Newsletter No 27 - March 27th 2011

Just before putting this on the internet I had a phone call from the HB Centre representative, Jenny Hosegood, congratulating both Angela and our club on the gracious manner in which Angela received her award. She thanked markers, umpires and others who were responsible for the running of the championship and spoke so well forgetting no one. Well done, Angela.

FRIENDS DAY - MARCH 30th
Remember this is a day for total relaxation and is also an opportunity to invite some of your bowling  friends that you already have or have met through the year. It's hetero triples, whites, starting at 10:00 am with no entry fee and this year we are providing you with lunch, we have attracted a large N.Z. company who are doing a special promotion.

Please make an effort to ensure this a good fun day.
Entries to Julie Haslett on 844 1253

HOLD YOUR TONGUE, MEN
My mother got mad at my dad the other day and went shopping to relieve her irritation.

When she returned home she informed him that she had bought ten new dresses.

"Ten!" he hollered "What could any woman want with ten new dresses?"

My mother calmly replied, "Ten new pairs of shoes!"
 

ETIQUETTE - BE A GOOD LOSER

What you are as a person

is far more important

than what you are as a bowler

If you can't accept losing,

you don’t deserve to win.

QUESTION - You have started measuring and a bowl falls over  …  Do you start again? 

YOU HAVE STARTED MEASURING AND A BOWL FALLS OVER
If a bowl falls of its own accord, it should be left in its new position while deciding the number of shots scored continues, and all the shots agreed before the bowl fell will count.

CAN-CAN
Don't forget the good work that Andrew Buckley, our bowling chef, is doing in recycling our cans.

If you have any used cans please leave them in the receptacle alongside the administration shed.

Andrew will use the money from their sale to buy seeds, fertiliser and plants for the club.

QUOTE:
Happiness lies for those who cry,
Those who hurt, those who have searched,
And those who have tried,
For only they can appreciate the importance of people
Who have touched their lives.
 

WORLD BOWLS  -  Law Changes Effective 1 April 2011
The much awaited Bowls Law Changes has finally been released, these new laws taking effect from 1^st April 2011. 

Overall under Domestic Regulations there were few changes that directly affect the everyday bowler, but those few changes are quite significant: Tossing for start of the game; Control of Score Card; Giving the mat away. 

Tossing for start of game:
Rule 18.2.4    If the coin is tossed before the start of trial ends, the option the winner of the toss chooses will apply to both the first trial end and the first end of the game. 

It has been a habit of old to have a trial end and then toss the coin to see who starts.  This has been an incorrect habit. From now on players must toss prior to trial ends beginning and carry this through to the game. 

Score Cards & Score Board:
Rule 37.1.7    The Skip should be responsible for the score card supplied by the Controlling Body while play is in progress; enter the names of the players of both teams on the score card; record on the score card all shots scored for and against the team as each end is completed; and at the end of the game record on the score card the time that the game finished, and then sign it.  

Previously the Skip has delegated this task to another team member.  In future the Skip can no longer delegate this responsibility away, eg. in Fours to the Two.  Not any more.  The Skip now controls the score card.

If only one card is used in a game then the Skip of the team who won the toss for opening play will update the Score Board, and the Opposing Skip will manage the Score Card. 

Giving Mat Away:
Rule 18.2.4    If the coin is tossed before the start of trial ends, the option the winner of the toss chooses will apply to both the first trial end and the first end of the game.   

Rule 18.4       Play in other ends:  In all ends after the first but apart from in an extra end, the winner of the previous scoring end should place the mat and then deliver the jack and the first bowl. 

Previously the winner of any scoring end could choose to give the mat to the opposing player.  Now the mat can only be given away at the start of the game by the winner of the toss of the coin to decide who starts the game.  

Conditions Of Play:
Rule 17.2.2    Controlling Bodies that govern club competitions which are purely social or recreational (no club title or entry to district, national or international title) can set aside Conditions Of Play which include aspects of play that are different from those described within the Laws of the Sport of Bowls. 

This allows for a Club to set its own rules for a fun gala – anything goes -  but these rules or Conditions Of Play must be conveyed to all participants. 

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So, fellow bowlers, there we have it.  When you read ‘should’ in the rules, this means ‘must’.  

Skips, put a pen that works and a tossing coin in your pocket, and Leads of winning ends, the mat is yours. 

If you have any questions please ask one of our Umpires: Dave Kaye, Bruce Mitchell; Craig Ennor, Frank Hosegood, Jenny Hosegood or Peter Turnbull. 

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WOMEN’S ‘CLASSIC’ FOURS at Bowls Heretaunga
Saturday 9^th APRIL at 9.30 am (N.B. change of date)
To be played in our indoor/outdoor complex. You WILL play – whatever the weather!
First 16 teams accepted - composite teams welcome
Entry fee, $32 p. team – generous prize-money
Format – two games of Fours & two games of Pairs
Write your name on the entry sheet at the Bowls Heretaunga club – phone 876 6405
or email - bowlsheretaunga@xtra.co.nz

THE MIRACLE OF THE LIFT
A fifteen year old Amish boy and his father were in a shopping mall. They were amazed by almost everything they saw, but especially by two shiny, silver walls that could move apart and then slide back together again.

The boy asked, 'What is this Father?' The father responded, 'Son, I have never seen anything like this in my life,

I don't know what it is.'

While the boy and his father were watching with amazement, a fat old lady in a wheel chair moved up to the moving walls and pressed a button.

The walls opened, and the lady rolled between them into a small room.

The walls closed, and the boy and his father watched the small numbers above the walls light up sequentially.. They continued to watch until it reached the last number, and then the numbers began to light in the reverse order.

Finally the walls opened up again and a gorgeous 24-year-old woman stepped out.

The father, not taking his eyes off the young woman, said quietly to his son,

'Go get your Mother.'