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Volume 37

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Cover Story 16 Last Hurrah Tantitha boys Steve McNamee and Jason Andrewartha claim Australian Champion of Champions title 12 months after devastated club closes.

News 06 Champ of Champs A seven-page round-up of finals action from the 2014 Queensland Champion of Club Champions state titles.

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With State Pennant Finals just around the corner (Nov 2223), we check out the top contenders for this year’s titles.

24 State Mixed Pairs Kurt Brown claimed his fourth State Mixed Pairs title in a blockbuster finale at Club Pine Rivers.

Columns 34 Practice make perfect Repetition is the key to mastering those important pressure shots, according to coaching guru Ian Schuback OAM.

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The 2014 Champion of Club Champion state finals was played over six days at Toombul Bowls Club on Brisbane’s northside. The greens were in great condition but the wind was blustery and unpredictable for the first four days during the fours and pairs, but calmed down a bit for the final two days of singles. The controversy of the tournament was seven timed out matches in the singles sectional play, pointing to a too-tight time limit (2 hours, 20 minutes), which BQ Match will review for 2015. Queensland Bowler reporter Naomi Cescotto picked her top half dozen “moments” from this year’s state finals.

WINNING FOURS SKIP ELLY BATTS FROM YEPPOON The 72-year-old straight talker likes a drink and a fag and beating the reps at their own game (without any desire to step up for state selection herself!)

Beaten Broadbeach skip Sue McKenzie said, “Congratulations Elly… I owe you one!”

Thanks to the exceptional Elly Batts, the Yeppoon girls won’t slip into State Pennant later this month unnoticed.

(If you get the chance, check out Cool Hand Elly at Tweed Heads, November 22-23!)

Not bad, two gold in the only two state pairs events the boys (pictured below) have ever played, 25 years apart.

(In their 2014 success, they took the scalp of another former Tantitha junior, Kurt Brown, see page 7)

They added a touch of glamour to this year’s Queensland Champion of Club Champion state fours final, no sooner touching down in Brisbane from Sydney, they were on the greens of Toombul to represent their new club Across the Waves, where they faltered only at the last, to be state runners-up.

Still on former Tantitha boys… Hamilton Power!

Across the Waves Steve McNamee and Jason Andrewartha can finally throw away their old Tantitha shirts, which had their last official outing at the Australian Champion of Champion pairs at Taren Point, October 14-16. (As if you didn’t know, the Queensland boys won…!)

Great to see former BQ state development officer Steve Tong happier than Larry in his new job as an apprentice mechanic.

Less travel, more family, more bowls, target state selection 2015.

Tong’s Hamilton Power demolished sentimental favourites Across the Waves in the state fours final.

25 YEARS BETWEEN DRINKS FOR BUNDY BOYS Former Tantitha schoolboy bowlers Daniel Stanton-Cook and Darren ‘Crackers’ McCracken won state pairs together as juniors back in 1989.

25 years later, they hooked up again, this time playing for Across the Waves, since their beloved Tantitha club sunk in the recent floods.

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Yeppoon champs: Sandra Simpson, Lorraine Young, Eleanor Batts & Robyn Ross

Kurt the casualty Not-so-bitter rivals: Elly Batts and Sue McKenzie

Unfortunately for Queensland U25 rep Kurt Brown, the scalp his former Tantitha teammates took in their pairs win this year was his own, and that of good mate Paul “Joppo” Jopson.

THE MO IN MOVEMBER Singles champ Harold Whitman’s impressive ‘70s mo was another highlight of the tournament.

What a look he rocked, in his high-vis Springwood gear, and handlebar tickler.

“I grew it for a 70s night at the club back in June, I said I’d keep it as long as I kept going in Champion of Club Champions,” Whitman said.

“I said I’d shave it off if I lost the final, but now I’ve won… it’s under review!”

Wife of 42 years Jacky is so proud of her lovely man, when she retires next month, she plans to play more bowls herself, “otherwise I’ll never see him,” she said.

Singles winner Harold Whitman celebrates with wife Jacky.

Power skip - Steve Tong.

Runners up again, this is the fourth state pairs title in recent years where the Club Pine Rivers boys have stumbled at the final hurdle, including a failure to reach the final of last year’s 2013 Champion of Club Champion pairs at Broadbeach, when home town hero Sean Ingham snatched the head from Brown on the final bowl of the day, to win the section.

“It’s so frustrating and disappointing, if we could just breakthrough and get our first win, I reckon we’d be unstoppable!”

Brown said.

(The full list of who played Champion of Club Champion state finals this year and the results is on the BQ website under Events.)

Pictured: Pairs runnerup skip Kurt Brown.

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FOURS of North Mackay, two members being unable to play, and the rules permitting only one substitute.)

Tongy’s boys Power home Across the Waves Bundaberg was the star of fours sectional play, lead Steve McNamee and third Jason Andrewartha coming straight to the state comp from nationals.

With their newly minted pairs gold burning in their pockets, the proud rink was completed by strategist Brian McMah, and skip Darren McCracken, cool and relaxed.

“We don’t need to say much, we all know what to do, and we just do it,” Crackers said.

Across the Waves posted convincing wins against Stanthorpe 27-13, Jubilee Townsville 37-9 and finally Windsor, 20-12, progressing into the final as “favourites” to win the men’s comp.

But nobody counted on the Power of Hamilton skip Steve Tong.

Tongy and his “Triple Js”, John Newel, Jason Moore and Jim Wise, turned the final into more of a “show” of bowls than a game.

Pictured below: 2014 Fours champions, Hamilton Power’s Jim Wise, Steve Tong, John Newell and Jason Moore.

Elly anchors popular win What a splash they made, the down-to-earth Yeppoon girls, Robyn Ross, Sandra Simpson, Lorraine Young and Eleanor Batts (pictured page 7).

It’s expensive to come away to a state comp, so the CQ girls decided to save money, and come by train.

“Bloody uncomfortable, we’ll never do that again,” Batts said.

The girls lost their first round against Emerald 17-16, “we were still half asleep”, but they made sure of the second against North Toowoomba 30-12.

Then it was time to play Broadbeach, the team “most likely” to go through to the final, the only side with two section wins, and at least three bowlers used to playing high pressure bowls at state and national level.

Far from wilting under the pressure, the Yeppoon clubbies set a cracking pace, frustrating Broadbeach at every turn, thrilling the capacity crowd with a welldeserved 27-11 win. (Elly’s bowl was checked for a homing device at the end of the game, so accurate was she in converting the head!)

“They out-played us from go to woe, they came as a team, they played as a team, and they won as a team,” beaten skip Sue McKenzie said, swallowing her disappointment at being denied a crack at Sue Bond’s Ferny Grove team in the final.

Would the Yeppoon girls have the stamina, consistency, and drive to do it all again?

“Well I know I will,” said Elly in her throaty chuckle, “I don’t know about the other girls, but I reckon we’ll be alright.”

Continued page 10 ►

They talked their game plan aloud, urged their bowls into the head, and sprinted to keep abreast of the action.

Obviously enjoying their bowls, they became worthy winners on the day, Across the Waves ultimately disappointing in the one-sided final, 28-11 to Hamilton.

“It’s my dream to play for the state and my bowls is going well at the moment,” Tong said, a former BQ state development officer, now apprentice mechanic, with more time than before for both family and bowls.

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Group Winners

1. Jindalee (Cunningham) 2. Windsor (Brisbane)

3. Stanthorpe (Southern Downs) 4. Hamilton (Brisbane North) 5. Maryborough Services

6. Across the Waves (Bundaberg) 7. North Mackay (Mackay) 8. Jubilee Townsville (NQ) State Winner – Hamilton

Runner up – Across the Waves

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Broadbeach (Gold Coast Tweed) Ferny Grove (Brisbane)

North Toowoomba (Downs) Kallangur (Brisbane North)

Binjour (Burnett)

Yeppoon (Central Queensland)

Emerald (Leichhardt)

Marlin Coast (TFNQ)

State winner – Yeppoon

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Former rivals partner for pairs glory Former Aspley skip Dawn Denford was that excited to win her first state title, and within one year of joining her new club, Pine Rivers.

“It’s the best club in the country, I love the carpet and I love the shade,” Denford said.

