Jack Hi Winter 2018 Edition 114

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Edition 114 • Winter 2018

Awards Night Edition In this Issue: • Hall of Fame – Congratulations Therese Hastings • Sorrento – Metro Club of the Year • Busselton – Country Club of the Year

Krstic Runner-up at the AO – p28

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jack hi A BOWLS WA PUBLICATION

Edition 114 • Winter 2018

Jack Hi Editorial

with AARON DELAPORTE Awards Night Edition

New season about to begin Welcome to another edition of Jack Hi and we roll over to another season of bowls in Western Australia.

In this edition we take a bit of a look back on the year that was and celebrate the Bowls WA Awards winners from the Annual Dinner and Awards Night.

A big congratulations to all the players, officials and clubs who graced the stage to receive awards. Feature articles can be found throughout the magazine about each of the winners along with the two Hall of Fame recipients in Therese Hastings (Page 11 and 12) and John Ernest Gustafson (Page 25).

Gracing the cover are the stars of the night Warren Holt and Kristina Krstic who were crowned as our champion bowlers for the year. Kristina continued her great form at the Australian Open where she played a terrific final which went to the very last bowl.

We have a wrap of her terrific effort on page 28.

Features in this issue Therese Hastings

p12

Warren Holt – dual winner p24

Great year in Country Bowls p15

Kristic runner-up at AO

p28

In this Issue: • Hall of Fame – Congratulations Therese Hastings • Sorrento – Metro Club of the Year • Busselton – Country Club of the Year

Krstic Runner-up at the AO – p28

• Metro Bowlers of the Year – Kristina Krstic and Warren Holt.

Contents President’s Report..................................4 CEO’s Report.........................................5 Inclusive Practices...............................6-7 From the Umpires..................................8 Country Director...................................10 Awards Night Wrap..............................11 Hall of Fame – Therese Hastings.......12-13 Spotted at the Awards Night..................13 Metro Club of the Year – Sorrento...........14 Country Club of the Year – Busselton......15 Small Metro Club – Quinns Rocks..........16 Small Country Club – Beacon................16 Clubs WA Award Winners.....................17 Club Coach of the Year.........................18 Volunteer of the Year.............................18 O60s Female of the Year.......................19 O60s Male of the Year..........................20 Men's Country Bowler of the Year...........21 Women's Country Bowler of the Year......22 Women's Bowler of the Year..................23 Men's Bowler of the Year.......................24 Hall of Fame – John Gustafson..............25 Community Shield................................27 Jack Hi Rankings.................................27 Kristina Krstic – Runner up at AO...........28 Internations Success.............................29 Halls Head Carnival..............................31 Warnbro Additions................................32 Henselite turns 100........................34-35 Lifestyle Article Legal Corner........................................31

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From the President

KERRY ANDERSEN

Annual Dinner and Awards night success I hope everyone is enjoying the Winter break. At this time of the year much is happening around the clubs. The Warnbro BC members are enjoying their new undercover greens. The Cockburn Bowling and Recreation facility at Yangebup, with two new greens is nearing completion.

Many clubs are taking the opportunity to upgrade their greens and facilities. Bowls WA is grateful for the support of local government and CSRFF grants which enable these improvements to our clubs.

National Sides Series in Darwin The month of May was a busy one on the calendar. The State team travelled to Darwin for the National Sides Series.

Although the teams did not finish as high on the table as hoped, I saw positive improvement in their performance which augers well for the future.

Ken Pride and I attended Bowls Australia meetings whilst in Darwin. The new IT program was high on the agenda and only recently have the States agreed to move forward with the project. We look forward to seeing the outcome of the new Bowls Link, expected early in 2019.

BA is proposing a Festival of Bowls which will see all BA events, excepting the AO, merged into a two week period of bowls. This is an exciting innovation and is now scheduled for October 2020.

Men's and Ladies Forum The Men’s and Ladies’ Forums were held at the South Perth and Stirling Adriatic Bowling Clubs respectively. I thank them for the use of their premises. Both Forums were well attended and I hope members enjoyed the sharing of information.

National Multi Bowl Disability events The National Multi Bowl Disability Championships were held at the Kardinya BC in late May. Thanks to much hard work

by Denise McMillan the tournament was a great success. The bowlers and their performances were truly inspiring.

State mixed pairs a success The inaugural State Mixed Pairs held at the Stirling Adriatic BC, was a resounding success and I am sure the event will grow next season. The shorter, exciting game format proved very popular. Congratulations to Lee Poletti and Glenn Pauling on winning this competition

Annual Dinner and Awards Night The Annual Awards evening at Crown was once again a success – thanks to Aaron Delaporte for his valuable contribution to the evening.

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We were privileged to have BA President Daryl Clout and well known identity Karen Murphy, attend the evening.

With MC Clint Wheeldon leading the ceremony, our elite bowlers and volunteers were recognised. Congratulations to Kristina Krstic and Warren Holt who are our Bowlers of the Year for the 2017/18 season.

A highlight of the evening was the induction of Therese Hastings and legend John Gustafson into the Hall of Fame. It was a pleasure to see these high achievers recognised for their contribution to the game.

Therese has since been appointed by BA as an Australian Selector. Congratulations and good luck in your new role.

Australian Open at Gold Coast A large contingent of bowlers travelled from WA to the Gold Coast in June for the Australian Open. Once again Bowls Australia has applauded the event which is growing each year.

Blessed with good weather, bowlers enjoyed the camaraderie and competition.

The live telecasts of the AO finals enabled a wide audience to enjoy the bowls first hand.

Congratulations to Kristina Krstic who had a great tournament – Runner-up in the blue ribbon Women’s Singles and a Quarter-finalist in the Women’s Pairs.

Well done to Lisa Featherby and Linda Warburton who were Quarter-finalists in the Women’s Fours.

Kristina is currently in Wales with the Australian Jackeroos, participating in the 10-Nation event.

Review Committee looks at new system The Affiliation Review Committee is preparing to present their recommendations on a revised system of calculating club fees at the forthcoming AGM. With a balance of metropolitan and country representatives on the Review committee, a fair and transparent model for all clubs is being sought.

Regrettably, Deputy President Tim Murray resigned from the Board in May, due to work commitments. I would like to thank you Tim, for your contribution to the Board.

The recent call for nominations to the Board and the various committees has been disappointing. There were no nominations for metropolitan male members for the Bowls Management Committee.

This game belongs to all members and we need to take ownership of how we progress the game in this State. I take this opportunity to thank those who have nominated for positions on the Board and committees – I am sure you will find your contribution to the game most rewarding.

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From the Chief Executive Officer

KEN PRIDE

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It s still a busy time in the off season Although we are in the middle of a pretty wet and chilly winter, there is plenty of activity in and around our clubs.

Improvements in club premises seem to be occurring at a great pace, with new facilities about to come online in Cockburn after many years delay and the new Warnbro undercover facility looking a great addition to supplement their climb into men’s Premier League. With Stirling, Rossmoyne, Innaloo and Byford all enjoying undercover greens there are plenty of options available to the winter bowler.

again leading the way by reaching the last 32 in the Pairs.

The weather was fantastic (finally) and for those that enjoy their bowls the Australian Open on the Gold Coast is a 'bucket list' must.

Bowls Link is coming Although delayed from the original start date of 1st July, Bowls Link the replacement IT platform for Bowls Connect has now been signed off on and is now being built by host provider Savage Bull.

With a likely commencement date of early 2019, the coming 2018/19 pennant season will remain with Bowls Connect as the new system takes shape and club training plans put in place.

More information will be communicated to clubs statewide as it comes to hand.

Premier League club limitations National Festival of Bowls plans Bowls Australia has recently announced that plans are underway to combine a number of national events in a Festival of Bowls to be known as The Nationals in 2020.

Events such as the Australian Sides Series, Over 60’s Sides Series, Australian Championships, National Champion of Champions, Australian Indoor and Under 18’s Sides Series will be grouped together for competition over a two week period, commencing in October 2020.

The hugely successful Australian Open will remain as a stand alone event.

Designed to improve spectator appeal and therefore commercial viability through the attraction of a major corporate sponsor, the series of events will provide a feast of bowls with some of the best players in the world competing across several events. The process of awarding hosting rights is being considered by Bowls Australia, but with at least one four green facility required, WA is well placed to consider tendering for the series given the number of four green facilities available.

However the delay in commencing the new format to 2020 – there was early talk of October 2019, may require some alteration of the BWA calendar, with some BA events now to be rescheduled in 2018/19 throughout the season.

