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Welcome to the first issue of Upshot for 2012, the official e-Magazine for Bowls NZ. The Christmas break has been a busy time for many of our bowlers with the Hyundai National Open Championships being played over this time. Congratulations to our winners and to all of the participants who took part and made this event so special. Also not to forget the volunteers who make events such as this possible. The National Secondary Schools Championships were played in mid December during which many talented youth bowlers graced the green and some outstanding results were had. Full details of this can be seen in the article on page 7. By the time we go to print the Halberg Awards will have concluded. Once again congratulations to Jo Edwards who was a finalist for Sports Women of the year, a major achievement which is well deserved after her incredible performances over the past year! This year is looking to be very busy with the Partnership and Participation RoadShow which will be travelling around the country from February until mid-April. We encourage you to attend this and share your thoughts on how we can grow our player and volunteer numbers, and continue to improve the sport of Bowls. Locations and dates can be found later in this magazine and on the Bowls New Zealand site (www.bowlsnz.co.nz). Events are back in full swing from
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New Stars Born on Christchurch Greens at National Secondary School Championships 7 Building Stronger Clubs Together
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CDO Contacts
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TOWER Bowls Development Fund
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Enhance Your Club’s Image – Use the 4 FACES
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Future Leaders Programme
the 10th of February with Challenge Trophy being played at Burnside Bowling Club in Christchurch. The Development Trans-Tasman will also be contested at Waihopai Bowling Club in Southland in March. If you are in either of these locations we encourage you to go along and support our teams. In May the 6 Nation Invitational event will be played in Adelaide in lead up to the World Championships which be held in Adelaide in November, an event which our Black Jacks squad members have their sights firmly set on. Enjoy your magazine and wishing you a happy 2012 filled with plenty of bowling! Kerry Clark Chief Executive Officer
Helen Gives Umpires A Helping Hand
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National Bowls Awards 2011-2012
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Bowled Over By MIB Success
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CDO Contacts
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The Leased Land Dilemma
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Club Scene Register for Upshot and Win! Staff Changes Key Events for your Bowls Calendar Papamoa Bowling Club spreads Christmas Joy Rangiahua Pairs Partnership & Participation Roadshow 2012
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Focus on Greenkeeping The Fine Art of Keeping Fussy Bowlers Happy
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Focus on Umpiring Bowling to the Law
Bowls NZ 2011 Participant Survey
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NATIONAL OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS Finals Debut for South Island Singles Winners By Crispin Anderlini The winners circle was left wide open in the men’s and women’s singles disciplines at the 2012 Hyundai National Open Championships as those bowlers favoured to hoist the silverware from the podium fell by the wayside in post-section play. Those that emerged victorious on the final day, as the dust settled from the sudden death format, were no less skilled or experienced but were strangers to the winners’ circle of a National Open title. Hailing from sunny Nelson and quakerocked Canterbury, Peter Hodson (Stoke) and Sandra Keith (Leeston) won the men’s and women’s singles titles in front of a highly appreciative Auckland crowd on the Carlton Cornwall greens. Despite never having won a national title, Keith made it to the semifinals at
Genevieve Baildon and Jan Shirley.
Blake Signal and Mandy Boyd.
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last year’s tournament and will add the trophy to her first Centre title, picked up earlier in 2011. In this year’s championship final Keith was pitted against young NZ representative Mandy Boyd (Johnsonville) who made it into all three finals at the event and won the most consistent female bowler award. After leading throughout the match from an early four picked out of a crowded head, Keith’s stunning drawing game and unerring ability to reach the jack gave the Ashburton bowler the game, 21-10. Relatively unknown outside of the Nelson centre, but with six Centre titles and a National Interclub trophy to his name, Hodson came back after a slow start against 2011 NZ Open singles winner Neil Fisher (Howick) to earn his first National Open title 21-16. Hodson also made it into the men’s
pairs final, earning himself the most consistent male bowler award alongside Blake Signal (Stokes Valley).
Pink Shirt Pairs Take Titles Sporting fashionably pink shirts throughout the event, both the men’s pair’s team featuring Blake Signal and Alvin Gardiner and the women’s side containing Genevieve Baildon and Jan Shirley came out on top with their first national pairs titles ever. For Baildon and Shirley it was also their first National Open title. Having already earned their stripes in the fours in 2010 at Wellington, the men’s duo of Signal (skip, Stokes Valley) and Gardiner (Elmwood) made a reputation at this year’s tournament
Peter Hodson and Sandra Keith.
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by humbling favourites like the Gary Lawson (Composite) and Richard Girvan (Onehunga) sides in post-section play, before taking the title from Stoke’s Peter Hodson (s) and James Pugh. In the final match at Carlton Cornwall, Signal and Gardiner confirmed their credentials with a dominating display. Looking sharp from the start, the turning point came when they picked up a four, a three, and then a two to leap ahead in the twelfth end, 19-10. The men from Stoke forfeited the game after the sixteenth end, chasing an insurmountable 22-12 Signal-Gardiner lead. Looking just as fetching in pink as their male counterparts, Black Jack Genevieve Baildon (Hillcrest) and NZ squad member Jan Shirley (Canterbury) took the women’s pairs trophy in style. Meeting Boyd sisters Mandy (skip, Johnsonville) and Angela (Taradale) in the final, experience made all the difference as Baildon and Shirley wrestled control of the game from the sisters in the fourteenth end. A four in the next end gave the Baildon duo a break, and they ran away with it. Forfeiting in the seventeenth end with no hope of victory, the two young bowlers finished 12-20 behind Baildon and Shirley. The win left them all smiles as Shirley admitted they had never played in the pairs before.
