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CONTENTS 09

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09 Who finished where?

22 ANZACs remembered

The Glitter Strip dominated the 2017 Domina BCIB District Sides but there were some ladder surprises.

The 4th annual Presidents XII V Defence test series was another great success at Paradise Point Bowls Club.

15 King Kurt does it again

24 Let’s get this party started

He’s won half a dozen State Mixed Pairs titles in nine years, this time the Iceman teams up with Mel Larcombe.

Gin Gin’s Beattie Cook has turned 100 but don’t ask her to go home early from the party!

20 Kiss Cam

32 Why we love bowls

There was plenty of romance and surprisingly few bingles when our bowling couples took to the greens.

Disability Gala Day at Enoggera gets local school children out on the green.

Editor: Naomi Cescotto

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Subscriptions: To subscribe, send your contact details, together with a cheque for $44 (inc gst) to: Queensland Bowler Subscriptions PO Box 476, Alderley, Qld 4051.

Bowls Queensland Patron: His Excellency the Honourable Paul de Jersey AC, Governor of Queensland

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From the President

with BQ’s Peter Williamson

Out of the woodwork, in conjunction with Channel 7, Bowls Queensland is now excited to inform you all about our new television advertising programme, aimed at promoting bowls clubs as the place to be. It’s a message worthy of sharing, that bowls clubs are places to enjoy, socialise, and play a great game.

The Domina BCIB State District Sides and Queensland State Championships are now completed. Thank you to all who participated and congratulations to those who achieved their dreams and those who won divisions and state titles.

The Coaching and Umpire committees are powering forward to have more personnel available to assist club members to: •

Better understand the game.

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Have help at hand to overcome any potential problems on basic strengths.

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Keeping members in the sport, particularly members who find difficulties and are now using bowling arms to continue on the green.

The CEO and I were invited to Melbourne last month as guests of Bowls Australia.

Along with the other State Presidents, CEOs and selected members of public institutions, we discussed and put forward suggestions for a working document to assist in the formation of Bowls Australia’s next Strategic Plan.

A number of Districts have suggested Bowls Queensland investigate the playing of Over 40s and Over 60s competitions.

These suggestions will be discussed with the BQ Board, BQ Match etc. If you as a bowls club member and Bowler reader wish to have some input into these discussions, please have your club discuss and forward to BQ. The Boundary review committee is working industriously to insure all clubs may have their say in the Districts Boundary review.

WHAT DOES BOWLS QLD DO FOR YOU? BOWLS ON THE SMALL SCREEN Have you seen the BQ AD? In a first for Queensland, BQ has commissioned a TV AD to showcase everything there is to love about the sport, captured in 15 – 30 seconds.

“Bowls Tasmania ran a successful TV campaign in 2016 to attract non-bowlers to a Come and Try Day, we’re going to try the same sort of strategy in QLD for the next six months,” BQ CEO Brett Wilkie said.

“We’ll also upload the AD to BQ Facebook, check it out

Since the last issue of Bowler, donations have been received from Brisbane North District Ladies Bowls Association, Weipa Bowls Club, Caboolture District Bowls Association and Mooloolaba Bowls Club.

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BQ president Peter Williamson said the TV AD had been in the works for a long time but now was the right time to act.

The new BQ AD will be played at varying times in different regions throughout the State on the Seven Network, including Chanel 7, 7Mate and ESPN.

A payment from the fund will be made to Mudgeeraba Bowls Club.

Bowls QLD accepts donations into the fund year round.

“Clubs affected by the disaster are encouraged to apply for funding as 100 per cent of all donations received will be passed on to clubs in need,” BQ president Peter Williamson said.

QLD V NSW YOUTH SERIES Kallangur Bowls Club has been announced as the host club for the QLD v NSW Under 25 Test Series (July 27-28).

The U25 test teams are made up of seven men and seven women, competing over singles, pairs and fours.

The QLD U18 team will travel to Taren Point NSW over the weekend of July 3-4 to contest a three-test series over four disciplines.

On debut for QLD U18s are Indi Conlan, 17 and Kane Nelson, 12.

Coordinator of selectors Peter Stanton said two dynamic youth sides had been selected.

U18: Jessie (Broadbeach),

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BQ DISASTER FUND Clubs, Districts and individuals have donated more than $5000 to the BQ Disaster Relief fund to assist clubs affected by Cyclone Debbie.

The BQ selected teams are:

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U25: Angela Earle (Hamilton), April Wilson (Helensvale), Jacinta Weier (Hervey Bay), Julia Allen-Best (North Toowoomba), Kirsty DeWaard (Pialba), Lauren Wilson (Helensvale), Natasha Jones (Helensvale), Brendan Wilson (South Tweed), Cohen Litfin (Jindalee), Dale McWhinneyShillington (Musgrave Hill), Jesse Turnbull (Hamilton), Joel Andersen (Caloundra), Nic Gosley (Musgrave Hill), Scott DeJongh (South Tweed).

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CEO REPORT

with Brett Wilkie

Another successful Domina BCIB State District Sides and State Championships has been run and won.

Many thanks to Bowls Queensland’s match and umpire committees, board and staff for the hours of tireless work; to all the host clubs who committed greens, facilities, staff and volunteers; and to our sponsors Domina BCIB Insurance and Goodridge Clothing.

To all players and officials, especially those who travelled long distances and played in both events, well done, and congratulations to the new state titleholders.

The Open Men’s and Women’s Singles, Pairs, Triples and Fours winners will represent QLD at the Australian Championships at Club Sapphire in Merimbula NSW in late November.

I thoroughly enjoyed playing District Sides, catching up with old friends and meeting new ones. From a CEO point of view, I had unique access to bowlers from all parts of QLD to seek valuable feedback on what we can do to keep our sport heading in the right direction.

LIVE STREAM The live stream of the State Singles finals on Facebook was very popular with more than 7,500 views.

This was a low budget production (filmed on my iPhone, thanks to my cocommentators!)

Given the enthusiastic response, I will look at options to improve the quality of this service and cover more BQ events live for viewers around Queensland, Australia and the world.

Some viewers joined the QLD Singles live stream from the UK, South Africa, Thailand, Hong Kong, USA and New Zealand.

TV AD Bowls QLD recently signed off on its first TV commercial to spread the good word about our game to a wider audience, to be screened across the Seven Network, including Channel 7, 7Mate and ESPN (mainly on 7Mate due to cost factors) until the end of the year.

This AD will put our great game in front of many thousands of viewers across QLD, including our target audience of non-bowlers. The TV advertisement is an initiative of the Bowls QLD Board.

Thank you to Bowls Australia for contributing footage and Edge Hill Bowls Club for their assistance with filming.

The new AD will be accessible on social media, which is where all of our BQ community can play a support role.

As part of the package, “The Great Day Out” lifestyle show on Channel 7 will do a story on our sport, scheduled for broadcast on Sunday July 2 from 5:30pm.

BQ State Champion of Club Champions - Mermaid Beach Bowls Club, sponsored

by City of Gold Coast.

BQ State Division 1 Pennant Final Tweed Heads Bowls Club In addition, the date and location of Australian Senior Sides has changed.

The new date is October 16-19, hosted

by SA (previously NT in September).

Please note, this tournament will now clash with QLD’s District Mixed Pairs State Final (October 14-15, Souths Suburban Mackay).

There has also been a change with respect to the Australian U18 Championships. The date has stayed the same (Sept 30-Oct 2) but host state is now NSW (previously SA).

WORLD CLASS EVENTS There are some world-class events scheduled for the Gold Coast this month, including the Trans Tasman, Multi Nations and the Australian Open.

STRATEGIC PLAN President Peter Williamson and I attended a recent Bowls Australia Strategic Planning Forum in Victoria, which was the start of the production of a new Strategic Plan for BA. Bowls QLD will also update its Strategic Plan for the future of bowls in QLD.

EVENTS HOST CLUBS Thank you to clubs who submitted expressions of interest, the successful bidders are: BQ U25 QLD V NSW Test Series Kallangur Bowls Club BQ District Mixed Pairs State Final Souths Suburban Bowls Club (Mackay)

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DIV 1 Winners Gold Coast Tweed ‘Yellow', back row, BQ president Peter Williamson, BQ director Geoff Osborne, Kevin Dixon, Dean McWhinney, Matt Lucas, Ethan Lord, Nathan Rice, Greg Ash, Max Jaffray, Paul Girdler, Vic Lord manager, Brian Stewart, BQ director Brian Marshall, Carlo Campana, sponsor Ian Hopper from Domina BCIB Insurance, front, Craig Larcombe, Sam White, Matt Bell, Peter Richards, Steve Tong, Brett Wilkie, Ian Law, Des Cann.

