From Your Editors

From Your Editors

Welcome

We would like to take this opportunity to wish all our readers a very happy Christmas and a great and prosperous 2023. We hope that our bowlers, croquet and dart players shave a wonderful and successful season and end up winning awards!

Several members assist with our magazine and we would like to thank: • Wendy Flack for making sure we receive all the photos and articles used in the weekly news letter • Denis Croker for designing the cover of this Christmas edition and helping with the photography and statistics used • Brian Lucas who is always prepared to embellish rough drafts and provide contributions • Lesley Hughes for her delightful poem titled "Victor Naked” • Gerald Hanna and Spider Webb for their contributions • Peter McIntosh for the story on what bowls does to your health and why Captain Cook was a good guy (in the next Edition) • Jim Woodward for his well written and interesting articles • Trevor Orton for his help with suggestions and detailed reports • Jan Paniperis for her funny stories. Jan has been our proof reader for many years and we thank her for correcting our errors • Brian Staples for his article "Are you a Team Player? • Gary Bobridge for his article on the similarities of bowls and golf • Ian Lucas who is always prepared to help • Chloe Lucas who organised the photos for the quiz in this edition • Ian Wittber, Mike Berecry, Ray Stapledon, Ian Johnson and Alan

Rolls for their contributions.

Clarifications, Corrections and Apologies

Apologies to Tracey Newman for misspelling her name in the printed

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copies of our 2022/23 Fixture Booklet. We managed to fix this error on the digital copy. Some may ask how this could happen! Well we were told that Tracey had an "e" on the end of her name so we called her Tracy Newmane instead of Tracey Newman!

Some more "Did you hear/know?

Gerald Hanna tells us that one rainy afternoon two of our bowlers showed great dedication and determination? Jan Konig and JJ Landman, were determined to withstand the elements and continued playing against each other after having already played an afternoon of 2-4-2. So, with the rain clouds threatening and beverage of choice in hand they played end after end. In the meantime, those threatening clouds developed into rain clouds. But that didn’t stop our intrepid bowlers who continued, until floodlights were required, to complete their game. Eventually it was time to come in. Upon reaching the clubhouse and looking like drowned rats the question was asked: "You were brave bowling in the rain boys? Their immediate response was: "Rain wasn’t the problem. Our beer glasses had become rain

gauges!"

Did you know that according to Dr. Lamb from McGill University, playing bowls increases the blood pressure, ruins the disposition, spoils the indigestion, induces neurasthenia, hurts the eyes, calluses the hands, ties knots in the nervous system, debauches the morals, drives men to drink, breaks up the family, turns the ductless glands into internal warts, corrodes the pneumogastric nerve, breaks off the edges of the vertebrae, induces spinal meningitis and progressive mendacity and starts angina pectoris? Thanks to Peter McIntosh for bringing this useful information to our attention.

Did you know that a Sorrento team consisting of Matt Sharrett, Jan Konig and Murray Hulbert played in the Bowls Premier League qualifying round at Quinns Rock? After two convincing wins in games

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one and two, they went down in a tie breaker in the third match but unfortunately failed to qualify. Good effort guys.

Did you know that Kerry Hutchinson and Wendy Flack took part in the 2022 Professional Bowls Australia event at Rossmoyne? Spread over two weekends, with four gruelling days of bowls, winners earn a place in the annual international competition to be played in the UK in coming months. Kerry and Wendy did well over the four days but will not be going to the UK!

Did you hear that at a critical stage of a bowls game Mike McGeehan walked up to the head to review the position of the bowls? Having made an important decision on what bowl to play he returned to the mat and promptly put down a wrong bias!

Did you hear that on one wet afternoon (23 July 2022) when we were playing under cover at Innaloo, Saulie was the first to finish his game? This is apparently a "World Record".

Did you know that Ron Taylor has been volunteering behind our bar and carrying out the role of assistant treasurer for 15 years? He mans the bar every Sunday morning and into the afternoon to make sure our Social bowlers and Scroungers are well looked after.

Did you hear that our new members Derek and Pat Boardman have problems with people misspelling the surname? They get known as BOADMAN, BEARDMAN, BOREDMAN, BORMAN, BREADMAN and BODEMAN!

Did you know that Brian Staples, when organising teams on a Thursday afternoon, often drops out from the draw to ensure even numbers and to avoid members muttering when a four has to play a three. This

Rob Tozer with his beautiful daughter Courtney at her wedding in St Peters in Florida USA on 31 July A lovely photo of Roger and Shirley Palmer at the Bowls WA Awards Night

Clare Walsh and Denis Croker at the Clubs WA Awards evening supporting Ian Lucas (See separate article) Our Mahjong ladies from left to right: Pat Lane, Elizabeth Guilbert, Sandra Edwards,Pauline Jamieson, Sylvia Takiari, Rene Bennett, Robyn Agnello, Claire Parry, Gwen Browning and Elaine Todman

Our Bowls Coaches – Dave Dunstan, Bruce Eagles, Tracey Newman and Gary Bobridge

should not happen and the person complaining should volunteer to go home!

Did you know that Colin Campbell has been cleaning the Club’s windows since 2016 when he took over from Brian Lucas? In the past Colin has been Assistant Treasurer as well as being on the Selection Committee. We are indeed lucky to have members like Colin and Brian.

Did you know that Chris Lander, Greg Taylor and Pauline Bourne represented Bowls WA in the State Senior Teams that competed at the National Championships at the Broad Beach Bowling Club on the Gold Coast in October. WA's Men's came fifth and the WA's Women's team came fourth.

Did you hear that when the guy who invented "fairy bread" died "hundreds and thousands" attended his funeral? Thanks to Spider Webb for this useful information.

Did you know that according to one expert lawn "bowling balls" are biased, which means they are asymmetrical in shape? According to this person the game is incredibly difficult as the ball has an uneven side and goes on a curving path. Apparently placing the ball as close to the jack, as possible, is the main goal in the game!

Did you know that two of the most beloved stars of the 60s, namely Shirley Maclaine and Warren Beatty are brother and sister? Until recently, this was a well-kept secret. But, like most secrets it got out. And, thanks to Shelley Jeffs there will be no secrets within the Sorrento Bowling Club community.