From your Editors

From your Editors

Welcome

Well here we are into the second quarter of 2022. Once again Denise and I hope you will enjoy reading our latest news magazine – Number 89! We need 11 more editions to reach 100! The question to be asked is whether your octogenarian Editors will make the grade!

We were asked recently whether we still need a quarterly news magazine now that the weekly newsletter is providing up to date information. The consensus seem to be that the quarterly magazine is still required.

We see the main objectives of the quarterly news magazine are to: • Communicate on a regular quarterly basis with our members • Advertise our Sponsor's products and services • Help members get to know other members • Acknowledge the major contributions made by our volunteers • Provide a summary of members' achievements • Pull a few legs! • Advertise our Club to other clubs and organisations such as Bowls

WA and Clubs WA as well as potential members and new Sponsors

Once again we would like to thank all our contributors. Your help is really appreciated as this makes our job much easier.

Some more "Did you hear/know?"

Did you hear that the Dalkeith Nedlands Bowling Club is battling to get new members? One of their members said this was because when someone moved to Dalkeith Nedlands they prefer to join the yacht club!

Did you hear about a man who was a volunteer chef for his bowls

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club? Whilst cooking sausages he used a mug to catch the fat from the sausages and the mug caught fire. Concerned that the mug would explode and injure children nearby he reached into the barbeque to grab the mug’s handle and placed it on the ground. In the process, he sustained severe burns to his hand. At trial, his club submitted that he had “caused or contributed to his own injuries by his own negligence”. The trial judge awarded the volunteer $1.2million, which was reduced by 15% to reflect his contributory negligence.

Did you know that when you are bowling on the narrow hand and the wind is holding your bowl out you are playing the "Wife Hand"? Why is it called the "Wife Hand" you may ask? Well this is because "Whatever you do is always wrong!"

Did you know that too much information can often be a bad thing? In Ian Schuback's book Bowls: Biased & Uncensored he tells the story of a Skip who was in a fair amount of trouble and asked his Third what shot he should play. The reply was • You can try the same shot again if you like or • You can play with more weight and come underneath the short bowl and draw the shot or • You could either switch to the backhand and draw the shot or • You could reach with a few metres of weight But whatever you do play it with confidence. You could feel the vibes coming from the Skip and who after a deadly silence bellowed down the green "Well any confidence I had I've bloody lost it now!" Too much information can often be a bad thing.

Did you know that a new lawn bowl has hit the market? It has an adjustable bias so it can be used on all surfaces. You simply adjust the small bias by turning it in or out, either making the bias narrower, or wider to suit green conditions. This will eradicate the need for bowlers to own several sets of bowls. ie: In a two day tournament, day one

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is fine, you set your bowls on the bias dial (1-10) to suit a 15 second green. Overnight it rains, you reset your set to suit a 12 second green. This will save bowlers owning several sets.

Did you see some interesting score cards? Some bowlers are determined to make things difficult for the Match Committee!

Did you know we had a record weekly bar turnover during Men's Country Week? Given the current economic climate where bars are extremely quiet, we have bucked the trend and are doing very well. Our Club has been so alive and vibrant. We are still hearing great comments from bowlers who play in Country Week as well as at our private functions.

Did you hear that Matt Sharrett, when getting onto the bus and leaving Cockburn Bowling Club, grabbed an identical but wrong bowls bag and embarked on the very long bus journey back to Sorrento. On