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DECEMBER/JANUARY

Chloe Stewart & Jake Rynne

NORTH VS SOUTH STATE PENNANT: WHO WON THE FLAG?

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20 – State Division 1 Pennant

30 – North vs. South Challenge

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CHAMPION OF CLUB CHAMPIONS STATE MULTI-DISABILITY

Volume 43 Issue 11

12 – 2020 State Multi Disability

BARRIE LESTER GOES NORTH

34 – Champion of Club Champions

41 CLUB NEWS

Read about Barrie’s visit to North Queensland

What’s been happening at your club?

27 UMPIRE

48 come & try

Umpire Joan discusses Tied Ends

Reports from successful Come & Try days

40 CORINDA’S FUN DAY

50 Coaching

How Corinda Bowls Club’s Burger and Bowls day drew the crowds

Coach Thorpy highlights how important it is to manage your stress

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Bowls Queensland Patron: His Excellency the Honourable Paul de Jersey AC, Governor of Queensland 4 queensland bowler December/January 2021

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PREVIEW JUNIOR STATE CHAMPS Queensland’s Junior State Championships showcase the extraordinary young talent being developed across the state. Juniors compete in Singles, Pairs, Triples and Fours in the under-18 category, while there are also boys’ and girls’ Singles and combined Pairs events for under-15s. This competition is open to all Bowls Queensland affiliated junior bowlers.

A subsidy will be allocated to participants who compete in the 2021 Junior State Championships based on travel and accommodation requirements and the events entered.

See bowlsqld.org/events/junior-state-championships for more details.

What: Junior State Championships When: January 17 – 22, 2021 Where: 2020 Fours Gold Medal winners Kane Nelson, Nick Cahill, kneeling Caysee Wilson & Corey Marshall

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From the President with BQ’s Peter Williamson The Bowls Queensland Board, committees and staff wish you all the compliments of the season and may we get back to some normality in 2021.

This year saw a considerable change to BQ by purchasing the land in August, that had been previously leased, giving our membership certainty of retaining ownership of the office building.

Cancellation of many events early in the year impacted on our Match Committee and events staff programming in not being able to hold competitions during the enforced closure of clubs.

On the brighter side, the past month has been busy with attendances at State Championships and the Multi Disability Championships. Friday, October 30 saw BQ Board members travelling to Mossman Memorial Bowls Club (situated just out of Cairns) to hold a forum for District Club Members, as well as to attend the North versus South Challenge series.

This was followed by the zone playoff of the Qld Singles State Champion of Club Champions won by Chloe Stewart, women’s section of the Gold Coast Tweed Ladies District, and up-and-coming player Jake Rynne of the Downs District (still eligible for U18) who won the men’s section.

The State Selectors could be seen at all these events taking notes on players for future reference.

These events were a showcase for bowls in Queensland.

They were played at an extremely high standard and in some instances live-streamed to a number of countries around the world by the GCTDBA.

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GEEBUNG 100 YEARS

By Bernardine Wilton Valued past club member Joan Nott celebrated her 100th birthday in June and the ladies of Geebung Bowls Club were finally able to acknowledge and share this milestone birthday with her.

The club had planned celebrations for her in June but COVID-19 prevented them going ahead. In August, yet another set of plans were prevented by a COVID-19 lockdown at the home where she now resides.

Finally, on Thursday October 22, we were able to celebrate with her. Joan had been a member of Geebung for close on thirty years during which time she was always volunteering to do whatever was needed at the club.

It was only about three years ago that she stopped playing every Thursday with the ladies. It was a great pleasure for many of the members to acknowledge this birthday milestone with her and to congratulate her on achieving this milestone.

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CEO REPORT with BQ’s Brett Wilkie With another year drawing to an end, I would like to thank the board, committees and staff of Bowls Queensland for the time and dedication they have given to bowls in Queensland during 2020.

Junior State Championships Good luck to all players in this event from January 17-22, 2021 at the North Toowoomba and Toowoomba Bowls Clubs. BQ welcome Sun Blessed Sunscreens as a sponsor for this event with their “1st End Lawn Bowls Sunscreen” brand and the Toowoomba Regional Council have shown their support once again.

It has been a challenging year with the impacts of COVID-19, thank you to clubs, districts and bowlers for remaining patient during this period.

Secondary Schools Challenge Information has been sent to clubs for this event in 2021.

Many clubs have rebounded well with many hosting Secondary Schools and Bowls Clubs are encouraged to align numerous Christmas barefoot bowls functions at this time together to host an intra-school playoff to be completed by June of year. This is a great time to utilise this added traffic of new 25. The winner will then proceed to an interschool Bowls District people to clubs, it is important for clubs to provide a good Playoff to be completed by July 23. One winning team from each experience for these people to encourage them to come back Bowls District will then advance to State Finals on August 25-26. to patronise the club in the future.

Live-Streaming Whether it is as a social member to use the facilities or to join Thank you to the Bowls Gold Coast Tweed Media team for liveup and play the game regularly, much will hinge on their first streaming Bowls Queensland’s events throughout the year. impressions of the club, the hospitality and its atmosphere.

Hall of Fame QLD Bowler Magazine Congratulations to the late Roy Fowler on being inducted into Thank you to Jo Grey and her team for producing this the QLD Sport Hall of Fame. Roy won three Paralympic Gold magazine and BQ Media throughout the year.

Medals in bowls, three gold in swimming and medals in archery.

North vs South Challenge Vale – Ivan Stanton What another great challenge, this year at a new venue in Bowls Queensland are Mossman, well done to the club and district for being a great saddened to hear of the host. Congratulations to all players for being selected and for passing of Ivan who was putting on a great show for many spectators who attended a former Queensland the event. Thank you to Exodas Transport, Douglas Shire Representative, 1972 Council, Tropical Far North QLD District Men and Women and Australian Pairs Champion the Mossman MBC for sponsoring this event. and three-time QLD State Champion. Our thoughts are Forum Thank you to everyone who attended our Forum at Mossman with the Stanton family and prior to the North vs South Challenge. Some great discussions bowling friends including son Peter who also represented were had, it was good to meet many new people and hear Queensland. their thoughts.

State Pennant Finals Congratulations to Belmont men and Broadbeach women for winning and to all teams who made it through to the finals.

Thank you to Cleveland and Capalaba for hosting these finals.

State Champion of Club Champion Singles Finals Well done to all players who made it to the State Finals and congratulations winners Chloe Stewart and Jake Rynne who now advance to the Australian Champion of Champions in October 2021 at Broadbeach. Thank you to Hostplus for sponsoring and Chermside Bowls Club for hosting the event.

BQ Office Closure The Bowls Queensland Office will close for Christmas/New Year from COB on Friday 18 December and reopen on Monday 4 January 2021.

I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, enjoy the time with your family and friends, stay safe over the holiday period and all the best for the New Year ahead.

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Cairns and Tablelands Visit by Jackaroo Barrie Lester

By Lesley Bates It is amazing what was packed into 27 hours when Jackaroo Barrie Lester had an extended North vs. South trip to Mossman in late November.

Edge Hill were delighted to be included in the schedule. Barrie took them through some drills and outlined his background in our sport.

The club had been busy the previous day coaching St. Monica’s School.

Edge Hill are planning on installing a fixed cover and the club has recently received a grant to help and welcome people with dementia and acquired brain injuries into the club.

A drive up the Gillies Highway with beautiful scenery was planned as Barrie wanted to experience as much as possible during his short visit. I was amazed that he could send emails without getting sick as we drove as there are lots of twists and turns and it’s not for the faint-hearted!

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Yungaburra members were put through leap frog drills and ditch weight exercises on their excellent new green and received great advice on how to choose suitable sized bowls. We were invited to a fabulous local restaurant (Nick’s) where Barrie was generous with his time and answered questions, enthralling us with his stories whilst eating his pizza.

Atherton club members were out in force early to meet Barrie who gave a talk whilst enjoying morning tea, after which he entertained and worked with the regular Friday morning crew of disability bowlers and had a roll up with the members. Barrie was amazed at the wonderful facility with the fully covered green.

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Mossman was still finalising things for their open day to celebrate the new club house and synthetic green with retractable cover. We met with Mareeba’s new Mayor Angela Toppin and Barrie and members had a roll up on the fabulous new green.

