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CONTENTS

Cover U18 QLD vs NSW Test Series 2019

Volume 42 Issue 7

5 – Coming up in Queensland

14 – Asia Pacific Championships

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10 – U18 QLD vs NSW Test Series

32 – Wishes granted for new greens

27 A game stoppage or an interruption to play?

Dunn Cup

Another successful Dunn Cup wraps up in Townsville

Umpire Joan explains the difference

23 Regional Bowls Managers’ column

28 Don’t get bowled over by mental health

Starting them early

We look how playing lawn bowls can be beneficial to your mental health

24 What’s happening in Queensland clubs

34 Coach Thorpy continues the series on mindfulness

Club news from our Queensland bowlers

How mindfulness affects everyday life

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Bowls Queensland Patron: His Excellency the Honourable Paul de Jersey AC, Governor of Queensland 4 queensland bowler August 2019

Coming up soon

The bowls calendar in Queensland is filling up fast.

These are our major events for August and September:

Australian Indoor Championships: August, 26-29 The Australian Indoor Championships will return to Tweed Heads Bowls Club in 2019 from August 26-29, for the 32nd staging of the nation’s premier indoor competition.

Bowls Queensland Secondary School Cup: August, 28-29

2018 Australian Indoor Champions Aaron Teys & Rebecca Van Asch

The Bowls Queensland Secondary School Cup Competition will be played across Queensland, with winners advancing through their local school and club to a district play off and then onto a state final at Club Pine Rivers (Brisbane) from August, 28-29.

Teams will consist of pairs (two girls, two boys, or a mixed team). Both players must attend the same recognised secondary school and students must not have turned 19 on or before December, 31 2019.

2018 Secondary Schools Champions Ty Jesberg & Blake Young (Longreach State High School)

Queensland Multi-Disability Championships: September, 3-6 Sponsor: Mackay Regional Council

Since 2011, Bowls Queensland in partnership with Sports Connect has run the Multi-Disability State Championships. The event will be held this year from September, 3-6 in Mackay at Souths Suburban and Mackay City Bowls Clubs.

2018 Life Stream Singles Champion Glen Holmes

2018 Hard of Hearing Open Singles Champion John Price

2018 Life Stream Open Pairs Champions Glen Holmes & Krystie Ebert

2018 Hard of Hearing Open Pairs Champions Robyn Riddle & John Price

2018 Sporting Wheelies Men’s Singles Champion David Hayes

2018 Blind Bowlers Men’s Singles Champion Dennis Wormald & director Margaret Wormald

2018 Sporting Wheelies Women’s Singles Champion Deb McGarry

2018 Blind Bowlers Women’s Singles Champion Joy Forster & director Bruce Jones

2018 Sporting Wheelies Open Pairs Champions Don Currie & Deb McGarry

2018 Blind Bowlers Open Pairs Champions Peter Uther & John Vance

State District Mixed Pairs: September, 28-29 Sponsor: Life Without Barriers The State District Mixed pairs event commences at district level and enables men and women from the same district to submit a team and win through their group playoffs. Winners from the eight groups come together to compete at the District Mixed Pairs Final from September, 28-29 at Diggers Memorial Bowls Club (Rockhampton).

2018 District Mixed Pairs Champions - Dee-Anne Robertson & Sean Ingham (Gold Coast-Tweed)

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From the President with BQ’s Peter Williamson

Clubs are facing falling membership with amalgamations and financial viability being some of the critical matters confronting Queensland clubs.

It has become more challenging in the delivery and organisation of the sport, particularly with the higher expectations of members and government authorities. A reduction in the number of available volunteers lead to additional demands on club officials to cope with the day-to-day activities, the growing awareness of complex policies and the expectations of computer skills being taken for granted. These are just some of the issues that face your club, so where possible, give your club officials assistance to help them make your club a better place to be.

The advent of the bowling arm has seen an upsurge of bowlers now using artificial devices to allow them to enjoy and prolong their ability to remain in the sport. The discontinuation of having to get a medical certificate and register with a state body has been a move in the right direction for the governance of bowls. A number of social groups that use the bowling arm have sprung up throughout Queensland and cater for players wishing to socialise and play bowls with others that use a bowling arm. These associations, as well as a number of other social bowls associations, for example the Master Builders Bowls Association, play interstate competitions on an annual basis and have as a requirement that all members must be a registered bowler with their respective states. These associations are not affiliated with state bodies and are run strictly as social organisations.

I travelled with the U18 sides to Cabramatta for the interstate series against NSW, where I saw some extremely well played games, with neither side giving an inch, or I should say millimetre. The young men were able to wrest the trophy from NSW by shot margin having tied the three tests series. The young ladies were not able to bridge the margin and went down by 10 shots. I can say congratulations to both sides on their individual performances and the way they conducted themselves on and off the green.

BQ Presents Suburban Bowls Club

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Members at Suburban Bowls Club are grateful for the flood relief funds received from Bowls Queensland and other clubs

By David Crichton On Saturday, June 15 a presentation was made to the Suburban Bowls Club by Bowls Queensland on behalf of the many bowls clubs that donated to their Disaster Relief Fund.

Our clean up co-ordinator, David Whiting, welcomed our club members and explained the reason for the assembly. Bowls Queensland were unable to attend and were represented by Lidia Marbelli (North Queensland District Ladies’ President) and Gary Costigan (North Queensland District Men’s President).

David Whiting paid tribute to the many clubs who donated to the fund by acknowledging the clubs individually. In addition, mention was made of the four clubs who had already donated to Suburban B.C. These were Club Pine Rivers, Urangan Bowls Club, South Johnstone Bowls Club and Tropical Far North Ladies’ Bowls Association. We are very appreciative of the fund raising efforts of all concerned.

Gary Costigan spoke on behalf of Bowls Queensland and read out the accompanying letter from the governing body. This was followed by Gary and Lidia handing over a cheque for $15,000 to Suburban’s Ladies’ President, Gwen Kent and the Men’s President, Craig Ware. Gwen then acknowledged the gesture and this was followed by thanks from the Board Chairman, Graham Fudge.

The club will ensure the donation be put to good use and will acknowledge the generosity of everyone concerned.

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NQDMBA President Gary Costigan presents BQ’s cheque to Giru Mens President Kev Collins, Giru Ladies President Helen Collins, NQDLBA Lidia Marbelli

BQ Disaster Fund helps Giru Bowls Club On behalf of Bowls Queensland, NQDMBA President Gary Costigan and NQDLBA Lidia Marbelli were happy to present Giru Bowls Club with a cheque for $7,000 to assist with repairing the damage they incurred during the recent floods.

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CEO REPORT with BQ’s Brett Wilkie Committees Congratulations to the following people who have been appointed by the Bowls QLD Board to form BQ Committees for the next 12 months: Coaching: Alan Thorp (Co-Ordinator), Dennis O’Toole, Eric Tomsene, Felix Purcell and Mal Mackney; Match: Ron Somerville (Co-Ordinator), Jim See, Helen Doherty, John De Erneste, Linda Morish and Denis Kirkman; Selection: Greg Bostock (Co-Ordinator), Christina Pavlov, Ron Mitchell, Maria Rigby, John Newell and Brad Harris; Umpires: John Kirkpatrick (Co-Ordinator), Joan Brotherton and Jessie Cannon. Thank you for devoting your time to bowls in QLD. QLD Under 18 Team Well done to our QLD U18 Team who performed and committed themselves extremely well versus NSW at Cabramatta recently. With both boys and girls Test Series being tied, the QLD boys snuck home by margin and unfortunately the girls lost narrowly on margin. Five boys and five girls will now be selected to represent QLD in the Australian Schools Super Series at Tweed Heads from September, 17-19 and Australian Under 18 Championships in Bendigo, VIC during October.

has resigned to take up a role as CEO for Bowls VIC, this comes after recent resignations of Participation Manager Deborah Niccol and Sponsorship and Partnerships Manager Jen Pitson. Accordingly, BA are currently reviewing their management structure.

