Febuary 2013 NEWSLETTER

This Newsletter was kindly printed by Harcourts Kingborough

PRESIDENT’S REPORT

Men’s pennant came to an early and abrupt ending on Saturday with the completion of the last round

of rostered matches. Unfortunately, none of our teams was able to make the finals but put in credita-

ble enough performances throughout the year to avoid relegation.

Division 1 finished 8th, 2R and 3 finished 6th and Div 3R came 9th. With the loss of players in the early

part of the year and the withdrawal of our lowest team, 3R became the “chopping block” team and,

although they had many changes almost every week, they still managed to win enough games to

avoid relegation. Well done everyone! Hopefully next year will be a lot better year!

On a brighter note, our midweek teams in Divisions 1, 3 and 4, have all made the finals in this the first

year of a “finals four” situation for midweek pennant. This Wednesday, Division 1 will be at Sandy

Bay , Division 3 will be at Buckingham and Division 4 Blue will be at home against Beltana in the first

semi finals. Good luck and good bowling to all those participating.

Our ladies pennant teams are faring much better! With only two rounds remaining, all four divisions

are in the top four. Good bowling for the next two weeks ladies, as you all deserve an opportunity to

participate in the finals.

After the Delegates Meeting held last Monday at Buckingham, it appears that Bowls Tasmania, aided

by the regional bodies, is set to turn pennant bowls upside down. It is planned to make Division 1

Men’s Pennant 3 rinks only from 2013-14. With no support at all from bowls clubs in the south or the

north west , and with little support from those in the north, Bowls Tasmania is intent on forcing this

condition into regional pennant competitions regardless of the consequences.

The other implementation that looks to be imposed on regions regardless is non-gender specific

pennant for both men and women. This would enable any of the ladies to make themselves available

for Saturday pennant and likewise any of the men to make themselves available for Thursday pen-

nant. This may be subject to certain rules imposed by Bowls Tasmania South but what rules and when

they would be imposed at this stage is not clear but, from past performances, may be very well im-

plemented well after the horse has bolted!

Non-gender specific pennant was introduced in Victoria a few years ago and has recently been aban-

doned (for whatever reason). However, maybe it had something to do with a division 3 ladies pen-

nant final being won by a team consisting of 10 men and 2 women!

I am at a loss as to how we can stop this madness with what appears to be little support from the

Bowls Tasmania South executive. If you have any thoughts on this matter, I would be pleased to hear

them.

Allen Sculthorpe, President

A very big thankyou to the 15 members who formed a working bee last Sunday and installed the

insulation in the Indoor Bowls Centre.

Another working bee is planned for 17 March to install the panelling which will provide the fin-

ishing touches to the building and improve the amenities so do please come along and pitch in.

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Results of 11 Feb, Hazell Bros $1500 Open 4s Carnival

WINNERS of Winners vs win-

ners $150 each:

Alex Stanelos—skip, Kathleen

Page—3, Bill Mus—2, Ellen

Ireland –lead.

WINNERS of Losers vs losers $100 each:

John Rosevear—skip, Jim Beadle—3, Pam Rose-

vear—2, Karlene Beadle—lead.

HIGHEST AGGREGATE POINTS $50 each:

Tony Kerrison—skip, Elaine Wills—3, Verona Kerri-

son—2, Melanie Jefferts—lead

Special thanks to Pam & Joan

Rosevear for all the organis-

ing of this high profile and big value Carnival attended by

over 70 players = a full house.

Pam was in the kitchen at

8:30am and thanks Elaine and

all who helped with the won-derful food enjoyed by all.

Better Performance Auto con-

tributed a great tool box for the

raffle—a very successful day.

Winners of the Club

Open Pairs: Elaine

Wills –skip & Karlene

Beadle—lead defeat-

ing Kathleen Page &

Lee Shead

Winners of DJ Mitsubishi fours held at Kingborough in March. We had members from all divisions playing

and our Div 4 team of Dot Thompson—skip, Elaine

Cockshutt—3, Carleen Crane –2, & Maureen

Hynes—lead took out both games with a 4 shot win in the first and 28 shot win in the final!! Wow & well done

ladies.

*CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS—CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL*

Shirley Miraldo won

the Club Open Singles

defeating Dot Peterson.

AND Happy Birthday to

you in February.

Pamela Rosevear has tri-

umphed in the Club’s B

Grade Triples, Pairs and

now the singles (runner up

Diane Spooner) —what a

brilliant year of achieve-

ments. Bravo!

Winners of the Club

Open Triples: Nor-

ma Lovell—skip,

Vicki Bannister—2

& Lee Shead—lead

played really well,

they were all on

their game and de-

feated Shirley

Miraldo—skip,

Karleen Beadle—2,

Desma Edwards—

lead.

Winners of the Club Open

Triples: Jason Fowler—skip,

Craig Griggs—2, Tony Verri-

er—lead defeated Mick

Slot—skip, Terry Thomp-

son—2 & Jeff Jackson—lead.

Jason Fowler and Tony Clark were selected to play in the Southern Team of Peter Bannister (Derwent

City) - skip, Tony Clark—3, Jason Fowler—2 and Liam O’Brian (Buckingham) as lead. They went down in the morning

game against the State team and were narrowly beaten by the North West in the afternoon. So narrow was it that they were

five up on the last end when the opposition drew the shot to win by 1. [We all know how cruel a game it is ].

Both players enjoyed the day playing good bowls in tricky conditions. The journey up North was

made easier with the addition of Mark (the Man) Watterson as Navigator!!

…. yes he is too young to com-

pete!!! But what a champ in the

making!

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2013 Open. [The youngsters are on top!]

Jackaroo Lisa Phillips has continued her sensational roll at this year's $136,000 Australian Open by add-ing yet another national title to her ever-growing résumé, capturing the women's triples silverware to ac-company the coveted singles crown she snared. The 19 year-old Clayton spearhead guided her makeshift triples combination of former Under-15 world champion Samantha Shannahan and fellow Jackaroo Claire Turley (previously Duke) through a minefield of contenders over the past two weeks to clinch the title, having only secured their spot in the main draw via the 'last chance qualifying'.

In the men's pairs gold medal decider, Melbourne's comeback kings, former one-test cap Australian representative Russel Green Jnr and 19 year-old Jackaroo Dylan Fisher have hooked themselves a share of the $136,000 prize money during a clash of the Victorians. The duo had built a reputation over of the week for clawing back from the brink of defeat, withstanding first set thrashings to pre-vail in the tie-break, and their final showdown against Moonee Ponds' Adam Galloway and Mark Jacobsen, a 1998 Common-wealth Games gold medallist, proved no different.

Results: MEN’S Singles: Aaron Wilson defeated Matthew Ayres. Pairs: D. Fisher & R. Green Jnr defeated A. Galloway & M. Jacobsen. Triples: T. Crammon, D. Caldwell & P. Bobrige defeated M. O’Laughlin, Z. Trbrara & N. Burkett.

WOMEN’S Singles: Lisa Phillips defeated Karen Murphy. Pairs: K. Cottrell & L. Armitage defeated C. Williams & J. Bush. Tri-ples: S. Shannahan, C. Turley & L. Phillips defeated K. Poile, J. McMenaman & N. Shortis.

OVER 60’S Men’s Pairs: E. Azopardi & B. Ferguson defeated P. Morris & I. Warner. Women’s Pairs: C. Grimes & M. Spizer

defeated C. Pavlov & S. McKenzie. MIXED PAIRS: F. Clarke & S. Tong defeated A. Haevecker & R. Wilson.

National News

Interesting information from the 2010 National Bowls Census.

514,486 participants playing bowls in Australia

158,548 pennant; 186,738 in other competitions for members;

165,594 in social, corporate and school competitions and programs.

60-70 years is the largest age group—42%, 75+ - 24%, 40-59—22%, 40 under—12%.

59.5% were in country regions although these country regions accommodate just 38.6% of Australian residents.

Note that 24% of players in Australia

are over 75 years of age so there’s

lots of life in lawn bowlers!

