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club news CONTENTS Volume 45 Issue 8 Bowls Queensland Patron: Her Excellency the Honourable Dr Jeannette Young PSM, Governor of Queensland EditorialJoEditor:Grey Assistant: Dee ContributionsAyre to the Bowler: Email your story and photos to media@bowlsqld.org - photos should be at original size and high-resolution. Photo size when attached to email should be 1MB minimum. We do not accept compressed or low-resolution photos for print. ToSubscriptions:subscribe,send your contact details, together with a cheque for $48 (incl gst) to: Queensland Alderley,POSubscriptionsBowlerBox476,Qld4051. Editorial contact: E: media@bowlsqld.org Ph: (07) 3354 0777 E:Advertising:ads@bowlsqld.org Ph: (07) 3354 0777 Ask us about special discounted rates for clubs. 20 UMPIRE Umpire Joan Brotherton explains the index in the Law Book 7 DEVELOPMENT Kelsey Cottrell and Aron Sherriff win Aus Open and Aus Indoors 27 Catch up on news from clubs across Queensland 26 DOUBLE WIN FOR QUEENSLANDERS 34 CLASSIFICATION Alan Thorp explains how bowlers with a disability can be classified 9 – Commonwealth Games Champions 12 – Multi-Disability State ChampionshipsCopyright:Allmaterial appearing in this magazine is copyright. Reproduction in whole or part is not permitted without permission from the publishers. Notice: While every effort has been made to ensure the information in this magazine is accurate, no responsibility is accepted by the publishers for material supplied by an individual, company or organisation or for any typographical errors. The opinions expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the view of the publisher. YOUR COMMUNITY BOWLSSTATEMULTI-DISABILTYMAGAZINECHAMPIONSHIPS COMM QLDCHAMPIONS!GAMESTESTSERIESVSNSW SEPTEMBER 2022Cover Commonwealth Games medallists Serena Bonnell & Cheryl Lindfield grace our cover this month. David Barnes encourages players to take advantage of coaching Send an email media@bowlsqld.orgto to be added to our email distribution list. 22 – QLD vs NSW Test Series 4 Queensland Bowler September 2022 32 – Nambour’s 90th anniversary NEW EVENT FOR STH TOOWOOMBA BC Sth Toowoomba launches their Open Singles Club Championships 33
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I had the pleasure of meeting a young bowler from Cunnamulla, Matthew Russell, who was at the Secondary School Cup supporting his older brother Jacob and cousin Thomas. Matthew (8) was one of two seven-year-olds who entered the Junior State Championships earlier this year, along with Steven Monk.
Matthew is a junior bowler from Cunnamulla and entered the Junior State Championships earlier in the year and tells us he will be entering the event again. The 2023 Junior State Championships will take place in Bundaberg on15-20 January next year.
Matthew Russell (8) meets “The Boss”, as he calls him, BQ’s President Peter Williamson. Matthew is a keen bowler and was supporting his brother Jacob and cousin Thomas at the Secondary School Cup at Club Pine Rivers in August.
Matthew celebrated his eighth birthday at the event and was invited to join Brian Marshall in the commentary box during the live stream to answer some questions about his passion for bowls. These young bowlers are enthusiastic and thrive on encouragement, so please support and encourage the junior players in your club. They are the future of bowls. Peter Williamson
From the President with BQ’s Peter Williamson August has been an extremely busy month for BQ staff and committees, commencing with the Multi Disability Championships where we saw some of our Commonwealth medal winners play. This was followed by the under 18s at Chermside BC and then onto the Open side, 40-59 side and under 25s in Taren Point BC in NSW.
I was privileged to attend the Multi Disability Championships where I witnessed bowls played at an extremely high calibre. It is an experience to be around bowlers who are so attentive to each other and display no signs of negativity. Chermside BC also hosted the under 18s interstate event between Qld and NSW. The quality of bowls produced by the girls and boys was in itself a reason to attend. Unfortunately, on this occasion Qld was not good enough to win the trophies; however, it has shown the selectors we have emerging players of the future. At the time of writing, the Secondary School Cup has commenced at the host club, Club Pine Rivers; this event would be difficult to put together without the assistance of the Bowls Australia Regional Bowls Managers and involvement of the schools and clubs throughout the State. This event has proven to be one of the highlights on the calendar, with experienced junior bowlers introducing a new young bowler to the sport. These juniors get a taste for competitive bowls, experience camaraderie and make new friends - all within a supportive atmosphere surrounded by their teachers, coaches and families.
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Cottrell was full of praise for Brianna Smith, who she played against in the final. “The last time I made the final I think I was a teenager, from memory I think I lost on an extra end to Karen Murphy. It was a bit of the same kind of final with the master and the apprentice (this year),” she said.
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“It’s amazing. I’ve only got the Australian Champion of Champions singles to go now for all of them (singles crowns). That’s the goal,” he said.
Aron Sherriff and Kelsey Cottrell have created history after claiming respective Australian Indoor Championship titles at Club Tweed. While four players have won the Australian Open/ Indoor double (Selby 2008, Casey 2012, Van Eldik 2016, Van Asch 2018), it is the first time a man and a woman have done the double in the same year, after Sherriff and Cottrell were victorious at Broadbeach in June. It was especially meaningful to the Broadbeach stars, who claimed their first indoor titles of their decorated careers. The duo laid claim to $6,000 prize-money each in the biggest indoor championships to date, with combined fields from 2021 and 2022 qualifiers, with the 2021 event cancelled due to COVID. The title adds to Cottrell’s season of dominance, having won the 2022 Australian Open singles and fours, Australian Championships pairs, Queensland state singles and mixed pairs as well as being crowned the number one female bowler in the country.
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“I’m just riding this wave at the moment, taking everything that comes. I suppose making the most of it, you never know when it’s going to stop,” Cottrell said. Cottrell said she was pleased to have added the indoor title to her extensive bowls CV.
“It was shot for shot in the first set. She attacked really well and got some awesome results.” Sherriff was rapt with the title, and said he has his sights set on another singles crown he has yet to conquer.
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Come and Try Month – October All clubs are encouraged to support Bowls Queensland’s Come and Try Month of October by holding some form of event at your club as part of a State-wide push to entice new people to try our sport. This could be an Open Day, Barefoot Bowls Session, Bring a Friend Day, Bring a Relative, Family Fun Day, Community Day, fancy dress theme or whatever you may like to call it that would be popular in your area. Your local RBM will be happy to assist if needed. More information has been distributed to clubs.
Well done to our U18 QLD Girls’ and Boys’ Teams who challenged NSW in August. Thank you to Team Managers/Coaches Christina Pavlov and Alan Thorp and thank you to Chermside Bowls Club for hosting this event. Well done to the five girls and five boys who have been selected to represent QLD in the Under 18 Nationals from September 30–October 1 at Broadbeach Bowls Club.
BQ Council Meeting Twenty ladies’ and 20 men’s district delegates will attend Bowls Queensland’s annual September Council Meeting on Wednesday, September 14. This is a great opportunity for delegates across the State to come together and discuss bowls in QLD. The Bowls QLD Board and committee coordinators will also be in attendance.
2023 District Sides and State Championships These events will be held on the Sunshine Coast next year. Thank you to Sunshine Coast Council who have confirmed they will sponsor the 2023 District Sides and State Championships.
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QLD vs NSW U18 Test Series
Well done to our Open, U25 and 40-59 Women’s and Men’s Queensland Teams who took on NSW at Taren Point in August. Unfortunately, the third test was washed out, but congratulations to the U25 and 40-59 women’s teams for winning their series. Thank you to Team Managers Christina Pavlov, Gary Costigan, Brad Harris and Linda Morish. Well done to those selected in the QLD Open Teams for the Australian Sides Championships from October 6-9 at Broadbeach Bowls Club. QLD Over 60 Teams Well done to players selected to represent QLD at the Australian Senior Sides Championships from 2-5 October at Broadbeach.
It was great to see a return of representative bowls with QLD teams playing against NSW in August for the first time since 2019. Thank you to ACEIT for producing quality uniforms for our players and officials.