Wonga Beach State Primary had recently participated in the Junior Jack Attack program with Bernie Wallam, the coach at Mossman Bowls Club, and jumped at the chance of having a visit from a Jackaroo. We had two sessions with around 50 very energetic seven- and eight-yearolds. It was evident the way they rolled the bowls that they had been well coached. Barrie encouraged them to participate in question and answer time for the first 15 minutes and we came away with advice to have faith/believe in yourself and if you don’t win, get back up and try again.

Thanks to all the clubs we visited for their hospitality and to Barrie for sharing his experiences with all of us and for being such a great ambassador for our sport. It was an awesome experience and there is now a Barrie Lester Cairns/Tablelands Fan Club.

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There’s no place like home There’s no place like home. And this year, with challenges like we’ve never faced due to the global pandemic, for many of us home became our sanctuary and our refuge.

“I think many older people, particularly, found the security of being safe in their own home was incredibly important as the uncertainty of this year’s events unfolded,” says Jessica Johnston, who is Queensland Manager Aged Care, for social purpose organisation, Life Without Barriers.

“Thankfully things are starting to look brighter – but staying safe in their own home has become non-negotiable for many older Queenslanders. We’ve been able to help so many people feel like their home can continue to be their castle well into the future, through our Home Care packages.”

While Jessica says that as travel restrictions ease, there’s nothing to lift the spirit like a great trip away, or a change of scenery, such as attending ‘away’ matches with fellow bowlers. But knowing we can return to familiar, safe surroundings is what most people now require.

“At Life Without Barriers our focus is ‘Care for you, designed by you’ – we tailor packages around what you can do and what you want to do. We will help you live life, as you like it.”

Life Without Barriers works with clients to enable them, keep them socially connected, and to enrich their life through their tailored packages – which means help at home, and help getting into the community.

“It’s vital that personal fitness and social activity are part of people’s life, which is why we are delighted to be involved with Bowls Queensland,” said Jessica.

“Lawn bowls is a wonderful sporting activity that not only pits skills and athleticism in the most competitive and exciting way, but also adds a social element that is so important to live a connected, emotionally balanced life.”

Jessica says that individual support is at the heart of Life Without Barriers service offering.

“The care we provide is in consultation with you and your loved ones, and tailored to meet your individual requirements. Our staff can help you to create a support plan to meet your needs and availability so it doesn’t impact on your lifestyle, from basic home help through to more intensive clinical assistance.”

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For Colleen Rossow, taking advantage of a Home Care Plan from Life Without Barriers was “life changing”. Colleen says being able to tailor services to suit her situation has made so much difference. “As I have a disability, having someone to assist with my shopping is most helpful. It’s also wonderful having someone to share the shopping experience with. My support worker is a caring, super person who does all my cleaning and shopping which means the world to me.”

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Colleen loves being active and social, and says being able to schedule in appointments and outings has been great.

“It’s changed my life,” she says. “The feeling of solitude and loneliness has gone.”

Like Colleen, you can have a Home Care Package tailored to suit your individual needs.

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The 2020 State Multi Disability Championships was held at Club Chermside from October 27-30.

While players faced windy conditions and the Queensland heat, they adapted to the conditions and competed with enthusiasm, giving their viewers some spectacular examples of bowls played well.

SPORTING WHEELIES PAIRS Damien Delgado and Cooper Whitestyles defeated Bernie Wolland and Brett Sellars 20-9 in the gold medal match, while Serena and Tony Bonnell won the bronze medal, defeating John McLeod & Shane Kerr 21-5.

This pairs match is the first time the dynamic duo have played together, as Cooper is in Mackay and Damien Northern NSW. Although they had competed against each other, this was the first time they had rolled up together as a team.

“It feels great,” Damien said. “It’s my first time playing with Cooper and he bowled well. There were a few tough moments and a few scares to get through to the gold medal match but we got through.

“The weather didn’t really affect us, the greens roll really well.”

“It was great to win with Damien, especially after winning last year and this being the first time Damien and I have competed together,” Cooper said. “It feels great to win a state championship with him.”

FINAL SCORE: 20-9

Pictured above L-R: Sporting Wheelies winners Tony & Serena Bonnell (bronze), Cooper Whitestyles & Damien Delgado (gold), Brett Sellars & Bernie Wolland (silver).

Pictured left: Sporting Wheelies gold medal winners Cooper Whitestyles & Damien Delgado

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Hard of Hearing singles winners: L-R: Brian Taylor (bronze), John Price (silver) and Ken Read (gold) HARD OF HEARING With rain threatening the game at Club Chermside, the Multi Disability Hard of Hearing finals had players and spectators wondering how long they could play before the match was interrupted.

Ken Read took on John Price and had the game right from the beginning when he got three bowls at the beginning and doubled his score to 6-0 within the first 15 minutes. He continued his streak until play was stopped due to lightning and rain with a score of 15-4.

In the first end after play resumed, Price had some good bowls but only managed to boost his score by one, while Read increased by two making the score 17-5. Price wasn’t settling for 5, so quickly increased to 7 then 10.

Read’s score continued to increase until he was the first to reach 21, defeating Price 21-10 (the final score).

“I was very pleased that I won in the deaf championship at Chermside,” Ken said. “ Two greens were great, thanks to the greenkeeper who did a great job.

“I have now won four single championships, two in Perth (2004 and 2005) and one at Mareeba in 2014 and now again at Chermside. I still love to play bowls.”

“I enjoyed playing the final against Ken, who is always hard to beat, ” John said. “We are good mates on and off the green.

“It was unfortunate in the final that the storm came and we had to come off the green for quite some time, Ken handled the wet better than myself.

“Many thanks to Chermside for hosting the event, Bowls Queensland and the sponsors.

“I think live streaming is a great way to showcase the sport.”

Brian Taylor defeated Janet Hogan for the bronze medal. The bronze medal match was a close game, with Taylor reaching 15-14 then slowly creeping up to 18 leaving Hogan at 14. Hogan got one more, getting her to 15 but Taylor had just one shot to reach 21 to win the match and he did. The final bronze medal match score was 21-15 to Taylor.

Hard of Hearing gold medal winner Ken Read

FINAL SCORE: 21-10

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QBBA VISION IMPAIRED OPEN SINGLES Jake Fehlberg got off to a good start against Fred Tarry with an 11-1 lead, then a 12-2 lead in the gold medal match. However, this was different to the last round game where Fehlberg played Tarry and the scores were neck-and-neck 8-all, 10-all and 12-all.

Fehlberg defeated Tarry 21-7 claiming the gold.

“I feel quite good, I put a bit of pressure on myself after losing the first game and knew I had to win every game after that,” Jake said. “I got off to a pretty good start in the gold medal match with an 11-1 lead, so the pressure was off.

“It was probably more difficult because I had to play Fred in the last round game and it’s harder playing against the same opponent.

“I’ve played 11 games in four days, so I make sure I eat reasonably well, drink plenty of water and get enough sleep to keep my stamina up. I’d like to thank my Dad Grant Fehlberg, my director for the time and effort he’s put in.”

“It was a bit of a battle to get there, as we lost the first game,” Grant said. “Jake played really well in the finals game; it was good because we played the biggest game on the same rink against the same people from the match before.”

In the bronze medal match, Dennis Wormald defeated June Brittian 21-6.

FINAL SCORE: 21-7

Runner up Fred Tarry with his director, Bruce Hill and Ripley the guide dog 14 queensland bowler December/January 2021

QBBA Open Singles gold medal winner Jake Fehlberg (right) with his director, father Grant Fehlberg

Counsellor for Marchant Ward Fiona Hammond, Jake Fehlberg with the QBBA Best Player Trophy (5th time) & BQ ‘s Greg Flynn

LIFE STREAM SINGLES Defending champion Danial Walker took on John Stuart in what was to be a tough game for the Life Stream Singles Gold Medal match. It was looking promising for Stuart when the scores were 18-13 but in the end Walker defeated Stuart 21-15.

“It’s great to win double gold,” Danial said. “There’s a bye this afternoon but I’ve got a big day tomorrow, it’s tiring, we’ve got three games of pairs tomorrow.

“I think I played well.”

“I feel great,” John said. “I’ve got good self esteem, I feel good about taking the silver.

“I put up a good fight until the end. I’m not tired yet, I’ve still got more games to play.”