Standing alone however will be the Australian Open, which continues to grow and provide a great two weeks of bowls.

Again our stand out WA performer was Kristina Krstic who was quite brilliant in making the final of the Ladies Singles, twice holding the title before dual Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist Bec Van Asch coolly drew shot for the title.

The men perhaps fell short of what may have been hoped for, with South Perth pair Scott Walker and Glenn Pauling BowlsWA • Jack Hi • Winter 2018

The Board is considering a proposal for the coming season that will see a limit of one club per Premier League division put in place; with little opposition voiced at recent Presidents’ and Ladies Forums.

It is believed this change would see a potential evening out of the spread of Premier League aspirants, but also ensure a greater spread of clubs at the highest level.

The coming season is a case in point with six of the Ladies Premier League clubs having 1 White teams, potentially leading to a few clubs completely dominating women’s bowls – a poor outcome for the future of the pennant competition in general.

P&A grant received for country training The Association was excited to have the Department of Sport and Recreation approve a Grant of $5,000 to assist in the accreditation of Presenter and Assessors in country areas.

The receipt of the grant will now allow a greater number of country P&As to be trained, with a goal of having two P&As (Coaching & Officiating) in each of the country leagues.

Those trained will then be cleared to themselves accredit coaches and umpires at club level within their own League – a great outcome that will significantly benefit country bowls.

It is hoped the training sessions will be able to commence in September/October when the majority of country clubs are back up and running.

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Inclusive Practices Officer

DENISE McMILLAN

Striving for Personal Achievement from Grass Root Inclusion Programs to National Events…

• Picture: Peter Tinley, WA State Disability Representative Side, Stephen Dawson and Russell Aubrey

• Joe Davey (Fremantle) wins Bronze in the Open Triples as part of South Australia-Western Australia Composite Team.

All Abilities Championship – best so far!

The National Multi-Disability Championships (known as the 'Multibowl') are run by State rotation, under the auspice of Disability Sports Australia, for players with physical disabilities.

The 2018 event was held in WA, the first time in its 30+ year history, at Kardinya Bowling Club.

With 48 participants it was the largest event in history and according to player feedback 'the best run ever'.

The WA team was comprised of eight players (6 men and 2 women) and we came away with a shared Bronze in the Open Triples with South Australia! The six-day event, while hosted at Kardinya, had their Grand Final day at Rossmoyne on their blue under-cover green due to inclement weather.

The 48 athletes, from six states, competed in a range of two classification categories, B5/6 and B7/8, participating in Open Triples, Open Women’s Pairs, Men’s B5/6 and B7/8 Pairs, and Men’s and Women’s B5/6 and B7/8 Singles.

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This is the largest amount of athletes to participate in this event, which originated in 1975, and is the first time that WA has hosted the event.

Another first (EVER) for the Multibowl Nationals was the introduction of an Opening Ceremony where we had the pleasure of having the Honourable Stephen Dawson (Minister for Environment and Disability Services), Honourable Peter Tinley (Minister for Housing, Veterans Issues, Youth), Melville Mayor Russell Aubrey, Bowls WA President Kerry Andersen and CEO Ken Pride, and Disability Sports Australia Representatives attend the State Flag Walk and Team introductions.

Next year's Multibowl Nationals will be held in Mackay Queensland and WA is looking forward to being a bigger and stronger State Side.

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Inclusive Practices Officer

DENISE McMILLAN

Striving for Personal Achievement from Grass Root Inclusion Programs to National Events…

Congratulations to all the athletes!

From my perspective as (1) Team Manager, (2) Bowls WA State Representative, and (3) Member Kardinya Multibowl Committee, I congratulate all of the athletes involved for their persistence and determination in the face of greater odds than most athletes face, and the fantastic quality of bowls skills we had the pleasure of viewing.

To Kardinya Bowling Club I congratulate you for your dedication to the Multibowl Event, your wonderful hospitality, your fantastic volunteers without whom we could not have hosted this event, and your reputation as a Small Club with a Big Heart.

In addition, a big thank-you to the Officials who volunteered every day, helped the Markers, and made some tremendous decisions during the Multibowl Event.

Upcoming Inclusion Events National Bowling Arm Challenge – September 8th – 12th, East Maitland, NSW.

Correction In the last edition of Jack Hi the incorrect results were published for the All Ability State Championships for the Intellectual Singles.

The winner was Joseph Lehane (Gosnells) and the Runner-up was Robert Hughes (East Fremantle), congratulations to these players.

For more information on Inclusive Lawn Bowls please contact Denise McMillan on 0449 619 841 or denise@bowlswa.com.au

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From the Umpires

MICHAEL GOBLE-GARRATT

Updated Artificial Devices Policy Artificial Devices Policy This Bowls Australia policy has been updated as of 16 July, putting to rest some of the misconceptions that have arisen from some of the interim memos received. In particular, it contains specifications that are required for wheelchairs and the prerequisites for walking frames to meet the appropriate level of surface protection of greens.

The Policy also covers the use of approved 'Bowlers Arms' including the process of applying for approval to use one with appropriate medical certificate. Upon receipt of such supported application, a numbered certificate will be issued to the Player and to that Player's Club for their records. Any player who is found to be using one for any Bowls WA or BA controlled event without approval, that player becomes a 'defaulting player' as per Law C.2 and, depending whether in a side (as in Pennants) their team will then play short; or, if a team or singles event, they would forfeit under Law C.10.

Clause 5.1.8 of the Policy reverses the previous policy that allowed it to be used or not at any and as many times during play: 5.1.8 Whenever a player commences using a bowlers arm in a game, the player must use it for the remainder of that game. This does not apply to the rolling of the jack, which can be rolled either by hand or by a bowlers arm.

This clarifies that an approved player who may start play without the arm, but feels the need to use it part way through the game, then must use it for the rest of the game as stated.

The Policy, the list and description of approved Bowlers Arms and the application form for the use are all available through the Bowls WA website - www.bowlswa.com.au/ Club-Assistance/Umpires Applications (without medical certificate necessarily) are required for notification purposes for the use of Wheelchairs, Walking Sticks and Walking Frames, simply to ensure equipment specification compliance.

Umpires Courses The next round of Metro Officiating (Umpires) courses are due to be conducted in September with additional dates for those reaccrediting available on evenings other than the main course.

This has been brought about by the (pleasing) increasing numbers of applicants, both New and Re-accrediting.

Notices will have reached all the Metro Clubs by the time this Jack Hi is published. So remember to look out for the one at your Club or call Bowls WA if you do not see it. Applications NEED to be in at least 10 days prior to the course date/s as the new Officiating Manual and attendance information is mailed to all applicants for crucial pre-course perusal.

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As was reported in the last edition of Jack Hi, this year saw 5 of our most competent Umpires qualify as International Technical Officials (ITO's), bringing the number in WA to 9.

This allows for their selection to Officiate at the highest levels at events such as the World Championships; the Commonwealth Games; etc. It also is the preferred level of knowledge for events such as BA's 'Australian Open' for all facets of Officiating – Marking, Measuring and/or Umpiring.

For those experienced National Umpires who may be interested in applying to be considered for the next ITO assessment – usually around March/April in WA, there are several prerequisites.

These entail applying to Officiate at State events, and in particular, to Mark during the Knockout rounds of the State Singles Championships, without which experiences, any application would be rejected.

For further information on ITO please contact any member of BWA Umpires Committee and be prepared to be listed on the preferred Official list available for State events.

Country Leagues All Officiating courses are conducted by accredited Presenters and Assessors (P&A's), which is also true for Country Leagues, where P&A's are available.

The tyranny of distance in this great State of ours has meant that the roll out of P&As has limited their availability in several Leagues. To date, several of some of the most dedicated people we are privileged to have had accredit as P&A's, have not only served their own Leagues, but have gone out of their way to accommodate adjacent Leagues in an attempt to avoid a depletion of qualified Officials across the State.

It is the hope that a renewed planned roll out of additional P&A's (aim for 2 per League) will see this ease the burden on the few. P&A's are required for conducting relevant streams of either Officiating and Coaching.

Correction A Correction to a section from the Umpires page published in the Last Jack Hi on Tie breakers where I wrote that Tiebreakers should be played from the same end/s that have just been completed.

The inadvertent inclusion of the word 'same' should not have been. Law 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. Well done to those that spotted this error.

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From the Country Director

Ross Warburton

Another great year in country bowls Whilst many country clubs are in recess for the winter break it is worth while looking back on a rather great year in country bowls.