Picture: Tony Gough Source: Herald Sun

Four year old JETT Simmons from Frankston

South probably weighs as much as the adult size

4 bowls he plays with. His father Todd and 18

year old brother Dylan complete the bowling pic-

ture.

"He's probably had 100 people watching and clap-

ping [at Bendigo] as he mucks around with his older

brother," mother Holly Simmons said. "He's a bit of a

show pony. He really gets the crowd going."

A profile of Lawn Bowlers done by the Australian Sports Commission (date unknown at ausports.gov.au) noted that:

75% of bowlers play only this one sport, of those who do participate in other sports golf is the most popular followed

by carpet bowls, tennis & darts;

60% are men, 39% women [yes I know—Juniors :)]

Over 90% are aged 45 or over, 53% are aged 65 or over

Average participation rate is 2.2% of the population & Tasmania & most other states fall into this average with South

Australia the highest at 2.7% and ACT & NT lowest at 1.4 and 1% respectively.

87% of bowlers are Australian born

66% are not in the workforce

Kingborough Bowls Club, PO Box 42, 1615 Channel Hwy, Margate, Tas 7054 Telephone (03) 6267 2197

Email: kingbc@intas.net.au. Web www.kingborough.bowlsnet.com.au Page 4

Please give thanks and support to our sponsors—we’ll list some of them in every Newsletter.

Kingston Huntingfield Café etc Blackmans Bay

Kingston Landscape Centre

Margate

Australia Day details as promised with lots of well deserved praise spread far & wide

A massive $1,300 was raised on the day for the Bushfire Appeal and reflects the generosity of our mem-bers. There were a great many prizes donated by businesses and members to ensure plenty of participation

in the raffles and auction so there are many thanks to go to many.

A very big thankyou to Norma Lovell, Craig Griggs, Jason Fowler and Malcolm Cox who did a great job

organising this impromptu day that was well attended by the Club faithful, and to Bill Reeves for doing the BBQ.

Next comes special thanks to Michael Harris who won the bidding on a bowls shirt signed by Steve Glasson and Kelvin Kerkow. Our thanks go to these two celebrity players for their kind donation of the shirt & Jason

Fowler for requesting it. Michael Harris immediately gave the shirt to the Club so it could be framed and put

on the wall for all to enjoy.

Updates from the Bowls Tasmania South Delegates Meeting 25 Feb.

Numbers are down in competitions.

Men’s teams will become 12 instead of 16. Ten teams per Division. Men still play 25 ends and start @ 1pm.

No pennant matches to be played after 18 December = a 3 week break.

Men cannot play in the finals of Ladies Pennant.

Winter coaching will be available at Beltana from 1st Sunday in May: Ladies @ 12:00, Men @ 3pm. (will advise further on

this)

The Panel will send coaches anytime anywhere = any Club that asks for it.

Morning teas—it is up to the Clubs to supply coffee, tea & biscuits if they wish.

Shirley Miraldo

MONASH UNIVERSITY ACCIDENT RESEARCH CENTRE June 2002 Report on

injuries out of lawn bowls noted that of the 80,000 playing (in Vic) there were

only 29 lawn bowl injury cases recorded, 76% of these were women (when

they only comprise 390% of participants). 59% of the injuries were due to falls

and of these 35% were sprains & strains, 35% fracture’s & 23% cuts and bruis-

es.

It’s easy to understand why health professionals recommend lawn

bowls as a sport for older people because it provides low impact,

therapeutic exercise in a social and supportive atmosphere.

INCREASING MEMBERSHIP & PROMOTING THE CLUB is a hot topic for most Clubs.

At henselite.com.au/hints/club_promotion you can find many rele-

vant links to related websites + many case studies of what other

Clubs in Australia have done and Bowls Australia and the Australi-

an Sports Commission have published ‘A Perfect Delivery’ as a

guide to marketing bowls. Anyone with a bit of time on their

hands???

The Club warmly welcomes new

members this month:

Full: Keith Palmer, Shane Stanfield,

Jarrod Long.

Social: Dwayne Everett Smith,

Simon Salter

Our best wishes for a quick

recovery go to Melody Firth

who had a fall while up NW

and fractured her vertebrae as

well as broke her left wrist put-

ting her out of action for the

rest of the season.