Weather no obstacle for victorious Fours Struggling with the grim Auckland weather patterns, Carole Fredrick’s Birkenhead fours and Andrew Kelly’s all star composite line-up climbed the podium to accept their trophies on the final day of play at the National Open Champs. Skipping a team that was comprised of this year’s pairs national title winner Blake Signal, NZ development squad bowler Greg Ruaporo and Black Jack Ali Forsyth (fours defending champion), 23-year-old Kelly and 19-year-old Ruaporo earned their first national titles. Expecting to encounter some sublime bowling from skip Neville Hill and his Avondale men in the final, Kelly’s team never gave their opponents much of a look at the jack as they cruised to an 18-6 victory and the men’s fours title. While there were moments of brilliance from the Hill camp, the younger men consistently outshone stalwarts Mike Bradshaw, Colin Haysham and Brett Hassall. The Avondale men’s skip threw in the towel after 17 ends as they faced an impossible 6-18 scoreline. Joined by Ruth Lynch, Gayle Melrose and Lisa Helmling, Fredrick faced a bigger challenge in the form of composite team SLAM: skip Sue Burnand, Black Jack Leanne Curry, Angela Boyd and Mandy Boyd. Perhaps better prepared for the final
outing, Fredrick skipped her Birkenhead fours side onto the podium in the final end to win 18-16, following a final missed shot from Burnand (Frankton Railway) that sealed SLAM’s fate. Fredrick made hers stick and the team picked up one more single to win the title and earn the deafening applause of the assembled Birkenhead club supporters. Although relatively new to the club on Auckland’s North Shore, which only became amalgamated three years ago, Fredrick has won 20 Centre titles in her time as a bowler and was a member of the winning fours team in 1999 at Christchurch. The 2012/2013 Hyundai National Open Championships will be played in Taranaki, with the Paritutu Bowling Club as the headquarters for the tournament. l Men’s Singles Winner: Peter Hodson (Stoke). l Women’s Singles Winner: Sandra Keith (Leeston). l Men’s Pairs Winners: Blake Signal (skip, Stokes Valley) and Alvin Gardiner (Elmwood). l Women’s Pairs Winners: Genevieve Baildon (Hillcrest) and Jan Shirley (Canterbury). l Men’s Fours Winners: Andrew Kelly (s), Ali Forsyth, Blake Signal, Greg Ruaporo (Composite). l Women’s Fours Winners: Carole Fredrick (s), Ruth Lynch, Gayle Melrose, Lisa Helmling (Birkenhead).
Blake Signal, Gayle Melrose, Greg Ruaporo, Carole Fredrick, Andrew Kelly, Ruth Lynch, Ali Forsyth and Lisa Helmling.
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NEW STARS BORN ON CHRISTCHURCH GREENS AT NATIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS By Crispin Anderlini Christchurch has had its fair share of tragedy and troubles of late, but the sombre mood in New Zealand’s second-largest city lifted for a time as young bowlers from the far north to the deep south arrived to roll up for a New Zealand title at the Bowls NZ National Secondary School Championships (NSSC). Held from December 11-13, the clack and swish of colourful bowls, the lively uniforms and the peels of laughter that invariably accompany this youthful event disguised a more serious undertone as older bowlers rolled up for the last time and the prospect of being included in NZ’s Under-18 team hung over the proceedings. Successfully defending his boys singles title, Euan Wong (Hutt Valley High School) was a force to be reckoned with on
the Papanui greens. Cool, calm and collected, the Wellington bowler looked very confident as he faced off against the proven skills of Sheldon Bagrie-Howley (National Under-20 Kittyhawks winner), but an early lead set Wong up for the title as he drove with surgical precision and drew with graceful finesse to win the singles title, 21-11. Winning the title two years in a row, among other regional accolades, has proven enough to get the attention of national selectors and he will now represent his country in the under-18 Development Trans-Tasman event at Invercargill this March. Another Wellington bowler and veteran of the NSSC rinks, Nicole Toomey (St Mary’s College) followed a similar pattern of early leads and dominating performances to eventually blaze through her finals match against Holly McIlroy (Manurewa High School), 19-10, for the girl’s singles title. In the girl’s pairs, Tarani Paul and Sadie Sieglaar (St Dominic’s College) came up against the confident duo of Sophie Fisher and Caitlin Thomson (Palmerston North Girls High School) in the final. The tenacity and skill of Paul and Sieglaar won them the title, 12-6 in the end. Newcomers to the tournament, Jacobi Morris and Callum Horwell (Logan Park High School) took home the boy’s pairs title in a close match versus Nathan Arlidge and Talor Duncan (Tauranga Boys College). The Dunedin pair bested Arlidge and Duncan 11-7 for the title amidst a flurry of yells and some solid crowd support. This year the North Island will play host to the event as the best young bowlers in the country will head to Hamilton in December to compete for the titles. Championship Winners l Girl’s Singles - Nicole Toomey (St Marys College) l Boy’s Singles - Euan Wong (Hutt Valley High School) l Girl’s Pairs - Tarani Paul & Sadie Sieglaar (St Dominic’s College) l Boy’s Pairs - Jacobi Morris & Callum Horwell (Logan Park High School) Plate Winners l Girl’s Singles - Robertalyn Bristowe (Onehunga High School) l Boy’s Singles - Mathew Bassett (Ashburton High School) l Girl’s Pairs - Brooke Craik & Alex King (St Hilda’s Collegiate) l Boy’s Pairs - Elliott Mason & Oliver Mason (Otago Boy’s High School) Pictured from top to bottom: Sheldon Bagrie-Howley (left) and Euan Wong (right); Nicole Toomey; and Robertalyn Bristowe.