In the bronze medal match, Darryl Bridges defeated Kaye Freeman 21-14.

FINAL SCORE: 21-15

BQ President Peter Williamson with Life Stream Singles gold medal winner Danial Walker

BQ President Peter Williamson with Life Stream Singles silver medal winner John Stuart

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SPORTING WHEELIES SINGLES (MEN) Damien Delgado and Cooper Whitestyles (defending Champion) got what they wanted, which was to play as a team together then compete in the final singles match.

Whitestyles got off to a good start with four bowls up front, then another one to make it five, while Delgado scored two, followed swiftly by another two, taking the score to 4-5 to Whitestyles. Taking turns to score they got to 10-12 quickly with Whitestyles still in the lead.

Delgado took the two-point difference and turned it around, scoring five points in no time to 15-12. Whitestyles started to fight back and scored one, pushing Delgado to take another three shots to make the score 18-13. One more end and Delgado scored another three, taking the game.

“It was a really good game, we achieved what we set out to do, we didn’t have to play each other at all until the finals,” Damien said. “Cooper had me at the ropes early, it was really tricky with that wind.

“I think he was going one way with the wind and I was going the other but luckily I got a little bit more consistent in the end.

“I’m heading straight home soon as my wife Jessica has been by herself at home for five days with three kids under five.

She’s had her work cut out for her. I wouldn’t have been able to do this without her.”

Counsellor for Marchant Ward Fiona Hammond , Sporting Wheelies Singles gold medal winner Damien Delgado & BQ’s Greg Flynn

“I always expected a tough game playing against Damien, I knew it would be tough from the get-go,” Cooper said. “It was a great game, I’m quite happy with how well I played.

“The wind was tough coming back towards the club, but all credit to Damien who out bowled me on those ends. I’ll be back next year and hopefully go for the gold in the singles again”.

Tony Watson from Kallangur defeated Shane Kerr 21-15 and won the bronze medal.

FINAL SCORE: 21-13

SPORTING WHEELIES SINGLES (WOMEN) Louise Hoskins and Debra McGarry took to the green with each one ready to win the gold medal. McGarry held the lead at 12 to Hoskins’ 8, pushing forward with confidence to a swift 16, while Hoskins picked up just one. McGarry gained one more then started slowly slipping, while Hoskins started edging forward scoring two to make the score 17-14, still to McGarry.

At this point, McGarry could have won the game with one more shot, but played the bowl too short. Hoskins, seeing her chance to get ahead came in with her last bowl of the end and got one, taking the score to 17-15 which left her trailing by just two.

It was an exciting last few ends to the game as the win could’ve gone either way. In the end, Hoskins persevered and defeated McGarry 21-19.

“It feels great to the be the gold medal winner,” Louise said.

“It was a very tough game and I did not hit the front until the last end.

“I loved meeting everyone here and all were very friendly. I enjoyed every moment”.

BQ’s Greg Flynn, Sporting Wheelies Singles gold medal winner Louise Hoskins & Counsellor for Marchant Ward Fiona Hammond 16 queensland bowler December/January 2021

Serena Bonnell def Annette Goldsworthy 20-18 in the bronze medal match.

FINAL SCORE: 21-19

HARD OF HEARING PAIRS Congratulations to the 2020 Multi Disability Hard of Hearing State Pairs Champions.

Winning gold was Suellen Tappenden and Janet Hogan who defeated Brian Taylor and Ken Read (Silver) with a score of 15-8.

Tappenden and Hogan started off with a bang, etching a score of 7-0 before Taylor and Read got a run on the board with their first point 30 minutes into the game.

Inspired by their breakthrough, the men notched up another two points with ease, taking the score to 7-3.

The women retaliated and gained another two shots on the board.

Although Read’s bowls were weighty during the first half of the match, the men got seven shots to the women’s 10 and it was anyone’s game at this stage. Read corrected his weight but it was too late.

The women forged ahead to a score of 14-7, especially after Hogan played her two big shots to turn the game.

Robyn Riddle and John Price won the bronze medal match defeating Eric Smith and Stuart Orr 17-5.

FINAL SCORE: 14-7 L-R: BQ’s Greg Flynn, Hard of Hearing pairs gold medal winners Janet Hogan & Suellen Tappenden with Counsellor for Marchant Ward Fiona Hammond

L-R: BQ’s Greg Flynn, Hard of Hearing pairs bronze medal winners John Price & Robyn Riddle with Counsellor for Marchant Ward Fiona Hammond

L-R: BQ’s Greg Flynn, Hard of Hearing pairs silver medal winners Brian Taylor & Ken Read with Counsellor for Marchant Ward Fiona Hammond December/January 2021 queensland bowler 17

QBBA VISION IMPAIRED OPEN PAIRS After retiring from competition bowls two years ago, Marion Morrison came into this competition because they were one short to play pairs with Dennis Wormald.

While they had played against each other before in the Australian Open, the pair had only played together once or twice before over the years, with Marion and Dennis being in different categories. Marion is B3 while Dennis is B4.

Marion and Dennis took on Jake Fehlberg and Vanessa Hinton in the Gold Medal match and won 21-11.

“They needed a partner and I’d kept my sight classification up for that reason and I was invited in,” Marion said. “It was very special.

“We had to concentrate on the wind, the width of the green changed considerably with the wind.”

“It’s been good but it’s been a tough battle,” Dennis said.

“I take my hat off to Jake as he’s a B1 and they work very well together.

“I found the bottom green very heavy, there’s a big difference in the grass weight, the line was different to the two top greens as well. We managed but it was definitely a challenge.

“The thing is that you haven’t got much time to adapt to the difference in greens, we’ve only got 15 ends so you’ve really got to focus and get it within two to three ends at the most. If you don’t get it after two to three ends, it really becomes a struggle.”

Helen Boardman and Fred Tarry won the bronze medal. defeating Don Dias and June Brittain 16-5.

L-R: BQ’s Greg Flynn, QBBA pairs gold medal winner Marion Morrison, Counsellor for Marchant Ward Fiona Hammond & pairs gold medal winner Dennis Wormald

FINAL SCORE: 21-11

LIFE STREAM PAIRS Congratulations to Danial Walker and Darryl Bridges who won the gold medal match defeating John Stuart and Alan Duffy 22-12.

Earlier in the day, round 3 saw Walker and Bridges play against Stuart and Duffy which was a back and forth game with Stuart and Duffy getting no runs on the board for the first 30 minutes, while Walker and Bridges notched up eight shots.

Walker and Bridges were in the lead for the rest of the game, but it didn’t deter Stuart and Duffy and they put the pressure on until it became anyone’s game.

Not to be outdone, Stuart and Duffy rallied and came back in the last end to knock Walker and Bridges from the lead position and beat them by just one point with a score of 17-16 for round 3.

Knowing the green and their opponents, the same teams competed in the gold medal final match later in the day.

It was another tough match that proved to be even more challenging with the strong winds.

In the end, Walker and Bridges succeeded and defeated Stuart and Duffy 22-12.

Ian Smith and Brian Hampson won the bronze medal.

(BYE) FINAL SCORE: 22-12

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L-R: Counsellor for Marchant Ward Fiona Hammond Life Stream pairs gold medal winners Darryl Bridges & Danial Walker with BQ’s Greg Flynn

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The 2020 State Pennant was held at Capalaba (women) and Cleveland (men) Bowls Clubs. This year, only Division 1 was held at State level due to club play being disrupted by COVID-19 restrictions earlier in the year.

By Kelsey Cottrell

WOMEN In a repeat of last year’s women’s State Pennant Final Bargara Bowls Club and the Broadbeach Bulls had prevailed over a weekend of tough competition at Capalaba Sports Club to face off once more.

Bargara had to get past Marlin Coast, Algester Sports Club and the combined side of Chinchilla/Dalby/Taroom in their section whilst Broadbeach had defeated Kawana and Mackay.

Runners-up Bargara

Considering it was only a few months ago that COVID-19 put pennants in jeopardy across the entire state, it was great to see

the pinnacle event for clubs to be concluding with a state flag on offer and plenty of spectators hanging around to watch an exciting final.

The Broadbeach Bulls were always the team to beat and they showed why when at 18-18 after 18 ends on the master board, it appeared the star studded team found their groove and well and truly put their foot down.