Bowls Award Winners This year has been exceptional for country bowlers with Warren Holt from Wagin winning the State singles and Champion of Club Champion Singles titles and the Rosenthal Medal for the bowler of the year.

Brother’s Aaron and Nathan Smith won the state pairs and Gary Keep from Collie winning the Over 60’s state singles. Lee Poletti from Geraldton was also part of the winning State Mixed Pairs team.

Congratulations to the winners of the country based awards at the Bowls WA Awards Night.

Vice Patron’s Medal Men’s Country Bowler of the Year – Warren Holt (Wagin).

Penny Needham Brooch Women’s Country Bowler of the Year – Lee Poletti (Geraldton).

Bowls WA Small Country Club of the Year – Beacon.

Bowls WA Country Club of the Year – The Jim Murray Award – Busselton.

Country Coaching Enhancement Scheme The Coaching Enhancement Scheme proved to be popular again this year with good numbers in every Zone.

The dates and venues were decided by each zone with September being the most popular time to hold the clinics.

This year will follow the same format with P & A’s from the metro area helping out if required. Contact your league representative to obtain a nomination form.

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Armed Bowlers Congratulations to the 10 country players who are picked in the State Armed Bowlers Team to play in Maitland NSW in September. A special thank you goes to Laurie Blurton from Bunbury who has been the main instigator in getting the team up and running.

Regional Bowls Managers I would like to take this opportunity to thank Clive Adams and Steve Unsworth for the work they are putting in to help country clubs. They are employed by Bowls Australia to draw up strategic plans and to give guidance on running clubs which in future will be required to obtain any DSR money.

Sincere thanks to Ken Pride and his office staff for their continued support and wish all League and Zone representatives all the best for the coming season.

Inter Zone Round Robins I attended the Men’s IZRR at Dalwallinu and witnessed some very exciting bowls.

The South West Zone were victorious for the second year in a row and the Women’s IZRR fours was also won by the South West at Jurien Bay. The Eastern Zone was victorious in the Ladies Pairs held at Wickepin.

I would like to congratulate all the players in the winning sides for their achievements and thank the clubs who hosted these events.

Next years Inter League and Zone calendar is as follows:

Eastern

11-13 January Dalwallinu

4,5,6 January Manning Memorial

11-13 January Esperance

12-13 January Donnybrook 9-10 March Dunsborough

Women IZRR (fours) 16-17 February Beverley

Women IZRR (pairs)

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South West

2-3 February Emu Point

Men’s IZRR (fours) Men’s ILRR (fours)

Southern

Women ILRR (fours)

1-3 February Moore League

2-3 February Kellerberrin

8-10 February Esperance

6-7 February Murray League

Women ILRR (pairs)

23-25 November Wonthella

24-25 November Merredin

24-25 November Mt Barker Golf

21-22 November South West League

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Annual Awards Night 2018 Krstic and Holt scoop Bowls WA Awards Once again a capacity crowd of over 300 attended a glittering evening at Crown Perth as the season’s high achievers on and off the green were recognised and celebrated.

Hosted by the ABCs Clint Wheeldon, the evening was officially opened by Bowls WA President Kerry Andersen. Nineteen individual player, volunteer, coach and club awards were presented along with two Hall of Fame Inductions.

Kristina Krstic (Manning) and Warren Holt (Wagin) stole the show as they were crowned Champion bowlers for the season. Both also picked up awards as the State Singles winners whilst Krstic was also the Player of the Australian Series for the WA state team whilst Warren was not surprisingly also crowned the Men's Country Bowler of the Year.

The highlight of the night was the induction of two WA champion bowlers John Ernest Gustafson and Therese Hastings into the Bowls WA Hall of Fame. Hastings received the biggest applause of the night with many friends and family in attendance.

During the evening other major award winners were also announced including John Burnett of the Geraldton Bowling Club (Volunteer of the Year), Brian Clausen from the Sorrento Bowling Club (Coach of the Year), Beacon and Busselton (Small Country Club and Country Club of the Year) and their Metropolitan counterparts in Quinns Rocks and Sorrento.

Stories on all of the award winners can be found within this edition.

Bowls WA Annual Award Winners 2017-18

Rosenthal Medallists Medal Under 18 Boy Bowler of the Year

Patrick Quinlan (Osborne Park)

Beryl Brennan Award Over 60’s Female Bowler of the Sides Series

Kerry Andersen (Mosman Park)

Barns/McKenzie Award Over 60’s Male Bowler of the Sides Series

Gary Caffell (Osborne Park)

Trevor Barron Award Over 60’s Male Bowler of the Year

Bruce Eagles (Sorrento)

Norma Samuel Award Over 60’s Female Bowler of the Year

Irene Arndt (Safety Bay)

Bowls WA Volunteer of the Year

John Burnett (Geraldton)

Bowls WA Club Coach of the Year

Brian Clausen (Sorrento)

Bowls WA Small Country Club of the Year

Bowls WA Country Club of the Year – The Jim Murray Award

Bowls WA Small Metropolitan Club of the Year

Bowls WA Metropolitan Club of the Year

Wishart/Eddy Trophy Men's Player of the Sides Series

Beryl Godfrey Award Women's Player of the Sides Series

Kristina Krstic (Manning)

President's Brooch Women's State Singles Champion

Kristina Krstic (Manning)

President's Medal Men's State Singles Champion

Warren Holt (Wagin)

Vice Patron’s Medal Men’s Country Bowler of the Year

Warren Holt (Wagin)

Penny Needham Brooch Women’s Country Bowler of the Year

Connie Hicks Brooch Women’s Bowler of the Year

• Men's winnerMen’s CodyBowler Bowler of the Australian Sides Championships Rosenthal Medal Packer, presented by Graeme Wishart.

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of the Year

Beacon Bowling Club Busselton Bowling Club Quinns Rocks Bowling Club Sorrento Bowling Club Anthony Williams (Manning)

Lee Poletti (Geraldton) Kristina Krstic (Manning) Warren Holt (Wagin) 11

Bowls WA Hall of Fame 2018

Therese Hastings – an amazing bowler

As a member of the Kardinya, Mosman Park and Manning Bowling Clubs Therese Hastings has had a remarkable playing career and is following that up in an equally successful coaching role for both WA and Australia.

Hastings may never have played bowls if not for a knee injury in 1994 playing netball saw her join husband Ian on the bowling green at her first club Kardinya.

A natural sportswoman she quickly excelled at the game winning three club singles in her formative years before eager to play at the highest level she transferred to Mosman Park, who were a strong first division side and equally keen to have the promising bowler join them.

After leading for just four weeks in first division pennants she was then elevated to play as a third.

During her first year at Mosman Park Therese won yet another club singles title and then attracted the interest of the state selectors when she won the Women’s Master Singles that same year.

She was invited to state training as an outside player and it was at this time that Therese started wondering how far she could go in the game. She was then named in the 1997/98 development team where she continued to improve her game further before being asked to trial for the state team.

Therese made her state debut in the 1999/2000 National Side Series held in Melbourne. At this point of time the event was a seven a side competition and Therese was selected to play as a second to Roma Dunn in the fours team.

In a rare down point for her career she never performed to expectations and after getting another chance was dropped after her second series the following year.

However every cloud has a silver lining and had she not been dropped, she may never have got as close as she did in playing for Australia. At this time the men’s and women’s associations around Australia were being forced to amalgamate, however New South Wales refused.

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As punishment they were not allowed to compete at that year’s side series but national representatives had to play at the side series to be considered and Australian legend Karen Murphy was left without a team.

So to fill the vacancy left by New South Wales, Bowls Australia entered a development team filled with the best talent not already playing. Since she had been dropped from the WA team, Therese was eligible and was selected as part of the team.

At the side series she was so impressive that she earned herself a spot in the Australian squad.

Despite training hard and winning events such as the Australian Open Pairs, three state singles championships and playing in the TransTasman development team Therese was never able to crack the Senior National team when many a good judge thought she deserved to. The highlight of Therese’s 172 game state career came in 2010-11 when the Western Australian team won the National Side Series in South Australia.

Individually and with team mates she has won every thing there is to win in the sport and in most cases she has won events multiple times.

She is amongst a rare handful of bowlers to have won every state title possible and as a four time bowler of the year certainly puts her in a special category as one of the best the state has ever seen on a bowling green.

Her working career as a school teacher and a proud mother of four children has stood her in good stead and as her playing career wound down she took to coaching with great aplomb.

Her hard work with WA representative sides and more recently Australian players is ensuring the next generation of bowlers continue to have great success on the green. None more evident than rising star Kristina Krstic who Therese has coached and mentored over several years into an Australian Representative and Under 25 World Champion.

