September 2011

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GOLDEN NUGGET KelvinKerkow claims historic fourth Golden Nugget title

END OF AN ERA ABC calls time on Saturday bowls

WINNER UPSTAIRS Voices in your head may be your best friend on the green

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Contents

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GOLDEN NUGGET

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Kelvin Kerkow clinched an historic fourth Golden Nugget title at Tweed Heads last month

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QLD OPEN

Regulars

All the action from the 2011 QLD Open held at Ipswich United Services last month.

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WINNER UPSTAIRS

Northern Ireland始s Jeremy Henry becomes first international player to capture Aus Indoor title

Cam Curtis explains how those voices in your head could be your best friend on the green

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GOOD GREENS

Should bowls follow cricket始s lead and introduce a faster, more exciting game in a bid to arrest dwindling membership

More advice on keeping your club始s greens in tip-top condition with Gold Coast Tweeds始s chief green guru, Maurice Hinton

From the Chair Ron Chambers

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Development

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Brett Murphy Umpiring State Umpires

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Finance Clearview

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Club Law Curt Schatz

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Spot the Jack Henselite Coaching George Franklin

Poor funding uptake leaves question mark over desire to succeed Last month Bowls Queensland endeavoured to assist clubs in applying for funding from the Department of Sport and Recreationʼs Local Jobs Plan.

A memo was forwarded to all districts, for distribution to clubs, to enable these clubs to determine if they wished to be part of a cluster of clubs accessing the funding.

The funding would ultimately see an employed staff member assist with making clubs more viable now and in the future.

This person would be employed to work with a cluster of five to seven clubs in areas including marketing and promotion, sponsorship, increasing membership, networking and strategic planning.

Interested clubs were required to commit a maximum of $57 per week, for which they would have a designated person working within the club one day a week for three years.

Bowls Queensland was prepared to invest existing resources to assist clubs with this position by completing the regular reports in conjunction with the staff member, and with taking on the responsibility of meeting all the employment requirements.

All other aspects of the position are reportable to the club.

The application process for these positions closed on Monday, August 8.

At the time of closure one grant application was lodged for a cluster of clubs in the Downs District.

Since the memo was distributed on July 14, interest was expressed from 14 clubs throughout the state.

This is just four per cent of Queenslandʼs affiliated clubs.

I appreciate that some clubs have been proactive and through this funding opportunity have linked with other sporting clubs to apply for the grant and I commend you on your progressive attitude.

There are a further five clubs ineligible as they are located in New South Wales, while some of our bigger clubs have already made an investment through their existing operation.

However this still leaves over 300 clubs that didnʼt take the opportunity to apply for these grants and this is disappointing.

Having someone available to work regularly with your club is invaluable, especially when the position could bring in substantially more business.

Bowls Queensland will continue to work hard to identify opportunities that exist to assist clubs in all areas of their operation.

When the next opportunity arises, will your club make the necessary investment to ensure the longevity of your club and the sport in your local community?

The article published in the August Queensland Bowler magazine under the by-line of BQ Development (Promo van proving a big hit with clubs – page 20) has caused considerable concern to all members of the GDBA and the GDLBA management.

To have our district described as “pathetic” by a paid member of the BQ staff is inexcusable.

The Queensland Bowler is not the forum for paid staff to grandstand, but is a platform to inform its readers of day-to-day activities of bowlers in our state and the activities of BQ staff according to

Bowls Queensland Executive Officer Phone: (07) 3355 9988 Fax: (07) 3855 0010 Email: news@bowls-queensland.org Advertising Contact: Noel Turnbull Phone: (07) 3298 5738 Fax: (07) 3298 5739 Email: advert@bowls-queensland.org

their proper staff positions and should not cause concern or distress to any person.

The school programme (All School Cup Challenge) is an initiative of BQ through the clubs and not the district associations.

We would ask that in future the assurance by the board of BQ that the executive officer edits all articles attributed to BQ departments to ensure that any derisive content is deleted prior to publication.

Pauline Bailey President GDLBA & Garnet Ray President GDBA

Dear Sir, In response to the letter published in the August Queensland Bowler magazine ʻNo place for outdated thinkingʼ, the Gateway District Ladies Association has had no input whatsoever in any decision not to select female bowlers for menʼs shield events.

We were made aware of this decision many months ago when it was discussed at a delegates meeting.

On checking with the GDBA they advised the decision had to be taken, as it was to do with the affiliation of their members, their constitution and their insurance.

We are unsure where the he said/she said comes from Mr Henderson, but you can be assured the decision to/or not to select junior girls was made by your menʼs district.

Perhaps itʼs easier for some people to try to lay the blame, if there is any, at someone elseʼs door than accept the decision and do something about it.

The implications of having junior girls on a bus with 40/50 male bowlers would be in itself a concern.

The GDLBA do not have events that male juniors could be considered for, but our junior girls are selected on their abilities for appropriate challenges throughout the year. The junior affiliated to Wynnum Manly played in our challenge with Brisbane District earlier this year.

The GDLBA and the GDBA have a very amicable relationship, both happy to run and organise our own associations. If and when it is necessary we work together for the bowlers of both our districts.

Instead of making wild statements and listening to lots of gossip, could we suggest, Mr Henderson, that you should get your facts rights and not write letters to magazines that could be construed wrongly.

Rose Beauchamp Secretary GDLBA

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Bowling legend Kelvin Kerkow made history last month, wrapping up his fourth Golden Nugget crown with a win over world number one, Leif Selby, in the final at Tweed Heads Bowls Club.

Kerkow, who first took the title back in 1997 when he ousted Aussie star Steve Anderson in the final, made short work of Selby, who seemed to struggle throughout the title-decider.

The 25-17 score line probably flattered Selby a little, with the recently retired Aussie rep forced to drive his way out of trouble on several ends.

Kerkow, on the other hand, looked cool and composed as he continued his recent good form to capture a third major singles title in just over a month.

“It’s really pleasing to win another Golden Nugget,” said Kerkow, who lifted the Summerland Singles crown in Ballina just days earlier.

“The Nugget is one of the best singles tournaments here in Australia and there is always a top quality field, so if you can get a win here you’re doing well.

“I had a fantastic run up to this event, which probably helped me a lot.

“I won the Prestige Singles here at Tweed a few weeks back and then winning down in Ballina at the weekend helped me find my rhythm for this event.

GOLDEN NUGGET HEAD-TO-HEAD KELVIN KERKOW 1994 def Steve Anderson 25-17 1997 def Andrew Waddell 25-24 2008 def Gary Lawson 25-7 2011 def Lief Selby 25-17

STEVE GLASSON 1995 def Kelvin Kerkow 25-18 2007 def Mathew Pietersen 25-17 2009 def Lee Schraner 25-15

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Golden Moment Kerkow makes bowling history with fourth Golden Nugget title win at Tweed Heads “Leif seemed to struggle with the conditions a little bit in the final and I managed to get up.

“He beat me in the earlier rounds, so I changed tactics a little bit and decided to go ditch to ditch.

“I changed bowls as well in the final because I thought it would give me a bit of an advantage over what he had and it probably made the difference in the end.”

A disappointed Selby wasn’t making any excuses following his defeat in the final.

“I just wasn’t good enough in that game, that’s all there is to it really,” he said.

“I struggled at all lengths really…I just couldn’t find it you know. I scratched around a bit too much and when you’re up against a class player like Kelvin he’s going to punish you.”

The South Tweed ace wasn’t the only bowler chasing history at this year’s Nugget with Kerkow’s old rival and good friend, Steve Glasson, also after a fourth title.

Unfortunately, Australia’s new national coach had a pretty torrid time of it at Tweed, dropping four of his five sectional games.

The former world singles champ might be forgiven for going down in games against Aussie reps Aaron Sherriff, 2519, and Sean Baker, 25-12.

However, he will almost certainly want to forget the 25-9 drubbing handed out by St Johns Park youngster Ben Twist, while a seven shot defeat at the hands of Victorian teenager Dylan Fisher, 25-18, probably won’t go down as one of his proudest moments either.

Kerkow was lucky to make the final himself, after finishing sectional play level with Mark Casey on 3 +17.

“It came right down to the wire on that one. In the end I got it on percentages in the countback…that’s bowls and that’s just the way it goes sometimes,” Kerkow said.

It was a disappointing outcome for Casey, who had defeated Kerkow in the previous day’s sectional play, 2517.

Meanwhile, the women’s title went to Kiwi world number one, Jo Edwards, who added this year’s Nugget to her 2009 win.

Edwards defeated rising Tasmanian star Rebecca Quail during a thrilling title showdown that kept Tweed’s capacity crowd on the edge of their seats.

The Kiwi enjoyed the best of the opening exchanges, building up a five shot lead after just eight ends, 9-4.

Quail kept plugging away, however, and a three end run finally saw her snatch the lead on the 18th, 13-14.