GLITTER STRIP SPARKLES IN SIDES SHOWDOWN Gold Coast Tweed is No 1 out of 42 Districts, with both the men and the women defending their titles at Domina BCIB District Sides (May 3-6).

Sunshine Coast men and Gateway women also stood proud as the “best of the rest”, ie second top of the tables, after Gold Coast Tweed.

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“There’s Gold Coast Tweed, and then there’s the rest of us,” one winner explained.

enjoyed watching the Div 1 and Div 2 finals series being played at Tweed Heads.

“It’s a bit hard when a normal district side comes up against the Australian team within a district side!”

“To see the spirit and the way it was played, you should all be very proud and we are very pleased to be associated with this competition and we’ll continue to be associated with it,” Mr Hopper said.

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Proud manager Vic Lord accepted the Harry Wright Shield on behalf of his Gold Coast Tweed men's 'Yellow' team.

"It's four in a row for us, I'm very proud of the boys, they never folded in the four days," Lord said.

"I'd like to thank all the districts we played this week.

"And Kristy Thatcher from Tweed Heads Bowls Club for all her hard work in looking after us so well."

Anchoring Gold Coast Tweed yellow were skips Paul Girdler, Brett Wilkie, Nathan Rice and Dean McWhinney.

Manager Linda Gardiner accepted the Val Woodward Shield for the victorious Gold Coast Tweed women, their third consecutive Div 1 District Sides title.

“These girls are amazing to me, we’re so proud of every one of you girls,” Gardiner said, as they lined up for their photos wearing new district strip

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Gold Coast Tweed women, Dee-Ann Robertson, Wendy Wilson, Julie Keegan, Emma Brown, Chrissie Pavlov, Sue McKenzie, Anne McClure, Linda Gardiner - manager, front, Cassandra Millerick, Bolivia Millerick, Jessie Cottell, Katelyn Inch, Melissa Larcombe, Cheryl Heaps.

(thanks to sponsorship from team member Jessie Cottell’s mum Kerri from Helloworld Travel and team member Wendy Wilson’s son Brendon and his design skills).

Gold Coast Tweed women’s skips were Bolivia Millerick, Julie Keegan and Christina Pavlov. (continued page to follow)

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Sunshine Coast men were runners up in Division 1 but counted it as a “win” given they rose above every other team except the Gold Coast Tweed wrecking ball.

Sunshine Coast’s No 2 spot came at the expense of Brisbane North and Gold Coast Tweed’s ‘Teal’ team (last year’s Div 1 runner up).

Sunshine Coast skips were Troy Somerville, Kurt Brown, Richard Strawbridge, Paul Henricks; Brisbane North, Alex Murtagh, Aaron Hewson, Michael Brown, Robert Dobinson; Gold Coast Tweed ‘Teal’, Nev Jenkins, Glen Bailey, Darren Christie, Adam Liddell.

Women’s Division One runner up was Gateway, skips Debbie Logan,

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Jo Mahony, Natalie Nordlof, the Div 1 women’s final rounded out by Brisbane (skips Jenny Blundell, Sue O’Toole, Sue Bond) and a jubilant Caboolture (skips Veronica McDermott, Michele Stockton, Mary Geddes).

DIV 1 Women’s Runners Up Gateway: Back, Annette Brown (Manager), Debbie Logan, Lesley Mitchell, Gail Pratt, Sylvia Sinnamon, Lyn Hartley, Marcelle Broadhurst, Cathy Lewis, Jo Mahony, Glenys Read, Suzie Teitzel, Karen Goldsworthy, Clare Hall. Front, Kay Fick, Nat Nordlof.

DIV 1 Men’s Runners Up: Sunshine Coast District, Kurt Brown, George Lock, Tim Phillips (manager), Geoff Allen, Darren Muir, Mick Japundza, Joel Andersen, Wade Mutzleburg, Troy Somerville, Jason Thomas, Richard Strawbridge, Peter Nixon, Geoff Harrison, Peter Johnson, kneeling, Dave Billington, Mark Williams, Paul ‘Pecker’ Henricks, Darren Maddrell.

WOMEN’S WINNER - SUNSHINE COAST

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MEN'S WINNER - BUNDABERG

MEN "We came fifth overall, yeh!" said Bundy team member Tim Smith, pleased to be accepting the Division 2 winner's flag.

"We've worked hard for it," said Bundaberg District co-manager Bob McNamee.

"Our squad of players has to travel a long way to get together, it's not easy, but we've got such a good group of fellas, we're close knit.

"So many times we have a slow start and we come from behind to win, the last 10-15 ends, we pull it out for each other."

Bundaberg District skips were Jason Andrewartha, Ian McMah, Mick Tobin, John See. Runner up was Mackay, skips Stephen Ridolfi, Ray Kurtz, Peter Blackburn, Andrew Bell.

DIV 2: Jenny Redshaw, Faye Ford, Wendy Fitzgerald - district president, Ellen Ross, Desley Williams, Leigh Fortington, Merril Kerss, Marion Hewish, Sandy Smith, front, BQ’s Geoff Osborne, Annica McGill, Robyn McAnelly, Jenny Lonie, Margaret Vincent manager, Di Viterale, Jane Bush, Marilyn Emerton, Domina-BCIB’s Ian Hopper.

The other two teams in Div 2 were Fraser Coast (skips Alan Johnson, Daryl Weymouth, Tony Williams, Jack Horne) and Brisbane District (skips Indi Conlan, Greg Rolls, Ben Walsh, Raymond Bax).

WOMEN "This is the second time in a row we've won Division Two, the girls played their hearts out, I'm very proud of them," said Sunshine Coast women's team manager Margaret Vincent.

Sunshine Coast skips were Marilyn Emerton, Jane Bush and Robyn McAnelly.

Runner up in Div 2 women was Cunningham, skips Marie Lipp, Helen Wood-Bradley, Teresa Smedley.

The other two teams to make the Div 2 final were Central QLD (skips Elly Bates, Joan Strohfeldt, Jennifer Hansen) and Bundaberg (skips Kay Cook, Glenyss Lock, Adele Pershouse).

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DIV 2: Daniel Stanton-Cook, Tony Townson, Wayne Barnett, Beau Mark, Adrian Ferrara, Tim Smith, Dale Hicks, Barry Burgess, mid, Mick Tobin, Greg Silverthorne, Nick Cahill, Neil Hall, Keith Bayntun, John See, Bob McNamee, front, Ian McMah, Jason Andrewartha, Tony Quail.

MEN'S WINNER - CUNNINGHAM

DIV 3

WOMEN’S WINNER - TROPICAL FAR NORTH QLD

Nobody was sure who had won Div 3 until the results were plugged into the system. BQ Match’s Jim See was at Coolangatta where the drama unfolded. His money was on Brisbane North women and Gateway men, but there were two surprises.

WOMEN In the final round there were two game-changers, Downs defeated North Qld by 28 shots and Tropical Far North

DIV 3 Mens Winners Cunningham: Cohen Litfin, Bryce Litfin, Kevin Higson, Greg Robbie, Logan Litfin, Billy Mitilinios, middle, Peter Ellul, Michael Bretherton, Mitchell Mears, Steve Blessley, Kevin Mallory, Hilary Goebel, front, Jay Cross, Shawn Toomey, Graham Hooper. Absent Steve Bell.

QLD defeated the favourites Brisbane North by 21 shots, cruelling their chances. When the sums were done, TFNQ got the flag.

MEN The tables turned because of what happened in the final ends of two different games. Gateway was getting the acceptance speech ready until North QLD dealt them a blow 75-71 and Cunningham got a 26-shot margin over Downs, to tip the balance.

DIV 3 TFNQ: Judy Rick, Libby Jennings, Emma Rowbotham, Shirley Sampson, Wendy Zieth, Frances O’Shea, Denise Charman, Glenise Sharp, Carmel de Zen, Lisa Mitchell, front, Christine Scott, Joan Carey, Trish Spicer, Terry McAlary.

WOMEN'S WINNER - WIDE BAY/GYMPIE

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MEN’S WINNER - TROPICAL FAR NORTH QLD

MEN Div 4 at Tugun was hard to call for the men, the first two Finals rounds tight. There was a TFNQ-Condamine tie 70-70 and Port Curtis went down by two shots twice, against Southern Downs and Condamine.

