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FOURTH WIN FOR DALBY’S SAVAGE AND SMITH

By Judith Savage

Stephen Savage and Joel Smith have won the club championship pairs for the fourth year running and Stephen won the A grade singles for the third time in four years. They were also the best performed skips in Condamine District Blue Pennants recently.

25-year Meritorious Award for services to bowls

Congratulations to Patricia Ward on her 25-year Meritorious Award for services to bowls. Patricia joined the Athelstane Ladies Bowls Club in March 1993, while still working full time as a nurse at the Rockhampton Mater Hospital. She retired from nursing in 2000 aged 55. Patricia holds an impressive bowls history.

Elected to Athelstane Ladies Committee 1994/2004 and in 2003/4 to the Athelstane board of directors. Become a state umpire in 1994. Elected to CQ District Match Committee in 1995. District Match Chair from 2007 to 2019. State level 2 umpire from 1998 to 2005, teaching the laws of bowls to players from Moranbah, Clermont, Emerald, Miriam Vale, Biloela, Moura and Gladstone. President of Athelstane Ladies Bowls Club (2000, 2001 & 2003). Member of Diggers Ladies Bowls Club from 2004 to 2013. Elected to Diggers Ladies committee in 2006. President of Diggers Ladies in 2013. Games director for Diggers Ladies from 2006 to 2009. Joined Yeppoon Ladies Bowls Club in December 2013 and elected to committee for 2016/17. Delegate to CQDLBA for Baralaba Ladies Bowling Club 2016/17. Manager of the CQ State District Side from 2009 to 2019.

President of Central Queensland, Althea Vaughan presenting the 25 year Meritorious Award to Patricia Ward at Yeppoon

Patricia is in her 26th year of service to the CQ District Bowling Association and is currently a member of Yeppoon Ladies Bowling Club, serves on the CQ District Match Committee and is Senior Vice President of the CQ District Ladies Bowling Association. She was assigned as a Presenter and Assessor of the Laws of the Sport of Bowls for the CQ District by Bowls Queensland in early 2020. Patricia has played bowls all the years of her 26 years’ service and continues to play competitively.

LOCALS TRUMP GLADSTONE LADIES SPRING TRIPLES

By Peter Tappenden

Congratulations to local winners Sam Lunck, Cameron McCrohon and Carolyn Mead who won Gladstone’s Ladies Spring Triples. Teams from Taroom, Bargara and Yeppoon competed in two day carnival. There were 22 teams including a Melbourne-based couple who were stranded due to COVID-19 restrictions. Thank you Gayle and Des for joining in the competition. Well done to the runners-up Carole and Alex Allan and Jenny Hatherell, also from Gladstone. Third place went to Biloela’s Janet Hogan, Mike Blake and Ali Goninam. Congratulations to all. Next year will be bigger and better.

Winners L-R: Sam Lunck, Cameron McCrohon, Carol Meade & Ladies’ President Lori Miller

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GOONDIWINDI’S LATE BLOOMER

By Jill Hankins

Fred Robertson is a true gentleman and still an active player in our club at the reasonable age of 96.

Fred was born in Ballan, Victoria in 1924. His father had a soldier’s settlement block of 320 acres in 1940 when all the work was done by draft horses. He lived in Victoria for 60 years before relocating to Queensland in 1984 with his wife and children. He still lives on the land and his property, Banaba, is 70km north-east of Goondiwindi. At first he ran mainly sheep but nowadays it is primarily cattle. Fred said he could never understand why his father played bowls as it seemed a strange game to him! Now he has caught the bug and bowls has become the mainstay of his life. His neighbour saw him down the main street in Gundy one day and said that as he had flat sole shoes on he may as well come down to the club and have a go. So Fred got into bowls and is a late bloomer. Fred’s weekly bowls means that he’s become quite skilled at competitions, as he reached the Men’s “A” Singles Semifinal in 2017. He travels 70km into town every week with that same neighbour to have a rollup and enjoys nothing more than playing bowls with his mates and the social atmosphere at the club.

FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND’S CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS

By Jan Baumann, President Tropical Far North Qld District Ladies Bowls Assn.

The ladies in Far North Queensland recently held their three-day Champion of Champions event at the Innisfail Bowling Club. While only the singles champions will go through to State level, we still hosted the fours and pairs events.

Marlin Coast Bowls Club were fortunate in winning both the fours and pairs titles, with Denise Charman from Silkwood winning the singles event. The fours team of Shirley Sampson, Trish Spicer, Christine Scott and Joan Carey defeated a team from West Cairns and the team of Bev Drewitt and Di Deagan were winners over the Silkwood pair. However, Denise got her revenge with a win in the singles championship.

Players were well supported by their club members and the members from Innisfail were wonderful hosts.

Singles champion, Denise Charman (left) with runner-up Robyn Brunello

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100 years for belmont services LADIES’ daphne ASHFIELD

Daphne Ashfield reading her birthday card during the video link with guests

By Sandy Ellis

Belmont Services Ladies Bowling Club held a celebratory morning tea for their member, Mrs Daphne Ashfield, who turned 100 years old on August, 15. Invited guests included Bowls Queensland President Peter Williamson, Ross Vasta MP, Steve Minnikin MP, Cr Lisa Atwood, Rose Beauchamp representing Gateway District Ladies BC, Patron Keith Gilchrist, Belmont Services Bowls Club President Noel Seawright and Belmont Services Ladies’ Patron Lilian Noble. Owing to COVID restrictions re-introduced at the time, it was considered unwise for Daphne to leave her home at Prescare Vela Carina so she joined us via video link. Thank you to Daphne’s niece, Kay Millsom who, together with Belmont Services Ladies, arranged for her aunt to join in and participate in the birthday cake cutting and tributes paid to her. Thank you also to Kay who provided the following background information on Daphne’s life. Daphne Ashfield was born into the Gough family in Ingham, North Queensland, on August 15, 1920. Daphne had an older brother, Roy, who returned in 1945 from WWII in poor health and died not long afterwards. She also had a younger sister, Irene, who lived to a mature age. At the end of her school days, Daphne was encouraged by a local GP to commence hospital-based registered nursing training at Royal Brisbane Hospital. She then completed her midwifery training at RBH before returning to Ingham for a time and then travelling to many Australian hospitals to gain further experience.

Lilian Noble, patron Belmont Services Ladies BC, cutting Daphne’s birthday cake via video link with BSLBC President Gloria Hayden

In 1948 Daphne was appointed matron of Ingham Hospital and then matron of Mt Isa Hospital where she met and married John William Ashfield (known as Bill) in 1957. Bill was the stipendiary magistrate at Mt Isa’s Court House. He and Daphne were then transferred to many Queensland regional centres where they shared their love of sport, excelling at lawn bowls and golf. Daphne and Bill’s final move was to Brisbane in the 1960s where Bill was appointed as magistrate of the Children’s Court. They joined Camp Hill Bowls Club, playing regularly and using their skills to coach other members. Daphne served a term as President of Camp

Hill Ladies in 1976. Later Daphne and Bill joined Belmont Services Bowls Club where Daphne is still a member of Belmont Services Ladies to this day, albeit a non-playing member! In later years Daphne and Bill moved from their home at Camp Hill to a unit at Aveo Carindale. Needing higher care, Bill moved to Prescare Vela Carina where he lived until his death. Daphne moved there in late 2019. Kay Millsom reports that her Aunt Daphne enjoyed her 100th birthday dinner with Kay and her family at Kay’s home and received congratulatory phone calls from family in Ingham and in West Australia. This was followed by the morning tea celebration on August , 18 at Belmont Services Ladies where Kay joined Daphne in seeing her bowls friends and hearing their greetings, reading birthday cards, appreciating floral tributes and short visits from staff and fellow residents at Vela.

SEEN READING THE BOWLER

BQ President Peter Williamson, Rose Beauchamp (past president and life member, GDLBA) & Keith Gilchrist (patron, Belmont Services Bowls Club Inc.)