Edwards levelled on the next end, but Quail countered immediately and was still in front 14-16 going into the 21st.

Unfortunately that was where the good news ended for the 23-year-old Launceston bowler, with Edward’s vast experience shining through as she strung together the next five ends to build up an unassailable 24-16 lead, before wrapping up the title, 25-18 just two ends later.

Ironically Quail had been the only bowler able to beat Edwards through the week, with the Tassie young gun smashing the 41-yearold Kiwi 25-14 in round one of the competition.

Kelvin Kerkow in action

SOMETHING OLD...SOMETHING NEW Murphy picks up title number four, while Henry becomes Australian Indoor’s first foreign champion Karen Murphy cemented her standing as Australia’s undisputed indoor queen last month, with her fourth title win in five years at the Australian Indoor Championships.

World number six, Murphy, stormed through the competition, taking out some big names along the way, including rising New South Wales star Kate Carriage, (10-3, 7-9, 3-1) and Victorian wiz kid Lisa Philips, who she defeated for a final berth, (8-6, 8-3).

Murphy raced out of the blocks during her title showdown with Warilla’s Vicky Turner, picking up a full-count on the opening end to stamp her authority on the contest, before a treble two ends later all but sealed the first set.

Drawing on the Tweed Heads crowd, who claim Murphy as one of their own, the 37-yearold continued to power ahead as she opened up an 8-0 lead in the second set, before Turner raised hopes of a comeback with a triple.

The thought was short-lived however, as backto-back doubles provided Murphy with yet another memorable win, 11-2, 12-3.

“I really wanted this one,” said Murphy, who relinquished her title at last year’s event after racking up a hat-trick of indoor crowns between 2007 and 2009.

“After the disappointment of last year, I really wanted to put my stamp on things again,” she said.

“I really enjoy playing on the carpet, I feel like it’s a bit like my backyard.”

In the men’s event Northern Ireland big man Jeremy Henry made history as the first nonAussie to lift an indoor crown.

Henry survived a thrilling encounter with West Australia’s Lance Strahan to clinch the title in the tiebreak, 3-9, 11-6, 3-2.

“To move to another country and to win a national title, it’s what dreams are made of,” Henry said.

“I’ve won three world titles, but this is right up there.

Both players had an impressive run on Tweed’s indoor green, with Henry disposing of Wayne Turley en route to the final, while Strahan dispatched 2009 champion Anthony Kiepe and Queensland hopeful Kurt Brown to reach the decider.

Brown had been one of the competition favourites following his quarterfinal victory over Leif Selby, 4-9, 8-5, 3-1.

The Blues star has been battling hard all year to prove she is Australia’s top female bowler following her startling omission from Australia’s 2010 Commonwealth Games squad.

However, despite taking out a six-shot win in the opening set of his semifinal clash, Brown quickly fell behind in the second set and Strahan closed out the match with ease, 4-10, 10-1, 4-0.

Her current good form recently earned Murphy a recall to national duties for Australia’s upcoming test series with South Africa later this month.

Defending champion Brett Wilkie was one of the shock early casualties at this year’s event, bundled out in round one by NSW bowler Richard Hadley, 3-9, 6-5, 4-0.

Indoor champs, Karen Murphy and Jeremy Henry

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Captain Fantastic

Interstate raid on Junior Nugget

Queensland girl Lynsey chosen to lead the nation Queenslandʼs Commonwealth Games gold medal hero, Lynsey Armitage, has been selected as Australiaʼs inaugural national team captain.

Since debuting in 2003, 27 year-old Armitage has represented Australia 164 times, with gold medals at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games and 2008 World Championships.

“Itʼs a very exciting announcement,” Armitage said upon hearing the news last month.

“I guess it is new territory for myself, Iʼm a little unsure as to what to expect, but Iʼve been in the (informal) leadership group before and Iʼve always enjoyed those type of roles.”

Armitage will be backed up by vice-captains Karen Murphy and Wayne Turley.

The new captain will have her first taste of official duty in an upcoming best-of-three test series against major rivals South Africa.

Australia will take a new look side to the series, with Murphy and Nathan Rice recalled after being overlooked for last yearʼs Commonwealth Games, while Tasmaniaʼs Rebecca Quail and Queenslander Sean Baker will make their debuts.

The Australians will be wary of the South African outfit, who beat them in two gold medal play-offs in Delhi last year.

“Theyʼre going to be a dangerous side…but weʼre really looking forward to it,” Armitage said.

Interstate stars have staged a daring raid on Tweed Headsʼ Junior Golden Nugget titles for a second consecutive year, with local talents failing to reach the boys or girls finals on the Gold Coast last month.

Melbourneʼs Dylan Fisher nabbed a second Golden Nugget title to add to his 2009 crown.

Fisher came up against 2009-2010 runner up Sean Mawdsley, from Warilla, in the final, managing to overcome the New South Waleʼs junior

rep 25-17 in Mawdsleyʼs last year at the event.

The champion girl, Renee McPharlin from Balaklava in South Australia, breezed through the title decider to defeat West Australian rep Kristina Krstic 25-10.

The Junior Golden Nugget once again showcased some of Australia and New Zealandʼs top junior bowlers.

Overwhelmed by the number of resumes received, the tournament committee had a tough job selecting the final 16 boys and girls to compete.

Young at heart They may be getting a bit long in the tooth, but age is not slowing down one Jindalee outfit.

The 7th division pennant team of Stewie Oakhill (82), Ray Zimmer (88), Sid Taylor (89) and Mack Jamieson (91), have a combined age of a whopping 350 years.

The team didnʼt get a game on the day we paid them a visit late last month because, ironically, their younger opposition claimed to be too old to play in the rain.

Jamieson, the eldest of the four and a former Queensland rifle shooter, says that the men donʼt feel much older than their peers and said he enjoys the friendship gained from the game.

L-R: Stew Oakhill, Ray Zimmer, Mack Jamieson and Sid Taylor

Wilkie back for another bite at Welsh title Queenslandʼs Brett Wilkie will head back to Swansea next year for another bite at the World Bowls Tourʼs Welsh Open title.

The Helensvale ace, who currently sits at 21 on the WBT rankings, will be joined in Swansea by former Maroons under-25 Ben Twist who secured the second qualifier spot.

Wilkie, who made the Welsh semifinal during his first appearance on the UKʼs big money circuit in 2010, earned a spot at next yearʼs event with a straight sets victory over Rod Heaton in PBA qualifiers at Warilla Bowls Club last month, 9-1, 6-6.

In other results, Victorian Tony Wood beat Matt Ellui in three sets, 10-5, 3-12, 2-1 to qualify for the World Singles event, while Glenn Pauling and Lee Schraner secured berths at the Scottish Open.

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Schraner beat Ellui 9-8, 9-5, for the Scot-

tish slot, while Pauling downed Queenslandʼs Jason Carpenter in a tiebreaker, 9-7, 2-10, 2-1.

Karen Murphy has once again secured an invitation to the World Indoor Championships, where she will compete in the womenʼs matchplay and mixed pairs events.

The Scottish Open will be played in Perth in November, with the World Championships and Welsh Open being staged in early 2012.

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FROM

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Queensland not onboard with Bowls Australia’s National Participation Plan Bowls Australia recently released a National Participation Plan, under which the national body would employ three development officers in Queensland.

Bowls Queensland already has its own development officers who work with our coaching and umpire panels for the benefit of all Queensland clubs and report directly to the BQ board.

With a question mark still hanging over funding from the federal Department of Sport and Recreation, the board has decided not to sign up to the BA plan.

While we definitely believe that bowls development should have a national approach and we are happy to strive towards the national goals, we believe that these goals should be achieved under the control of the state board.

Australian Captaincy

ward to seeing her on the green in her new role as captain.

QUEENSLAND OPEN The Queensland Open was held at Ipswich United Services Bowls Club In August, as part of the Bowls Australia Grand Prix circuit.

The Open gave us the opportunity to showcase a national event to our sponsors who give Bowls Queensland their generous support during the year.

The beautiful weather during the event paved the way for some top-level bowls, featuring some of the nationʼs top bowlers.

GOLDEN NUGGET I was honoured to be invited by Tweed Heads Bowls Club to attend the opening ceremony for the 25th Anniversary of the prestigious Golden Nugget event.

Iʼd like to congratulate Lynsey Armitage on her appointment as the inaugural captain of the national team.

I had the honour of rolling the Golden Jack with Kelvin Kerkow rolling the first bowl.

Lynsey is a great role model for Australian bowlers and the honour is well deserved.

This event is by invitation only and features the finest male and female bowlers from Australia and New Zealand.

She has incredible respect from the bowling community for her actions both on and off the green.

Lynsey started her international career in 2003 by winning a medal in the Asian Pacific Games and has been a fixture in the Australian team ever since.

This current Australian team has incredibly strong leadership, with Australian representatives Karen Murphy and Wayne Turley as vice-captains.