New Sponsors Congratulations to North Toowoomba Bowls Club who have been successful in the right to host the State Champion of Club Champions event from October, 26-31.

Thank you to all clubs who showed expressions of interest to host this event.

Thank you to the Toowoomba Regional Council for their support of the QLD Champion of Club Champions. I am sure this will be a great opportunity for players and spectators to check out what the region has to offer while attending the event. For more information, visit: www.tr.qld.gov.au

Australian Indoor Singles – QLD Qualifiers Good luck to our Queensland qualifiers in the Australian Indoor Singles which will take place at Tweed Heads from August, 26-29: Women: Lynsey Clarke (Helensvale). Jessica Srisamruaybai (Tweed Heads), Joan Tennent (Broadbeach) & Heather Hodgson (Paradise Point); Men: Mike Newton (Kawana), Dale McWhinney-Shillington (Beenleigh), Bradley Lawson (Enoggera), Scott DeJongh-Fitzpatrick (Tweed Heads) & John Bain (Tweed Heads).

QLD Secondary Schools Cup Thank you to Club Pine Rivers on sponsoring and hosting the State Finals of this event on August, 28-29.

QLD Multi Disability Championships

Bowls Queensland would also like to welcome “Life Without Barriers” who have agreed to sponsor the State District Mixed Pairs Finals at Diggers Memorial Bowls Club in Rockhampton on September, 28-29. Life Without Barriers is a not for profit organisation and one of the largest social purpose organisations in Australia. They have more than 14,000 clients across 440 communities around Australia and are represented right throughout Queensland with offices from Cairns in the Far North down to the South East and inland to Toowoomba. Life Without Barriers support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. www.lwb.org.au

Entry close on August, 6 for the Multi-Disability State Championships which will be held in Mackay at the Souths Suburban and Mackay City Bowls Clubs from September, 3 – 6. Entry forms can be found at www.bowlsqld.org Australian Senior Sides Congratulations to all players selected to represent QLD in the Australian Senior Sides (Over 60s) competition which will be held Ettalong in NSW during October.

Bowls Australia Update Our three RBMs had a review recently, with Micheal Sorrensen and Lesley Bates going well after being in the role since October. Chief Operating Officer Tony Sherwill

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Brett Wilkie

Winners- Suburban Bowling Club’s Dunn Cup Team L-R Ian Crichton (second), Bryan Roper (third), David Goode (skip), Bruce Maggs (lead) Jeff Brease (reserve)

Dunn Cup 2019

By David Crichton

The North Queensland District’s Dunn Cup was conducted over four days at the South Townsville Bowls Club from June, 6-9 when sixteen teams of four lined up to take part in this prestigious event. Teams were split into two sections and played a round robin competition with semi finals and the final contested on Sunday.

At the end of the round robin section, the results of the teams contesting the semi-finals were: Section 1:

Suburban Won 6 games Lost 1 Margin +78 Ends won 93

Ingham

Section 2:

Won 6 games Lost 1 Margin +35 Ends won 79

Brandon Won 7 games Lost 0 Margin +73 Ends won 90

Jubilee

Semi- finals:

Won 6 games Lost 1 Margin +57 Ends won 87

Suburban defeated Jubilee by 9 points Ingham defeated Brandon

Final:

Suburban defeated Ingham by 7 points

Bryan Roper (Suburban) won the trophy for Player of the Final.

Suburban Bowling Club members are looking forward to hosting the Dunn Cup in 2020.

Repairs to the green after the flooding event earlier this year are scheduled to take place in the middle of August. Repairs to the major damage to the clubhouse have commenced and we are hopeful that they will be completed soon

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QLD vs NSW U18 Test Series

Boys win U18 Test Series and what a close call for the girls!

The Annual U18 QLD vs NSW Test Series brought talented young stars together at Cabramatta Bowling Club, NSW from July 7-9.

Back L-R Ty Jesberg, Nick Cahill, Shane Rideout, Jake Rynne, Kane Nelson Front L-R Breeanna Pegg, Olivia Rothwell, Zayah Morgan, Caysee Wilson, Hannah Ogden

Losing both boys and girls competitions last year, our young Queenslanders swooped in and were ready to take the shields back up north. Flying into enemy territory, the team was enhanced with a few debutantes earning their place on the state side: Breeanna Pegg (Burnett); Olivia Rothwell (Enoggera); Ty Jesberg (Longreach) and Shane Rideout (Monto).

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Debutante Breeanna Pegg

Debutante Ty Jesberg

Debutante Shane Rideout

Debutante Olivia Rothwell

Test 1 Girls Queensland took all matches in the first test, with the girl’s pairs and triples all featuring medal winners from this year’s Junior State Championships. Zayah Morgan remained the steady hand in the triples, playing alongside debutantes Breanna Pegg and Olivia Rothwell. Winning 21-16 against the NSW triples side, the QLD side never let go of the lead. The pairs game with Caysee Wilson and Hannah Ogden made a close game of it all the way to the last end. With the Blues leading 13-12, the Maroons drew a brilliant double to win 14-13. The second session of the first test saw the girls dominate the singles and fours, sweeping through NSW for the first test. U15 Junior Champion Caysee Wilson easily beat NSW’s Mia Hotson 21-13, while the fours team of Hannah Ogden, Breanna Pegg, Olivia Rothwell and Zayah Morgan also won with a handy 20-14.

L-R Ty Jesberg, Nick Cahill, Shane Rideout, Jake Rynne, Kane Nelson

Boys

The boys started on a roll, winning all matches on the first day in the pairs and triples. Pairs team Ty Jesberg (debutante) and Kane Nelson broke a deadlock earlier in the match to beat Bailey Meti and Toby Peters 16-11.

Meanwhile, the triples team with Shane Rideout (debutante), Nick Cahill and Jake Rynne won 16-10, holding off a surging Junior Blues. The second session of the first test had the Queensland side raring to go in the singles and fours matches. North Toowoomba’s Jake Rynne started off the day with a brilliant match against Toby Peters.

Admirable shot selection by both sides kept things close with Jake winning 21-16, though the Junior Blues Side avoided a complete Queensland sweep of the first test winning the fours 20-10.

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Test 2 Boys The opening rubbers of the second test saw the QLD boys continue their momentum from the first test in the pairs with a dominating win 22-6. NSW managed to get itself back on track in the triples, edging out the Maroons winning 17-15. A one-point loss by Jake Rynne in the singles meant that a fours victory was needed to prevent NSW from winning the second test. The team of Ty Jesberg, Shane Rideout, Nick Cahill and Kane Nelson didn’t start as well as they had hoped. Playing from behind at the start of the match, the Maroons edged ahead in the back half of the game before the Blues fought back in the closing stages. The Blues needed a count of five on the final end, the Maroons limiting their chances to run out winners and square the test. The second test finished in a tie and it would take one more day of competition to see if NSW would be back-to-back winners or if QLD would be taking the coveted shield back past the border.

Girls The NSW girls side came out firing in the second test and were refusing to back down. Winning the pairs 22-16 they didn’t let up for the triples, dominating 22-6 against QLD. Renewed after a pair of wins, the Blues fours side took over once again handing the Maroons a 27-4 loss. Caysee Wilson was able to prevent a complete sweep of the second test by winning her singles match 21-10.

