Bowling over kids

THE Maleny Bowls club will once again host both Maleny primary and high school students as part of the school’s sports successful 2022 curriculum program.

Secretary Brett Gillis said after the Maleny Primary School’s students’ positive response to playing lawn bowls as part of their curriculum, the school is looking to include the sport again this year.

“They have swimming for term one… but we are hoping in terms two and three lawn bowls will be a part of their curriculum and are hoping to have it for the preppies up to grade six,” he

“The Maleny High School are coming back again this year and when they came last year it went from just grade 11 students, to grades seven, eight and 11.”

This comes at a great time, as Gillis said Queensland Bowls are launching an Inaugural High Performance Youth Academy, showing a clear pathway for juniors who want to excel in bowls.

“This program will get interest in the sport and maintain the interest… we now have a bit of a pathway for kids like the clear paths in more popular sports,” he said.

“This shows them that if you play lawn bowls you could play in the commonwealth games, it keeps kids motivated in the sport, which is fantastic and something we are trying to push.” come in and “have a try” at Golf croquet. The attached photo shows Vince Carbery with a special visitor who came all the way from Japan to experience Australia Day with us!

We didn’t have our usual play in the afternoon on Thursday 26th due to the above mentioned event. Sunday 29th was a quiet day, with many club members tied up playing elsewhere or with other commitments. There was one singles match between Dianne Horsman and Vince Carbery with Dianne winning convincingly by 18 hoops to 4. Dianne is showing great improvement in her game and is proving to be the one to beat!

Our players are looking forward to the start of the pennants competitions, with the Lochwood tournament (Divisions 1 and 2) commencing in February and the Bray (Divisions 3 and 4) in March. We wish our players all the best as they take on other clubs in the Sunshine Coast region in this friendly, yet well fought competition.

In other news, our lawns are playing really well this year and we acknowledge the work that goes into the upkeep, with twice weekly mowing, frequent line marking and management of rogue grasses that invade the lawns from time to time. We thank Wallace Roy for his hard and consistent work in his voluntary capacity as groundskeeper. He does a great job.

Play days: Thursday and Sunday 2pm for 2.30pm start.

Contact Sarah Widin for other days. Please arrive at 2pm for games to be arranged by 2:30pm

Coaching: is available on Saturday mornings at 8 am

Our web address is: https:// rangecroquetatmaleny.org.au

For details contact Sarah Widin 0417640704 (President ) Vince Carbery and a visitor to our “Come and Try” day.

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