I am sure all Queenslanders are proud of Lynsey's appointment and look for-

The honours were shared between the two nations, with Kelvin winning the men's section and New Zealandʼs Jo Edwards winning the women's title.

The four-day tournament showcased some fantastic bowls on high-quality greens.

Tweed Headsʼ chairman, Peter Howell, and his club are to be congratulated for organising this event and also for the promotion of bowls this year at one of the best venues in Australia.

Ladies man George going strong at 100 Springwoodʼs George Steinhardt celebrated his 100th birthday on August 25.

To celebrate, the club held a morning tea for Steinhardt, with guests including Bowls Queensland chairman Ron Chambers, local MP Barbara Stone and Logan City Mayor Pam Parker.

As part of the event, Steinhardt was presented with a medallion and delivered a bowl to commemorate the special day.

Springwood President Tony Robertson said despite not playing bowls anymore, Steinhardt was still a regular spectator at ladies matches, in support of his 97 yr-old wife Ethel. ʻGeorge [played regularly] up until about a year ago but [now] he just sits on the sidelines and watches. [He always] comes down on a Wednesday morning with the ladies when they have their day and has a day with them,ʼ he said.

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Stage set for Qld Multi-Disability Championships

by Beth Newman Bowls Queenslandʼs all new MultiDisability State Championships will be held for the first time in September at Chermside Bowls Club.

The competition brings together Queenslandʼs four disabled bowls associations, Blind Bowlers, Deaf Bowlers, Lifestream, an intellectual disability sporting foundation, and Sporting Wheelies for the physically disabled.

Previously, all four held separate competitions, but Bowls Queensland have combined these into one multi-disability championship for the first time in 2011.

BQ development manager Brett Murphy says that the new format aims to help promote disabled competition.

“Itʼs better to have all four play at one venue at the same time so we can advertise the event and promote it a whole lot more and hopefully we can get more entries that way,” he said.

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by Beth Newman

Aging audience and viewer fatigue forces ABC to drop Saturday bowls Lawn bowls will have to find a new home on free-to-air television after the ABC decided not to renew its deal for 2012. In an overhaul to its programming, the public broadcaster is cutting its bowls coverage to attract a younger audience to its Saturday afternoon timeslot.

Bowls Australia CEO Neil Dalrymple was disappointed by the decision but remained optimistic about the future of Australian bowls coverage. ʻ”Whilst weʼre disappointed, it obviously opens up an opportunity. We have been looking at a number of free-to-air options and weʼve still got a good contract with Fox Sports so bowls isnʼt lost to television. Itʼs obviously an opportunity which presents itself, particularly with the Internet and streaming, live streaming thereʼs a plethora of options [open] to us,ʼ he said.

ABC Head of Sports and Events, Justin Holdforth, said the viewership, which has decreased by 50 per cent in the last four years, caused bowls to be axed as part of a larger review of the broadcasterʼs programming. ʻItʼs [always] a little disappointing when programming ceases and weʼve had a very loyal viewership over the years. Weʼve been looking at the audience steadily decline now over a few years and eventually we had to make a decision. We tried to give Bowls Australia as much notice as we possibly could. I think there is a degree of viewer fatigue at this point for bowls and thatʼs why weʼve seen the audience drop,ʼ he said.

Holdforth said the decision didnʼt necessarily spell the end for bowls on the ABC, though. ʻ[Weʼd] never say never. Weʼve had a very good relationship with Bowls Australia over a long period of time. Weʼve put over 700 hours of Super Series Bowls to air since 1997. So, if we felt the audience once again had an appetite for bowls, then weʼd put it back on,ʼ he said.

Bowls Australia will be conducting negotiations with Fox Sports at the end of the month to reach a new agreement with the pay TV broadcaster as well as looking into a free-to-air replacement for the ABC.

Aside from the blind bowlers championships, the competition will be sets play, with competitors going head-tohead in two nine-end sets, followed by a three-end tiebreaker if required.

This format is in line with the Australian Open Classic, where the winning bowlers will represent Queensland early next year.

The Blind Bowlers will play their own style of competition as in the past, where previous champions John Vance and Marian Morrison will be hot favourites to take out titles.

In the wheelchair event, Steven Lockey could be set to return to his success of the mid-2000s. Sporting Wheelies had previously opened their championships up to other states, with Victorians claiming the title over Lockey in the past three years. However, the new Multidisability Championships are restricted to Queenslanders, increasing Lockeyʼs chances of taking a title.

In the Intellectually disabled competition, previous gold medallists Krystal Martin and Kaye Freeman, will be ones to watch out for as the duo chase another shot at gold this year.

Murphy hopes the competition will continue to expand in the years to come.

“This year being the first year [of the multi-disability championships], if everything goes well weʼll be able to promote and advertise it a whole lot more. This year already weʼve got a heap of people who hadnʼt previously registered as disabled players who are now registered and starting to play, so hopefully next year it will just get bigger and better,ʼ he said.

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The ABCʼs Quentin Hull provided regular commentary on Bowls Australiaʼs Grand Prix events

Di-lighted with 50th Winter Carnival win Tweed Heads stalwart Di Cunnington pulled off a commanding twelve-shot win to clinch the 2011 Gold Coast Winter Carnival Ladies Singles crown recently.

Cunnington, who had to battle extremely windy conditions in her final clash with New Zealandʼs Wynette McLachlan, was particularly happy with her win at this yearʼs event, which marked the 50th anniversary of the womenʼs carnival.

“I just felt like this year, a year when we celebrate 50 years, was one I wanted to be involved in,” she said.

“I was there for the 25th anniversary celebrations and so now I can celebrate the 50th with a win.”

The title capped off a successful month for Cunnington, who was recently included in the BA Hall of Fame Selection Committee.

Meanwhile, Nathan Rice continued his golden form in the menʼs carnival, taking out the singles title with a 25-17 win over Joe Mills.

RULING THE ROOST

by Beth Newman

Babinda young guns sweep country club titles Three North Queensland Gen Y bowlers proved age is no substitute for talent when it comes to taking out titles recently.

Babinda youngsters Hayden Hohnke, Brandon Smith and Renae Martinod dominated the clubʼs singles championships in 2011.

Hohnke (15) and Smith (18) overcame a host of “more experienced” clubmates to take out the menʼs A and B grade titles respectively, while 27-year-old Martinod cruised to the ladies singles crown.

Club president Bryan Walker said that strong community ties within Babinda had helped the clubʼs older members accept the talented trio. ʻTheyʼve been playing for a few years and their grandparents have played for the club in the past so theyʼve got a bowls history,” Walker said.

ʻAt night, weʼve got barefoot bowls and we got a few of the younger people from the school coming down for that and Renaeʼs very encouraging and brings a couple of the young people in and helps them out and that sort of thing. So, weʼre really pleased with what sheʼs contributing to the club,ʼ Walker said.

Hohnke said programs conducted in local schools aimed at attracting young school kids to the sport were a good start, but donʼt necessarily translate into club participation. ʻThey got a lot of people interested but none, well only like one or two, came along and actually gave it a go. So, maybe [we need] to get them down to the club to do the programs not just do it at school,ʼ he said.

Earlier this year Hohnke teamed up with another young bowler to compete for a spot in this monthʼs All Schools Cup state finals.

Babinda young guns Hayden Hohnke, Brandon Smith and Renae Martinod

The youngest of the bunch, 15-year-old Hayden, said the encouragement from more experienced bowlers had spurred him on.

The pair made it to the district final but were pipped at the post by Smithfield State High.

“They are competitive and they are keen to get the opportunity compete at that level,ʼ he said.

“Everyone who plays [at the club], they really help me,” he said.

The trioʼs success has also helped attract more young bowlers to the club.

Walker said the boys were disappointed not to get the opportunity to travel to Brisbane for the finals, which will be held at Club Pine Rivers on September 17 and 18.

Smith and Hohnke also competed in the District Champion of Champions in July, making it to the first and second rounds respectively.

Martinod, in particular, has had a hand in bringing more young people to Babinda to play social bowls.

“They were really looking forward to getting the opportunity to get down to Brisbane and play in the All Schools Championships.

Martinod is yet to compete in the Ladies Champion of Champions, to be held later this year.

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COULD TWENTY20 BE THE ANSWER? WITH MORE AND MORE UNDER-50S UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO GIVE UP DAYS OR EVEN HOURS TO PLAY SPORT, SHOULD BOWLS GO THE WAY OF CRICKET IN A BID TO ATTRACT A YOUNGER MARKET?

by Beth Newman

Ten years ago cricket was tagged as boring, conservative and far too traditional.

rymple suggested this competition would potentially be used to attract a commercial free-to-air station.

Young people were flocking to other sports in droves as the idea of sitting in a stadium for a whole day, or even five, in the summer heat increasingly lost its appeal.

‘A part of the traction for this new competition is that it will be on free-to-air television. So, the whole part of it is to promote the sport even stronger through a commercial free-to-air network,’ he said.