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Australian Indoor Singles
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Commonwealth Games
What a great result for our Australian team to be the best performed team ever from Australia in the Northern Hemisphere. Our first ever gold in the Northern Hemisphere and first ever gold in the women’s singles, well done Ellen Ryan. The women’s pairs followed up with another gold, what an awesome final, Kristina Krstic and Ellen were amazing! Then Aaron “Disco” Wilson finished it off with back-toback gold medals in the men’s singles, what a finish and a great promotion for our sport. Our men’s triples went agonisingly close in the final and won silver, our disability women’s and men’s pairs also won silver. Well done to all players, coaching staff and families/support crews.
Congratulations to all who participated in this event and those who were lucky enough to win medals. Thank you to Brisbane City Council for sponsoring, and to Chermside and Northern Suburbs Bowls Clubs, for hosting this event. Well done to the Physical Impaired players selected to represent QLD at the National Physical Impaired Championships from September 30–October 5 at Mermaid Beach Bowls Club. Secondary Schools Cup Thank you to the club, school and district representatives who helped co-ordinate teams along with our RBMs to reach the finals of this event. Well done to those players who made the finals and to the winners of the trophies. Thank you to Club Pine Rivers for hosting and sponsoring this event along with J Carroll Club Promotions. Thank you to our RBMs for their assistance leading up to, and during, this event.
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The Jackaroos and their supporters will remember the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games for a very long time, after Aussie bowlers topped the medal podium multiple times at Royal Leamington Spa. Winning three gold and two silver medals, this was Australia’s second most successful Games in history, only outdone by the five gold medals won at Gold Coast 2018 and the best medal tally ever claimed by Aussies in the Northern Hemisphere.
Barrie Lester claimed a fourth career medal with a silver in the men’s triples to equal Karen Murphy and Nathan Rice with the most ever medals won by Australian bowlers at the Games. Barrie received the Commonwealth Games Federation flag on behalf of the Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games at the Birmingham 2022 Closing Ceremony. Barrie handed the flag to Her JACKAROOS RETURN WITH MEDAL
AUSTRALIAN REPRESENTATIVES • Ellen Ryan • Kristina Krstic • Aaron Wilson • Rebecca Van Asch • Natasha Van Eldik • Carl Healey • Ben Twist • Corey Wedlock • Chris ••••••QUEENSLANDERSFlavelLynseyClarkeBarrieLesterDamienDelgadoSerenaBonnellCherylLindfieldHelenBoardman
The men’s singles triumph by Aaron Wilson, winning the event back-to-back, made him the first player since David Bryant in 1978 to defend the men’s singles title. Aaron won gold four years ago on the Gold Coast. He joins Bryant as the only player to ever win multiple men’s singles gold medals. After Ellen Ryan’s earlier win, it also became the first time one nation has claimed both men’s and women’s singles titles at a Commonwealth Games.
Ellen Ryan is the first Australian to win the women’s singles at the Commonwealth Games, as well as the first player in history to take home the singles and pairs gold at the same event, male or female thanks to her second gold medal won with Kristina Krstic in the pairs. It was only the second time an Australian had featured in a women’s singles Commonwealth Games final (Karen Murphy was the first in 2002).
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Queenslanders and Comm Games medal winners Cheryl Lindfield, Serena Bonnell & Damien Delgado take to the green at Club Chermside soon after their return from Birmingham
Damien Delgado and Chris Flavel faced Scotland in the final of the para men’s pairs competition, guaranteed to add another medal to the tally. The gold wasn’t to be for the pair, with Scotland proving a strong side and defeating them by 7-16.
Jackaroo Barrie Lester hands the flag to her Excellency the Honourable Linda Dessau AC, Governor of Victoria for its journey to Australia.
“I’m just so grateful that I had the opportunity to compete at the Commonwealth Games. I couldn’t have done it without the support from my wife and kids, who have sacrificed a lot to allow me to play bowls. Also, the support from Club Tweed has been amazing. Hopefully I can be in Bendigo in four years’ time and my family and friends can come and watch!”
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Barrie said the camaraderie was first class from everyone and wherever they went, people were supportive. “It was probably the best bowls venue I have ever played at in my life,” Barrie said. “Victoria Park is very scenic and pretty. The greens were better than we thought and our prep was perfect, as we had started going over there in about 2018/19. I can’t think of anything we could have possibly done differently,” he said. “We probably just fell short of gold by one or two deliveries. The silver meant a lot because we hadn’t won any medals on British soil and we broke that barrier. It was an amazing achievement from everyone, and not just those with the medals. The way everyone prepared, gee they played well.”
At first, Damien was really disappointed with missing out on the gold medal, but said once he spoke to family and friends, the disappointment quickly went away and he was extremely happy to win a silver “Wemedal.had
Serena said it was brilliant to win a medal. “Obviously, in the moment, you want it to be the right colour, which is gold,” she said. “But to walk away with a medal at your debut games, the first time para women get an opportunity to compete in lawn bowls, is pretty “Bowlsamazing.”Australia did an amazing job in helping us prepare, as did Mt Tamborine, in preparing a green that replicated the surface of Leamington Spa. We got a significant amount of support in our preparation and there is absolutely nothing that we could have done any better. We had the best foot forward going into international representation on that surface.”
In the para women’s pairs, Cheryl Lindfield and Serena Bonnell became the nation’s first ever non-visually impaired female para medallists, claiming Australia’s third silver medal after they were unable to match a strong Scottish side in the final of the para women’s pairs. A three on the eighth end held Australia in good stead to level scores at 5-5, but it was one-way traffic for Scotland from there with a Scottish win of 17-5 with an end to spare.
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so much support and so many hours on the English greens; I just felt the Scottish skip played some great bowls and he made the difference,” Damien said. “Having input from Ellen Faulkner and Andy Thompson, who have played on the greens at Leamington Spa for so many years, was a major factor with the team being so successful,” he said.
Carl Healey, Ben Twist & Barrie Lester (QLD) with their silver medals for the Men’s Triples
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Cheryl said she felt very honoured to play for Australia and to come back with a medal was special. “You can live and dream about that happening, but really just the honour of playing for Australia is rewarding,” she said. To have the opportunity to play in the gold medal match and have the opportunity to play against other countries was an honour, especially seeing as it was the first time that Serena and I represented women playing para pairs at the Commonwealth Games. It would have been good to bring back the gold but to be honest, the silver feels just as special.” “I couldn’t have asked for a better partner in Serena. I had only just returned to bowls in the last year as I have been out of the sport for a while. I think I am the first from Australia to use a wheeled walker. I’m hoping that other people will follow in my footsteps (or wheelie walker steps!) and if they see me playing maybe they think they can play as well.” Serena summed it up by saying, “We couldn’t be prouder as a squad”.
Damien Delgado with his silver medal for the Para Men’s Pairs
Cheryl Lindfield with her silver medal for the Para Women’s Pairs
Serena Bonnell with her silver medal for the Para Women’s Pairs
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PHYSICAL IMPAIRED Open Pairs
Gold Medal Match: Damien Delgado (Tweed Heads) & Cooper Whitestyles (Souths Suburban) def John McLeod (North Ipswich) & Shane Kerr (Club Helensvale) 20-11; Bronze Medal Match: Paul Jackson (Darra Cementco) & Troy Casey (Algester) def Cheryl Lindfield (Mt Gravatt) & Brett Sellars (Bongaree) 18-14. Spirits were high on Monday, August 15 (day 1) at Chermside Bowls Club, after bowlers and spectators were welcomed and players were itching to get on the green. Councillor Sandy Landers (Bracken Ridge Ward) welcomed the bowlers and was fortunate to have avid bowler, BQ President Peter Williamson, show her how to roll a bowl.
Councillor Sandy Landers puts down her first bowl after a quick lesson by BQ President Peter Williamson
QLD MULTI DISABILITY CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Physical Impaired Open Pairs, QBBA Open Singles, Life Stream Open Singles and Hard of Hearing Men’s and Women’s Singles all played their first three rounds on Monday, August 15 (day 1). Old friendships were rekindled and many new ones were made in a great display of sportsmanship on and off the green. Tuesday, August 16 (day 2), was the first medal day with gold and bronze medal playoffs set to begin in the afternoon after rounds 4 and 5.