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MONTO FOURS

By Bronwyn Torrens

After being locked down for many months for COVID-19, 20 teams finally got onto the greens at Monto in August for the Open Fours Carnival. Monto ensured a COVID safe and very enjoyable weekend by doing all that was necessary to keep its visitors safe. From registration, cleanliness, supplying meals in a safe and thoughtful way and even down to having two bars in our small venue, one on the inside and one out, everyone helped to ensure everything ran like clockwork. The entry list was limited to 20 teams over our club premises and two greens and it worked well. Members from the club enjoyed seeing players from a broad range of areas around the state, especially our local Port Curtis District. The winners came down to the wire, with no team winning 5 out of 5, but instead on games and ends on the card. Each team on the winner’s podium had only four wins, so the ends tally gave up the eventual winners ladders. The victor’s team from part South Burnett and the Gold Coast was Skip Neil Chauvier, his dad Bob Chauvier and mates Dave Eldridge and Duncan Dukes. Second place went to Monto locals, Skip Barry Woodall, Mike Smith, John King and Jean Jasch. Games Director Brad Kielly said it was very pleasing to see how local club members got on board and worked towards such a successful carnival and that it was great to see so many teams support our carnival in this current climate.

Above: Monto Fours winning team L-R: Bob Chauvier, Dave Eldridge, Duncan Dukes & Neil Chauvier (Skip)

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CHAMP OF CLUB CHAMP SINGLES

The winner of the DDLBA Champion of Club Champion Singles was Julia Allen-Best (North Toowoomba). Julia will be representing the Downs District at the zone play offs in October against Cunningham District.

South Toowoomba’s Marlene Hannant and Val Lindenmeyer (Millmerran), battled one semifinal out on the green with Hannant winning her way through to the finals. The other semifinal was between Julia Allen-Best and Tania Ingram (West Toowoomba) and Allen-Best took the game. The final was contested by Julia Allen-Best and Marlene Hannant. Hannant was attempting to win back-to-back championships after winning in 2019 and Allen-Best wanted to win back her 2018 victory after receiving a bronze medal at the State Champions on the Gold Coast. Allen-Best won in the end.

Pictured right: DDLBA Champion of Club Champion Singles Julia Allen-Best

TRAINEE GREENKEEPER

By Trish Hansen

Burnett Bowls Club West Bundaberg welcomes young member Kyle Franks who is our new trainee greenkeeper. He is being trained by our head greenkeeper Brian Walsh. Members of Burnett Bowls Club wish him all the best in his new venture.

BACK ON THE GREEN IT’S TIME FOR PENNANT

The 2020 State Pennant will be held on November, 7-8. The State Pennant competition gives district Division 1 Pennant winners the opportunity to play off at group level for the chance to compete at Queensland’s state finals. Successful group playoff winners from around the state battle it out for the prestigious Division 1 State Pennant flag.

Due to COVID 19 restrictions the 2020 State Pennant will be held over two clubs. The men will be held at Cleveland Bowls Club and the women will be held at Capalaba Bowls Club.

While this year’s event has been limited to Division 1, some other pennant activity has been taking place.

PORT CURTIS DISTRICT MEN’S PENNANT div 1 & 2

Division 1 Gladstone

Division 2 Boyne-Tannum

By Pedro Tappenden

The final of the Division 1 & 2 pennants of the Port Curtis District Men’s Bowls Association was played at the Gladstone Bowls Club. The Division 1 was between Monto Bowls Club and Gladstone Bowls Club. With Gladstone winning in a thriller 60-59 after both teams were level with one end to go, Gladstone picked up one shot on the last end. In Division 2, Boyne-Tannum No. 1 defeated Gladstone 56-24.

BURNETT PENNANT DIV 3

Burnett Bowls Club Division 3 2020 Pennant winners Back L-R: Neil Brokate, Geoff Ferguson, Warren Downey, Kyle Franks, Allan Neilsen, Wayne Watson, Russell Spencer, Fred Dewhurst, John Bawden Front L-R: Ken Brown, Owen Newman, Glenn Hayes. Absent: Stan Burrell-Jones