May 2015
Newsletter
Volume 05
Issue 6
May 2015
CLUB NEWS
RBC 94 Victoria Parade Rockhampton. PO Box 6163 Red Hill Rockhampton 4701 Qld.
Phone 0749221685 Website www.rockhamptonbowls.com.au
Email [email protected]
Club News
Some of our members for one reason or another may not know we are a Level 3 Good Sports
accredited club.
What is a Level 3 Good Sports club?
The Good Sports organisation works with communities to make sports clubs safe and healthy by
providing advice about managing alcohol responsibility and making clubs friendlier.
As we are a Level3 Good Sports club we abide by a liquor license, have bar management
strategies and a full alcohol management plan in place, and our bar volunteers attend
Responsible Serving of Alcohol training.
We are not completely reliant on bar sales to function. A much larger percentage of our income
comes from, green fees, raffles, functions and special events.
We do not sell cigarettes and have a smoke policy in place. We also have in place a transport
policy.
Advice and assistance from the Good Sports organisation is greatly appreciated
This community service is proudly supported by
Alan Viner & Shirley Warwick-Day 01, Peter
Thurecht 02, Alf Lorraway 03, Errol Gregson 09,
Garry Walker 13, Bernard Tregilles 19, John Bain,
Sid Hoare & Tom Hoare 20, David Archer 25, Alex
MacDonald 26, Hugh Byrd 27
Happy Birthday to all of you from the rest of us at RBC
Lady President Merle Moore.
Report by Bev Johnston.
Rockhampton Bowls Club ladies held a very successful Day for their President, Merle Moore, on
1st. April. Visiting teams from areas west, the coast and Rockhampton were welcomed with a
delicious morning tea.
Following the meet and greet and sharing of tea and coffee and temping scones, players
gathered on the green to a formal welcome and allocating of teams for social play. Laughter
and good fellowship was the order of the day.
Ladies were impressed by the beautifully decorated dining area with a rose theme and enjoyed
drinks and a taste tempting luncheon prepared by our ladies with help from member, Kev
Weaver who has not lost his ham carving ability. Table service and kitchen clean up along with
bar service was provided ably by several of our male bowlers.
Presentations were provided to President Merle by both Ladies and Mens sections. Team
trophies and donated gifts were distributed. Our Easter raffle which had proved very popular
was drawn along with other raffles including the Easter cake, decorated cushion and a hand
bag. All of these prizes were donated and or made by our ladies.
Merle`s day was enjoyed by all those present and this made all the preparation work
worthwhile.
Bowls Queensland have changed the Come & Try Day to what days may suit the various clubs
best. We all know that nearly all clubs need to increase members including ours. I have applied
for all the flyers and posters needed for a Come & Try day. We hope to organize a day in June
and again in September. We are considering sending out invitations to individuals and groups.
We need all members to help. If you know someone that may be interested in bowling or
someone that is looking to get involved in something, please let your Secretary know.
36 Players contested the Neil Barry Shield
recently. Teams were table selected and all had
a great afternoon
A few years ago, Peter Lawton came to a
meeting and said that shields played in the past
that still have room for more winners should be
still played for. Neil Barry was a very prominent
member of RBC and playing for his shield
stopped when family support wained.
It was pleasing to see Peter winning on the day
with Beverley Johnston and Carol Wellings after
the efforts Peter put in to get this game going
again.
Mens Competition Results.
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Champion Singles W Richardson def B Gregson, R Wellings def B Mitchell, R Elliott def
W Richardson P Matthews def C Magee
B Singles P Lawton def P Pidcock
C Singles N Roberts def T Loague
Mixed Pairs. L Delaney J Slater def T Channells, J Ross,
D Green, P Matthews def P McLennan Sub A Thomas
A Pairs C Magee, D Glinster def G Callow, P Pidcock,
W Pearson, P Thurecht def
L Reddy, L Fulwood
Ladies
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Club Triples. J Liddell, V King, L Delaney def B Johnston, J Burke, E Cavanagh
A Vaggs, A Thomas, L Delaney def P Hedges, M Moore, E Cartwright.
Champion Singles J Wilson def B Johnston
Consistency Singles A Thomas def J Armistead
Two Bowl Triples A Vaggs, V King, M Diplock def D Moger, E Hinz-O`Sullivan J Armistead
Champion Pairs A Thomas, V Hegarty def M Dobbs, L Delaney
Your Chairperson, Scott Howell, Club Secretary Bernie Gottke and Jeff Slater had a meeting with
Sandra Parker of Thomson Adsett a specialist design practice to discuss how and where to
install disability toilets and a lift.. Main aim of the discussion is to ascertain what procedures are
required in the planning stages of such a project. In relation to this project we have requested a
meeting with the Iwasaki Foundation to discuss and receive advice how we should apply for a
grant for this project. Unfortunately we were not eligible to apply for a grant at this time.
Your Secretary, Bernie Gottke contacted Fred Dickman of Aus Solar Power to discuss the
viability of upgrading our solar cells to the 10kKWs system we had originally planned to do.
Having the 6 kW of solar cells has saved our club around $6,000.00 to date. Electricity costs for
the same period have been around $24,000.00. Fred Dickman has negotiated a deal with Bowls
Queensland to install solar cells for Bowling Clubs and pay off the costs of the solar cells with
the savings of electricity over 4 years. We are in a position whereas we could pay a substantial
deposit and pay off the remainder in 3 years. Increasing from our present 6 kW of solar cells to
10 or13kWs of solar cells would be a huge saving. Upgrading of our 190 watt cells to 305 watt
cells would attract a rebate from the Government. Your committee will look into this.
