Emma Brown and Kiani Andersen celebrate a superb shot; Dean McWhinney; Sue Grady and Gail Dellar (Qld) await the final bowl against Steve Patterson’s rink (Defence); Hamilton umpire Mike Hill. v37/5

▲ Queensland’s Chairman’s 12 (2014) Kurt Brown, Nathan Appleton, Sean Ingham, Kiani Andersen, Dean McWhinney, Emma Brown, Tony Bonnell, Sue Brady, Chris Backstrom, Amanda Haevecker, Gail Dellar, (Eric Copeland absent) with Services reps PO Jason Smith, WO2 Tony Finneran, and Sgt Tony Tapper. queensland bowler | 7

QLD COPPERS CALL FOR BOWLS BACKUP Police side hoping for a better performance at 2015 championships

QUEENSLAND’S BOYS AND GIRLS IN BLUE NEED A BOOST ON THE GREEN. Despite some creditable performances at the recent 2014 Australian Police Bowls Championships at Busselton, WA, Queensland managed only fourth place.

“However we did influence the outcome of the competition, taking two rink wins against the highly fancied NSW police bowls team, which resulted in the hosts, Western Australia, drawing level with NSW, and actually being awarded an upset championship win, due to a greater shots differential,” Queensland Police Bowls Club recruitment officer Adam Taylor said.

The week-long national carnival is preceded by a charity bowls event, where visiting police play off against a host-club team.

This year the bowlers played for Western Australia Police Legacy.

The 2014 Australian Police Bowls Championships ran from February 27-March 6, kicking off with a states march-past accompanied by the WA Police Pipe Band and an official welcome from the Mayor of Busselton and president of Busselton Bowls Club.

Queensland sent a rep team of 20.

“We play state against state in a Sides competition, similar to Pennant, but there are five rinks instead of three, and championship points are awarded for the ‘big board’ outcome, as well as individual rink results,” Taylor said.

Queensland’s best results this year were Charters Towers duo Russell Harber and David Coe making it to the semi final of the pairs, going down to eventual winners NSW. Rockhampton rocket Brian Roots played singles for Queensland for the first time, putting on a strong show before a narrow loss to WA. “The greens were lightning fast, running around 18 seconds in the morning and 20 in the afternoon,” Taylor said.

“The Busselton club did a magnificent job as hosts, both with the carnival and social events, it was a fantastic week, and it always is.”

The 2015 national championships will be held in Tuncurry NSW, contested by the five mainland states and a guest side from Hong Kong Police Bowls Club.

“We’re on a recruitment drive, we want to improve our performance in Tuncurry, and hopefully build to win the title when we’re the host state in 2017,” Taylor said.

“I’m sure there must be other bowlers out there with current or former police affiliations who would enjoy the annual carnival and be proud to wear the maroon at a very competitive and enjoyable bowls carnival.”

The Queensland Police Bowls Club is open to serving members, former members and former employees and associates of Queensland Police Service, and to Queensland residents who previously performed such roles in other jurisdictions.

The club meets monthly at clubs in the greater Brisbane area.

“We also play traditional championship events of singles, pairs, triples and fours.”

(Inquiries to Adam Taylor adam.brb4@ bigpond.com)

Former Australian bowler Lee Schraner has appealed to the bowls community to support an “e-biography” he’s written about growing up in bowls.

Nothing to prove

It’s a nuts and bolts account of how he dealt with anxiety disorder, depression and homophobia, all while performing as an elite athlete.

Schraner was an Australian U-25 and Open player, with 170 caps for Victoria, eight state titles and three national titles, when he retired at 29 in 2011.

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Nothing to Prove – Lee Schraner is available through Amazon, $8.95. (25 per cent of proceeds will go to depression charity Beyond Blue, 75 per cent towards publishing a hard copy of the book, to be donated to high schools around Australia, with the aim of helping other young athletes in similar situations.)

Bowls the perfect sport for boys in blue North Brisbane district weapons training officer Sgt Gavin Austin says the sport of lawn bowls is a better fit for a police officer than some might imagine.

“It involves challenge, accuracy, you work as part of a team, and you can pull off that one in a million shot that saves the day,” Austin said.

Austin, 56, reckons after 20 years in the force, he’s not far off retirement, and bowls will be one of the sports he considers.

He’s had a few roll-ups at Geebung Bowls Club and he’s definitely interested in making the cut for the Queensland police team for the 2017 national championships, when Queensland will be the host state.

“For someone with a firearms background, with a passion for accuracy, bowls appeals with its precision craftsmanship,” Austin said.

“It’s probably not a sport most police officers would think of playing as a first choice, but I’ll certainly be commending police bowls to our north side (Brisbane) officers.

“Hopefully, we’ll be able to field a strong team to go up the rankings a bit, it’s about time, the boys certainly didn’t like coming fourth this year.”

Queensland Police Bowls recruitment officer Adam Taylor, a retired detective inspector based on the Gold Coast, said it was likely Caloundra Bowls Club would host the Queensland-based police national titles in 2017.

“We’ve got to improve our performance in NSW (2015) and South Australia (2016) to have a chance of winning in 2017, but if we get more officers like Sgt Austin stepping up, we’ll definitely boost our chances,” Taylor said.

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2014 Sunshine Coast Council 52nd Winter Bowls Carnival

Total Prize Money

$14,600

$15 entry fee per player, per event

Tuesday 8th July

$1400

First 40 nominated teams play at Caloundra

Wednesday 9th July

$1800

First 28 nominated teams play at Buderim

Friday 11th July

$1800 $1400 $2100 $1400 $2000

Mixed Fours, 4 Games x 12 ends Lead ....................................................... Second........................................................ Third ....................................................... Skip .....................................................

$2000

First 36 nominated players play at Nambour, next 54 players play at Coolum

Friday 18th July @ 8.30am

Open Pairs, 4 games x 12 ends 2.4.2. Pairs Lead................................................................................................................ Skip............................................................................................................

First 42 nominated teams play at Club Maroochy

Thursday 17th July

Mixed Fours, 4 Games x 12 ends Lead ....................................................... Second........................................................ Third ....................................................... Skip .....................................................

First 28 nominated temas play at Pelican Waters

Wednesday 16th July

Open Pairs, 4 games x 12ends, 2x2x2x2 pairs Lead................................................................................................................ Skip............................................................................................................

Hinterland Mixed Fours

Monday 14th July

Ladies 2 bowl Triples ~ 4 games x 16 ends Lead ................................................................................ Second ....................................................................................Skip ............................................................................

First 40 nominated teams play at Coolum

Sunday 13th July

Open 2 bowl Triples ~ 4 games x 16ends Lead................................................................................................................ Skip............................................................................................................

First 28 nominated teams play at Nambour

Saturday 12th July

Mixed Pairs ~ 4 games x 12 ends 2x2x2x2 Pairs Lead................................................................................................................ Skip......................................................................................................... ..

Open Mixed Singles Qualifying, 5 games x 13 ends, Match Play Player 1 ................................................................................ Player 2 ....................................................................................Player 3 ...........................................................

$2000

Open Mixed Singles Knockout

All qualifyers play at Buderim

Saturday 19th July

$1400

First 40 nominated teams play at Coolum

Sunday 20th July First 42 nominated teams play at Tewantin Noosa

Men’s Pairs ~ 4 games x 12 ends, 2x2x2x2 Pairs Lead................................................................................................................ Skip......................................................................................................... ..

$1400

Mixed Pairs ~ 4 games x 14 ends, 3 bowl pairs Lead................................................................................................................ Skip......................................................................................................... ..

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Taylor Bowls Super Challenge 2014

GOLDEN MOMENT Mooloolaba men snap up Super Challenge Gold, while Kawana women leave Musgrave Hill Thunderstruck Mooloolaba Snappers and Kawana Thunder claimed Gold in the 2014 Taylor Bowls Super Challenge grand finals at a rainy Algester Bowls Club on April 13.