DIV 4 TFNQ: Kevin Deegan, Ash Hammond, Bernie Wolland, Eric Smith, BQ’s Carmel Gibb, Neil Robson, Wayne Hewitt, Ash White, Ben Cribbin, Andre Buck, Kevin Foord, Andy Jennings, front, Wayne Petrohilos, Russell Hubbard, Shane McInerney, Tyler Pettigrew, Jason Walford, Alf Strano, Ben Moore.

WOMEN Wide Bay/Gympie were untroubled and need to do more next year to get into the class above, a blemish free finals series with convincing wins over Mackay, Leichhardt and Port Curtis.

DIV 4 Wide Bay/Gympie: Lynn Long, Cheryl Lorkin, Mignon Lush, Meryl Christensen, Carol Crosbie, Wendy Hamilton, Sue Ramsay, Janelle Walker, Wendy Ryan, Tina Camp, Jill Callaway, BQ’s Carmel Gibb, front, Jacinta Weier, Kirsty de Waard, Anne Dawes, Wendy Jamieson

WOMEN'S WINNER - CONDAMINE

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MEN’S WINNER - NORTH WEST QLD

WOMEN Condamine District are thrilled first time division winners.

everything and spurs you on as a team,” Condamine’s Juliana McGahan said.

“It was an emotional win, it’s tough to go up against the really big teams like Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast who flog us, it becomes demoralising, but when you get that first win, it changes

MEN A thriller in Div 5 at South Tweed, North West QLD successfully defended their title but there was a bunfight for second, Burnett getting the nod over Central QLD by one shot.

DIV 5: Betty Vaughan, Julianna McGahan, Heather Flett, Jenny Bradshaw, Chris Dwyer, Cheryl Jones, Sue Downes, Wendy Adcock, Di Buckley, Barbara McDonald, front, Carol Swift, Kathy Obst, Sue Slatter and Margaret Read.

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DIV 5: Dino Wildermuth, Ari Lahnalampi, Adrian Janetzki, Peter Baker, Robert Morgan, Garry Cummins, Larry Scott, Damien McGee, Brett McPherson, Steven Scott, Paul Williamson, Rob Peters, front, David Cahill, Kevin Wehrman, Wayne Chivers, Paul Corner, Dean Wildermuth Jnr, Rod Jolly.

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A CRACKER OF A DRIVE! You better make sure you have a spare jack on standby if Aaron Hewson from Brisbane North District is on your rink.

Luckily at Coolangatta Bowls Club they had a spare and it was needed after “Hewie” fired off a drive that struck the jack with enough force to send pieces of it all over the rink.

After the debris settled a discussion broke out at the head with eight people claiming they had shot, each player declaring a portion of the jack was closest to their bowl!

The umpire soon sorted them out, declaring a dead end.

Condamine dads Jim Smith, John Savage, Peter Bellgrove, Peter Jones and front, sons Joel Smith, Stephen Savage, Gerard Bellgrove and David Jones.

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TH E GENE RAT ION G A ME It’s all about family in the Condamine District Side, the 2017 team boasting four father and son combinations.

The Smith, Belgrove, Jones and Savage families made up almost half of the Condamine side and dad Jim Smith said it certainly made playing together easier.

“It’s pretty amazing that there are so many of us playing in the one district side, it’s

40+ YEARS C LUB Fraser Coast boys pay homage to Kandanga skip Jack Horne, celebrating four decades of coming to District Sides (pictured right).

"I've missed a few but not many in 40 years so I've got plenty of experience to offer,” skip Horne said.

Shaping up against Central QLD in the first round, the Fraser Coast boys found themselves outdone in the longevity stakes.

CQ skip Col James said he had been coming to District Sides for 41 years!

So there was homage to pay Col and the Championships got underway (Fraser Coast having the last word with a 75-66 win).

Pic above: Toast of the Fraser Coast, skip Jack Horne - 40 years service Pic below: Bowing down to Central QLD anchor Col James - 41 years service.

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pretty rare and it’s made this year a bit more special,” Jim Smith said.

“I think it gives us a bit of an advantage too as we know how the other one bowls and for me Joel’s a mate, not just a son, and we play very well together.

“It’s the same for the others too.”

Caboolture women win the 2017 Top of the Minnows award for being a tiny district making it into the big time of Div 1 Finals at Tweed Heads for the first time.

They didn’t win a game, their closest loss seven shots against Gateway, but they were good enough to deny the mob up the road a prestige Div 1 spot, the Sunny Coast super troupers stuck in Div 2 again where they successfully defended their title.

Pic: Div 1 debut, Caboolture’s Pauline Laverty, Megan Garfield, Claire Anderson, Mary Gaddes, Michelle Stockton, Tracey Evans (back), middle, Pauline Lawson, Vicki Mitchell, Veronica M'Dermont, Heather Groves, Issobell M’Laren, Mandy McIntyre, Colleen Ebert, front, Linda Williams, Lyn Thorp, Debbie Hill, Noela Gray.

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1. Gold Coast Tweed 'yellow' 2. Sunshine Coast 3. Brisbane North 4. Gold Coast Tweed 'teal' 5. Bundaberg 6. Mackay 7. Brisbane 8. Fraser Coast 9. Cunningham 10. Gateway 11. North QLD 12. Downs 13. Tropical Far North QLD 14. Southern Downs 15. Condamine 16. Port Curtis 17. North West QLD 18. Burnett 19. Central QLD 20. Caboolture 21. Leichhardt 22. Maranoa Warrego

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1. Gold Coast Tweed 2. Gateway 3. Brisbane 4. Caboolture 5. Sunshine Coast 6. Cunningham 7. Central QLD 8. Bundaberg 9. Tropical Far North QLD 10. Brisbane North 11. Downs 12. North QLD 13. Wide Bay / Gympie 14. Port Curtis 15. Mackay 16. Leichhardt 17. Condamine 18. Burnett 19. Maranoa Warrego 20. Southern Downs

Thanks to our 2017 host clubs Tugun, Coolangatta, South Tweed, Tweed Heads

Pic: Southern Downs girls debut their snazzy new shirts at Tugun.

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BQ STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS MAY 8 - 21 2017, GOLD COAST TWEED

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Cool half dozen for the Iceman The first title to be decided at the 2017 BQ State Championships was the Mixed Pairs and defending champ Kurt “Iceman” Brown won his sixth title in nine years.

"There is so much history for me in this event, winning with Gail (Crompton) back in 2009 was the start of my career in bowls; I met Emma (Brown) through the State Mixed Pairs and we've won it together twice; I won with Ester (Regan), that was amazing; and now with Mel (Larcombe) at her last tournament in QLD," King Kurt said.

Brown wiped the field in his pet event, the other finalists paying tribute. “"To play against Kurt Brown in the final, he's won this event 100 times, mate, you are a superstar of the sport, it's been an honour and a privilege, to play both you and Mel, you shone all carnival, congratulations," said Mixed Pairs silver medallist Scot MacDonald from Toombul.

MacDonald and skip Jules Johnson from Emerald had a brilliant progression into the final but came to a screaming halt against King Kurt, 28-8.

"I wish we could have given you a better game but we've done very well to get here,

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Pic left: State Mixed Pairs champs Kurt Brown and Mel Larcombe Pic below: Semi finalists Paul Staggard jnr and Gail Waitai Pic bottom: Semi finalists Chris and Steve Baxter V Scot MacDonald and Jules Johnson, who went on to win the Silver medal.

it's been an amazing experience," Jules said.

Both semi finals were close, Steve and Chris Baxter going down by three shots and Paul Staggard jnr and Gail Waitai putting Brown under pressure with a final kick.

“I felt confident all game and it was a pleasure to play and do as well as we did," Gail Waitai said.

“Bloody oath, she’s a great skip, I’d play with her anytime,” Paul Staggard jnr said.

And praise for the victor.

"He's so cool and calm out on the green, he's the Iceman!"

BQ STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS MAY 8 - 21 2017, GOLD COAST TWEED position her team within striking distance 17-20 on the 23rd end, two ends to go.

Triples

Unfortunately for Pavlov only two shots came, Larcombe holding on for a one shot victory, 20-19.

WOMEN Melissa Larcombe fought back tears accepting the Women’s Triples shield on behalf of her teammates after a dramatically close 20-19 final.

Her team of Ann-Maree Peart and Kristy Thatcher fought for every end in the second half of a final dogged by rain against opposition skip Christina Pavlov and her team of Anne McClure and Maree Gibbs.

The Larcombe triple made it look easy over the first 10 ends but Pavlov reined them in, taking fight-back ends to

Silver, Anne McClure, Maree Gibbs, Chrissie Pavlov

MEN The men’s final was surprisingly one sided given the calibre of the field, a comfortable 28 - 17 win to Canadian international Ryan Bester, well supported by Broadbeach Scot Kevin Anderson winning his first ever QLD state title and Aussie Sean Ingham winning his second State Triples (2011, 2017).