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Bowls WA Hall of Fame 2018

Spotted at the Awards Night

Therese Hastings – 39th Hall of Fame Inductee

• Therese Hastings – in action for WA.

The induction of Therese Hastings into the Bowls WA Hall of Fame at the Bowls WA Awards Night was undoubtedly the highlight of the night as she rightly received a standing ovation from those present.

Video tributes played on the evening from Faye Luke (Bowls Australia and Bowls SA Coach) and Australian National Coach Steve Glasson were naturally full of praise for Therese who has been just as committed in her coaching role as she was a player.

Surrounded by friends and family Therese even showed a touch of emotion which is normally outside her steely determined on-green persona.

“There are no tears in Bowls,” said Hastings, “but I’m very close to them tonight,” she commented, before she thanked the many friends, family, coaches, playing partners and bowls supporters she has had throughout her long and distinguished career in bowls.

Congratulations once again to Therese Hastings joining WA bowls elite in the Hall of Fame as the 39th Inductee.

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Awards Night 2018

Metro Club of the Year – Sorrento

Sorrento Bowling Club – most deserving winners

It’s just reward for Sorrento who have turned themselves into one of Western Australia’s biggest and most successful clubs in recent years.

Sorrento have around 600 members with over 300 of them being active bowlers.

The club has more pennant players than any other club with almost all of their bowlers being pennant players.

The 2017/18 season will be remembered at Sorrento for its pennant success.

They had three new pennants coming into the club including the Men’s Saturday 1 White pennant and with it, promotion to Premier League for the first time in the club’s history.

This fulfils the club’s long-term objective of playing Men’s Premier League bowls two years before their 2020 target.

Sorrento now have a Premier League team in Saturday and mid-week pennants for both Men and Women, the only club that can boast that record.

Planning has been critical to Sorrento’s rise over the last few years with multiple policies and strategic plans being drawn up to help the club achieve financial, membership and pennant goals.

Sorrento continue to go from strength to strength as they have begun the process of expanding their clubhouse having updated the existing club and surrounds extensively this year.

They’ve also greatly improved their digital presence with a new-look website, Facebook and E-newsletter.

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• President John Avercrombie said, "It's good for everybody at the club to be recognised for their hard work."

The club is not resting on its laurels however with a brand new strategic plan drawn up this year set to take the club through to 2025.

Sorrento President John Abercrombie says it’s good for everybody at the club to be recognised for their hard work.

“It’s nice to be recognised by your fellow peers,” he said.

“Our members and sponsors back at Sorrento will be very pleased that their efforts and achievements have gone a long way towards winning this award.

“Winning this award suggests, and I quote from a hardworking member of our club, that we must be doing something right.”

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Awards Night 2018

Country Club of the Year – Busselton

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• President Wayne Coyle, Vice President Helen Paganoni and Secretary Jenni Bruce accept the Country Club of the Year Award with BCiB Representatives Jenny Gaul, Karen Murphy and Ian Hopper.

Busselton s fantastic year Busselton Bowling Club have won this year’s Jim Murray Award as the Country Club of the Year. Members including their new President and Vice-President accepted the award at the Bowls WA Awards Night at Crown in May. Busselton had a fantastic year on the green coupled with the hard work of its volunteers which saw it win the award.

Busselton won all three of the South West League’s first division pennants this season as well as other strong performances.

In particular their women who were both winners and runners up in their other two divisions had an amazing pennant year.

In league events Busselton produced winners in the men’s pairs and fours and four other events were runners-up.

A number of Busselton players made the South West Inter-League side including seven men in their victorious campaign Six men went on to win the Inter-Zone Round Robin as well while two women were part of the winning Inter-Zone Fours team.

Four men and two women represented the Country All-Stars against the State Squad.

Country Week was also a major success for Busselton with three runners up and a win.

The ladies fours team of Kerry Scott, Karen Gaglia, Christine Dawson and Linda Burgin ended the week as Ladies Country Week Fours champions while Matthew Pennington finished • Matthew Pennington performed well at Countryweek for Busselton.

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runner up in the Men’s Singles and Men’s Pairs with Jim Paganoni.

The club was also well represented in the Over 60s arena with two state team members and a strong showing in the women’s singles with a runner up and a semi-finalist. Like many clubs Busselton has a strong core of volunteers dedicated to the club.

The club undertook multiple works to improve the club and its greens which was almost entirely done by volunteers, including construction work.

New President Wayne Coyle was quick to praise his club’s volunteers when accepting the award.

“What makes Busselton a little bit special is the 25 volunteers and plus that we have that make our club the success it is,” he said.

“It’s the workers, it’s the people and its every bit our ounce of strength.”

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Awards Night 2018 Small Metro Club of the Year – Quinns Rocks

Hard work at Quinns reaps rewards The Small Metropolitan Club of Three of their juniors went on the Year for 2018 is Quinns Rocks to represent the club at the state Bowling Club. under 18s in April. Mr Smith was Big things have been happening at fundamental in setting up the program Quinns as they have built themselves and urged clubs to get juniors involved into the local community with a for the good of the sport. successful social bowls program and “I thought as a club we needed to other activities. look at the junior’s competition and The award was accepted by it's something that we are pretty members Shane Smith and Chris passionate about,” he said.

Parr at the Bowls WA Awards Night “To all you clubs out there get the in May. Quinns Rocks have worked juniors into the game and the whole very hard to engage with their local sport will go forward in leaps and community and now pack out their bounds.”

• Quinns Rocks members, Chris Parr and Shane Smith.

Jack Attack every week.

Quinns Rocks also engaged with Shane Smith spoke of the success of the social bowls people in their area by hosting night markets, various parties program when accepting the award. and presentation nights as well as having numerous groups “We’ve been running corporate bowls for about five or six come in to use the greens. years now and we get two green-fulls up there every Thursday The club also completed several improvement projects night and we put on a great meal up at the club,” Mr Smith around the clubhouse to cater for their members and visitors. said.

Its clear that Quinns is a club on the rise, so much so they Quinns have also began to set up a junior program which are considering adding another green, going against the culminated in a junior singles tournament towards the end of current trend. Shane Smith said the Small Metro Club of the the season.

Year Award belonged to every member of the club.

Awards Night 2018 Small Country Club of the Year – Beacon

Talented membership sees success Several club members were Beacon have undertaken present to receive their award multiple improvement works this at Crown in May. year, all of which were completed With just 25 members Beacon by volunteers. well and truly makes it under The adding of a garden will the 70 member threshold as a increase the club’s street appeal small country club, but it has while a veranda extension, new a big impact in the community. outdoor setting and an upgrade Around a quarter of the town’s to the kitchen will all improve population are members of the what the club has to offer its club and the club is one of if not members and the community. the main social gathering point Beacon also had a fantastic • Members from the Beacon Bowling Club. in town, hosting meetings and year on the green. social events for a variety of groups within the community.

Sandra Miguel and Anne Cashmore were this year’s Country Beacon also continues to run a very successful open day and Week Women’s Pairs champions, Beacon’s first major title keeps their green available to any member of the community in the club’s history. The women’s pennant side were also throughout the year. victorious as they won their fifth successive premiership.

Its very much a family club with a number of couples and Add in a Women’s League Pairs, both League Champion of other relations being part of the club.

Champions Singles and the Women’s League Champion of Champions Pairs and it’s been an extraordinary season.

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Awards Night 2018

Clubs WA Awards winners

Bowls Clubs to the fore at Clubs WA Awards Night • Photo: Wally Maker (Clubs WA), Shannon Blake (Crown Perth), Merle Burn, Beth Clark and Peter Charkiewcz (Gosnells Bowling Club), Minister Paul Papalia.

WA Bowling Clubs featured heavily once again at the annual Clubs WA Industry Excellence Awards Night which celebrates the standout clubs throughout Western Australia.

Six WA Bowling Clubs were finalists with Gosnells and Sorrento Bowling Club’s taking home awards on the night.

Gosnells Bowling Club won a couple of awards with the club taking out the Club of the Year and Club Members Event of the Year in the Small Club Category.

Despite significant changes to the submission questions and judging criteria for the Club of the Year Award this year to add even more focus on governance, community and sustainability, Gosnells Bowling Club took home the award (Small club category) for the fourth year in a row.

As part of that award Club President Peter Charkiewicz was recognised as club manager of the year.