In spectacular fashion, an extra end led to a last bowl victory for Mooloolaba’s men, who had looked almost dead and buried earlier in the day, but came back to snatch a climactic 3-2 victory over the defiant former champs, Burleigh Heads.

Troy Somerville, who lifted the Alex Heron trophy for Mooloolaba, was very pleased with his afternoon’s work.

“Tremendous. That’s what bowls is all about,” Somerville said. “It came down to the extra end and you can’t beat that.”

On the receiving end of Somerville’s dramatic last bowl win was Burleigh’s Gary Pearson.

“They were too good and came back too strong for us,” conceded Pearson.

Burleigh was on the hunt for a third consecutive Super Challenge Gold title, but this year felt the pain of narrow defeat.

“We’ve won on the last end before, so, perhaps it’s about time it went the other way,” said Pearson.

Known as Dad’s Army, Mooloolaba’s Col Pritchard, Lou Dalakis and Eric Taylor went into their triples match aware the previous meeting between the sides had gone down to the wire.

“It’s a great win. It’s absolutely fantastic how the game transpired over the last few ends. We were gone at one stage,“ said Pritchard.

The pivotal rink for Mooloolaba was the pairs partnership of Peter Worth and Paul Henricks.

“We knew if we didn’t win our pairs rink we were gonna lose 5-0 overall. We hung in there and got over the line,” said a grinning Henricks.

Ladies Gold Musgrave Hill also had their opponents on the ropes in the Ladies Gold final, but Kawana’s talent shone through for a 2-0 victory.

“At the beginning we were down 10-2 after six ends,” said Witton, who was full of praise for Dutton, a 2014 Australian Open pairs winner.

“Noels played extremely well in the middle. When we needed bowls, she was in there.”

Delighted to win her sixth Super Challenge was Kawana’s Julie Keegan.

“I told the girls to put that the preliminary final defeat to Musgrave behind them, work to a length to suit us and we’d control the game,” said Keegan.

Musgrave Hill’s Queensland rep, Rosie Lovelock, on the other hand, was almost lost for words.

“I was really happy to make the final, but disappointed. It was our first loss this season,” Lovelock said.

Ladies Bronze Kawana have become something of a powerhouse in Super Challenge, not only taking the Gold title, but wrapping up the Bronze division also.

It was a second consecutive win for Kawana’s star-studded outfit, who defeated Caloundra for the title in 2013.

With super-coach (and Queensland Bowler columnist) Ian Schuback OAM pulling the strings, Kawana cut down Cleveland in the Bronze final at Tweed Heads.

Kawana’s Liza Burgess, Noeleen Dutton and Louise Witton were under pressure early, but fired off 17 unanswered shots to steal the win.

It wasn’t all plain sailing for the Sunshine Coast girls however, with Cleveland putting up an impressive fight to draw the triples match.

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“At one stage we were up by eight, then we dropped 14 shots unanswered!” said Schuback. “The wheels fell off.”

The draw left the Kawana fours to gain the decisive win to land the title, which they did, thanks to some nerveless bowls from Sunny Coast teen, Rebecca Rixon and co.

“It was a lot of fun, but I had to really concentrate,” said 13-year-old Rixon.

Cleveland’s Mary Ross was not disheartened by the defeat.

“It was well done as the Kawana fours had been undefeated. Cleveland is very proud of our girls,” Ross said. v37/5

take, but I think we’re taking it well,” Blackburn said.

Ladies Silver West Toowoomba Ladies triumphed over a determined Paradise Point 2-0 in a match played with passion.

The might of West Toowomba gave them an edge over their Paradise Point rivals.

Lining up against Tracy Foster, Jo Worsley and Imelda Brumpton may have sent shivers down the spines of the Paradise ladies, but a nervous start quickly turned into a fierce struggle, which only relented in the final ends.

“It’s fabulous the way the girls have performed,” said Queensland rep Foster.

SILVER LINING West Toowoomba triumph over Paradise Point for women’s title, while Bribie’s men brush aside Musgrave Hill to capture Silver Bribie Island’s men made a clean sweep of this year’s Silver final, brushing aside Musgrave Hill 5-0, despite losing their nerve late in the afternoon.

Bribie’s Ken Laverty was so pleased with his team’s whitewash, not even the dismal weather could spoil his day.

“Everything was fantastic. The rain, everything,” Laverty said after the win.

Laverty had good reason to be confident heading into the finals.

“We’ve a great coach and we started planning this three months ago,” he said.

Although slow out of the blocks, Robert Elmore eventually turned his game around.

“I came good towards the end when the rain stopped as I found the greens easier to handle. The skip pulled us out of trouble a few times so I needed to pick up for him.”

The disappointment of heavy defeat left Musgrave Hill’s Eric Blackburn with an aching heart.

“It was our first loss of the competition so it’s a bit hard to

“We’ve a great camaraderie and we all support each other, today that gave us the push to finish it off.”

“It was steady, as it has been all season. Everyone has played their part to get us here,” Worsley added.

Julie Dean of Paradise Point knew the opposition would be hard to beat.

“We always knew it was going to be tough, but we’ve had a wonderful campaign.

The Toowoomba girls outplayed us today, so it’s well deserved,”Dean said.

Julie Stevens felt the ladies from Paradise peaked too early.

“We played our best game in the semifinals. We probably wore ourselves out.”

Pictured closkwise from top page 10: ► Men’s Gold Champions, Mooloolaba. Back row (L-R): Danny Keating, Troy Somerville, John Thain, Paul Henricks, Geoff Allen, Peter Worth. Front row: Col Pritchard, Tim Diedricks, Eric Taylor, Lou Dalakis, Allan Newman, Michael Sorenson, ► Men’s Silver Champions, Bribie Island. Back row (L-R): Wally Simmonds, Frank Fox, Robert Elmore, Peter Hughes, Anthony Griffiths, Mick Cherry. Middle: Les DeLaHaye, Lochie Rowden, Andre Le Gosz, Don Gibson. Front row: Gary Symons, Mark Beutel, Kerry Muller, Danny Mitchell, Ken Laverty ► Women’s Gold Champions, Club Kawana. Back row (L-R): Fay Rasmussen, Thelma Sanday, Julie Keegan, Liza Burgess. Front row: Carol Williams, Louise Witton, Jane Bush, Faye Clarke and Noelene Dutton. ► Women’s Bronze Champions, Club Kawana. Back row (L-R): Evon Woodward, Marion Hewish, Bette Jones, Claire McGrath, Cheryl Mannion. Front row: Ian Schuback OAM, Fay Whittaker, Aileen Duckett, Sandy Clough, Rebecca Rixon and Di Viterale.

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Taylor Bowls Super Challenge 2014

BRONZE GODS Toombul and Wynnum take out Bronze Super Challenge titles for 2014 Triumphant Toombul were the winners in a thriller over Coolangatta, taking the Men’s Bronze Grand Final on the last bowl at Tweed Heads on March 30.

From 2-0 down and staring defeat in the face, the Toombul fight back was on.

Brett Bywater partnering Bill McKenna took the last end in the final game to win 21-20.

Bywater was feeling confident heading in to the nail-biting finale.

“We’d just brought the scores up to 20-all and I felt good.

But when I started to walk down the other end, I started to feel pretty ordinary.”

Brian Russell struggled to put Toombul’s last bowl success into words.

“I can’t explain how proud I am.”

Coolangatta’s Andy Braithwaite took it all in from the sidelines after his singles victory.

“Three of our four teams were leading when I sat down.”

“Then it all went south. John Ryan’s final bowl fell just six inches short.”