Kurt Brown and Ian Shoey Schuback OAM from Kawana led by 14-year-old bowls sensation Nick Cahill from Bargara took the silver.

“We're stoked with the

The victory was extra sweet for Larcombe because she had to settle for silver last year against the Millerick twins and Karen Goldsworthy.

(This year, Larcombe played the Millerick-Goldsworthy defending state champs in the semis and made no mistake, 24-13.)

“It means a lot for me to win with these girls who played so well throughout the competition,” Mel Larcombe said. “I didn’t want to let them down by being too tired after District Sides and Mixed Pairs and I’m very happy with the result.”

Men’s Triples final, Bester v Brown

Women’s Triples champs Melissa Larcombe, Ann-Maree Peart, Kristy Thatcher

Silver, Ian Schuback OAM, Nick Cahill, Kurt Brown

result especially up against such a good side in the final and after a tough day in sectional play,” Ingham said.

The game was even until the 9th end when Bester pulled off six shots to open up a 13-7 lead.

“I think our camaraderie helped get us through as we are all great mates and work together and enjoy going out together for a few beers too, so I think that’s what helped us in the business-end of the final.”

Brown’s rink was put on the back foot, only able to claw back 10 shots and the game was called on the 24th end, 28-17.

Despite the loss, Brown said it had been a great competition.

“Nicky led very well and Shoey is obviously amazing, a couple of things went against us but you know, that’s just bowls,” Brown said.

He said the highlight of the final for him was Nick Cahill’s bowls.

“I won’t be bowling in six years time if Nicky is still bowling because no one will be able to beat him!” Brown said.

“He takes out all four junior state titles and then to get a runner-up in the open is just amazing at the age of 14.”

Men’s Triples champs Sean Ingham, Kevin Anderson, Ryan Bester

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Fours

were just outplayed, the Helensvale boys were outstanding all the way through, in the quarters, the semi and the final,” Jenkins said.

The standout games of the Fours finals series were the men's semi between Kurt Brown and Nev Jenkins (more than four hours in duration!) and the women's final between Chrissie Pavlov and Lynsey Clarke (Chrissie started with a 10-shot lead and finished two shots behind).

The Fours finals were played at Tweed Heads on Monday May 15 across sunshine and rain.

MEN Men's Semi - Jenkins 19 def 18 Brown "We played our final in the semi," Jenkins second Nigel Smith said of the four-hour marathon. "We were out there for four hours and 15 minutes."

It all came down to the last end.

Trailing Kurt Brown 18 - 16, Jenkins third Geoff Hawken landed a beauty on the jack.

Ian Schuback for Brown had nothing in reply and the skips stepped up.

Nev Jenkins landed a pearler, Brown elected not to drive twice, instead playing two swingers, and it cost him the final.

"I knew I played the wrong shot," Brown said afterwards.

South Tweed’s Geoff Hawken, 76, Nigel Smith, 68, skip Nev Jenkins, 67, and youngster John Bain, 58 (ex Coffs Harbour) were through to the State Men’s Fours final against the team of the tournament from Club Helensvale, Des Cann, Matt Lucas, Brett Wilkie and skip Nathan Rice.

The elder statesmen waved the white flag after the 17th end (down 9-24) but they weren't tired, just out-played.

"Of course it's hard not to be a bit flat after a big game like the semi but the fact is, we

The new state champions, Helensvale’s Des Cann, Matt Lucas, Brett Wilkie and Nathan Rice were beaten only once in the sections by Jay Cross’s Swifts boys but belted every other team before and after.

They are proud to represent QLD at the Australian Championships in November.

"That's why we sacrificed ourselves," Jenkins joked, "We thought they'd do a better job, representing QLD at Nationals..."

It’s hard to beat the Helensvale system, all winners praising the club ethos of having fun, on and off the green.

Women’s final, Clarke v Pavlov

“I’m in good hands with these boys,” skip Nathan Rice said.

WOMEN The Women's State Fours final was close and exciting with an especially thrilling start, Chrissie Pavlov's girls up 10-0 after the first four ends.

Four ends later, the score was 10-10, Lynsey Clarke never losing focus or belief that things would come right.

Men’s final, Rice v Jenkins

The light drizzle ramped up to steady rain but the battle continued, shot for shot, 18-18 on the 18th end, Clarke managing to get her nose in front over the final three ends, 21-19.

"The best thing about this year's final was the spirit in which it was played, they played well but we did too, and we're all good friends," silver medal skip Chrissie Pavlov said.

"I'm ecstatic to win, it was one of the hardest state championships I've ever won, it was a really good battle, we're all super competitive and it was quality bowls," gold medal s k i p

Men’s semi, Brown v Jenkins

and new state champion Lynsey Clarke said.

"We can't hate you for winning, you're so nice!" Palov-third Ann Russell said.

The Women’s State Fours Champs are Natasha Jones, Chloe Stewart, Julie Keegan, Lynsey Clarke, the runners up, Anne McClure, Sue McKenzie, Ann Russell, Chrissie Pavlov.

2017 State Fours champs Julie Keegan, Chloe Stewart, Natasha Jones, Lynsey Clarke, Des Cann, Nathan Rice, Matt Lucas, Brett Wilkie.

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Pairs

MEN

WOMEN Last year’s bridesmaids Tewantin Noosa’s Jenny Lonie and Robyn McAnelly were once again denied just short of the summit, this time by ace Helensvale duo Natasha Jones and Lynsey Clarke.

The Hawks besties made sure of the title 25-13, Lonie and McAnelly wearing the silver again.

“We ran into one of the Australian skips and they were both a bit too good, we didn’t play as well as we did in the semi,” McAnelly said.

Lonie and McAnelly

Hawks duo Anthony Kiepe and Des Cann pulled off a dramatic eleventh hour victory 21-20 in the Men’s Pairs against Caloundra’s Wade Mutzelburg and Joel Andersen.

“They had us worried, we were down about eight shots and it was getting very close to the end, every time we had numbers at the head they would just kill it or drive it into the ditch,” Cann said.

“Luckily on the last end Chookie (Kiepe) nailed his first bowl at the jack and then with his third bowl he pushed up his second to put all three on the jack, I managed to sneak one in for four and placed my last one to make five.

“I wasn’t feeling the pressure till Joel played his last bowl and that was the most nerve-racking moment of the whole tournament for me and he just put it slightly narrow and it caught some traffic in the head to leave us five shots up and hand us the game.”

MEN - OVER 60s

“We went down in the final last year by one shot and missed out on this one but next year we will be back!”

Geoff Jensen from New Farm and skip Max Jaffray from Tweed Heads were devastating out of the blocks in the Men’s Over 60s Pairs final, taking it all the way to a 26-14 state title victory over Bribie Island’s Peter Hughes and Nigel Melbourne from Kawana.

It was the Australian Jackaroo captain’s fourth State Pairs title (2008, 2009, 2015, 2017) in 10 years, her second with Jones (2015, 2017).

“It all went pretty well to script for us and Max had a really good day, the opposition skip just missed a few vital shots,” Jensen said.

“It's nice to be back in the winner's circle after things didn’t quite fall our way last year,” Clarke said.

“I think the turning point for us was getting a six on the 13th end which took the pressure off and helped us relax.

Over 60s champs Jensen and Jaffray

“I’m really happy with the result, we played last year and we were knocked out in the quarterfinal so it was good to have a comeback this year and take out the title.”

WOMEN - OVER 60s After an excruciating three-shot loss in last year’s Women’s Over 60s Pairs final, 2016 silver medalists Adele Pershouse from Bargara and Mary Geary from Mooloolaba were determined to go one better.

It didn’t look likely in the early stages, silver medalists Susan Jardine from Moore Park (Bundaberg) and Kay Cook from Bargara off to a cracking start.

“We gave away six ends, before we could even get on the board they were six shots up, but we managed to grab a five and make it 6-5 and from there we persevered,” Geary said.

“They played very well and we were outbowled at the beginning.”

However the great friends’ previous state finals experience showed and they got their happy ending 19-10, although Pershouse felt she could have done more.

“I didn’t play my best, it was the worst game of my competition,” Pershouse said.

“You played well at the end! And you were there when I needed you!” skip Geary interrupted.

The pair are keen to return for next year to have a crack at defending their new state title.

Over 60s champs Geary and Pershouse

Pic left - Men’s pairs champions Kiepe & Cann, Women’s champs Clark & Jones.

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MEN Queensland’s 2017 Men’s Singles champion Nathan Rice was rapt to be lifting the Cup for the third time (2010, 2012, 2017).

