Bowls Taradale Newsletter

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Newsletter No 9 - October 23rd 2011

GARDNER SHIELD
Last Monday our two men's teams played their second round of the Gardner Shield at Bay View against Port Ahuriri.
Team A: won
Team B: lost
To see who is in our teams click here

WOMEN'S INTERCLUB TRIPLES
Results of the Ladies Saturday interclub triples were as follows.
Section 1   Taradale C.    At The Port    a Loss
Section 2   Taradale A     At Kia Toa      a loss
Section 3   Taradale B.     At National Service a Win

Ladies Monday triples results 17th Oct
We have only one team of 6 and we had a good win against Omarunui
(Val Ives)

KAPITI v HAWKES BAY @ PALMERSTON NORTH
There were no club championships this weekend.
Hawkes Bay representatives play Kapiti in Palmerston North


Clark	Les	Sue	Peter

ATTENTION JUNIOR BOWLERS
Later this week a section draw for junior singles will be on the noticeboard. The sections are not seeded and the main purpose is to give all junior bowlers experience in singles play, plus experience in reading and measuring the head. The women’s section has been kept separate for logistical purposes, but will be incorporated in the men’s section next round. Please endeavour to play the first round which will be play over three weeks (finished date displayed on draw).

If you are unavailable for the next round, please cross your name out on the draw. If you have been missed out of this round and wish to play next round, please write your name on the list provided.

ETIQUETTE TIP

BE PATIENT AFTER A BOWL IS DELIVERED
If you are waiting for your opponent to deliver the last bowl wait until the player moves off the mat before placing the mat on the bank.

After the last bowl has been delivered wait for the player to move up the green before you move off.

Some ways of dealing with the burdens of life

Just accept that some days you're the pigeon and some days you're the statue.

Always keep your words soft and sweet just in case you have to eat them.

COACHING TIP

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT
Practice sessions develop and build on existing skills. Match play is where those skills will be demonstrated. Quality practice induces and requires high levels of concentration. This will flow on into match performance. Focus attention on developing sound routines until they become automatic.

Bowlers need to practise skills on a daily basis.
It is only by doing this that one can become good at the skill.

Some examples of skills might be: Draw to a jack, draw to a spilled jack, draw to the ditch, wrest a bowl with a yard-on, drive a bowl or the jack, play a run shot, deliver the jack – short, medium, long.

BOWLING VIDEO - 48 BOWL DRILL
Here is a link to a video showing a drills practice routine which some might find useful
Click here

A little boy opened the big and old family Bible with fascination, and looked at the old pages as he turned them. Suddenly, something fell out of the Bible, and he picked it up and looked at it closely. It was an old leaf from a tree that had been pressed in between the pages. "Mummy, look what I found," the boy called out.
"What have you got there, dear?" his mother asked.
With astonishment, he claimed: "I think it's Adam's suit!"

A good lead shows intelligence and promise when he can spot a flaw in his skip's bowling.
He shows wisdom as well if he refrains from pointing it out.


Chris and Dave	Dave and Andrew	Basil Johnny, Rolly, Jack

Don't go for looks; they can deceive.
Don't go for wealth; even that fades away.
Go for someone who makes you smile
Because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright.
Find the one that makes your heart smile.

LAWS TIP

QUESTION: What should happen when it is discovered that the wrong team delivered the jack?

Law 22 Delivering the jack
If, before a bowl has been played by each team, a player notices that the wrong team has delivered the jack, the correct team will re-start the end.

If, after a bowl has been played by each team, a player notices that the wrong team has delivered the jack, play in that end should continue in that order.

After the first player to play has delivered the first bowl, no-one has the right to challenge the legality of the original position of the jack.

BUY A NEW LAWS BOOK
It is important for every bowler to know the laws that govern lawn bowls.
A book should help you in the games you play, especially when playing tournaments and championships.
The latest edition of the new Laws Book is available.
Please contact Peter Turnbull or Vickie McNamara
Peter: phone 8344094 or email (pbturnbull@xtra.co.nz)
Vickie: phone 8355028
Cost $6

More ways of dealing with the burdens of life

Always wear stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.

Drive carefully. It's not only cars that can be "recalled" by their maker.

STOCK ANOMALIES
An internal auditor for a manufacturing group was concerned about anomalies in stock levels. He thought someone might be pinching stock but he couldn't prove it. He had his eye on one shifty-looking individual who every day drove his old truck out of the factory with the load covered by a tarpaulin.

Time after time the auditor stopped the bloke, made him remove the tarpaulin and then inspected the load. On every occasion there was only scrap metal in the truck which the driver said he was taking to the tip. On three occasions the auditor made the bloke remove the tarpaulin and then unload the scrap in front of him, suspecting that there might be stolen stock hidden underneath. He could never find anything amiss.

After a few months of this the auditor was offered a better job elsewhere and resigned. A few weeks later he was drinking in a pub when the shifty character walked in. On an impulse the auditor went up to him and said, "Look, I've left the company, I'm not interested in taking it any further and I won't shop you, but I just have to know. What were you taking?" and the bloke said "Tarpaulins."

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