A whitewash for Wynnum brought them the victory in the Men’s Division 2 Bronze Final, as Caboolture Lakes struggled across the rinks.

Bronze Div 2 Wynnum’s Robert Muir provided the platform for victory with a 31-15 dismantling in the singles.

Triples star Graham Anderson was very pleased with Wynnum’s 5-0 win.

“Rapt,” he said. “Couldn’t believe it.”

Anderson felt singles hero, “Rowdy” Muir, was a stand out performer.

“He had a fantastic game. Every time he takes to the mat, his aim is to score points.”

Joe Cowan, who skipped Caboolture triples, was pragmatic in defeat.

“With a club the size of ours, to make the final is quite unexpected.”

Pictured above, from top: ► Women’s Silver Champions, West Toowoomba. Back row (L-R): Joyce McGeorge, Tracy Foster, Jo Worsley, Lorraine Blane and Val Chant. Front row: Dianne Gerrick, Imelda Brumpton, Lyn Harrington and Jan Thomas. ► Men’s Bronze Champions, Toombul. Back row (L-R): Scott O’Connor, Michael Vincent, Dave Compton, Bill McKenna, Jim Murray (Asst. Mgr). Middle row: Brett Bywater, Sean Craven, Mick Cummings, Rodney Sambrook, Joe Rogers (Selector/Mgr). Front row: Bob Tuer, Brian Ford, John Wyllie, Mark Potts, Brian Russell (President), Mal Wellington ► Men’s Bronze 2 Champions, Wynnum. Back row (L-R): Reno Zarri, Peter Forward, Craig Johnston, Brian Carter, Robert Pennell.

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Australia’s richest pairs tournaments.

$70,000 in prizemoney Two marquee events on the Australian bowls calendar.

Moama Bowling Club’s 2014 Mens and Ladies Classic Pairs.

More than $70,000 prizemoney on offer.

Entry forms for these two supreme events played along side the mighty Murray River are now available.

The $30,000 Ladies Premier Pairs Classic 30 Aug – 2 Sep 2014.

The $40,000 Mens Prestige Pairs Classic 26 Oct – 29 Oct 2014.

Applications and enquiries should be directed to Moama Bowling Club’s Sports Administrator Zane Mikin-Laurie (State level representation minimum) (Entry to these tournaments is by application only)

6 Shaw Street, Moama NSW 2731 Freecall 1800 806 777 www.moamabowlingclub.com.au ABN 58001046939

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2014 junior championships Queensland’s top young bowlers converged on the Gold Coast in April to battle it out for the 2014 Junior State titles at Broadbeach Bowls Club. The talented youngsters went head-to-head in a new-look event, which featured open triples and fours for the first time, as well as singles and pairs for under18 and under-15 bowlers.

The line-up was a who’s-who of past and present champions, but the big stars didn’t have it all their own way, with some relatively unknown youngsters claiming individual and team titles.

The championships also uncovered a few absolute gems, with some of the event’s youngest competitors also proving to be some of the most talented, not to mention the crowd favourites.

Read on page 16 ►

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Clockwise from bottom left: skips Tiffany Murray and Hayden Vogler prepare for battle in the Open Triples final ; Brendan Wilson in action during the singles semi; some of Qld’s top juniors sit back and enjoy the singles finals ; Brittanny Wiley battling hard in her final ; Kali Visentin rolls the jack ; 9-year-old Kane Nelson throws his hat in disgust at a rare poor shot; Joel Andersen has his eye on the prize in the pairs final. Centre: North Dalby’s Jake Rynne. v37/5

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Coolangatta’s Braidan Leese rescued his Junior Championships campaign with a last ditch singles win, after a series of near misses threatened to send him home empty-handed.

Leese, who turned 18 this month, was determined to end his junior career with a bang and had originally hoped to collect all four titles at this year’s championships.

However, a one-shot loss in the pairs final, followed by an 18-shot drubbing in the fours final, put an end to his dreams of a clean sweep.

The wheels seemed to really come off his campaign in the triples, with Leese’s boys dumped out in Round 1.

But the Australian junior rep came good in the singles, where, with only himself to rely on, he stormed through

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sectionals and into the quarter-final.

Once there he burned Jacob Nelson 21-16 to set up a semifinal showdown with 2013 singles champ Brendan Wilson.

Determined to retain his title, Wilson matched Leese blow-forblow through much of the clash, but with the scores locked up at 13-apiece, Leese launched a final assault, clocking up four straight ends, 2-1-2-3, to clinch the match, 21-13.

It was a similar story in the final, where Hamilton’s Jesse Turnbull and Leese were evenly matched for much of the game... or at least until Leese noticed Turnbull was struggling with long ends.

After that he turned the screws and while Turnbull fought

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LUCKY FOR DEPARTING

LEESE admirably, he couldn’t keep up, dropping the match 21-17.

It wasn’t all bad news for Turnbull however, with the Hamilton player named in Queensland’s new junior state squad.

Boys Pairs They don’t come much tighter than the U18 pairs final, with Cohen Litfin and Joel Andersen

snatching victory from the jaws of defeat on the last end of the match.

Trailing Stephen Savage and skip Leese 16-18 heading into the final end, the duo pulled off a vital three-shot win to wrap up the title, 19-18.

“I can’t believe it,” said Andersen after the match. “It’s our third really close game in a row.

“In the semifinal we won on an extra end and in the postsectional we got two on the last end to win…it’s just been a really tough competition.”

It’s Andersen’s second state pairs title, with the 16-year-old winning the U15s gold alongside twin brother Josh in 2011.

“Josh is here this year, but we didn’t play together because we both wanted to skip.

“Obviously he’s not with me so he’s not doing too well,” Joel joked.

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Open Fours Andersen was hoping his pairs win might also pay dividends in the fours final.

“I’m in Braidan’s team in the fours, so I’m hoping he’ll be really fired up after losing the pairs and we’ll go on to win the fours,” Andersen said following his pairs win.

It didn’t quite work out the way he’d hoped though.

Far from winning, Leese’s side of Andersen, Mitchell Styles and Stephen Savage were hammered in the fours final.

The Hayden Vogler-skipped outfit of Jake Rynne, Thomas Young and Mitchell Mears demolished Leese’s boys in a completely one-sided affair, 24-6.

So dominant was Vogler’s side, that by the ninth end Leese was trailing 17-zip and by the 11th he was down 23-1.

“I don’t think I’ve ever lost like that before, especially not in a final,” said a disappointed Leese after the match.

“It’s been a long day, but I wouldn’t use that as an excuse, they just played well and we didn’t, that was it.”

It was sweet revenge for Vogler’s boys, who went down to Leese in the same fixture last year.

“I guess it is a bit of revenge,” said Vogler, who was full of praise for his teammates, crediting them with the win.

“My team played really well, they put me in an armchair and carried me along for the ride, apart from a few shots I didn’t have to do anything.”

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The trio defeated Mitchell Weier, Aymee Bellert and Tiffany Murray in the final, surviving a late revival from Murray’s side to clinch the title, 18-15.

“The boys were great, especially Jake, he carried us for a lot of the game,” Vogler said.

“I probably had to do a little bit more than in the fours final, I had to make a few more shots, but the boys did most of the work.”

Vogler’s praise was spot on, with 10-year-old Rynne the star of the final.

In fact, the Dalby dynamo was one of the standout performers at this year’s championships.

Despite playing five consecutive games, in wind, rain and shine, the North Dalby lead was fired up for his second final of the championships, with his radar perfectly tuned for the title clash.

“Ryno was great in the final,” Litfin agreed after the match.

“He’s carried us all day with some great bowls.”

Even Queensland state coach Bill Cornehls had praise for Rynne’s efforts.

“He played really well and was very consistent throughout the championships,” said Cornehls, who rewarded Rynne’s consistency with a spot in Queensland’s Junior state squad.

