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Ladies Gala Day
All day
Measuring refresher Sunday
October 2014
13 October 2014
12 October 11am for official measurers
Pennants - Men
Wednesday 8, 15, 22 & 29 October 2014
5, 12, 19 & 26 November 2014
3, 10 & 17 December 2014
14, 21 & 28 January 2015
4, 18 & 25 February 2015
4 March 2015
Pennants - Ladies
Thursday
9, 16, 23 & 30 October 2014
6, 13, 20 & 27 November 2014
4, 11 & 18 December 2014
15, 22 & 29 January 2015
5, 12, 24 (Tuesday) & 26 February 2015
Pennants - Open
Saturday
11, 18 & 25 October 2014
1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 November 2014
6 & 13 December 2014
10, 17 & 31 January 2015
7, 14, 21 & 28 February 2015
14 March 2015
Club Dinner
Friday
31 October - Halloween
Dress up & have fun
Bowls SA State
Fours
Sunday
23 November all day
Xmas Family Party Sunday
30 November 2014
New Year’s Day
Breakfast
Thursday
10am on 1 January 2015
Bowls SA State
Singles
Sunday
18 January 2015 all day
Men’s Country
Carnival
All day
Monday 2 Feb 2015 - Fours
Tuesday 3 Feb 2015 - Singles
Wednesday 4 February 2015 - Pairs
Champion of
Champion Singles
Sunday
15 March 2015
Women’s Country
Carnival
All day
Monday 23 March 2015 - Fours
Tuesday 24 March 2015 - Singles
Wednesday 25 March 2015 - Pairs
President’s Corner
I would like to welcome all the new members who have joined the club over the last few
months; we look like having good quality teams throughout the whole pennant competition
and have increased Wednesday back to 6 teams. We still have the largest number of pennant
players in SA.
On behalf of the club, we wish Sue Coultas every success in her quest, as she will be
representing our Club and SA for the right to be Champion of Australia at Taren Point
Bowling Club in Sydney on 14th October, good luck.
It has taken “C” Green longer than expected to recover from the laser levelling due to the
cold wet winter, as the grass needs around 24oC for it to grow. As a result, the scarifying of
B and C green are running behind schedule. We have not been able to accommodate any
visiting teams over the last couple of weeks due to insufficient greens availability.
We have just completed running a “Learn to play bowls” course. The main aim of the
course was to increase the Night Owl numbers although we have also gained several new
pennant players from the course. 14,600 flyers were distributed by Aust Post into 4 post
codes which also included information about the club as an advertising medium, hopefully
gaining additional hall hire bookings. The course participants have all enjoyed themselves
and I believe most will play in our Night Owls games. I wish to thank those coaches who
gave their time to run this course and they included Ben, Linda, Penny, Bob, Bruce, Keith,
Allan Hughes and Alan Jackson as well as myself.
We were successful with receiving a partial grant for the purchase of a cardiac defibrillator
and funds to manufacture a chemical boom sprayer for the greens. I will involve a small
interested group to choose which defibrillator to purchase and then once purchased, anyone
who is interested can be trained in its use.
We also received a grant to cover the cost of the rail along the main path to the club between
“A” and “B” greens. Graham has done a fantastic job with the installation, making this now
safe for next year when we go East/West again, as well as for people walking along the path.
We have tried to be more open and democratic this year with the process for choosing
Wednesday and Saturday selectors, so that where required there was a vote by those within
that division. We decided that 2 selectors per division should be about the right number, and
if a selector gets moved for any length of time, they will need to be replaced to ensure team
representation. This procedure has been available on the notice board since May. The role
of a selector can be very time consuming and normally a thankless role, please be
considerate of the selectors trying to do the best job that they can. They will endeavour to
make the minimal changes each week to try to get some consistency with the teams, but this
is very hard with the number of teams that we have.
Ray Isherwood who has been a member of our club for many years until moving home
earlier this year passed away on Tuesday evening 23rd September from a heart failure. His
friendly happy demeanour will be sadly missed at the club. Even though Ray moved to
Holdfast Bay Bowling Club last year, he still played at our club every Tuesday and Friday.
Ray’s other love was cricket and he had enjoyed being a National Cricket umpire for many
years in his career. At this time, we wish his family our sincere condolences; he will be
sadly missed at the club, a memorial service will be held on Wednesday 8th October at
Holdfast Bay BC at 6pm.
I hope that you all have an enjoyable bowling season this year with good comradeship along
with your fellow bowlers.
John Kirby
Measurement Day
For all official measurers & umpires, there will be a
refresher session on
Sunday 12 October at 11am.
Get back up to speed with the measuring devices
now the pennant season is starting.
Bowls SA Heat Policy
Saturday Pennant
(Major League formally Premier 2)
If
the temperature for Adelaide on the Bureau of Meteorology website
(www.bom.gov.au) at 4:30pm on Thursday is forecast to be 38 degrees Celsius or
above for Saturday all Premier & Major League matches will be played on the Friday
night.
However, if the Thursday forecast for Saturday is below 38 degrees but increases to be
38 degrees or above at 7:30am on the day of play (Saturday) then all Premier & Major
League matches will be played on the following Friday night.
For all Friday night matches : Practice ends will commence at 6:00pm.