Bargara were playing well at the start of their consecutive state final; however, it was the ever consistent Bulls, the side which had claimed the state flag four times in the past five years, who jumped away to lead 42-28 after 35 ends.

Bargara were no strangers to the finals, but it was going to be difficult to claw their way back with a host of international and state representatives from Broadbeach unlikely to let such a lead slip.

Julie Keegan said what makes Broadbeach such a great team is that everyone has each-others backs, we have total respect for each other and get on so well as a group; we’re a happy team and that has helped us be successful over the years.

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Winners Belmont Services “At the beginning of the week no one was mentioning Bargara but they powered through their section to make another final; they were a force to be reckoned with and have always been right in contention the last few years, they played great bowls all weekend”, said Keegan.

“The wind was tricky out there; we dropped a lot of short bowls in the early stages but we hung in there and the final score on each rink showed that it was a hard fought match.”

Cheryl Heaps, Karen Goldsworthy, Cassandra Millerick, Bolivia Millerick def Jenny Dingle, Judy Nowell, Tulu Chippendale, Kay Cook 22-18.

Lyn Cuthbertson, Jacinta Weier, Joan Tennent, Katelyn Inch def Sandra Burgess, Bev Munis, Linda Mutch, Suzanne Kington 18-15.

Serena Mathews, Heather Hodgson, Christina Pavlov, Julie Keegan def Jenny Hearn, Deb Handley, Julie McInally, Adele Pershouse 20-14.

FINAL SCORE 60-47 (Broadbeach defeated Bargara) MEN

BQ President Peter Williamson with runner up Club Kawana’s Kurt Brown

It’s been an unprecedented year, and whilst we will talk about 2020 for many years to come, the team from Belmont Services will remember it as the year they won their first QLD State Pennant Flag and announced themselves as a club to fear moving forward.

The Albert was also a revelation at this year’s event qualifying for the State Finals for the first time in the club’s history and had achieved the great feat with a number of junior bowlers in their corner.

Twenty district winners played off to get our final eight to compete at Cleveland Bowls Club. Belmont Services were competing in their first State Pennant Final for over three decades and had only won their district flag for the first time since 1989. Whilst Kawana has been a top side on the Sunshine Coast for several years, they too were hoping to create history of their own, etching their names onto the trophy for the first time since the inception of the event in 2001.

Belmont Services had three well-known names leading their charge, 15-year-old junior sensation Kane Nelson, his older brother, an Australian Junior Champion in his own right Jacob Nelson and Brendon Egan who had travelled the country playing for top

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clubs in a number of states; indeed a great pick-up for Belmont looking to build their ranks. They were well supported by a team of loyal Belmont Services players who man-for-man were doing their job against the Sunshine Coasters from start to finish.

QLD State representative Kurt Brown, who won the State Flag with Tweed Heads last year, was also building a star-studded side at Kawana, but today was not going to be their day. At the half-way mark Belmont Services was leading Kawana 38-18 and maintained that safe lead for majority of the match. Whilst no rink was having a break-out score, Belmont Services were up on all three rinks and just needed to defend for the last 20 ends, which they did and claimed the flag.

Kerry Flint, Steve Smith, Jake Rynne, Jacob Nelson def Darren Maddrell, Paul O’Brien, Mark Monro, Kurt Brown 25-14.

Rick Barnes, Tom Mullen, John Finlayson, Brendon Egan def Russell Van Homrigh, Mark Williams, Keith Whalley, Joel Andersen 22-15.

Greg Nelson, Dave Barter, Ben Hamilton, Kane Nelson def Anthony Hughes, Geoff Harrison, Peter Leon, Richard Strawbridge 22-15.

FINAL SCORE 69-44 (Belmont Services defeated Kawana) Thank-you to Cleveland Bowls Club for hosting the men’s finals and Capalaba Bowls Club for hosting the women’s finals. Thank you to the Queensland Government for their support, the Gold Coast Media team for live streaming the event, the BQ officials and all the volunteers from the clubs who helped made this weekend successful.

women’s 2020 division 1 pennant teams

Broadbeach Bowls Club -Gold Coast Tweed

Algester Bowls Club -Cunningham

Chinchilla/Dalby/Taroom Bowls Clubs- Condamine

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Club Kawana - Sunshine Coast

Bargara Bowls Club - Bundaberg

Mackay Bowling Club - Mackay

Marlin Coast Bowls Club - Tropical Far Nth Qld

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men’s 2020 division 1 pennant teams

Belmont Services Bowls Club - Gateway

Algester Bowls Club - Cunningham

Dalby Bowls Club - Condamine

Club Kawana - Sunshine Coast

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The Albert Bowls Club - Fraser Coast

Across the Waves - Bundaberg

Mackay Bowling Club - Mackay

Edge Hill Bowls Club - North Qld

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Umpire

with Joan Brotherton

Thanks to clubs, officials, umpires and live-streamers We have just completed two busy months of various championships and events and I know that everyone has really enjoyed competing, watching and returning to the green and meeting up with all their friends while still observing the required Covid-19 restrictions.

Special thanks and appreciation to all the clubs, officials, umpires including markers and measurers who have attended and officiated at all the following events: State Championships held on the Gold Coast, State Multi Disability Championships held at Chermside, State Pennant Finals – ladies at Capalaba and men at Cleveland and State Champion of Club Champions (Singles) held at Chermside and those that officiated at their individual clubs for their various events.

I am including some photos of various district umpires who attended the above, as well as a photo of some members of the Gold Coast Tweed Bowls Live Streaming Media Team as I know that many of you have been relaxing and enjoying watching the games from the comfort of your home like me on your laptops or computers.

Some queries I have received this month are as follows: Tied Games - There are various situations when this occurs: Law 24. No shot scored -Tied End: 24.1 There will be no shot scored by either team if it is agreed that: 24.1.1 the nearest bowl of each team is touching the jack.

24.1.2 the nearest bowl of each team is the same distance from the jack.

24.1.3 no live bowls are left within the boundaries of the rink of play.

24.2 The end must be declared tied and recorded on the score card as a completed end.

24.3 Following a tied end Law 5.4 will apply.

24.4 If, however, the first end is a tied end, the first to play in that end must also play first in the second end.

ends, if the scores are equal when all ends have been played, an extra end must be played to decide the result.

28.2 The coaches in a side game (or, in their absence, representatives of the sides) skips in a team game or opponents in Singles must toss a coin and the winner will decide who must play first as described in Laws 5.2.2 and 5.2.3.

28.3 The extra end must be played from where the previous end was completed. If, before a bowl has been played by each team, a player or the umpire notices that the extra end is being played in the wrong direction, it will be restarted in the correct direction. If a bowl has been played by each team, play in that end will continue.

28.4 If an extra end is completed and the scores are still equal, another extra end must be played.

28.5 If more than one extra end is needed, the coaches or representatives, skips or opponents must again toss a coin, and the winner will decide who must play first.

28.6 If an extra end is declared dead, Law 20.3 will apply.

Law 20 Dead End. 20.3 If the skips or opponents in Singles or the umpire declare an end dead, the first to play in that end must also play first when the end is replayed.

On behalf of the BQ Umpire Committee: John, Jess, Barry, Trevor, Chris and myself, I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

May 2021 bring you all lots of happiness, good health and enjoyable bowling. Have a wonderful and safe break and thank you for your continued support of the umpire column and your friendship.

Law 5.4 Play in other ends.

In all ends after the first but apart from in an extra end, the winner of the previous scoring end must place the mat and then deliver the jack and the first bowl.

Further to Law 24.2 – A question asked quite regularly is “what do we do on the score card?”

The score from the previous end is moved down one space because this a played end and counts as an end. It is a good idea to place a mark such as the letter “T” in the margin of each card and that will save the Match Committee worrying when checking the cards.

Law 28. A drawn game in a knockout (eliminating) competition.

28.1 In a knockout (eliminating) competition with a fixed number of

The nearest bowl of each team is touching the jack. Law 24.1.1.