Physical Impaired Pairs Results
Since 2011, Bowls Queensland in partnership with Sports Connect has run the Multi Disability State Championships. This event includes four disability groups: Physical Impaired Bowlers, QLD Hearing Impaired Bowlers, QLD Vision Impaired Bowlers and Life Stream (intellectually impaired).
Damien Delgado was delighted to be playing with Cooper Whitestyles against John McLeod and Shane Kerr and was very proud that this was Cooper’s fourth win in a row. In the gold medal final, Damien and Cooper started with a bang with a 5 on the first end, with John and Shane managing to reply with just 1 shot in the second end. Damien and Cooper remained ahead throughout the game, reaching a solid 15 to John and Shane’s 5 by the seventh end and continuing to climb and win 20-11. In the bronze medal match, it could’ve gone either way with Paul Jackson and Troy Casey against Cheryl Lindfield and Brett Sellars. By the thirteenth end, the score was an even 14, with just two ends to go in this 15-end match. However, Paul and Troy pushed through and dropped 3 shots in end 14, then 1 shot in the final end to claim the bronze 18-14.
Physical Impaired Open Pairs Champions L-R: Troy Casey & Paul Jackson (bronze), John McLeod (silver), Damien Delgado & Cooper Whitestyles (gold), Shane Kerr (silver)
In the bronze medal match, Danial Walker started off strong against Carla Pizzi with Carla only notching up her first shot on end 7 to Danial’s 16, leading to a bronze medal win for Danial.
QBBA Open Singles Results
A steady start was the order of the gold medal match, until the sixth end by when Bruce Smallbon had notched a solid 9 to Glen Holmes’ 1 on the scoreboard. A few seesaw shots followed, with neither player wanting to give in and the remainder of the game was edge-of-the-seat action with a close score in the end, with a 21-19 win to Bruce. Glen found that the green changed pace after a rain shower and felt he was unable to adapt to the change in conditions as quickly as Bruce managed.
QBBA Open Singles Champions L-R: VP John Krebs (Club Chermside), Director Grant Fehlberg, Jake Fehlberg (gold), Scott Kinnear, Director Shane Kinnear (silver), Fred Tarry, Director Dennis Johns (bronze) & BQ’s Greg Flynn
Life Stream Open Singles Results
QBBA VISION IMPAIRED OPEN SINGLES
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Life stream Open Singles
Gold Medal Match: Bruce Smallbon (Noorla) def Glen Holmes (McKenzie Park) 21-19;
Bronze Medal Match: Danial Walker (Tweed Heads) def Carla Pizzi (Noorla) 21-3
Gold Medal Match: Jake Fehlberg (Bargara) def Scott Kinnear (Proserpine) 21-19; Bronze Medal Match: Fred Tarry (Solander Lake) def Saul Calikes (Ipswich United Services) 21-17
Jake Fehlberg, recently returned from the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games, said it was a tough final even though he was happy with his performances leading up to it. Jake pushed out in front from the beginning with 9 on the scoreboard before Scott Kinnear claimed his first 2 shots. From there, it was a steady climb for both until the game was 19-all to make a tight finish with a score of 21-19 in Jake’s favour. Saul Calikes got off to a slower start with only 2 shots to Fred Tarry’s 15 halfway through the game. However, Saul bounced back as the score evened out to 17-all. It became an ‘edge-of-your-seat’ finale when Fred came through with two back-to-back 2-shot wonders and claimed the bronze defeating Saul 21-17.
Hearing Impaired Women’s Singles Results Gold Medal Match: Suellen Tappenden (Mt Larcom) def Pamela Branton (Tweed Heads) 21-13; Bronze Medal Match: Linda Corey (Northern Beaches) BYE
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Hearing Impaired Women’s Singles Champions L-R: Pamela Branton (silver), Suellen Tappenden (gold), Linda Corey
HEARING IMPAIRED Men’s Singles
Hearing IMPAIRED Women’s Singles Gladstone’s Suellen Tappenden (Mt Larcom) and Pamela Branton (Tweed Heads) fought a hard battle for gold, each matching the other end-for-end. Suellen started off with a 3 on the scoreboard, quickly matched by Pamela but it was Suellen who started to pull ahead after several consistent shots to secure the gold medal.
Russell Jackson managed to defend his title from last year (at Souths Suburban in Mackay), but it was a close tussle for him with John Price (2018 winner) putting up a good fight. With neck-and-neck shots right until the seventeenth end, the pair were no closer to deciding the victory with their 13-all score. John continued to put up a solid fight but Russell dug deeper and came through with a 5 point win to claim the gold medal 21-16. In the bronze medal match between Barry Lynne and Eric Smith, Barry sat atop the leader board right from the beginning and remained there, winning the bronze medal 21-3.
Life(bronze)Stream Open Singles Champions L-R: VP John Krebs (Club Chermside), Danial Walker (bronze), Bruce Smallbon (gold), Glen Holmes (silver) & BQ’s Greg Flynn
Bronze Medal Match: Barry Lynne (Mareeba) def Eric Smith (Beenleigh) 21-3
QBBA Vision Impaired Open Pairs Results
Hearing Impaired Men’s Singles Champions L-R VP John Krebs (Club Chermside), Barry Lynne (bronze), Russell Jackson (gold), John Price (silver) & BQ’s Greg Flynn
Gold Medal Match: Russell Jackson (Airlie Beach) def John Price (Victoria Point) 21-16;
QBBA Pairs Champions L-R: BQ’s Denis Kirkman, Director Jocelyn Gabbett, Chris Backstrom, Jake Fehlberg, Director Grant Fehlberg (gold) & BQ’s Kerry Green
Bronze Medal: Vanessa Hinton (Enoggera) Dir Jeff Law & Scott Kinnear (Proserpine) Dir Shane Kinnear (Proserpine)
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QBBA Vision Impaired Open PAIRS FINALS
Hearing Impaired Men’s Singles Results
It took a little while for Jake Fehlberg and Chris Backstrom to warm up into the game, scoring 4 shots on the third end. Saul Calikes and Fred Tarry replied with a 1 shot to their existing 3, making it 4-all by the fourth end. From there, Jake and Chris kept on climbing, ending with a 5 shots on the fourteenth end, bringing the score to 19 against Saul and Fred’s 9, thereby securing the gold medal. Jake said after the winning game, “It was a good win, I was confident going into the game as we have had a good result over them before. But we still had to get the job done. As always, thank you to my Director, Grant Fehlberg”.
Gold Medal Match: Jake Fehlberg & Chris Backstrom def Saul Calikes & Fred Tarry 19-9;
Physical Impaired Men’s Singles Results
Physical Impaired Men’s Singles Champions L-R BQ’s Kerry Green, Cooper Whitestyles (bronze), Clive Williams (gold), Grant Atherinos (silver) with Ray Sawyer (representing Councillor Fiona Hammond – Marchant Ward)
L-R: BQ’s Denis Kirkman, BQ’s Kerry Green, Director Dennis John, Fred Tarry, Saul Calikes & Director Chris Mudd (silver)
Left L-R: BQ’s Denis Kirkman, Director Shane Kinnear, Scott Kinnear (bronze) & BQ’s Kerry Green. Right L-R: Vanessa Hinton & Director Jeff Law (bronze)
Gold Medal Match: Louise Hoskins (South Johnstone) def Annette Goldsworthy (Burnett) 21-11; Bronze Medal Match: Debra McGarry (Burrum Heads) def Dionne Farrow (Algester) 21-3
PHYSICAL IMPAIRED MEN’S SINGLES
In the gold medal match, there were slow gains made by both players right up till the seventh end when the scoreboard hit a 5-all result. From there, things turned around for Clive Williams. He kept on notching up the points keeping Grant Atherinos steady with a score of 5. In the end, Clive claimed the gold, defeating Grant by 16 points, with a final score of 21-5.Cooper Whitestyles breezed through his game against Terry Little to secure his bronze medal, barely letting Terry in at all and claiming the bronze with a tidy win of 21 to 3.