Back L-R Hannah Ogden, Olivia Rothwell, Breanna Pegg, Caysee Wilson, Zayah Morgan Front L-R Shane Rideout, Nick Cahill, Ty Jesberg, Kane Nelson, Jake Rynne

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Test 3 The series was level at one test apiece and both sides played some of their most competitive games to see who would walk away with the shield. The pressure was on and both boys and girls team played to a dead heat with a final tally needed to decide who would win.

Boys Starting the day with pairs and triples, Ty Jesberg and Kane Nelson remained undefeated, proving that no Blues combination could stop them winning against Jordan Thompson and Toby Peters 18-8. The triples team tied by the final end, finishing 16-all. In the singles, Jake Rynne lost another close game 18-21 and the fours faced a similar fate, falling 12-15 to the Blues. With one test win aside, the match was decided on shot margin. In the end, the QLD boys took back the shield winning 201-177 total.

Girls The pairs and triples side for the girls didn’t open their day so well, with NSW claiming both opening rubbers to take the test lead. QLD came storming back in the singles and fours session, Caysee Wilson remaining undefeated in the singles winning 21-10. The fours squad held off a lastminute charge from the Blues to win 18-14. With the third test tied and each state with one win each, the question on everyone’s lips was, “Who will take the crown?”. Following the precedent from the boys’ games, the winner had to be decided by a shot margin. A big congratulations to the NSW U18 Girls, who once again retained the shield winning by the narrow margin 198-188.

Nick Cahill (QLD) & Brittany Camp (NSW)

Well done to everyone from Queensland and New South Wales who played in this riveting showcase of young talent

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Aussies draw golden ticket at

Asia Pacific Championships

Star power: Australia’s formidable foursome Natasha Scott, Carla Krizanic, Lynsey Clarke and Bec Van Asch.

The first stanza of this year’s Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in Queensland rolled off in postcard perfect conditions on June,18 with a solid diet of men’s pairs and triples, along with women’s singles and fours. Competitors eyeing off medals from the following Saturday’s play-offs were seeking a top three placing in their section, while others would be content to finish in the best six to qualify their country for a title tilt at next year’s world championships on the Gold Coast.

These Asia Pacific Championships featured 19 bowling nations from the Asian and Oceania theatres at three host clubs– Club Helensvale, Musgrave Hill and headquarters at Broadbeach.

Three entertaining sessions jam-packed with adrenalin-charged bowls was the consensus of opinion from opening day. No doubt the biggest news flash came from Broadbeach where China’s previously unheralded Miao Xin Hong stole the show from Australian superstar Kelsey Cottrell, a world and Commonwealth Games gold medalist, in their Round 2 singles encounter.

Trailing the Aussie great 14-9 after 13 ends, Xin Hong embarked on a scoring spree of two three’s and three two’s, while conceding just two singles to pull off the biggest win of her short but promising career.

Four years ago at New Zealand’s Burnside club in suburban Christchurch, when the most-recent Asia Pacific Championships were conducted, Australia’s women’s fours team of skipper Natasha Scott, Anne Johns, Kelsey Cottrell and Carla Krizanic blasted out a warning when they demolished the host nation 30-10 in a semi final then a keen USA quartette 28-7 in the gold medal match.

Since then, with a couple of personnel tweaks, the Aussies have blitzed the women’s rinks game at top level. At Burnside in the 2016 world championships Cottrell, Krizanic, Bec Van Asch (replacing new mum Johns) and Scott defeated England 23-8 in the fours final, while Krizanic, Scott and Van Asch won the triples against Wales 17-6.

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Two years later the juggernaut rolled on at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games when Cottrell, Krizanic, Van Asch and Scott won fours gold 18-16 against South Africa, while Krizanic, Scott and Van Asch added another back-to-back gold beating England 16-13.

This time around, with Kelsey Cottrell occupying the blue ribbon singles spot, Australia’s selectors have opted for the experienced Lynsey Clarke – a world and Commonwealth Games champion in her own right - to fill the awesome foursome’s vacant slot.

New Zealand and Australia struck gold on day four, which was the climax of the event’s first week when three gold and a silver from the four events were finalised.

In the blue ribbon women’s singles gold medal match it was world No.1 Jo Edwards who reaffirmed her domination with an emphatic 21-6 win over Norfolk Island’s Carmen Anderson.

Edwards jumped out to an 11-0 lead after five ends before the game slipped to a dour shot-for-shot affair with scores at 14-6 after 13. However, the excitement level lifted when the legendary Blackjack moved up a gear to claim seven unanswered shots over the ensuing four ends as she powered to victory.

New Zealand’s Gary Lawson and Shannon McIlroy achieved another great result when they clinched the men’s pairs gold medal, beating Aussie Jackaroos Nathan Rice and Ray Pearse in the 18-end final.

The final end had all the elements of what makes bowls so compelling – teams were peels at 18-18 – with skippers Lawson and Rice claiming the ascendancy with each visit to the mat until the last delivery of the match - when Lawson trailed the jack just a centimetre or two to clinch the title.

Earlier the much-awaited men’s triples final saw Australia’s Barrie Lester, Aaron Teys and Aron Sherriff score a comprehensive 19-12 victory over NZ stars Mike Kernaghan, Jamie Hill and Ali Forsyth.

Australian lead Barrie Lester, the star of the show, never really allowed Kernaghan, his direct opponent, to settle while middle pin Aaron Teys – on debut - overshadowed Jamie Hill.

Accordingly, the duel between Sherriff and Forsyth was a master class.

Sherriff and his men were one in arrears 6-7 at the halfway mark of the 18-end play-off, but took control scoring 13 shots to five (includes an NZ four on the 15th) over the ensuing eight ends to record a fine win.

Further across Broadbeach’s show green, Blackjacks fans were cock-a-hoop when their women’s fours combination powered to the gold medal. Experienced skipper Val Smith and her teammates Katelyn Inch, Kirsten Edwards and Wendy Jensen took all before them in a week-long quest - their 17-6 main event victory against the gallant Malaysian quartette of Nor Fidrah Noh, Azalina Arshad, Nurul Alyani and Auni Kamis was the stuff of adventure stories.

Only the day before, Smith & Co were down 12-5 with six ends to play in the semi final against Hong Kong, before embarking on a grafting last ditch effort, collecting one and three, followed by four consecutive singles to force an extra end, then clinched a win on the tiebreaker.

But these same Blackjack gals were irrepressible, totting up two five-end blitzes of eight and seven shots to claim gold and a place in NZ bowls history.

It was a golden day for Aussies at Broadbeach on the final day of the championships when they won three gold medals from the four finals. However, New Zealand action man Shannon McIlroy won his second gold medal of the championships – added to the previous week’s pairs with Gary Lawson – when he ran down Canadian Ryan Bester’s 10-0 early lead to win the blue ribbon singles and crowd consensus as star of the show.

The Australia women started the rush when their pairs combo of Lynsey Clarke and Kelsey Cottrell coasted to victory in the morning, comprehensively beating sentimental favourites Piwen Karkar and Catherine Wimp from Papua New Guinea.

Further up the green, in a testy encounter, Australia’s Barrie Lester, Aaron Teys, Nathan Rice and Aron Sherriff took full advantage of some shabby work by Blackjacks Mike Kernaghan, Jamie Hill, Gary Lawson and Ali Forsyth to power from 9-15 down after 10 ends to 21-17 gold medalists just five ends later.

The women’s triples final saw one of the most devastating displays by a skipper in recent times when Australia’s Bec Van Asch lead her teammates Natasha Scott and Carla Krizanic to an emphatic gold medal win over the wonderful Malaysian trio of Auni Kamis, Alyani Jamil and Azalina Arshad.