“He’s only young, but if he keeps playing like this, he’ll be a star of the game one day.”

It had looked like a whitewash was on the cards in the triples final, with Vogler’s boys racing out to a 13-1 lead after six ends.

By the 13th they were up 18-6 and everybody was expecting an early end to proceedings.

But to their credit, Murray’s side never gave up and as the sun set and the green slowed down, they started to string some scores together.

In fact, they kept their opponents scoreless for the last five ends, clocking up 3-2-1-1-2.

But they left their run a little too late and Vogler’s boys took the title, 18-15.

Queensland junior state champions 2014.

Pictured clockwise from top left: Girls Pairs finalists April Wilson, Tiffany Murray, Taleah Putney and ConnieLeigh Rixon with Tiffany and Connie-Leigh’s mums Rebecca Murray and Rose Rixon; Boys U15 Pairs winners Jake Nicholson and Charles Clarke ; U18 Pairs winners Joel Andersen and Cohen Litfin ; Open Fours champs Hayden Vogler, Thomas Young, Mitchell Mears and Jake Rynne ; and again, winning the Open Triples Hayden Vogler, Bryce Litfin and Jake Rynne ; Boys and Girls singles champions Braidan Leese (U18), Kane Nelson (U15), Jess Srisamruayba (U15) and Connie-Leigh Rixon (18).

KANE

FOLLOWS IN BIG BROTHER’S

FOOTSTEPS In one of the tightest and most impressive games of the championships, Cleveland pocket-rocket Kane Nelson overcame North Dalby’s Jake ‘Ryno’ Rynne to claim the Boys U15s Singles title.

It was a massive achievement for nine-year-old Nelson, whose brother Jacob was the 2013 champion.

Kane peppered the jack all match for a 21-13 win, but the score belied a close game, with 10-year-old Rynne playing some equally impressive bowls.

In fact, the pair had possibly the tightest heads of all four singles finals, with Queensland coach Bill Cornehls and Commonwealth Games rep Brett Wilkie both blown away by the skills on display.

Despite missing out in the singles, it was an amazing championship for Rynne, who claimed pairs and fours gold earlier in the week.

His achievements on the Coast earned the Dalby boy a call-up into Queensland’s new junior state squad alongside 15 more of the state’s top young bowlers.

Winner Nelson missed out on a Queensland spot (although his older brother Jacob got the nod), but the Cleveland junior is firmly in the sights of state and national selectors and if he keeps up his stunning form, it surely won’t be long before he dons the maroon (and maybe even the green and gold).

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U15 Combined Pairs The under-15 pairs crown went to little-known juniors, Gold Coast-Tweed’s Jake Nicholson (Paradise Point) and Charles Clarke (Tweed Heads).

The duo came through the U15s field undefeated and into the final, where they impressed against Sean Gillis (Algester) and Zac Adams (Swifts), 21-13.

Jake, 14, is a Year 10 student at Aquinas College, Ashmore.

He met pairs partner Charles through the Gold Coast District Junior Development Squad, which holds monthly practise sessions.

Jake has been playing bowls for three years.

He entered the qualifying rounds for State Juniors last year and this year, progressed to state level.

“It feels pretty good to win, it was a tough final, it was very windy, but our consistency made the difference,” Jake said.

“Everyone at school was really happy for me and we’ll definitely come back again next year to play in the under18s event.”

CONNIE-LEIGH

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Kawana girl Connie-Leigh Rixon ran away with the Girls U18 Singles title, despite a late fight back from Australian junior rep April Wilson (Helensvale).

Rixon raced out to an 11-1 lead in the title decider, as Wilson struggled to find her footing in the match.

The Helensvale ace did eventually get some points on the board, but she left her fight back much too late and Rixon was a comfortable winner, 21-11.

The Kawana champ was full of praise for her opponent, with whom she reached the final of the pairs at this year’s championships.

“It was a lot tighter than the score suggests,” Rixon said after the match.

“April is an amazing player and it was a tough match. I think I just got a feel for the green a bit quicker.”

Both Rixon and Wilson were also named in the Queensland’s junior state squad, announced by state coach Bill Cornehls immediately after the finals.

U15 Girls Singles The U15 girls final was a completely one-sided affair, not because Binjour’s Brittanny Wiley was playing poorly, (she wasn’t, as was reflected in her call up to Queensland junior state squad), but because Tweed Heads sensation Jess Srisamruayba was on fire.

Srisamruayba put Capalaba’s Sophie Young to the sword in the semifinal, 21-7, before serving up a similar dose to Wiley in the final, 21-6.

Despite her huge win, apparently Srisamruayba had problems with the speed of the green.

“I found the green a bit difficult, so I didn’t play as well as I would have liked,” she said after the match.

You have to wonder what she’d be capable of if she hadn’t ‘struggled’ with the conditions! ▲ Top: Pairs partners and singles rivals April Wilson and Connie-Leigh Rixon. ◄ Left: Queensland’s 2014 Junior State Squad.

Back Row (L-R): Sophie Young (Capalaba), Taleah Putney (Gayndah), Jesse Turnbull (Hamilton), Nic Gosley (Beenleigh), Brittanny Wiley (Binjour), Nathan Wilson (Ferny Grove), Hayden Vogler (West T’ba) and Jacob Nelson (Cleveland).

Front Row: Tiffany Murray (Miriam Vale), Rebecca Rixon (Kawana), Jake Rynne (North Dalby), April Wilson (Helensvale), Michaela BaileyNelson (Helensvale), Mitchell Mears (Algester) and ConnieLeigh Rixon (Kawana). Not pictured: Dale McWhinneyShillington (Burleigh Heads).

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Fun out of the sun: Yeppoon’s Pat Banney, Jenny Hansen, Brian Hegarty, Val Hegarty, Diana Vaughan, Ray Hansen, Marion Dobbs and Matt Ogg are loving the new shade cover.

Yeppoon conquers Central Queensland Yeppoon Bowls Club is the proud winner of the CQ district’s coveted 2014 Classic Challenge Shield, pushed all the way by the strong North Rockhampton club.

The annual Classic Challenge pits the best players from participating Central Queensland clubs against each other in a round robin ‘home and away’ format, over singles, pairs, triples and fours.

Near-cyclonic conditions delayed the final round by a week, but fortunately for Yeppoon, its final challenge was against Rockhampton, under a fixed roof.

As torrential rain pounded CQ, Yeppoon finished the season and claimed the title.

Yeppoon is a recent star performer for CQ, winning the 2013 A-Grade (Purple) Pennant inter-club competition.

Yeppoon’s rep players will now turn their focus to the club’s district Pennant campaign, as defending titleholders.

Yeppoon’s women have also tasted recent success, winning the Molly Bradford Shield, a Central Queensland inter-club competition for women, the equivalent of the Classic Challenge for men.

Pictured below (Back row from left): Laurel Barnes, Jean Adams, Jenny Hansen, Joan Strohfeldt, Myra Wilson. Front: Ellie Batts, Althea Vaughan.

“Our singles player, Merv Leslie, set us up for the win, with a gallant victory over his better-fancied North Rocky opponent,” Yeppoon men’s section president Ian Lenham said.

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Player numbers double at Yeppoon during the winter months, when southern players come north.

“They’ll be impressed when they come back this year, to find a shade to protect their fair southern complexions!” Ms Vaughan said.

Queensland sports minister Steven Dickson attended an official opening ceremony to mark the “reveal” of the new shade cover, and encouraged the club to pursue funding to cover the second green.

With one win in the bag, Yeppoon had to win only one of the other three rinks to clinch the title, and its triple came through.

“Both went into the last end with a narrow lead, but both gave up three shots, the four ending with a draw 14-14, and the pair down by one.”