Gold Medal Match: Clive Williams (Boonooroo) def Grant Atherinos (Wellington Point) 21-5; Bronze Medal Match: Cooper Whitestyles (Souths Suburban) def Terry Little (Solander Lake) 21-3
Physical Impaired Women’s Singles Results
PHYSICAL IMPAIRED WOMEN’S SINGLES
Annette Goldsworthy started off the gold medal game by scoring a 3 on the first and second ends, but Louise Hoskins was ready to reply with a 2 and a 3 of her own. It seesawed then until Louise forged ahead and took the game by 10 shots with a final score of 21-11. Both Louise and Annette said that it was a good game, but it was hard to win or lose when you are playing against a good friend. They were very happy for each other and to win gold and silver between them was very special. In the bronze medal match, Debra McGarry was on a roll and defeated Dionne Farrow by 18 points with a score of 21-3 and only 9 ends played.
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Robyn Riddell and John Price were consistently scoring until the sixth end with 8 shots on the scoreboard. But from there, Russell Jackson and Barry Lynne took over and climbed straight to 24 by the fifteenth end to claim the gold medal, while Robyn and John remained at a score of 8. It was a close call in the bronze game, with a steady climb from both teams until the sixth end, but Gordon Heselwood and Rod McLeish gained a number of runs on the board. Not to be outdone, Pamela Branton and Linda Corey fought back to get to 19-17 in Gordon and Rod’s favour. Pamela and Linda scored 1 more shot, but it wasn’t enough so Gordon and Rod won the day by 2 points, with a final score of 20-18.
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HARD OF HEARING OPEN PAIRS
Pairs Results Gold Medal Match:
Hard of Hearing Open Russell Jackson (Airlie Beach) & Barry Lynne (Mareeba) def Robyn Riddell (Victoria John Price (Victoria Gordon Heselwood (Maryborough) & Rod McLeish (Maryborough) def Pamela & Linda Corey (Headland Pacific) 20-18
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Hearing Impaired Pairs Champions L-R: BQ’s Kerry Green, John Price & Robyn Riddell (silver), Russell Jackson & Barry Lynne (gold), Gordon Heselwood & Rod McLeish (bronze) with Ray Sawyer (representing Councillor Fiona HammondMarchant Ward)
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Physical Impaired Women’s Singles Champions L-R BQ’s Kerry Green, Debra McGarry (bronze), Louise Hoskins (gold), Annette Goldsworthy (silver) with Ray Sawyer (representing Councillor Fiona Hammond – Marchant Ward)
LIFE STREAM OPEN PAIRS
Life Stream Open Pairs Results
Life Stream Open Pairs Champions L-R BQ’s Kerry Green, Carla Pizzi & Kaye Freeman (bronze), Brian Hampson & Darren Jackson (gold), Alan Duffy & Glen Holmes (silver) with Ray Sawyer (representing Councillor Fiona HammondMarchant Ward)
Bronze Medal Match: Carla Pizzi (Noorla) & Kaye Freeman (Cleveland) def Bruce Smallbon (Noorla) & John Stuart (Holland Park) 13-12
Both teams in the finals game started the first two ends on par, but it didn’t take long for Darren Jackson and Brian Hampson to pick up their game with a 4 in the fourth round. From there, the team kept scoring with only a small bit of resistance from Alan Duffy and Glen Holmes in the twelfth end where they managed to score just 1 shot. Darren and Brian claimed the gold medal game with an easy 13-4 win. In the bronze medal match, it was a close match between Carla Pizzi and Kaye Freeman against Bruce Smallbon and John Stuart. Carla and Kaye played steadily until the fourth end and had a total of 7 shots to their names while Bruce and John only had 1 shot. Things looked as if they were about to change after Carla and Kaye maintained their score of 7, while Bruce and John kept climbing for the next three ends. The teams took turns in building their shots until it was a close win of 13-12 in Carla and Kaye’s favour.
Gold Medal Match: Darren Jackson (Helensvale) & Brian Hampson (Jindalee) def Alan Duffy (Chermside) & Glen Holmes (McKenzie Park) 13-4
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Congratulations to all players and a big thank you to all spectators who cheered for their favourite bowlers. A special mention must be made of 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games athlete Serena Bonnell, who wasn’t playing in the championships, but was a big support to the players during the event. Thank you to the Brisbane City Council and Kedron-Wavell Sports Club for their support along with host clubs Club Chermside and Northern Suburbs Bowls Club. Also, thank you to the match committee, live streaming crew (Gold Coast Tweed District), umpires, markers and club volunteers.
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• The conditions and format of the game.
As an umpire, you need to be familiar with the Law Book, its contents and its structure. I suggest that when reading the following that you have your Law Book on hand while going through the various points. While most of your work is measuring, there will be many times when you will be called upon to answer and interpret various laws both on and off the green. When you are, you need to be able to find the specific law/s quickly and work through the situation with the player/s concerned. 2022
Umpire with Joan Brotherton Many national umpires and measurers will soon be preparing for their reaccreditation, of which a part will cover Questions – Umpires 1-15, Measurers 11-15 and these will require law numbers/ official manual page numbers. As it is some time since I have gone through the Laws of the Sport of Bowls book, I have taken this opportunity to refresh and assist you if needed.
• The current Law Book.
• Domestic Regulations.
• The physical arrangements of the surface on which the game is played.
• The equipment necessary for playing the game.
In closing, I emphasise the importance of studying the Law Book and understanding its layout and structure. Take time to practice finding the relevant laws in a timely manner, as then a player will have confidence in your ability to answer the laws correctly. Always take your Law Book with you as an answer to a question relating to a specific law or situation can be shown to the player/s and they will have confidence in you. Wishing you all the very best when working through the Law Book.
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Working through the indexes of the Law Book
When preparing to umpire a game, always have with you and be familiar with:
• Definitions: pages 8-14 - these are in alphabetical order within each Section A, B, C, D.
This is followed by Domestic Regulations (DRs) on pages 111-121. These rules only apply to Australian Conditions as they have the authority to create DRs if provided, they follow the laws relating to DRs. They are set out similar to the various numbering conventions at the beginning of the Law Book and have reference numbers relating to those laws. These regulations need to be read carefully as you will most likely receive many questions.
A. Control: Controlling Body - the body with immediate control over the Conditions of Play under which a game is played. The order is: A.l: World Bowls; A.2: A National Bowling Authority; A.3: Divisions within Member National Authorities; A.4: The club’s green where the game is being played. B. Players (page 9) C. Play (pages 9-13) D. Bowls (page 13).
At the beginning of the Law Book there is a Table of Contents from pages 2-7, followed by the forward on page 8 which covers the following:
It is then divided into various numbered Sections 1 to 5 on pages 15-94, laying out the necessary definitions, game basics (pages 15-40), game anomalies (pages 41-58), duties of players and officials (pages 59-66), field of play and equipment (pages 67-81) and administration (pages 82-94)
This main body of the Law Book can be divided into two types: basic laws and laws that may require interpretation. The basic laws are quite factual and unlikely to cause much dispute, whereas the more complex issues contain laws that are open to more extensive interpretations as they deal with matters that may cause disputes.
• Introduction: page 8 - this needs to be read as no laws governing a sport can cope with every situation
• Conventions: page 8 - the important part of the Conventions is the reference to the words ‘MUST’ and ‘WILL’ in which the action is compulsory and ‘CAN’ for when the action is optional.
The laws deal with all facets of the game namely:
• Conditions of Play. Knowing the order in which the situation has occurred, and where to find the relevant law/s, will help you give the correct ruling and the player will have confidence in your explanation. There are various structures and indexes in the Law Book to which you can refer, and which one you use is your choice. As you gain more experience, a particular index will suit you and you’ll use that one more frequently.
• The rules for the game. The following is all contained in the Laws of the Sport of Bowls Crystal Mark 3rd Edition, Version 3.2.
The next section deals with Appendences – A, B and C (pages 95-110), which covers Conditions of Play especially for competitions run by regional/district/zones and clubs, distance charts and bowl and jack displacement charts. Good officials will be familiar with the Conditions of Play and the various charts, especially before your officiating duties begin.