The final day of the 2017 BQ State Champs was a thriller, the weather held, the crowds were enthusiastic, the finalists top shelf, the titles hard fought, and the games were streamed LIVE by BQ for the first time ever.

CEO Brett Wilkie created a sensation when he live streamed the event on his mobile phone, assisted by Julie Keegan, Sean Ingham, Ryan Burnett, Kurt Brown and Kristy Thatcher.

WOMEN Kiwi Katelyn Inch took a risk coming to Australia at the end of January to progress her campaign for Commonwealth Games selection on the greens of Broadbeach.

“Trying to get selected for New Zealand, currently in the squad, just trying to get some more experience and play more bowls, give it my best shot,” Inch said.

“It definitely was a risk, I didn’t know how it was going to turn out, I didn’t know anyone, but it’s definitely paid off, I love playing on these greens now, I’m getting more used to them every day.”

“It’s fantastic, so hard to win, this is pretty big for me, I’m trying to push back into the Commonwealth Games side, I had to try to put my name back out there again, it’s been a bit quiet for a while, it’s nice to be back in the winner’s circle,” Rice said.

“I was very confident the way I’ve been playing and it got me over the line.”

Silver medalist Dean McWhinney was in killer form, five shots ahead 20-15 on the 28th end, but Rice turned the tables over the next six ends to win 25-21.

“I got off the blocks pretty well, the greens changed a fraction and I think that’s what put me off, Nate just jumped on top and pretty much controlled the whole game then,” McWhinney said.

“Great to be in the final though, it’s always hard to be in the final of a State event, I enjoyed it very much.”

Silver medalist Dee-Ann Robertson was never out of the game, the biggest margin being five shots behind on the 21st end, 14-19. Five ends later, Robertson was one shot off, 20-21.

Inch took four more ends to get the magic number, 25-21, and win the title.

“We both did as good as we could have, a few ends that Katelyn converted that got her the game, good on her,” Robertson said.

MIXED PAIRS Melissa Larcombe & Kurt Brown Silver: Scot MacDonald & Jules Johnson

MEN’S TRIPLES Sean Ingham, Kevin Anderson, Ryan Bester Silver: Nick Cahill, Ian Schuback, Kurt Brown

WOMEN’S TRIPLES Ann-Maree Peart, Kristy Thatcher, Melissa Larcombe Silver: Anne McClure, Maree Gibbs, Chrissie Pavlov

MEN’S FOURS Des Cann, Matt Lucas, Brett Wilkie, Nathan Rice Silver: John Bain, Nigel Smith, Geoff Hawken, Nev Jenkins

WOMEN’S FOURS Natasha Jones, Chloe Stewart, Julie Keegan, Lynsey Clarke Silver: Anne McClure, Sue McKenzie, Ann Rusell, Chrissie Pavlov

Winning the QLD Singles will ensure her name sounds across the ditch.

“It’s an event I’ve never played before, everything was new, everything was exciting, I wasn’t as nervous as I usually get, I just had to hang in there and keep grinding away,” Inch said.

R ES U LT S

MEN’S PAIRS Anthony Kiepe & Des Cann Pic above - Nathan Rice’s was on fire with his purple speckle bowl, taking shot time and again.

Silver: Wade Mutzelburg & Joel Andersen.

WOMEN’S PAIRS Natasha Jones & Lynsey Clarke

Pic below - Singles champions Katelyn Inch and Nathan Rice flanked by silver medalists Dee-Ann Robertson and Dean McWhinney.

Silver: Jenny Lonnie & Robyn McAnelly

MEN’S OVER 60s PAIRS Geoff Jensen & Max Jaffray Silver: Peter Hughes & Nigel Melbourne

WOMEN’S OVER 60s PAIRS Adele Pershouse & Mary Geary Silver: Susan Jardine & Kay Cook

MEN’S SINGLES Nathan Rice Silver: Dean McWhinney

WOMEN’S SINGLES Katelyn Inch Silver: Dee-Ann Robertson

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Pic: WOFF Shaun Keitel (Air Force), CPO Noleen Brennan (Navy), vice president Michael Carter (North Gold Coast RSL sub-division) and WO1 Mick Carley, CSM (Army).

COMMEMORATIVE ANZAC TEST SERIES QLD WINS 4TH ANNUAL CLASH AGAINST DEFENCE With the BQ President’s XII one series win ahead of Defence, the ADF bowlers had one mission on their minds at the start of the fourth annual test series at Paradise Point Bowls Club (April 28-29).

“It hurt to give the trophy back to QLD last year and we’re determined to win it back this year,” ADF Lawn Bowls president Phil Black said.

But it wasn’t to be, a one shot win to QLD in the second test giving the President’s XII the narrowest of Series wins, taking the for and against tally over the last four years to: QLD 3 - 1 ADF.

“It’s one of the proudest and most enjoyable bowls competitions I’ve ever been involved in,” Mt Gravatt’s Christine Baxter said, her first time selected to play for the President’s XII. “It’s a very positive experience and an honour for QLD to host Defence each year, as part of the 100 year commemoration of ANZAC,” BQ president Peter Williamson said.

FIRST TEST The first test began on Friday night on the indoor green at Paradise Point Bowls Cluba, the Defence Force took an early 11-0 lead after ADF skip Phil Black led the charge against QLD skip Nev Jenkins.

“Thank you to Paradise Point Bowls Club for assisting BQ to host this significant series.”

However, Jenkins and his rink of Alan Thorp, Roger Goodridge and Cohen Litfin staged an amazing fightback to win the rink 2421.

North Gold Coast RSL Sub Branch conducted a short ANZAC memorial service prior to the bowls.

Sam White’s rink of Christine Baxter, Jake Fehlberg and his director Grant Fehlberg and Kerry Flint put Defence

Pic: PTE Sam Pryor, AB Justin Bell, SGT Jason Wholohan, PO Stephen Patterson, SGT Gerard Harkins, AC Greg Wetzler, AB Anita Jenkins, WO Ian Groves, CPO Phil Black, in uniform, WO1 Mick Carley CSM, CPO Noleen Brennan, WOFF Shaun Keitel, QLD, Nev Jenkins, Sam White, Roger Goodridge, Grant Fehlberg, Cohen Litfin, Nathan Appleton, Jake Fehlberg, front, Alan Thorp, Ester Regan, Fay Whittaker, Kerry Flint, Christine Baxter, Tony Bonnell.

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R E S U LT S Neville Jenkins (South Tweed) Cohen Litfin (Jindalee) Roger Goodridge (Broadbeach)

WO Mick Carley (Army/QLD) AB Anita Jenkins (Navy/VIC) SGT Jason Wholohan (RAAF/SA)

WINNER: BQ PRESIDENT’S XII RUNNER UP:

Alan Thorp (Bribie Island)

CPO Phil Black (Navy/ACT)

Sam White (Paradise Point) Kerry Flint (Belmont Serv)

CPO Noleen Brennan (Navy/QLD)

Jake Fehlberg (Burleigh Heads)

AB Justin Bell (Navy/QLD)

TEST 1

WO Ian Groves (Army/QLD)

Qld wins by 18 shots

Grant Fehlberg (Director) Christine Baxter (Mt Gravatt) Ester Regan (Bramble Bay) Julie Dean (Paradise Point) Nathan Appleton (Nth Toowoomba) Tony Bonnell (Brighton)

PTE Sam Pryor (Army/SA)

ADF LAWN BOWLS

WO Shaun Keitel (RAAF/ACT)

QLD 79 - 61 ADF

SGT Gerard Harkins (RAAF/NSW)

Rink Results:

AC Greg Wetzler (RAAF/NT)

Alan Thorp, Roger Goodridge,

PO Stephen Patterson (Navy/WA)

Cohen Litfin, Nev Jenkins 24 - 21 WO Mick Carley, AC Greg Wetzler, AB Anita Jenkins, CPO Phil Black

on notice with a runaway 34-15 win over PTE Sam Pryor’s rink.

It was close all the way on the third rink with the ADF’s Stephen Patterson getting over the line against Ester Regan’s rink of Tony Bonnell, Nathan Appleton and Julie Dean by four shots.

SECOND TEST Scoring was neck and neck for most of the game but with only two ends to play the ADF grabbed the upper hand, three shots up and only one end to play on the Sam White v Phil Black rink.

The ADF were holding two when the skips crossed over, QLD’s Sam White

trailed the jack for three and then drew another to claim four shots, winning the Second Test for QLD and sealing the Series win.