“I’m very blessed, I’ve never won a Queensland state championship before, I’m over the moon.”

Former Kawana skip Linda Morish also joined Club Pine Rivers recently, and after many years of skipping against Dawn at various district and state events, they found themselves at the same club, and decided to give BQ’s champion of club championships pairs a whirl.

“There was no argument over who would skip, I knew Dawn liked to skip, and I’m used to playing singles, so I was happy to play lead, we both know our jobs, and we respect each other,” Morish said.

Linda is an amazing player, it’s nice to have such a great partner, I trust her with my life!

“Linda is an amazing player, it’s nice to have such a great partner, I trust her with my life!” Denford said.

“We struggled at the beginning, we were down 7-0, then 15-7, but we got ourselves back in the game, the score was 16-16 on the 16th end, and we tried our darndest, but they just played better than us today,” Brady said.

The Mareeba ace remembered the last time she played against

Linda Morish and Dawn Denford Linda Morish, at the Australian titles (singles) in Adelaide 13 years ago, in 2001.

“She did me like a dinner then, too!” Brady smiled.

Pine Rivers went through its section undefeated, but it was extremely competitive, as you’d expect in a state pairs final:

Group Winners - Women 1. Ipswich US (Cunningham)

6. Monto (Port Curtis)

3. South Toowoomba (Downs)

8. Mareeba Memorial (TFNQ)

2. Mt Gravatt (Gateway)

4. Pine Rivers (Brisbane North)

5. Tewantin Noosa (Sunshine Coast)

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Mareeba Memorial also arrived at the final undefeated, but with a close call in its opening game against Mackay City 22-19, and the wins against Tewantin-Noosa 22-12 and Monto 24-12, don’t show how hard these sides contested most ends.

Runner up in Section 1 was Gwen Stubbs and Bronwyn Torrens from Monto, runner up in Section 2 was the Mt Gravatt duo Debbie Logan and Christine Baxter. ► Continued from page 9

The Ferny Grove girls, Judith Collingwood, Karen Mateer, Kerrie Wilson and Sue Bond, were fresh for the final, after a surprisingly easy win in their section, undefeated against Marlin Coast 25-16, Binjour 31-6, and Kallangur 35-7.

They got an early lead, 6-1, Yeppoon came back 6-6; they opened up 11-8, then 17-13, but Yeppoon came back again, 17-17.

And what a final it was for the Pine Rivers pair, against Eileen Stevens and Sue Brady from Mareeba Memorial.

Both sides played very good bowls, and the score was close the whole way, worthy of a state final, but ultimately, Pine Rivers prevailed, 21-19, after 21 ends.

Mt Gravatt 23-16, South Toowoomba 22-18, and Ipswich United Services saved its best game for last, 24-20.

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State winner: Pine Rivers

State runner up: Mareeba Mem

It was 19-all on the 19th end, 21-19 to Yeppoon on the 20th, then Ferny Grove were holding three, possibly four, on the 21st, a win tantalizingly close, with only four bowls to go.

With her first careful roll, the Yeppoon skip reduced Ferny Grove’s advantage to two, a possible draw now the best Brisbane could hope for.

With her final bowl, Elly seized the advantage for CQ, threading her bowl through the head to take second shot.

With Sue Bond unable to force a draw or better on her final bowl, Yeppoon had won its first state champion of club champions fours title, 21-20, with Ferny Grove runners up.

“It was such a great game of bowls, it’s a pity there could be only one winner,” BQ Match’s Colleen Ryan said.

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Crackers and Cook back in business!

Bundy mates Daniel Stanton-Cook and Darren “Crackers” McCracken have won their second state pairs title, 25 years apart.

“We won as juniors back in 1989 and we haven’t played together since, it’s fantastic to come back together for this tournament and win,” Stanton-Cook said.

round hit out against South Johnstone’s Santo Raciti and Kevin Kiwi Deegan, 22-21, and also a close second round against the Chinchilla dad and son duo Peter and Gerard Bellgrove, 19-16.

The Pine Rivers boys’ closest margin was against Rainbow Beach’s Kostas

Ladas and Adam Hateley 23-20 (always good to see a new faces from the country do well at a state titles!)

Pictured: Above - Daniel Stanton-Cook and Darren McCracken with 2014 Champion of Champions medals; below with 1989 Qld Junior Pairs shield.

The boys were both loyal junior members of the now defunct Tantitha club, spawning ground of many successful bowlers, including Queensland U25 rep Kurt Brown, and Australia’s newest champion of champion pairs gold medallists Steve McNamee and Jason Andrewartha.

Except for Kurt Brown, they all now play at Across the Waves, and the winners can’t say enough about how supportive their new club has been.

Former Mundubbera boy Brown now plays at Club Pine Rivers, and he found it tough to come up against his old Tantitha mates in this year’s pairs final.

“I’ve played with these boys, Daniel and Darren, since I was 14, and I found it really hard to play against them today,” Brown said.

“The wind was swirling around and I just wasn’t feeling confident, to drive well you’ve got to have confidence, and I was struggling.”

Brown said it was the fourth state pairs title he and Joppo (lead Paul Jopson) had lost in recent years and it was incredibly frustrating and disappointing, especially since arriving at a champion of club champions final was such a long process.

“We started this back in January, 10 months later, we’re playing the state final, to lose in the last few ends is just so disappointing, we had chances to win but we just couldn’t make it happen, I don’t know if we get nervous or something, but I reckon if we can finally crack it, we’ll be unstoppable!” Brown said.

Both Across the Waves and Pine Rivers won their sections undefeated, though Across the Waves probably had to work a bit harder, having an extremely close final

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Pairs silver-medallists: Kurt Brown, Sue Brady, Paul Jopson and Eileen Stevens

Group Winners - Men 1. Tweed Heads (Gold Coast Tweed)

6. Across the Waves (Bundaberg)

3. Chinchilla (Condamine)

8. South Johnstone (TFNQ)

2. Indooroopilly (Brisbane)

4. Pine Rivers (Brisbane North)

5. Rainbow Beach (Fraser Coast)

7. Marian (Mackay)

State winner: Across the Waves State Runner up: Pine Rivers

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Underdog Harold gobbles up Ducky Waddell “If you don’t believe in fairy-tales, well, you should now, what happened here today is an absolute miracle,” Queensland’s newest State Champion of Club Champions singles winner Harold Whitman said, down-playing the string of successes which led to his first state finals appearance and first gold medal.

“Sometimes I’m good, sometimes I’m awful!” the humble champ said.

The men’s state singles final this year was already a “win” before the first bowl was rolled, for all the great, unsung club bowlers of Queensland.

The “name” bowlers of the sport had already been dispatched at club, district and zone sudden-death playoffs, and the state championship was wide open.

On his way to the final, Harold was faultless in his opening round against Frank Taylor from Stanthorpe 25-8, but his next two wins were controversial.

The champ had the good fortune to be ahead both times when a tight 2 hours, 20 minutes time limit struck (there were three rounds of singles sectional play on the first day).

On the losing end were Anthony Griffiths from Bribie Island, down 18-21 but rising, and Jason Stelling from Weipa down 20-22 when the time limit stuck, both extremely frustrated not to be unable to play to 25, not because of delaying tactics by either player, but because they were so evenly matched, and each end so hotly contested.

to bowl it straight away, and it doesn’t work for my game,” Harold said.

State runner up and former Queensland rep player Andrew Waddell from Burleigh Heads had only one tight match in his sectionals, against Calliope Central’s Robert Withers 25-20, but he says he would have been furious if things had worked out differently, and he had been timed out.

“It takes such a long time to get to a champion of club champions final, and it should be elimination 25-up, just as it is in all the lead up matches,” Waddell said.

(There were seven matches in total timed out at 2014 State Champion of Club Champions and BQ Match said the issue will be reviewed for 2015.)

Waddell’s brilliant wins in the sectionals promised much for the final against Springwood’s Harold, but the Burleigh champ just didn’t fire up when it counted, going down 11-25.

“I’m going to have a break now for a while, I’ve got a beautiful little three year old daughter, I’m going to spend more time with her… but I think I’d like her to play tennis!” Ducky said.