BA Policies are listed on pages 123-128. These are briefly set out but can also be downloaded from the BA website and I encourage you or your club to obtain a copy to keep as a Finallyreference.atthe back of the Law Book on pages 129-142 is another Index set out alphabetically. Some items are repeated as they are listed under specific areas and then again under the alphabet for example: Bowls – all items relating to ‘Bowls’ is listed and then again in the alphabetical subject order in the Index.
Background of Management Agreements
Ensuring the Management Agreement is in the best interest of the Club
The terms and conditions of the Management Agreement must be consistent with the club’s constitution. This means that the club must remain a non-proprietary body for the benefit of its members and not act as a device for the benefit of private interests. To ensure this, the Management Agreement should set out:
1. The specific responsibilities and duties to be undertaken, employed staff responsibilities, performance standards and financial and other delegations; 2. the scope and regularity of reporting to the management committee or board; 3. conflicts of interest and how they will be managed; 4. the basis for extension or termination of the agreement; and 5. how and when the performance will be reviewed and the consequences for nonperformance of standards. Keeping the Club in control of its
Reasonable remuneration The remuneration payable under the Management Agreement must be commercially realistic and transparent. To achieve this, the Management Agreement should fully disclose the remuneration payable and the scope of services to be provided. It is important to note that the Act specifically prohibits payments being made based on a percentage of gaming income or turnover. The Act requires that at least 28 days before entering into or amending a Management Agreement, a club must provide the OLGR with a copy of the proposed agreement or changes. If your club is looking to enter into a Management Agreement or requires an alteration of its existing Managing your Club: Guidelines for Management Agreements
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In the past, it has been standard practice for clubs to employ a person to manage the day-to-day business of a licensed club. Known generally as ‘club managers’ or ‘secretary managers’, these individuals work for only one club as a salaried employee. However, in recent times, there has been a trend for some clubs entering into arrangements with third party management companies in the private sector to manage clubs on a contractual basis. In these circumstances, the Gaming Machine Act 1991 (Qld) (“the Act”) has a set of requirements that the Office of Liquor and Gaming Regulation (“the OLGR”) follows when assessing Management Agreements entered into for clubs with gaming machines.
Key Considerations for Clubs using AgreementsManagement
Theaffairsclub must remain in control of its affairs. To ensure this, the Act does not allow a Management Agreement to: 1. Change the composition or election of the management committee or board; or 2. limit the authority of the elected management committee or board in determining the club’s direction, approving the club’s budget, as well as making financial and operative decisions for the club.
UNDER 18 RESULTS
• Girls Test 4 results: QLD 2 points (46 shots) lost to NSW 4 points (62 shots)
QLD vs NSW test series
• Girls Test 2 results: QLD 6 points (68 shots) def NSW 2 points (67 shots)
UNDER 18s - IT’S A BLUEWASH!
While the Queenslanders tried to hold on, NSW proved too strong on the Sunday and came out firing in the third, fourth and fifth tests, claiming wins in both the girls and boys.
Second Test Results
The QLD girls played well, with higher margins than the competition in four of
First Test Results
• Boys Test 4 results: QLD 2 points (48 shots) lost to NSW 6 points (60 shots)
• Boys Test 5 results: QLD 2 point (39 shots) lost to NSW 4 points (59 shots)
Queensland boys finished with the upper hand after day 1 of the annual QLD vs NSW Under 18 Test Series. After tying the first test with 1 shot separating the teams across the four rinks, the QLD boys finished strong in the second test to win 3 rinks to 1. The girls won 1 and drew 1 test a piece. In the first test on the Saturday, the boys drew 4-all, while the NSW girls led 4-2. The second test saw the tide change with the QLD girls winning 6-2 and the QLD boys winning 4-2.
Fourth Test Results
U18 Queensland Squad for the 2022 QLD vs NSW Test Series Back row L-R: BQ President Peter Williamson, Coach/Manager Alan Thorp,
SERIES RESULTS Girls – NSW 3.5 Tests def QLD 1.5 Tests Boys – NSW 3.5 Tests def QLD 1.5 Tests
Third Test Results
• Boys Test 1 results: QLD 4 points (61 shots) drew with NSW 4 points (62 shots)
• Boys Test 2 results: QLD 4 points (56 shots) def NSW 2 points (45 shots)(QLD)
Fifth Test Results
Samuel Collier, Kane Nelson, Cody Gerick, Todd Brain, Coach/Manager Chrissy Pavlov. Middle row L-R: Jack Chirgwin, Hayden Oster, Wyatt Martin, Oliver Corken. Front row L-R: Chloe Runge, Keira Powell, Holly Anderson, Corinne Stallan, Sophie Kiepe, Dekota Brindle, Stella Palmer, Sophie Allan Photo: Bowls NSW
NSW came up trumps with an overall 3.5 to 1.5 win over QLD in the U18 QLD vs NSW Test Series held 20-21 August 2022 at Chermside Bowls Club in Brisbane. Both states played exceptionally well and Brisbane turned on the weather with clear skies and no wind on Saturday, but Sunday brought some gusts which made players predict how their bowls would react in the wind on the fast greens.
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• Girls Test 1 results: QLD 2 points (49 shots) lost to NSW 4 points (43 shots)
• Girls Test 3 results: QLD 3 points (72 shots) lost to NSW 5 points (71 shots)
• Boys Test 3 results: QLD 2 points (42 shots) lost to NSW 4 points (65 shots)
• Girls Test 5 results: QLD 4 points (62 shots) drew with NSW 4 points (58 shots)
Winners Jack McShane & Katie Astley (NSW)
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“The players are all very close, we saw it from the April camp we held, that they’ve become friends and these friendships are often ones they’ll keep for a very long time.”
The third test on day 2 started well with the QLD boys Oliver Corken, Sam Collier & Cody Gerick taking the Triples by 3 shots on one rink, but the Triples on the next rink saw the NSW boys playing a dynamite game and winning 26-13. The Pairs game was a valiant effort by the Maroon boys but they still succumbed to the Blues. The girls Fours gave us high hopes with a draw of 17-all, with all the QLD supporters hoping for a defeat in the Pairs which was so close, with NSW winning 18-16 and QLD’s Sophie Allan giving it her all on the Singles rink against NSW’s Zoe Nicholls but lost by 3 shots after Zoe picked up a 4 on the last end. Glass House Mountains superstar Chloe Runge was a strong contender and defeated the Blues Singles competitor, Resse Finn-Young 21-15, but it wasn’t enough to win the third test for the Maroons. In the fourth test, the QLD Boys went down in the Fours with a 16-4 win to the Blues, a 22-6 defeat in the Pairs a close 19-17 defeat in the Singles, with a valiant effort put in by Hayden Oster. Golden boy Kane Nelson came through all guns a-blazing and claimed a victorious 21-3 win against NSW’s Billy Waite.
U18 QLD vs NSW Test Series team representatives Kane Nelson (QLD), Winners Jack McShane & Katie Astley (NSW) with Stella Palmer (QLD)
While the Queenlanders tried to hold on NSW proved too strong and came out firing on day 2, but the Maroons hopes of claiming a victory were thwarted when NSW held up and the Blue boys and girls won three tests each respectively.
In the girls, each State took a Triples game, with one 25-12 to QLD and one 22-15 to NSW, but the Pairs decided the fourth Test with NSW defeating QLD 28-6. Test 5 was tough for the Maroons, even though QLD’s Keira Powell, Holly Anderson, Dekota Brindle and Corinne Stallon prevented a Blues clean swipe with a solid win in the Fours 13-8, and Sophie Kiepe held the Maroon flag high by defeating NSW’s Chanel Chakouch in the Girls Singles, but the Blues came through with Ella Cameron defeating Sophie Allan 21-15 and won the Pairs 19-13, claiming the fifth test. It was a bluewash for the boys in the fifth test, winning one of the Boys Triples matches 21-7 and Pairs 23-15, while QLD fought back with Sam Collier, Wyatt Martin and Cody Gerick boasting a 17-14 win.
“The girls have played very well, some tight games, beautiful bowls,” Alan Thorp (Manager/Coach) said. “We encourage them to think positive and encourage each other. We stress that you lose as a team and you win as a team,” he said.
“Congratulations to the NSW team!
