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Wharerangi Road, Napier, NZ
Ph (06) 8442088 Fax (06) 8442031
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Newsletter No 2 -
September 4th 2011
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CAPTAIN'S DINNER
I don't know whether we were celebrating the end of last season or the
start of the new one but the 90 or so people who attended the
Captain's Dinner last Tuesday evening thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
We had a great meal, the live music was pleasant without being
intrusive and the entertainment (jokes, quiz, banjo playing and
singing) from Peter, Clive and Val was right up to the standard we
expect of our skilled MC and musicians. Special thanks to Peter
Fletcher, Val Ives, Clive Weir, Craig Ennor and anyone else who helped
make the evening such a success. |
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THANKS MARIE, RUSSELL, WILMA, CRAIG and all the
others who helped produce our Handbook
Things like this just don't happen without heaps of work.
Well done!!!!!!!!!!!
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OPENING DAY
Sunny weather, albeit a little cool, greeted the many who took part in
Opening Day bowling celebrations. Two games followed by a social hour
and finger food was enjoyed by a very large number of bowlers. A
special welcome was given to our many new bowlers. All the signs are
there for an outstanding season.
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ANDREW AND THE CAN CAN
Some of you will not know (others may have forgotten) that Andrew
Buckley, our bowling chef, collects and recycles metal cans and any
other metal (even your old gold!!!). The money
he gets from selling the metal is used to grow vegetables for the Over
60's Christmas Dinner. If you can
help Andrew please use the bins he has provided alongside the bowling
shed. Thank you. |
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ETIQUETTE - BOWLS IS A FRIENDLY GAME
Bowling is a friendly game and all players should show courtesy and
good sportsmanship.
Acknowledge all good bowls played by either side |
 SUNDAY
SERMON
One Sunday a farmer went to church. When he entered, he saw that he
and the preacher were the only ones present. The preacher asked the
farmer if he wanted him to go ahead and preach.
The farmer said, "I'm not too smart, but if I went to feed my cattle
and only one showed up, I'd feed him." So the minister began his
sermon.
One hour passed, then two hours, then two-and-a-half hours. The
preacher finally finished and came down to ask the farmer how he had
liked the sermon.
The farmer answered slowly, "Well, I'm not very smart, but if I went
to feed my cattle and only one showed up, I sure wouldn't feed him all
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THINK OF OUR NEW BOWLERS
If you are a new bowler you are usually keen to play as much bowls as
you can, experience
different playing surfaces and meet other bowlers. However you don't
always feel comfortable asking the more experienced players if you could join them to play in tournaments.
"More experienced players" please keep our newer members in
mind when making up your teams - a nod in their direction would be
greatly appreciated. |
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 BOWLS
- BIAS- EMBLEMS - SIZES
Lawn bowls today are made from a hard plastic called
Phenolformaldehyde, they are perfectly round one way and oval shaped
the other. The bias is produced by making the bowl lopsided, however
it is so minute that it can't be seen with the naked eye. When the
bowl is delivered along its running surface, there is sufficient
momentum to keep it running straight along its course. As the bowl
slows down it attempts to find its true centre of balance, forcing it
to curve. The running surface of the bowl is the part of the bowl
which is in contact with the green when in motion.
Every bowl has an emblem engraved on each side. One side has a small
emblem with the bowl's size, weight, serial number & the
manufacturer's stamp around it. The other side has the same emblem,
but larger. The small side is the bias side. This means it is the side
that it will turn towards when in motion.
Lawn bowl sizes range from size 00 through to size 7. Only 1 to 2
millimetres in diameter separates the sizes of bowls, the differences
are small but considerable when gripping various sized bowls.
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INTERCLUB TEAMS - MEN AND WOMEN
I have added the women's interclub 7's teams to those of the men's 7's
and triples.
You can access all the teams from the home page where there is an "INTERCLUB
TEAMS"
link just like this one
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ADDITIONS TO THE NEW HANDBOOK
Please add the following information to your handbook
Bert Fallowfield, first year bowler ph. 844 3317
Ken Moroney 10+ yrs 844 7279
Bryan Godber's landline is 844 3015 |
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MARKERS COURSE
John Calnan has kindly offered his services to train any Junior Bowlers
who are interested in learning the art of “Marking Games”. There will be 2
courses held on this coming Wed 7th Sept & Sun 11th Sept commencing at 09.30am
at the Taradale Bowling Club.
These courses will run for approximately 1 hour and will cover all aspects of
Marking a game of Bowls;
Procedures that Markers must follow,
How to Answer questions,
How to fill in Score Cards / Score Boards,
What to do in any given situation.
With our club requirements being that bowlers must make themselves available
to mark games once their championship game is finished, all bowlers will find
these courses extremely educational and will add confidence to your game.
While these courses are mainly for New and Junior Bowlers all club members are
welcome.
Dave Henderson.
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WINDOW NOTICE BOARD
As many of you will know the "window notice board" is used to display
matters of bowling interest for the upcoming week - rollup days and
times, special tournaments, etc. Try to look at this each week to keep
abreast of what is going on. |
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If you want your dreams to come true, you mustn't oversleep.
Your mind is like a
parachute...it functions only when open.
Of all the things you
wear, your expression is the most important. |
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 LAW
CHANGES - EFFECTIVE APRIL 2011
Main changes are:-
LENGTH OF GAMES (Law 16.1.3 and
16.2.3) at present, Triples games are 18 ends, regardless of whether
it’s two or three bowls. This is to change so that two bowls games
will remain at 18 ends, but three bowl triples will be fifteen ends.
OPTION TO GIVE MAT AND JACK AWAY
(Law 18.4) this option will no longer be available. The winner of an
end will have to play first in the following end.
SCORE CARD AND DUTIES OF A SKIP (Law
37) The Skip will now keep the score card in all disciplines. |
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 HOW
WAS YOUR GAME, DEAR?
"How was your game, dear?" asked Jack's wife, Tracy.
"Well, I was hitting pretty well, but my eyesight's got so bad I
couldn't see where the ball went," he answered.
"But you're 75 years old, Jack!" admonished his wife, "Why don't you
take my brother Scott along?"
"But he's 85 and doesn't play golf anymore," protested Jack.
"But he's got perfect eyesight. He would watch the ball for you,"
Tracy pointed out.
The next day Jack teed off with Scott looking on. Jack swung and the
ball disappeared down the middle of the fairway.
"Do you see it?" asked Jack.
"Yup," Scott answered.
"Well, where is it?" yelled Jack, peering off into the distance.
"I forget."
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