Christine Baxter, Jake Fehlberg, Kerry Flint, Sam White 34 - 15 CPO Noleen Brennan, AB Justin Bell,

THIRD TEST

WO Ian Groves, PTE Sam Pryor

The ADF came out with all guns blazing in the Third Test dominating across all three rinks. QLD’s President’s XII fought valiantly to make it a clean sweep but could only reduce the deficit.

Tony Bonnell, Nathan Appleton,

Even a late surge by Neville Jenkins rink scoring an eight still wasn’t enough to get back within reach overall, the ADF bowlers salvaging their pride and putting QLD on notice for next year.

Julie Dean, Ester Regan 21 - 25 WO Shaun Keitel, SGT Gerard Harkins, SGT Jason Wholohan, PO Stephen Patterson

TEST 2 Qld wins by one shot and clinches the Series 2 - 0

QLD 62 - 61 ADF Jenkins 22 - 22 PO Patterson White 24 - 21 CPO Black Regan 21 - 25 PTE Pryor

TEST 3 Defence wins by 17 shots

QLD 48 - 65 ADF Jenkins 24 - 24 PTE Pryor White 15 - 18 PO Patterson Regan 9 - 23 CPO Black

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THE LAST TO LEAVE THE PARTY! Searching for lost fortunes used to take years.

Gin Gin Bowls Club life member Beattie Cooke is someone special.

She turned 100 on December 30 last year.

She put on an afternoon tea at 1.30pm at the club for anyone who wanted to wish her Happy Birthday - and the whole town turned up!

The birthday girl sponsored the bowls, with prizes of meat trays, and then she moved on to her next party, from 6pm, celebrating with more than 100 family and friends - and she was the last to leave!

Beattie joined Gin Gin Bowls Club in 1957 and was taught

by Mr Goldsworthy.

“She became a fantastic player and volunteer within the club and went on to become a well deserving life member,” Gin Gin PR Tania Munro said.

“She played her last game at 95 but she still comes to bowls on special days and donates and presents prizes.

“She still has her driver’s licence so she can drive herself to the club.

“Beattie is a lovely warmhearted person and we’d love to see her photo in Bowler magazine.”

Congratulations on your 100 years milestone Beattie Cooke from all in the BQ community and thank you for your contributions to bowls.

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QLD HOSTS 38 th BLIND NATIONALS The 38th annual Blind Bowls Nationals opened to brilliant weather at Coolangatta Bowls Club on May 22.

what is effectively a selection trial for the one mixed pairs spot available to blind bowlers on the Australian Commonwealth Games bowls team.

The club welcomed the top 42 from five states (QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, WA) to “Cooly” with a delicious chocolate cake.

Ferguson said results from the Blind Nationals would be posted to the website abbanationals.blogspot.com

The National Champs will be played over nine days (May 22 - 30) with singles and pairs titles in B1-B4 categories up for grabs.

Pic: 7 News Cameraman Alistair MacDonald

Pic: Representing WA

Pic: Marian Morrison

Pic: Lynne & Bob Seymour, Raine Freeman

Pic: Jake Fehlberg and Chris Backstrom

National coach Wendy Ferguson said three QLD “B3” players had already been selected to play in the upcoming Trans Tasman and Multi Nations tournaments.

Marian Morrison (Aspley), Lynne Seymour (Thuringowa) and Jake Fehlberg (Burleigh Heads) will join B2 bowler Ralph Simpson (VIC) in

Pic: Opening ceremony ABBA National Championships at Coolangatta

Burnett’s 70th Burnett Bowls Club (Bundaberg) celebrated its three score years and 10 on May 13.

Moore Park Beach Glass and Security sponsored a $1000 Triples Day to mark the occasion with three games played and 42 teams taking part, coming from local clubs and visiting clubs from Maryborough and Sorrento (WA).

Winning Triple was Phil Benton, Peter Ey and Barry Peardon.

(Other prizes went to 2nd S Williams, F Williams, C Williams; 3rd, Rocky,

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J Kajewski, J Green; 4th B Gint, S Burgess, B Burgess; 5th M Todd, J Todd, S Todd. The Lucky Winning Team was Bud, Renni and P Brown, the Lucky Losing Team D Moriorty, R Mossveld and S Mossveld.)

“We were overwhelmed with the attendance, it was great to see three full greens of juniors, men and women all having a great time,” men’s president and Burnett Juniors coach Des Kemp said.

The dinner that night was a trip down memory lane, with the longest serving members Allan Cook (57 years) and

Helen Fleming (51 years) leading the way.

There was a popular power-point presentation of “Who am I?” with very early photos of members and a current photo.

There were photo albums, memorabilia, and lots of stories.

“Thanks to our MC Lyn Forgan and to all our sponsors who enable us to continue the history of the Burnett Bowls Club,” Des Kemp said.

Pic left: Doing the honours, Burnett’s Allan Cook, Helen Flemming, Des Kemp, Ken Gear, Daphne McCracken.

REMEMBERING SNOW

WARR BROWN

It’s been just over a year since beloved Oakey Bowls Club life member Neville ‘Snow’ McCormack died.

To honour Snow, the club held a Memorial Bowls Day to raise funds to create a memorial garden in the Oakey Hospital grounds, where Snow spent his final days in the Dr E.A.F. McDonald Nursing Home.

Pic: Inaugural Warr Brown Challenge, Downs District v Brisbane District at Laidley

You’ve probably never thought of Laidley as being ‘strategically located’ but it was the popular choice as host club for a new annual Over 60s challenge between Downs and Brisbane Districts.

“We’re located right in the middle, Toowoomba clubs come down and the Brisbane clubs come up,” Downs District president Kerry Green said.

The Warr Brown Challenge is named after two members dear to the hearts

Pic: At Snow’s Memorial Bowls Day, Oakey’s Alan Jackson and Maroochydore’s Mal Overend.

Snow’s wife Glenda has commissioned a wishing well and the plan is for an area suited for children with toadstools and fairies among the shrubbery.

MULTI-B OWL At time of going to print, QLD had won a bronze and silver medal at this year’s Multi-Disability Lawn Bowls National Championships at Raymond Terrace NSW (May 21-26).

Tony Bonnell, Serena Bonnell and Louise Hoskins won bronze in the Triples and Tony Bonnell and Brett Sellars won silver in the Men’s Pairs.

This year’s Multibowl had 43 players from six states and territories competing over men and women’s singles and pairs and open triples.

of both districts, Downs secretary Harry Warr and Brisbane chairman of selectors Keith Brown.

The Challenge will be played in April each year on a Wednesday, each district fielding 21 players, 7 x Triples, playing two games of nine ends.

Much to Kerry Green’s horror, Brisbane won the inaugural challenge on April 19, Downs District now playing catch up.

Laidley Fours The $3600 Laidley Men’s Fours Carnival held on April 22-23 was won by a cobbled together team skipped by Warren Haines, including Kerry Green, Geoff Weier and Caleb Bowles (pictured below).

“It was great to have all the greens full, best greens in the district, we played five games over the two days, we put our ‘scratch’ team together at 8am on the morning of the tournament and we ended up winning all five games to share the winner’s prize, $1600,” Green said.

Other competitors for QLD were Don Currie, Shane Kerr, Dale Mansfield, Deb McGarry, Annette Goldsworthy and team manager Bernie Wolland.

Pic: Snow’s daughter Kerry Hedge and wife Glenda McCormack and Snow’s sister Theresa Casey from Townsville.

Snow served as games director at Oakey for 28 years, as well as helping out at the bar and maintaining the greens. ““If you ever needed to find Snow around town, it was common knowledge “he was at the Club”,” daughter Kerry Hedge said.

Photos courtesy High Country Herald, Oakey

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Pictured back, Tony Bonnell, Don Currie, Brett Sellars, Shane Kerr, manager Bernie Wolland, Dale Mansfield, coach Alan Thorp, front, Serena Bonnell, Annette Goldsworthy, Louise Hoskins, Deb McGarry.

HAS YOUR CLUB HELD A GREAT TOURNAMENT RECENTLY? Send us a winners photo and details of the day to: media@bowlsqld.org We can share on BQ Facebook and/or Bowler magazine.

No thing to do on a Monday nigh t ?

South Townsville’s ‘green machine’ was the proud winner of Townsville’s new Monday Night bowls comp, the brainchild of Suburban Bowls Club’s Dave Whiting.

WORLD MASTERS It was an impressive medal haul for Hamilton Bowls Club’s Shaun Kelly and Wally Schmidt at the World Masters Games in Auckland, NZ (April 21-30).

The Brisbane pair brought home a total of three medals, 2 silver and 1 gold, in the Age Group 40-49 Years across three disciplines, Pairs, Fours, Mixed Pairs.