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BUILDING STRONGER CLUBS TOGETHER By Vince Roper, Region 5 CDO When Grant Evans shifted to Oxford in 1999 he promptly joined his local 25 member bowling club. A month later he discovered to his amazement that there was another 25 member bowling club just up the road! At this point Grant made a quiet promise to himself that for the good of the sport in the local area this had to change. Grant’s goal was to “achieve good player numbers, a strong, competitive, well run club where players can play what they want, when they want, and with like minded teammates”. From his work on the Bowls Canterbury board Grant knew that size does matter for the health and growth of the clubs. “We could see there would be a lot of benefits if we could get clubs working together but also knew there would need to be a lot of compromise as well”. The fear was if nothing was done the keen players would be lured away or leave to find the competition they need in Christchurch, and Oxford would be the weaker for it. Positives and negatives of a larger bowling club were itemised and vigorously discussed. A meeting was set up for “all local bowlers” and four country clubs were invited to send members to “discuss the future of the sport in the area”. It was an
open meeting and Vince Roper, the local CDO was asked to attend and offer input. The outcome was a Transition Committee of three from each Oxford club to draft a “Heads of Agreement” for the two Oxford clubs to combine into one club for the 2011/12 season, following which an SGM would be held to determine the combined club’s long term future. Out of respect for Bowls Oxford’s 2012 Centennial the combined club retained the Bowls Oxford name and uniform but relocated to the OWMC Bowls Section green. Just months into the trial benefits can already be seen with more membership depth and administrative capability, people to share the workload and a consolidation of skills in key areas such as green keeping, finance, publicity and coaching. Players can enter more events and competitions with a more credible club champs and an increased attractiveness to sponsors. As Grant puts it, “Why would you not want to go through this exercise?” “We think the trial merger has gone well so far. The idea must also be relevant to any club that has got another club not very far away … people need to start talking to each other. To succeed you must respect each others traditions, history and ideas but you must make your key focus the future of your sport and the good of your members.
CDO
CONTACTS REGION 1 Steve Smith steves@bowlsnz.co.nz Mobile 021 966 016 Bowls Far North Bowls Northland Bowls North Harbour Auckland Bowls
REGION 2 Steve Beel steve@bowlsnz.co.nz Mobile 021 966 017 Counties/Manukau Bowls Waikato Thames Valley Bowls Bay of Plenty Bowls Gisborne/East Coast Bowls Hawkes Bay
REGION 3&4 Paul Cavanagh paul@bowlsnz.co.nz Mobile 021 966 177 Bowls Taranaki Bowls Wanganui Bowls Manawatu Bowls Wairarapa Bowls Wellington Bowls Kapiti Coast
REGION 5 Left to right: Brian Judson, former Bowls Oxford president and now combined club President, Grant Evans, and Lesley Rekke, former Oxford WMC Bowls Section President and now VP of combined Club.
Vince Roper vince@bowlsnz.co.nz Mobile 021 966 263 Bowls Nelson Bowls Marlborough Bowls Canterbury Bowls Buller Bowls West Coast
REGION 6 Pete Thomson pete@bowlsnz.co.nz Mobile 021 966 010 Bowls South Canterbury Bowls Dunedin Bowls North Otago South Otago Bowling Centre Central Otago Bowls Bowls Southland.
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• The TOWER Bowls Development Fund - a fund which supports initiatives that enhance our sport at club level! • Marketing of our sport as whole to the wider community, • Training costs to upskill volunteers, executives, coaches, umpires etc The TOWER Bowls Development Fund is available to clubs for initiatives that attract new members or new target audiences to our sport, for things like events aimed at attracting new participants, projects that will generate income, and plans that increase utilisation of facilities. The TOWER Bowls Development Fund also funds projects aimed at up-skilling of volunteers, executive members and personnel. Up-skilling members can be through attending recognised training programmes or official conferences, which will provide immediate benefits to the governance, administration or operations of the club. The rebates generated do not ever go towards the High Performance programme or Bowls New Zealand’s staff salaries. The rebates are purely for the furtherance of bowls as a sport and to provide funds for the development of the club and club membership. Because the money for the fund comes from rebates when club members sign up for insurance with TOWER, the more members you have signing up the more money is available to use. So encourage your club members to move to TOWER and sign up for TOWER Plus Bowls cover!
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ENHANCE YOUR club’s image USE THE 4 FACES
INSERT YOUR CLUB LOGO HERE
BLACK JACK IMAGE
With the increasing diversity of our sport we need to make sure that our promotional and communication material portrays this through imagery of the various people who enjoy bowls. Bowls is made up of various different players including traditional bowlers, youth bowlers, social/casual bowlers and the Black Jacks. The use of these 4 FACES needs to be used at not only national level, through Bowls New Zealand, but also through clubs and centres in order for it to be effective and show the true nature of our sport.
YOUTH BOWLER IMAGE
SOCIAL/CASUAL BOWLER IMAGE
Below are some examples of how you can include imagery of these 4 FACES in your clubs promotional and communication material, including: l Banners l Booklet covers l Posters l Membership forms l Newsletters l Website l Media Releases l Club Notices l Brochures l Letter heads and more!
