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CONTENTS

Volume 39

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06 Who Will You Go For?

18 Budget Matters

Brisbane Pirates and Gold Coast Hawks bowl for QLD at the Bowls Premier League TV spectacular at Pine Rivers.

Council delegates from BQ’s 21 districts bring matters to the table at the annual Budget meeting.

08 Six Titles in Six Days

20 Double Act

All the winners from 2016 QLD Champion of Club Champions state finals at Musgrave Hill Bowls Club.

Popular win for a brother-sister duo at 2016 District Mixed Pairs state final at Enoggera Bowls Club.

12 Senior Moment

27 Party Time

Queensland women win their second consecutive Australian Senior Sides title in Western Australia.

Proserpine women celebrate their 75th birthday with cake and camaraderie, as New Farm honours a bowls pioneer.

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Bowls Premier League

Television Spectacular at Club Pine Rivers (Nov 8-11)

The $100,000 Bowls Premier League, formerly Australian Premier League, is back at Club Pine Rivers SOON for four action-packed days and nights!

Fox Sports cameras will beam five hours of live bowls around Australia each night (and in NZ on Sky Sports 5pm - 10pm AEST).

Wayne’s Can Bar will be open for business, comedian Ed Kavalee will assist the commentary team, and the eight competing franchises will have a women in every side this year.

There will be a New Zealand version of the fast-paced BPL early in 2017, when the teams will travel to North Shore Events Centre and Sunnybrae Bowling Club in Auckland (Feb 27-March 2).

WHO WILL YOU GO FOR? Brisbane Pirates

Gold Coast Hawks

New Zealand Blackjacks

Adelaide Endurance

Melbourne Roys

Sydney Lions

Perth Suns

Murray Steamers

Kelvin Kerkow Sean Baker Natasha Scott Coach: Mark McMahon

Dylan Fisher Tiffany Brodie Aaron Wilson Coach: Todd Simmons

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Lynsey Clarke Brett Wilkie Nathan Rice Coach: Anthony Fantini

Ben Twist Aron Sherriff Karen Murphy Coach: Gary Willis

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Jo Edwards Ali Forsyth Shannon McIlroy Coach: Dave Edwards

Kristina Krstic Pieter Harris Tom Mitchell Coach: Wayne Turley

Wayne Ruediger Breeana Dickson Max Kleinig Coach: Les Carter

Ryan Bester Michael Walker Ellen Ryan Coach: Barry Brennan

Six state titles in six days Musgrave Hill Bowls Club

Oct 22-27

BQ CHAMPION OF CLUB CHAMPIONS STATE FINALS - PAIRS

Marlin magic It’s not too often a state gold medal goes to the Far North, with consistent top level competition in short supply for most country bowlers.

However in the Women’s Pairs gold medal playoff, TFNQ’s Joan Carey and Shirley Sampson brought it home for Marlin Coast, opening up an upset lead over two seasoned campaigners, Mount Gravatt’s Christine Baxter and Debbie Logan, who were chuffed to win the silver.

representation at a State Champion of Club Champions.

Despite Mudgeeraba putting up a good fight and winning every other end, Melville and Debnam could not close the huge gap created by a slow start, Coolum taking the first nine ends, to win 24-12.

Other Women’s Pairs state finalists were Rebecca McIntosh & Maree Gibbs (Milmerran), Kay Roberts & Mary Goven (Bramble Bay), Terri Ferris & Tiffany Murray (Miriam Vale), and Rhonda Meng & Susan McCall (Souths Suburban Mackay)

“It meant we could relax a little in the final ends,” skip Sampson said of the 22-5 final score, achieved in difficult conditions at Musgrave Hill.

“Today’s result was a testament to that fact, he’s got all the shots and even more than that, he’s a good kid and that’s the best thing about him, he is level headed.

“He is a massive talent he’s got a really good future ahead of him.”

In the bronze medal playoff, Tim Smith and Ian McMah from Across the Waves Bowls Club (Bundaberg) were happy winners 25 - 16 over Adrian Maskell and skip Wilson Alexander from Northern Beaches (Mackay).

The Bundy pair was resilient, managing to come back from behind in almost every game they played.

“The wind made it a tricky game but we all had to deal with it.

Other Men’s Pairs state finalists were Greg James & Gavin Bradford (North Toowoomba), Mark Beutel (sub) & Peter Hughes (Bribie Island), Col Kratzmann & Richard Patterson (Kingaroy) and Greg Cuttriss & Justin Cribbin (Jubilee Townsville).

The competition for the bronze medal was between Coolum Beach’s Kay Darling and Annika McGill and Mudgeeraba’s Sue Melville and Kate Debnam, especially exciting since it was the first time the Mudgeeraba club has ever had

Pics: PAIRS GOLD Joan Carey & Shirley Sampson; SILVER Debbie Logan & Chris Baxter; GOLD Mark Casey and Jayden Christie; SILVER Mitchell Cameron & Scott McLachlan

“We’re so thrilled to have won, it’s great for our little club in FNQ!”

Unstoppables As the biggest name on the Men’s Pairs ticket, it was expected Australian Jackaroo Mark Casey and his apprentice Jayden Christie were going to be strong contenders for the champion of club champions state title.

The Helensvale pair was undefeated in the rounds and won the gold medal with a massive 30-7 win against Greenslopes Mitchell Cameron and Scott McLachlan, brilliant in the rounds but didn’t fire in the final.

“I’ve been playing with Jayden for a couple of years now and he’s the best junior I have ever seen,” Casey said.

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King Kurt & Queen Cass Kawana’s Kurt Brown and Caloundra’s Cassandra Millerick have “done the double”, winning both prestige State Singles titles for Sunshine Coast District (Group 5).

Brown is the first in the history of the men’s event going back to 2001 to win two Queensland Champion of Club Champion Men’s Singles titles (2012, 2016).

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Brown and Millerick will represent QLD at the 2017 Australian Champion of Champion Singles in the Northern Territory.

“I’ve never been to the NT before, that will be a great experience,” Millerick said.

Men’s Singles silver medalist Robert Hammond has had a sensational year so far, winning all of his club’s championship titles and driving through the night to attend the opening day of champion of club champions state finals to skip his fours team, after winning the $35,000 Lightning Ridge Black Opal the day before.

the bronze medal playoff 25-15 and Kurtz was disappointed not to get a final hit out against Capalaba’s Jamie Anderson, who pulled out due to injury.

“I’m really stoked, it’s always a hard one to win, you have to start at club level and you can’t lose one after that,” Brown said.

Other Men’s Singles state finalists were Brad Flay (Tarragindi), Garry Schulz (Geebung), Greg Silverthorne (Woodgate), Darryl Colledge (Cutheringa).

In the women’s final, Millerick got off a good start and held her lead, winning the gold medal 25-18 over QLD Over-60s rep Jenny Blundell from Everton Park.

Pics: SINGLES GOLD Kurt Brown and Cass Millerick; SILVER Robert Hammond, Jenny Blundell; BRONZE Di Faulkner, Ray Kurtz

Other Women’s Singles state finalists Maree Gibbs (Milmerran), Natasha Jones (Bribie Island), Gail Crompton (Bargara) and Frances O’Shea (West Cairns).

Men’s silver medalist Robert Hammond from Roma was a tough competitor but Brown was more consistent in the final, winning the gold medal, 25-13.

Men’s Singles - Kurt Brown (Kawana) Women’s silver medalist Jenny Blundell was also super match fit, just returned from winning the national title with the QLD senior’s team.

“I’m a little bit disappointed, silver’s good, I shouldn’t be disappointed but I am a bit,” Blundell said. “Cassandra was too good, I couldn’t get her off the short ends.”

“I knew as long as I held Jenny to one, I’d just fall over the line,” Millerick said.

“I had to be really on my game, it’s unbelievable… but believable!”

The bronze medals were a clean sweep to Souths Suburban Mackay skips Di Faulkner and Ray Kurtz.