It was a silver in the Fours teamed up with NZ’s Terry Makira and Jack Buncuga, missing the gold by 4 shots.

The QLDers were still going for gold and got their chance in the Men’s Pairs final against a Samoa/NZ combo Arthur Bell and Bruce Walters.

Schmidt & Kelly preserved their unbeaten record in the comp, winning 13-5 in the final and the coveted gold.

The plan was to get the city’s four men’s clubs Suburban, Jubilee, South Townsville and Cutheringa together for hot nibbles, cold beer and sport.

With a perpetual trophy donated by Jubilee president Allan Henderson, the Monday Night timeslot from 6.30pm worked brilliantly.

fielding five rinks of Four (teams could change weekly), with main scoring on rink wins followed by margins, over 18 ends.

“All matches were played in good spirit, with no dummy spits,” Erikson said. “One Monday night had to be cancelled with Cyclone Debbie huffing and puffing.”

South Townsville was the 2017 champion with 19 rink wins out of a possible 30 and a margin of 88, Suburban was runner up.

“The new comp helped the clubs with extra revenue and gave selectors a chance to view players in a good competition and on different surfaces, even though it was played under lights,” player Wayne Erikson said.

“With North Queensland and State Pennant just around the corner, it turned out to be a good hit out for everyone.”

The Monday night comp was played on a ‘home and away’ basis, each club

Suburban’s Dave Whiting presents the new Inter Club Shield to South’s president Angus Millar.

Skip Kelly then teamed up with Blind Bowlers national coach Wendy Ferguson in the Mixed Pairs for a silver finish, only one shot behind the gold medalists, 10-9.

The World Masters Games is held every four years and attracts more than 28,000 participants from 106 countries across 28 different sports.

The next World Masters Games is in 2021 in Japan.

Pic: Shaun Kelly and Wally Schmidt

Monday Night Comp inaugural winner South Townsville, pictured, Kev Clarke,James Shadbolt,Brian Hitchcock,Baden Barry,Teb Oneil,Greg Delaney,John Shepperd,Ken Manders,Josh Bourne,Angus Millar,Don Zahner,Ross Bennett,Wayne Erikson,Dave Print,Steve Mottin,Bob Bean,Mark Defranciscis,Geoff Garner,Peter Sturzaker,Bill Wroe,Will Johnson.

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20/05/2017 4:07 pm

Umpire with Joan Brotherton

START OF PLAY As part of my duties on the Bowls QLD umpire committee, I was fortunate to visit the clubs of Tugun, Coolangatta, Tweed Heads and South Tweed during the four days of Domina BCIB District Sides.

I enjoyed my time with the duty umpires and met many players from around the state.Talking with them and listening to their various questions, queries, and suggestions was interesting and very helpful.

5.3.2: In any end, the start of play is the delivery of the jack by the first player to play in that end.

Law 5.4: Play in other ends: In all ends after the first but apart from in an extra end, the winner of the previous scoring end must place the mat and then deliver the jack and the first bowl.

It also has given me ideas for various Question & Answer columns for the Bowler magazine, in an effort to help and assist all bowlers to understand the Laws of the Sport of Bowls as best I can.

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Law 5.3: The Start of Play: 5.3.1: In any game, the start of play is the delivery of the jack by the first player to play in the first end.

Delivering the jack - Laws 5.3.1 and 5.3.2

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Law 2.2: Constitution of players: 2.2.1: Intended players will become constituted immediately their first game in the competition has commenced (when the jack is delivered in the first end as per Law 5.3).

2.2.1.1: An intended player becomes constituted, even when a substitute is playing in their place, immediately their first game in the competition has commenced (when the jack is delivered in the first end as per Law 5.3).

2.2.2: The intended players of a team credited with a win by default become constituted players.

2.2.3: If an intended player, team or side forfeits they become constituted players and are ineligible to act as replacement players or substitutes in that competition.

If you attended Domina BCIB State District Sides and/or BQ State Championships, I hope you bowled well and enjoyed the camaraderie of our wonderful sport.

Is the start of play when you place the mat or when you deliver the jack?

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Delivering the bowl – Law 5.4 Law 6.1: At the start of each end: Before the start of play in each end, the player to play first must place the centre line of the mat lengthwise along the centre line of the rink, with the mat line at least 2 metres from the rear ditch and at least 23 metres from the front ditch (for Domestic play).

Facing the green - placing the mat as per Law 6.1

2.2.4: An intended player, team or side receiving an unpaired bye in the first round of a competition become constituted as soon as their opponents for the second round become constituted.

2.2.5: An intended player, team or side receiving matching byes in the first round of a competition become constituted immediately when their first game in the competition has commenced (when the jack is delivered in the first end as per Law 5.3).

Facing the rink number - placing the mat as per Law 6.1

KALLANGUR REPRIEVE Kallangur bowlers will no longer have the land sold out from under them after Moreton Bay Regional Council agreed not to offer the land for sale, at this stage.

The community rallied around the club and in fact, a community bowls day to support the club turned into a celebration when the Council announced its change of heart.

Bowlers showed non-bowlers how to have a go, Kallangur Lions cooked a BBQ and local councilors and state government representatives attended to see first hand why bowls clubs are worth saving.

WH AT’ S N E XT ?

55th Sunshine Coast Winter Carnival, May 27-July 26 Trans Tasman & Multi Nations Broadbeach, May 31-June 9 $15,000 Rapid Fire Classic Club Pine Rivers, June 3-4

Pumped the club is safe, Gerrit Toonen, Alan Clarke, Graeme Sing.

Dunn Cup Thuringowa, June 8-11 Australian Open Gold Coast, June 10-23 BQ U18 QLD v NSW, NSW, July 4-5 Junior Golden Nugget Tweed Heads, July 22-23 Fraser Coast Winter of Bowls now until July 6 BQ U25 QLD V NSW Kallangur, July 27-28 Golden Nugget Tweed Heads, July 31-Aug 3

Supporting Kallangur Bowls Club, Moreton Bay Regional Councillor Denise Sims on the mat, under instruction from Colleen Smith, Graeme Sing and Rose Clarke on the bank.

Stradbroke 10,000 Point Lookout, August 21-24 Australian Indoor Tweed Heads, Aug 28-31

BOWLERS RALLY FOR SAMMIE Queensland teammates have rallied around Sammie Wilson after her shock diagnosis of cancer last month.

Sammie’s work colleagues at Musgrave Hill held a bowls day on May 28 to raise funds to help her young family meet expenses.

Many in the bowls community responded to a Go Fund Me call, including big-hearted Cloncurry bowler Damien McGee with a generous donation of $5000 because “Bowlers stick together”.

Offers of assistance can be directed to Musgrave Hill Bowls Club.

LADIES TEAM CHALLENGE Nominations are open for 2017 Ladies Team Challenge, all female team pairs comp which runs over six weeks in October/November.

Fixture dates are Saturday mornings Oct 7 - Nov 4, 9am - 12.30pm.

See Ladies Team Challenge website or Facebook page.

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BQ Secondary Schools Cup Pine Rivers, Sep 16-17 Australian U18 Champs NSW, Sep 30-Oct 2 Australian Champ of Champs NT, Oct 11-13 Capalaba Classic, October 14-15 BQ District Mixed Pairs State Final Souths Suburban, Oct 14-15 Australian Senior Sides SA, Oct 16-19 BQ State Champ of Club Champs Mermaid Beach, Oct 21-26 BQ State Pennant Tweed Heads, Nov 4-5 BPL06 Club Pine Rivers, Nov 14-17 Australian Champs Merimbula NSW, Nov 27-Dec 1

CLUB LAW

Q C A T A Cheaper Way to Recover Your Debts The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal, or QCAT, is an independent tribunal which can provide cost effective and efficient dispute resolution in a wide range of legal matters.

QCAT is an amalgamation of several smaller tribunals which formerly existed in Queensland, including the Small Claims Tribunal and the Commercial and Consumer Tribunal.

What types of matters can QCAT hear?

QCAT has jurisdiction in a wide range of matters, including those involving property damage,

disputes between tenants and landlords, disputes over the supply of goods and services, and minor debt disputes up to the amount of $25,000.

Should I start an action in QCAT to recover my debt?

QCAT can make the debt recovery process for clubs and other small businesses significantly quicker and easier. It offers the benefit of a formal dispute resolution process at only a fraction of the cost, and formality, of traditional Court proceedings.

With the aim of making QCAT more accessible to the community, QCAT minor debt disputes are decided by tribunal members (as opposed to judges), with the parties ordinarily being self-represented.