TRADITIONAL BOWLER IMAGE
Win a set of Henselite bowls for your club! We’d love to see your club’s 4 FACES – so make sure you send us your 4 FACES imagery with a sample of how you have used it to marketing@bowlsnz.co.nz, with 4 FACES as the subject, by 28 February 2012 and we’ll put your club into the draw to WIN a set of HENSELITE Bowls.
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COACHING is the key • Raising Awareness • Building Responsibility • Building Self Belief
Dave Edwards Bowls NZ National Coach
THE COACH APPROACH CO-OPERATION AND ACHIEVEMENT Sports’ coaching in New Zealand has taken a change of philosophy over the past few years. Gone are the days where coaches were considered to have all the knowledge and their role was to impart this to their athletes, by instructing and teaching and telling them what to do. Sport in New Zealand has seen the introduction of the New Zealand “coach approach” way of coaching. This style of coaching is best summed up for me by looking at the make-up of the actual word “coach”. This word was derived from the word co-operation and achievement. That pretty much encapsulates what the ‘coach
approach’ style of coaching is all about. It’s a co-operation between the athlete and the coach to achieve. The three key principles of this style are; to raise athlete awareness, to build athlete responsibility, and to build self belief. This is all about a questioning and challenging approach to coaching. I do strongly believe that this style of coaching is far more effective than instruction/telling. In fact, in a lot of other sports this has now been proven beyond all doubt with experiments which back this up. Having said that, there are still numerous moments when the coach does have to step in and take charge. In the heat
of battle, sometimes telling or instructing is the only option and will provide a short term fix. Also on occasions the coach needs to show leadership and step in and take charge. This is all about sliding up and down the coaching spectrum as the occasion demands. At one end of the spectrum is the instruction style and the other is the coach approach style. The skill that does develop in time is knowing where to be along the spectrum at which times. The best case scenario is to spend as much time as possible at the coach approach end of the line.
COACHING STYLES Coach Knowledge Instructional Directive Autocratic Approach
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Athlete Knowledge Questioning Empowering Approach
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DEVELOPING FUTURE LEADERS TO TAKE THE SPORT OF BOWLS INTO A NEW ERA FUTURE LEADERS Programme
New Thinking. New Ways.
HELEN GIVES UMPIRES A HELPING HAND Official of the Year award winner Helen Stallard is using her Future Leader training to give current and future umpires a helping hand. As part of the Future Leaders programme Helen has identified the need for a mentoring plan for umpires, and has taken on this as her Future Leaders project. Upon developing pathways for umpires, mentoring was identified as a need by Helen and National Programmes Manager Rob Pidgeon, so when attending the Future Leaders programme last year, Helen seized the opportunity to implement this idea. “Mentoring in umpiring is a new concept” says Helen. Already acting as a mentor to many umpires who call her for
advice both within and outside of New Zealand, Helen is just the person for the job. She has been an umpire for 9 years and is internationally recognised, officiating at international events such as the recent Commonwealth Games in Delhi. The Future Leaders programme provided Helen with the opportunity to talk with those already running and benefiting from the coaching mentoring programme and says that by “interacting with these people I see even more reason for one for umpires”. She has learnt a lot from the Future Leaders programme which she has put to use in both this project and other areas, as she fills bowls roles as a volunteer and as an employee of Auckland Bowls.
Talking with the Umpires Committee and umpires with various levels of experience, from less than a year to 7 years, has provided valuable insight. “There is a big need for mentoring in umpiring and this is recognised by new umpires right through to top level”. Helen is now in the process of writing the plan and hopes to have it implemented later this year. Thanks to Helen’s mentoring plan, umpires will be provided with more support that will hopefully put paid to her and many other umpires question of “at the moment where do you go for help with umpiring?”
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NATIONAL BOWLS AWARDS The National Bowls Awards are fast approaching with entries opening on 29th February for: • Club of the Year • Centre of the Year • Legendz Player of the Year • Young Player of the Year • Greenkeeper of the Year
• Coach of the Year • Official of the Year • Volunteer of the Year • Administrator of the Year • Media Award
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Entry forms and criteria can be found on the Bowls New Zealand website under the ‘Bowls NZ’ icon on the homepage or at the following link: http://www.bowlsnz.co.nz/national-bowls-awards/ Make sure you get your entries in to recognise all of those people in our bowling community who give their time to make the bowling experience so special and fulfilling for everyone. Without these people our bowling clubs and sport would not be what they are so get your entries in for these people who deserve to be acknowledged! More of the 2010 / 2011 National Bowls Awards have been presented over the past months at various special events. President Neil Cornelius was presented Burnside Bowling Club’s ‘Club of the Year’ award by Bowls NZ board member Cushla McGillivray, and Bowls Canterbury President Peter Harris was presented with ‘Administrator of the Year’. Howard Sandler, Coach of the Year, and Helen Stallard, Official of the Year, were both presented their awards by Kerry Clark at the Bowls NZ sponsors evening, and Brian Yardley has been presented his ‘Volunteer of the Year’ award by CDO Steve Beel on the day of his 75th birthday. Andrew Kelly was presented his award for ‘Young Player of the Year’ by John Calvin, and Jo Edwards received her ‘Player of the Year’ award presented by Cushla McGillivray at Burnside Bowling Club. Congratulations to all those who were award finalists and recipients for 2010/2011 and good luck to all those who are putting their entries in for this year!