Faulkner overpowered Jackaroos legend Lynsey Clarke from Helensvale in

Women’s Singles - Cassandra Millerick (Caloundra) Men’s Pairs - Jayden Christie & Mark Casey (Helensvale) Women’s Pairs - Joan Carey & Shirley Sampson (Marlin Coast) Men’s Fours - Geoff Gray, Anthony Fantini, Braidan Leese, Anthony Kiepe (Helensvale) Women’s Fours - Liza Burgess, Brenda Balchin, Marilyn Clayton, Louise Witton (Coolum Beach)

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Pic: Braidan Leese, Anthony Kiepe, Geoff Gray, Anthony Fantini

BQ CHAMPION OF CLUB CHAMPIONS STATE FINALS - FOURS Fairytale finish were exceptional but Kiepe was sensational at converting the head,” See said.

Powerhouse club Helensvale is used to winning state titles but this one was special for bowls coordinator Anthony Kiepe.

The bronze medal went to Edge Hill, Wayne Petrohilos, Darren Curry, Jared Walker and skip Colin Kelly, 23-9.

“We picked our team because we’re mates, nothing more than we like to play together, it’s just a real fairytale finish to actually win, we’ve had a brilliant run,” Kiepe said.

For Kelly, it was the one that got away, undefeated on Day 1 but missing out on the gold medal playoff by just a couple of shots.

“Geoff is moving to Tweed Heads, Fanta’s scaling back his bowls and Braidan’s having a break as well, so it’s a fairytale ending to win this one together.”

“To get so close... it’s disappointing,” Kelly said. “We played too many short bowls.”

4th place went to North Rockhampton, Robert Neilsen, Troy Simpson, Colin James and skip Trent Smalley.

Kiepe’s first Champion of Club Champion Men’s Fours title was almost 20 years ago in 1997, with his brothers and father.

He won his second in 2011 with Helensvale heavy-hitters, Fantini, Brett Wilkie and Nathan Rice.

Lead Geoff Gray has never won a state title.

“Never won a state title, I’ve never won a district title until this one!” Gray said.

“Thanks so much, I couldn’t be happier, I love these people!”

Newly-married Fantini says with plenty of brilliant young bowlers coming through, he’s happy to go out on the fairytale ending.

“I’ve had my time in the sun, I’ve made lots of mates through bowls,” Fantini said.

Leese would like a break from bowls to work and travel.

“Time for a Contiki tour!” Leese said.

Helensvale won the final against silver medalists Mooloolaba’s Lou Dalakis, Jim See, Stephen Garforth and skip John Thain, 19-13.

“Our lead and skip

“It’s been great to get away for a couple of days, the greens were great and meeting up with old friends was fantastic, it’s the best part, we love this competition and can’t wait for next year,” Colin James said.

Other state finalists were Bribie Island (skip Peter Hughes) 5th, Souths Suburban Mackay (skip Robert Spence) 6th, Greenslopes (skip Chris Ryan) 7th and Roma (skip Robert Hammond) 8th.

Purrrfection!

The cool cats from Coolum Beach were undefeated and untroubled to win the 2016 State Champion of Club Champions Women’s Fours, their closest call being in Round 2 against Mareeba Memorial skipped by Sue Brady, 24-20.

“Go the Cougars!” lead Liza Burgess was awesomely uncontainable.

“Two in a row for us!” said second Brenda Balchin and third Marilyn Clayton, winners of the State Champion of Club Champions Pairs last year.

Bribie Island's Sue Mitchell, Irene Smith (sub), Margaret James and skip Lyn Thorp were happy with their state silver medal, winners of their section, but barely able to steal a morsel from the hungry Cougars in the final, 32-5.

"Coolum is a great competitive team, we knew to expect a tough competition and it was, but we’re delighted with the silver, the best thing is the camaraderie,” Thorp said.

The bronze went to West Toowoomba's Jan Thomas, Denise Parkinson (sub), Lorraine Blaine and Imelda Brumpton, Parkinson coming in for skip Tracy Foster and Brumpton moving to skip.

"We're thrilled, over the moon," said Brumpton. "How well did our super sub play!"

Mareeba Memorial's Carmen Cobb, Theresa Pin, Eileen Stevens and skip Sue Brady came fourth in the bronze playoff 27-20, but never stopped fighting.

"We're happy with the way we played, every game we were in it until the end," Cobb said.

Other state finalists were Paradise Point (skip Julie Dean) 5th, Manly (skip Clare Hall) 6th, Pioneer Valley via Mackay (skip Helen Pietzner) 7th and Brothers Bundaberg (skip Lynn Donaldson) 8th.

"We're thrilled!" skip Louise Witton said.

"It wasn't an easy ride to get here but we always kept faith in each other that we could do it."

Pic: Louise Witton, Marilyn Clayton, Brenda Balchin, Liza Burgess

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From the Chairman

by BQ Chairman Peter Williamson

Congratulations to our senior and junior representative teams on their recent good work on the national stage.

OVER 60S The women’s senior team came home from Perth with the trophy and gold medallions, winning by rink wins in the slimmest of margins. Unfortunately the men’s team had to be content with fourth.

UNDER 18S In Adelaide, the boys’ triple won the gold medal and the girls’ four the silver. The weather conditions were atrocious, cold, wet and windy. The team was a credit to BQ and their parents the way they conducted themselves.

BQ COUNCIL MEETING This was the time to introduce Brett Wilkie as the new CEO of Bowls Queensland. The meeting gave the delegates a chance to air their Districts’ views and ideas on a variety of subjects.

The Board will endeavour over the ensuing months to review the suggestions and where possible have the suggestions implemented.

The Finance Director asked for a small increase to the affiliation fees and explained the reason for the increase.

Also discussed were changes to payment of affiliation fees to a fixed fee model. It was agreed work would need to be done on any proposal to make it equitable.

District boundaries were discussed and more work will need to be done in this area.

From top left, BQ chairman Peter Williamson and Cr Dawn Crichlow from sponsor Gold Coast City; Silver medalists Bribie Island, Irene Smith (sub), Margaret James, skip Lyn Thorp, Sue Mitchell; Bronze medalists West Toowoomba, Jan Thomas, Denise Parkinson, skip Imelda Brumpton, Lorraine Blaine; Bronze medalists Edge Hill, Wayne Petrohilos, Darren Curry, Jared Walker, skip Colin Kelly; Mareeba Memorial’s Eileen Stevens, Carmen Cobb, Sue Brady, Theresa Pin. Greenslopes’s Chris Jones, Nick George, Wayne Masters, skip Chris Ryan; First-timers for Pioneer Valley (via Mackay), Laurel Morrow, Beryl Markey, Sandra Zarb, skip Helen Pietzner; Musgrave Hill bowls coordinator Ben Woods; Silver medalists from Mooloolaba, John Thain (skip), Jim See, Lou Dalakis, BQ director Carmel Gibb, Stephen Garforth.

The new Regional Bowls Managers (RBMs) were introduced to the council and delegates were invited to talk to them following the meeting.

The Chairman and Deputy Chairman will attend the Bowls Australia Annual General Meeting to be held on the Gold Coast.

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AUSTRALIAN

They did it again!

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SENIOR SIDES QUEENS OF THE GREEN, QUEENSLAND’S OVER-60S WOMEN’S SIDE PROVE THEIR WIN AT LAST YEAR’S NATIONALS IN TASMANIA WAS NO FLASH IN THE PAN They toughed it out in WA this year to come galloping home (you bewdy!) in the final round against ACT, not only finishing with a win but getting their nose past NSW to hijack the top spot on the leader-board.

The girls went to 2016 Australian Senior Sides Championships at Osborne Park (Oct 10-13) with no expectation of successfully defending their title, but with the precedent set last year, they knew they had it in them.

“It was great fun to go over there and play bowls against such great teams and to come home with the gold for QLD for the second year in a row, it was very special,” skip Louise Witton from Coolum Beach said.

“I’m keen to go back and try it again next year!”