The winner himself agreed the time limits in the singles sectionals were too tight.

“Two hours, 20 minutes was too short, most games will be finished in Harold Whitman in action during 2014 CCC singles final that time, but when it’s a close game, the fairest thing is to play to 25,” Harold said.

1. Burleigh Heads (Gold Coast Tweed) Club Helensvale (Gold Coast Tweed) While Harold himself is not a 2. Springwood (Gateway) Mt Gravatt (Gateway) “slow” player, he’s 3. Stanthorpe (Southern Downs) North Dalby (Condamine) the first to admit 4.

Bribie Island (Caboolture) Bramble Bay (Brisbane North) it doesn’t suit his game to rush his 5. Club Maroochy (Sunshine Coast) Coolum Beach (Sunshine Coast) bowls, and he 6. Calliope Central (Port Curtis) Biloela (Port Curtis) doesn’t pick up his 7. Mackay (Mackay) Mackay Northern Beaches (Mackay) next bowl until the 8. Weipa (TFNQ) Townsville Suburban (NQ) previous player has left the mat.

State winner: Harold Whitman (2) State winner: Debbie Logan (2) “If the bowl’s in State runner up: Andrew Waddell (1) State runner up: Lynsey Clarke (1) my hand, I want

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Could this be Debbie’s big break?

“Stunned and excited” is how Mt Gravatt’s Debbie Logan felt about her win in the 2014 Queensland Champion of Club Champions women’s singles.

Hovering at the edge of state selection for years, Logan finally had everyone sitting bolt upright as she bowled out three great group champions in the sectionals, and Australian Jackaroos skipper Lynsey Clarke in the final.

“She always beats me…except for today,” Debbie said.

“It’s the first time I’ve entered Champion of Club Champions and I made it through to the state titles in both the pairs and the singles.

“I never thought I’d get this far…”

“You are a big winner today, Debbie Logan, a deserving winner, this is the pinnacle, it was a great game, and it’s a pity there could be only one winner,” BQ Match’s Colleen Ryan said.

The game was much closer than the final score suggests, Clarke dangerous until the 18th end, when she was up 15-13, but Logan hung tough, levelling on the 19th, and going in for the kill the minute Clarke faltered.

“I played really well but I had one

poor end towards the end, and Debbie finished well,” Clarke said, her gold medal dream dashed.

Logan’s big break came on the 21st, when Clarke went down four shots, 16-19.

She didn’t score again, Logan plugging away with mostly singles until she reached her target, 25-16.

“Another silver medal, my fourth this year…” Clarke said (but since one was a Commonwealth Games triples silver, she wasn’t complaining too loudly!)

The result was the other way around the last time Clarke and Logan clashed, in this year’s Australian Open fours final.

Clarke’s star studded rink of Queensland and NSW reps won the title, but only after a torrid encounter against a little ol’ club four from Mt Gravatt in Queensland, in which Logan played third.

Her fours and pairs skip Christine Baxter praised Logan as a great club bowler.

“She always puts the club first, she’s my best bowls buddy, I’m so

Debbie Logan proud of her, I’m so excited to see where she goes from here,” Baxter said.

On her way to the section win, Logan came up against Elizabeth McCleary from Bramble Bay 24-22 (timed out), Biloela’s Alison Ogle 25-12, and Coolum Beach’s Brenda Balchin 24-22 (timed out).

Clarke won against Sue Hunter 25-15, Wendy Usher 25-20 and Townsville’s Christine Robinson 25-13.

Runners-up Andrew Waddell & Lynsey Clarke

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SWEET

National champs: Jo Worsley and Tracy Foster

SUCCESS Queenslanders savour national Champion of Champions double delight Queensland won an unprecedented double at Australia’s 2014 Champion of Champions, bringing home both national pairs gold medals.

There were no prouder Maroons at Taren Point (Oct 14-16) than Jo Worsley, Tracy Foster, Steve McNamee and Jason Andrewartha, hoisting their trophies aloft, and proudly accepting a rare national gold medal for their ultimate success in one of the toughest endurance events in the sport.

(The Champion of Club Champions can be a three year marathon, club, district, zone, and state titles played during the first year; state pairs and singles winners progress to nationals the second year, and national singles winners may progress to world titles in the third consecutive year.)

MEN It was an especially poignant victory for Bundy boys Steve McNamee and Jason Andrewartha (front cover), wearing their old Tantitha colours in competition one last time…

Tantitha boys, but sadly for Steve and Jason, their four had to be content with the silver medal. However, their pair of Daniel Stanton Cook and Darren McCracken will go through to 2015 nationals, and a possible back-to-back for the former Tantitha, now Across the Waves.)

“We got some closure,” an emotional Jason said, “and our new club is very supportive.”

“This was after we lost to ACT by 10 in our first game, and in our second game against Victoria, we had to win by 13 to get through, we won by 14!”

They wanted the fairytale finish at Taren Point, pushing through against an undefeated Victorian side of Bryce Young and Brett Mahoney to win the final 19-12.

Foster’s next appearance will be at State Pennant for West Toowoomba later this month.

McNamee caused a sensation, dominating the match from the leads position, Andrewartha a steady skip, his well-worn Tantitha shirt cuffs proudly on show as he hoisted the winner’s trophy, writing the final chapter of their old club, while looking forward to the future.

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They were up against powerhouse pair Kay Moran and Karen Murphy from Cabramatta (NSW) in the final, an in-form Murphy delivering killer blows time after time to convert the head, but the tenacious Toowoomba girls held their nerve, and stayed close.

“In the final end, we were down two or three, I drew shot, it was an absolute beauty, and Karen’s final bowl missed, we won 16-14,” Foster said.

The only bright spark was that the flame of Tantitha would burn for another year, as the boys won through to nationals from the state titles at Broadbeach (October 2013).

(Across the Waves fielded a four and pair at state finals this year, all former

And what about our newest women’s champs, West Toowoomba’s Jo Worsley and Tracy “Twiggy” Foster?

It looked like NSW had got away in the third last end, picking up three, but Foster replied, sitting out a bowl to create three for Queensland.

They watched devastated as a proud 73-year-history came a close in June last year, a half million-dollar damage bill from floods too steep to consider.

No sooner were the gold medals around their necks, the boys had jumped a plane back to Brisbane, to play 2014 State Champion of Club Champions for their new Bundy club, Across the Waves.

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SINGLES

Relief for Tantitha boys Jason Andrewartha and Steve McNamee

No joy for Queensland in the singles at nationals, Deception Bay’s Helen Annan unable to win a game, and Edge Hill’s Colin Kelly taken to hospital in Cairns the day before he was due to play, where he remained for 12 days with a mystery virus. Colin says he’s now recovered and looking forward to playing State Pennant for Edge Hill (November 22-23). v37/11

The Australian Premier Bowls Competition is back at Club Pine Rivers in November.

For those that didn’t have the opportunity to enjoy the games last year, it’s Lawn Bowls answer to 20/20 cricket. Very exciting, fast paced and really entertaining. The night games are Telecast LIVE on Fox Sports Australia & SKYTV New Zealand, 5 hours each night!

This year there will be more teams, more coverage and a bigger and better atmosphere.

Here at Club Pine Rivers, we’re very excited to be hosting this huge event again. We’ll be encouraging our local community to be apart of this too, so if this is you - mark 18th-21st on your calendar for this year’s APL. You won’t want to miss any of the action!

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Comm Games Countdown!

Elite development squad begins training for 2018 Gold Coast Games

AUSTRALIAN U18s CHAMPIONSHIPS

Queensland juniors rule, our team of 10 was the overall winner at the recent four-day Australian U18 Championships at Nightcliff Bowls Club in Darwin (Sept 29 – Oct 2), with all of our baby maroons coming home with a medal.

Play was on synthetic greens, which proved to be a challenge for our juniors not used to this kind of surface.

Both Queensland boys and girls were runners-up in their respective competitions, and all should be justifiably proud of their success.

Special congratulations to Nic Gosley and Connie Leigh Rixon on their selection in Australia’s U18 squad.

Queensland is serious about stacking Australia’s 2018 Commonwealth Games bowls team with as many mighty maroons as possible.