Sorrento Bowling Club who have been perennial finalists in the Clubs WA Awards for many years once again picked up an Award winning the Medium Club of the Year Award. The club was also recognised for its consistency over many years in being inducted into the Clubs WA Hall of Fame which is an extremely prestigious honour.

Congratulations to Gosnells and Sorrento on their awards and well done to Halls Head, Willetton, DalkeithNedlands and Rossmoyne on being named as finalists.

Gosnells Bowling Club Winner: Club of the Year (Small Club Category) Winner: Club Member’s Event of the Year

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Sorrento Bowling Club Winner: Club of the Year (Medium Club Category) Finalist: Volunteer Contribution – Neville Odell

Halls Head Bowling and Recreation Club Finalists: Volunteer Contribution

– Patsy Smith and John Fowler Finalist: Employee of the Year – Louise Waddell Finalist: Club of the Year (Medium Club Category)

Willetton Bowling Club Finalist: Club Refurbishment

Dalkeith-Nedlands Bowling Club Finalist: Club Refurbishment

Rossmoyne Bowling Club Finalist: Volunteer Contribution – Bernard O’Brien

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Awards Night 2018

Club Coach of the Year

Brian Clausen – coach of the year Sorrento’s Brian Clausen has been awarded the 2018 Coach of the Year Award for his commitment and dedication to coaching.

Mr Clausen has thirty years of coaching experience and is now part of the assessment team responsible for accrediting new coaches.

This year that included assessing bowlers from Singapore Disability Bowls in a WA first. He has worked with a variety of groups over the past twelve months and throughout his coaching career with great success.

One of the highlights over that time is the introduction of Sorrento to men’s Premier League for the coming season.

It’s the result of a strategic plan which Mr Clausen was fundamental in putting together as well as the continued implementation of it over the last three years.

Not satisfied with that he is already heavily involved in a new plan to stay there long term and build the club’s depth.

Mr Clausen’s work is not limited to just the high-performance • Brian Clausen. sector of bowls. As well as coaching members of all levels he runs clinics for new bowlers which around 20 players each year with many going on to be members. This no doubt has played a Mr Clausen is known for finding new and innovative ways part in Sorrento growing to be the size that it is today. to deliver his coaching clinics and lessons.

He also has introduced a younger demographic to the game by He also has a very holistic view of the game, focussing regularly coaching schoolchildren who come down to the club. on the mental side of bowls as much as the technical side.

Awards Night 2018

Volunteer of the Year

John Burnett gets the recognition Geraldton’s John Burnett is Bowls WA’s Volunteer of the Year.

Volunteer of the Year is one of Bowls WA’s most important awards and is just recognition for Mr Burnett, who edged out several other deserving finalists to claim the award. When he came up to accept the award Mr Burnett was somewhat shocked to have won.

He has a long history of volunteering in his original home of Three Springs and had looked forward to some time off when he moved to Geraldton over a decade ago, something he says didn’t exactly happen.

“I said to my wife when we moved to Geraldton ‘it’s going to be great to get to Geraldton, we won’t be on any committees or anything else’,” he said.

“That worked for about six months I think."

“I enjoy making a difference in a club, I think I have made a difference."

“I take a lot of pride in seeing the work we’ve done around the club and I’ll continue to do that.”

Mr Burnett has held a number of roles at Geraldton Bowling Club for extended periods of time including Director of Greens and Surrounds as well as club, league and zone selector.

He is also an integral part of maintaining the club and works to ensure the greens and club are kept in as good a condition as possible.

His commitment is such that when Geraldton’s greenkeeper was forced into taking five months off work through injury it was Mr Burnett himself who took personal charge over preparing the greens for that time.

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• John Burnett.

Despite receiving a personal award, he couldn’t help but speak highly of his club.

“I’m so privileged to play for a very good club in Geraldton,” he said. “We’re a very strong club, we’re a very dedicated club, we’ve had a lot of success and we’re run by some great people.”

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Awards Night 2018

Over 60s Female Bowler of the Year

Irene Arndt wins Over 60’s award back to back Irene Arndt has become the second woman to win back to back Norma Samuel Awards as the Women’s Over 60s Bowler of the Year.

She joins Kerry Andersen as a back to back winner and they are the only two women to win the award twice.

The comparisons continue as the two ladies are the only back to back winners of the Over 60s State Singles, with Irene claiming her second title this year.

Arndt however is the only person to accomplish both feats in the same two years.

She was also an equal third in the Over 60s State Mixed Pairs.

At open level Arndt continued her impressive singles record when she finished runner up to Kristina Krstic in the Women’s State Singles.

Arndt admitted she felt a bit of extra pressure coming into the season off the back of last year’s award.

“Last year was a bit of a surprise and this year I really felt the pressure and it was terrific to win it again,” she said.

“Everyone’s after you. I’d rather be the hunter.”

Arndt will be looking forward to the Over 60s National Side Series in October having been selected in the side to go to South Australia.

She also hinted she may have one eye on higher honours with the Over 60’s Trans-Tasman series at Broadbeach in November.

Arndt was sure to thank her club Safety Bay for their support when accepting the award.

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Next year she’ll have the opportunity to become the first woman to win three consecutive Norma Samuel Awards and Over 60’s State Singles.

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Awards Night 2018

Over 60s Male Bowler of the Year

Bruce Eagles – winner Men’s Over 60’s award The 2018 Trevor Barron Award has been awarded to Bruce Eagles of the Sorrento Bowling Bowling.

The award, for the Over 60’s Male Bowler of the Year, was accepted

by Eagles at the Bowls WA Awards Night. He was happy just to be among the nominees and was ecstatic in winning the award.

“Well I’ve got to be honest I’m pretty chuffed to have got this thing,” he said.

“I know the other guys that were nominated…and Gary (Caffell) is one of my all-time favourite heroes in bowls and just to be on the same list as him is pretty good, so to win it wonderful.”

Eagles started the Over 60’s calendar superbly with his two best results coming in the first two events.

First up was a victory in the Over 60’s State Pairs with Jim Barry, Bruce’s first and only state title.

He followed it up in the next event in the triples, reaching the final with Sorrento teammates Chris Lander and Brian Clausen and claiming the runner-up position.

Such a strong year bodes well for Eagles’ State Over 60’s ambitions with the next series coming up in October.

Eagles downplayed his chances but said it’d be great to compete at that level.

“I think that’s out of my control isn’t it,” he said.

“Can I think about that? That’d be lovely wouldn’t it.”

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Eagles was also a key part of Sorrento’s successful push for Premier League status for the first time in the club’s history and will get to face the new challenge of playing at the highest grade next season.

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Mens Country Bowler of the Year

Wagin s Warren Holt a deserved winner Warren Holt is the 2018 Vice Patron’s Medalist as this season’s most outstanding country bowler.

The Wagin product claimed the award for the first time despite many years as one of country Western Australia’s best and most consistent players.

Ironically the medal comes following one of Holt’s less successful country week campaigns compared to previous years.

It’s understandable then that he was surprised when receiving the award at the Bowls WA Awards Night.

“There’s plenty of good candidates nominated… they’re all just class acts,” he said.

“It’s an absolute honour to win it amongst that group of blokes.”

Holt’s skill was displayed at the open level, winning the State Singles and the Champion of Champions Singles against both country and metropolitan players alike.

In doing so he became the first country winner of a Bowls WA run open singles event this century.

His performances saw him make the last 16 members of the state squad before narrowly missing selection.

His achievement did have an arguably negative side effect as he represented the state squad in the annual Country All-Stars challenge after being a mainstay of the country side for multiple years.

Holt was quick to thank his bowling club Wagin saying that the sense of achievement was shared by them.

“I’d definitely like to thank the Wagin Bowling Club,” he said.

“The support they’ve given me, it’s terrific.

They’ve turned out with voice and numbers tonight and it's as rewarding for them as what it is for me so I’d particularly like to thank those guys.”

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• Warren Holt, deserved winner of the Country Bowler of the Year title and his group of supporters.

Awards Night 2018

Womens Country Bowler of the Year

Lee Poletti takes out another award Hall of Famer Lee Poletti has added yet another accolade to her stunning record collecting the 2018 Penny Needham Brooch.

It's Poletti’s fourth time as the Women’s Country Bowler of the Year.

Poletti was up on stage as an award winner for the first time since 2006 when she won both the Penny Needham and Connie Hicks Brooches.

She was left speechless in accepting the award despite her record and was very proud to receive the award.

“I’m really very honoured to receive this award,” she said.

“I knew Penny Needham very well and she was a great supporter of country bowls.

“I’m very honoured to receive this award and I’m very proud of it.”