Louise herself had a spectacular campaign to finish second top of the ladder for “most successful skip” across all state teams, just one point behind NSW’s Beth Quinlan.

She finished on six game points, just one game point behind No 1 Beth Quinlan from NSW, the skips ladder always a closely followed feature at Senior Sides.

“It was a great honour to be named the second best skip but a lot of the time the skips get all the acknowledgement when it is the whole team effort,” Witton said.

“Our team worked so well because we had a great combination of individual skills and team cohesion.”

FINISH: 1 QLD | NSW | VIC | SA | ACT | WA | TA S | RESULTS: QLD def by NSW 56-59, QLD def VIC 66-50, QLD def SA 51-49, QLD def ACT 76-41, QLD def TAS 72-35, QLD def NT 67-36

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QUEENSLAND’S OVER-60S MEN WON FOUR OUT OF SEVEN ROUNDS, FINISHING FOURTH

“The competition was tough and the Victorian side especially played well,” skip Geoff Hawken from Southport said.

“The greens were different from what we are used to but at the end of the day we didn’t win.”

QLD copped a beating first up from defending champs Victoria 62-52 who retained

their title, but rebounded gloriously against NSW in the second round, winning 57-52.

The QLD boys also beat ACT, NT and WA but came unstuck against runner up South Australia and sixth-placed Tasmania.

BQ high performance coach Bill Cornehls said the men’s side didn’t make the impact they hoped for.

“I think we had the personnel to win it but we were a bit unlucky, losing that first game to a very tough team probably had a bit of an impact mentally,” Cornehls said.

“The guys played well and applied pressure but we didn’t do as much damage as we hoped, that’s just the way it goes sometimes.”

FINISH: VIC | SA | WA | 4 QLD | N SW | TAS | AC T RESULTS: QLD def by VIC 52-62, QLD def by SA 56-70, QLD def WA 61-54, QLD def NSW 57-52, QLD def by TAS 47-60, QLD def ACT 62-56, QLD def NT 67-36 Pictured opposite: Main photo, Australian champs (two years in a row!), Queensland’s 2016 Senior Side is Adele Pershouse (Bargara), Mary Geary (Mooloolaba), Jenny Blundell (Everton Park), Anne McClure (Broadbeach), Wendy Ryan (Cooloola Coast), Louise Witton (Coolum Beach), Chrissie Pavlov (Broadbeach), front, Gail Crompton (Bargara), Margaret O’Rourke (manager), Linda Morish (Pine Rivers), Sue

O’Toole (Windsor), Sally Hickman (South Tweed), Val Jackson (Broadbeach).

2nd row, QLD skip Jenny Blundell, NSW, QLD skip Louise Witton.

3rd row, SA, QLD Female Player of the Series Sally Hickson, WA. 4th row, QLD Male Player of the Series Max Jaffray; QLD men’s team Bob Dob-

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inson, Geoff Hawken, Jack Horne, Nev Jenkins, Trevor Broadbent, Nigel Smith, Peter Johnson, front row, Max Jaffray, Ed Boxall, Glen Bailey, Kerry Flint, Greg Ash; skip Geoff Hawkeye Hawkens.

5th row, Bob Dobinson, Jack Horne and Ed Boxall for QLD V TAS; Glen Bailey for QLD V SA.

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GETTING STUCK IN With the first month going fast I am thoroughly enjoying my new role at Bowls Queensland.

funding from the QLD Government.

I am extremely passionate about our game and look forward to a long future in this position to help promote, nurture and develop our great game.

Thank you to everyone for your kind words of support.

Having a Board Meeting and Council Meeting in my first week was a fantastic opportunity to meet everyone involved with BQ. It was great to catch up with old friends and also meet many new people from around the State.

Our three Regional Bowls Managers (RBMs) were invited to the recent Council meeting as observers to enable them to catch up with the District representatives (delegates).

BQ chairman Peter Williamson and I met with the RBMs following the Council meeting which was a great chance to discuss how we can work together to assist QLD clubs.

I look forward to working with the RBMs into the future and I encourage clubs to utilise their services.

Bowls QLD have recently applied for their next phase of

By BQ CEO Brett Wilkie

From the Chairman

by BQ Chairman Peter Williamson

Part of this process required me to give a presentation to representatives from the Sport and Recreation Department regarding our sport.

Thank you to BQ finance manager Stuart Taylor who also attended this presentation.

New Farm Bowls Club showed wonderful hospitality to visitors including me attending the recent Twamley Cup (Oct 11).

This event has a great history and it was pleasing to see the rinks full of fours for the day.

What a huge month it’s been for events!

Helensvale bowlers Pam Rowe and Anthony Fantini have become Mr & Mrs (Oct 15). Congratulations to the happy couple.

Our QLD Over 60 women won the national Seniors Sides title for the second year in a row.

Also congratulations to our Junior reps who won medals at the National U18 Championships and to Jessie, Jessica and Jake for being selected in the new Australian U18 squad.

It was great to see Nicole and Tony Williams win the District Mixed Pairs (Oct 15-16) state title and congratulations to all winners and competitors at the 2016 Champion of Club Champions state finals at Musgrave Hill on the Gold Coast.

Bowls Australia training camp for the Para Bowls squad for Comm Games 2017, Broadbeach (Oct 17-21). Nine Queenslanders are in the mix. Congratulations!

Capalaba’s Wally Jacobsen with $10,000 Classic Open Fours (Oct 15-16) winners Garry Schulz, Sean Ingham, Kurt Brown and Des Cann. Congratulations!

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FATAL FAL T E R The 2016 Australian Champion of Champions singles (Oct 5-7) was a roller coaster for Queensland rep Ryan Bester, who looked certain to win the men’s title until the dramatic final game.

Bester was top of the ladder after Game 1 and he was still the one to beat going into the final Game 7 against ACT rep Mark Dulihanty, who had failed to win in the competition thus far.

It should have been a breeze for the Canadian international, currently ranked Australia’s No 3, but Dulihanty played the game of his life, clinching his first shock win 21-13 to deny Bester his chance to play on the 2017 World Champion of Champions stage.

A very happy Aaron Teys leapfrogged Bester to pick up the title, along with Carla Krizanic from Sunbury VIC. The national final was tough in a different way for QLD’s women’s rep Ester Regan

from Bramble Bay, who went down to Krizanic in the opening round and didn’t have much wriggle room after that, remaining in fourth position from Game 2 to the end.

“I struggled in my first game against Carla on the heavy green as the bowls were running about 12 seconds,” Regan said.

“But I had a ball and it was great to meet everyone and play against amazing competition, I was looking across the green and the heads were so close, it was a really good draw.

“At that level everyone plays well and it makes for really enjoyable games.”

Teys and Krizanic will represent Australia at the World Singles Champion of Champions at St John’s Park NSW (date tbc).

The 2016 World Singles Champion of Champions will be held at Club Helensvale, Gold Coast from November 14-20.

Australia’s representatives going through from last year’s national titles at Coolum Beach are Scott Thulborn (SA) and Natasha Scott (NSW).

Pictured centre, Australia’s 2016 Champion of Club Champion Singles winners Aaron Teys and Carla Krizanic, flanked by QLD winners Ryan Bester (Broadbeach) and Ester Regan (Bramble Bay).

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BQ COUNCIL - ANNUAL BUDGET MEETING Delegates from Queensland’s 21 Districts met at BQ on Sept 28 for the annual Budget meeting.

It was new CEO Brett Wilkie’s first BQ Council meeting and he was asked to address the delegates.

QLD’s three new Regional Bowls Managers (RBMs) also attended their first BQ Council meeting, as observers.

BQ director of finance Greg Flynn said BQ had lost 3700 affiliated bowlers in the past 12 months and the age profile of the sport in QLD was currently “in the mid-70s”.

Some delegates expressed concern that some bowlers were not in fact “lost” to the sport but some clubs were not “doing the right thing”, choosing to apply affiliation fees randomly.