Selected for Queensland are:

MEN: Sean Ingham (Broadbeach), Des Cann (Jindalee), Eric Copeland (Caloundra), Robbie Wild and Kurt Brown (Pine Rivers).

To that end, the Broadbeach host club, Bowls Queensland, and Bowls Australia have joined forces to run an annual “young guns” QLD V NSW challenge for the next three years, leading into the big event.

WOMEN: Pam Rowe (Club Helensvale), Natasha Jones (Bribie Island), Kiani Anderson (Kawana), Bolivia and Cassandra Millerick (Caloundra).

“It’s an exciting new concept, incorporating match play, skill drills, team building and fitness,” BA National Training Centre coach for Queensland Brett Wilkie said.

Five young men and five young women from both QLD and NSW have been chosen to form elite development squads.

“Their results could well and truly place them in the mix for the ultimate prize in our sport – Commonwealth Games selection for Australia.”

Their first clash will be held at Broadbeach over five days, November 24-28, spectators are welcome and encouraged.

MIXED PAIRS The State Mixed pairs were held at Pine Rivers Bowls Club on October 11-12. Husband and wife Kurt and Emma Brown were pitched against each other in the final, but either way, the trophy was coming home to the Brown household!

Congratulations to winners Kurt and Ester Regan, and runners up Emma and Ian Schubach. Many thanks to Club Pine Rivers for the use of their greens and facilities.

CHAMPION OF CLUB CHAMPIONS Toombul Bowls Club hosted this year’s State Champion of Club Champions competition, which was played on good greens, in fine though windy conditions.

Spectators were privy to some excellent bowls, as you’d expect from the best club bowlers in Queensland this year.

Congratulations to the winning bowlers from Hamilton (Men’s Fours), Yeppoon (Women’s Fours), Across the Waves (Men’s Pairs), Pine Rivers (Women’s Pairs), Springwood (Men’s Singles) and Mt Gravatt (Women’s Singles).

After an extremely busy month, all of our BQ officials can look forward to a short break before the last event of the year, the prestigious State Pennant finals to be held at Tweed Heads Bowls Club.

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A P L ARE YOU A TRUE BLUE

QUEENSLANDER? If the love of sport runs thick in your veins, it’s time to bleed for Queensland at Club Pine Rivers!

There are 250 ***FREE*** grandstand seats each night, for four big nights in November, and we want your bottom in one of them!

The Fox Sports TV cameras roll ***LIVE*** from 5pm, Tuesday to Friday, November 18-21.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU? For a start, there’s a pig on a spit greenside! How does that sound?

Our staff will slice you a fresh and tasty sliver of pork to enjoy with your XXXX Gold, as you bear witness to the biggest and best bowls bash in the Southern Hemisphere!

Wayne’s Can Bar will be rink-side too, so you won’t have to walk too far if you build up a big thirst from all that hollering!

HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT APL? If you haven’t, where have you been? It’s only the biggest and best bowls action in Australia!

Have you heard about the Australian cricket team and the T20?

Well the average age of the Australian bowls team is YOUNGER than the Australian cricket team – and APL is our bowls version of Big Bash.

It’s a short, action packed format of the traditional game, three bowlers, one Super Sub, one Power Play.

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GUESS WHO WON LAST YEAR? If you guessed QUEENSLAND, you’re right!

The Brisbane XXXX Gold is your local team and WE WON APL 2013!

We are defending champions in 2014, only the second time this competition has been played.

If you’ve ever wondered if lawn bowls is a great spectator sport, now is the time to find out!

WHO’S COMING? Only the biggest and best bowlers in Australasia!

For Brisbane XXXX Gold, we have super skip Kelvin Kerkow, OAM.

Commonwealth Games medallist Mark Casey from the Gold Coast will lead for Brisbane, and local club bowler, the young Robbie Wild, will also be back to defend OUR STATE’S SUPREMACY! Our team manager is Alex Murtagh, he prowls green-side in his big straw hat and calls the Power-Play.

Can the BRISBANE boys do it again?

What about YOU? Are you with us?

WHO IS THE COMPETITION? This year, Queensland has a second team entered in APL, Australian Premier League.

The Gold Coast Hawks, based at Club Helensvale, will be doing their best to swoop the title away from the Brisbane XXXX Gold.

And there will be six other teams in the competition, based in the other capital cities of Australia and New Zealand.

Eight different colours, eight different coloured bowls, eight different coloured supporter’s shirts, eight big bash bowls teams wanting to take the trophy OFF BRISBANE and the lion’s share of more than $100,000 in prize money.

This is a serious sport and a serious chance for you to be part of the fun ***FOR FREE***at Club Pine Rivers, only FOUR NIGHTS, Tuesday to Friday, Nov 18-21.

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO? Absolutely nothing! (Except round up a few friends and make it a date!)

Come on Tuesday 5pm to check it out.

Come on Wednesday 5pm to have some pig on a spit. Come on Thursday 5pm to see who makes the semi finals…

Come on Friday 5pm to CHEER FOR BRISBANE! You said sport was in your blood, right?

Well here’s the chance to BLEED FOR BRISBANE! What if you’re only free during the day?

Well check out the APL timetable on the inside cover of this month’s magazine.

There is APL action from 11am.

Bar is open until midnight (take your glass slippers home with you!)

We look forward to welcoming you at Club Pine Rivers.

We know how to show you a good time!

(We’re located on the corner of Sparkes & Francis Roads, Bray Park, on Brisbane’s northern outskirts, only a quick detour as you head up the highway to the Sunshine Coast. Inquiries phone (07) 3481 8600.)

SPOT THE CELEBRITY You’ll see celebrity players from other great Queensland sports in the grandstands at Club Pine Rivers from November 18-21.

One sport, all sports, we’re all in it for the sport of lawn bowls.

Have you got it in your diary yet?

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Defending champs North Toowoomba

State Pennant Preview State Pennant is in its 14th year for the men, going back to 2001, when Musgrave Hill defeated Manly to hoist the inaugural Division 1 flag.

Manly eventually claimed a coveted Div 1 title of their own, but it took the girls to get the job done, three years later in the newly formed women’s comp, beating Sandgate in the final.

Once again, the event will be run out of the popular and professional Tweed Heads Bowls Club.

Group winners for the MEN in 2014 are South Tweed, Wynnum/Manly, North Toowoomba, Bribie Island, Mooloolaba, Bargara, South Suburban Mackay and Edge Hill (Cairns).

Group winners for the WOMEN are Club Helensvale, Cleveland, West Toowoomba, Bramble Bay, Club Kawana, Yeppoon, Souths Suburban Mackay and Townsville Suburban.

Last year’s champions were MEN North Toowoomba and WOMEN Ferny Grove.

Men’s Form Guide Recent Form Two recent winners are back in the mix for 2014, defending champs North Toowoomba, and 2012 winner Mooloolaba. North Toowoomba is a team where the whole is bigger than the sum of its parts, proving State Pennant success is more about great teamwork than star power.

Mooloolaba boys didn’t like missing out on a title defence last year; they’re back this year, and extremely motivated to hoist the pennant again.

First timers Despite having many good players, this is the first time at State Pennant for South Tweed, and also Bargara, which replaces Tantitha as the Bundaberg District rep.

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South Tweed got the nod this year for the busy Gold Coast Tweed, and it has to be a top contender, counting on sure and steady stewardship from Kelvin Kerkow OAM, Nev Jenkins, Geoff Hawken and Nigel Smith, plus energy from a young skip like Dean McWhinney.

Triers…

Wynnum Manly is making its first appearance back at State Pennant after a six year-drought, its last run for Gateway a three year-stint, 2005-2007.

They’ve got state coach Bill Cornehls playing lead, and plenty of fire-power at the tail end too, state rep Brendon Egan, Jason Hoy, and former state rep at all levels, Jamie Nordloff, as skips.

It’s a young side but with the wily Cornehls in their corner, not one to be underestimated.

For Bribie Island, it’s the second time at State Pennant, its last appearance back in 2010, the Brisbane North rep spot having been dominated by Club Pine Rivers. If it all comes together on the day, Bribie could make the final.

Souths Suburban Mackay is back for its third consecutive year, underestimate them at your peril, the boys are always competitive, and they get better each time, but do they get enough strong competition to be able to stretch to the top level?