When Australia sat one in arrears 8-9 at the halfway point of the 18-end final, Van Asch rose like a colossus to almost singlehandedly steamroll the Jackaroos to an 18-12 victory.

In the overall competition, Australia claimed the women’s crown, while New Zealand won the men’s title.

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India’s Tania Choudhury.

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World champions Shannon McIlroy and Gary Lawson ready for action.

Malaysia’s Nor Fidrah Noh, Nurul Alyani, Azalina Arshad and Auni Kamis after eliminating Australia in the women’s fours semi final.

L-R: Gary Lawson, Shannon McIlroy (photo top-left), Katelyn Inch, Val Smith, Kirsten Edwards, Wendy Jensen (photo top right), Jo Edwards, Aron Sherriff, Aaron Teys & Barrie Lester

Papua New Guinea’s Piwen Karkar and Catherine Wimp

Philippine’s Curte Guarin, Angelo Morales, Chris Dagpin and Elmer Abatayo, toppled the mighty Blackjacks.

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Thailand coach Danny Simmons and his players after their superb world qualifying performance at the Asia Pacific Championships.

Malaysia’s Alyani Jamil, Azalina Arshad and Auni Kamis

Shannon McIlroy, Nathan Rice, Aaron Teys, Barrie Lester, Aron Sherriff, Kelsey Cottrell, Lynsey Clarke, Bec Van Asch, Natasha Scott, Carla Krizanic

Results Men’s singles: Shannon McIlroy (New Zealand) bt Ryan Bester (Canada) 21-20.

Women’s singles: Jo Edwards (New Zealand) bt Carmen Anderson (Norfolk Island) 21-6.

Men’s pairs: Shannon McIlroy, Gary Lawson (New Zealand) bt Ray Pearse, Nathan Rice (Australia) 19-18.

Women’s pairs: Lynsey Clarke, Kelsey Cottrell (Australia) bt Piwen Karkar, Catherine Wimp (Papua New Guinea) 27-5.

Men’s triples: Barrie Lester, Aaron Teys, Aron Sherriff (Australia) bt Mike Kernaghan, Jamie Hill, Ali Forsyth (New Zealand) 19-12.

Women’s triples: Carla Krizanic, Natasha Scott, Bec Van Asch (Australia) bt Auni Kamis, Alyani Jamil, Azalina Arshad (Malaysia) 18-12.

Men’s fours: Barrie Lester, Aaron Teys, Nathan Rice, Aron Sherriff (Australia) bt Mike Kernaghan, Jamie Hill, Gary Lawson, Ali Forsyth (New Zealand) 21-17 August 2019 queensland bowler 17

Life Without Barriers

There’s no place like home – and the older we get, the more true this sentiment becomes.

While we are always up for a great trip away, a new adventure or a change of scenery, such as attending ‘away’ matches with fellow bowlers, there’s nothing like knowing we can come back to familiar, safe surroundings.

“We are keen for this to be the beginning of a long relationship,” says Jess. “Whether you are getting older and looking for some help in certain areas, or you are a younger competitor who may have aging parents, we believe that Life Without Barriers will be able to provide a tailored plan to enhance your life.”

Jess says that individual support is at the heart of Life Without Barriers service offering.

“At Life Without Barriers, we service the full spectrum of life. We support children and young people, adults and older people in the home and out in the community. Our focus is on what you can do and what you want to do,” says Jessica Johnston, who is Queensland Manager Aged Care for social purpose organisation, Life Without Barriers.

“The care we provide is in consultation with you and your loved ones, and tailored to meet your individual needs. Our staff can help you to create a support plan to meet your needs and availability so it doesn’t impact on your lifestyle, from basic home help through to more intensive clinical assistance.”

“We work every day to ensure people can stay living at home, in a safe and happy environment, for as long as possible. At Life Without Barriers, we work with our clients to enable them and enrich their home life.

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“It’s vital that personal fitness and social activity are part of people’s life, which is why we are delighted to be partnering with Bowls Queensland.

Life Without Barriers supports include: Help in your home, such as cleaning, gardening and home maintenance •

Personal care – including showering and helping with medication

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Help preparing home cooked meals

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Social outings, appointments and shopping

“Lawn bowls is perfectly aligned to our corporate purpose – it’s a wonderful sporting activity that not only pits skills and athleticism in the most competitive and exciting way, but also adds a social element that is so important to live a connected, emotionally balanced life.”

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Transport

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Nursing care

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Allied Health therapy and assessments

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And much more that we can tailor to your needs

Life Without Barriers will be actively involved in this year’s finals, providing sponsorship for the Queensland State Mixed Pairs Finals in Rockhampton on September, 28-29.

To find out more about what support options are available for you under a Home Care Package, go to www.lwb.org.au/agedcare

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DON’T DROP THE BALL We’ll help you stay active!

At Life Without Barriers, we’ll work alongside you to ensure you can stay safe and happy in your own home.

Remaining socially connected is vital as we get older.

We can connect you with services you might need to live full, happy and healthy lives.

Our range of supports include: • Help in your home, such as cleaning, gardening and home maintenance • Personal care – including showering and helping with medication • Help preparing home cooked meals • Social outings, appointments and shopping • Transport • Nursing care • Allied Health therapy and assessments • And much more that we can tailor to your needs

To find out more about what support options are available for you under a Home Care Package, contact us at Life Without Barriers today:

E: qldagedcare@lwb.org.au W. lwb.org.au/agedcare

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Semi-finalists Shirley McHenery (Bramble Bay), Lee Druery (Brighton), Heather Groves (Bribie Island) & Dawn Denford (Pine Rivers)

Tracy Foster

Toowoomba’s Tracy is tops

By Joyce McGeorge Congratulations to Tracy Foster, who this year has won all West Toowoomba Ladies Bowling Club championships within the club, which has never happened before. Together, with her pairs partner Imelda Brumpton; her triples team with Imelda Brumpton and Lorraine Callaghan; plus her fours team with Imelda Brumpton, Pauline Handley and Lorraine Callaghan, Tracy also won the consistency award and is in the semi-final of the “A” Grade singles.

District President Dorothy Field with winner Heather Groves

Finalists Shirley McHenery and Heather Groves

Competition high between Moreton Bay women

By Beverley Wise Some great bowls was seen recently when players flocked to Toombul to play the Moreton Bay District Ladies Bowls Association Champion of Club Champions. Showcasing the bowls skills in the district, one of the semi-finals scores was 24-all and could have gone either way, but one point made all the difference and in the end, Heather Groves defeated Shirley McHenery in the finals to take the title.

Yungaburra women come out trumps

By Francis Barry Lord It was a remarkable achievement from the women at Yungaburra Bowls Club when they won the TFNQDLBA A-grade singles, B-grade singles and the pairs this season.

It’s an impressive feat as Yungaburra is a small, one green club with a pool of just 32 women from which to draw for external events. The club put forward their best and Margaret Pointon, Pauline Krielsel, Norma Gray & Robyn Williams never looked back.

Margaret and Pauline won the TFNQDLBA pairs after defeating another Yungaburra pair Sue Hemensly and Lorraine Lewis by one shot on an extended end. Norma Gray won the A-grade singles and Robyn Williams the B-grade singles.

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Margaret Pointon, Pauline Kriesel, Lorraine Lewis (R/Up), Sue Hemensly (R/Up), Norma Gray & Robyn Williams

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Sunshine Coast Singles Champion of Champions

By Tim Phillips Coolum Beach Bowls Club was the host venue for the Districts Champion of Champions men’s and women’s singles event for 2019.