Maranoa Warrego delegate Lloyd Harth asked about other funding for BQ, including Sport and Recreation grants and money from the Logo Merchandising Scheme coming back to QLD. Sunshine Coast delegate Geoff Osborne asked if Taylor Bowls still supports BQ. The director of finance said Taylor Bowls is a regular advertiser and supporter of Queensland Bowler magazine and the extra payment

by Taylor Bowls in last year’s figures was a “once off” to support the introduction of the sports card.

“We have an open mind about whether a fixed fee model is the way to go for QLD but we just wanted to start the discussion,” Flynn said.

“From the NSW experience, one way to address the issue of some members not wanting to pay full membership is to charge an extra $1 for green fees, but it’s up to the clubs,” the BQ chairman said.

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Caboolture District’s David McPherson said a boundary review was long overdue for the southeast corner.

“BQ did bugger all for us until Thorpy (BQ coaching committee coordinator Alan Thorp) came out to do a course,” O’Leary said.

A competition for the in-betweens?

“It’s too big a gap, waiting for the Over 60s, we need to introduce a model Australia-wide to target that age group, so as not to lose all that experience to the sport,” Walker said.

The BQ chairman and CEO agreed.

“You’re right, we need to give new players in the 45-60 age group a carrot to join the sport,” Brett Wilkie said.

Walker also suggested the State Final of the District Mixed Pairs should be played as a Champion of Club Champions event, rather than a ‘stand alone’ state final.

“You’re right but you’re also wrong”

Mackay District’s Martin Corr agreed.

“It is BQ not BSEQ” Corr said.

Tropical Far North QLD delegate Jenny Keeling said districts with big areas may also need BQ attention.

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BQ chairman Peter Williamson said strategies were in place.

Fraser Coast’s John Walker asked for a competition for the “in between” age group of 45-60.

The cost to bowlers to fund BQ services in 2017 will be $43.65 a year (up from $42), with no change for juniors.

Southern Downs’ Mike O’Leary said BQ is too focused on the southeast corner.

The meeting discussed the implications of a move to a “fixed fee” model in QLD rather than the current capitation system.

Brisbane North’s Pam Van Homrigh asked how BQ staff were managing the extra workloads after the recent staff cuts.

“Leave it alone”

After some discussion, the delegates approved a small fee increase of $1.50 plus GST.

“BQ did bugger all for us”

“Our problem is tyranny of distance, TFNQ stretches from Thursday Island to Tully,” Keeling said.

“It became a stand alone event many years ago because we had an insurance company that sponsored it, but they dropped out,” BQ Match coordinator Ron Somerville said.

TFNQ delegate Bernie Wolland said the districts prefer it the way it is. “We’ve had more entries,” Wolland said.

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“Leave it alone!” said Cunningham delegate Frank Sauter.

John Walker also spoke against District Sides host districts having “two bites at the cherry”.

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Where does the Logo Merchandising Scheme money go?

“Two bites of the cherry”

“Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast have the depth but it’s not fair they get to field two sides, you’re depriving another district of making the Division One playoff and one district is getting two bites of the cherry,” Walker said.

“You’re right but you’re also wrong,” Ron Somerville said.

“As long as we have 21 districts, we request the host district to field a second team to avoid a bye, now they could say “sorry it’s too expensive” and then we would have to put out a letter to all the districts for an extra team.

“Unless you can convince the Board to get rid of one district, we have to live with what we’ve got.”

Bowls Australia retains all profits from the Logo Merchandising Scheme (LMS), using it to fund bowls development services via the Regional Bowls Managers (RBMs).

Until this year, QLD was effectively paying twice for development.

“We used to pay around $230,000 a year for our development officers, now we pay BA $38,000 to have three RBMs on the road, a big saving but we don’t get any LMS money back,” BQ director of finance Greg Flynn said.

The BQ director of finance also ran past the meeting the possibility of an amendment to the BQ Constitution to enable the BQ Board to appoint up to two extra directors with specific expertise in government, law, business or media, to fill skill gaps among the elected directors.

The chairman said any appointed directors would not be advisory only but have full voting rights.

addressing this.

The board of management is working with media staff to alleviate any excessive expenditure and we will continue to bring to our members a progressive and informative magazine that is sustainable.

“get rid of one district”

Pictured: Top from left, BQ director of finance Greg Flynn, Downs observer Bev Higgins and delegates Darren Thomas and

The QLD-based RBMs wear Bowls Australia shirts but they are at the service of QLD clubs and they are also an “arm” of Bowls QLD.

“acutely aware of overheads”

are wider than this and the Board is

Why does the Bowler magazine lose so much money and have you considered going “bimonthly”?

The staff of the media section is very proud of what they achieve on a limited budget and are acutely aware of overheads.

All media expenditure, including to produce and mail out Bowler magazine, take photos at tournaments, update BQ Facebook and website, liaise with outside media, and provide advice and assistance to clubs, districts and other BQ staff and departments has until recently been allocated under the general category of

Margaret Morris sign in; Ron Somerville (BQ Match) and Alan Thorp (BQ Coaching); North QLD delegates Carolyn Huddy and Ron Mitchell; BQ directors Carmel Gibb and Colleen Ryan and BQ deputy chairman Kerry Green welcome delegates; BQ chairman Peter Williamson.

Bottom from left, Margaret and Lloyd Harth, Burnett delegates Bevin Barsby and Carol Watters; Southern Downs delegate Mike O’Leary, BQ director Diana Wenham and Brisbane North delegate Pam Van Homrigh; Downs delegates Margaret Morris and Darren Thomas; BQ

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PATIENCE,

YOUNG

GRASSHOPPER

“I just wanted to win a State Title before I got too old…” said 32-year-old Anthony Williams from Maryborough Services Memorial.

Williams has been a runner up FIVE TIMES in a state final in recent years, State Triples, State Pairs, Champion of Club Champion Pairs (twice with Mick Roy) and Champion of Club Champion Fours (the wound still fresh, going down to Ryan Bester’s Broadbeach boys in last year’s final at Helensvale by just one shot).

GOLD Nicole Williams & Anthony Williams (Maryborough Services Memorial)

But he felt his luck might change this year when he and sister Nicole, 31, won their third consecutive club mixed pairs title, which led to the Fraser Coast & Wide Bay/ Gympie Districts win, and finally the chance to represent Group 5 in the state final.

SILVER Roger Goodridge & Bev Hadley (Broadbeach)

“We used to fight a lot on the green but once we took that out, we started winning,” Nicole said.

The 2016 District Mixed Pairs - State Title weekend was played at Enoggera Bowls Club on October 15-16.

It was a more open field than in recent years, with five times State Mixed Pair winner “King” Kurt Brown not in the field; the only previous winner was Gail Crompton from Bargara, who won with Kurt back in 2009-2010 for Bargara.

BRONZE Gail Crompton & Nick Cahill (Bargara)

(Gail replaced Kay Cook who was unable to contest the state final with 14-year-old skip Nick Cahill. Gail had only just got off the red-eye flight from Perth, tired but triumphant after winning two-in-a-row for QLD at Australian Senior Sides.)

“Perhaps we can make it three…?” Crompton said.

David Whiting & Chris Robinson (Suburban Townsville)

2016 State Finalists - District Mixed Pairs, back row from left, Anthony Williams, Jules Johnson, Nicole Williams, Gail Crompton, David Whiting, Chris Robinson, Bev Hadley, Calum Brownie, Roger Goodridge, Chris Jenkins, Robyn Tyson, Terry Newman, front, Nick Cahill, Lorraine Callaghan, John Henman, Kim Mogler.

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D I S T R I C T M I X E D PA I R S - S TAT E F I N A L As it turned out, the Bargara duo successfully contested the Bronze medal play off against Suburban Townsville’s Chris Robinson and David Whiting but only two teams went through the sections undefeated to face each other in the final, Roger Goodridge and Bev Hadley from Broadbeach and the Williams siblings.

The Broadbeach duo modestly described themselves as “a pair of dags” who gave themselves “100-1” to make the State Final, but there they were, and on fire.

“I saw how well they played yesterday and I knew we were in for a game today,” Anthony Williams said.