Edge Hill is the proud TFNQ rep this year, five previous appearances, 20012003 and 2009-2010. Not the same depth as others, but it’ll be nice to see Col Kelly and his boys back in the south-east corner.

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Women’s Form Guide Heavy-hitters You’d think it would be walkover for Club Helensvale, it’s almost a prerequisite to be a state player to get a spot in this Baker’s dozen.

There’s a target on their backs, but with such a wealth of talent, the only way they could falter is if they don’t combine well.

Their last win was in 2012 and they’ll be keen to lift the Shield again in 2014.

The other big hitter is Club Kawana, dripping with state reps and better, a very tactical side, and with master craftsman Ian “Shuey” Schuback OAM in their corner, all their ducks are lined up.

The Thunder also bring an enthusiastic cheer squad to State Pennant.

West Toowoomba would have to be the next lady in waiting.

They get stronger every time they appear at State Pennant, and this is their sixth consecutive outing.

When they’re hot, they’re dangerous, but will they go for the kill like the Gold Coast Tweed and Sunshine Coast sides.

2013 Women’s State Pennant winners - Ferny Grove Pennant in 2012 and had a great time.

They’re a team of hard workers and with three experienced skips like Ester Regan, Clare Hill from WA, and Norma Cleghorn, they’re an outside chance if they work as a team.

For Cleveland on Brisbane’s bayside, State Pennant is the icing on the cake.

Former Mackay star Ester Regan will feature for Bramble Bay

Outside chances Sentimental favourite would be Yeppoon, after the girls recent fabulous win at 2014 State Champion of Club Champion fours.

Fishing from such a small pond, will Yeppoon have two more rinks with the same glorious discipline as Elly Batt’s girls at Toombul?

Yeppoon has made it to State Pennant twice previously, in 2008 and 2010, and ended a three-year run by Bargara to win the Bundaberg rep spot this year.

Bramble Bay on the Redcliffe peninsula, representing Brisbane North, came to State

They’ve already climbed a mountain to win their group title, denying last year’s winner Ferny Grove a chance to defend their title.

The girls have seasoned warriors on their side, including lead Joan Brotherton and matriarch skip Mary Ross.

They’ll prickle the heavy-hitters, but probably not enough to win.

Northern ambush Souths Suburban Mackay and Suburban Townsville would love to take the flag home to the top half of the state.

Have the coast sides become too strong in that time, or is a northern ambush still a possibility in 2014?

Women’s Draw The Section 1 draw is West Toowoomba, Yeppoon, Cleveland and Club Helensvale.

The Hawks to go through, but we reckon there’ll be some awesome rink wins to the others, and with sectional play, sometimes the “for and against” works against the obvious winner.

The Section 2 draw is Bramble Bay, Club Kawana, Souths Suburban Mackay, and Townsville Suburban. The Thunder to roar through to the final, but again, skips like Julie Keegan, Louise Witton and Jane Bush won’t take anything for granted, keeping an eagle eye on the “for and against” to ensure survival.

The Souths Suburban girls have form, previously winning the whole shebang three times, in 2005-6 and last in 2009.

It’s been four years since the flag needed a plane to get home.

► Men’s Draw The draw pitches Edge Hill, Wynnum Manly, Bribie Island and Mooloolaba against each other. Tough section.

Mooloolaba or Wynnum Manly to go through.

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Action from the 2013 state finals

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Ian Schuback, Emma Brown, Kurt Brown and Ester Regan

A warring couple, a wedding singer and an international superstar... what more could you want in a state bowls showdown?

Queensland’s 2014 State Mixed Pairs came to a blockbuster conclusion, with king of the comp, Kurt Brown, bagging his fourth title since 2009.

In a finale worthy of the Hollywood treatment, Brown hooked up with his wedding singer, to take on his wife and her superstar coach in the grand final.

Representing Brisbane North at the event (Oct 11-12), Brown and former Queensland rep Ester Regan (lead) stormed through sectional play undefeated.

The pair clocked up big wins over North West’s Bev Peters and Damien McGee (30-15), and Condamine’s Jodie Bigger and Brian Slatter (21-9), before squeezing past previously unbeaten Mackay duo, Di Faulkner and Ray Kurtz, 19-14, to secure a final berth.

There they faced the Sunshine Coast champs, Club Kawana’s Emma Brown (Kurt’s wife) and former World Indoor Singles champion, Ian Schuback OAM. The Sunny Coast pair also came through sectionals unscathed, beating Gateway mother-son outfit Lyn and Glenn Malone, 23-14, before clocking up double-digit wins over Bundy’s Bev Parker and Jim See (31-15), and Gold Coast-Tweed’s Pam Rowe and Anthony Fantini, 19-7.

With sectional opponents vanquished, a blockbuster final kicked off, but, playing on Kurt’s home turf at Club Pine Rivers, the Brisbane North pair had the

Blockbuster finish for State Mixed Pairs best of the early ends, racing out to a 12-5 lead after 11.

No stranger to the big stage, Shuey kept his cool.

With Emma playing superb lead bowls, he finally struck back on the 12th, stringing together three ends, 3-1-1, to put his team right back in the match, 10-12.

After a brief consultation with the umpire to ascertain the dead end rule, the Aussie bowling legend played a killer drive…literally.

The end was restarted, but by the time Shuey got back on the mat, Regan and Brown were holding again.

The Kawana superstar launched another killer drive, but this time Then, after trailing he missed and for 14 ends, the State Mixed the 2014 title Kawana pair Pairs has been went to Regan picked up four and Brown, really good to me... to hit the front 16-14. for the first it was at this event four “The State time, 14-13. years ago that I first met Mixed Pairs Regan has been Emma, then we won it and Brown really good together two years ago, struck back, to me over regaining the just two weeks after the years,” Brown said lead with just we were married. following his minutes left on latest win. the clock, 15-14.

“It was at this event A new end got underway, four years ago that I first met giving Kawana one last chance Emma, then we won it together at the title, but when the bell two years ago, just two weeks sounded Regan and Brown after we were married. were holding two.

“It was really strange playing The writing seemed to be on against her in the final, and the wall for the Sunny Coast especially playing with Ester, reps, but Shuey had other who was the singer at our ideas. wedding two years ago.

“But it was a great final and I’m delighted to win a fourth Mixed Pairs title,” he said.

Despite being a fierce competitor, Shuey wasn’t too disappointed with his loss, happy to reach the final of a state event after almost 15 years on the shelf.

“After retiring almost 15 years ago, it was good to be back on the green in competition as part of my role coaching and mentoring up and coming players at Club Kawana like Emma,” Schuback said.

“Next time, I’ll make sure to follow my own coaching advice, but after the wounds inflicted

by Ester and Kurt in the final, I should return to safe ground in the coaching arena and finish my upcoming book!”

Brown first won his maiden Mixed Pairs crown in 2009 alongside Bargara’s Gail Crompton.

The pair, representing Bundaberg/Port Curtis, backed up in 2010, before Brown made the move to Cairns.

He took out his third title in 2012 alongside new wife Emma, representing Tropical Far North Queensland.

Group Winners 1. Pam Rowe / Anthony Fantini (Gold Coast Tweed)

6. Bev Parker / Jim See - Bargara (Bundaberg)

3. Jodie Bigger / Brian Slatter (Condamine)

8. Bev Peters / Damien McGee (North West)

2. Lyn Malone / Glen Malone (Gateway)

4. Ester Regan / Kurt Brown (Brisbane North)

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7. Di Faulkner / Ray Kurtz (Mackay)

State winner: Ester Regan / Kurt Brown (Brisbane North)

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Queensland Shines

Over-60s host Aussie titles at Gold Coast As this year’s host state, Queensland performed beyond expectation, thanks to a joint effort by Bowls Queensland, sponsor Destination Tweed, and the superb events team at Tweed Heads Bowls Club, led by Paul Girdler.

“It made it so easy for us, it was a very professional service, the greens were excellent, the facilities at Tweed Heads are unreal,” Tasmania team manager Carol Bannister said.

It was Bannister and Tassie men’s manager Peter Zoon’s first experience of an Australian Senior Sides, essential because next year the tournament goes to Launceston.

