WHAT’S YOUR CLUB BEEN DOING? CAPALABA’S CHERRY TURNS 95 By Mary Heath
There’s no stopping our Cherry. Cherry Illa is the oldest active bowling member at Capalaba Bowls Club. Cherry turned 95 on January, 28 and as it was Ladies’ Play Day we were able to celebrate her birthday with her. Cherry plays most Thursdays and Saturdays all year round and enjoys both social and competition bowls. Cherry joined our club in 1994 and has been part of the management team for many years since then. In the last five years, she has been Catering Liaison Officer, Senior Vice President twice and social selector for the last two years. She’s a great draw bowler and just watch out for her driving shots! What’s her secret? Cherry won’t reveal it so we’ll just follow her example and keep on keeping on.
JERUSALEMA HITS COOLOOLA
By Gary Holyoak
Cooloola Club members were enthusiastic to be the first known bowling club to do the Jerusalema Challenge. We chose the end of our Mixed Social Bowls Day to stir the rhythm in our souls and accept the challenge. Our bowlers wanted to show Queensland that having fun on the green does not always include bowling. Spurred on by a huge gathering of supporters, our enthusiastic bowlerscum-dancers showed what it was all about to belong to a happy club. We have posted our video on the club’s Facebook page for all to see. So take a look and we challenge other clubs to post their versions to prove that bowling clubs are also about having fun.
About the Jerusalema Dance Challenge Angolan dance troupe Fenómenos do Semba created the #JerusalemaDanceChallenge video that showed off their dance moves to the South African hit song, Jerusalema by Johannesburg-based musician and producer Master KG. Since then, the spiritual nature of the song has encouraged communities to accept the challenge and line dance together, particularly after spending more time in lockdown during the coronavirus. The #JerusalemaDanceChallenge video has created a viral mass following across social media. April 2021 queensland bowler 25