Gold Coast Tweed Media Team Members that live-streamed the Women’s State Pennant Finals at Capalaba L-R: Robbie Allan, Brian Marshall, Lindsay Ponting & Brett Clifford

Moreton Bay District Ladies Umpire Committee Members who attended Chermside events: Sue Bond, Susanne Gurgacz, Bev Wise, Cynthia Shields, Val Hansen, Carolyn Moloney & Julie Carlish

Gateway District Ladies Umpire Committee attending the Women’s State Pennant Finals at Capalaba: Gail Pratt, Jill Pinkowski, Michelle Lambert & Diane Tucker

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North vs South South Women and Men have prevailed for the third year in a row with the women winning 2 tests to 1 while the men won 3-0.

The north women staged a remarkable comeback from losing the first test by 42 shots to win the second test by 10. The third test was close until the south women pulled away in the later stages of the game.

Even though the north men won a rink in each test, the south team were always in control of the master board throughout the series.

Thank you to the Mossman Memorial Bowls Club for hosting a great series along with the

BQ President with Team Manager John Newell and TFNQDBA Bernie Wolland

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BQ President with Team Manager Maria Rigby and TFNQDBA Bernie Wolland

Tropical Far North District Men and Ladies Associations. Thank you to sponsors Exodas Transport, Douglas Shire Council and Aceit.

Women’s Results First Test – North 40 lost to South 82 Second Test – North 60 def South 50 Third Test – North 55 lost to South 71 Women Challenge Results – North 1 Test lost to South 2 Tests Men Results First Test – North 44 lost to South 64 Second Test – North 47 lost to South 68 Third Test – North 52 lost to South 63 Men Challenge Results – North 0 Tests lost to South 3 Tests

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BQ President Peter Williamson, Mossman Bowls Club Manager Kevin Rynne & Bernie Wolland – President TFNQDBA

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f o n o i p m a h s C n o i amp h C Club

Champion of Club Champions winners Chloe Stewart and Jake Rynne

By Joan Brotherton

Well done to the new 2020 State Champion of Club Champions Singles winners, Chloe Stewart and Jake Rynne. This event was played at Chermside Bowls Club on November 21-22 and included 16 group winners (including the men’s group 7 BYE).

Three rounds of sectional play commenced on Saturday, November 21 after the presentation ceremony for the group winners. All rounds produced exciting and close games, which kept the many spectators lining the green engaged and enthralled at the level of play across the seven rinks at Chermside.

Round 1 had three games with only one shot the difference; Round 2 had one game with two shots the difference and Round 3 had one game with one shot and one game with two shots the difference.

The following players made it through to the Gold and Bronze Medal games the next day.

Women’s Finals Gold Medal: Chloe Stewart – Tweed Heads – Gold Coast Tweed District – Group 1 v Adele Pershouse – Bargara – Bundaberg District – Group 6.

Bronze Medal: Ladda Purdie – Airlie Beach – Mackay District – Group 7 v Ruth Perry – Kandanga – Frazer Coast District – Group 5.

Men’s Finals Gold Medal: Keith Whalley – Burnett – Bundaberg District – Group 6 v Jake Rynne – North Toowoomba – Downs District – Group 2.

Bronze Medal: Damien McGee – Cloncurry – North West Queensland District – Group 8 v Nick Cahill – Kawana -Sunshine Coast District – Group 4.

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WOMEN GROUP WINNERS •

Group 1: Chloe Stewart (Tweed Heads/Gold Coast Tweed)

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Group 2: Joanne Stockdale (Algester/Cunningham)

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Group 3: Jill Hankins (Goondiwindi/Southern Downs)

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Group 4: Annica McGill (Coolum Beach/Sunshine Coast)

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Group 5: Ruth Perry (Kandanga/Fraser Coast)

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Group 6: Adele Pershouse (Bargara/Bundaberg)

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Group 7: Ladda Purdie (Airlie Beach/Mackay)

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Group 8: Carmen Mugica (Noorla/North QLD)

Reigning champion Chloe Stewart (Tweed Heads – Gold Coast Tweed District – Group 1) took on Adele Pershouse (Bargara – Bundaberg District – Group 6) for the gold medal, while Ladda Purdie (Airlie Beach – Mackay District – Group 7) played Ruth Perry (Kandanga – Fraser Coast District – Group 5) for the bronze medal.

Stewart had a slow start, trailing Pershouse, but the game soon became neck-and-neck after Stewart changed the length of the ends. This changed the score to be in Stewart’s favour, right up until 24-11 before the last few ends, when Pershouse picked up a 2 and a 1 making the final score 25-14.

“Before the final game, I was looking forward to playing alongside my mixed pairs partner, Keith Whalley and also it’s a real privilege to play against Chloe,” Adele said. “I was disappointed with one of my games but I have learnt a lot.”

“I was very happy to have made the finals match and it was great playing against Chloe.”

Chloe said that she felt great winning, especially as this is the second time in a row for her.

“I am happy with the way I’ve played all of my games,” she said.

“The game went neck-and-neck for a while, but the score started to change once I changed my strategy.”

FINAL SCORE 25-14 Women’s champions L-R: Adele Pershouse (silver), Chloe Stewart (gold) & Ruth Perry (bronze)

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L-R: BQ President Peter Williamson, Chloe Stewart (women’s gold), Jake Rynne (men’s gold) & Hostplus State Manager Patrick Bardon (Sponsor)

MEN GROUP WINNERS •

Group 1: Jacob Nelson (Belmont Services/Gateway)

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Group 2: Jake Rynne (North Toowoomba/Downs)

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Group 3: Stephen Savage (Dalby/Condamine)

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Group 4: Nick Cahill (Kawan/Sunshine Coast)

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Group 5: Jonathan Sippel (Wondai/Burnett)

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Group 6: Keith Whalley (Burnett/Bundaberg)

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Group 7: BYE

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Group 8: Damien McGee (Cloncurry/North West QLD)

In the men’s gold medal final, Keith Whalley (Burnett – Bundaberg District – Group 6) was up against young gun Jake Rynne (North Toowoomba – Downs District – Group 2), while the bronze medal match saw Damien McGee (Cloncurry – North West Queensland District – Group 8) challenge Nick Cahill (Kawana -Sunshine Coast District – Group 4).

Jake Rynne defeated Keith Whalley 25-14 after a thrilling game of close heads. End 5 saw a very close head with 5 close bowls, while at the 12th end Whalley had a drive, picked up the jack and went into the ditch picking up 4 shots. Whalley drove on the 17th and 18th ends and scattered the heads. Rynne had a good draw shot on the 20th, then Whalley had a drive, the jack rebounded but it was declared dead. They then replayed the end and killed it again. The last end saw Jake take the final shot to win the game with a score of 25-14.

“I feel great and I’m lost for words,” Jake said.

“I got off to a good start and into the lead instead of being behind and played consistently.

“I had a lot of close bowls.”

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Prior to the finals match, Keith said that he was feeling happy to be in the finals and was feeling relaxed after winning 3 games the previous day. After winning the silver medal, he said that he was satisfied with his game and it was good to play with Jake.

SCORES: Men’s gold: Jake Rynne def Keith Whalley 25-14 Men’s bronze: Nick Cahill def Damien McGee 25-23 Women’s gold: Chloe Stewart def Adele Pershouse 25-14 Women’s bronze: Ruth Perry def Ladda Purdie 25-17 FINAL SCORE 25-14 See the livestreams of this event here: https://www.bowlsqld.org/live-stream/ or on the BQ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BowlsQld For more information and full scores see: https://www.bowlsqld.org/events/champion-of-club-champion/ Thank you to sponsors Hostplus and Club Chermside for their support.

Men’s champions L-R: Keith Whalley (silver), Jake Rynne (gold) & Nick Cahill (bronze)

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That’s a wrap for 2020 As this eventful year draws to a close, it presents an excellent opportunity to take stock of the lessons 2020 has taught us, and highlight some important matters to consider as we head into the festive season.

Changes to committee or constitution With many clubs holding their AGM in the September and October months, it is important to consider your ongoing obligations to keep the OLGR informed of any changes to the executive structure of your club. In this regard, any changes to committee or board appointments must be notified to the OLGR and gaming licensees must lodge a Form 11. Similarly, if any licensed club amends its constitution then it needs to submit the updated constitution to the OLGR.

compliance officers will keep a close eye on Queensland venues throughout the festive season. Generally speaking, we have observed a strong focus on compliance in relation to: (a) the proper maintenance of contract tracing registers; and (b) prescribed gaming room and venue capacities.