Opal Festival Carnival winners: L-R Danny Slack, Athol Salisbury, Brian Prygoda, Peter Bennett

Farewell Brian Brian Prygoda (28/12/1944 – 28/5/2019) was born into a farming family and lived in the small community of Binjour between Mundubbera and Gayndah for 69 years, only moving down the road a little to Gayndah for the last five years. Brian took up lawn bowls when his rugby league career ended in 1971 and joined the Binjour Bowls Club, where he quickly became an expert bowler and bowling became his passion. You need only study the honour boards around country Queensland to recognise Brian’s dedication to the sport.

Quick facts about Brian: •

invited to trial for the state team

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served multiple terms as Binjour’s president, secretary, patron and delegate to the Burnett District

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life member at Binjour Bowls Club

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member of Central and Upper Burnett Past Presidents’ Association and served two years as president

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served two terms as president Gayndah Bowls Club and was the delegate for the Burnett District

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awarded an Australian Sports Medal and Certificate signed by the then Governor-General, Sir William Deane and Prime Minister, John Howard.

An advocate for small bowls clubs, Brian would encourage country teams to play in many different places as “If we go there, then they will come here” and they did. In his younger days, it was nothing for Brian and his mates to travel up to eight hours to play in a weekend carnival.

Crowds attending both events were treated to some fantastic matches. After the preliminary rounds in the men’s event, the semi-final line up saw Darren Maddrell from Pacific Paradise defeat Peter Johnson from Across the Waves Caloundra. The other semi-final saw Troy Somerville from Club Maroochy edge past Jay Globits from Club Mooloolaba.

The final was a fierce tussle with scores changing regularly.

With the scores locked together, the game changer came when Troy, down at the head, moved the jack to claim three shots. From there, Troy was relentless and closed out the game to claim back-to-back titles.

In the women, the semi draw saw Neeta Chant from Across the Waves Caloundra defeat Jan Sullivan from Club Maroochy. The semi produced a cracker of a game between last year’s runner up, Marilyn Peddell from Club Kawana, and Liza Burgess from Tewantin Noosa with Liza finally emerging as the winner. The final saw Neeta jump out of the blocks and run to a 9-1 lead. However, steady play from Liza saw her claw her way back into the game. With only two shots the difference and Liza holding four shots, Neeta played a brilliant shot under pressure to claim the end then wrapped up the game two ends later.

Congratulations to both players, thank you to all the umpires, markers and green staff for helping make the event a great success.

Men’s SCDMBA 2019 Champion of Champions Singles L-R Runner Up Darren Maddrell, District Vice President George Lock, Winner Troy Somerville

Ladies District Singles Champion of Champion L-R Ladies President Loretta Searchfield, Winner Neeta Chant, Runner Up Liza Burgess

Brian Prygoda will be remembered for his prowess as a player, his contributions as an administrator, but most of all, as an absolute gentleman of the sport of lawn bowls.

You can read more about Brian at www.bowlsqld.org

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First: Mick Cherry and team

Second: Vince Hart, Lindsey Halling & Richard Witte

Third: Ron Scofield, Sally Kelly & Roger Goodridge

Fourth: Paddy Boyton, Barbara Poole & Rob Pagonini.

Arm Bowlers Head off “West of the Divide”

By Juliana McGahan Dalby hosted a weekend of social and competition games in late June for arm bowlers which attracted visitors from Roma, Hervey Bay, Kawana, Manly, Brisbane area, Gold Coast area, Canungra, Toowoomba, Summit, Kilarney and Sydney. With non-arm bowlers playing lead, this allowed for husbands and wives to join in.

The weather was gifted by request for the weekend, with cold brisk mornings and warm sunshine for the remainder. The Dalby area is desperate for rain but we didn’t want it for the weekend of June, 22-23.

Saturday was a social day for visitors to mingle and have a game with the locals. A BBQ was held after play, and if a win on the green was not for you, there were plenty of raffles for which to vie.

Sunday saw 20 teams hitting the greens, all looking for a slice of the pot of gold at the end. Three games were played with varying results, some good and some not so good. I would like at this time to congratulate the team of Jason Bray, Mark Morrison and non-arm bowler Val Dun, for giving all their hearts into the first game and giving their opponents a right royal scare, only going down by two points. Mark has Cerebral Palsy and plays from a wheelchair.

Results for the day were easy to work out, until there were teams on the same scores and count backs had to start. Two teams were on the same scores for two count backs and only divided on the third count back.

First prize went to the North Toowoomba team skipped by Mick Cherry. Second prize went to a Dalby team skipped by Richard Witte and again Lindsey Halling was overcome with wonder at his win. Third prize was taken by the team skipped by Roger Goodridge from Broadbeach. Fourth went to the team from Oakey skipped by Paddy Boyton and finally the fifth team skipped by John McGahan.

Round winners were the teams skipped by Barry French, David Johnson and Harold Coggan.

Every club knows that without sponsors such carnivals cannot be held with success. It is with grace and respect for the sponsors of this weekend, that the Dalby Club wishes to thank all sponsors who gave willingly, either with donations for raffles or with financial gifts. Their support was the main reason the weekend was such a great success.

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Standard Cup teams 2019

Standard Cup Flag

Wangaratta wins NQLDBA Standard Cup Paul Hallam The 2019 NQLDBA Standard Cup has been run and won.

Congratulations to the winning team Wangaratta, who had eight wins and a margin of +91. Second place was South Townsville with eight wins and a +63 margin. Third place went to Suburban, with seven wins and a +58 margin. Fourth place was Macknade, with seven wins and a +7 margin.

Thank you to all the players and their supporters.

Standard Cup

Opening day welcome -Watermelon Basket creation by Paul Hallam

There are many people to thank with an event like this: •

Greenkeeper, John Piotto who John started at 6.30am every morning, preparing the green for the days play

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NQDLBA President, Lidia Marbelli

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Ingham Bowls Club Lady President, Pat Miguel

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Ingham Bowls Club Treasurer, Grace Cockrell

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Umpires G. Accornero, N. Craven and M. Marbelli

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Scorers Jan Leach and Sandy Ryan

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Volunteer barmen John Piotto, Joey Di Bella John Eddleston, Len Mahon, Ren Cantatore, Rico Basaglia, Alan Hodson, Jeff Crossman and Neville Wickens (apologies if I missed anyone)

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Kitchen staff C. Barnes, G. Cockrell, W. Coe, J. Colson, R. Doherty, B. Eddleston, N. Evans, J. Fenoglio, L. Marbelli, L. Melvin, Y. Roberts, K. Rotondo, A. Rutherford, M. Spano, and C. Wickens

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Relatives and supporters of the players.

NATIONAL 5 A SIDE FINDS NEW HOST CLUB Broadbeach Bowls Club on the Gold Coast will host the Premium Event – National 5 A side from September, 2-5, with the Calcutta Night held September, 1.

Teams have entered from clubs across QLD, NSW and New Zealand.

A huge THANK YOU to you all. Your assistance contributed to it being another successful event.

Final Placings: Wangaratta - 8W, +91 South Townsville - 8W, +63 Suburban - 7W, +58 Macknade - 7W, +7

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Winners: Peter Harris, Doug Tongolini, Vern Elms & Richard Vearer

Fifth: Kingsley Obst, Steve Savage, Bogga & Billy Taylor (Junior)

Second: Gerard & Peter Bellgrove, John & Rob Hammond

Sunday winners: Derrick Herning, Nathan Appleton, Jim Hagen & Norm Head

Third: George Hoath, Frank Berry, Noel Corbin & Brian Slatter

Saturday winners: Matthew Prain, Jim, Joel & John Smith (Tara)

Fourth: Bruce Maguire, Noel Ridgewell, Phil Blank & Don Collins

Pairs Winners: Doug Tongolini & Peter Harris (Woombye)

A first for Chinchilla Men’s Carnival

By Julie Jones Chinchilla was on fire recently with full greens. There were 28 teams in both the pairs and fours, all raring to go. Teams travelled from Brisbane, Woombye, Goondiwindi, Tara, Jandowae, Dalby, Nth Dalby, Roma, Nth Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Miles, Taroom Cabarita Beach NSW, Gold Coast, Brighton and Sunshine Coast.