Calum Brownie & Lorraine Callaghan (West Toowoomba)

Conditions on the excellent greens (prepared by green keeper Mitchell Cameron) turned gusty for the final and the Broadbeach underdogs didn’t cope as well as the sentimental favourites.

Terry Newman & Robyn Tyson (Manly)

“I couldn’t handle the wind, Nicole was the best bowler out there today and Anthony was the second best, they deserved their win,” Hadley said.

Williams legendary drive didn’t come into play in the final.

“The only drive I did took our bowls out,” Williams said ruefully.

“This has been my best year on the green,” Nicole Williams said.

“My shoulders are so sore…” (sibling shade, implying she carried her brother to his long awaited state title!)

“Finally, finally, finally!!!” was how Williams summed up this year’s state title win, after the string of near misses.

John Henman & Jules Johnson (Emerald)

It was Nicole’s second state title, winning 14 years ago as a junior with her sister Fiona in the Girls Pairs.

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WANDOAN

YARRAMAN

SOLAR FOR BOWLS CLUBS PROGRAM It’s been a busy year for Australian Solar Consultant’s Fred Dickman as he travels around the state doing what he loves.

“We have established a cost effective programme especially for bowls clubs and their members in Queensland,” Fred Dickman said.

“It means clubs can improve their cash flow by saving on electricity bills while paying for the system.”

Australian Solar Consultants is a preferred partner of Bowls Queensland.

CUSTOMER TESTIMONIALS: Bowls QLD

Bowls QLD has a 20kW system (66 panels of 305kW) installed at Enoggera in mid-2015.

BQ director of finance Greg Flynn said BQ electricity costs over the past 12 months had halved, since going solar through Australian Solar Consultants.

“We’re extremely happy with the service, installation and price,” Flynn said. “It’s why we invited Fred to partner with us and come up with a programme for other QLD bowls clubs.”

Flynn said BQ would own the system outright in four years and over 25 years, and his conservative estimate was more than $200,000 in savings.

Dalby and Wandoan Bowls Clubs Dalby installed a 16.5kW system (12.5kw inverter and 66 panels of 250w) and Wandoan installed a 13kW system (10kW inverter) in June and both are looking forward to the savings.

“Very happy with the installation,” said Dalby treasurer Ross Weier and Wandoan board secretary and treasurer Robyn Stiller.

Yarraman Bowls Club Yarraman has a new 8.5kW inverter with 9.36kW panels and asked Australian Solar Consultants to install LED lighting inside and outside the clubhouse, to optimize savings.

“We’re very happy,” Yarraman treasurer Kerry Knowles said. “Our electricity bill has halved, and as a bonus, Fred has allocated $300 to sponsor a bowls day.”

Other installations newly completed Musgrave Hill Bowls Club (100kW system), Rockhampton Bowls Club (upgrade from 6kW to 13kW), Taroom Bowls Club (12.5kW system with 16kW of panels).

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He likes his with onions and tomato sauce. Lots of tomato sauce.

QLD HOSTS INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY Some lucky north-side Brisbane bowlers got a chance to see Australia’s Jackaroos in action ahead of the World Titles in Christchurch NZ later this month (Nov 29 - Dec 11).

The training camp at Pine Rivers Memorial and Geebung Bowls Clubs included a series of “friendlies” against the visiting Malaysian national squad.

“It’s great to have them here as we are both gearing up for the world championships and this gives us a chance to come together and play as a team,” national coach Steve Glasson said.

“The Malaysians are resilient and very talented due to the fact they’re employed to play full-time making them a bit of a powerhouse in bowls, so it’s great to be able to practice against them.

“The friendlies are not so much about the result, it’s more about falling in line with team game plans and tactics.”

The Malaysian side used their time in Brisbane to focus on team bonding and work with their sports psychologist, the renowned John Pates, to help bring out a more aggressive style of play.

Malaysian coach Zureid Putuh said training in Australia gave the Malaysian side a valuable chance to learn from the Jackaroos as well as the ability to play in similar conditions to New Zealand.

“Australia is one of the best bowls teams in the world and we have a good relationship with Australia, last time we learned a lot from them,” Putuh said.

“The speeds of the greens are similar to New Zealand, the facilities here are also very good so it makes it Australia a good place to come and train.”

The visiting Malaysian internationals played a “friendly” against Geebung members on Sat Oct 22 and the visiting Jackaroos gave the club surrounds a spruce up in a much appreciated impromptu working bee.

Geebung’s John Hood with visiting Jackaroos Mark Casey and Karen Murphy (left) and Malaysia’s Siti Zalina Ahmad and Fairul Izwan Abd Muin.

Jackaroos on the tools at Geebung, sitting front, Rebecca Van Asch, Karen Murphy, Kelsey Cottrell, middle row sitting, Natasha Scott, Aaron Wilson, Brett Wilkie and Barrie Lester, back row Aron Sherriff, Mark Casey and BQ high performance coach Peter Brown.

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STEEP LEARNING SLOPE

Australian U18 Championships Holdfast Bay, South Australia October 1-3

QLD juniors knew it would be tough going into this year’s nationals as “defending champion state” while still bedding down a new-look side, but they managed a creditable third overall While the gold medals rained down in 2015, this year there was only one, in the boys’ triples, proudly claimed by Queensland stalwarts Mitch Mears, Dale McWhinney-Shillington and Jacob Nelson.

rience in poor conditions,” BQ state high performance coach Bill Cornehls said.

“I was really happy we won and it was great to win the gold,” Nelson said.

“In Queensland the conditions are usually better so it was a great opportunity to gain experience against incredibly tough opposition while contending with the elements at the same time.”

“Mitch and Dale made it really easy, a great team to play with, I think it gave us the edge.”

Apart from the boys’ triples gold, Queensland’s other medals came in the girls’ fours (silver) and boys and girls’ singles (bronze).

Unlike last year, only four medals came home to QLD out of eight events.

“The make up of the team was quite different to last year as we lost two skips which meant we had to step into new roles, which was unfamiliar territory as we had less experience in the team,” Nelson said.

“Our girls team was also very different and I think the weather was a little bit of a factor too.”

The U18s arrived in Adelaide to torrential rain and a swimming pool on the greens at Holdfast Bay, which fortunately drained well.

“The adverse conditions created by the bad weather cell prevented the kids from practising but it helped them gain expe-

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Boys Triples – GOLD Mears, McWhinney-Shillington and Nelson won every game in their section to go into the gold medal playoff against Tasmania, finishing strongly 19-6.

Girls Fours – SILVER Julia Allen-Best, Rebecca Rixon, Shervawn Wilson, and Jessica Srisamruaybai were strong in sectional play, winning two out of three for a chance at gold against New South Wales, who were friendly but always focused, winning 19-7.

Boys and Girls Singles – BRONZE Jacob Nelson and Jessie Cottell missed out on the gold medal play off but made sure of the bronze, Nelson holding out a

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charge from Tasmania 21-17 and Cottell holding her opponent at arms length throughout, 21-9 against Western Australia.

What else?

The boys four Jake Rynne, Mears, McWhinney Shillington and skip Jayden Christie were unlucky not to take a medal, facing New South Wales in the bronze medal playoff and going down in a nail-biter, 12-13.

Similarly, the girls triple Allen-Best, Wilson and Srisamruaybai were unlucky, going down in the bronze playoff to South Australia 12-18, finishing fourth.

In the pairs, both boys and girls teams struggled, Rynne and Christie finishing near bottom of the boys’ ladder, seventh, despite winning a massive 32-6 in their final game against the Northern Territory, while for Rixon and Cottell, a 14-19 loss to Tasmania meant they finished the girls’ comp in sixth position.

Overall, the boys finished third out of the eight state and territory teams and the girls were placed fourth out of seven, for an overall third place for QLD.

QLD BOYS – 3rd QLD GIRLS – 4th OVERALL – 3rd

Wowan Wonders!