It’s extremely tough to be selected for a senior side, as there are so many exceptional bowlers turning 60 each year, The round robin competition is exciting, exhausting and extremely competitive.

“All our games were tough and close,” victorious WA women’s team manager Sue Hogg said.

“You have to get the combinations right to win as a team.”

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The biggest challenge of the 2014 competition was a howling westerly wind.

“Extremely tough conditions, it ricochets off all the buildings around us,” Queensland men’s “player of the series” 2013 Lou Dalakis said.

Queensland was hoping for a double-slam on home soil, but it wasn’t to be.

MEN – BLUES HAT TRICK Queensland’s Over 60s men won silver, no disgrace in finishing runner-up to a gun NSW team.

Until beaten by Victoria in a “dead rubber” on the final day, Blues manager Richie Clutterbuck said his magnificent team had not lost a single match in three years.

“This is the hat-trick!”

Clutterbuck said (three consecutive Australian Senior Sides titles!)

“Well done Victoria, you topped us in every way today, the boys might have relaxed a bit because we knew we’d won the trophy, but still, I can’t take anything away from you, a truly great performance,” Clutterbuck said.

“Also thanks for doing what you did for us yesterday, against Queensland!” (Victoria beat the Maroons by one shot, giving NSW the title, and forcing Queensland to a sudden-death round against SA on the final day, or finish out of the medals.)

The Maroons men’s “player of the series” 2014 was skip Geoff Hawken from South Tweed, he gave grief to every Side, including the mighty NSW. “Flukey, I just shut my eyes and hoped!” Hawken said.

It’s the 10th year of the men’s competition, beginning in 2005, Queensland have won four, NSW have won four, Vic two.

WOMEN – WA WINS NO 2 Queensland’s women felt the pain of being relegated to third spot after South Australia opened up too great a lead on the final day of play.

The pressure was on Patty Elliott’s rink, the last to finish, to minimise their loss, two more shots, and it would have been medals all round.

“We (the team) lost by two on the last end, it cost us a silver medal, under pressure we buckled,” Elliott said, “It hurts!”

It’s the fourth year of the women’s competition and the girls from the west have taken the title twice, in the inaugural year 2011, and this year.

“When we come to Senior State Sides, our first priority is to make friends,” WA women’s manager Sue Hogg said, “We have all had a fantastic time, thanks to all of you!”

“Our second priority is to win the tournament, and you haven’t made it easy for us, we’ve slogged it out all the way.”

The Qld experience was an eye-opener for the WA champs.

“We have nothing like these amazing greens and facilities, no pokies,” said WA lead Sue Delaporte.

Queensland women’s “player of the series” was skip Jenny Blundell from Everton Park, she started playing 34 years ago in Cunnamulla, when her youngest son went to pre-school.

Pictured above: Back row BQ CEO Ron Chambers with Alan Elliott, Lou Dalakis, Jack Horne, Gary Mountsey, Kerry Flint, Geoff Hawken, Nigel Smith, Nev Jenkins, Ken Luck.

Front row - Brendan Hoey, Bob Dobinson, Mick Tobin, manager Barry Ward.

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Back row, Jenny Blundell, Teresa Armitage, Sue Hunter, Ann Russell, Adele Pershouse, Lynn Long, Mary Geary, Anne McClure, front, Leigh Fortington, Val Jackson, Patty Elliott, Sue McKenzie.

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Heartbreak Kid While 90 per cent of the players at this year’s Under18 Championships will envy Nic Gosley his double silver, the 16-year-old Wynnum Manly star is still grappling with what could have been, after dropping two gold medal matches by a single shot.

“I’m pretty devastated to be honest,” Gosley said after his second gold-medal defeat in Darwin.

“To get into two gold medal matches and lose them both by one shot is pretty hard to take. The first loss in the pairs was bad enough, but I was really gutted after the singles.”

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An impressive tally of one gold, five silver and one bronze, earned Queensland top honours at the 2014 Australian Under-18 Championships in Darwin recently (Sept 29-Oct 2).

The Maroons consistency over four days was rewarded with the coveted Overall Trophy at Darwin’s Nightcliff Bowls Club.

“We came here hoping to do our best and take home some silverware, we achieved that and more,” state coach Bill Cornehls said.

“We’ve been going through a bit of a transition period in Queensland’s junior ranks recently, but I think we’re starting to get a really good group of players together and they’re going to be a force to be reckoned with in the future...actually, they already are!”

Silver-Lining Gold and glory was the aim when Queensland’s teen stars took to the green on day four, with the Maroons through to six gold-medal play-offs, (Boys Singles, Pairs & Fours and Girls Singles, Triples & Fours).

Instead they were forced to settle for five silver, after coming undone against inspired work by Victoria, NSW and WA.

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Qld claims top honours Turnbull going down 15-16 in a heartbreaking loss to Victoria.

The Vics also claimed the girls title, out-playing Tiffany Murray’s team, Michaela Bailey-Nelson, Sophie Young and Taleah Putney, 19-9, to take gold.

Connie-Leigh Rixon was next in the firing line, going down to WA’s Elizabeth Allan.

After blazing through sectional play, Rixon came unstuck against the defending champ, going down 21-11 in the final.

Golden Moment Queensland’s golden moment finally arrived in the girls’ triples, with 16-year-old Burnett ace Tiffany Murray guiding her team of Bailey-Nelson and Rixon to glory.

Murray’s girls overcame a hot-shot side from NSW in the title play-off, to grab Queensland’s one and only gold on the synthetic surface at Nightcliff.

“It’s absolutely amazing, I can’t believe it,” Murray said of her first-ever national title win.

“It’s my first year at the championships and coming into the event my goal was just not to finish last, so to actually win gold is just unbelievable.”

The girls got off to a good start in the final, but it was tight all the way through, with just two shots separating the sides heading into the last end.

A well-placed bowl from Rixon on the final end ensured NSW couldn’t get near the jack and Queensland savoured a hard fought victory, 16-13.

“I was quite nervous about skipping to be honest, but I’m really happy with the way things went,” Murray said.

“The girls played brilliantly and we really stuck together as a team and played for each other…it was great fun.”

Bronze The news wasn’t so good for Sophie Young and Taleah Putney in the pairs bronze medal match, with the duo suffering a frustrating one-shot loss to Victoria, 13-14.

The Maroon lads bagged a bronze, with Vogler skipping Rynne and Turnbull to a medal win over WA, 14-10.

Picture: Back row: Hayden Vogler, Tiffany Murray, Michaela Bailey-Nelson, Taleah Putney, Sophie Young, Nic Gosley.

Front row: Jake Rynne, ConnieLeigh Rixon, Jesse Turnbull and Jacob Nelson.

Gosley got off to a rocky start in his blue ribbon singles clash with Victoria’s Jay ByeNorris and trailed for most of the match.

But he never gave up, playing some perfect drives and conversion shots to keep himself in the game.

Persistence paid off, with Gosley levelling the score at the last minute, 20-20.

But it wasn’t to be, with Norris playing a superb last bowl to get shot and seal the victory, 21-20.

Gosley’s singles disappointment came on the back of a similar result in the pairs.

Together with Jacob Nelson, Gosley suffered a heartbreaking loss, going down by one on an extra end in the pairs final, 17-16.

“I’m sure I’ll look back on it and be happy to have two silver medals, but at the minute it’s a bit frustrating not to have a gold,” Gosley said.

Aus U18 Squad It wasn’t all doom and gloom for Gosley.

His disappointment at missing out on gold was eased by his inclusion in the Australian junior squad.

“I definitely wasn’t expecting it, so that was a good end to the championships for me,” he said.

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I’ve discussed ground pearl in Green Guru previously, but I thought it might be a good idea to give our volunteer green-keepers around the state a timely refresher.

As the November edition of Queensland Bowler hits the shelves in your club, so ground pearl is likely to be making its presence felt in your greens.

DESCRIPTION

The adult females have well developed forelegs and claws.

The male is gaunt like an insect, 1-8 mm long.

Ground pearl nymphs are 1-2 mm in length and have a globular yellow / purple shell cluster.

The females are about 1-4 mm long and have a globular appearance and have well clusters within a white waxy sack.