This will be particularly pertinent in the lead up to Christmas and New Year’s Eve festivities. The OLGR advised in mid-November that the industry COVID Safe plans will be updated following the latest easing of restrictions, so please ensure you are operating under the latest version.

NYE extended trading We take this opportunity to remind clubs that, irrespective of their ordinary licensed hours and without the lodging of a request to temporarily extend trading hours, they are able to trade through the evening to 2:00am on New Year’s Day. If you require any other one-off extended hours permits, please ensure you lodge these at least 21 days prior to your event.

COVID-19 compliance As we hopefully see a pick-up in trade approaching the Christmas period, it is important for all venues to uphold stringent compliance with COVID-19 guidelines and regulations, and not to be complacent in this regard. We understand that the OLGR continues to closely monitor compliance with these regulations, and we have no doubt that Looking to the new year

The new year presents an opportunity for Queensland venues to consider their general commercial and compliance matters. This applies equally to COVID Safe plans, as well as workplace health and safety, employee management, insurance and risk management, management agreements, privacy and general policy updates. Perhaps your New Year’s resolution could include setting aside some time to dust off some of those older policies and re-read them to ensure they are still fit for purpose, and take the opportunity to update them or complete any unfinished policies that are missing for your club. Should you need any assistance with this, please do not hesitate to contact me on 07 3224 0353.

Finally, I would like to wish you and your loved ones a safe, happy and healthy festive season - I look forward to sharing a drink with you all in 2021.

If you require any guidance or advice as to your compliance obligations, please contact Matthew Bradford at 07 3224 0353.

Development with Lesley, Wade and Micheal

The past is our future

Lesley

Wade

Micheal

By Micheal Sorrensen Facing declining numbers like many other clubs, Corinda Bowls Club decided to try a brave new initiative. Having renovated their kitchen in February, the club hired a manager who developed strategies to boost community involvement. With a new Facebook page and a new chef, the first initiative was a Burger and Bowls night. What a night!

The club had around 200 people at their opening Burger and Bowls night. Groups of all ages were in attendance, ranging from young couples, families, birthday parties and family and friends of members.

The whole community took advantage of the great facilities at the club. The comments were very positive and the question on everyone’s lips was, “when are we having the next one?”.

New manager, Soula Tsoumbaras, structured the games so that bowlers arrived at varying time slots, 5pm to 6.30pm and so on. When bowlers booked in, they nominated the times and Soula printed out sheets with these times on nominated rinks. We thank all the wonderful volunteers who gave of their time and looked after the bowlers on the varying rinks. The burgers and chips were delicious and there was a line-up at the bar to sample the new craft beer on tap, as well as in cans. The night was full of fun and everyone enjoyed themselves. The club is considering having Burger and Bowls nights once a month but according to all the comments, the participants would like them every week!

This is just one of the success stories in the bowls community, just like in the past when our clubs were first opened, it was the open invitation to our community that made our clubs. And again going into the future this is the way for our clubs to thrive again.

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Summer Comps

Premier League QLD (PLQ) The Premier League QLD (PLQ) competition kicks off with a double header on January 9-10, 2021.

Tweed Heads return to defend their first PLQ Title after claiming the spoils in 2020 while Helensvale will defend the Reserve Grade crown.

Two new teams, Algester and Beenleigh extend the PLQ to 14 teams with 13 rounds played through to finals on March 20-21.

Last year’s PLQ winners, Tweed Heads

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Q7s Q7s will commence a month later this year to help minimise the heat factor. The 2021 start weekend will be February 6-7, 2021.

Tournament Director, Bob Proctor, says that early indications suggest that Q7s will attract a number of ‘first time’ participants because of the quality and longevity of the Q7s competition. Bob spoke about the turmoil that clubs had endured this year, and how Q7s had reduced all nomination fees by $100 without any reduction in prize money of more than $150,000.

The season launch was held at Salisbury with a Breakfast & Bowls. As has been the case at every launch, all raffle proceeds are donated to a nominated charity. This year the charity is “Black Dog Institute” which deals in mental health. Season 2021 will be seen as a return to normal - which is very necessary for Personal & Club recovery. It will be full of good spirits and light heartedness.

WHAT’S YOUR CLUB BEEN DOING? AYR LADIES CELEBRATION What an awesome celebration on a superb November morning when clubs from Alligator Creek, Ayr, Jubilee, Thuringowa, Wangaratta, Brandon and South Townsville filled the new green and participated in a paddle-pop stick draw game of bowls and a delicious luncheon. Ladies from each club gave testimonials on the sportsmanship and skilful play of Irene, Pam, Heather and Beryl in order to win the first of the reinvigorated Standard Cup, renamed the Morleys Funeral Premier Cup 2020.

The victory was the first ever for the Ayr ladies in the 69-year history of this event and a tearful Jan Ruff (Ladies’ President) spoke passionately about the team’s achievement. The North Queensland District clubs are looking forward to contesting in 2021 at Ayr Bowls Club and hopefully there will be more than 9 teams next year. The 2020 championship was a great success with Wangaratta hosting a seamless event.

Beaudesert Bush Carnival Men’s Fours Darra Cementco’s Tom Tarrant, Ken Howard, Milo Bondzalic and Phil Elder have won the Beaudesert Bush Carnival Men’s Fours.

Four teams were undefeated after the first day, all who then lost one of the two games on day 2. The event ended up with eight four game winners with Elder having a big margin in the last game to win with the event with a margin of 52 across the five rounds.

Shawn Toomey, Kevin Sharp, Paul Staggard Jnr and Shannon Micallef ran second with 4 wins +47, third were Paul Staggard Snr, Michael Morgan, Phil Jordan and Glen Bailey with 4+43 and Paul Ryan, Roger Goodridge, Marama Waitai, Geoff Lanham finished fourth with 4+41.

The men’s fours was the first event in the annual Bush Carnival which was followed by Men’s Pairs, Ladies Triples and Mixed Pairs L-R: Beaudesert Bush Carnival Men’s Fours winners Tom Tarrant, John Harris (Beaudesert) Phil Elder, Milo events. The carnival was postponed from April this year and will Bondzulic, Ken Howard & sponsor Phil Armstrong return to being run in April in 2021.

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WHAT’S YOUR CLUB BEEN DOING? DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD FOR MARGARET

By Heather Brown

When Margaret Armitage moved to the Mackay District from Victoria, it was their loss and our gain.

Margaret dedicated many years to bowls and was recently awarded the prestigious Distinguished Service Award at this year’s Presentation and Presidents At Home Day. BQ Board Member Colleen Ryan presented the award acknowledging that Margaret was a truly fine example of someone dedicated to the sport of lawn bowls and the development of the skills of those around her.

Margaret joined the Mackay RSL Memorial Bowls Club and held various committee positions. She moved to the North Mackay Bowls Club where she joined the committee and became Senior Vice President, President and Selector, whilst becoming the Umpire Chairperson as an amalgamated position for both Mackay District Ladies Bowling Association and Mackay Men’s District Bowling Association.

BQ’s Colleen Ryan presenting Margaret Armitage with her Distinguished Service Award

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Margaret then became a Presenter and Assessor in umpiring in the latter years. It was only Margaret’s 90th birthday that saw her decide to give up her position in this capacity.

As yet, no one has stepped into those shoes to fill the position but Margaret continues to offer support when needed. One of Margaret’s aims was to have umpires at each and every club in the Mackay District and this goal has been achieved.

It was heartening to see how many people attended the presentation. Margaret’s husband George; daughter Michelle and partner Wade; granddaughter Julie and great grand-daughter Rhiannon were there to support her.

Margaret lamented that her daughter Cheryl, who was lost to cancer last year, was unable to be there but her presence in spirit if not in person was acknowledged by Margaret.

Alan Hassall from United Bowls Club in Ipswich has collected bowls magazines for more than 40 years. While most of the magazines are Queensland Bowlers, Allan also collected Bowls International, Jack High and Bowls Plus magazines. Allan has kindly donated his stash to Bowls Queensland.

Thank you Alan.

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Also amongst the distinguished guests present were Lesley Bates, Bowls Australia Regional Bowls Manager Northern Region; Mackay Men’s District Bowls Association President Neil Blackburn; Immediate Past President MMDBA and State Coaching Panel member Felix Purcell; Mayor Greg Williamson from Mackay Regional Council and a full house of bowlers from the Mackay District.