CQ district secretary Denis Bartlem with the Evers brothers from Wowan, Eddie, 10, (left) and Isaac, 7.

Main photo: QLD’s U18 team at nationals, Julia Allen-Best, Shervawn Wilson, Jessica Srisamruaybai, Jake Rynne, Mitch Mears, Rebecca Rixon, Jessie Cottell, Jacob Nelson, Dale McWhinney-Shillington and Jayden Christie. Bottom from left: QLD’s gold medal triple, Mitch Mears, Dale McWhinney-Shillington, Jacob Nelson; Opening ceremony; Picked for the national squad, QLD’s Jake Rynne, Jess Srisamruaybai and Jessie Cottell.

National Honour

At the conclusion of the national titles, a 12-person (six boys, six girls) Australian U18 development side was chosen, including three Queenslanders, North Dalby’s Jake Rynne, Tweed Heads Jessica Srisamruaybai and Broadbeach’s Jessie Cottell (pictured below).

They will attend a national training camp in early 2017 with Australian coach Steve Glasson, from which two boys and two girls will be chosen to play an international Trans Tasman test series against New Zealand later in the year.

Wowan juniors Eddie and Isaac Evers have already captured the attention of their Central Queensland District with their love of the game and good manners.

“The district has supplied two sets of coloured coaching bowls for the boys’ use at the club” CQ district secretary Denis Bartlem said, after meeting the boys at the Wowan President’s Day on August 28.

Wowan is a very small club located about 80km southwest of Rockhampton.

The Evers boys have always liked going to bowls with dad Cameron to play with the other kids.

“This year, Eddie stuck close to me in from the first week of the Wowan Community Bowls Challenge, and on the final end of the game, when it was clear we had a sizeable lead, I let him have my two bowls,” Cameron Evers said.

“He asked for a full game the following week and I found a team to give him a try.

“He gave a good account of himself and was thrilled to be asked to play every week.

“By the end of the challenge, he was hooked!”

Eddie got a Wowan Bowls Club membership for his 10th birthday and used his birthday money to buy a second-hand set of bowls.

The Evers children are home-schooled so Eddie has the flexibility to play bowls on a Wednesday morning.

Sometimes siblings Sasha, aged 9, and Isaac, aged 7, also play to make up numbers.

“The boys have breathed a new lease of life into the club,” Cameron said.

“The “oldies” love it and they’ve taken them under their wing to teach them the etiquette of the game.

“Eddie was quite shy and he is now coming out of his shell, to the point where he has no fear of going to a different club to play, as he has done in Maryborough.

“Isaac is also quite passionate about bowls and now he’s wanting a membership too.”

VALE AGNES ORR Mackay District has paid tribute to club and district life member and former Queensland rep Agnes Orr of North Mackay, who died in June, aged 76.

Agnes played for the Maroons in 1973 and 1978 and went to Perth and most other Australian cities with her mate Nita Nielsen, chasing the big tournaments.

“Aggie was a colourful character, highly accomplished as a bowler and very generous in her service to club, district and nation,” North Mackay’s Lois Deguara said.

Aggie joined North Mackay in 1967 when she was just 28.

She served as the club’s games controller, the district match director for 29 years and a national umpire for 35 years, earning a rare BQ Distinguished Services Award.

Aggie won 23 club championships singles and seven district champion of club champion singles titles, five club pairs and two district pairs,18 club triples and seven district triples, and 11 club fours.

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Honouring Twamley The 2016 Twamley Cup Fours honouring a pioneer of women’s bowls in Queensland was won by Christina Pavlov, Ann McClure and Val Jackson from Broadbeach teamed up with local Betty Hertrick from New Farm (stepping in to cover an absence), the new combo team writing themselves into the history books of the venerated Cup. In 1930, Mrs Maud Twamley was the a loss in the first game to Mt Gravatt skip foundation president of the Queensland Debbie Logan.

Ladies Bowling Association (QLBA), After lunch the battles continued under a vigorous supporter of women perfect playing conditions and at the in sport, encouraging women “spring up like end of Game Two, there were just to “spring up like mushrooms seven out of 24 teams undefeated and cover the bowling mushrooms on two wins. greens as the waters cover and cover Game Three saw drama all the the seas”. the bowling way to the last bowls of the day, In 2016, 86 years later, 96 greens as the with fortunes constantly changing women from 25 SEQ clubs for the teams best positioned to win. waters cover spilled across two greens the seas” Some looked like they had done at New Farm on October 2 to their dash when suddenly they would honour her legacy. pick up a multiple.

The competition was electric from 2016 Twamley Fours winners Game One, with defending champs and 2015 Cup winners Marie Lipp, Julie Ezzy, 1st - Christina Pavlov, Ann McClure, Val Liz Parry, Tinie Pearce from United Sports Jackson and Betty Hertrick (Broadbeach/ Club (Ipswich) under pressure, suffering New Farm) 6 +23

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2nd - Dawn Denford, Linda Morish, Mareen Phelan, Janet Healey (Pine Rivers) 6 +18 3rd - Liz Leitch, Jo King, Di Fox, Pam Wright (Everton Park) 6 +16 4th - Sandra Banks, Kay Heelass, Gayle Newmarch, Betty Clarke (Cleveland) 6 +10 New Farm Bowls Club is grateful for the support of a generous major sponsor (who prefers to remain anonymous), Brisbane Central MP Grace Grace, Merlo Coffee, Crackerjack Sports, Yalumba Wine, Coles Supermarket and club members.

Pic top left: Pictured from left, BQ CEO Brett Wilkie with Twamley Cup Day MC Ian Macaulay; Betty Hertrick, Sharon Baker, Anthea Draper; 2016 Twamley Cup winners Anne McClure, Betty Hertrick, Christina Pavlov, Val Jackson

Prospering Proserpine Proserpine Ladies Bowling Club celebrated its 75th birthday on September 7 with fun and style (the way they’ve always done things!)

The club started on March 24, 1941 when a pioneering group of women met with the local men’s club and asked for a ladies associate club.

The annual membership was one pound and one shilling and green fees of a shilling a day included afternoon tea.

The club celebrated its Diamond Jubilee (60 years) in 2001.

At the club’s 70th birthday in 2011, all the cutlery in the kitchen was replaced, 10 dozen new sets of stainless steel knives, forks and dessert spoons, so the club now sets a lovely table.

The Proserpine Associates became affiliated with NQDLBA in 1948 and played Pennant for the first time in 1949.

Several travelling “Shields” have been played over many decades, including the Betty Bluck Shield (against Airlie Beach), Intertown Shield (against Bowen clubs Wangaratta, BBC and RSL), Friendship Shield (against St Helen’s), Johnston Shield (against Sarina), and Symons Shield (district)

The club’s minutes from March 1952 show a minute’s silence was observed for the death of King George VI. The present clubhouse was built in 1954, the women holding a very popular “Bachelor’s Dinner” raffle to raise funds.

Proserpine Ladies’ popular Triples Carnival is in March and Whitsunday Fours in July, Melbourne Cup Lunch and Fashion Parade this month, and they also hold popular Skirts V Shirts with the men’s club and Wine and Cheese nights.

In 1960, members were fined “three pence” for not wearing club badges and in 1974, some members complained about women wearing short sleeves to Pennant and other competition games.

Patroness Flo O’Hanlon, 94, has been playing at Proserpine for 54 years.

The club became affiliated with Mackay District LBA in 1982 and celebrated their Golden Jubilee in 1991.

The club officially became known as the Proserpine Ladies Bowling Club in 1991, with the approval of a new constitution.

In 1993, the Proserpine women made enjoyable trip to the AthTablelands, joining with

adventurers from Mackay, Airlie Beach, Collinsville and Wangaratta clubs.

a thoroughly erton bowling

Back row from left, Gail Camm, Barbara Dammash, Mary Hedgelong, Fran Porter, Joan Thorogood, Joyce Patullo, Joy Jeffries, June Blair, Gloria Kahr, Barbara Drinkwater, Glenda Putt, Heather Patullo, Lois Read, Dot Hinschen, Wendy Pomeroy, middle row, Norma Daniels, Noelie Dibben, Annette Patullo, Judy McKenzie, Maree Daffara, Trudy Hanne, Pam Selmes, Helen Muller, front, Colleen Ryan, Vicki Spann, Heather Brown, Lilian Harris.