Then came Twenty20. This shorter game, with more exciting passages of play and much quicker results has boomed and brought more young people back to cricket.

In 2011, bowls looks to be suffering a similar fate. While a game of bowls is obviously nowhere near the length of a test cricket match, the time required to commit to playing is too much for many.

Younger people are becoming disinterested in playing a seemingly traditional, time-consuming game at a serious level.

Many full-time workers and students simply can’t make enough time to enter bowling comps, most of which last days at a time.

The growing phenomenon that is barefoot bowls shows that the game itself is not really the heart of the problem.

However, the attraction of bowls club membership is dwindling and this problem cannot be dismissed.

New Farm Bowls Club sees about 1000 barefoot bowlers, through its greens each week...about five times that of its membership, according to men’s president Ross Ireland.

Ireland says that it is difficult for smaller clubs like his to gain traction with younger people.

“Weekends are tied up for a lot of young families. We’ve got a couple of young fellows in their early 30s that play and they tie themselves down to a Saturday afternoon, but they don’t like playing all weekend because they’ve got families,’ he said.

Bowls Australia CEO Neil Dalrymple admitted that time is a huge barrier to participation in lawn bowls across Australia. ”‘There’s no doubt. Our data and the research that we’ve done [shows] the general population are interested in playing. But in terms of the availability, the timing and also the format of competition, they’re the critical issues that [as] clubs and associations we need to focus on,’ he said.

When asked about strategies to combat this problem, Dalrymple talked about a new national competition to be rolled out next year, similar to cricket’s Twenty20.

The game would be similar to set play bowls, but would also include elements such as power plays and super subs.

“It’s an abbreviated version. It’s a set play competition within a specific time frame. You can play the game in an hour and determine a winner. There’ll be power plays…in specific ends you can nominate to double your shots. Potentially you’ll have a super sub, where a sub can come in and play a specific shot as required, like an interchange system. It’s quick, it’s fast and it’s exciting,’ ‘The plan is to roll that game format out publicly across the country and make it available to clubs to offer as an alternative to pennants competitions,’ he said.

Following the recent announcement by the ABC that the national broadcaster would be dropping its bowls coverage, Dal-

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Like Twenty20 cricket, this new format would not displace the traditional forms but exist alongside them to encourage a new generation of fans to the sport.

The biggest question mark over this sort of roll out is the effect on the current players of the game.

Ireland welcomed the suggestion of a shorter form of bowls being introduced to entice younger players.

‘I’d love to see the young kids getting involved, even if they just came for a trial 5 or 6 ends and see how they go. I think the smaller clubs don’t have the support [for the juniors],’ he said.

Mt Gravatt Men’s President John Wilson said even at his club, with an average members’ age of 72, trials of shorter games have been successful.

‘It could be a better way [to encourage young players],’ he said.

And if this ‘quick, fast and exciting’ format can be anywhere as popular as its cricketing counterpart, then the face of bowls could be massively changed.

SHOWING THE OLDIES HOW IT’S DONE Cleveland brothers making history as Queensland’s youngest district stars

by Beth Newman Jacob and Kane Nelson are obviously brothers, with matching blonde hair and happy dispositions.

Probably more unusual for a set of young brothers, though, is their shared passion for lawn bowls.

The Nelson boys have been playing bowls since their dad, Greg, took up the sport following a car accident.

Since then the youngsters have worked their way up through the ranks, with both recently representing their district, Gateway.

Six-year-old Kane is thought to be the youngest-ever player to play in a district side.

His older brother Jacob, at the ripe old age of twelve, also set a record for the youngest skip of a district Greg says both the boys have a natural talent for it and have been obsessed ever since.

“If they could be [at the club] every day of the week, they would be. Youʼd guarantee theyʼd probably be here at least four days a week bowling, if theyʼre not playing in a tournament somewhere. Kane, could spend the whole day out here bowling and heʼll be at home in the hallway rolling up as well,” Greg said.

Before Kane was born, and Jacob was too young to play at a club, Greg and Jacob would have their own games of backyard bowls using grapefruits.

“Iʼd come home from bowls and we used to get out in the backyard with the grapefruits and Iʼd spray one side of the grapefruit with black paint for the bias and weʼd roll the grapefruits towards the clothesline,” Greg said.

Despite receiving a little resistance when they first began to play due to their age, the boys are now favourites with the club members.

“A lot of the older people would say, kids shouldnʼt be playing bowls and they didnʼt want to play with them. But after, well particularly Jacob, after he started knocking off the big guns in the club, they started to appreciate their talent and how good they are…Everyone here is their friend and everywhere they go, doesnʼt matter which bowling club, everyone knows them,” Greg said.

The pride that Greg has in his two sons is evident in everything he says, and their obvious admiration and respect for their father is touching. ʻI have so much admiration for them. Iʼm so proud of what theyʼve achieved in bowls. The interaction with the elderly people as well as interaction with people from all walks of life, itʼs so good for them.

Theyʼre not out roaming the streets and

theyʼre not mixing with the wrong type of people, so itʼs good for them,ʼ he said.

When asked which bowls player they looked up to most, both replied ʻDadʼ, barely missing a beat.

Despite having an obvious talent for bowls, Greg has never forced the boys to play.

for more experienced players in the district pairs, which they won this year, giving Kane his first bowls trophy.

If their recent results are anything to go by, their pairing should be a formidable and a lengthy one.

The only concern for Jacob is that his brother will get too good for him.

ʻI havenʼt pushed them, Iʼve said to them you can do any sport you like but no, bowls is their pride and joy. It shows… theyʼre both naturals when it comes to bowls,ʼ he says.

ʻ[Weʼll play together] until heʼs better than me and he kicks me out,ʼ Jacob says.

Jacob has tried soccer and tennis among other more traditional young person sports, but simply prefers bowls.

The Strawberry Carnival offers prize money to the top three place-getters, which Jacob says Kane is keen to have a shot at.

Their obsession with the sport is not shared by their mother, though, who theyʼve affectionately dubbed ʻThe Bowling Widowʼ.

Being so young, the Nelson brothers still have a long road ahead to reach their dream of representing Australia.

They will surely be causing headaches

The next challenge for the boys will be the Strawberry Carnival, an annual event staged at their club, Cleveland.

Next year, the boys will compete in the state titles in Bundaberg.

The future looks to hold some great bowling success for these two prodigious youngsters but for now theyʼre happy to just keep playing bowls with their dad by their side.

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WHAT A RELIEF! Casey shakes off monkey to clinch his maiden Grand Prix singles crown Mark Casey’s long wait to clinch that elusive Grand Prix singles crown, finally came to an end last month with the 29year-old defeating Victorian teenager Aaron Wilson in the Queensland Open singles showdown.

With the monkey finally off his back, Casey admitted it was a big relief to lift his maiden title.

“I’m just ecstatic,” the Helensvale star said following his win at Ipswich United Services Bowls Club.

“For some reason this week I felt no pressure out there, I just wanted to prove something to myself, that I’m still good enough.

It’s relieving.”

During a clinical performance, Casey claimed a comfortable 10-5, 8-2 victory, with Wilson, a semi-finalist from this year’s Australian Open, conceding it wasn’t his greatest performance.

“I did struggle a little,” Wilson said.

“Case was all over it early and I fell down a little bit. But I played some good bowls to get to the final which was okay.”

Casey, who has not been included in Australia’s line-up to take on South Africa later this month, despatched some big names en route to the final.

Chief among his victims was state and national teammate, Nathan Rice, who he downed in a straight sets semifinal win, 76, 12-4.

2010 winner, Pine River’s Paul Jopson, was an early casualty at this year’s Open, getting bundled out in round two, as was his rival from last year’s title decider, Anthony Kiepe, who went down in a tiebreak with Todd Loyd, 8-4, 6-12, 3-2.

Meanwhile, in the women’s event, former Scottish international Kay Moran clinched the title with a thrilling tiebreak victory over 2009 champ, Rebecca Quail.

The win put the icing on a near perfect week for Moran, who reached the final of all three disciplines and also captured the triples crown.

The 37-year-old, who calls Cabramatta home these days, edged out Quail in the opening set, before the Tassie ace bounced back for a commanding second set performance.

Quail opened the scoring in the best of three ends tiebreaker, but just when Moran’s title hopes seemed to be slipping away, the pint-sized southpaw fired back with four over the next two ends to wrap up her maiden singles crown, 7-5, 4-11, 4-1.

“It wasn’t looking good in that second set,” Moran said.

“Bec played very well in the second set, she seemed to get in her groove, and I seemed to completely lose it.

“Thank goodness I managed to regroup in the tie-break.

I couldn’t have asked for more, it’s been so much fun,” Moran said.

Among Moran’s victims en route to the final were Yvonne Lovelock, Beth Quinlan and Kelsey Cottrell, who she brought down in a tight tiebreak quarterfinal, 7-5, 510, 3-1.

