Are you a Team Player?

rowed the gap over the second part, Colin Jasper ran out a comfortable winner.

– Trevor Orton, Dan Greig and Shirley Palmer

Are you a Team Player?

Successful teams have a group of people who utilize their combined skills and experience to obtain a common goal, either on the green or off. The Sorrento Bowling Club has always endeavoured to provide some form of coaching and development pathways for our new and existing members. This is evident now in the training programs being run for new members and the more focused workshops for existing members to develop and improve their skills (this includes bowling skills, techniques, rules, etiquette etc). This training is usually supplemented by regular roll ups either singularly or in groups.

This training and development is essential if our Club is going to lift the overall standard of all bowling members and improve our results in Pennant competition. With this in mind, it’s worth mentioning that one area that often gets overlooked is the inter-club competitions that are played throughout the year i.e.: • Twilight pairs • 2-4-2 on Wednesday in summer • Thursday drawn triples • Saturday 2-4-2 in winter • Friday and Sunday afternoon social games • Sunday morning Scroungers • Other non-championship one-off matches throughout the year.

These competitions are the ideal place for new and existing members to improve their skills and knowledge of the game, and are an opportunity for more experienced members to share their knowledge and