Manager/Coach Chrissy Pavlov said they encourage the juniors to always be thinking about their next bowl and remain positive, not to think what’s just happened if they’ve played a bowl they’re unhappy with. “We’ll often have a debrief after the game, if we’ve identified something, then we have a talk about it,” Chrissy said.
QLD vs NSW test series
Open Players of the Series Jessie Cottell (left) and Brett Wilkie (right) with BQ’s Kerry Green (centre)
Series:
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• 40-59 Players of the Wayne Turley and Wendy Wilson
to the following ‘Player of the Series’! U25 Players of the Series: Justin Cribbin and Isabella Lawson Open Players of the Series: Jessie Cottell and Brett Wilkie
U25 Players of the Series Justin Cribbin (left) and Bella Lawson (right) with BQ’s Kerry Green (centre)
40-59 Players of the Series Wayne Turley (left) and Wendy Wilson (right) with BQ’s Kerry Green (centre)
Winners: U25 Women’s Test Winners: 40-59 Women’s Test
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Queensland started off strong and won four of the six tests played on day 1 (August 22) at Taren Point Bowling Club. The Maroons were up in the Women’s Open, Men’s U25, Women’s U25 and Women’s 40-59 matches with the NSW Blues recording solid wins in the Men’s Open and Men’s O40s categories. Blustery winds made for difficult playing conditions on the Taren Point greens, but the players adapted quickly, showcasing their level of skill in the process. Unfortunately day 2 (August 23) was a washout with rain driving the players off the green during the third test. Although the games were live streamed by Bowls NSW, it reached a point where they had to stop live streaming due to the weather. The Open Women weren’t able to continue, so will be playing the third test at the Australian sides in October. The Open Men lost to NSW. The U25 Men drew, which meant NSW retained the trophy for another year. The QLD U25 Women won 2-0, with the age 40-59 Men and Women drawing 1-all. As this was the first series played in this age category, the series win was decided on aggregate score. NSW won the men’s and QLD won the women’s Congratulationstests.
October
Cribbin,
Men’s Open – NSW def QLD 2-0
Photo: Bowls NSW Photo: Bowls NSW Photo: Bowls NSWPhoto: Bowls NSW Photo: Bowls NSWPhoto: Bowls NSW
Women’s U25 Team Back row L-R: Alexis Foot, Olivia Rothwell, Jacinta Weir, Julia Brownie Front row L-R: Ashlee Knight, Isabella Lawson, Zoe Stewart, Brittanny Wiley
Women’s 40-59 Team Back row L-R: Liza Burgess, Tracy Foster, Wendy Wilson, Yvonne Lovelock Front row L-R: Joanne Stockdale, Noelene Dutton, Pauline Laverty, Lorraine Callaghan
Women’s Open Team Back row L-R: Emma Spicer, Julie Keegan, Kira Bourke, Claire Turley, Bolivia Millerick, Chloe Stewart Front row L-R: Pamela Rowe, Amanda Haevecker, Jessica Srisamruaybai, Gail Crompton, Kelsey Cottrell, Jessie Cottell
Men’s Under 25 Test Series – Series Drawn 1-1, NSW retain shield Women’s Under 25 Test Series – QLD def NSW 2-0
Men’s Over 40’s Test Series – NSW def QLD Series on aggregate (1-1 in Tests, 93-73)
Men’s Open Team Back row L-R: Nathan Rice, Dean McWhinney, Cohen Litfin, Sean Ingham, Chris Rosanes, Jacob Nelson, Front row L-R: Nick Cahill, Barrie Lester, Brett Wilkie, Aron Sherriff, Bradley Lawson, Matt Lucas Men’s U25 Team Back row L-R: Ty Jesberg, Zac Adams, Dale McWhinney-Shillington, Hayden Vogler, Front row L-R: Justin Nic Gosley, Mitchell Mears, John Hammond
RESULTS
Women’s Open Test Series – Series remains tied 1-1. Deciding match to be played during the Nationals in
Men’s 40-59 Team Back row L-R: Glen Pitts, Mark Armstrong, Paul Gilbert, Adam White Front row L-R: Ben Walsh, Gary Pearson, John Newell, Wayne Turley
Women’s Over 40’s Test Series – QLD def NSW Series on aggregate (1-1 in Tests, 80-71)
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Development with David Barnes Coaching class at Club Maroochy - David Barnes
RBM - SOUTH EAST QLD Micheal Sorrensen 0447 507 040 msorrensen@bowls.com.au
Players find these training sessions valuable and Pennant players often attend these free training sessions to hone their skills.
RBM - NORTH QLD Nick Twining 0429 213 207 ntwining@bowls.com.au
RBM - CENTRAL QLD David Barnes 0429 442 818 dbarnes@bowls.com.au
If you are a new bowler, the aim is to attend five to six sessions and you are then assessed to ensure that you have the required skills and confidence to start playing in club games, moving from Open Pairs to Open Pairs 2x4x2 and then Open 3 Bowl Triples. New bowlers are also given a quick one pager on the Etiquette of Bowls so they understand the expectations when playing bowls and are not put off by feedback. When new bowlers go through these sessions and mix with experienced bowlers, they are more likely to take up bowls as they have been given the necessary skills, knowledge and confidence to start playing the game. The drills are designed to replicate what can happen in a game, with the bowler bowling at different lengths and directions (not only rolling the jack to a comfortable length) then walking to the other end and repeating the action. The green has six rinks set up so you are bowling up and back and moving back to the start to go through the drills again.
These training sessions have attracted many new members, and since January this year, 17 women and 28 men have joined the club. While not all of these members are new to the game, everyone benefits from the training sessions. This is a wonderful example of how putting the effort into something is measured by the achievements gained from the effort. The club is only too happy to share their training programs and for anyone to attend so if you are in the area, please come along and enjoy the friendly and informative training sessions. I will be putting my bowls in the car next time I visit Club Maroochy and attend a training session, as I need all the help I can get.
The coaching team at Club Maroochy: Sue, Fred, Frank, Jill & Robin Bowling around shorter bowlsLearning how to read the head
Recently I attended a coaching clinic at Maroochydore Bowls Club. The club holds sessions every Wednesday and Saturday from 9.30-10.30am, where four club coaches (Fred, Frank, Sue and Robin and trainee Jill) put players through a set of drills.
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Narelle & Heather Jeffs before their second ever Eclectic game WHAT’S YOUR CLUB BEEN DOING?
The Northern Suburbs Bowls Club, now host to the Eclectic Competition is a vibrant club resulting from the amalgamation of Clayfield Bowls Club, which began in 1909 and the Wavell Heights Bowls Club, which opened on the current site in 1958. The Eclectic Competition was first held at the Clayfield Bowls Club in 1994. Dr George Corones was the original organiser, an Australian swimmer who broke the world 50 and 100 metres freestyle records for his age group (age 100-104) in 2018. He turned 100 in April 2018 and died in March 2020 at the age of 101. Our ‘new’ organiser (since 2010) is Roy Moore. Roy puts in an inordinate amount of time to plan and organise this event. He contacts each player individually to check on availability throughout the competition. When Roy was at the club on his 90th birthday on May 19, 2022, I asked him
Roy Moore & Cameron Spencer tallying the scores after a Saturday Eclectic afternoon
Eclectic Competition at Northern Suburbs BC
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Thank you to Wally Boydell at Havig and Jackson, Clayfield who has been the sponsor for our Eclectic Competition since 2014. We all thank Roy for his thorough and considered preparation, planning and flexibility in the way he conducts this bowling competition.
Organiser Roy Moore Tony Fenn & John Turner (new 2022 players)
Contributed by Diane MacDonald what challenges he’s had as the organiser for so many years and his reply was “getting substitutes”. When asked what he liked about the Eclectic he answered, “the association and friendship with all the Themembers”.Eclectic Competition is conducted over six games during the year. Teams for the competition are selected by club selectors and games directors. Teams remain for the duration of the competition played on six Saturdays during the year (April, May, June, September, October and November). This year (2022) we have 20 teams (60 players). With Eclectic scoring, two points are given for winning the game and one point for each end won. One bonus point is given for each shot in excess of two (four shots has two bonus points). At the end of the competition, the final score is the sum of the three best rounds. It may include only one round in which only one substitute was used. It may not include any round where two or three substitutes were used. After completion of the six games, scores are calculated and an overall winner, overall runner-up and winning rink draw are presented with prizes.