Last year’s champ, Victorian wiz kid Lisa Philips, made an early exit in Ipswich, taken down in the round of 16 by New South Wales youngster Sarah Boddington, 6-5, 10-2.

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Cream rises to the top in Ipswich Big names dominate titles at $30k Queensland Open Some of the most recognisable names in women’s bowls dominated the titles when the $30,000 Queensland Open climaxed in Ipswich last month.

Aussie stars Julie Keegan and Kelsey Cottrell got the winning underway with a victory in the pairs, where they downed Kay Moran and Karen Murphy in a title thriller.

During an exhilarating final, the result came down to the last end of the tiebreak, with the scores locked at 1-1.

With Cottrell and Moran trading blows, Keegan played a bomb to snatch the shot and then waited nervously while Murphy summed up the situation.

Opting to convert with weight, the world number six, chasing her 15th grand prix title, gave her bowl every chance but narrowly missed and the Noosa pair triumphed 14-3, 4-8, 2-1.

“Jules played really well under pressure,” Cottrell, the world number four, said.

“I’m very happy, I think it was a high quality game and we’re just happy to get the result.”

“We’ve got a really good connection I think, and we go really well, and our record is pretty good…so happy days,” Keegan added.

Just hours later three of the foursome where back in action, this time in the women’s triples

Above: Julie Keegan & Kelsey Cottrell celebrate their pairs win. Inset: Triples champs Karen Murphy, Kay Moran and Julie Keegan

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final where Moran, Keegan and Murphy triumphed over Claire Duke’s outfit of Sharyn Renshaw and Carla Odgers, 11-13, 10-1, 3-2.

“We’re really happy to have won the triples,” Murphy said.

“Sometimes you get those last bowls and sometimes you don’t.

“On this occasion, it was great to be able to get it.”

Leading 11-6 with just two ends to play in the opening set, Murphy’s outfit dropped a four and a three to close out proceedings and suddenly the momentum was with Renshaw, Odgers and Duke.

Needing to re-group, Moran, Keegan and Murphy rattled off six of the opening seven ends of the second set, but with the scoreboard ticking over in singles only, the chance of a late fight back was always on the cards.

Nonetheless, they held their nerve to force a tiebreak, where Murphy’s brilliance got them over the line.

“I’ve been really fortunate to have the girls with me this week,” Murphy said.

“Kay’s been on fire, she’s in three finals, and Julie won the pairs, so as a triple we couldn’t ask for a better week.”

Just 24 hours later Moran captured her maiden grand prix singles title, wrapping up a whirlwind week for the former Scottish international.

Dream run continues for Rice Nathan Riceʼs recent run of good form continued last month, with the Helensvale ace taking titles in two disciplines and reaching the semifinal of a third at the 2011 Queensland Open in Ipswich.

gold and silver medallist Mark Casey, in the pairs decider on Ipswich Unitedʼs TV rink.

“It would be unreal to win with Nathan and Chook, who is another good friend as well.”

During a tight first set, the scores were locked at 3-3 through five ends, before Selby and Rice made their move with backto-back doubles.

Rice, who was dominant at this yearʼs Australian Sides Championships in Nelson Bay before going on to clinch his second state singles title, partnered Leif Selby to the pairs crown.

While they didnʼt score again over the next seven ends, the damage had already been done and a tiebreak was on the cards.

The pair were in action again the next morning, partnering Kiepe to a straight sets victory over Capalabaʼs Rick Barnes, Ian Law and Jamie Anderson in the triples final, 7-4, 8-4.

The duo then hooked up with their former Aussie teammate Anthony Kiepe to clinch the triples title.

“Heʼs been around for a long time and he knows how to play the game.

“I was confident coming into this (tournament), but two wins is unbelievable,” Rice said.

“Weʼre all so close, and with Chookie (Kiepe) not in the Australian squad now, heʼs probably had a little bit of a point to prove to show that he is still a class act and weʼre just happy that we could get together and win another one.

“Obviously playing with Leif youʼre always a chance to win something, heʼs a class act, and Iʼve been happy with my form of late so two wins is just an unbelievable result and Iʼm stoked.”

Selby and Rice were pitted against two of the nationʼs top bowlers, world number four Brett Wilkie and Commonwealth Games

“Leifʼs a class player,” Rice said.

“Itʼs just nice to be back playing with him, itʼs been a while, we combine so well and itʼs great that weʼve won the pairs.”

With the Ipswich crowd on the edge of their seats, Selby and Rice claimed a single on the opening end of the tiebreak before the re-called international all but ended the final with a brilliant conversion that made two.

Leading 3-0 playing the third end, the result was just a formality as Selby and Rice triumphed 7-5, 1-12, 4-0.

The pre-tournament favourites hit the scoreboard first as they secured a double on the opening end, but the Capalaba boys struck back immediately to level the scores.

With the contest going back and forth, Rice skipped his combination to four successive singles to all but seal the opening set, before they began in similar fashion to start the second.

While Barnes, Law and Anderson drew level at 3-3 through five ends, back-to-back doubles to Kiepe, Selby and Rice saw them place one hand on the trophy and from there they were never going to let it go.

“Itʼs always nice when you win,” Selby said.

The victory came as no surprise, with the trio currently sitting first, second and third on the menʼs all-time grand prix winnersʼ list.

“That one was a little bit special, it really was special for me and Lurch I think in his own little way, but tomorrow would just cap it off.

Selby tops the list with seven, while Rice now boasts six and Kiepe has drawn level with Kelvin Kerkow, Bill Cornehls, Carl Healey and Robbie Thompson on four.

Triples champs Rice, Kiepe and Selby

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POSITIVE

S E L F TA L K

B Y C AMERON C URTIS

The winner upstairs...talk Cam Curtis

“Victory always starts in the head. It's a state of mind. It then spreads with such radiance and such affirmations that destiny can do nothing but obey,"- Douchan Gersi

Former Aussie rep, national coach and selector You’ve just a played a crucial bowl poorly, both narrow and short. You suddenly become aware of the club selector sitting at the side of your green, or the teammate you’re trying to impress. Your blood is boiling, your teeth clenched, and any number of four-letter expletives are popping into your head.

Some of you might think that this type of approach makes you play better, and that was the person I used to be too.

But after having my eyes opened to the alternative, I soon realised how destructive and unproductive this behaviour was to those wanting to produce better results on the green.

Positive self-talk is an important mental skill that you need to be aware of and practice.

Your best friend on the green can be the voice in your head In human terms, you can easily find yourself performing badly because you are not using your mind in a positive way.

Replace “thatʼs wrong”, “you idiot” and “Nooo!” with “Iʼll improve”, “Iʼm focused on”, “I can and I will”.

The more you chastise or punish yourself verbally, the less likely you are to make necessary corrections to a poor or average end, and so, by extension, the worse your game will become.

The key is to retrain your brain. Negative words and images prevent championship performances.

Not convinced? You may be thinking the idea of positive self-talk is futile, and Iʼll admit that at first I wasnʼt convinced, but I was ready to give it a go.

Iʼm talking about the conversations you have with yourself – the little voice in your head that you can never turn off no matter how loud you scream at it to cease...you canʼt even turn the volume down.

Negative self-talk will have you forming limiting beliefs about yourself that will have you expecting failure rather than success.

Think about it, during our waking hours weʼre always having a conversation with ourselves.

As sportsmen and women even though we strive for perfection, we have to accept that we are all prone to human error occasionally.

My challenge was to start focusing on replacing every negative thought or comment with a positive one, and my focus turned to my sporting idol at that time, Pete Sampras – the winner of 14 Grand Slam tennis titles.

In film and TV, “bloopers” or mistakes are just that, “missed takes”.

“What would Pete be saying to himself right now?” Iʼd ask myself.

There is nothing wrong with being human and making a mistake, as long as we learn quickly from it and have another crack.

“What would he say at set or even match-point down, stepping up to let loose one of his thunderbolt serves?”

Throughout life, most of us are hard-wired to yell, scold and reprimand either our children, animals or employees whenever our expectations are not met or when we believe an error has occurred.

Understandably, weʼve taken this behaviour into the sporting world too, especially with ourselves.

You probably find yourself supporting and encouraging your teammates more than you do yourself.

Typically, we Australians love to knock down a tall poppy, and for most of us we are a prime personal target.

Consider how you rebuke yourself whenever you deliver a bad bowl.

What you may not realise is that negative self-talk (i.e. filling your brain with negative thoughts) is akin to putting dirty petrol in a car. Sooner or later the car will just stop!

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We are all battling our inherent negative force, the fear of failure, so we have to be our own best friend, our own confidante, our number one supporter.

We have to encourage ourselves loudly on the inside without feeling self-conscious.

While we canʼt just turn off the negative self-talk, your aim should be to counteract every negative that comes into your mind with a positive.

You need positive words, phrases or affirmations that can counteract that previous destructive thought.