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GRANT’S CORNER TO CORNER TOURNAMENT Regional Finals duNediN North East Valley Bowling Club Saturday, 17 March, 6 pm Rain date – Sunday, 18 March
WelliNGToN Wilton Bowling Club Saturday, 24 March, 4:30 pm Rain date – Sunday, 25 March
AucklANd Hillsboro Bowling Club Saturday, 31 March, 3 pm Rain date – Sunday, 1 April
chRiSTchuRch Burnside Bowling Club Saturday, 17 March, 5:30 pm Rain date – Sunday, 18 March
BoP/WAikATo Rewa Bowling Club, Matamata Saturday, 24 March, 10:30 am Rain date – Sunday, 25 March
NoRThlANd Bowls Kensington Saturday, 31 March, 5 pm Rain date – Sunday, 1 April
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AucklANd Mt Eden Bowling Club Saturday, 14 April, 2 pm Rain date – Sunday, 15 April
Join in the fun and get a different angle on our favourite pastime. From November 2011 to April 2012 at participating clubs.
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CDO
CONTACTS SOCIAL SUMMER LEAGUE
REGION 1 Steve Smith steves@bowlsnz.co.nz Mobile 021 966 016
Bowled over by MIB success Want to make your club the centre of fun this season, while improving your club at the same time!? Why not give Mates In Bowls a go? Southland Bowling Club has used their MIB season as “an opportunity to market ourselves as a place that is good to be, a place for fun”, says MIB leader Bryan McInerney. The participants at Southland Bowling Clubs MIB nights get right into the competition, turning out every week in their jandals. Bryan was at first apprehensive about MIB but decided to view it as ‘just like organizing a party’ and gave their MIB players just what they wanted, which seemed to be “music, atmosphere and LOUD laughter”. “They are there for a good time with their mates” says Brian and it sure sounds like Southland Bowling club gives it to them! Players get a few hours on the green with some one-on-one tuition as they pick up on the rules while they play. Add in the bonus of some music playing through the speakers and BBQ to wrap up the night and you have yourself some very happy MIB players. Even the prize giving at Southland is given a light hearted feel with
awards presented for the tournament winners as well as for the most wrong biases. It is however fair to say that it is not just the players at Southland Bowling club who have caught the MIB bug, the volunteers are also getting right into it. What is it that they like about MIB? The fact that it is social! MIB players aren’t like competitive bowlers, they are there to have fun and they don’t get pedantic about the rules, “it’s ok for them to measure with their feet!”says Brian, a practice which seems to appear in MIB nights across the country! “The MIB players are friendly, outgoing and open to suggestions. In short, they are the sort of people you need in your club”. Maybe this is why volunteers flock to the green, with participants bringing a new life of energy into clubs. “To me MIB is the future for bowls” says Bryan, “People are reluctant to commit their time to structured club sports. I thoroughly recommend the concept to any club thinking of joining the franchise”. To fill your greens with people, laughter and some money in your till contact your local Bowls NZ CDO officer about running MIB at your club next season.
Bowls Far North Bowls Northland Bowls North Harbour Auckland Bowls
REGION 2 Steve Beel steve@bowlsnz.co.nz Mobile 021 966 017 Counties/Manukau Bowls Waikato Thames Valley Bowls Bay of Plenty Bowls Gisborne/East Coast Bowls Hawkes Bay
REGION 3&4 Paul Cavanagh paul@bowlsnz.co.nz Mobile 021 966 177 Bowls Taranaki Bowls Wanganui Bowls Manawatu Bowls Wairarapa Bowls Wellington Bowls Kapiti Coast
REGION 5 Vince Roper vince@bowlsnz.co.nz Mobile 021 966 263 Bowls Nelson Bowls Marlborough Bowls Canterbury Bowls Buller Bowls West Coast
REGION 6 Pete Thomson pete@bowlsnz.co.nz Mobile 021 966 010 Bowls South Canterbury Bowls Dunedin Bowls North Otago South Otago Bowling Centre Central Otago Bowls Bowls Southland.
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THE LEASED LAND DILEMMA Paul Cavanagh paul@bowlsnz.co.nz Mobile 021 966 177
Clubs operating on land leased from local authorities often worry about what the reaction of councils will be when it comes to renewal of their club leases.
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Expanding sports such as junior soccer, rugby and rugby league are putting councils under pressure for additional and improved grounds, as such councils have started looking hard at how sports such as bowls are utilising the land made available to them. Local authorities have a huge annual
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investment in community sport and recreation. For instance, the $36m that Sport New Zealand invests in sport annually and the $180m provided through gaming and community trusts pale into insignificance when compared with the $800m investment of local bodies. Where bowling clubs are especially vulnerable to council-leased land changing hands is where their club is situated adjacent to other heavily-used sports facilities such as parks and reserves, aquatic centre’s and the like. As pressure comes to expand these facilities, council officials are looking over the fence and wondering ‘how well utilised are the two or three greens leased to the local bowling club’. At a meeting of Wellington’s Eastern Suburbs bowling clubs in December, five Eastern Ward city councilors were able to assure the club representatives present that as councilors they were not in the business of closing clubs down. They were interested, however, in seeing that bowling clubs were making good use of their leased land and clubhouse facilities, preferably sharing it with other community groups, either on a
casual bowling basis or for other recreational pursuits. While this was welcome news to the bowling clubs, it has to be appreciated that the comments were made by politicians elected for three-year council terms. While the councillors present at the Wellington meeting spoke honestly of their present intentions, none of them were prepared to commit future councilors to the same promises. Bowling clubs wanting to ensure tenancy on a long-term basis are encouraged to form close and enduring relationships with local body officials whose responsibilities cover sport and recreation. In that relationship clubs need to highlight the value of sport, and particularly bowls, in promoting health and a feeling of wellbeing within the community, along with the provision by clubs of a supervised, safe and friendly environment for a wide range of community activities. Clubs need to also highlight the total number of users of club facilities on an annual basis. These numbers need to be included in annual returns to bowling centres
and Bowls NZ, so that local authorities and organisations, such as Sport New Zealand, can be provided with an accurate picture of playing members, casual participants, and all others who use the club whether regularly or on a one-off basis. We all want to encourage territorial local authorities to continue their investment in sport. When it comes to that continuing investment in bowls, we need to demonstrate to local authorities that we have strategic plans designed to ensure our survival as strong and sustainable clubs; that we can attract funding support both nationally, regionally and locally; and that we are supported by our national body, for instance through the Partner Clubs programme, in making ‘bowls enjoyable, entertaining and accessible to all New Zealanders now and into the future.’ To find the full article and how to make your club strong and sustainable visit the Bowls New Zealand website and look under: Club Plan – Planning – Strategic Planning (http://www.bowlsnz.co.nz/club/ clubplan/planning/).