Further special thanks go to Craig and Aaron Griggs who bought a shirt signed by the Australian team at an online auction (which was also to benefit the bushfire victims). Craig & Aaron also gave the shirt to the Club

LADIES LADDERS -ROUND 16

DIVISION 1

1 ROSNY PK W 170

2 KINGBOROUGH 115

3 BELTANA 105

4 SANDY BAY 101

5 ROSNY PK RED 93

6 BUCKINGHAM 85

7 BRIGHTON 78

8 HOWRAH 77

9 CLAREMONT 76

10 GLEN/RODMAN 60

DIVISION 3

1 HUONVILLE 128

2 CREMORNE 121

3 SANDY BAY 104

4 KINGBOROUGH 101

5 BRIGHTON 96

6 ROSNY PARK 93

7 ORFORD 88

8 CYGNET 88

9 BUCKINGHAM 75

10 DERWENT CITY 66

DIVISION 4

1 ST JOHN PK 147

2 BUCKINGHAM 115

3 DOVER 112

4 KINGBOROUGH 104

5 GLENORCHY 101

6 GEEVESTON 101

7 BELTANA 99

8 BERRIEDALE 66

9 GLEN/RODMAN 54

10 SANDY BAY 48

DIVISION 5

1 HOWRAH (W) 129

2 TASMAN 127

3 CYGNET 114

4 KINGBOROUGH 114

5 BRIGHTON 107

6 SORELL 106

7 HOWRAH (R) 78

8 BUCKINGHAM 78

9 ROSNY PARK 57

10 DERWENT CITY 50

MENS LADDERS—ROUND 18

SATURDAY—DIVISION 1

1 SANDY BAY 221

2 ROSNY PARK 179

3 BELTANA 156

4 CLAREMONT 146

5 DERWENT CITY 138

6 GLEN/RODMAN 125

7 GEEVESTON 96

8 KINGBOROUGH 91

9 BUCKINGHAM 66

10 BRIGHTON 42

SATURDAY –DIV 2 R

1 ST JOHNS 155

2 ORFORD 154

3 ROSNY PARK 151

4 BELTANA 149

5 SANDY BAY 141

6 KINGBOROUGH 121

7 NEW NORFOLK 113

8 CLAREMONT 106

9 CREMORNE 90

10 BUCKINGHAM 80

SATURDAY—DIVISION 3

1 OATLANDS 185

2 HOWRAH 178

3 CYGNET 176

4 GLEN/RODMAN 138

5 TAROONA 114

6 KINGBOROUGH 110

7 ROSNY PARK 107

8 GLENORCHY RSL 96

9 HUONVILLE 91

10 DERWENT CITY 65

SATURDAY -DIV 3 R

1 BRUNY IS 181

2 CLAREMONT 178

3 BRIGHTON 156

4 BELTANA 141

5 BERRIEDALE 130

6 ROYAL HOBART 125

7 SANDY BAY 107

8 GEEVESTON 95

9 KINGBOROUGH 90

10 SORELL 57

LAWN BOWLS on TV Foxtel—

2012 World Championships

Women’s singles final Aust vs NZ: 1/3 @ 4am;.

Men’s singles semi final 1 Canada vs South Africa:

5/3 @ 5pm; 6/3 @ 10am; 8/3 @ 2:30am.

Men’s singles semi final 2 Aust vs NZ:

12/3 @ 4:30pm; 13/3 @ 11am; 15/3 @ 3am.

Men’s singles final Aust vs Canada:

19/3 @ 5pm; 22/3 @ 3am.

No further pro-gram details available.