The road test

In his prime Sampras certainly wouldnʼt have been hoping, wishing or wanting to not lose, he would just have had the sheer self-confidence to believe he could serve a massive ace or thunderbolt passing shot almost at will.

He wouldnʼt be thinking about that last volley he put into the net when the court was wide open or any other human error that we are all prone to occasionally.

There is not much we can do about mistakes like that, except to keep training to slowly eradicate them from our game. But we can control our self-talk.

Read on ➤

king yourself up My new verbal dialogue after a crap bowl was something like: “Okay, no dramas...that was just a missed take, cʼmon, champion...you can do it, youʼll get it with this one, youʼve done it before, you can do it again, you produce your best under pressure when it counts.”

Like me, you may also find it helpful to have a key word that you can say over and over.

Repeating a word like “focus” will drown out other distractions and keep you calm while you prepare for your next shot.

I know this all sounds corny, especially when you start working at it.

No one has to hear you though; you donʼt have to scream it from the roof of the club, itʼs just an intrinsic conversation.

It may take a bit of time to break the old bad habit of wanting to curse when you play a shocker, but you will reap the benefits in the long run.

Soon after I began working on improving my positive self-talk my inner confidence began to soar.

Needless worry and self-doubt was immediately replaced by positive thoughts and affirmations.

Constructive thoughts about how I wanted to feel or what I wanted to see happen with the next bowl or the next end, etc.

I had discovered a new sense of serenity, coolness and composure after playing one of those “rubbish” bowls that we all detest.

Why it works The body of a sporting champion is merely the best vehicle in the best performing condition – like a formula-one racing car.

The brain of a champion is the best possible driver, in total control of that vehicle.

Fuel for the body is food, drink and oxygen, while fuel for the brain is words.

The only barrier separating competitors and champions is the quality of brain “fuel” being used by the driver of the vehicle.

Sportspeople are usually unable to achieve “champion” status through negative training methods such as criticism, bullying and punishment.

“Learning by crosses” cannot succeed and will only cripple you by constantly focusing on errors and failures that must be corrected.

Donʼt be your own worst enemy. This constant harassment starves and destroys interest and usually results in discouragement and mediocre performance.

“Learning by ticks”, however, always results in the highest rate of success possible.

It is essential to promote happiness by focusing exclusively on the victories and near-victories, which results automatically in

generating and multiplying successes.

Praise stimulates and nourishes personal improvement in all areas of human activities.

The concept of right/almost right instead of wrong, is the sure catalyst to produce win instead of lose.

By changing how you use your mind during a game, itʼs very possible to make a significant improvement to your performance.

Have a go...try focusing on the positive, reinforcing selfbelief, dealing with how you respond to committing errors in a more positive way, set mini-goals and maintain an optimistic winning and professional attitude.

I did, and I found it worked wonders. I became more relaxed and confident, with many more positive self-talk words and imagery passing through to my conscious and sub-conscious brain.

This led to my most successful year in 1994 after learning and studying more about the power and effect of eliminating negative speak — winning a world title and a Commonwealth Games gold medal.

Remember, if you think that you can do it then youʼre right.

If you think you canʼt, youʼre absolutely right. So start training your mind now!

Are you interested in taking your bowls to a higher level and being the best you can be?

Ian Schuback and I will be running a series of ʻMaster-classʼ coaching days on the Gold Coast in late August/early September.

For further information please contact me on 0412 089 833 or cam-

curtis@optusnet.com.au.

INTER-SCHOOL HOSTILITIES SET TO ERUPT Queensland’s top schools will go to war when the 2011 All Schools Cup finals kick off in Brisbane next month.

by Beth Newman

The new-look All Schools Cup Challenge Finals will kick-off at Club Pine Rivers next month, with hostilities set to commence on September 17.

The competition has undergone some major changes in 2011, the biggest being a change in format from triples to pairs.

For the first time also, team members must all come from the same school.

In the past, teams have only been required to include students from schools in the same zone, giving rise to possible team stacking.

The expanded finals were open to schools from all twenty districts this year, to enable more teams to compete.

This has seen the number of teams involved almost double in 2011.

Bowls Queensland development officer Josh Thornton said the changes were implemented to promote greater involvement from across the state.

“The changes have enabled us to get more kids involved, as it is obviously easier for some of the smaller clubs to get a team of two together,” Thornton said.

“In many cases it has meant one team member, who is already a bowler, has convinced another non-bowling school mate to take part and this is obviously a good thing for the sport.”

Thornton hopes that all twenty districts will be competing in years to come.

“We had 16 districts enter this year, but unfortunately one had to pull out.

“Hopefully by us promoting the event when we go out for our club visits, we’ll get all 20 districts next year,” he said.

With back-to-back champions Palm Beach Currumbin State High a notable omission, last year’s runners-up Bribie Island will be hot favourites running into the event.

However, they will face stiff competition for the title from Bundaberg twins Cassandra and Bolivia Millerick, while Groves Christian College Litfin brothers and Aviation High’s Schenelle Bronkhorst, Jessica Parolin will also be ones to watch.

GREEN

KEEPING

B Y M AURICE H INTON

Aeration...prevention better than cure Maurice Hinton President Gold Coast Greenkeepers Association Aeration plays a pivotal role in maintaining a green始s wellbeing and overall state.

To put it simply, aeration is the process of using a mechanical, liquid, or manual lawn aerator to puncture your turf.

By making holes in the surface it allows deeper root growth and reduces soil compaction.

Aeration allows air, water and nutrients direct access to the root system.

Not only does aerating give you a better looking surface, but it also thickens the turf, promoting deeper root growth by allowing the roots to expand on and grow deeper into the soil.

In times of heavy rain, water logging could also occur, restricting healthy development and oxygen flow to the roots.

The soil of a green naturally compacts due to the constant activity on it by bowlers.

The air is smothered and pushed out leaving the soil unable to hold water, thus resulting in a run down and weak green.

Aeration counteracts this action to allow the green to breathe and return to its original capacity.

The soil compaction and erosion issues green keepers face are challenging enough without taking into account the tight budgets allocated to keeping the greens at their best.

In saying that however, aeration is not a costly practice and does not take a green out of play for long periods of time.

The costs of constantly reviving a green back to its healthy beginning far outweigh the costs of regularly aerating your greens.

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The five biggest benefits of a regular aeration programme are 1) Improving drainage 2) Reducing soil compaction 3) Controlling thatch development 4) Reducing drought damage 5) Allowing water, air, and nutrients direct access to the root system.

In previous years the only way to aerate was with a drilling machine and those of you that are familiar with these machines know how much of a task it can be to put over the greens.

Not only does it take hours, or days in some cases, but can lift your surface and make one hell of a mess.

For many clubs this can be the only way they aerate their greens, but what if there was another way?

I was talking to a golf club superintendent the other day and he told me the best piece of machinery his club owns is a Verti Drain.

What is this you ask? A Verti Drain or Soil Reliever is a machine attached to the back of a tractor that can easily aerate your greens in no time at all and with no mess.

Since I have been using these machines on my greens over the past few years I

know the benefits of using them when needing to aerate.

However, I was surprised to learn that at this golf club aeration occurs every fortnight during summer and every month during winter, so he is able to aerate all year round with no mess or disruption.

It is evident that aeration is an integral part of bringing a green back to a healthy state, therefore aerating your greens between two and four times a year will maintain them at their highest standards, allowing you to see the benefits year long.

Eliminating bare patches by stimulating growth, establishing a stronger root system, and sustaining a faster level of play are just some of the benefits from aerating regularly, keeping your green a step head of the rest.

Remember it is better to be proactive than need to be reactive to problems facing the green and its playable status.

The importance of aerating is constantly overlooked, generally due to the fact the results cannot be seen straight away.

In time however, uneven growth, bald spots, and dryness will wreak havoc on your greens and will prove costly and inconvenient to restore.

DEVELOPMENT

B Y B RETT M URPHY

Gateway comments strike a nerve...

Well last monthʼs column has certainly created some interest from members in the Gateway District (see this monthʼs letters to the editor on page 5).

Between my comments and the letter to the editor from the secretary of a Gateway club regarding opportunities, or lack thereof, for junior members, I have fielded numerous calls and emails from members of clubs in the district.

If nothing else it has everyone talking and hopefully some action will occur that will see an entry from a Gateway club in next yearʼs All Schools Cup. It appears there are plenty of juniors in the district, but a breakdown in communication between here, the clubs and the members has occurred.

We issue information to all clubs and districts in November, with follow ups in January and April.

So if your club isnʼt displaying the information ask your club secretary why not.

If you still have no success you can contact the development team directly for further information.

Babinda Babinda Bowls Club has no such problems with its younger members...in fact, if anything it looks like juniors are taking over the club.

With a total club membership of 43 male and female bowling members the younger brigade are dominating the clubʼs championships.

15-year-old Hayden Hohnke is the current “A” grade menʼs champion, while 18-yearold Brandon Smith is the holder of the menʼs “B” Grade title.