Ever humble, Margaret thanked all for their support of her and for the recognition that was appreciated but not expected.

LONGREACH FOURS

By Tony (Bones) Emslie, Vice President, Longreach Bowls Club.

The Longreach Bowls Club recently hosted 16 teams for the 2020 Longreach Fours event, which is a full green for our small club.

The standard of teams was high again with the special attraction this year of having Kane Nelson and John Finlayson (Belmont Bowls Club) teaming up with our young local bowler in Ty Jesberg and his father Tony Jesberg. This team seemed to be a formidable combination on paper, and they proved it on the green.

The competition runs over two days with each team playing three games each day. After the completion of the first day’s play, the leader board had Tony Barbeler’s team leading on 51 points with Harmsworth’s team on 50, followed by 3 teams within 6 points of the leaders.

After the first round of games on Sunday, the gap Barbeler and Harmsworth had forged looked to be a substantial one with the gap out to 11 points back to Eddie Storer’s team from Clermont/ Middlemount. After the 5th round Harmsworth hit the front on 82 points, Kane Nelson/Ty Jesberg’s team on 75, Barbeler 74 and Storer on 73. Eddie Storer’s team of skip Aaron Storer, Eddie, Greg (Budda) Stanton and Joe Aidulis were flying under the radar a bit which as we all know, shouldn’t happen.

Coming into the last game the team in second (Nelson/Jesberg) and third (Barbeler) had drawn each other and so many thought they were going to battle it out for second. Harmsworth had drawn Peter Baker’s team who were currently in 5th place. The game between second and third held everyone’s attention with a great crowd up on the veranda watching on intently. Unnoticed by them, three rinks away the current leaders, Ray Harmsworth’s team were in big trouble with the Baker team applying the pressure. The Nelson/Jesberg team beat Tony Barbeler’s team in a game in which the standard of play was very high.

Winners L-R: Sponsors Wayne Lewis PFD Longreach, Tony Barbeler Pro-Tyres Longreach, Joe Aidulis, Eddie Storer, Greg (Budda) Stanton, Aaron Storer

Runners-up L-R: John Finlayson, Ty Jesberg, Kane Nelson, Tony Jesberg

Everyone thought that was it, with Nelson/Jesberg being able to pass Harmsworth on the leader board because of his big loss to Baker’s team. The players and spectators ventured inside to relax and get ready for the presentations as some teams wanted to hit the road for their long drive home. Our two officials tallied up the scores to find that the Nelson/Jesberg team had hit the lead but were in fact joined on 94 points by Eddie Storer’s team who had had a big win over Ian Humphrey’s team from Innisfail. Our rules state that in the event of a draw for first, a one end shootout has to occur to get an outright winner.

Half of Eddie Storer’s team had to put their bowls shoes back on and get their bowls back out of the car to get ready to take on the Nelson/Jesberg team. It just so happened that neither team had played on the middle rink and so that’s where they headed for the 1-end shootout. Aaron Storer called heads in the coin toss for the mat and heads it was. Then up steps Aaron’s lead Joe Aidulis. He brought the mat up, delivered the kitty to the full length and as his opposing skip Kane Nelson placed it on the ‘T’, Joe stood on the mat. He delivered his bowl and it was one of those moments….his bowl looked heavy when he let it go, it was heavy halfway down, but it got his desired result as it hit the kitty dead centre and trailed it into the ditch. Joe’s bowl was sitting right beside it in the sand and it was impossible to beat. The roar from the crowd watching on was one this club member won’t forget. The Clermont boys had won the carnival. The final placings were Eddie Storer, Aaron Storer, Greg (Budda) Stanton and Joe Aidulis won the title. In second were

Joe Aidulis pointing to his winning bowl in the ditch

Kane Nelson, Ty Jesberg, Tony Jesberg and John Finlayson. The Longreach Bowls Club is a small country club that has kept it’s head above water because of a dedicated small band of members who just want to see the club not only survive, but excel in the events they run. I might be biased, but I reckon we achieved it this time.

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WHAT’S YOUR CLUB BEEN DOING? INGHAM’S CELEBRATIONS CONTINUE

By Paul Hallam Last month, Ingham Bowls Club had a dual celebration to present the Badge Awards and the club’s 20th Dunn Cup win.

Guests included Ramon Jayo, Mayor of Hinchinbrook Shire Council; North Qld Bowls team, players from Macknade, Noorla and Ingham Bowls Clubs.

The afternoon began with the presentation of year badge awards.

Congratulations to: •

Rico Basaglia, Eric Dundas and Paul Hallam who each received a Veteran Badge for 70 years; • John Eddleston who received a Super Veteran Badge for 80 years; • Rico Basaglia who also received a special badge for 12 consecutive years as Secretary of the Club.

The 64 players were then divided into 16 teams to play off for the best team of the afternoon. Congratualtions to the winning team: Peter Herman, Jan Craven, F. Rosadi and Dwain Piotto.

L-R: Gary Costigan, John Eddleston with Super Veteran Badge 80 years & Ren Cantatore

Special thanks to Alf Di Bella, Luisa Di Bella, Joyce Covell and the Ingham Ladies BC for cooking the barbeque; to Paul Hallam for filling the fridge, serving at the bar during the afternoon and running the raffle and to all the volunteers.

Winning team, Peter Herman, Jan Craven, F. Rosadi & Dwain Piotto

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L-R: Eric Dundas, Gary Costigan, Ren Cantatore, Rico Basaglia & Paul Hallam

Remembering Derrick Hirning AKA “Dickie Knee”

By Juliana McGahan Derrick Hirning was a different kind of man. His family, together with the Dalby and North Toowoomba Bowls Clubs are making sure that he will not be forgotten.

Derrick Hirning, also known as “Dickie Knee”, was a member of the Dalby Bowls Club, here in his hometown and a member of the North Toowoomba Bowls Club.

Although Derrick only stood all of five feet, he had a heart full of generosity and was always at the forefront of any project. Derrick was instrumental in remodelling and building of the new club house for the Dalby Bowls Club, back in the nineties together with so many other projects within the club, including President of the Men’s Division.

Derrick had a repertoire of jokes for all occasions and no bowls day was complete without Derrick bringing out the jokes, some would not be for mixed company, but the men who played bowls everywhere, knew Derrick was good for a laugh or two.

Above L-R: Jeffrey Hirning, Alison Hirning, Gavin Bradford & Keith Teakle.

Right: Derrick Hirning

The Hirning Family have supplied the “Dickie Knee” Shield and the first of the Dalby and North Toowoomba playoffs was held on October 25, with Dalby winning the first engraving on the shield.

This playoff will be held each year, alternately at Dalby and the North Toowoomba clubs.

THE WOOMBYE $10,000

By Pam Cranney

The 17th Annual Woombye $10,000 was held on November 13-15, bringing 96 bowlers in 24 teams to Woombye Bowls Club. The Brian Slatter team from Dalby won the first prize of $4,000, winning all seven games also acquiring the Calcutta pot of more than $3,800.

Teams travelled from far and wide to compete, such as Tara, Chinchilla, Toowoomba, Dalby, Wellington Point, Geebung, Brighton and various Sunshine Coast clubs. During their stay, they also supported many local Woombye food, beverage and hospitality businesses, so beneficial to the economy of our area.

Skip Brian Slatter with his team Allan & Jessie Slatter & Jon King from Dalby, with Woombye Men’s President Ian Cranney & organiser Howard Tournament Director, Howard Riach, praised the efforts of all involved: Riach bowlers, supporters, volunteers, staff and our dedicated greenkeeper, Geoff

Steele, in their show of strong community support to once again make this a stellar event.

Even in these tough and unpredictable times, our club has grown its bowling and social member numbers and we are proud that more people see that bowls at WBC is not just about bowling, but also about community engagement, social interaction, fun and laughter.

Our club was established in 1947 and has always welcomed anyone in the Woombye/ Diddillibah/Forest Glen area and beyond to pop in for reasonably-priced meals on Friday nights, free bowls coaching Friday afternoons from 3pm or during the day for a cool drink in air-conditioned comfort. Come along, relax and meet the locals as we are always willing to welcome arrivals to our friendly club.