LIFE CYCLE

Females reach maturity in late spring, emerging and scattering through your soil, eventually settling at depths of about 5-10cm.

They encase themselves in a waxy coat and develop eggs without mating, about 100 eggs per female.

The nymphs emerge in summer and infest grass rootlets.

There is a new generation each year, but usually only one a year, and the time is now in Queensland (usually OctoberNovember).

So where do they come from?

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Ground pearl is believed to have come to Australia from Africa on sugar cane roots, and it’s caused havoc in the sugar cane industry as well.

SO HOW DO THEY GET IN OUR GREENS?

It’s believed some sugar cane farms sold pearl-infested fertile soil to landscaping suppliers, which was then on-sold as top dressing for our greens.

It can also be transferred into the green from the soil in the banks around the greens.

Ground pearl spreads very easily and it’s common wherever you look.

I’ve seen ground pearl on residential footpaths and lawns when I’m out for a walk around the suburbs.

DAMAGE

Ground pearl damages plants by feeding on juice from the root system of the plant.

Damage is most apparent during the dryer months, when grass becomes sparse and turns yellow, in sunken saucer-like patches that actually sink and dry out fast due to lack of roots.

SO WHAT CAN BE DONE?

It’s almost impossible to eliminate ground pearl entirely because not all nymphs hatch out of their pearl cluster 5-10 cm below the surface to rise and breed at the surface; they can remain submerged for years.

The only method of attack is to keep the population down so they don’t breed each season.

The first sign you’ve got active ground pearl is after the first heat in October.

The female exits the pearl and it turns pink; it comes to the surface to lay hundreds of eggs from now until January.

October-November is the time to kill ground pearl, so look out for them!

Be prepared to hit them with good residual insecticide such as Merit, Bifenthrin, or Meridian, mixed with a good wetter and watered in well to reach the root zone.

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If you can catch ground pearl in October-November for a couple of successive seasons, I’ve found it will work successfully and your turf will flourish.

Hayden Bennett of Anglo Coal, Fiona Hourn of Moura Hourn & Bishop, Marie Cherry (Moura Bowls Club) and Jeff Seeney M.P. Deputy Premier of Qld.

Be vigilant and be persistent!

If you miss even one season, they’ll be back!

A maintenance tip to proof against ground pearl is to try to re-grow the damaged patches with extra fertilizer at renovation time, to help it develop a deeper root system and give it a fighting chance should ground pearl become active again.

How do you know if you have succeeded?

When ground pearl are healthy, they will wiggle around on the surface any time from October to November, and when you squeeze them, they’ll pop, and they’ll be full of pink juice.

After spraying, get down on your hands and knees and take another look.

If the pink pearl is sluggish and drying up, and it feels mushy to squeeze, it means the ground pearl is dying.

TIP OF THE MONTH Every job has its work hazards, and hopefully we’ll be at the back end of magpie season by the time you’re reading November’s column!

Many Queenslanders will have felt the fear of beaks clipping close to ears, or even hitting their targets.

Even the flutter of feathers close by to a green-keeper’s head is enough to send shivers down the spine!

If you’re unlucky enough to have a tall gum tree with a nest in it near your workplace, may I suggest a Maggie-deterrent hat.

Until next month, Rino.

New bowls kick-start junior member drive Moura Bowls Club is the proud owner of five sets of brightly coloured junior bowls.

“Thanks to our generous sponsors, the club will now be able to hold junior coaching sessions, which has definitely attracted interest and support from local business owners wanting to give the town’s young people something constructive to do,” organiser Marie Cherry said.

“Bowls is a game you can play for life and the younger you get started, the better you can get, and there are very exciting representative opportunities available for juniors, even going as far as the Commonwealth Games.”

(The special deal junior bowls must remain the property of the club. They cannot be purchased, sold or gifted to individual junior bowlers.)

In another recent initiative, Moura Bowls Club arranged for a BQ promotions van to visit their recent Coal and Country Festival.

The temporary carpet rink was very popular with festival visitors wanting to have a crack at bowls.

Moura’s Christopher Hamlyn (right) gave the new club bowls a test drive and gave both the wild purple colour, and the sport itself, the “thumbs up”.

Junior bowls sets stamped with the BQ logo are available for purchase from Bowls Queensland for club junior coaching and training purposes. Price is $280 (black) and $300 (coloured) per set.

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Protecting Members at home and away Recently an interstate bowler was injured while visiting one of our insured Qld clubs to play in a bowls carnival.

behalf the club’s insurer, the injured party was awarded over $100,000 and the matter never made it to court.

When leaving the club premises the visiting bowler slipped on concrete steps, fracturing his foot.

This clearly indicates that it is best practice to ensure that clubs maintain the correct public liability and personal accident policies.

Unfortunately, the injured bowler’s own club was not insured with BCiB.

If his club had been insured with BCiB, it would have had a personal accident insurance policy in place that would have responded in this instance.

If this injury had occurred to a member at your club, the personal accident insurance may prevent the claim from escalating into a public liability issue.

Our personal accident insurance covers a club’s registered bowlers Australiawide, when the bowler is injured while participating in the sport of bowls.

It is also of utmost importance to ensure that Risk Management is practiced at all times.

In this instance, however, the injured bowler decided to sue against the club’s public liability cover.

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Umpire with Joan Brotherton

NEW LAW BOOK As many of you will be aware, a new Crystal Mark 3rd Edition of the Laws of the Sport of Bowls has been approved and should be introduced in 2015, however, the actual date of its introduction in Australia is still to be advised by Bowls Australia.

In the new version, the law numbers have been changed, administration matters have been moved to the back and the main laws are now at the beginning of the book.

The following are the main headings and do not include any Domestic Regulations, as these are still to be advised.

Forward

Introduction – Convention – Definitions

Section 2

Game anomalies

Section 1

Game basics

Section 3

Duties of players and officials

Section 5

Administration

Section 4 Appendices

Field of play and equipment

I have gone through the draft of the 3rd Edition of the Laws of the Sport of Bowls and the following are the main alterations, commencing with the addition of new clauses that are not in the 2nd Edition.

CONTENTS: Set out in a different order.

FORWARD - Conventions: The word “should” has been changed to “must” and this is replaced throughout the Law Book.

Also the word “manager” has been changed to “coach”, and this has also been replaced throughout the book.

NEW LAW CLAUSES: (note also that the law numbers are different, all have been changed).

SECTION 1.2 GETTING A GAME UNDERWAY 6 Placing the Mat:

6.1.5.6 For domestic play, Member National Authorities can decide the requirements for using portable groundsheets as an alternative to the fixed groundsheets mentioned in this law.

6.2.6 To gain better grip during adverse weather conditions a player can, before delivering their bowl, lift the mat, turn it over and replace it in its original position.

SECTION 2.3 BOWL AND JACK DISPLACEMENT:

37.2 Bowl displacement by a disabled player’s equipment or assistant: If a bowl is displaced by a disabled player’s equipment or assistant as described in Law 41, the equipment or assistant must be treated as if it was the player for all purposes under Law 37.1.

displaced by a disabled player’s equipment or assistant as described in Law 41, the equipment or assistant must be treated as if it was the player for all purposes under Law 38.1.

SECTION 2.4 DEFAULTS BY PLAYERS: 39.2 In a side game:

39.2.3 For domestic play, Member National Authorities can approve regulations which are different from those mentioned in Law 39.2.2.

SECTION 3 DUTIES OF PLAYERS AND OFFICIALS: 41 Players with disabilities;

41.6 A Player who has a physical disability will be allowed to kneel on the green to deliver the jack or their bowls. One or both knees must be positioned either in front of the mat with all or part of at least one foot on the mat, or on the mat with all or part of at least one foot on the green behind the mat.

41.7 Players with a hearing disability can use electronic devices to communicate with each other while on the rink of play.

Electronic devices must be used in line with the regulations set out in the Conditions of Play by the Controlling Body.

44 The Coach: (note here that in all Clauses “Coach” replaces “Manager”):

44.5 If, in the umpire’s opinion, this law has been broken, the umpire must ask the coach or delegated deputy concerned to stay within the law. If they do not stay within the law, the umpire must ask the Controlling Body to take immediate action to make sure that the offender stops breaking the law.

