CONGRATULATIONS MANDY
Trans Tasman Teams Announced

abbreviated from Bowls NZ
The New Zealand men and women's under-18 and under-25 teams to compete in the annual Trans-Tasman fixture have been named. The event will be hosted by North Shore's Birkenhead Bowling Club in Auckland on the 26, 27 and 28 of February 2010.

The majority of the selected players will feature at the National Championships in Wellington in a fortnights time and will be out to pick up some good results prior to the Trans-Tasman event.  

Development womens (25 and under)

• Singles: Clare McCaul (Wellington)
• Pairs: McCaul, Misty Arnold (Nelson)
• Triples: Mandy Boyd (Hawkes Bay), Gemma Collett (Nelson), Amy Brenton (Nelson)
• Fours: Boyd, Arnold, Collett, Brenton

HB v Manawatu
Three of our members played against Manawatu last Sunday 13th December. 
A. Boyd, B. Exeter and I. Newbold

Coming Up

CENTRE
Jan 9      M & W - First Year Singles
Jan 10    Regional Kittyhawk Qualifying (U20)

Time waits for no one.
Treasure every moment you have.
You will treasure it even more when
You can share it with someone special.

To realize the value of a friend or family member you only have to lose one.
Remember... Hold on tight to the ones you love!

COACH
Concentration starts with having good routines.
Lawn Bowls may best be described as a low-intensity long-endurance sport. Therefore the ability to maintain focus or concentration over a period of time is a skill that needs to be included in training programmes.

A pre shot routine could be:
1. Define the type of shot you are going to play (draw, yard-on, drive, etc).
2. Place the bowl in the hand correctly.
3. Establish the intended line.
4. Move onto the mat ensuring the anchor foot and body is pointing directly along the intended line.
5. Think calm and relaxed.
6. Put the feeling into your body of how fast you need to bowl the bowl.
7. A trigger or cue word to set the bowling action in motion.
8. Concentrate and deliver the bowl.
9. Analyse the result and what correction if any will be required with the next bowl.
 

Question: Now and again you get disagreements among those measuring an end. Sometimes a player mentions the result then kicks the bowls away before the other player has time to agree or disagree. What should happen when you are deciding an end?

Law 39        Both Sides Must Agree
No bowl should be moved until the opponents have agreed whether it is a shot or not, except where a bowl has to be moved so that another bowl can be measured. As the shots are agreed, each shot bowl can be removed from the head. Shot bowls can be placed in a group where they will not interfere with measuring. If shot bowls have been placed in a group, the number of bowls in the group should be agreed by the opponents. The skips and the seconds or the marker where appropriate should be told (or have signalled to them) the number of shots scored in each end.
 

THE FOUR STAGES OF LIFE
You believe in Santa Claus.
You don't believe in Santa Claus.
You are Santa Claus.
You look like Santa Claus.

Why men wear ear rings??
I have often wondered how this trend got started, I now have the answer.

Mark was at work last week when he noticed that Bill was wearing an earring. Mark knew Bill was normally a conservative fellow, and was curious about his sudden change in "fashion sense."

He walked up to Bill and said, "I didn't know you were into earrings."

"Don't make such a big deal, it's only an earring," Bill replied sheepishly.

Mark was silent for a few minutes, but then his curiosity prodded him to say, "So, how long have you been wearing one?"

"Ever since my wife found it in my car."