And it is not only in the menʼs championships that younger bowlers are ruling the

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roost with 27-year-old Renae Martinod taking out the ladiesʼ crown.

It is great to see the younger members coming through the ranks at any club…winning titles is an added bonus.

The club has also been very proactive in advertising the fact that these titles are held by younger members, with articles appearing in the local newspaper.

With this sort of publicity, hopefully more members of the local community will see that lawn bowls is a sport for all ages and will become involved at the club.

Malanda Itʼs always reassuring to hear positive stories involving clubs that have used our resources with success.

It confirms that the resources we have developed can be very beneficial to clubs when the time is taken to implement the suggested programs.

Recently development team member Josh Thornton was conducting club visits in the Tropical Far North District when he met with Glynn Morice, the publicity officer for Malanda Bowls Club.

During the meeting Glynn informed Josh that he had joined the club not long after Joshʼs visit the previous year.

From the information distributed at that visit Glynn set about getting a school program up and running.

A year on and the club has a highly successful school program in place with 22 Malanda High school students attending.

Thanks to the expert tuition of Andy Soley and Arthur Cooper these students have developed the skills to be pretty competitive in the sport.

DISTRICT

SCHOOL

Gold Coast Tweed Cunningham Brisbane Downs Condamine Caboolture Brisbane North Fraser Coast Sunshine Coast Bundaberg/PtCurtis Burnett Central Qld Mackay North Qld TFNQ

St Josephʼs College Groves Christian College Padua College Centenary Heights SHS Dalby SHS Bribie Island SHS Aviation High Hervey Bay SHS Siena Catholic College Gin Gin SHS Burnett State College The Cathedral College North Mackay SHS St Anthonyʼs Catholic College Smithfield SHS

The school program will remain an ongoing program with the long term goal of giving the students an opportunity to compete in the statewide All Schools Cup competition.

The club is also currently in the process of putting together a corporate bowls program, in the hope of attracting further participants from a different age groups.

Importantly, club members realise that these programs wonʼt occur overnight and that some work needs to be done to ensure they are successful in the long term.

Members are putting a lot of time and effort into the implementation of programs, as well as other areas of club operations, to secure the long term viability of the club.

It is heartening to see clubs being so proactive and the development team are more than happy to assist and support these clubs in any way we can.

All Schools Cup Final The finals of the 2011 All Schools Cup will be held at Pine Rivers Bowls Club on September 17 and 18 .

Saturday will see the 15 teams play off in four sections for a spot in Sundayʼs semifinals and final.

Play commences at 9.00am on both days so if you would like to watch some of our sportʼs future stars in action be sure to get along to Pine Rivers and have a look.

It is very pleasing to see that 16 of our 20 districts entered a team as this is the first year we have tried a district format instead of zones.

Unfortunately one team had to withdraw at the last minute.

However, we are hopeful that with ongoing promotion of this event 2012 will see all 20 districts represented.

TEAM Liam Jackson, Julian Richards Logan Litfin, Cohen Litfin Liam Hibbert, Nathan Wilson Kyle Chester, Jamie Dwyer Brittany Appleton, Stephen Savage Natasha Jones, Lochie Rowden Schenelle Bronkhorst, Jessica Parolin Josh Anderson, Joel Anderson Oliver Crick, Connie Rixon Cassandra Millerick, Bolivia Millerick Taleah Putney, Warick Bellert Jessie OʼSullivan, Curtis Matthews Jason Little, Dustin Reuss Jamie Dunlop, Sam Rowley Madi Styles, Mitch Styles

BQ development officer, Vicki Stein, is lucky to be alive this month, after the 48-yearold was involved in an horrific road accident while out assisting Queenslandʼs clubs.

Stein was 14kms east of Miles on Sunday, August 21 when the BQ promotional van she was driving was clipped from behind by a passing car on a 110km per hour stretch of the Warrego Highway.

The van flipped several times, eventually coming to rest on its roof on the opposite side of the road, more than 100 metres from the original crash site.

Stein, who had been on her way to visit schools in Mitchell, Charleville and Augathella, was pinned by her arm and it took emergency services two hours to cut her free.

Lucky to be alive BQ development officer survives horror crash while working to help Qld clubs “Itʼs a terrible thing to happen to anyone, but she is very lucky to have come through it.

“At the site there were skid marks all over the road and there were Bowler magazines and BQ stickers scattered everywhere from when the van rolled.”

Murphy, who visited Stein in hospital the day after the accident, said his newest recruit was in relatively good spirits, despite her injuries.

She was immediately flown to Brisbaneʼs Princess Alexandra Hospital, where she underwent emergency surgery on her badly damaged arm.

“Her arm is in a pretty bad way and she has a lot of cuts and bruises, but sheʼs trying to keep her spirits up and we managed to have a bit of a joke.

BQ development manager Brett Murphy, who spoke with police and visited the crash site just days after the accident, said Stein was very lucky to be alive.

“Vickiʼs a very important part of the team here at BQ and I know I speak for everyone when I say I hope she has a speedy and full recovery.”

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10. Try ginger in cooking for its anti-inflammatory effects.

1. Always wear the best walking shoes possible. Seek advice from a podiatrist.

11. Take Vitamins C and D to help collagen production (strengthens connective tissue).

2. Support your digestion with apple cider vinegar.

12. Use massage, chiropractic, magnet therapy as needed.

3. Eat cold water fish (cod, tuna, salmon, and sardines) at least three times a week.

13. Keep exercising and on the move!

4. Use cod liver oil as a supplement.

ONE TABLET DAILY.

9. Use a natural pain reliever and anti-inflammatory such as Cumerone, derived from turmeric.

Ask your pharmacist for Nagesic Forte.

5. Try more oats and mussels in your diet. These are rich in proteoglycans, which are responsible for “bounce” in your joints.

6. Glucosamine normalises cartilage metabolism, so aim to have at least 1500mg a day.

7. Eat more whole grain cereals,

The above are just a few ideas that could help manage your arthritis.

If you would like to find out more, Gerald Quigley will be hosting a series of FREE Living with Arthritis Seminars on October 11 at Redlands Memorial Hall and Nerang.

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UMPIRING with BQ’s umpire committee

The forgotten replacement player The new law book arrived in January 2011 with great fanfare and a promise to clear up any confusion that may have been caused by the previous version.

Regardless of this promise there is still confusion in the simplified version of Domestic Regulation 4 – replacement and substitute players.

The alteration has so simplified this regulation that the “replacement” player has virtually no place in the law.

Law DR4.1.4 states that a “replacement player is one who is appointed to take the place of an intended player prior to the start to the start of the competition for a reason accepted by the controlling body”.

The replacement player can only be introduced pre-competition (PC).

That is after the team has been accepted as a nomination at the close of entries and before the playing of the first round.

After the team has been constituted there is no mention of using a replacement player during competition (DC).

If one takes the time to read Law 16.3.2 ʻDomestic Eventsʼ, we see in this law that “the controlling body can also decide on the regulations for introducing reserve or replacement players to take the place of players who cannot play in any round after the first round.”

This law would appear to be referring to the replacement of “constituted players”, which is in conflict with Law DR4.

However, we are advised that DR4 takes precedence over law 16.3.2.

The Controlling Body may only use the options offered under law 16.3.2 if it decides that is ESSENTIAL in order to successfully carry out its championship.

A situation could arise where a player dies during the playing of a club championship or prior to or during the playoff for the Champion of Champions event.

The question then arises can the team have a substitute? – The short answer is “NO”; a substitute is a member who acts as a proxy for an intended player or a constituted player in a team.

A proxy can only be used for a “live” person (no explanation needed).

So how do we rectify the problem?

The controlling bodies of club/district and state should have in their Conditions of Play that under law 16.3.2 in the event of a death of a constituted player in a team, a replacement player may be used.

Only one replacement player is allowed in the team at any time.

Footprints in the sand Next time you are on the green take special notice of how the green keeper has presented the medium in the ditch.

You should find it has been raked smooth and without indentations.

There is a reason why the ditch is prepared this way.

At a later time on the same day take another look at the ditch

and more than likely you will see human footprints in the medium or sand.

On a synthetic green the medium in the ditch will consist of some synthetic material, while sand is used on turf greens.

The surface of the sand in the ditch is prepared in this manner to allow a jack and/or toucher to come to an immediate stop when entering the ditch.

Any compaction of the medium as a result of a footprint could cause the jack or toucher entering the ditch to deviate from its initial entry position.

Furthermore after stepping into the ditch and returning to the green the sand from the ditch ends up on the surface of the green which creates problems for the green keeper when he is mowing.

The sand is very abrasive and makes the mower cutting blades blunt, increasing maintenance cost.

To enable the ditch to be utilised to its full potential, donʼt put your foot in the ditch and smooth out any indentations after removing any bowls or the jack.