“But there’s still more to do, the new goal is a shade over our second green, so the entire complex will be covered.”

Yeppoon has done something out of the ordinary, selecting a red-brown shade colour, instead of conventional green, a decision that has proved a big hit, despite some initial resistance.

The ‘must win’ game for Yeppoon had already been decided in its favour, against competition runner-up North Rockhampton.

“It was just as well, because both our pair and four had a ding-dong struggle on their hands,” Lenham said.

“It’s the culmination of many years of dedicated work to achieve first-class facilities, including artificial greens, and protection from the harsh Central Queensland sun.”

Sun Smarts Yeppoon is now a more sun-smart club, with a new shade cover over one of its greens.

“We couldn’t have done it without a generous grant from the state government,” board chairman Diana Vaughan said.

Yeppoon is promoting bowls in the local area as a good fit for younger sportsmen and women, challenging, but easy to fit around work and family.

The club is planning a Tuesday evening Barefoot Corporate ‘Power Pairs’, based on the Australian Premier League (APL) pairs’ model, targeting local businesses and organisations.

“The idea is to introduce new blood into the club in a fun and fast format,” organiser Kim Martin said. queensland bowler | 19

Free roller bowls is on the menu for Geebung Bowls Club’s 50th birthday celebrations on Sunday June 22, 10am – 2pm.

“Come and see what makes our club special at our Jubilee Community Fun Day,” organiser Laurie Manthey said.

There will be attractions and entertainments for the children, all the fun of the fair, as well as food stalls, a jumping castle, plants, books and a coffee cart.

In the lead up to the community fun day, Geebung will host a $350 Jubilee Open

Nifty 50 $25pp, the get-together starts at 4pm, dinner at 6pm.

All associated with Geebung Bowls Club over the past 50 years are invited and welcomed to attend.

The inaugural meeting of the Geebung Bowls Club was held on June 24, 1964.

There were 33 members in its first year.

Triples teammates: John Darcy, Ron Smith and Alan Ribbchester

Super-Veteran Ron reflects Pairs on Friday June 20 (12 Noon – 4.30pm, dress mufti) with a steak, schnitzel and fish and chips dine in option afterwards.

On Saturday June 21, Geebung will host its $1000 Jubilee Open Fours, $60/team nomination fee includes a spit roast lunch, dress whites.

The arranged to clear the land and raise money to build a £4,300 green.

A second green was constructed in 1973-4 and the club won its first Pennant flag in Division 5 in 1971.

(Nominations to Laurie 0422 818 434.)

Merv Lane is the only remaining Foundation Member and life member.

There is a 50th Jubiliee dinner dance on the Saturday night,

See you at Geebung for their 50th celebrations, June 20-22.

He may be 91, but Urangan Bowls Club skip Ron Smith still plays bowls twice a week and passes on tips to fellow retirees decades younger.

The Super-Veteran was awarded his Patriarch’s badge recently, after 30 years of bowling in both Queensland and Victoria.

He followed his children to Australia from England in 1982 at the age of 59.

“My wife and I played crown bowls in the UK and we were travelling around Australia in our motor home when we dropped into a game at Burleigh Heads Bowls club, it looked pretty easy,” Ron said.

“When we got back home to Phillip Island (Victoria), I went in and had a few lessons at the local bowls club and started playing.

“Then I got into trouble because I’d painted one side of my second hand Dunlop size 6 bowls, to make things easier, and apparently, that was illegal.”

The Smiths came back to Queensland the following Winter and Ron played pairs in a $10,000 carnival on the Fraser Coast, which gave him the taste for more competition.

He formed pairs, triples and fours back in the Victoria playing in the Gippsland competition.

“My most satisfying achievement as a bowler was playing in a $5000 carnival pairs competition, we were 25-8 down on 15 ends and we came back for a 26-25 win,” Ron said.

Ron went on to do umpire and coaching qualifications and when the Smiths moved to Queensland to live, Ron played at Hervey Bay and Urangan Bowls Clubs.

Ron served on the Fraser Coast district umpire committee for 8 years and the district coaching committee for 16 years.

“At the age of 91, I think I deserve a break, now I just help the old folk in local retirement villages enjoy the sport,” Ron said.

Drayton Update - Winners of 20th Annual Fours Carnival Winners of the 20th anniversary Drayton Bowls Men’s Fours Carnival (April 11-13) were Jim Williams, Noel Corban, Nathan Appleton and Graham “Boba” Kath (skip) from North Toowoomba Bowls Club, 20 | queensland bowler

Runner-up was Jason Grundon (skip), also from North Toowoomba, Mark Argent, Gary Gray and Ross Phoenix.

Tony Collins and Tom Hamilton. The 21st annual Drayton Bowls carnival will be held in April 2015.

Winners of the lead-up carnival, the Men’s Pairs challenge, were Allan Elliott and Geoff Hawkins, with runners up

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The secret to our success St Lucia shares wisdom after membership drive nets 20 new bowlers St Lucia Bowls Club held a recent successful memberships drive, with 20 new members signing up, despite wet and overcast conditions.

The club’s theme for the day was “Get in the Game – Get Going” and a colourful animation of a bowler was used in all of their advertising materials.

It was this colourful figure which the new members said caught their eye.

It turned out to be the first of a number of successful strategies, which the club wanted to share, in case it helps other clubs planning membership drives.

“First, we applied for a Queensland Government sport and recreation grant, which helped fund the day,” organiser Howard Briggs said.

“While we wanted to attract more members to St Lucia club in particular, the terms of the grant required us to get more people playing more sport in general, which we were happy to do.

“There is also a co-funding requirement, the club has to show it can tip in time and money, which of course we did.”

The club booked TV advertisements on the Brisbane City Cat and handed out leaflets at the local St Lucia terminal.

They booked advertising spots in their Quest and Local Bulletin newspapers.

“We quickly worked out that in our view, it was better to get a news article in the front part of the paper, than an advert further back,” Briggs said.

“More people saw the news story about the day, with the photo of an older bowler wearing traditional whites and a young one wearing mufti, but without the advert, we may not have got the story.”

And instead of club volunteers doing a letterbox drop in areas near their homes, they paid a commercial firm to give wider coverage.

The club found out what worked best for getting people through the door was 1) word of mouth and 2) the commercial letterbox drop.

“It’s very important for the membership to be proactive in inviting friends and family along to experience lawn bowls, many people like it if they’re given a chance to have a go in a friendly and supportive environment,” Briggs said.

As a result of all the legwork, the club received 51 inquires from people in the local area who said they may come along on the day to give lawn bowls a try.

“My heart sank when the day (Sunday April 13) dawned overcast and drizzly,” Briggs said.

Barry Wilson erects the welcome flag.

“But even with the unfriendly weather, we still got 34 new people through the door, which is marvellous, and 20 signed up to become members, which again, is a fantastic result, worth all the hard work and planning.”

St Lucia is a traditional volunteer-run club, with no poker machines.

“We weren’t interested in attracting the barefoot bowls market because of the

damage that can be caused to the greens, and these players often don’t end up joining anyway,” Briggs said.

“Our goal was to target people in the local area who would like to learn to play, on both a casual and competition basis.

“Bowls clubs are a great, low-cost place to meet people and there’s always something to do, including a casual roll-up wearing mufti.”

Photo by: Tony Tan

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BACK-TO-BACK

Mackay captures second North Queensland Challenge title

Mackay District have gone back-to-back winners of the prestigious Northern Challenge Trophy, (formerly known as the Pioneer Cup and the Channel 10 Cup), played on April 5-6 at Cutheringa Bowls Club, Townsville.

Four districts competed for the Cup, North Queensland, Mackay, Tablelands, and Far North Queensland (Usually Tablelands and FNQ combine to form FNQ District for BQ events, but they compete against each other for the Northern Challenge Trophy.)