A first for the carnival was when Woombye’s Peter Harris took out both the pairs and fours. A remarkable effort and the first time this has been achieved.

Christmas in July at Pine Rivers

By Susan Williams The monthly financial day was celebrated as Christmas in July on July, 1 at the Pine Rivers Ladies’ Bowls Club. It was a beautiful, sunny Monday and approximately one hundred and twenty bowlers from Dayboro, Kallangur, Everton Park, Sandgate, Scarborough and Bongaree arrived in their Christmas attire.

The upstairs dining tables were decorated in a Christmas theme, tables being resplendent in the colours of red, white and green. A tasty Christmas lunch of roast pork and Christmas pudding followed the morning bowling game.

After lunch, there was a plentiful selection of raffle prizes wrapped in Christmas paper. It was a most enjoyable day for everyone involved.

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Winning team L-R Peter Aranas, Sponsor, Glen Torrisi, Skip, Alan Torielli, 3rd, Lawrence Molachino, 2nd, Pat Ryan, lead

Peter Aranas (Sponsor) handing trophy to Ren Cantatore (Ingham President)

Elsa Piotto ran the bar on both days

Catering L-R Norma Evans, Lidia Marbelli, Luisa Di Bella, Pat Miguel, Bev Eddleston, Yvonne Roberts & Carmel Wickens.

Irene Paris Trophy at Ingham Bowls Club

By Paul Hallam

BERESFIELD BOWLING CLUB Is calling for expressions of interest in a vacancy for a suitable qualified bowls coach co-ordinator.

On June, 29-30, Ingham Bowls Club hosted the Irene Paris Trophy, an annual event played between Ingham, Macknade and Noorla Bowls Clubs.

The trophy was won with 12 rink wins by Ingham Bowls Club.

Macknade and Noorla both finished with nine wins. The winning team was Pat Ryan, Lawrence Molachino, Alan Torielli and Glen Torrisi with five out of five wins.

A huge thank you to Elsa Piotto for running the bar over the two days, and to the club members who assisted during the busy times.

The ladies catered for the two day event and from all reports, the meal and sandwiches were delicious. Thanks to Luisa Di Bella, Bev Eddleston, Norma Evans, Lidia Marbelli, Pat Miguel, Yvonne Roberts and Carmel Wickens.

Thank you also to Peter Aranas from Irene Paris, for continuing to sponsor this event, John Piotto for preparing the green and the surrounds and Paul Hallam for selling raffle tickets on both days.

This is a full time position in a successful and highly competitive bowling club in the Newcastle area of NSW. AN ATTRACTIVE SALARY PACKAGE WILL BE NEGOTIATED WITH THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT WHO WILL: •

HAVE A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF ACHIEVEMENT IN BOWLS AND BOWLS ADMINISTRATION.

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ORGANISE AND OVERSEE THE SMOOTH RUNNING OF GALAS, CORPORATE EVENTS, TOURNAMENTS AND CHAMPIONSHIPS.

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BE AN EXCELLENT COMMUNICATOR.

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IMPLEMENT COACHING AND TRAINING PROGRAMMES.

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PROMOTE THE CLUB, RECRUIT AND ENCOURAGE PLAYERS.

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HAVE STRONG COMPUTER SKILLS.

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HOLD A CURRENT COACHING CERTIFICATE. AN UMPIRING QUALIFICATION WOULD ALSO BE WELL REGARDED.

Congratulations to the following winners:

WRITTEN OR EMAILED APPLICATIONS MUST BE IN THE HANDS OF THE CEO BY 5PM ON THURSDAY 29TH AUGUST 2019.

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Saturday winners: Stan Cotton and Carlo Cavallaro.

BERESFIELD BOWLING CLUB LTD, PO BOX 156, BERESFIELD, NSW, 2322.

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Sunday winners: Michael Blake and Lui Marbelli.

Thanks also to all the players for taking part in this wonderful event.

Email: ian@berobowlo.com.au Enquiries: Col Byron – Senior Vice President (02) 4028 6026 Mick Brent – Treasurer 0419 993 198

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How to assess your club’s solvency and reduce future risk Is your bowls club struggling to make ends meet? It is often difficult to know whether your bowls club is in serious trouble or just short on cash. In the event that these signs prove to be more than just a financial hiccup and you have concerns about solvency, it is important to know that there are avenues available to either remedy the situation or limit the fallout. Mullins Clubs expert, Partner,- Matthew Bradford, outlines some practical steps for making an assessment about the solvency of your club and your obligations as an officeholder under the Corporations Act 2001 and the Associations Incorporation Act 1981 (the Acts).

Look at the big picture Often you will need to dig deeper than your bowls club’s financial records and accounts to determine whether your club is in serious trouble. Think - will the club’s anticipated current and future cash flow be sufficient to pay current and future debts? Or alternatively, does the club have the ability to sell assets or borrow monies to cover future debts when they fall due? If you answered no to either of these scenarios, it may be time to seek advice to mitigate further losses and investigate avenues for rebuilding your club’s financial foundation.

Seek pre-insolvency advice Taking action at the first sign of trouble may be the difference between your bowls club surviving or not. In order to prevent insolvency or the club continuing to trade while insolvent, we recommend engaging an

independent expert to provide tailored advice suited to your unique situation.

a club to trade while insolvent then they may be at risk of some personal liability.

A qualified accountant or external preinsolvency or turnaround expert will be best placed to provide advice regarding restructuring, provide potential solutions to business problems and recommend changes to improve current business practices.

Assume an active role

Know your obligations under the Acts Whether you are a director or committee member, it is important to be aware of your obligations under the Acts and whether you can be held personally liable for the bowls club’s debts.

For bowls clubs carried on by companies limited by guarantee, there is a clear duty squarely upon the directors to ensure that the club does not trade while it is insolvent.

Accordingly, if you fail to perform these duties then you may be liable for debts incurred whilst the club is insolvent. Your liability as a director in these circumstances is not limited to debts owing to creditors, but also unpaid PAYG tax or superannuation entitlements.

For bowls clubs that are run by incorporated associations, the liability of individual committee members is less clear.

Committee members, like company directors, are subject to general duties such as acting in good faith and for a proper purpose, exercising reasonable care and not misusing information or position.

Accordingly, if committee members do not act in the best interests of the club and allow

If you are considering relying on excuses about your lack of involvement in the bowls club as a defence to trading while insolvent, think again. Due to the positive duties placed on them, ignorance is not bliss for directors or committee members who cannot just turn a blind eye to the financial status of their bowls club. By assuming an active role in your bowls club’s affairs through asking questions, engaging in meetings and considering issues, you may help protect yourself from potential exposure where you can demonstrate you had a reasonable basis for believing that the club was solvent.

Whatever the cause of your financial worries, your bowls club should heed the warnings and investigate further. If you have any queries in relation to any of these matters, please don’t hesitate to contact Matthew Bradford on 3224 0353.