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club scene REGISTER FOR UPSHOT AND WIN! Are you a Bowler? Club Member? Club Executive? Club Secretary? Then you need to register for Upshot. It is simple and free to register online. You will be notified when Upshot goes online so you won’t miss an issue! Don’t miss out anymore! Register for Upshot and you will go in the bi-monthly prize draw. Be in to win a bowling bag for the month of February.
To register for UPSHOT: Please visit www.bowlsnz.co.nz and look for the registration link or type the following website address into your internet browser: http://enews.bowlsnz.co.nz/?p
STAFF CHANGES Steve Smith
Bowls NZ will be undergoing some staffing changes during the next few months.
After six years contribution to bowls in Region 1, CDO Steve Smith, has resigned from his position. We would like to thank Steve for his efforts and contribution and we wish him all the best for the future. An appointment has yet to be made for Steve’s replacement.
Jim Scott CDO Jim Scott has left on retirement, giving him some more time to get on the green. Pete Thomson has been appointed as the new CDO for the far south. He will bring with him an abundance of business experience as a manager, consultant and business development officer. We are sad to see Jim go but wish him a happy retirement and welcome Pete to this role.
Rajal Middleton Marketing and Communications Manager, Rajal Middleton, will be leaving her position after five years to take up a new role with Sport Waitakere. A replacement for this position is being sought and will be announced in due time. We wish Rajal all the best in her future endeavours and thank her for her contribution during the past years.
KEY EVENTS FOR YOUR BOWLS CALENDAR
SOCIAL SUMMER LEAGUE
The national Have A Go day will be on Sunday 14th October. Start planning your Have A Go day now and how you are going to draw a whole array of new bowls players into your club!
It is that time of year again when you need to start thinking about Mates In Bowls for next season. The sooner you start planning the better prepared you are for your MIB season and how to maximise all the new people and enthusiasm coming into your club! Pre Christmas season cut off is 24th September and cut off for post Christmas season is 19th November 2012.
Although it seems a long way away the year is going fast and it is time to start thinking about Christmas Bowls. Registration cut off is 30th May start planning with your club now for this great opportunity!
To register for any (or all!) of these events contact: marketing@bowlsnz.co.nz The sooner your club starts planning the better and easier it becomes!
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Papamoa Bowling Club spreads Christmas Joy An email received by Bowls New Zealand over the Christmas break: You have two fabulous bowls ambassadors in Papamoa, but first a little background. It’s a family tradition of ours to meet each Christmas on the 24th Dec, have lunch and a family challenge. This year the challenge was a short game of lawn bowls. None of us had ever played before, however I had some idea of how I wanted the challenge to go. I contacted the Papamoa Bowling club and spoke to club President Joy. Even though the club wasn’t actually open on the 24th, Joy was more than willing to come down, open up for us and help us through the family challenge. Eight of us played bowls that day and eight of us thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. One of us won and didn’t let the others forget it (ha ha) The main purpose of this e-mail is to acknowledge the friendly, professional support and generous attitude shown by two fabulous Bowling ladies. Joy and her club mate Lorraine Dunn. Joy and Lorraine, went out of their way to teach us how to roll a bowl, the basics of the game, they were patient with us and an extreme amount of fun…they even put the club flag up. The ladies gave up a couple of their hours, which would have been precious on Christmas Eve afternoon and for that we were extremely grateful. What excellent ambassadors for bowls you have in Papamoa! Well done. Regards, Aileen Tough on behalf of the Tolofua, Manu and Wright families.
Rangiahua Pairs The 57th Rangiahua Pairs Men Only Tournament which is run by the Okaihau Bowling Club, was held on Saturday 5th November. This Tournament, sponsored by brothers Trevor and Percy Blundell, was played at Kerikeri, Kaikohe and Okaihau, with good numbers turning out at all three clubs. In total 11 teams qualified for post section knock out play which was held at Okaihau. Merv Kennedy and Alan Martin ran out as winners at the end of the day, with Quin Turton and Cedric Campbell runners up. As always there was fantastic support from all Okaihau members, particularly the ladies who provided banquet style proportions of food. All and all the day proved very successful enticing many bowlers both onto the green and down to the club.
Winners Merv Kennedy and Alan Martin.