Each district selects a team of 12 (three rinks), the format is 25 ends, no time limit, two points for a side win and one point for a draw, based on aggregate shots.

“I was extremely disappointed when the competition was scrapped for a time in the mid-late 2000s,” Wolland said.

“Apart from Champion of Club Champion events and District Sides, it’s the only chance we get to meet up with players from other districts and play good, hard competition.”

Yungaburra’s Dennis Skinner has played District Sides for 23 years, and he has previously represented all four districts playing in the Northern Challenge, as well as previously skipping a Gold Coast District side.

Dennis represented Tablelands this year in the Challenge.

“It’s always a close competition and this year was no different,” Mackay District president Martin Corr said.

“It’s always a great honour to represent your district, whether at state level, or at an inter-district match like Northern Challenge,” Skinner said.

“We had an opening draw against North Queensland, then a win against Tablelands, but when Far North won against NQ, we knew we’d have a challenge on our hands and the boys were focused.

“I’m very proud to be part of this competition, there’s always good bowls played, very competitive, and you get to meet up with some great friends.”

“In the match against Far North, we thought we had a comfortable margin, but they kept pegging us back, and on the last end, we were only seven shots ahead, we certainly didn’t want to drop seven.

With so much experience at representative level, did the quietly spoken Dennis have any tips for bowlers new to competition?

“We dropped three, won by four, so it was exciting and close.”

Mossman’s Bernie Wolland (Tablelands) has played in the Northern Challenge for 10 years, experiencing the highs and the lows.

“Be a lead for as long as you can,” he said.

“That way, you learn to draw.

“If you start using the weighted shots too soon, you lose the ability to draw, you can always learn the other shots later.”

RESULTS 1st Mackay, five points (2 wins, 1 draw, 216 shots), 2nd Cairns (FNQ) four points (2 wins, 1 loss, 242 shots, 3rd North Queensland 3 points (1 win, 1 draw, 1 loss, 212 shots), 4th Tablelands 0 points (3 losses, 160 points).

John Potter (Mackay District secretary), Ron Mitchell (North Queensland District president), Allan Howard (Mackay District team captain), Martin Corr (Mackay District president)

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Burgowan’s oldest serving member Roy Rowston (centre) with Ladies’ president Kay Nicholson and Men’s president Roger Goodwin.

Burgowan birthday bash Fraser Coast’s Burgowan Bowls Club is counting down to its 90th anniversary celebrations on June 21.

the club’s longest serving member, Roy Rowston.

The club is located just off the Bruce Highway at Torbanlea, the northern gateway to the Fraser Coast.

Roy, 91, started in the family sport in 1949 as a 26-year-old, and this year, he notches up 65 years of continuous membership at Burgowan.

“There are 19 clubs in the Fraser Coast district and we hope to welcome our near neighbours to join us at Burgowan on June 21, after all, it’s not every day you get to turn 90, is it?,” club PR Russ Tremlin said.

Tremlin said Torbanlea and Howard were once the hub of Burrum District coal mining operations and it was one of the miners who built the bowls green.

“Many of the ancestors of those original mining communities still live in the area today, at least half a dozen current bowlers would be direct descendents,” Tremlin said.

MILESTONE FOR ROY

He served as club president in 1958-9 and 1982-3 and he has been club patron since 2001.

Roy’s personal tally is 14 A singles titles, 9 pairs titles, 9 triples titles and 34 open fours titles, and he still holds his own on the green.

Roy sponsors a bowls day every year for Mother’s Day, organizing crocheted hankies for the ladies.

Drayton ladies cook the books From weddings to wakes, Drayton Bowls Club is celebrating 21 years of catering for the Toowoomba community.

Over the past two decades, they’ve had more than 100 cooks on the books, and the current caterers are hoping many of them will come back and catch up over a “21st birthday” dinner on Friday July 11.

“We have a roster of five groups of ladies who cook every Friday night, it’s the club’s major fund raiser,” Alma Hamblin said.

He will also sponsor an extraordinary bowls day this month, to acknowledge his very proud 65-years milestone.

“It’s great value at $12/head, we rotate the menu and all our desserts are home baked, from apple crumble to plum pudding and slices and tarts.”

The club has also moved with the times, boasting a new synthetic playing surface and retractable shades.

The club caters for between 30 and 80 patrons on a Friday night, and also caters for weddings and wakes.

Kerr was elected as the newly formed Burgowan Bowls Club’s first president, in 1924.

“This has been a huge benefit, with the hot, wet weather here, it has made a huge difference financially to the club, with less maintenance costs and no playing days lost due to inclement weather,” Tremlin said.

“Wakes are something not many clubs cater for but we do whatever the family wants, hot food or cold food, it’s no trouble to us, we enjoy what we do.”

A small timber house was moved to the site and renovated and transformed into a clubhouse by a member of the first committee, Bert Rowston, the uncle of

The Burgowan Ladies Bowls Club, famed for its country hospitality, was founded on May 7, 1929, with “Mrs C. List” named as the club’s first president.

The green was laid down near the residence of Burgowan Coal’s owner/ manager David Kerr “for the purpose of entertaining the company’s visitors and for the use of share holders of the company”.

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Rino Parrella

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owing greens in Winter isn’t easy!

As the month of May gets colder, greens take on a white colour, and it becomes much more difficult to see where you have mowed.

Hopefully I have a few tips to ease the frustration of “mowing blind”, as I call it.

It took me years to find a solution to this problem, and for a volunteer green keeper or an apprentice just starting out, it’s a puzzle that can take years to work out.

Most people who have looked after greens will know about not mowing in Winter in the early mornings.

Overcast skies make it hard to see where you’ve been and even winds can blow the dew around, also making it hard to see where you’ve been.

Years ago, I would put the sprinklers on for short bursts, then run out quickly and mow.

I even used a shadow clock strapped to the mower, which was of some use, but not on overcast days.

I also tried a compass with unsatisfactory reliability.

So many times it came down to mowing by guess or instinct.

Sometimes I’d think I’d fluked it and as the sun started to rise, I’d see all the missed bits.

As the sun rose higher in the sky, it would become even more obvious that the green had had a bad haircut!

Imagine trying to teach an apprentice how to mow in Winter if you couldn’t even get it right yourself!

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Thirty years later, I feel I have the knack, thanks to a fool-proof technique I came across on You Tube a few years ago, with a few modifications of my own.

I call it the “stick method”.

It’s just two sticks, with a nail spike in one end .

The theory goes something like this: As I start mowing, I place one stick behind the mower, about one third in from the edge of the mower, and between six and eight meters from the ditch. (See Photo 1) As I reach the other side, I turn around, and place the other stick about one third from the edge behind the mower. (See Photo 2) Then as you look down the green, you aim the edge of the mower with the edge of the stick at the other side.

As you pass the stick, you pick it up, and turn around and repeat the process up the green.

Certainly it sounds time consuming and fiddly, but once you get the hang of it, it’s breathtakingly simple and it takes very little extra time to mow.

I’ve actually posted a few clips of my own on You Tube, if you want to look them up.

Just type in bowling green mowing with sticks and the video will come up and you can see how the process works.

Tip of the month As winter approaches and the sun rises later, coming in to work in the dark is common place for green keepers, who start early.

But before you start mowing , make sure you find out about your local council’s noise restrictions.

Where I am, council prohibits machinery noise before 7am Mondays - Saturdays, and before 8am on Sundays.

Give some consideration to your neighbours and save yourself a fine!

DISCLAIMER Rino’s advice is GENERAL IN NATURE. No individual club circumstances have been taken into account.

Neither Rino, Bowler magazine staff nor Bowls Queensland will accept responsibility for any damage caused by individuals choosing to act on Rino’s advice or apply Rino’s advice, either correctly or incorrectly.