A party wishing to be legally represented may apply to QCAT for permission.

Although these applications will be considered with regard to the circumstances of the particular case at hand, in our experience QCAT is reluctant to make such orders in its minor debt jurisdiction. That said, parties can still seek legal advice and assistance as to, for example, the prospects of their claim, the preparation of documentation and the QCAT process generally.

The emphasis that QCAT places on the parties appearing on their own behalf at mediations, hearings etc assists in minimising legal costs significantly. This is critical in disputes involving minor debts.

Curt Schatz partner mullins lawyers

How does the process work?

Before starting proceedings in QCAT it is wise to attempt to resolve the dispute directly with the debtor. This may be achieved, for example, through sending letters of demand, or by meeting face to face with the debtor to try and find a solution.

If an agreement can’t be reached, you can make an application to QCAT by completing and lodging the appropriate form (which is to include all the relevant facts information in relation to the dispute), and paying the application fee.

The forms and fees can be found on the QCAT website.

After you file your application you are required to serve a copy on the Respondent. They will then have a chance to file a response. Following this, QCAT will either arrange for a mediation to be held, where a tribunal member will look to assist the parties to resolve the dispute, or list the matter for a hearing.

QCAT is not bound by traditional rules of evidence which further assists in providing a more straightforward hearing process for self-represented applicants.

What if I’m still not paid?

If you obtain a decision in your favour, the QCAT decision can be registered with the Magistrates’ Court and enforced as a judgment of that Court (which can include redirecting the debtor’s earnings, seizing the debtor’s assets, or negotiating a payment plan).

If you require any assistance in relation to debt recovery matters, including through QCAT, please do not hesitate to contact us to discuss on 3224 0230.

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Simply put an X where you think the missing jack was located in this picture, fill in your details below and send this page to:

Queensland Bowler Spot the Jack PO Box 476, Alderley 4051 The first correct entry drawn will receive a free set of Henselite bowls.

Winners can choose from a selection of models, colours and sizes.

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DISABILITY GALA The smiling faces on the greens at Enoggera for Brisbane District’s Disability Gala Day (April 27) is what the sport is all about.

EN O G G ER A B O W L S C L U B AP R I L 2 7 , 2017

“The good thing about lawn bowls is that it has a pathway for disability bowlers through to state and national disability games and the Commonwealth Games.”

take part in sport, and if its lawn bowls, then great for us!”

Foster says taster days like the disability Gala are a step in the right direction for bowls.

“It doesn’t matter who comes into our sport as long as it is growing and more people are participating, if we don’t get out there and start working hard we are not going to have the population for lawn bowls in the future.”

BDBA Geoff Manser and Anna Doyle from Mitchelton Special School Sabrina Sim

Foster thanked all the volunteers who helped with the gala day.

More than 80 children from six nearby schools enjoyed a challenging and fun programme put together by BDBA junior liaison officer Marty Foster.

The district is planning a general coaching day for U18 bowlers in the second week of the upcoming school holidays (early July).

Ben Hohn

Brisbane District is making a concerted effort to bolster junior participation; the short term goal is to set up a junior academy but the ultimate goal is to elevate bowls throughout the state, however they can.

Jasper Scott

“I think lawn bowls is a great game for children with disabilities, you can play at different paces, the space you play in is a lot smaller, the parents can participate, and you can see results straight away,” Foster said.

Pic: All the team at Enoggera Bowls Club

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“It’s not just for Brisbane District, we are doing it for the sport, and if anyone is interested, give us a ring and were happy to help anyone, anywhere,” Foster said.

“We don’t want to take kids from any other district or club, we just want people to get out there, get active and

Lennon Lay

If you have a junior who would like to participate or if you would like to get involved, contact BDBA for more details on 3162 9415.

DEVELOPMENT

PAUL

PETER

ANDREW

Get In the Game Sport and Recreation Funding opens this month with Andrew Howie This is the month to apply for Queensland Government Sport and Recreation funding for clubs.

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Grants open on June 19 and close on August 11 (subject to change).

Last year 27 Queensland Bowling Clubs applications were successful which amounted to $178,056

The Get in the Game initiative targets sport and active recreation at the grassroots level and there are two funding opportunities available to clubs.

Get Playing Places and Spaces is second of the funding programs that comprise the Queensland Government’s Get in the Game initiative.

Get Going Clubs is one funding programs that provides funding to support not-for-profit local sport and recreation organisations to create and provide access to participation opportunities for Queenslanders.

Get Playing Places and Spaces aims to assist local sport and recreation organisations with the development of places and spaces so Queenslanders are encouraged to become involved in the sport and active recreation activity.

What funding is available?

What funding is available?

Eligible not-for-profit sport and active recreation organisations can apply for funding of up to $7,500 (GST exclusive).

Organisations are eligible for funding up to a maximum of $100,000 (GST exclusive).

What projects are eligible?

Applicants will need to contribute a minimum of 20 per cent to the total eligible project costs.

Organisations can apply for funding for only ONE project. An eligible project can be made up of any combination of the following components up to a maximum of $7,500 (GST exclusive): •

Education and training

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Equipment

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Participation.

What projects are eligible?

Projects eligible for funding must be a new, upgraded or a replacement facility development that supports participation in sport and active recreation. Eligible organisations can only apply for ONE project.

Projects should address the identified need and meet the program objectives: •

Develop the capacity of sport and recreation organisations to deliver participation opportunities.

Last year nine Queensland Bowling Clubs applications were successful which amounted to $532,250

Enable local sport and recreation organisations to deliver projects that improve participation opportunities

RBM - TROPICAL NORTH QLD Paul Jackson - 0429 213 207 pjackson@bowls.com.au

RBM - CENTRAL QLD

Peter Nixon - 0429 442 818 pnixon@bowls.com.au

If your club would like to know if your club or project are eligible or would like a hand completing the applications process please contact your local Regional Bowls Manager.

For more information, please follow the link to https://www.qld. gov.au/recreation/sports/funding/ getinthegame.

W E’RE L IKIN ’ The response to the revived Bowls QLD Secondary Schools Cup competition! The RBMs are assisting clubs and districts to put programmes together. State Final weekend is September 16-17 at Club Pine Rivers.

Sandgate Bowls Club’s monthly Rock & Bowl Sundays. So much fun and great to see family life built around a bowls club again. The inaugural event was Sun April 9 and 150 barefoot bowlers enjoyed live rock music and two hours of barefoot bowls for $10. Upcoming dates are Sundays June 18 , July 16, Aug 20, Sept 17.

Not many sleeps now until the biggest bowls show on Earth kicks off at the Gold Coast Australian Open, June 10-23.

If you want to get excited, check out the latest on the website australianopen.bowlsaustralia. com.au

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Coaching with BQ coaching committee

THORPY

What to expect at a skills coaching day 19 bowlers attended a Skills Coaching Day at Bongaree Bowls Club on May 20, conducted by BQ Coaching committee’s George Franklin.

After a welcome, the group discussed and practiced on the green constants

and variables in the game of bowls; goal setting, drills in a simulated match setting, and progressive triples, winding up the session with an animated and enjoyable lunch for those who could stay.

PAV

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MINIBUS

THORPY’S TOP TIP SHOT SELECTION Once the shot has been visually selected, ensure that you have made the definite decision about the shot to be played and commit yourself to the visually chosen line and establish your stare point for the delivery.

Do this and you will consistently deliver your bowl along the correct line.

Bongaree Bowls Club

P & A Progress BQ Coaching is actively identifying and training Presenters & Assessors with the aim of achieving a P & A in every BQ district.

At the most recent course at Enoggera (April 7 - 10), back row, Beryl Quinn (Port Curtis), Andrew Doggett (Cunningham), Eric Tomsene (Sunshine Coast), Peter

Hull (Brisbane North), Lloyd Harth (Maranoa Warrego), Trevor Musch (Gateway), Dennis O’Toole (P & A Brisbane), Alan Thorp (BQ Coaching), Felix Purcell (Mackay), front, Graham Woolley (Sunshine Coast), Rosey Allan (Cunningham), Jacqui Hineman (P & A Sunshine Coast). Absent from photo: Kerry Green (Downs), Steve Campbell (BA Training and Education), George Franklin (BQ Coaching).

Have you got your Bowler?

If you are interested in signing up for a competition or selection module, contact BQ 3354 0777.

UPCOMING COURSES Sat-Sun June 24-25 Club Coach Course, Capalaba Bowls Club Mon-Tues June 26-27 Club Coach Course, Jindalee Bowls Club Sat-Sun July 1-2 Competition & Selection Modules, Enoggera Bowls Club

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