MENS LADDERS—ROUND 18

MIDWEEK—DIV 1

1 ROSNY PARK 155

2 GLEN/RODMAN 135

3 SANDY BAY 129

4 KINGBOROUGH 126

5 NEW NORFOLK 113

6 BUCKINGHAM 107

7 CLAREMONT 97

8 ROYAL HOBART 85

9 BELTANA 68

10 BRIGHTON 65

MIDWEEK—DIV 3

1 GLEN/RODMAN 170

2 ORFORD 160

3 BUCKINGHAM 132

4 KINGBOROUGH 110

5 ROSNY PARK 104

6 HOWRAH 101

7 ST JOHNS PARK 86

8 BRIGHTON 75

9 SANDY BAY 73

10 CLAREMONT 69

MIDWEEK—DIV 4 BLUE

1 TAROON 131.2

2 SORELL 119.5

3 KINGBOROUGH 109.9

4 BELTANA 100

5 HOWRAH 1 91.7

6 ROSNY PARK 67

7 HOWRAH 2 57

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First recorded game of

lawn bowls on Australian

soil is said to have oc-

curred in 1845.

Lawn bowls Central Park, NY 1937

SUMMER BAR HOURS

Mon: 4:30—8:00pm

Tue: 3:00 until close

Wed: 12:00—12:45

Pennant days

3:30 until close

Thur: 3:00 until close

Fri: 4:00 until close

Sat: 12:00—12:45

2:45 until close

Sun: CLOSED

TASMANIA EVENTS

March

3 Men’s Statewide Pennant (5&6) (North)

3-6 BCIB Women’s State Open Pairs Championship

3-6 BCIB Women’s Fours Championship

6 Men’s Midweek Pennant Semi Finals

7-8, 14-15, 21-22 Men’s Singles & Pairs Champion of Champions

8 Entries close DL Reid Singles

8,13,15 Women’s Singles Champion of Champions

9—11 BCIB Men’s State Open Triples Championship South

9-12 Men’s State Triples (South)

13 Midweek Pennant Preliminary Finals

16 Men’s Pennant Semi Finals

17 Women’s Statewide Pennant & Development Series (Nth)

19 Entries close Women’s Singles

19,20,21 Women’s Pennant Finals

20 Midweek Pennant Grand Finals

23 Men’s Pennant Preliminary Finals

26, 27, 28 D L Reid Singles

April

7-9 Women’s State Championships—North

10-11 Women’s State Pennant Finals—North

13-14 Men’s State Pennant Finals—North West

26—2/5 Aust Super Six Sides Championship—Vic

If anyone has Letters to the Editor, or news and advice we can all benefit

from sharing do email me -mjefferts@yahoo.com.au or catch me at the Club.

DJ MOTORS—2 Bowl Triples Competition

First Prize $1,500;

2nd $900, 3rd $450, 4th& 5th $120.

8—10 June Saturday. Queens Birthday

Any combination, mens, ladies, mixed.

Entry fee $120—limited to 32 teams.

Entry forms & enquiries:

Jason Fowler 0402 803 504

CLUB CALENDAR

Includes deadlines for Club Championship

games.

March

3 Men’s B Grade 2 Bowl Triples

6 Midweek Men’s Semi Finals all Divisions:

Beltana, Sandy Bay & Kingborough.

10 Men’s Open Pairs

10 Men’s B Grade Pairs

14 After pennant dinner for ladies.

In appreciation of the ladies’ commitments to

the Club male members of the Club, ap-

proved by the Board, are doing all the work.

17 Working Bee Indoor Centre

24 Men’s Open Mixed Pairs

April

1 Mixed Pairs Easter Carnival

7 Men’s Open Singles

7 Men’s B Grade Singles

25 Anzac Day Old Bowls Day

INDOOR CENTRE

Summer open 10am

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Open Mixed Pairs Easter Carnival

1st April!! 10am for 10:30am

Random draw—1M 1F. Entries close 29 March.

2 games of 15 ends. $5 bring your own lunch.

Whites please.

Good cash prizes to be won.

Don’t forget to

enter the Easter

Raffle— big

basket of good-

ies (lots of them

fattening) to be

won.

ANZAC DAY—OLD BOWLS DAY

25 April 12:30pm for 1:00pm. 1 game 18 ends—fours. Random draw for teams but if

you wish to nominate a team it will be considered. This is all finishing off the season on

a high note of fun and laughter. There are more than enough old bowls at the Club if

you don’t have any. Bowls will be followed by a BBQ.