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Rebels roll into the Philippines The adventure-loving bowlers of Robina have done it again, challenged Asia on their annual overseas bowls trip.

They did alright on their trip to Singapore last year but this year, organiser Ross Handler said they were put firmly in their place.

“It was a very ambitious challenge this year, to play a Philippines national squad, in the Philippines, at Angeles Sports and Country Club,” Handler said.

“We played over four days, and let’s just say, the results were not good for us!”

The touring Rebels lost all four rinks against a Philippines rep side and three out of four to the local Angeles bowlers.

They then went on to Singapore for a re-play of last year’s tournament, to see if they could improve their results.

“We won three rinks to one on the synthetic roof-top green at Tanglin Club, but managed only a draw on the Singapore Cricket Club green,” Handler said.

“We were totally found out on a slow (less than 12 seconds) green.”

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Most of the Rebels had been on a previous tour of Singapore and some had favourite places to visit, including the war museum, casino, botanical gardens, and some played golf.

“Of the 12 participants who went this year, 11 have already put their name down for next year,” Handler said.

The Robina boys say bowls is a great way to extend the hand of friendship to our near

neighbours overseas.

PHOTO: Robina Rebels at Angeles Country Club, Philippines, from left, Pat Sinclair, Terry Marsh, Eddy Seow, Mike Chambers, Ross Handler, Garry Newsome, Dave Wills, Dennis Latimer, Steve Guthrie, Peter Taylor, Phill Shepherd, Alan Aitkin, Dave McMurray.

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Q A: &

READER QUESTIONS ANSWERED

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This month we answer some common questions asked by Queensland Bowler readers. Always remember, you should contact your club or district umpire panel for an official response to any umpiring concerns you may have. They are always more than happy to help. ► THE THIRD IN A FOURS GAME FINDS THAT MEASURING IS NOT POSSIBLE DUE TO HEALTH PROBLEMS. CAN THE ROLE OF THE MEASURER BE GIVEN TO ANOTHER PLAYER? Yes. Law 37.4 – “Other Duties – Along with the duties mentioned in the previous paragraphs of Law 37, players can carry out any other duties assigned to them by the skip as described in Law 37.1.9.” Therefore the important points to remember are (a) that the skip should advise the opposing skip immediately and (b) when a measure is required that the player assigned that duty will carry out the required measures during the game. ► IN A GAME OF SINGLES, CAN THE PLAYER IN POSSESSION OF THE MAT ASK THE MARKER MORE THAN ONE QUESTION? 30 | queensland bowler

Yes. The Marker will - Law 55.2.5 – “Answer any specific question about the state of the head which is asked by the player in possession of the head.” You will find that there will be times during the game when it will be necessary to ask more than one question and again answer the question briefly and be sure it is not misleading and use commonsense. ► DURING THE PLAYING OF AN END, A BOWL MOVES THE JACK OUTSIDE THE SIDE BOUNDARY. WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN? (A) IF NOT IN THE CONDITIONS OF PLAY

as a completed end even if all the bowls required to be played have been played.”

Law 31.2 - “A dead end should be replayed in the same direction unless the skips or opponents in singles agree to play it in the opposite direction.”

Law 31.3 – “If the skips or opponents in Singles or the umpire declare an end dead, the first to play in that end should also play first when the end is replayed.” (b) If the Conditions of Play state that dead ends are to be re-spotted the following would apply:

(a) If the Conditions of Play do not state anything about dead ends the following would apply:

DR.3.3 – “Re-spotting the jack (see Law 30.4, 15.5) A Controlling Body may elect to follow the Laws of sets play for spotting the jack (i.e no dead ends) in events other than sets play events.

Law 31.1 – “A dead end is not counted

Continued ►

(B) IF IN THE CONDITIONS OF PLAY

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From the Chair

The players should be advised of the decision which should be included in the Conditions of Play advertised when entries are being called for the event.”

with Ron Chambers

► A BOWL COMES TO REST AND THEN FALLS OVER AND TOUCHES THE JACK WHILST THE NEXT BOWL IS IN COURSE. IS IT A TOUCHER OR NOT? No. Because it has to fall before the following bowl is delivered to be a toucher and therefore the above bowl was in course and had been delivered. Law 24.2.1. ► A TEAM ENTERS A FOURS COMPETITION AND THE FOLLOWING HAPPENS: (A) ONE PLAYER HAS TO WORK AND WITHDRAWS FROM THE TEAM BEFORE THE 1ST ROUND. (B) DURING THE GAME ANOTHER PLAYER IS CALLED AWAY ON AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU WERE UMPIRE OF THE DAY WHAT DECISIONS WOULD YOU MAKE. (a) A Replacement Player would be used. Law DR.4.1.4 “Replacement player is one who is appointed to take the place of an intended player prior to the start of the competition for a reason accepted by the Controlling Body.” Law DR.4.3.3 “can play in any position and will have the same rights as the original team member.” (b) An Eligible Substitute would be used.

Law DR.4.1.6 “Substitute is a member who acts as a proxy for an intended player or a constituted player in a team who is unavailable or physically incapable and therefore prevented from attending or continuing in game.”

STATE UNDER 18 CHAMPIONSHIP The 2014 State Junior Championships were held at Broadbeach and Musgrave Hill bowls clubs in perfect weather conditions on excellent greens.

Tony takes home best-performed player gong Pine Rivers Tony Bonnell was recognised with one of the big gongs at the recent 2014 MultiDisability Lawn Bowls National Championships, held at Fitzroy Victoria Bowling Club (March 23-28).

Bonnell proudly accepted the Graham Golley Memorial Award for “Best Performer Internationally” for his achievements over the past year.

The Sporting Wheelies (amputee) bowler played for the green and gold at the recent Eight Nations tournament in Scotland (August 2013), the “dress rehearsal” event for the upcoming Commonwealth Games (July 24August 1).

Bonnell will be on the plane with the Australian team for Glasgow, the first time disability bowls has been included at a Commonwealth Games.

Bonnell was happy with his performance at the recent national championships, bronze in the Men’s B5/6 Singles, beaten by Victoria’s Paul Kirton (gold) and South Australia’s Liam Buckley (silver).

Law DR.4.7.2.3 “can play in any position except skip.”

He teamed up with Tully’s Sid Achilles for a silver medal in the Open Pairs B5/6, with South Australia’s Liam Buckley and Zac Guy taking the gold.

► A PLAYER DELIVERS ANOTHER PLAYER’S BOWL BY MISTAKE AND IT TOUCHES THE JACK. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN?

In the women’s events, Queensland dominated in the Singles B7/8, with Edge Hill’s Kaytlyn Smith winning gold and Rathdowney’s Deb McGarry taking silver.

Law 47.2.1 – “If a player plays another player’s bowl instead of their own, the other player’s bowl should be replaced with the player’s own bowl.”

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In the Pairs, McGarry got a second silver, teaming up with Murgon’s Sylvia Hiltunen, with the gold going to NSW’s Carolyn Nelson and Lynn Smith.

Hiltunen bagged a second silver medal in the Singles B5/6, splitting the formidable NSW pairs combo, Carolyn Nelson taking gold and bronze to Lynn Smith.

The standard of play was exceptionally good, with bowlers ranging in age from 9 to 18 years.

Bowls Queensland selectors took a keen interest in proceedings, with a view to choosing the next State Junior squad to take on NSW in July at Toombul Bowls Club, and to select a team to represent the state at the Australian U18 championships, to be held in Darwin in September.

Thanks to all the volunteers who help conduct the annual juniors showcase event each year, without them, it would not be such a positive and successful experience for our younger up and coming bowlers.