Adhesive (stick on) stickers or decals – Law 8.1.8 There are three parts to a sticker – the outer “big ring”, inner “small” ring, and the centre dot or bulls eye.

Law 8.1.8 states that the controlling body can supply a d h e s i v e stickers to fix to both sides of

their bowls or allow players to use their own stickers.

Law 8.1.8.2 states there should be only one such sticker to either side of the bowl.

This means that a player cannot have two or more stickers on each side of his bowl at the same time.

Law 8.1.8.3 advises that on the bias side the distinguishing marks can be covered with the bulls eye or the player can use the small ring BUT cannot use both at the same time.

So in summary a player in a team game can individually choose whether to use the small ring or bulls eye on the bias side of their bowl UNLESS the Conditions of Play state otherwise (big and small rings only).

Law 8.1.8.4 also advises that “all bowls belonging to players within a team or side should have these markings on them and that the markings should all be the same design and colour”.

This means if four players from four different clubs decided to play in the State Fours Championship as a team and they decided to use stickers on their bowls, the stickers would all have to be the same, that is, they each could not use their own club stickers.

KICKING BACK

WITH

KELVIN KERKOW

South Tweed membership drive an example to all clubs Membership development is an ongoing challenge for all bowls clubs and they are always looking for new ideas to help expand their membership base.

My club, South Tweed Sports, is starting up a new social competition, the Sports Club Series.

The club has recognised the evergrowing costs of playing bowls and wanted to reduce the financial burden clubs face and provide a new social event.

Sporting clubs across the Tweed area are invited to enter a three-person team to represent their club over the five-week series.

Teams can be made up of any mix of age or gender.

As it is a social event, no registered bowlers may take part.

The series will have total prize money pool of $5000, with all clubs to walk away winners.

Even the last-placers will earn $40 to take back to their sporting club.

Those who end up at the top of the pack at series end will receive a $1500 prize.

This idea will hopefully build on the suc-

cess of barefoot bowls and introduce more non-bowlers into the bowling community.

Bowls on TV I was very disappointed to hear that the ABC will be dropping their bowls coverage next year.

The ABC has done a fantastic job promoting our game each and every Saturday afternoon and it will be dearly missed.

I believe that Fox Sports will be continuing their coverage, but this will not compare to the 5pm time slot that we have held at the ABC in recent years.

The next week was even better, winning the Tweed Open Prestige.

I defeated my good mate and new Australian coach, Steve Glasson, in the final of the Summerland Invitation singles in Ballina.

Then Steve and I headed into the Golden Nugget at Tweed Heads, both vying to be the first man to win a record fourth Nugget.

I had the pleasure of opening the competition on its 25th anniversary and managed to pip Leif Selby in the final to go away with the nugget and the record.

The loss of the ABC will be a great loss to our sport.

I have met many non-bowlers through my line of work who watch bowls on the ABC and am sure that this will see bowling participation drop in the future.

Singles Circuit On a personal note, the last couple of months have been pretty busy and also pretty successful for me.

I reached the quarterfinals in my first tournament of the year, the Salisbury Super Bowl.

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Souths puts school kids through their paces

APPLICATIONS FOR COMMUNITY CLUB LICENCE

by Ann Putland

Obtaining a new Community Club Licence can be at times daunting.

This article will explain the steps involved in an applicant and the typical time frames that can be expected.

Community Club Licence The appropriate type of liquor licence for non-proprietary clubs, such as sporting clubs, RSL clubs or ethnic clubs, is a Community Club Licence.

Liquor may be sold for consumption on the premises to members of the club or their guests, an interstate or overseas visitor, a visitor who resides at least 15 km from the club and a person attending a function on the premises.

The standard trading hours are 10am to 12midnight and there is a moratorium on extended trading hours.

However, late night trading hours may be applied for in certain tourist destinations including Surfers Paradise, Broadbeach, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane CBD, Townsville CBD, Cairns CBD, certain parts of Ipswich, Mackay, Rockhampton and Toowoomba.

An applicant may also apply for early trading to be permitted between 9am and 10am, and additional hours of 7am to 9am are available if the sport of the club is one prescribed in a regulation (lawn bowls or golf) and if a community need can be demonstrated.

A Community Club Licence permits the licensee to sell take-away liquor to members of the club.

A Community Club Licence also permits the licensee to apply for an approval to operate gaming machines from the venue.

Documentation There are a number of documents the OLGR may require to be submitted with the Community Club Licence including:1 Risk Assessed Management Plan; and 2 In some instances a Community Impact Statement.

A Risk Assessed Management Plan ("RAMP") contains information about the practices and procedures that will be in place at the premises to ensure the Liquor Act's object of harm minimisation is met.

If required, a Community Impact Statement is a comprehensive document analysing the nature and type of facilities to be provided, positive and negative impact on the local community, details of any sensitive facilities, noise impact, any cultural/recreational, employment/tourism benefits, impact on traffic, safety issues, impacts on character or identity of the local community and a detailed analysis of demographic statistics for the locality.

This requirement will depend on the size and nature of the proposed licensed premises.

Town Planning Approval Town planning approval is a pre-requisite and it must be obtained prior to lodging the liquor licence application.

The information contained above is intended to be a brief overview of the steps involved in a new Community Club Licence application.

If you have any questions or are considering applying for a new Community Club Licence please feel free to contact Curt Schatz on (07) 3224 0230.

Process and timeframes Our estimate of the necessary steps and timeframes for the application process for a Commercial Hotel Licence are as follows:

Step

Time

Preparation of application documentation

1 month

Community Impact Statement (if required)

2 to 3 months

Application lodged and initial consideration by OLGR

6 weeks

Advertising of Application (includes two newspaper advertisements, an advertisement in the Government Gazette and a Public Notice to be displayed at the premises)

28 days

Consideration of public objections and objections conference

6 weeks

OLGR's community impact analysis (if required) Negotiation of issues and concerns, final consideration of Application and approval Total

2 to 3 months 1 to 2 months Approx 6 -9 months

Mackay State High School and Souths Suburban Bowls Club have teamed up to give students a chance to improve their bowls.

For the past month 40 Year 11 students from the school have visited the club once a week for one hour of bowls coaching as part of a six-week training program.

The students were split into two groups of 20 and helped by coaches, volunteers and teachers.

The course forms a part of their school curriculum and students will be assessed at its completion.

Many of the students have never bowled before, but Souths Suburbanʼs junior co-ordinator has been pleased with their progress over the courseʼs duration.

One of the students involved is a Norwegian exchange student who had never even seen bowls before beginning the program.

The final week of the course will see the two groups of students pitted against each other in a two-hour challenge.

Souths Suburban president Rob Harris said the program was going well and confident of its continuation in future years.

“The Year 11 students have been good. Even those that wonʼt make bowlers are giving it a go, anyhow.

So, I think itʼs all good,” he said. “[The students] are getting a good insight and theyʼre knowing a lot more [about bowls] than they ever knew before... Iʼm confident weʼll do it again next year.”

The training course is part of a wider effort to bring young people to the club, along with a recent grant used to inject funds into equipment for its junior coaching program.

Harris was hopeful that the course might help attract some young people to the club.

“Itʼs an ongoing challenge to get young people involved in the sport…

Weʼre hopeful that people will [return to the club after the course],”he said.

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COACHING

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What does your state coaching committee actually do?

This month Iʼd like to discuss the roles and responsibilities of the state coaching committee.

administrations and aim to update and improve the skills and knowledge of coaches in the area.

Key Result Areas

First off, the state coaching committee reports directly to the board of Bowls Queensland and undertakes any duties requested by the board.

There are also a number of key result areas, or short-term goals, set out by the committee each year.

The ultimate goal of the committee is to increase the number and approve the abilities of coaches throughout the state.

Currently our top priority is to increase the number of accredited coaches in Queensland to 1100 by the yearʼs end.

It is our job to ensure Queenslandʼs coaches are kept up to date with the latest and greatest coaching techniques, thus ensuring that our bowlers continue to develop their skills.

Of course, quality should always be emphasized over quantity, however as this column goes to print we are well on our way to achieving this goal, with 955 coaches registered throughout the state.

The committee conducts coaching workshops in up to five areas around the state each year.

These workshops are conducted at the request of district

Another key aim of this committee is the delegation of more responsibility to district coaching panels.

These committees are being given more responsibility for lifting the standard of coaching in their respective districts.

Unfortunately not all districts have a coaching committee at present.

However, where this is true, we are working closely with district officials to establish a committee.

Another key role of the state coaching committee is assisting Queenslandʼs state coach, Bill Cornehls, if and when necessary.

The committee can assist in the organisation and running of development camps, training days for emerging players, and any other training camps required.

The committee is also charged with establishing the standards of personal attributes and technical knowledge that is desirable in those wishing to become a coach.

These requirements (set out below) have been compiled by the BQ Coaching Committee as a guide for districts.

However, districts should use common sense when recommending an individual to any coach course.

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