Poletti had a typically strong Country Week with her Geraldton teammates, playing in to semifinals. The journey ended there in the fours but in the pairs Poletti made yet another Country Week final, this time unable to add another title to her list and finishing runner up.

For the first time in many years she added a new title to her bow when she won the inaugural State Mixed Pairs with Glenn Pauling.

Their first game was the first time Lee met Glenn with someone else having to point him out to her, but the two were an instant success on the green.

“I think what capped my good year off was winning the State Mixed Pairs with Glenn Pauling,” she said.

“Thanks to Helen Morss who got me the partner, so that was really good.”

Poletti’s next major bowls commitment is October’s Over 60’s Sides Series in South Australia where she will yet again pull on the black and gold of WA.

• Lee Poletti and sister Vicki Spragg at the Bowls WA Awards Night.

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Awards Night 2018

, Women s Bowler of the Year – Kristina Krstic

Krstic named WA’s best female bowler Kristina Krstic has claimed her first Connie Hicks Brooch as the female bowler of the year.

It would surprise some that this is just her first considering the length of time that she has been one of the state’s best players.

She accepted her award from long time mentor Therese Hastings She was humble in receiving the award, saying how much of an honour it is to have won it.

“I feel so honoured, I really do to receive this award,” she said.

Krstic had a big year making three state finals, winning two, as well as winning the North Beach Women’s Masters Pairs and making the semi-finals of the inaugural State Mixed Pairs.

One of her victories was her second State Singles in her third final in four years.

She managed to succeed in all these tournaments while working through an added challenge, the beginning of her career as a chiropractor.

“It’s been a really big and exciting year,” she said.

Krstic said she was grateful the support of her family in both her bowls and personal life while accepting the award.

“No matter how much stress I felt or the challenges I faced with work or uni or bowls I know that I can always pick up the phone and call Mum or Dad and they’ll always be there to support me,” she said.

She was also very thankful to new Hall of Fame inductee Therese Hastings.

“She’s been coaching me since I was just a teenager, 16, 17 years old and was with me on the green when I was doing my drills and I’d lose my temper for getting a bad score and she’d be there to pick me up,” she said “Seeing how far I’ve gone from then to now, and she’s supported me the whole way.”

Krstic’s next bowls challenge lies outside WA as she heads off to the United Kingdom as part of a touring Australian side.

• Kristina with Karen Murphy on the left and Laura Merz.

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Awards Night 2018

Lindsay Rosenthal Medal – Warren Holt

Holt recieves the Rosenthal Medal Warren adds Rosenthal Medal to his State Singles win…

The 2018 Lindsay Rosenthal Medalist as the best male player this season is Wagin’s Warren Holt.

He accepted the medal along with his two other awards at the Bowls WA Awards Night.

Holt breaks a four-year stranglehold on the medal that was held

by Clive Adams and Tom Mitchell and is the first new winner since 2013. He also becomes just the sixth member of a country bowling club to win the medal joining Ron Taylor, Jack Osmetti, Geoff Ellis, Keith Doncon and Gary Caffell.

The most recent country winner was Caffell who won his medal with Tammin in 2005. Holt won the award by becoming the first player since Hall of Famer Harry Snook in 1946 to win the State Singles and Champion of Champions Singles in the same season.

He again broke significant country droughts in both events in winning the title.

First in winning the State Singles he was the first country winner since Bill Upton in 1987 and then became the first country Champion of Champions winner since John Cowin in 1999. Holt described some of the difficulties he and other country players face to play in these events.

“It’s sort of a two and half, three hour drive from Wagin to Perth to play in most metro clubs so that’s always a bit of a challenge,” he said.

When presented with his award Holt thanked his club, his family and the WA bowls community for their support of him.

He also hinted that the medal may have solved a long-time family argument.

“One last thank you is Dad,” he said.

“He still thinks he can beat me but I think I’ve got him covered now.”

Holt is keeping his head on his shoulders and had relatively modest ambitions when asked what he’s looking at next.

“Just keep playing for Wagin and if I can replicate a year like this it’ll be great,” he said.

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Bowls WA Hall of Fame – 2018

John Ernest Gustafson

WA’s first National Champion John Ernest Gustafson (1867 – 1967) • Fremantle Bowling Club John Ernest Gustafson was one of the pioneers of bowls within Western Australia and joins illustrious company as the 38th Inductee into the Bowls WA Hall of Fame.

In a career spanning 54 years he won pretty much everything there was to win within Western Australia and has a playing record to rival any modern day great with four state singles, three pairs and a fours championship to his credit. However perhaps his biggest achievement on the green occurred at the first ever National Carnival hosted by Western Australia in 1924 where he won WA’s first ever national championship in singles – a feat that would take another sixty years to be repeated.

As reported in the papers of the time the highlight of the Carnival was J.E. Gustafson’s victory in the Australian Singles Championship.

“The final match against the Victorian Swain was an absorbing contest before a gallery of some 500 spectators. With both men immediately finding green and length, they went shot-for-shot for an hour, by which time the score was tied at 11all. Swain epitomised the Victorian style of play, relying on sweet draws and inch-perfect deliveries. Gustafson, on the other hand, played the Western Australian game, mixing his welljudged draw shots with strong drives.

He slowly gained the upper hand, to lead 24-12 at the 25th end. At that stage, however, he lost his length and Swain, who had persisted with the draw shot, tenaciously fought his way back into the game. He drew within two points of Gustafson before the West Australian rallied, threw a series of long ends, and upset the Victorian’s game.”

By ultimately defeating Swain 33-24, Gustafson not only became the first Western Australian to secure an Australian title, but also the first non-Victorian to do so. With seven state titles to his credit at the time, his win was no surprise to the locals. During this carnival he also played skip in the undefeated Western Australia fours team that won a round robin competition against Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania.

In private life this outstanding singles player was a schoolteacher with an impressive record of community service.

• Victoria Park Carlisle – 1st White champions.

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On the green his angular figure exuded both confidence and aggressiveness, qualities which undoubtedly contributed to his success.

Active in and playing for Fremantle and in later life East Fremantle he played in top division pennants for many years and won many club titles, too numerous to mention.

In Singles alone at Fremantle Bowling Club he was Champion in 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1913, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1920, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941 and 1945.

He was awarded Life Membership of the Fremantle Bowling Club, the second person in the history of the club to be awarded this honour. Fremantle Bowling Club was founded in 1896 and is the second oldest club in Western Australia.

He was also a Committee Member, Australian Bowling Council, for the Centennial Carnival held in WA in 1929.

Accepting the induction at the Bowls WA Awards Night was Fremantle Bowling Club member Matthew Ngui who explained how the club came about the nomination of John Ernest Gustafson.

“About three years ago Fremantle Bowling Club hosted a heritage bowls event, which involved a friendly bowls game against the Mt Lawley Bowling Club who are one of the clubs over 100 years old like we are.

"But more importantly we worked very closely with the Fremantle history library and together we put together an exhibition of our history. Pam Harris who is the chief librarian gave a lecture on the history of our club, and of course our club members were really chuffed with the fact that we have this incredible history.

"During the presentation we found that John Gustafson was part of this incredible history and his achievements were fantastic. In Gus’s time, that is what he was called, Fremantle was a thriving, very popular club and whilst we are a smaller club now we are on the rise again and we thought that there is no better way to celebrate our club history through celebrating what Gus has done and to use him as a role model for our members. We are absolutely thrilled Gus is in the Hall of Fame.”

There is no doubt John Ernest Gustafson was a true champion and pioneer in the sport of bowls in this state.

• Photo: Matthew Ngui accepting the Hall of Fame Awards.

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Shield win for Albany bowlers

• Corporate Shield 2018 Grand Final Winners. The team From Albany – Growlers BC. Back row L to R – Graham Ross, Tyron Stamp, Andrew Hendroff, Ian (Buddha) Rewell Thornlie Bowling Club Front row L to R – Grant Corkerin, Bryce Durack, Clint Cummins, Stefan Ericson, Matthew Baines. Absent: Brodie Sumich.

Thirty Four teams representing the best Community, Social and Barefoot bowls teams from around Western Australia gathered at Thornlie Bowling Club for the annual Bowls WA Community Shield on Saturday April 27th.

Played in fantastic spirit and in great weather the teams compete over four rounds of bowls with the champion team announced as the Growlers from Albany.

Second place went to Whats Up Doc from Eaton whilst Byford provided the third and fourth placed teams in Serpie Rollies and Veebees. $202.85 was also raised for Kids Leukaemia courtesy of fines for players who put down a wrong bias or went out of bounds or in the ditch.