NEW FACES There have been changes to the Bowls Queensland Board of Management and Committees after the 2014 AGM. New faces include John Dawson (Deputy Chair), Ron Mitchell (Board Director), Sally Lyons (Match committee), Margaret O’Rourke, Gail Waitai, Lolita Treasure (Women’s selection panel) and Greg Bostock (Men’s selector).

We wish them a happy and productive year with BQ and thanks to all who nominated, and our retiring BQ volunteers for their hard work and support over the previous twelve months.

TEST SERIES The Australian Defence Force bowlers played a three-test series against a Queensland “Chairman’s 12” at Hamilton Bowls club (May 3-4) to mark 100 years since the start of World War 1.

The

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were played in a friendly atmosphere and enjoyed by all participants, with all the bowlers looking forward to next year.

These test series will run for five years in total, to commemorate the time our diggers spent on the battlefield during the 191418 First World War. Defence made the Chairman’s 12 work hard for their 2-1 win.

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Club Law with curt schatz

Natural Justice Do your club’s disciplinary procedures give members a fair hearing?

Complaints from or about members are common in club environments.

The way that clubs tend to respond to such complaints, however, has been raised as a potential area of concern.

Bowls Queensland CEO Keith Fullerton has recently received a number of queries from clubs and their members about to how to deal with and respond to complaints and undertake appropriate disciplinary procedures.

As a matter of course, a club’s constitution will direct how a club is to deal with complaints and disciplinary proceedings.

Usually this will involve a club receiving a complaint about a member, the club notifying the member of the complaint made against them, and the club conducting disciplinary proceedings accordingly.

If no notification is given, the consequence is that the member is not afforded a right to respond to the complaint against them before any subsequent disciplinary consequences are implemented.

Often this can lead to a penalty being handed down upon the member without their knowledge.

Accordingly, it is important that clubs are aware that even though there may be strong reasons to make disciplinary decisions against their members, they must ensure that the correct procedures are followed in accordance with their constitution and the

In simple terms, natural justice or procedural fairness means that a person who might be adversely affected by an administrative decision must be given a ‘fair hearing’ before the decision is made.

Mr Fullerton has received queries from a number of clubs about how to deal with such situations to ensure that natural justice is followed and provided to members.

Often a club’s constitution will provide that when a complaint is received about a member, that member is notified (often by registered post) of the complaint.

► Clubs have proper and adequate procedures in place for dealing with complaints and disciplinary proceedings and if not, that this is reviewed and amended accordingly; ► The disciplinary procedures established by a club’s constitution are followed and complied with; and ► Members are afforded an opportunity to receive a fair hearing and that the principles of natural justice are followed, or at least that the club is seen to be following the principles of natural justice.

As previously mentioned, the first step in ensuring that members are afforded natural justice is for organisations to get their constitutions right.

The result is often that the member either has their membership suspended, cancelled, or is refused access to the club.

Appropriate procedure is sometimes not followed, and consequently a member’s right to what is termed “natural justice” or the “right to be heard”, is being ignored.

The ultimate aim of clubs in establishing a committee or reviewing their constitutions should be to ensure that:

There is no point following a process in a constitution, if that process does not meet the requirements of natural justice under the law. principals of natural justice.

In order to help ensure that this occurs we recommend that clubs form an independent committee to hear complaints and review disciplinary procedures.

The committee would be made up of members of the board together with members of the club.

This would ensure that there is no bias within the committee and that any member who comes before the committee would be given an opportunity to receive a fair hearing.

Then, if disciplinary action is to take place, it is important that the procedures required by the constitution are followed and put in place effectively.

It is important that clubs take all of these factors into account and address these issues so that members are assured that the club has an adequate and fair procedure in place to deal with complaints and so that members are given an opportunity to respond appropriately to any complaints made against them.

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Coaching with Ian Schuback

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TOP 10 TACTICAL TIPS Matches are mostly lost not won, and the main culprit is lack of tactical awareness.

The common denominator in losing is generally poor decision-making. And dare I say it, in team events, it’s usually a lack of tactical excellence on the part of skips which is most visible.

Old habits are hard to break, and many experienced skips keep making the same mistake, game after game, and are often oblivious to their own shortcomings.

The simple message for all players, no matter how long you’ve been in the game, and no matter how good a skip you believe yourself to be is: If you want to improve your performance, improve your tactical knowledge. Hopefully, my top ten tactical tips will help improve your game.

1. AVOID DROPPING MULT IPLE COUNT S ~ If you can’t get shot - make sure you get 2nd shot! ~ Dropping single shots generally won’t hurt you, but dropping multiple counts is a killer.

2. CONSIDER T WO THINGS BEFORE DECIDING WHAT SHOT T O PLAY ~ The scoreboard and the conditions (green speed and condition, wind, etc) will determine your tactics! ~ On a fast green, with wind, it’s either a draw shot or a firm runner, whereas all shots can be played in good conditions. If leading, keep it tight, but if trailing, change tactics and take some risks.

6. KNOW WHEN T O ATTACK AND WHEN T O DEFEND

9. KNOW HOW To T URN A MATCH AROUND

~ If you’re down a multiple count and several counters are close together, consider a running shot.

~ Changing the length should be your first thought if you’re trailing.

~ If you’re only one down, but have only one bowl near the jack, be very careful if you decide to attack. ~ Your decision-making must be more conservative if your opponent has last bowl, eg. let’s say you play weight when you’ve got only two close bowls.

Qld’s Brett Wilkie is a master tactician says Shuey.

~ Always be on the lookout to score a multiple count, especially if your opponent has only one bowl in the head, or nothing behind the jack. ~ If considering playing weight, first ask yourself “What do I stand to gain, what do I stand to lose?”

5. BEWARE OF DANGER ~ Recognise vulnerable heads when they arise and know where the danger is (sometimes it’s in your hand!). ~ Be careful when you have only one bowl in the head, or what will happen if the opposition trails the jack.

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~ Slowing the game down by following a few bowls to the head or walking up to inspect the head can help. ~ Speeding the game up by playing more quickly can often work wonders too. ~ Change your tactics by attacking more often, or else play fewer weighted shots and stick to the draw shot.

~ Play long ends on slow greens, or against opponents who are ‘pushers’ or have little or no backswing.

~ Always try to think two or three bowls ahead and consider all possibilities and tactical decisions.

4. LOOK FOR OPPORT UNIT IES

~ Switch to the other side of the rink and good things often happen.

10. MATCH WINNING ST RATEGIES

3. THINK LIKE A CHESS PLAYER

~ Always consider what type of shots your opposition might be thinking of playing.

~ Changing mat position is also a good tactic to throw your opponent off.

~ Play short ends on fast greens, or against opponents who wobble their bowl.

What happens if you take one of your own bowls out of the head, and then your opponent takes the remaining bowl out with their last bowl?

7. KNOW WHAT HAND T O PLAY WHEN ATTACKING If you have only one bowl in the head, generally play ‘away’ from your bowl if playing weight, rather than ‘toward’ it.

Why? Most weighted shots are narrow, so you’ll have less chance of taking out your own bowl.

8. PAT IENCE IS A VIRT UE Stay patient, and don’t play weight too early, or try to get the shot with every delivery. Building a head will minimise dangerous situations and provide better opportunities to score once you have bowls in the head.

~ Continually vary the length of ends against a player who’s drawing consistently close to the jack. ~ Playing a short end with a trailing breeze, followed by a long end into the wind, is a great strategy. ~ Generally stay on the narrow side when there’s a steady breeze. ~ Always play the wide side when there’s a strong cross wind blowing. ~ Often in gusty conditions, consider playing around the clock (forehand or backhand in both directions) ~ Remember, there’s often one bad hand (usually, but not always, it’s the wide hand into a head wind), so recognise it, never fight it, and quickly get on the other side!

Next month I’ll share the benefits of using visualisation to help improve an important mental skill. Until then good bowling! v37/5

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