AUTHOR Matthew Bradford PARTNER

Umpire with Joan Brotherton The difference between a game stoppage and an interruption to play Another busy month has passed with the playing of the Asia Pacific Championships in which there were 19 countries participating. It was great catching up many of the Australian and international ITOs and many of the players from various countries that I have had the pleasure of meeting before. Congratulations to all players and to the ITOs that officiated at the event.

Most importantly, a very special thanks and appreciation to all the umpires who officiate at various clubs and at all of the special events that take place. I know that you all work many hours to enable these events to succeed and to be played.

A number of questions were asked during my time spent on the Gold Coast over the past months and I address these as follows: The difference between a game stoppage and an interruption to play:

Law 32 – Game Stoppages: 32.1

If a game is stopped because of darkness, weather conditions or any other valid reason by:

32.1.1

The Controlling Body.

32.1.2

The Umpire after an appeal has been made by the players or

32.1.3

Agreement between the players when an umpire or a representative of the Controlling Body is not present the game must be continued either on the same day or on a different day. The scores will be as they were when the game was stopped.

32.2

If an end has started but all the required bowls have not been played, it must be declared dead. (The end must be declared dead even if one or more players choose to remain on the green during the stoppage).

32.3

If all the required bowls in an end have been played but the process of deciding the number of shots scored (as described in law 23) has not beencompleted, the number of shots scored must be decided before the game stops.

Interruption to play: Consider that during the playing of a game, it starts to rain and players go for cover, put on their wet weather gear or get their umbrellas. When this happens, common sense, safety and wellbeing should take precedence as this is an interruption to play and law 33.1 states that a player or team cannot leave the green unless their opponent agrees and then for no more than 10 minutes.

However if the player or opposition refused permission under law 33.1, the player or team could call the umpire who would adjudicate and most likely allow the interruption and when players return to the green, the game continues on and the ends are NOT declared dead nor replayed.

Law 20 – Dead End: You are playing a timed game and the last end is made dead just before the bell rings. Do you replay the end or not?

You replay the end as it was made dead before the bell rang.

As follows: Law 20.1 A dead end is not counted as a completed end even if all

bowls required to be played have been played.

20.2 A dead end must be replayed in the same direction unless the skips or opponents in singles agree to play it in the opposite direction. (If the jack and bowls need to be transferred to the opposite end of the rink before the end is replayed, they must be transferred in a way which avoids distracting players on neighbouring rinks).

20.3 If the skips or opponents in singles or the umpire declare an end dead, the first to play in that end must also play first when the end is replayed.

If the Conditions of Play state that after the bell rings if the end is made dead then the jack will be re-spotted as per: Law 56.5.3 – one re-spot position. The jack should be placed with the nearest point of the jack to the mat line at the centre 2 metre spot.

56.5.4 – If the spot is partly or completely covered by a bowl, the jack should be placed as close as possible to the covered spot, in line with that spot and the corresponding spot at the opposite end of the rink, without touching a bowl.

Jack positioned on the “T” incorrect.

Jack positioned at the “T” correct, covered in Law 56.5.3.

Bowl on the “T”.

Bowl on the “T” – jack to be positioned as close as possible – correct, covered

by Law 56.5.4 – spot partly covered or completely covered by the bowl.

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Don’t get

Bowled over

BY MENTAL HEALTH

By Garry Beven Aim To offer a means to integrate people back into to the community, whilst maintaining links to their service community, (if so desired) and involve partners (also if desired).

Method To provide the means by which the veteran and others, can be assisted in gaining qualifications, experience and confidence, that are nationally recognised, in a sport that enables the veteran and others to participate, officiate or coach, either gender with people of any age.

Lawn Bowls The sport of lawn bowls offered the following: •

passive competition

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mild exercise

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a perceived safe environment

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an engaged mental capacity of the player

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a sense of belonging

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a social outlet and social inclusion

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a sport that can be played by either gender and of any age

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a sport that you can participate, officiate and coach

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a sport that can be played irrespective of any medical or mental condition.

Passive Competition It may be argued that the sole reason for sport is to be competitive and while lawn bowls provides this element, the competitiveness also comes from within against yourself.

Mild Exercise Every time a person plays bowls it involves: •

Walking from end to end (approx 36 - 40 meters) each end

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Lifting dead weights (bowls) either with a lifter or manually

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Step up and step down (to and from the bank) at each end

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Lunges, in the process of delivering the bowl

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Passive swing of the delivery shoulder.

Safe Environment In a study commissioned by Bowls Australia, La Trobe University in Melbourne concluded that bowls clubs were perceived as safe environments by both participants and non-participants. The instances of non accepted behaviour were minimal and usually dealt with quickly and affectively.

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Mental Health The same study concluded that people involved with the sport had less mental health issues than those that do not.

Sense of Belonging People involved in the club atmosphere always refer to the place as “my bowls club”. Playing in any organised event certainly generates the perception of belonging. Everybody has the same rights in the club house as anybody else.

Social Outlet It does not matter if there is an organised event or a casual drop in, the bowls club always offers a social venue. Once the people become familiar with the regular customers, they will keep an eye on their welfare and wellbeing.

Participation There is no age barrier or limitations for people playing bowls. The sport attracts players from the age of five right through to centenarians.

Officiating and Coaching Whilst participating in the sport, courses are available to train individuals in becoming markers, measurers and national umpires. Along with experience, there are opportunities to qualify as international technical officers or certified coaches.

No Medical Restrictions Lawn bowls caters for people with all conditions. Common ailments such as painful backs, hips, knees and ankles are well catered for by the use of bowling arms (if required). The correct posture to deliver the bowl puts the player in a balanced, straight position.

Execution Established mentoring programs exist within selected clubs to provide guidance and assistance for new participants. A booklet with useful information such as the name of the club mentor, club opening times, green availability times, toilets, car parking, change rooms and anything else that is considered helpful is provided to a new member.

Clubs often offer coaching for new participants and provide games or competitions, such as Jack Attack as well as encourage and organise suitable courses for new members in marking, measuring, umpiring and coaching as required.

Conclusion I am confident that this will prove most beneficial to veterans and others with mental health issues.

The ability to provide social inclusion, in a perceived safe environment, that can include others of importance to all, as well as providing the opportunity to develop self worth to an organisation will prove to be significant in the dealing with the mental health issues.

Did you know?

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10-15% of older adults experience depression, and approximately 10 percent experience anxiety.

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Rates of depression among people living in residential care are much higher, at around 30 percent.

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People over the age of 65 hold more stigmatising views about depression than the rest of the population.

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Age discrimination can negatively impact upon older peoples’ mental health.

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25% of people in Australia over the age of 50 have experienced some form of age discrimination and 60% of those stated that it had affected their self-esteem or mental health and/or caused them stress. Women are more likely than men to report that discrimination impacts upon their mental health.

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Age discrimination can affect mature age workers’ ability to remain in the workforce, jeopardising their financial security and independence.

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One third (33%) of people who had been discriminated against gave up looking for work as a result of experiencing age discrimination.

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Older women retire with much lower superannuation balances than men.

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89% of women are worried about maintaining their standard of living in retirement.

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Involuntary or unexpected job loss in later life is the form of retirement that has been most consistently linked to increased rates of depression.

If you need to talk, then call one of the following organisations: Life Line 13 11 14 Men’s Line 1300 789 978 Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636 Source: Beyond Blue, https://www.beyondblue.org.au/media/statistics, retrieved July 2019.

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2019 uk Tour:

Jackaroos

Complete Uk

tour with narrow Defeat to england

The BCiB Australian Jackaroos completed their 14-day tour of the UK with a narrow defeat to England.

Played at Royal Leamington Spa, Birmingham, England Sunday, July 21.

In what was the fourth and final Test Series of the tour, which included matches against Ireland, Wales and Scotland, Australia were two wins shy of England overall in the open disciplines, despite winning the final day by two rinks.