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Umpire with Joan Brotherton

TIME WASTERS OR FAIR PLAY? Many of our annual events have reached the final stages with the state play-offs for District Mixed Pairs, Champion of Club Champions and Pennant all to be completed by the end of this month.

I was part of a recent discussion group about the sorts of umpiring situations that can arise during these events and I’d like to share some of this discussion with you.

The issue of timed games always throws up some challenges for umpires.

Here’s what the rulebook says when confronted with players who may or may not be playing in the spirit of the sport.

Slow play on the mat when delivering the bowl: This can be a difficult situation as the majority of players do have a set routine when preparing and delivering their bowl.

Whilst to some players they may feel that the player in possession of the mat is taking too long, care would need to be taken to make sure that the player is spending the same time every bowl they deliver and that would be part of their normal routine and not necessarily deliberately delaying play.

The Law Book does not state how long a player has to stay on the mat delivering their bowl and therefore Law A.5 – Delaying (slow) play - (page 98) would have to be observed by the players and umpires and again care would need to be taken.

Stopping to talk in the middle of the green when changing ends: This is a situation that does occur quite often and particularly in a timed game.

It can be annoying to many players and in particular the player in possession of the rink who has not wasted time changing ends and is waiting to play their bowl while players are having a discussion in the middle of the green.

Law 13 – Possession of the rink - (page 29) – needs to be observed with players not ambling down the green or taking too long with their discussions.

Bowls from neighbouring rinks:

Timing the speed of the green:

Again this is a common situation and Law 37.6 – Bowl displacement by a bowl from a neighbouring rink - (page 53) – would apply.

Although in the majority of cases the timing of the speed of the green is performed by the greenkeeper, many of you are interested in how this is carried out.

Law 37.6.1: If a bowl at rest on the rink is in danger of being moved by a bowl from a neighbouring rink, any player at the head must choose whether to:

The umpires at our discussion group wondered if they might be required at any time to perform the timing of the speed of the green, and if so, how it might be done.

Law 37.6.1.1: Lift the bowl at rest to allow the other bowl to pass and then replace it, as long as this action would not influence the outcome of the head or

Law C.25 – Pace of the green - (page 12) - the number of seconds taken by a bowl from its delivery to the moment it comes to rest at approximately 27 metres from the mat line.

Law 37.6.1.2: Stop the bowl from the neighbouring rink.

Points to remember: Any player at the head may lift ONE bowl.

Any player at the head may STOP an intruding bowl.

A bowl may be lifted if doing so WILL NOT affect the result of the end.

Under NO circumstances can the jack be lifted (Law 38.6 - page 57).

In singles, the marker has no option: ANY BOWL THAT IS LIKELY TO DISTURB THE HEAD MUST BE STOPPED and returned for replay, as the Marker cannot lift bowls (Law 37.6.2 - page 54).

If in any doubt it is best to stop the encroaching bowl and return it for replay, as long as it was in its original course and was delivered on a bias that would have taken it back into its own rink. (Law 37.6.3 - page 54).

The higher the number of seconds taken, the faster the pace of the green.

Following is a description of how to prepare to carry this out (see also Officiating Manual page 44): Umpires may need to time the pace of the green. The pace of green is defined in the Law Book as the measured time in course of a bowl that comes to rest 27 metres from the delivery point.

The standard manual procedure for measuring the pace of the green requires a long tape and a digital stopwatch.

The umpire measures out 27 metres from the mat line and has an assistant deliver a bowl. The umpire times the bowl from the point of release until it comes to rest at approximately 27 metres from the mat line.

A timing ramp may also be used, however it is a good idea to be familiar with the timing ramp equipment.

Pic: Some of the umpires and members at the recent discussion workshop at Belmont Services Bowls Club on October 7, Diane Tucker, Michelle Lambert, Gail Pratt, Joan Brotherton, Ann Beliveau, Ella Hodsdon, Annette Brown, Jill Pinkowski. I highly recommend districts hold regular workshops as it affords a great opportunity for umpires and members to come together to discuss situations that arise on the greens and an interesting learning opportunity occurs.

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HALF A CENTURY OF BOWLS Cannon Hill Bowls Club celebrated its 50th anniversary with a three-day event (Sep 16 -18) attended by members from all eras and special guests, including BQ chairman Peter Williamson and representatives from Brisbane City Council.

Pic: BQ chairman Peter Williamson, Cannon Hill chairman Danny McGuiness and QLD MP for Bulimba Di Farmer.

15 Queensland bowls clubs have successfully applied for more than $330,000 in grants from the Office of Liquor and Gaming Regulation (OLGR) Community Benefit Funds Unit (CBFU).

The Office distributes revenue from gaming taxes to various notfor-profit community groups throughout Queensland.

St Lucia Bowls Club (Brisbane) received a $35,000 grant to do a major renovation of a green with subsidence problems.

The club was established in 1966 after a group of bowls enthusiasts and neighbours bought the old Ithaca clubhouse (Brisbane) and transported it in three stages to Council land at Cannon Hill, to become Cannon Hill Bowls Club.

Over its half-century, the club’s history shows many changes, to membership and renovations, the club’s

longevity a testament to the hard work of its members.

Five years ago the bowls club moved operations upstairs to allow the downstairs area to be rented, to help with cash flow after parting ways with AFL Morningside.

Cannon Hill was successfully applied for more than $150,000 in grants over the past five years, to install solar panels, air conditioning and a new kitchen.

Future plans for the club include “to keep up the good work” and boost its interaction with the local community, with the goal of becoming more of a community hub.

assist sporting clubs like ours, who are part of the local community but do not have huge cash reserves to dip into.

“It’s relatively easy to apply, it’s just a matter of submitting the required form and it can be massively advantageous to your club.”

“I would recommend applying or at least researching into the grants,” St Lucia secretary Jeremy Connell said.

“Grants like the Community Benefit Fund are an excellent idea as they can

FUNDING SUCCESS STORIES Bargara: $13,636 for equipment

Biloela: $16,381 to upgrade cold rooms Charleville: $8,536 to upgrade facility Darra Cementco: $31,600 to install solar system Gaythorne: $8,145 to purchase mower Kilcoy: $31,818 to extend building Moore park: $13,500 to upgrade amenities Moura: $31,818 to install solar system & upgrade lighting South Townsville: $19,720 to install solar system St Lucia: $31,818 to upgrade bowling green Tamborine mountain: $16,725 to purchase mower and roller Tully: $35,000 to install solar power Warwick: $25,300 to replace clubhouse flooring Woodford and district: $31,818 to upgrade toilet facilities & clubhouse Yungaburra: $18,005 to upgrade facilities

A list of grants and schemes your club may be eligible for is on the BQ website: www.bowlsqld.org/Home/Club-Resources/Grants

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CLUB LAW

HOW IMPORTANT IS DUE DILIGENCE? From time to time you may be tempted to buy another asset or sell your existing club and/or buy another one. The due diligence process that should be undertaken in relation to any such acquisition should never be underestimated. This due diligence comprises various components, not just legal due diligence.

Disposal

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Structure of deal

It is obviously very necessary to obtain tax advice regarding the ramifications of any disposal. The main contingent liability to check is capital gains tax.

Many clubs make a decision to buy another club, presuming a net figure from the sale of their existing assets, and fail to take into account capital gains tax.

Make sure you see your accountant first about the disposal.

Financial due diligence It is vitally important to see an expert in the area of club revenues, firstly to obtain appropriate figures to understand the genuine net bottom line revenue and profit for the club business.

Having obtained the correct figures, it is also important to have an adviser advise you in relation to whether or not those figures are accurate.

Only experts that have proper benchmarking capabilities are able to give you accurate information about figures.