The club’s 50-year anniversary will be further celebrated with the holding of The Bendigo Bank Open Fours Carnival on the 12th and 13th of November 2022, with prize money totalling $10,700.
One of Burnett Bowls Club Bundaberg West’s Junior Bowlers, Christian McLellan, was spotted giving members Darryl (Crusty) Austin and Emma Watson a helping hand with their new daughter.
The David ‘Hook’ Anderson Memorial Open Fours Carnival was recently held at Diggers Memorial Bowls Club in Rockhampton. It was a closely contested competition and none of the 30 teams were able to win all five games. The first four teams finished on 4.5 games each and only eight ends separated the first placed eight teams. Total prize money of $12,500 was paid down to the first placed eight teams. The carnival was again sponsored by Anderson City Printing Works and the club is very grateful for the continuing support of this company and our Patron Eric Anderson. The winning team was the Bundaberg Team of Mark Ram, Tim Smith, Paul Kajewski and Darren Mullens. Second place went to Russell Farquhar’s winning team last year from Gladstone and a close Contributed by Ken Day, photo credit Mark Dineen third placing went to Shane McCrohon’s team from Biloela. On the Friday afternoon preceding the fours carnival, thirty teams contested the very popular “Bowlers Paradise Pairs” event. This event consisted of two games of 14 ends of three bowl pairs. In a very tight finish, two teams of T. Lowry and D. Hatfield drew with W. Te Kau and T. Brown. The club greatly appreciates the support of Bowlers Paradise Mooloolaba for sponsoring the event. Overall, a great three days of bowling was on show at Diggers Memorial. The carnival ran like clockwork thanks to the many members who contributed their time and effort, including our Patron Eric who helped throughout the weekend.
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Diggers Open Fours
Burnett’s new arrival - how soon will she be bowling?
L-R: Patron Eric Anderson with Winners: Mark Ram, Tim Smith, Paul Kajewski & Darren Mullens
Congrats to Darryl and Emma on the birth of their beautiful baby girl. Contributed by Trish Hansen
Division 1 Back L-R: Val DePinto, Sheryl Cuttriss, Michele Stockton, Lorraine Silman, Lorraine Lemke, Lorna Bowers, Joy Camilleri, Jean Schmidtke. Front L-R: Lois Deguara, Cheryle Corbett, Nuggie Pratt & Marie Bragg
The 2022 Pennant Season has drawn to a close in the Mackay District Ladies Bowls Competition, with nine clubs competing in Divisions 1, 3 & 4 this year. It is with great pleasure to announce that North Mackay Ladies have taken out first place wins in all 3 Divisions. A terrific achievement, and a credit to our club and its Wellmembers.done ladies and congratulations. A massive thank you to our umpire, June Cousen, for officiating at all 3 Divisions home Divisiongames. 1 ladies will compete in Brisbane later in the year.
Contributed by Suzanne Hazledine
Division 4 Back L-R Margaret Creese, Donna Gordon, Margaret Goldston, Helen Goldston & Jean Zamparutti Front L-R Dorothy Wise, Anne Smith & Sue Hazledine
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North Mackay women on fire at District Pennant
Division 3: L-R Carmel Bell, Deb Mackenzie, Lydia McCarthy, Maryann Bartolo, Isla Comelli, Daphne Offield, Pam O’Neill & Lurline Ford
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2nd place L-R: 3rd Mike Tull, 2nd Joan Tennant, Donna Carr (Sponsor), lead Fiona Dowling & skip Clinton Dowling
Winners L-R: 2nd Margo Greiner, lead Judy Stanley, Donna Carr (Sponsor Woodgate Realty), skip Greg Madsen & 3rd Wayne Stanley
5th place L-R: 3rd. Col Low, skip Mick Hogan, Donna Carr (Sponsor), lead Judy Hogan & 2nd Wayne Nelson
3rd place L-R: Skip Gordon Nuttall, 3rd John Robinson, Donna Carr (Sponsor), 2nd Jane HerdEvens & lead Dean Kulbar
4th place L-R: Skip Robbie Byrnes, 2nd Rhonda Byrnes, lead Krissy Mason, Donna Carr (Sponsor) & 3rd Lee Mason
It’s Carnival season at Woodgate BC, kicking off with Ocean View Carnival on 4 August. Prior to the amalgamation of our Men’s and Ladies’ clubs, the Ocean View Carnival was the ladies’ major event for the year. Today, the carnival is co-run, but the ladies take the upper hand in Thethings.carnival attracts bowlers from right across our district, as well as some intercity bowlers travelling to beautiful Woodgate for a visit beside the sea. As our greens overlook the ocean, Ocean View was a given as a carnival name. Woodgate’s Oceanview Carnival
• 5th Marco Tiraboschi, Graham Hird, Lorraine Mills
• 1st Gary & Pauline Kriesel, Wally Fergerson
• 3rd Ettore, Santina & Vittore Tiraboschi
The Mareeba ladies held a monster raffle to entertain both the entrants and the visiting bowlers from other clubs on the Tableland. The ladies were also the skips on the day.
Twenty-two self-selected teams of three players from Far North Qld, played 5 games of 12 ends at the annual Mareeba’s Protected Day, sponsored by The Mareeba Community Bank Branch of Bendigo Bank as part of the Mareeba Rodeo Festival activities.
Results of the Rodeo Festival Day:
The annual competition is an open game of 2 bowl triples played for cash prizes donated by Bendigo Bank. This event was played on Sunday, 3 July. Mareeba is fortunate to have a Rodeo festival day
• 2nd Graham Davies, Clive Flanagan, Edna Parkes
• 2nd Jan Leinster, Joe Milicevic, Ray Mitchell
Rodeo Festival Day Winners L-R: Rob Brown, Laurie Steffensen & Liz Plowman (games director)
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Mareeba’s Protected Day and Rodeo Festival
The Rodeo Festival Day is a club-selected open triples/fours ladies day and was held in early July. The bowling green was filled with players keen to play 2 x ten ends of triples/fours before meeting the rodeo queen entrants for afternoon tea. The day was sponsored by the Mareeba Rodeo Committee.
• 4th Berto Srhoj, Joe Milicevic, John Gordon
Mareeba Bowls Club wishes to thank the sponsors, players, volunteers and cooks who donated and supplied food for the players throughout the day, ensuring a great day of bowls and fellowship.
• 1st Dorethy Bew, Rob Brown, Laurie Steffensen
It was a great day of bowls, with the visiting players enjoying our fine weather and hospitality.
Mareeba’s Protected Day Winners L-R Gary Kriesel, Wally Fergerson, Beverly Dayes (Bendigo Bank) Pauline Kriesel & Peter Soda (Mareeba bowls club President)
Contributed by Yvonne Vogler
world class lawn bowling venue with a shade covered carpet green incorporated in the Cedric Davies Memorial Hub on Anzac Avenue. These are the results of Mareeba’s Protected Day, which is played by both men and ladies and in return the men play on our ladies day:
• 3rd Ethel Thompson, Bob Pitson, Tania Sprengal, Lyn Kattenburg
Patrons Mavis Balkin & Jack Ingham share in cutting the cake watched by fellow Life Members Graham Morton (Chairman), Ray Capper (Former Secretary) and Margaret Thorogood (Catering). Other Life Members also attending the event were Joan Ormes and Lyle Gibson.
The honour of cutting the 90th Birthday cake was extended to Nambour Bowls Club Patrons Jack Ingham and Mavis Balkin. Mavis is a Life Member who has made an extraordinary contribution to the sport for almost 70 years. She started bowling in the 1950s at Mapleton after her non-bowling Gympie based father Percy Melville bought her a set of bowls. Years later in what was regarded as a first for the sport, Mavis and her father served concurrently as Presidents of the Nambour Ladies’ and Men’s Clubs respectively during 1973. Mavis is currently serving as President of the Sunshine Coast District Ladies Bowls Association and continues to amaze everyone with her commitment to the sport.