Grandfather and Grandson, Chester and Kenny playing together.
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club scene PARTNERSHIP & PARTICIPATION ROADSHOW 2012
“THE FUTURE OF THE SPORT AND WHO PAYS” If you are interested in coming together to discuss the future of our sport & who pays, to ensure the survival of our sport and our clubs, then pencil in the following date for your region. Bowls NZ’s Kerry Clark will be visiting in 2012 and we’d love to see you and hear your thoughts on how we can successfully grow our player and volunteer numbers.
Date
Centre, Venue and Time
Date
Centre, Venue and Time
7 February 2012
North Harbour, Browns Bay BC at 7pm
20 March 2012
Hawkes Bay, Taradale BC at 7pm
8 February 2012
Auckland, Mt. Eden BC at 7pm
21 March 2012
Wairarapa, Masterton BC at 2pm
13 February 2012
Far North, Kaikohe BC at 6.30pm
26 March 2012
Taranaki, Hawera Park BC at 2.30pm
14 February 2012
Northland, Whangarei BC at 5pm
26 March 2012
Taranaki, Paritutu BC at 6.30pm
28 February 2012
Marlborough Blenheim BC at 11.00am
27 March 2012
Wanganui, Laird Park BC at 6.30pm
28 February 2012
Nelson, Stoke BC at 7pm
28 March 2012
Manawatu Palmerston North BC at 2.30pm
29 February 2012
Buller and West Coast Blaketown BC at 7pm
28 March 2012
Manawatu Palmerston North BC at 6.30pm
1 March 2012
Bowls Canterbury, Fendalton BC at 7pm
29 March 2012
Kapiti, Waikanae BC at 2.30pm
7 March 2012
Southland, Southland BC at 7pm
29 March 2012
8 March 2012
South Otago, Balclutha BC at 7pm
Wellington Pelorus Sports House at 7.30pm
12 March 2012
Counties Manukau Papakura BC at 7pm
30 March 2012
Wellington Pelorus Sports House at 3pm
13 March 2012
Waikato, Hamilton City BC at 7pm
16 April 2012
South Canterbury Aorangi Sports Complex at 7pm
14 March 2012
Bay of Plenty, Rotorua East BC at 2pm
17 April 2012
North Otago, Meadowbank BC at 7pm
14 March 2012
Bay of Plenty, Mt. Maunganui at 7pm
18 April 2012
Central Otago, Alexandra BC at 7pm
15 March 2012
Thames Valley, Thames BC at 2pm
19 April 2012
Dunedin, Bowls Dunedin HQ at 7pm
19 March 2012
Gisborne East Coast, Gisborne BC at 7pm
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FOCUS ON GREENKEEPING
The fine art of keeping fussy bowlers happy 40 years of greenkeeping celebrated By Sarah Young A Richmond bowls Greenkeeper rewarded for 40 years of hard work says he has to have broad shoulders to put up with all those perfect bowlers. Richmond resident Don Carter received a merit award from the president of Bowls New Zealand Greenkeeping Association, Ron Sabin, in a surprise presentation at the Wakefield Bowling Club. The award recognised 40 years of Greenkeeping, and all that Mr Carter had done for field days, committees and teaching and helping other Greenkeepers. It was to his credit that Nelson’s greens were an equivalent standard to Canterbury’s, which were regarded throughout the world to be the best, Mr Sabin said. Only 12 other awards have been made in the 10 years the awards have been running. “It’s a hard one to get but with 40 years of keeping greens at a very high standard, he definitely deserves it,” Mr Sabin said. Mr Carter’s orcharding background made him a great keeper, and he had been instrumental in testing the new Maniototo weed, learning how to best fertilise it and
the conditions required for growing, when it was introduced to replace grass on the greens about 25 years ago, he said. An emotional Mr Carter, who now keeps four Stoke and Richmond bowling greens, said it was humbling to receive the award. The Motueka born and bred fruitgrower started playing bowls in 1960, and about four years later got thrown in the deep end to help sort out a green at the request of the orchard manager, he said. “And that’s how it started” It was much more “rough and ready” back then, using shovels rather than soil spreaders, and the levels were all over the place, he said. The surface has to be a lot smoother and level now for the new types of bowls, he said. It was a demanding job, fielding calls from other greenkeepers and going to troubleshoot problems on their greens as well as his own, but he loved it. “I like the challenge, I really do. And we’ve never not been able to solve a problem.” “It’s seven days a week, but I can do things when I like, and I like the outdoors life. And I think it’s a good challenge. You’ve got to have broad shoulders because all the bowlers must be perfect bowlers ... they never blame themselves. It’s always the green.”
For full article please go to: http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/ news/5860060/The-fine-art-of-keepingfussy-bowlers-happy Young, S. (2011, October 27). The fine art of keeping fussy bowlers happy. Retrieved November 24, 2011, from Seek - Nelson mail: http://www.stuff.co.nz/ nelson-mail/news/5860060/The-fine-artof-keeping-fussy-bowlers-happy
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FOCUS ON
UMPIRING BOWLING TO THE LAW With the arrival of summer, bowlers have settled down to yet another, hopefully, good year of bowls. Unfortunately many players once again invoked their at times wayward knowledge of the Laws of Bowls – and when pulled up by an Umpire for a breach the same old cry goes up: “I didn’t know that had changed – We’ve done it that way for years – Our Centre has always let us do it that way – It’s only a club game............”