In the January and February Newsletters I had an article about how to recognise strokes. When
we are faced with a medical problem that anyone of us might face, the rest of us are left to
“What to do”
We now have a folder in a container just under the downstairs wall phone marked
First Aid Rockhampton Bowls Club.
In this folder is a brief instruction on what to do with, a heart attack, a stroke, an asthma attack,
a nose bleed and all the other things that may happen to someone. Each item describes the
very basic step to take while the ambulance is on the way. Make sure you have a look at it and
tell others it is there if needed. Please do not take it home to read.
Cover of the folder
Inside the folder are all the basic
guides of what is the first thing
to do when someone has for
example, Chest Pains, a Nose
Bleed, an Asthma Attack, a
Stroke, a Heart Attack and all the
other various problems anyone
of us may have at any time.
Being aware of these guidelines
it may save someone`s life.
The recently appointed CEO of Bowls Queensland has resigned. Doug has been given the
opportunity to advance to a better job. We wish him well in his new job.
Your Secretary, Bernie Gottke and Deputy Chairperson had a meeting with Melissa Findlay from
the Queensland Sport and Recreation Department to finalise the replacement of the sails
between the clubhouse and the roof over the green. It was discussed that replacing the sails
with new sails would most likely have a same result with another cyclone or severe storm. We
have now applied for a grant from the disaster fund to replace the sails with a solid roof.
Your Secretary, Bernie Gottke had a meeting with Brian Coe from the QRAA to discuss and
apply for a grant from the disaster fund to cover the cost of the broken window, the torn
northern shade cloth and the subsequent flooding of the lounge and dining area as a result of
the cyclone Marcia filling our gutters with insulation wool. Application for money to cover the
cost incurred by the cyclone has been completed.
Broadband for Seniors
Our main Tutor, John Eurell has moved on to live in the Maleny area. Our kiosk has access to a
wealth of information. The computers are ideal for seniors to learn how to use computers. They
are very easy to learn how to type letters, make cards and etc. How to send emails or surf the
Web. Some of our members that said they could never be able to use a computer are now
doing so. Many of our present members have computers and use the web. What I am asking is
for some of these members to become an official Broadband for Seniors Tutor You will be
surprised the information you will have access to. It is very rewarding that a few hours of your
time each week can help someone to operate a computer and to connect them to their grand
children. I also appeal to any person in our community that would like to become a Tutor,
please contact Bernie Gottke at [email protected] You will be most welcome.
On many occasions over the years, we have requested those that choose to play competitions
to place their name in the absentee book if they are going away or too ill to play bowls.
However we do stress that you cannot continue to be absent on an ongoing basis. It is not good
enough to just send an email or leave a phone message at the last minute to say you are not
available. Recently there has been a message sent to the competition director who was on
holidays. A lot of time is spent by the competition committee and they would be in the right if
your name is not in the absentee book or not notified of unavailability, you could face a forfeit.
21% of our income comes from our bar operation. In recent times it has been getting harder
and harder to get volunteers to work behind the bar. Your committee has arranged for
volunteers to do the Responsible Serving of Alcohol course on the club`s computer under the
guidance of a Committee Member. Your committee has also bought a till with all sales of drinks
programmed. To sell a soft drink, a beer, a mixed drink a juice or nip of spirits all you need to do
is press the key marked soft drink, light beer, heavy beer, a mixed drink, juice or nip of spirit
and the price will automatically be recorded. More than one drink press the key twice or for the
number of drinks sold. For a variety of drinks press the required keys. Full instructions are next
to the till. This enables the volunteers to not worry about the price of drinks. We have no beer
on tap so again volunteers do not have to pour a beer. I ask our members to think about
volunteering and contact Noel Roberts to discuss the matter.
Coming events are.
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May 09 Emu Park BC President`s Day
May 16 Bates Goddard at NRBC
May 17 Victoria Park BC Presidents Day
May 24 RBC Noel Roberts President`s Day
May 29 Ladies Cards Day.
May 30 & 31 Hook Anderson Fours at DMBC
BBQ & Bowls May 15
BBQ & Bowls May 16
BBQ & Bowls May 30
War Games Group State Championships May 30 & 31 (Includes Bowls & BBQ)
If you would like to help out with any home event, please see our Chairperson Scott Howell.
Our Website WWW.rockhamptonbowls.com.au has now been updated and includes all
information about our great club. The photo gallery has now been replaced with all new
photos. Check it out.
The main water pipe to the club house that was above ground has now been replaced with
underground poly pipe. Other work to be scheduled is to replace the green`s roof gutter and or
down pipes adjacent to the club house with a larger gutter and down pipes. Especially if we
receive a grant to replace the sails with a solid roof.
We have received advice from our Regional Council that there has been an increase in cases
of food borne illnesses in Queensland recently, many of which related to outbreaks of
Salmonella. Salmonella infection is a type of gastroenteritis caused by Salmonella bacteria.
The top four issues observed during recent food borne illness outbreaks are
 Egg wash that is topped up, used multiple times &kept at room temperature over long periods
 Raw egg products such as mayonnaise & hollandaise, mousse &tiramisu prepared to far in advance
& not refrigerated
 Inadequate cleaning & sanitation throughout food businesses
 Cross contamination of bacteria using tea towels & other equipment