Thank you very much to the Thornlie Bowling Club and all the teams who entered the Community Shield.

This event will certainly be back again next year!

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Krstic Runner Up at the Australian Open

Western Australia’s Kristina Krstic has come agonizingly close to winning the Australian Open Women’s Singles at Broadbeach.

She held game twice before losing 21-19 to dual Commonwealth Games gold medallist Rebecca Van Asch in a wonderful final.

A highlight of Krstic’s play was her first bowl as she often put Van Asch under immediate pressure, particularly when she set the length.

She also showed equal skill at the running shot, particularly in the first half of the game where she out hit one of the better runners in the women’s game.

After a nervy first end a perfect runner to split two shot bowls got her going and she nailed the jack more often early in the game.

Even in the ends Van Asch won Krstic usually held shot at some point during the end from a draw bowl.

Krstic eventually led 17-12 before Van Asch really started to make her move.

The Tasmanian found some added consistency and levelled the match 17-17 playing some great shots on the draw and the run.

She held three again on the next end before Krstic came up with a clutch draw shot with last bowl to arrest the slide. The next end Krstic nailed the jack again but promptly had the shot stolen by an equally good Van Asch bowl. Coming up to the last bowl the game seemed destined to be deadlocked again, but Van Asch played a magnificent draw shot with a perfect forward flop on the jack to make three and go within one shot of victory.

Krstic responded magnificently by drawing three screamers in a row to hold game before Van Asch’s last bowl.

• The winner – Rebecca Van Asch.

Van Asch appeared to be playing an awkward ditch weight but turned a shot onto the jack and came through enough to reduce the count to one. Krstic had a chance to win if she could turn the jack around the corner but missed narrowly and sailed through, to pick up only a single.

The deciding end was one of the loosest of the game with Van Asch all over the place with her first three bowls. In contrast Krstic’s were very closely grouped but about a metre short of the jack.

Krstic clung to two shots to hold game for the second time with the last bowl of the end to come but had left too much room for a player like Van Asch who drew shot to win the title and continue her Commonwealth Games form. Van Asch collected the trophy and $10,000 first prize whilst Krstic takes home $5,000 as runner-up.

It was announced at the start of the final that Van Asch was 15 weeks pregnant and after the game the recent dual Commonwealth Games gold medallist and now Australian Open Singles Champion was naturally on top of the world with that news saying with a beaming smile “the little girl or boy must be my lucky charm.”

• Kristina in action.

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Internations

– another success

Life Membership Awards

Daphne Cantrill Congratulations to Daphne Cantrill who was recently awarded Life Membership of the Central Midlands Bowling League.

Moora Bowling nominated Daphne for the honour which was accepted at the recent League AGM. Daphne started bowling in Moora in 1973/74. Daphne has been a dedicated player and a valuable committee person for the CMLBL for twenty years, committing to League and Zone positions when in office.

Daphne is highly respected and her valuable knowledge of the rules of the game is undoubted.

The annual Internations Carnival was held at Yokine Bowling Club. This event in which bowlers represent their country of origin in a fun but competitive round robin format is organised to raise money for the Perth Children’s Hospital of WA and was first played in 1978.

The results of the 40th Internations Carnival were as follows: • 1st Rest of the World • 2nd Australia • 3rd England • 4th Ireland • 5th Croatia • 6th New Zealand • 7th Scotland • 8th Italy Some of the better known bowlers representing the winning side were Neville Stevens, Steve Cerff, Louie Bertreaux and Mark Douthie.

At the Internations Committee meeting held at Rossmoyne Bowing Club it was moved and seconded that the sum of $8000 be donated to the Perth Children’s Hospital.

Elaine McDonald Eaton Bowling and Social Club awarded Elaine McDonald Life Membership at the club’s AGM recently.

Elaine who joined the club in 2000 has held a number of committee positions at the club, won many club and league championships and represented the South West league in Zone events along with a Country Week Pairs and two State Fours titles. She represented WA at state level for 32 games.

Off green she has also worked tirelessly for the club helping co-ordinate Corporate Bowls and run the Club Classic. She also worked diligently as an umpire and coach.

She recently attended the Commonwealth Games as an International Technical Official and is an Assistant Coach for the Bowls WA State Women’s team.

Congratulations to Elaine on her wonderful work within bowls and being rewarded with life membership at Eaton.

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Great carnival at Halls Head The Halls Head Bowling Club played host to 38 different clubs from the Perth Metropolitan area and the South-West of the State in late April this year.

It was the fourth annual two-day carnival staged at Halls Head and it was another resounding success.

Fifty teams competed for over $12,000 in prizemoney and the structure of the event ensured that twenty-four of those teams would at least get their nomination fee repaid.

A number of high-calibre sides ensured that the competition was tight and only one team finished the weekend undefeated in six games. Halls Head’s four first-class synthetic greens were filled to capacity and visiting bowlers were vocal in their appreciation of the excellent playing surfaces.

The winning team was skippered by John Trewhella from the Warnbro Bowling Club. He was supported by Martin Biggs, Barry Jenkins and John’s son Matt Trewhella.

It was a composite team with Martin belonging to the Manning Bowling club and Barry is visiting Australia from the United Kingdom. Matt plays with his father at Warnbro.

The Runners/Up were John Goddard from Osborne Park and Bernie Hett from Halls Head, together with Dave Bradbury and BowlsWA • Jack Hi • Winter 2018

• Photo: Halls Head Carnival winners: John Trewhella. Martin Biggs, Barry Jenkins and Matt Trewhella.

Glyn Lynch. Third place was filled by Gary Caffell from Osborne Park, Warren McDonald from the Mandurah Bowling Club and two Halls Head bowlers, Ivan Daniel and JJ Butt.

Event coordinator Max Hughes was extremely happy about how the tournament was organised and run, commenting on the great spirit that was on display at Halls Head over that whole weekend.

Max said that the men’s two-day carnival seems set to be on the Halls Head bowls calendar for many years to come.

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Clubs in Profile:

Warnbro

More options with new roof The members of the Warnbro Bowling Club made a decision in 2017 to have their 'A' and 'B' greens covered with a roof.

The advantages of these two covered greens is that bowls can be played in all weather, and there is the health factor in eliminating exposure to the sun.

Construction of the facility began in May this year and will be officially opened in July by Western Australia Premier, Mark McGowan and Member for Warnbro, Paul Papalia, who are also co-patrons of the Club. The Club wishes to acknowledge financial assistance of $150K from the WA State Government, and $20K from ALP Federal Member for Brand, Madeleine King.

The Warnbro Bowling Club, the home of the Warnbro Wizards in Okehampton Road, was founded on 15th February 1989.

While the first two turf greens were being established, the Club played its first ever Pennant games in October 1989 on the turf greens at the Alcoa Social Club.

The Club’s greens were officially opened in May 1991.

Discussions on replacing two of the turf greens by synthetic surfaces were first raised in March 2002, and 'A' and 'B'greens were officially opened in readiness for the start of the 2003/2004 pennant season.

'C' and 'D' greens were later also converted to synthetic surfaces and, by season 2008/2009, the Club had four top-class synthetic greens, all of which are floodlit.

Season 2008/2009 saw both the Men and Ladies gain First Division status for the first time in their history in Divisions One Blue South and One Green South respectively.

The Men gained promotion to Division One White in season 2013-14 but their stay was short-lived.

The Men then won the Division One Blue Pennant in season 2016/2017 and, following the withdrawal of the Innaloo Club from Division One White, they were promoted by Bowls WA to take their place.

The Club well and truly justified the decision and went on to secure promotion to Premier League for the 2018/2019 season.

The Warnbro Bowling Club has grown substantially since its founding and now boasts some of the best bowling facilities in the Perth Metropolitan area.

The Club also has a strong membership, is in a sound financial position, and looks to a very bright future.

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• Hopetoun President Lance Goddard with the winners of the Hopetoun Men's Classic.

Hopetoun Classic

The Hopetoun Bowling Club held their Mens Classic on 2nd and 3rd June with 20 teams involved with players coming from Southern Cross, Merredin, Esperance, Condingup, Scaddan, Ravensthorpe, Quairading, Albany, Ongerup, Gnowangerup, Newdegate, Mt Barker, Nyabing, Bremer Bay, Kulin, Safety Bay, North Beach and Hopetoun.

With perfect weather, great friendship, and some wonderful bowls played, great food and drink you couldn’t ask for anything better. It was a busy time for all members available to work and a big thank you to non members who lent a hand over the four days. A very big thank you to Lance Goddard and his team who obtained all the sponsors, without you these tournaments couldn’t go ahead.