The club is also planning to swing into action with Bowls Queensland’s Come and Try Day sessions soon, with a focus on stimulating membership and attracting more younger people into the sport.
Contributed by Graham Morton 32 Queensland Bowler September 2022
Bowling Club was formed in August 1932 when a group of local businessmen headed by the local Shire Chairman Mr J T Lowe decided a bowling club would be a great asset for the town at a time when the unemployment rate in Australia had reached 32 Withinpercent.one year of its formation, the club had successfully established a bowling green and modest clubhouse facilities, which were officially opened during an official Queensland Bowls Association visit on 5 June 1933.
The Nambour Bowls Club celebrated its 90th Birthday on Sunday 14 August 2022 with an Open Fours event. Teams from across the Sunshine Coast region filled the two greens. Visiting bowlers from as far afield as Tasmania and New Zealand also enjoyed the special
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Nambour Ladies Foundation Members in 1938
The Nambour Bowling Club joined nearby hinterland clubs Mapleton and Palmwoods as the only bowling clubs on the North Coast. Following the formation of a fourth club at Maroochydore, members of the Nambour Bowling Club established an inter-club competition. One member supplied a pennant flag and the first inter-club competitions were played at Nambour in 1937 between all four clubs. This year, 2022, also marks the 85th anniversary of the Pennants Competition on the Sunshine Coast. The ladies decided in 1938 that it was time to form the Nambour Ladies Bowling Club. The now amalgamated Nambour Bowls Club has progressively evolved since those pioneering days offering two excellent bowling greens with modern shade structures and lighting for night bowls events.
Official opening of the club in 1933 (featuring the men)Club
Times were tough in the 1930s, but dedication and commitment from its founding members demonstrated what can be achieved through teamwork, a trait which remains today as the club relies heavily on its volunteer members.
Nambour 90th
We all know lawn bowls has a level playing field, that is, regardless of your age and gender (male, female or other). If you can roll a bowl from one end of a rink to the other, you can be competitive.
The management committee would be responsible to encourage and help all members (men and women) equally with social and representative bowls, and other bowls events.
Fromchampionship.allthefeedback we received, I am sure we will be doing an Open Championship again next year, and with more participants!
Little more than 10 years ago, South Toowoomba Bowls Club (STBC) combined the Men & Ladies’ Bowls Clubs, modifying the constitution to include committees for both Men’s & Ladies’ Division plus a management board. Then, one year ago they changed their constitution replacing the two Divisions and the board with a management committee.
• First Round Winners: Dudley Schefe, Trevor Green, Roley Wilson, Alby Say, Liz McCleary, Gerard Dwan, Brad Fiedler, Tim Wilson plus Terry Arthur.
• Second Round Winners: Dudley Schefe, Liz McCleary and Brad Fiedler.
The final round was held on 14 August, which was a fabulous day for both the weather and the Thebowling.first game was Dudley v Liz and Liz just had the edge on Dudley, winning with a +5 margin. The next game was Brad v Dudley – again a high standard of bowls. Brad drew 4 lovely shots to win the game with a +1 margin. Third game was Brad v Liz, which became the final as they both had one win Theyeach. didn’t let us down, the breeze had picked up, the green was quickening and the nerves had kicked in. What a great game, Liz won by 1 shot, giving her two wins and a great way to end the
All the financial members of the STBC were eligible to nominate to be in the management committee.
South Toowoomba BC is “Ever Looking Forward”
Contributed by Rodney Scollen Winner Liz McCleary
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This year STBC have now introduced the club’s inaugural “Open Singles Championship,” open to all their members regardless of age or gender; the first club in the Toowoomba Bowls District to do so. The winner of each section plus the next best, goes through to the 2nd round, forming 3 sections of 3 players. The winner of each section goes through to the final round, where they play each other.
The three finalists L-R: Dudley Schefe, Liz McCleary, Brad Fiedler
• Physiotherapists
Athletes competing in the sport of lawn bowls involving different disability groups require classification to play and compete at State, national and international levels. Players do not require to be classified if competing at club or district level.
The disability groups are:
CLASSIFICATION
WHY CLASSIFY ATHLETES WITH A DISABILITY ?
Medical Classifier - can be appointed from the following professions once having completed and successfully attained all the necessary requirements:
• Occupational therapists, or other health professionals with required medical knowledge, including anatomy, physiology and pathology.
2. In order for the classification process to occur, the athlete must have an eligible condition. Classification will not proceed unless this evidence has been provided as identified on the Certificate of Diagnosis. Once established that an eligible condition exists, then the following will occur (I will only briefly outline the procedure at this stage just to give a small view of what’s involved).
SUMMARY I have given a brief overview without going into many other formalities involved in the process of classification. Lawn bowls is an all inclusive sport and having been involved recently with the State Multi-Disability Championships at the Chermside Bowls Club, I hope many more people with a disability get the enthusiasm with our wonderful game, and have a go. I encourage those people with the necessary qualifications to seriously think about becoming a medical or technical classifier. In Queensland, we are seeking more classifiers and if you are interested please contact Bowls Queensland for further details. I can assure you that once you commit it will be a wonderful experience, the Multi-Disability athletes are extremely talented and wonderful people to work with.
In the classifying process there are two classifiers involved who work as a team.
Technical Classifiers - can be appointed if
CLASSIFICATION PROCEDURE FOR BOWLERS WITH
• an accredited coach • an accredited umpire/official.
PHYSICAL DISABILITY
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By Alan Thorp, Medical Classifier IBD
• athletes with a intellectual disability.
Note: Medical and Technical classifiers classify bowlers with physical disability only. Bowlers with a visually impairment are classified by optometrists and bowlers with an intellectual disability are classified by psychologists.
3. The athlete must consent for the classification to take place (signed form consent for classification). Next, they must have a thorough understanding of the IBD
• experienced in competitive bowls.
Bowls Queensland: Phone (07) 3354 0777 or Alan Thorp 0482678297.
• Bench test: (medical) - the IBD classifier will examine all relevant movements and muscle groups. It is also important that the athlete understands that athletes are put into classes according to their level of function not according to their diagnosis/ disability. The bench test is only performed by medical classifiers, but technical classifiers can be in attendance if approved by the medical classifier.
• Medical doctors
WHO CAN BE A CLASSIFIER ?
• Once having been observed in their first performance, both classifiers in consultation will allocate the athlete a class of B5 to B8 and a status. The athlete at this stage would either be given a card showing these details if the classification was conducted with an International Classifier in attendance, and, if not, they would be given a form showing details if classified by a National and Technical classifier only.
• athletes with a physical disability.
Classification systems provide for fair and equitable competition at all levels.
• athletes with a visual disability.
1. Minimal Disability: A bowler must provide evidence of their medical condition which leads to their functional limitations. An International Bowls for the Disabled Inc. (IBD) Certificate of Diagnosis form must be completed by the athlete’s doctor prior to the classification being performed.
Alan Thorp with bowler Serena Bonnell, who won a silver medal in the recent Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham (para women’s pairs with Cheryl Lindfield).
classification process involved. It is important that they understand the IBD classification involves a bench test (medical) and a bowling action (technical) test, plus observing the bowlers first performance in competition for a classification to be complete.
• Technical test: (on green) - a technical classifier accesses the athletes functional strength and balance in the delivery of the jack and a bowl. Numerous tests are required in this process and are performed on both ambulant and wheelchair bowlers.
queensland bowler August 2021 7 is BQ statewide COME & TRY MONTH OCTOBER GET YOUR COMMUNITY IN THE GAME - AT YOUR CLUB! Give non-bowlers a chance to get more active and ‘Come & Try’ our sport! Organise a ‘Get in the Game’ session at your club in October or any other month. We’ll promote your event on our Facebook page and send you a customised "Starter Pack" that includes a ‘How To’ sheet, A4 posters and letter box drop leaflets. Your local RBM will assist where possible. It is not just up to Bowls QLD, clubs and districts - we need you! Invite your non-bowling family and friends to come along and try our great sport! REGISTER YOUR CLUB WITH BQ NOW! Phhone: (07) 3354 0777 Email: admin@bowlsqld org Web: www bowlsqld org Can't do October? Come & Try can be held during ANY month! Contact BQ, we can help.