SECTION 4.2 EQUIPMENT, MAT, JACK, BOWLS AND MEASURES: 52 Bowls:

52.1.8.5 If opposing teams or sides have the same design or colour of markings and an alternative is not available, players in the team or side listed second in the draw must remove their markings.

These are just some of the changes you will find in the latest version of the Laws of the Sport of Bowls, when the Crystal Mark 3rd Edition is released in Australia next year.

Next month we will cover the remaining changes, including Section 5 - Administration, and Appendices.

I will also include the clauses, which although not new, have had the wording and meaning changed.

Umpires and players need to be aware of these changes as they will affect your game.

38.2 Jack displacement by a disabled player’s equipment or assistant: If a jack is

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Club Law with curt schatz

Is your venue compliant?

AMENDMENTS TO THE ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND COUNTER TERRORISM FINANCING ACT

As most readers would likely be aware, any premises, or reporting entity, that offers gambling services to patrons is required, under current legislation, to provide a compliance report pursuant to the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (AML/CTF Act).

The compliance report must outline how the premises will identify, manage and mitigate money laundering or terrorism financing risk as well as set out the procedures in place for the premises to conduct customer due diligence.

The Federal Government recently identified that the existing customer due diligence procedures set out in the Act were insufficient and were negatively impacting Australia’s ability to combat money laundering, terrorist financing and other related threats to the international finance system.

Accordingly, the Government has introduced amendments to the Act which impose additional and new obligations on relevant premises.

It is important that management at premises that offer gambling services are aware of these new obligations and the amendments to the Act so that compliance reports may be amended accordingly.

This requirement will help reporting entities determine whether a customer is acting on behalf of another person and, if so, to take reasonable steps to verify the identity of that other person.

Reporting entities must now collect and verify the full name of the settlor of a trust, except when the settlor has made a material asset contribution to the trust of less than $10,000, the settlor is deceased, or the trust is verified using the simplified trust verification procedure (as outlined in the Act).

Reporting entities are now also required to consider additional risks associated with customers.

The risks the reporting entity must consider before providing gambling services to a customer have been expanded to include risks relating to:

► the beneficial owner of the customer;

► whether the customer or owner is a politically exposed person (meaning an individual who holds a prominent public position or function in a Government body or international organisation, a person

who is an immediate family member of a public official or a close associate);

► understanding the source of funds or the wealth of the customer; and ► understanding the nature and purpose of the business relationship with the customer.

These amendments will potentially allow reporting entities to better understand and mitigate the full range of risks associated with commencing or continuing business relations with their customers and, it is intended that they will foster greater consistency in the application of customer due diligence preventative measures across reporting entities.

A further amendment to the Act requires reporting entities to undertake reasonable measures to keep, update and review the documents, date or information collected under the applicable customer identification procedure and the new beneficial owner identification requirements.

In practice, these amendments will require reporting entities to review their AML/CTF risk assessments and compliance programs to determine whether these additional factors alter the current assessment.

Any premise offering gambling services is required to have a compliance report in place.

Civil penalties may apply for failure to provide an AML/CTF compliance report to AUSTRAC (Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre).

If you currently have a compliance report that may need to be reviewed in light of the amendments to the Act please contact Mullins Lawyers and our hospitality team can review your program and amend it accordingly.

In brief, the amendments to the Act enhance the customer due diligence obligations of reporting entities.

Additionally, if your premises does not currently have a compliance report in place and is required to under the legislation, or if you have any queries in relation to this issue, please contact me on 07 3224 0230.

Reporting entities must now identify and take reasonable measures to verify the identity of beneficial owners of customers who are companies, trusts, partnerships, incorporated and unincorporated associations and Government bodies.

Hospitality law requires the best heads in the business.

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Simply put an X where you think the missing jack was located in this picture, fill in your details below and send this page to:

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Coaching with Ian Schuback

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REPETITION It’s easy to play a brilliant shot, if you’ve practiced it again and again.

In bowls, repetition is indeed the mother of all skill.

It’s quite easy to play a brilliant shot in a match if you have continually done it successfully at training.

For instance imagine how good you could be on short ends if you regularly played 100 successive forehands to a short jack.

Of course your backhand might become weaker, but you could quickly become unbeatable on short ends if you could ‘groove’ your forehand to a high standard.

Unfortunately, few players do much repetition, or ‘block training’, because they get bored and try something else.

Block training is all about repetition.

Block training is also very beneficial for newcomers to the sport who are not sure how to train properly.

The skill of being able to group bowls close together and being able to repeat good shots is best achieved as a result of serious amounts of repetition.

I liken block training to one of Abraham Lincoln’s most famous quotes, when he said: “If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I would spend the first four hours sharpening the axe.”

Novice players should employ more block training exercises than any other type of training routine, as it’s extremely important to groove and replicate your technique, and the best way to develop skill levels.

It’s better for interI LIKEN BLOCK mediate level and TRAINING TO ONE OF Even if you have advanced players to an imperfect delivuse block trainABRAHAM LINCOLN’S ery style, it’s still ing exercises to MOST FAMOUS QUOTES, possible to groove correct a fault or your technique a specific WHEN HE SAID: “IF I HAD SIX improve and become a skill or shot to a champion if you high level.

HOURS TO CHOP DOWN A can replicate This is best done TREE, I WOULD SPEND THE one delivery after outside competition another with exactly FIRST FOUR HOURS periods. the same technique, As the name implies, SHARPENING THE no matter how techni‘random training’ is quite cally imperfect it might be.

AXE.” different from block or Think of block training as building a strong foundation for future success.

Without it, you won’t obtain the necessary consistency and your results in competition will be patchy at best.

Block training is best suited when you are several weeks, or even months, away from major competition.

Before you peak for competition, you need to put in the hard yards and have a solid base of repetitive training behind you.

When a racehorse comes back from a spell, trainers ensure the horse gets plenty of steady endurance work before any thought of sprint training.

The same approach is needed to prepare for major bowls events and it’s important to understand the real value of block training if you have genuine aspirations to improve.

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repetitive training.

It’s best when you’re nearing competition and wish to sharpen your game to a high level.

It’s like seeing how fast the champion racehorse can gallop because all the conditioning work (block training) has been completed and it’s now ready to ease the reins and really put the polish on its preparation (random training).

Random training is all about playing a maximum of only one or two bowls at your target, because often that’s all you’re going to get in a game, and you need to be well prepared.

Random training on its own might not provide ideal consistency, but it will prepare you for tough match play situations.

However this type of training is basically useless if you wish to improve your ability.

And you just can’t get that good if you train like most players do in a haphazard manner with a little bit of this and a little bit of that.

You need concentrated time and effort to perfect each and every shot. So if you want to perfect drawing close to a jack in the ditch for example, your best way of going about it would be to start with regular sessions of repetition.

Then move on to regular sessions of random training, drawing close to a jack in the ditch with only one or two attempts.

But remember if you are really serious about improving this particular shot, it must be practiced regularly over short and long ends, fast and slow greens, head and tail winds, wide and narrow hands, good and bad greens as well as grass and synthetic surfaces. Do you still want to be a champion?

Random training will sharpen your game and help you win a competition or two, but block training will provide a stronger foundation to build an impressive list of achievements.

Match play is like the icing on a cake – everyone loves it, but it’s not always good for you.

Imagine trying to win the Tour de France without years of hard training before the race begins. Impossible! Similarly, consistently winning major bowling events is impossible without a solid foundation of block and random training behind you.

You might achieve it a few times but you certainly won’t make a habit of winning big titles.

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• WHITE • GREEN • CREAM • NAVY • YELLOW • MAROON • RED • SKY BLUE • ROYAL • BLACK •

NOW AVAILABLE LADIES COLOURED PANTS, SHORTS & PEDAL PUSHERS AUSTRALIA’S BEST SELLING COLOURED PANTS

Australia’s best selling mens pants are now complimented with our new colour range of ladies 100% polyester Pants, Pedal Pushers and Shorts. In four exciting colours Royal, Maroon, Navy and Bottle Green, ranging from size 8 through to size 24. Now every club will look as they should, outstanding!

For all your Bowlswear Australia apparel see your local retail outlet or call Bowlswear Australia 0417 500 077.

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