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WHAT’S YOUR CLUB BEEN DOING? IT’S NOT JUST THE BOWLS!

By Sue Benson Like many other clubs the St Lucia Bowling Club was started after the war in 1947.

It was built at the edge of The University of Queensland Campus and the 1950 photo below shows one of the two greens with the university buildings in the background. The two other photos show the front of the Clubhouse and the beautiful flower beds between the greens.

Apart from the professionally managed greens everything else in the club is performed by volunteers.

Yes, we play bowls to win, but it is the fellowship gained by being involved in all aspects of club maintenance and activities that we believe contributes to our club’s continuing success.

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YEPPOON’S CANCER DRIVE

By Angela Browning On Saturday October 24 everything turned pink for cancer at Yeppoon Bowls Club. It was a really fun day with everyone getting into the spirit with the result of $1,000 being raised. There was even a prize for the best dressed male & female. Special thanks to all of our sponsors.

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Bowls Queensland’s COME & TRY MONTH In conjunction with Bowls Queensland, clubs across Queensland held “Come & Try” days to help create awareness and promote bowls. Here are some reports from just a few of the clubs that participated in this event.

Mapleton Bowls Club From Martyn Baldwin: In conjunction with the Queensland Bowls initiative, and our support for ‘Come & Try’ held on Sunday October 4, we held a Twilight Bowls event immediately after ‘Come & Try Day’ which was well supported.

It was a very successful afternoon, in which we had a total of 100 attendees from the local communities around our Mapleton district. We had 25 club members assisting with supporting both events, in which we had very positive feedback. In addition to fun and supporting activities (barbeque, bar, spot prizes and raffles) we have so far attracted a total of 10 new members – a mix of casual and full members. We welcome the opportunity to participate in further events whereby Queensland Bowls organise such promotions for the benefit of clubs, and demonstrate support in a community atmosphere, especially in these covid-19 times of various restrictions, where people have had limited activities to partake in.

GIN GIN Bowls Club From Barbara Chapman: Gin Gin’s Come & Try day was a huge success. We had at 35 new attendees which is massive for little Gin Gin. We had 11 membership forms filled in and to date have six fully paid new members.

We printed out extra flyers and had our local junk mail delivery lady deliver them for us and we also wrote to all the schools in our district to put the event in their news letters. Sadly we only had one junior out of that. The flyers were a brilliant idea. We added to them to bring Grandma and Grandad and offered a free sausage sizzle and drink. Then offered for the new people to stay on and play with the club members in the afternoon which most of them did. All in all we had a great day and it was a huge success.

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BONGAREE Bowls Club From Marilyn Weston: Bongaree Bowls Club sends a big Thank You to Bowls Queensland for the promotional assistance that was provided to help us run a “Come and Try” day. This was a very successful day held on Sunday October 11 with 17 attendees ranging in age from 15 years to 90 years.

They were assisted by 17 club members and coaches.

All were treated to tea/coffee and eats at the end of the afternoon as the organisers presented our six-week coaching course and the happenings and workings of the club. Several attendees joined the club and another five nominated to join our current coaching training course.

At Bongaree Bowls Club we offer a six-week coaching course which is held four times a year, although interested people can come along at any time for individual coaching by one of our 11 accredited coaches.

Bongaree Bowls Club survives on new members joining the club. Unlike other clubs who have pokies, restaurants and bars we do not have those luxuries to produce income for the club.

Bringing new members into the club and making sure they are comfortable and enjoying themselves is what we do best. This is how our club operates.

I am sure those who attended the afternoon enjoyed the experience of playing lawn bowls.

JINDALEE Bowls Club From Wayne Williams: Jindalee Bowls Club’s participation in BQ’s “Come & Try” resulted in great success in promoting lawn bowls to the general public of our surrounding suburbs. With the assistance of 10 coaching mentors, our 7 October Friday night and Sunday afternoon sessions collectively attracted an attendance of 205 new bowlers aged between 8 years to 70 years of age.

Increased bar trade occurred. We expect a few of them to become full members and several have applied for social membership which entitles them to member’s bar prices for drinks and will help keep bowls active in their social planning.

Our organizers were pleasantly surprised when several local parents expressed the need for an established sporting club such as JBC to provide sport and recreation facilities for their high school aged children.

JBC will endeavour to meet this demand in the new year to compliment or existing track record of being one of the leading clubs in promoting bowls in the High Schools program.

WANGARATTA Bowls Club From Denise Wallace and Pat Tracey: Wangaratta Bowls Club Inc. Come and Try Day was a success and we all had a lovely day.

Seven ladies and three children attended. Some of the ladies have since contacted our club coach Penny Warren and asked for coaching. Our men’s president Mark Drummond opened the day and welcomed everyone, then Penny Warren gave a talk on safety, etiquette and how to play bowls. Margaret Wilson our lady president made a lovely afternoon tea for everyone. We had a raffle, lucky door prize, containers of frozen mangoes and chocolates for touches.

The winning team received a free game of bowls.

Wendy Moulton

L-R: Margaret Wilson, Annette Collison, Wendy Moulton, Robyn Stitt

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Coaching with BQ coaching committee Stress, stress and more stress. Why? Why?

By Alan Thorp After visiting many clubs in many districts throughout Queensland over the past eight years, the most common question I get confronted with is: How do I control my stress and nerves whilst playing our wonderful game of bowls?

Without hesitation, the first thing that I say is forget about everything other than the moment and only concentrate on the things that you can control.

After having made this remarkable statement I generally get an occasional flutter of the eyes or a serious response along the lines of : Well, what do I do? How can I address this and control my bodies reaction to the feelings of butterflies in my stomach,the pounding of my heartbeat and an overall feeling of nausea?

I give the athlete a simple explanation of why the body is experiencing such emotions and sensations emphasising that it is not unnatural to have such feelings, but how we deal with them post and during the course of the game.

My next question is to find out if the individual has availed themselves of the many articles that I have written for the Bowler l under the title MENTAL ASPECTS OF BOWLS. These articles covered topics such as centering, mental imagery ,visualization and mindfulness. In most cases, to my delight, most had and this of course enabled me to briefly revisit one or two of the mentioned topics all which in their own way have an enormous impact on an athlete’s preparation prior to competing in any competition.

I more often than not ask the person to revisit the articles on mindfulness that concentrate on the now (moment) and then I re-emphasise the importance of breathing techniques, stating that breathing exercises take control of stress, promote relaxation and focus which are all key elements of a bowler performing to their optimum. I soon gather that most develop a period during a game where they feel things are slipping away and, as a result, they generally become stressed about the situation and get more stressed about being stressed. Most athletes who have not had the opportunity to practice particular

stress relief techniques will find the more they try to resist the sensations, the more they increase and the worse they feel and perform.

Having said that, let’s now observe a breathing technique I believe is the most valuable for quick stress relief during a game of bowls. I have covered this in a previous article however for those who may have forgotten it is referred to as the centering Breath or in my article simply called Centering. a) sit or stand in a relaxed position, ensuring your back is straight, your feet are shoulder width apart and flat on the ground, legs slightly bent at the knees (if standing). b) always breathe through your nose, inhale making sure that your belly expands and you don’t raise your shoulders.

To check you are doing it right, place one hand on your belly and one on your chest. When breathing in the hand on your belly should move out and when you exhale this same hand should move in. c) now breath out through your mouth.

You have now successfully completed the breathing technique referred to as the centering breath. Some tips to remember: a) think of the air going into your lungs, meaning that you are not concentrating on things around you or worrying about distracting thoughts, only concentrating on your belly expanding whilst breathing in due to the muscles expanding in your stomach. b. as you breath out, tighten the throat so a slight noise is heard while at the same time experiencing at the end of the exhalation the calmness and stillness of the sensation. c. remember to practice this breathing technique several times a day and you will soon start to automatically take a deep breath in stressful situations as they occur during a game, which I can guarantee will relax you and contribute significantly to your overall performance.

I hope this article helps all those bowlers who experience stressful situations on the green. I encourage all to get copies of my previous articles on Mental Aspects of Bowls. In closing, as this is the last article for 2020, Merry Christmas from all on the State Coaching Committee, hope to catch up soon.

ECKA’S MESSAGE To all fellow bowlers I would like to on behalf of BQ Coaches Committee wish everyone a Merry Xmas and a much better 2021 season.

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