STOP! Enough! Over time in different Clubs and Centres minor changes have been allowed in at a local level. Consequently they have slowly become the norm there. Possibly the Bowler then plays in a Centre, Regional or National event, with the inevitable result of the Umpire of the day having to sort out the subsequent mess when players breach the Laws. These breaches, which include the following, all need to be addressed now!
Re-spotting the Jack: Law 23 Club Champs, Centre, Regional and National events Question: If in a game both Leads (or opponents in a game of singles) improperly deliver the jack, where is the jack placed, where is the mat placed, and in what order, if there is one? Answer: Many clubs have adopted the illegal practice of allowing the Skip to place the jack somewhere on the centre line after the first, or even second improper delivery – ‘to speed the game up’. This illegal practice has permeated the game to the extent that some Skips do not realise that this is incorrect, breaching Law 23. Law 23.2 clearly describes what happens with the improper delivery of the jack once - and Law 23.3 describes what happens with the improper delivery of the jack twice. After the second improper delivery of the jack, the jack is then spotted on the 2m mark, and the mat is placed wherever the first Skip directs it to be along the centre line spanning 2m from the rear ditch and 25m from the front ditch, in accordance with Law 19.1.1. The sequence of first delivering the jack and then placing the mat, or vice versa, will not be questioned by any Umpire. (Placing of jack after one incorrect delivery is an option for club/meat pack tournament days, but must be in the COP.)
Mat Line: Law 1.3.20 Umpires continue to be amazed at the number of bowlers, including very experienced bowlers, who don’t know what the Mat Line is. The Mat Line is the edge of the mat nearest to the front ditch. All measurements are taken from the centre of the Mat Line. The minimum distance of the Mat Line from the rear ditch is 2m. Quite clear. However, more often than not Leads place the mat with the back of the mat on the spot 2m from the rear of the ditch. A mat is 600mm x 360mm so this means in this situation the minimum Mat Line is at least 2.6m from the rear ditch. When a skip directs the mat to be ‘taken right back’ the mat should be placed with the front of the mat on the 2m mark. For Re-spotting the Jack see the Umpires section of the Bowls New Zealand website.
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2. Club Revenue Streams
2011 PARTICIPANT SURVEY
Clubs revenue can come from various different sources with the most significant being bar takings (30%) and membership (25%). Various other sources are being used to generate revenue for the club and by increasing these it will take pressure off keeping the club financially stable through solely bar takings and membership.
a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i.
Club Revenue Streams 0.30% 0.25% 0.20%
OVERVIEW OF KEY INSIGHTS Last year we undertook a Club Executive Survey. 243 surveys were received and processed which will provide valuable insight and help shape our strategies going forward. Thank you to those who took the time to participate! Here is a snapshot of some of the results. 1. Does your club have an operational and strategic plan?
52.40% DO NOT have an operational and strategic plan. This is something that we need to address as they are crucial in setting direction for the club and how stated objectives will be achieved.
a. Have an operational and strategic plan, 47.60% b. Do not have an operational and strategic plan, 52.40%
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The majority of our clubs (77%) do not have anyone responsible for player recruitment or retention within their club. People are the main focus of our sport and it is important to ensure that members feel welcome and comfortable in the club. Membership is also one of the highest contributors to revenue for the club and so it is important to ensure that your membership numbers are high enough to support your club financially. a. Do not have an individual or team responsible for membership recruitment/retention, 77% b. Do have an individual or team responsible for membership recruitment/retention, 23%
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Membership, 25% Bar takings, 30% Fund raising, 10% Sponsorship, 10% Gaming machines, 5% Trusts, 10% Tournaments, 10% Casual leagues, 10% Facility rental, 10%
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4. Do you think your club needs to offer alternative playing options/entertainment to attract more people?
Of those surveyed 55.50% do not believe that their clubs needs to offer alternative playing options to attract more people. Having alternative playing options available can prove beneficial in attracting ‘pay for play’ casual bowlers to your club. With increasing time pressures in people’s lives and juggling work and family, traditional forms of play are often too long and alternative playing options should be adapted to accommodate. Providing this service (such as Mates In Bowls) can bring revenue and people into your club.
6. Where do you have access to the internet?
Most club executives access the internet outside of their club premises (93.90%) while a small number (39%) access the internet at their bowling club.
a. Internet access at club, 39% b. Internet access outside premises, 93.90%
Where do you have access to the internet? 100%
a. Yes we do, 44.50% b. No we do not, 55.50%
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7. What form of communication do you use to communicate with members?
40%
The majority of communication between clubs and their members is achieved through the club notice board (87.10%) and then hard copies and personal interaction at the club (65.60%). The least used form of communication is the club website (29.90%).
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5. Where do you have access to a computer?
The majority of clubs (95.90%) have access to a computer outside of their bowling club, while 57.10% of club executives have a computer at their bowling club.
a. Have a computer at the club, 57.10% b. Have a computer outside the club premises, 95.90%
Where do you have access to a computer?
Notice board, 87.10% Hard copy newsletter, 65.60% Personal interaction at the club, 65.60% Email newsletter, 34.80% Email, 39% Website, 29.90%
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POINT OF CONTACT Lance Steadman Steve Butler Andrew Mooney David Foot David Foot Guy Smith Dion Prentice Dave Briscoe Dougal Cockram Euan Means Gary Allan Tracey Illerbrun John Bradley Shaun Moses Waen Manson Tom McVerry Dave Bonniface Bruce Sutherland Sean Clark Tracy Martin Mark Quirk Grant Vincent Derek Manktelow