Jackaroos coach Steve Glasson said the team certainly stood up gallantly and were more competitive than ever, even though there was some room for improvement.

“The players, in most cases, have played 34 matches in two weeks against the best in the business and accepted the challenge unbelievably well,” he said.

Congratulations are also in order for Samantha Shannahan, Ben Twist and Jake Fehlberg (Director: Grant Fehlberg) for each notching up 50 caps for Australia.

Article and image: Bowls Australia

Seen reading the bowler: John Beresford at Mooloolaba Bowls Club

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Wishes granted for new greens The wishes of two Queensland clubs have been “granted” with new synthetic greens lain down at Northern Suburbs and Macleay Island Bowls Club. The newer and faster greens are a welcome addition to both clubs. Macleay Bowls sits right by the sea, and while the views of the Pacific are spectacular, their green bore the brunt of the ocean air. To maintain their grass green it cost nearly $75,000 a year for greenkeepers and chemicals.

“The club wasn’t going to survive if we didn’t do anything about it,” both Chairman and Vice-Chairman, Barry Reid and Roderick Callaghan agreed.

Despite a relatively strong member base for the island club, paying for the green themselves wasn’t realistic. Searching for other sources of funding, they discovered grants that are often untapped resources where hundreds of thousands of dollars are won every year. After much planning, they were awarded $250,000 from a range of grants from the local council, gaming fund and a sports and recreation grant.

The total cost of renovations ended up being $355,000 but the benefits have been worth it.

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“Everyone loves it, we have a lot of visitors coming in from the mainland to play on the green,” Roderick said.

“Cost wise we are now able to reduce our game payments as well.”

Grant funding can often be seen as extremely difficult, but with the right preparation it’s a process that can bring an extra revenue stream to the club. Bowls Australia in the “Grant Funding Guide” says applying for a grant can be as simple as, “identifying a suitable grant where your club meets the criteria, answering each question posed and explaining why your club deserves funding.”

Northern Suburbs Bowls Club has also reaped the reward of their successful grant applications, receiving $150,000 from the State Government’s “Get Playing Places and Spaces” grant and $100,000 from the Brisbane City Council.

With local councillors and MP’s attending the official opening of the green earlier this year, they broke in the new green with a game of fours.

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Macleay Island Bowls Chairman Barry Reid, Vice Chairman Roderick Callaghan

Preparing for the new green at Macleay Island Bowls Club

Development with Lesley, Wade and Micheal

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Starting them early

By Micheal Sorrensen Over the past two months I have had the pleasure of attending and participating in facilitating Sporting School programs at Deception Bay Primary School and Mitchelton Primary School. Along with these two schools I, in conjunction with McKenzie Park Bowls Club, also hosted the Australian Islamic College for lawn bowls training.

At Deception Bay Primary, with the guidance of Physical Education teacher Angus Alexander and the coaching expertise of Jacqui Hineman, we put together two classes of 24 students (year 6) who played bowls over four weeks. Also, along with teacher Luke Hutcheon and State Selector and Coach Maria Rigby, we ran two classes of 24 students (Year 2) over four weeks at Mitchelton Primary School.

As you might expect, this was quite a challenge. However, the natural improvement from week one through to week four was amazing. You would think it would be easier to show the older kids, but there was no difference between Years 2 and 6. There was an equal number of boys and girls participating and the joy when they achieved a certain playing level was plain to see. The teachers of each school agreed that this program provided their students with a balance of skill and fun and both schools will continue the use this activity, expanding to other classes and age levels. Using the Junior Jack Attack kits purchased from grants obtained through the Sporting Schools Program, children of all ages can play with these specially designed and manufactured fully functional bowls.

McKenzie Park Bowls Club President Luchica Muggeridge and her dedicated members arranged a seven week coaching program for students of the Australian Islamic College. After purchasing a Junior Jack Attack kit and an extra set of Junior Jack Attack bowls at their own expense, the club put together a fun and practical training program. By the end of the seven weeks, the students were extremely competent at the basics of our great game. The school has already booked more classes for the future.

We at Bowls Australia are looking to try and get younger members and one way of doing this is through the Sporting Schools Program, where we will plant the lawn bowls seed at a young age. Hopefully the students transition through to high school programs, lead into competing in the Bowls Queensland Secondary Schools Cup and from there, into membership with clubs throughout the state. We hope to increase this program through approaching primary schools throughout country and metropolitan regions state wide.

RBM - NORTH QLD

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Coaching with BQ coaching committee

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Thorpy

Mindfulness in everyday life

By Alan Thorp

We continue our series on mindfulness from the July Bowler edition where we discovered what happens to the human body when someone is confronted with a perceived situation involving either challenge or danger.

We now understand that the SAM system as described in the previous issue was originally designed to deal with external threats from the days of the caveman, when he was faced with daily threats and had to survive in his dangerous and harsh world.

His prime survival methods involved either fighting or fleeing and it was very unlikely that he remained free of injuries, challenges and dangers in his short life.

Therefore, in the caveman’s situation the SAM system (sympathetic adrenal medullary system) was ideal, as it allowed the hunter to manage the threat either by challenging it or fleeing.

Today, it is very different as most people do not have to hunt and encounter wild and dangerous animals every day to survive. They simply call into a grocery store or supermarket on their way home and this is generally completed without any external dangers or threats in the most part.

At this point, readers may be asking themselves where is this going and what relationship does it have to bowls. Well, now we can look at the neuroscience of mindfulness and how it is being used. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the phenomenon of MBC (mind-body connection) emerged in conjunction with mindfulness to replace the field of psychosomatics. I do not wish to expand too much on this topic other than to say that it is generally accepted and backed up by scientific evidence that mindfulness and MBC can offer you some assistance in managing your health and wellbeing. Scientists began looking at the body’s immune system, all the various cells and systems on how diseases form and how physical healing occurs. I strongly encourage readers interested in this scientific topic to look more closely at the structure of the brain, in particular the pre-frontal cortex, the amygdala and the insula regions, all relevant to the neuroscience of mindfulness and MBC. Mindfulness in everyday life Let’s not forget mindfulness is a technique that will help us to quieten our brain. It allows us to be relaxed, calm and in control and, most importantly, allows us to dismiss distracting thoughts and gain the ability to focus only on the task at hand. Mindfulness encourages the opposite of a fight or flight response.

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It will help: a. give you a sense of control b. recharge your batteries c. with greater concentration d. keep things in perspective e. encourage emotional and physical healing f. you avoid stressful situations and taking your stress out on others g. you to achieve deep relaxation.

For example, when coaching/teaching mental skills in bowls, I tell my students to think of their brain as a snow globe. If we shake the globe, it portrays what happens in our brain when we are either worried, stressed, angry or revved up and these emotions would be whirling around in your brain. I emphasise that a brain in this situation would be overwhelmed by emotions, feelings and many sensations and no wonder the brain would become confused and unfocused. I further state that as a bowler within the team if this is occurring you would not be in the right frame of mind to assimilate the information and deliver the bowl effectively and consistently. I then put the globe down and without any more shaking, I ask them to observe what happens. Yes exactly, after some time, the snow in the globe settles to the bottom and it becomes clear. I then explain to my students that the globe (in this case their brain) is relaxed, calm, focused and in control and would be in a fit state to assimilate all information and deliver the bowl.

Mindfulness can allow bowlers to practise activities where they concentrate on the task at hand and become more consistent, calm and relaxed during their game of bowls.

In the third section in this series, we will look at mindfulness training and the activities that we can practise to develop the neuroscience of this phenomenon.

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