One of the main things that purchasers under-estimate is the stamp duty liability and the cost of borrowing and/or valuation.

To avoid the embarrassing situation where the acquisition is not possible as a result of not factoring in a high stamp duty cost, these costs should always be identified and understood from the start.

On occasions where the purchase price is very high, there will be a special fee charged by the Titles Office for registering the transfer. This fee should also be calculated at the beginning.

It is vitally important to obtain advice from your accountant and lawyer regarding the best structure to use in an acquisition.

The most common structure we see is where the purchasers of the building and the going concern will be one entity (purchasing the building) and a separate entity will purchase the business.

The reason for this in the first case is the flexibility of passing rent from your business-owning entity to the freehold-owning entity in the most tax effective way.

Secondly, it enables the freehold to be quarantined from any risk associated with any catastrophic event at the venue so that the freehold owner is not prejudiced by any claim against the business owner.

Thirdly, it leaves you with the flexibility of disposing of one or the other of the assets more easily than when both assets are owned by the same entity.

Heads of Agreement or Contract?

Nothing beats a binding contract at the outset.

However, these are more expensive to produce and take time.

In a rising market where there is any fear of being gazumped, the better way is to get a heads of agreement.

Generally the heads of agreement will be shorter but contain some of the basic commercial terms.

The heads of agreement will not in itself be

binding due to the fact that there will still be terms and conditions to be finalised in a contract, however I always recommend an exclusivity provision in the heads of agreement generally to provide enough time for due diligence, and for the parties to negotiate and sign a contract.

That exclusivity period will be binding on the vendor of the asset and gives the buyer some protection.

Finally, there is a series of legal due diligence enquiries that need to be conducted in relation to any acquisition.

(Next month, I will outline the searches and other enquiries that should be made at a legal level. Look at for that one!)

In the event that you are thinking of buying or selling, please don’t hesitate to contact me directly on 07 3224 0230.

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Can you beat the best of Norfolk?

Sports promoter Heritage Events is offering a bonus incentive prize of $200 per team member for any visiting team coming to Norfolk on one of their packages to beat the local team in the final of the 2017 Bounty Fours (May 1-6).

“Our local Norfolk Island bowlers with their strong Tahitian/English heritage are great lovers of sport, great bowlers,” Heritage Events Mike King said.

“They are so good in fact that we will back them to win with an offer of an additional $200 prize money to each player in a visiting team that beats a local team in the final of the Bounty Fours.

“That’s on top of the expected prize pool of some $11,000.

“Now, there’s a challenge!”

The 2-bowl Open Bounty Fours is one of three major tournaments conducted by the Norfolk Island club that attracts a large number of visiting teams each year.

“Now, there’s a challenge!”

Bookings are now open for the February Pairs, a 2-bowl Open event (Feb 20-24), the Bounty Fours (May 1-6) and a Mixed Fours event the following week.

The final event for the year is the Norfolk Triples, a three-bowl event for either men’s or women’s teams (Aug 14-19).

“There is a mystique and uniqueness about Norfolk Island going back 600 years, an intermittent Polynesian settlement preceded two separate periods of brutal British settlement as a penal colony which ceased in 1855, followed by a resettlement of the descendants of the HMS Bounty mutineers from Pitcairn Island where they had hidden since the infamous mutiny of 1789,” King said.

“There is plenty of bowls to choose from and plenty of history to explore.”

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Bundaberg Ladies Bowling Club life member Ann Barnard has been awarded a Bowls Queensland Meritorious Service Award for 25 or more years of distinguished service.

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“Ann is one of our treasured life members, she has given 27 years to our sport holding various positions and her knowledge of the game and tireless work is to be admired,” Bundaberg Ladies president Carol Marcinkus said.

“Ann is one of our treasured life members”

In 1990 she moved to Bundaberg Ladies, joining the committee as assistant secretary and moving into the secretary’s role the following year, where she stayed for the next 19 years, moving into the vice president’s role in 2010.

Back to secretary for another four years until 2014, and then treasurer in 2015.

“She is never one to sit on the sidelines, she is always there with advice and knowledge.”

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Coaching with BQ coaching committee

THORPY

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LIFTING STANDARDS ONE P & A AT A TIME There was a hum on the green and in the “classroom” at Bowls Queensland’s first Presenters & Assessors course at Enoggera Bowls Club on October 22-23.

The BQ goal is a P & A in every district, ASAP, to help grow standards.

P & As ensure a consistent message is delivered to budding coaches.

“It’s been amazing, these are really talented people, a credit to their districts,” Bowls Australia education and training officer Steve Campbell said.

“It’s really important to grow the profile of coaches, they are valued volunteers, they keep people in the sport and they are the first people a new bowler meets.”

“This is an investment in the future, it’s not just paperwork, it’s demonstrations and sharing,” BQ coaching committee coordinator Alan Thorp said.

“There is a difference between a coach and a P & A, they overlap, but they are to be distinguished.

“Becoming a P & A is not a “once off” exercise, there will be on-going support and development for our P& As to map, plan and build their clubs and districts.”

Caloundra’s Jacqui Hineman has been one of the rare breed in the sport in Queensland for the past four years and she’s delighted to see more P & As. “It’s a win-win for clubs, with more P & As, we’ll get more club coaches,” Hineman said.

“Collaboration is important, getting together and discussing ideas, what’s working and what isn’t, and finally we’ve got a two-way conversation going with BA and access to their resources.”

Mal Mackney from Atherton (TFNQ) and David Hatfield from Diggers Memorial Rockhampton (CQ) were identified and approached by BQ Coaching about becoming P & As for their districts.

Mackney said the course had given him the confidence to take things up a notch, with plans to accredit 11 club coaches this month in TFNQ now he has his ticket.

“We have a massive district, from Cooktown to Innisfail and inbetween, I’m looking forward to it now, I know there will be on-going support,” Mackney said.

Hatfield has been playing bowls for 15 years, umpiring and selecting for two years, coaching for 12 months, and he is a CQ District Sides player.

“I’m really glad I came, it’s been much better than I expected,” Hatfield said.

“I love the game and I thought I could give something back, I want to run some courses in Rocky and try to get some more younger ones involved.”

Bowlers who believe they have the potential to be a P & A for their district should contact the BQ coaching committee through BQ.

GIBBY

MINIBUS

COURSES A club coaching course was held at Bongaree (Caboolture District) on Oct 3-4 and skills courses were held at Toowoomba (Downs District) on Oct 25 and Albert (Gympie - Sunshine Coast District) on Oct 31. Coming up: Nov 10-13 Club Skills & Club Coaching West Cairns (TFNQ) Nov 14 Selection module, Maroochy (Sunshine Coast)) Nov 18-19 Club Skills & Reaccreditations Quilpie (Maranoa Warrego) Nov 20-21 Club Skills & Reaccreditations Cunnamulla (Maranoa Warrego) Dec 2 Selection module, Chermside (Brisbane North District) Advanced Coaching Course Expressions of Interest Bowls Australia is looking to run an advanced coaches course in Brisbane in early 2017. Cost $500/applicant. Inquiries to BQ.

Pic: Back row from left, John Kirkpatrick (BQ Umpires), Peter Hanlon (BA Education & Training), Mick Cherry (Bribie), David Hatfield (Diggers Rockhampton), Dennis O’Toole (Windsor), Barry Ward (Salisbury?), John Krebs (Sandgate), Mal Mackney (Atherton), front row, Chrissie Pavlov and Alan Thorp (BQ Coaching), Greg John (Roma), Steve Campbell (BA Education & Training), Neville Richardson (Tenterfield), Jacqui Hineman (Caloundra), Mim Sinclair (Burnett), George Franklin (BQ Coaching).

CARMEL’S TOP TIP

There is always something new to learn.

Social bowlers grab the bowl, little ring on the inside and down the rink it goes… Bowlers never stop learning because that’s how love for the sport and excellence develops.

- Carmel Gibb is the BQ board liaison person for the BQ coaching committee.

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