Our MC for the weekend was John Goddard from the Hopetoun Club. John did his usual fines session and money was raised for the R.F.D.S. The weekend started with a roll up and Sausage sizzle on Friday night all meals Saturday, breakfast and all meals on Sunday.

A fantastic job was done by April and her ladies and gents in the food department keeping everybody well fed. To every one who helped at any time over the weekend getting the greens ready, the bar people, washer uppers, raffle sellers, soup makers, food preparers and servers, and President Lance Goddard.

At the end of the two days with some brilliant bowls being played the hardest triers were the team from Nyabing.

Winners with 24 pts 70 shots up Composite team of John Goddard Hopetoun, Mark Bratten Condingup, Mark Stephens and Mick Patterson Nyabing. 2nd with 20 pts plus 35 the Merredin team of Kevin Adrian’s, Sam Teasdale, Steve Zepi, Graham Gregory. 3rd with 20 pts plus 30 were the Gnowangerup team of Arthur Crabbe, Victor Welstead, Bill Harris, Bill Seward.

Congratulations to everyone that made it such a brilliant weekend. People said great things can be achieved, even by such a small club like Hopetoun.

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In June 2018, Australian bowls manufacturer, Henselite, turns 100. Current Chairman, Bruce Hensell and his son, Managing Director, Mark Hensell, talked to us about the origins of the 4th generation family business and the changes in bowls manufacture and the industry over the past 100 years.

“The sport of lawn bowls has been around for hundreds of The density of the rubber bowls also allowed the bowler to years.” said Bruce. “Originally all lawn bowls were made use a heavier bowl at a more comfortable smaller size. of wood, called lignum vitae, and to adjust the bias, lead Realising the success of the rubber bowl, in 1930 Dunlop was poured into the ends. To hide the lead, a disk made of made the decision to bring the turning and biasing of their casein, a bi-product of milk – was placed over it.” bowls in house and terminated the contract with W.D. Hensell.

Timber, however, was an unstable material and would Undeterred however, W.D. Hensell and his son Raymond, change shape with variations in temperature, causing who had recently joined the business, set about improving on changes in the bias. the humble lawn bowl yet again.

“Up until the early 20th century, most bowls were made in “Even though the rubber bowls were a vast improvement the UK and came in by boat,” said Bruce. “The holds were on timber they were still subject to change with variations in very hot and the bowls expanded and temperature. If a bowler left them on contracted on the way.” the bank in the sun with one facing up “My grandfather, William D Hensell, and one facing down, the heat would worked in Melbourne for billiard affect the bias.” makers, Alcock, Thomson and Taylor.

“My dad, Ray, realised that until we They had the agency to had to alter had a perfectly stable material, we the bias of the misshapen bowls that couldn’t make a perfect set of bowls,” came in from the UK. It became said Bruce. my grandfather’s role there to reThe 1930s was the “Age of Plastics” model these bowls and that’s how he and the Hensells began to research developed his expertise.” other materials that might have all Even after the reshaping, the wooden the properties they were looking for bowls in a set were still inaccurate and – something that was solid, wearused to be individually numbered so resistant, tough and durable. the owner could get to know how they Eventually they discovered that ran differently. a compound called “Phenol William Hensell was convinced that formaldehyde” or “Bakelite” which met there must be a more stable material their requirements.

•1937 –Production line to turn the bowls for making lawn bowls and in 1918, There was a catch, however. “The he met up with a Mr Roberts, the Works Manager for the thickest mass of this plastic that had been moulded so far Dunlop Rubber company. Together they came up with a plan was only 1/4” (6mm) thick and to make a lawn bowl, it need to make a hard rubber bowl. to be more than 5” (125mm). The current understanding at W D Hensell left Alcock, Thomson and Taylor and in June the time was that this creating this mass of plastic ‘just cannot 1918, started his own business – originally called W D be done’.

Hensell. Dunlop would mould the rubber balls then engaged But Ray took on the challenge and, through experimentation the services of W D Hensell to turn, bias and finish them – and research, perfected the moulding of a lawn bowl. creating the first rubber lawn bowls.

As a result, the “Henselite” name was born in 1930 – a The rubber bowls were very popular and quick to take off combination of its founders – ‘Hensell” – and the material with many leading bowlers discarding their old ‘woods’ for – “Bakelite”. the new ‘rubbers’. In 1918-1924 they became so popular The company swapped all bowls production from rubber that the importation of wooden bowls completely ceased and to the new phenolic material. This took the bowls market by Australia became an exporter of rubber bowls. storm.

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“Our manufacturing record was 39,950 sets in one year.

This was the first time a bowler could ensure they had a Bowls was just so popular in Australia and the Indoor Bowls perfectly matched set and it was an invention that changed scene in the UK was exploding.” the world of bowls.

“All the legends of the game at the time who had become In 1937, the Hensells came up with “Uni Disc” model, household names were using Henselite bowls – Glynn Bosito, where engraving went straight on to the bowl, the way bowls David Bryant and later Rob Parella. In 1980, 99 of the 100 are still produced today. players competing at World Bowls used Henselite.”

Henselite exported bowls from its factory in North “Testing of bowls every 10 years was mandatory and so we Melbourne all round the world in wooden cases of 20 sets at were testing 13000 sets a year as well as the new bowls we a time. They were loaded on to a cart pulled by horses and were producing.” sent down to the nearby docks, bound for places like the UK, In the 1990s, Bruce’s son Mark, the company’s current South Africa and New Zealand. managing Director, joined the company and more changes When World War II broke out, all the men from the factory were afoot. went off to war and only William, Ray and one other staff Bruce spent time overseas in in Asia, promoting the member remained. They were approached by the Australian sport and helping bowling clubs and associations to set government to turn their plastic moulding expertise to up in countries like Japan, India and making aeroplane parts for the war Malaysia. effort. The factory transformed and World Bowls had recently introduced they began to make aircraft “turn and a new standard bias and the new bank indicators” which required a “narrow biased bowls” were being solid mass of plastic. manufactured.

WWII caused huge disruption to Up until the 20th century, bowls were life in Australia and took about a only made in Black and Mahogany. decade for life to settle down again.

Bowls manufacturers began Once this happened, bowls became experimenting with colour and slowly extremely popular and the sport grew sales of coloured bowls over took consistently. black.

It was 1956 when Bruce, Ray’s son “The coloured bowls that we make and the company’s current Chairman, today – including speckled, “Slice”, began in the business.

“Duo” and even our coloured “AFL He recalls that the main competitors range” – look very different from the in those days were sporting good original black Bakelite versions my giants, Dunlop and Slazenger. “Dunlop grandfather first produced back in had ceased to make bowls once the •1946 – Lionel Rothman, Henselite's first 1930,” said Mark. popularity of rubber dropped away but employee to engrave bowls “Instead of the manual lathes, recommenced later with a plastic version engravers and polishing machines they used in the early which they produced and was sold by Slazenger.” days of the factory, these processes are all automated and But these global sports companies underestimated the computerized. We use high frequency heating to mould the Australian family business, driven by a passion for consistently bowls, man-made diamonds to turn them and lasers and innovating, engineering and improving their product. Soon specialised machinery to engrave them. Much of it would be Slazenger announced that they would no longer be selling unrecognisable from the early years.” lawn bowls.

“However we still have the same passion and drive for “My dad Ray and I went up to Sydney to buy some of their precision and consistency in our product lead that my great equipment and it was the most excited I think I have ever seen grandfather to set up the company 100 years ago this year. I him.” recalls Bruce. “Here we were – an Australian family think that this has been the secret of our success over the last business – and through creating a consistent and superior century. It’s why Henselite bowls have won more Gold Medals product, we had created an environment where these big at World Championships and Commonwealth Games than international sports brands couldn’t keep up.” any other brand. Its why our Gold Medal Winning Dreamline The company had begun to achieve Australian Government XG is the currently the biggest selling bowl in Australia and recognition for contribution to Australian exports. “In those has achieved such success for bowlers at club & state level as days Australia was mostly importing and the government well as at Commonwealth Games and World Bowls.” wanted to get exports moving. We were the first Victorian “We are very proud the company’s contribution to shaping company to win an Australian Export Award in 1962.” the modern game of lawn bowls and hope that lawn bowlers Henselite followed this up with 2 more awards in the two will enjoy using our bowls, clothing and accessories for the decades. next 100 years and beyond.”

“Then we came to the 1980s which were the heyday of bowls”, said Bruce.

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