Metro League
If the forecast temperature at 7:30am on the day of play (Saturday) on the Bureau of
Meteorology website (www.bom.gov.au) is 38 degrees Celsius or above, all games will
be cancelled.
Wednesday Pennant
If the temperature for Adelaide on the Bureau of Meteorology website
(www.bom.gov.au) at 4:30pm Monday is forecast to be 38 degrees Celsius or above on
Wednesday all Premier League, Major League and Metropolitan Pennant matches will
be played with practice ends commencing at 9:15am.
However, if the Monday forecast temperature for Wednesday is below 38 degrees but
increases to be 38 degrees or above at 7:30am on the day of play (Wednesday) then all
games will be cancelled
If games are played on Wednesday mornings: it is recommended that mid-game breaks
are only to be taken upon mutual agreement between Side Managers to ensure that all
matches are completed as quickly as possible before the hottest part of the day.
Thursday Pennant
If the forecast temperature at 7:30am on the day of play (Thursday) on the Bureau of
Meteorology website (www.bom.gov.au) is 36 degrees Celsius or above, all games will
be cancelled.
TRADING TABLE
Please we need good quality goods to sell.
DVDs, CDs, Jewellery, Bowling accessories, Jigsaw puzzles, Games etc.
Thank you
Ann Duddy
Vice-President, Men’s Facility
Firstly I would like to welcome all our new members for season 2014-2015. We have gained
bowlers from other clubs and new bowlers from the ‘Learn to Bowl’ series being conducted
by the club.
To our existing members please make them feel welcome especially if they are in your
pennant team.
The club has entered 9 pennant teams in the Saturday open competition, 6 teams for men on
Wednesday and 4 ladies teams for Thursday.
We have registered all these teams making us the biggest bowling in South Australia. As you
can imagine, selecting teams will not be easy for the selectors, so please be considerate
towards them.
If you are not happy with selection there is a form called a ‘grievance form’ to fill in. It is
available from the office. When filled out please return it to the office and it will be handed
to the chair of selectors.
Please do not hassle your selectors on pennant days as they want to enjoy their game.
Bowls SA have changed the extreme heat policy for 2014-2015 and is in the book titled
‘Rules and Conditions of Play 2014-2015’. Pages 20 & 21.
See the extracts under Bowls SA Heat Policy. (on Page 3)
I hope you all have an enjoyable season.
Graham McNamara
Finance
We have 185 full members (and 32 associates) that have been registered this week so they
will be eligible to play in the Bowls SA Pennant competition when it commences in the
week following the Labour Day public holiday.
If you have not paid your subscription fee by the end of September, you have not been
registered & therefore will be unable to play in the competition. Payment in full is required
first.
All members not financial at the end of September will have their membership cancelled as
set out in our Club Constitution.
Payments may be made by cash, cheque or from your bank account to the Bowling Club.
Last receipts will be issued on Wednesday 1 October.
Late registrations will need to be arranged with the Secretary, David Dowling.
At the AGM the pennant fee was increased to $6 due to the short fall listed below.
Team Entry Payment to Bowls SA
$ 1,700
Bus Hire
$
Catering Costs
$ 8,300
Bar Vouchers
$ 1,300
Total Pennant Cost
$ 12,100
Total Income from Pennants
$ 8,519
Next newsletter comes out in December
Please get all articles to Linda by 30 November Thank you.
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Editor: Linda Kirby
Coaching News
Bowls being dropped while being delivered onto the bowling green, are being banned by
Bowls SA due to damage especially to synthetic greens.
One answer is a bowling arm. We have a bowling arm in the office for those who would like
to try using this device before they buy.
We have a simple form that needs to be signed by your GP that says he recommends using a
bowling arm due to health problems.
Ladies are being coached on Tuesday mornings at 10am & men on Thursday afternoon at
5pm.
Coaches have been very busy during September with the “Intro to Bowls Course”.
Following this course, we have received much interest in Wednesday & Thursday night
owls.
Also several participants have joined our club as full & associate members.
Our 2014 Club Champions
Sue Coultas & Colin Davies
Congratulations
Uniforms
New stock has arrived this week.
Doesn’t the uniform look great?
What to do if someone suffers a major trauma or accident at the Club.
Here are some suggestions:•
Keep them comfortable and safe
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Check to see they are breathing or conscious
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Call for a first aider
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Phone for an ambulance.
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Later attend a Red Cross first aid course
Please notify the club if you have any change
of contact details - including phone, address or email.
TAYLOR BOWLS SUPER CHALLENGE
The Club has entered a side in this season’s Taylor Bowls
Super Challenge
What’s the format?
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10 a side, open competition
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Evening matches, starting around 6.00pm
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Side consists of teams as follows:
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Singles (1)
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Pairs (1)
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Triples (1)
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Fours (1)
Competition divided into 3 sections (North, Central, South)
Brighton will play in South section in the Silver & bronze
divisions.
When is it played?
♦Matches are to be played mainly on Friday and Sunday
♦Note there is no clash with pennant matches
Where is it played?
♦Matches are hosted by participating clubs
♦All sides play at the host venue
♦Brighton will host one match in each division
What’s the cost?
$5.00 per player to join SA LBL (one off payment required)
$5.00 per player per match
This is a great, fun competition open to all registered players. We get to play against some
top sides and some sides that aren’t so accomplished.
The only condition of entry is that players must join the SA Lawn Bowlers League.
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