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Newsletter 31 - 20 April 2009 |
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This
will by my last newsletter for the season. I have enjoyed putting
them together and trust that they have been informative and
worthwhile. Your ideas are important so if you think something new
should be added to our newsletters, or something already included
should be given the boot please let me know. I am especially
grateful to Les Stuart for keeping me fed with a selection of photos to help liven
up the website. Thanks also to Bruce, Wilma, Val, Lilian and the
many others who sent me information throughout the season.
A big
thank you to our committee for sharing their talents and time to
make our club run smoothly - your efforts are appreciated. Finally a big
thank you to everyone for your contribution to our
club ...
what a neat club, great spirit, good bowlers, everyone mixes,
no cliques, plenty of volunteers, we’re always made to feel
welcome, clean grounds, everyone speaks to you ….. these are
just a sample of what I have heard during the bowling season.
We are not perfect but each member can feel justifiably proud
of the collective comments above. Thanks for making the season
such a memorable one.
Enjoy the winter (bowling, resting, travelling, blobbing out)
and let's meet together next season - and at the AGM on June
21.
SUNDAY 26th - CLUB CLOSING DAY - NAMES IN BY 12.30 pm - WHITES TO BE WORN
- FINGER FOOD COST $5 pp
For catering purposes names are required by Thursday 23rd @ 4.00 pm
A sheet is in the club house - or phone Bruce Mitchell 844 8396 |
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LAST WEEK'S
RESULTS |
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Student Bowls Championship
The Bowls Taradale Student Championships were
held on Wednesday 15th April. There were six entries, two
from each of the following schools - Napier Girls' High,
Tamatea High and Taradale High. Three of the players have
been with our club for the past 2/3 years and the other
students have had approximately 6/7 sessions with the
introduction of the "Schools Competition".
It was really
gratifying to see the improvement made by the newer
bowlers throughout the day. Every student won at least one
game in the "Round Robin" draw. They are to be
congratulated on their attitude and commitment. I believe
they will be well prepared for next year! Our three
"resident" bowlers played very well with both Malia and
Tessa reaching their final game with equal points. After
being 8 down in the earlier stages of the game, Tessa
fought back to take the lead from Malia with 2 ends to go.
Malia, however, played 3 beautiful draw bowls to seal the
championship with Richard Hocking in 3rd place. These
young bowlers are going from strength to strength and if
we can continue to support them we will be helping our
sport continue its growth.
Thank you Alan
Boardman and John Ward for preparing the greens for
us;thanks again to John and Sue Brock and Sheryl Glock for
marking for the games and for Robin Hocking as our main
supporter. It was great to have the donor presenting the
trophy to Malia Begley, Napier Girls" High School.
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Tess, Malia,
Richard |
Craig
presenting Malia
with the winner's trophy |
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HB CENTRE |
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National Mixed Pairs 2x4x2 -at Rotorua
Paul Selby and Jane Paterson
represented 'Region Three' in the National
finals of the 2x4x2 Mixed Pairs at Rotorua on Thursday and
Friday 16/17 April. They finished 3rd equal and can feel
very pleased with themselves for beating the eventual runner-up,
Ross Brown and Trish
Marr (St Clair, Dunedin).
Champion of
Champions Junior Singles (men and women)
This took place at Bowls Napier on Saturday. Colleen won her first
game easily then went down narrowly to Havelock North.
Dave Roberts is to be congratulated on reaching the semifinals where
he went under by the closest of margins (21-20)
Well done Colleen and Dave.
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Burton Cup -
Gisborne - Easter Weekend
Congratulations to Paul
Sorensen, Jack Philip,
Brendon McIlroy and Phil Young for reaching the finals of the Burton
Cup ... and just going under.
It was a brilliant final," Phil Bennett, skip of the winning side,
said.
“It was so close and you could not have
had anything better.
Congrats to Paul and his
team. They were the bottom placed qualifier but they picked up some
great scalps on their way to the final." |
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COMING UP THIS
WEEK |
CLUB
Roll-up: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday - names in by 12.45 pm
Fri 24th April - Open
2.4.2 Pairs @ 12.30 pm
SUNDAY 26th - CLOSING DAY - NAMES IN BY 12.30 pm - WHITES TO BE WORN
- FINGER FOOD COST $5 |
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HB CENTRE |
20.21 Mon/Tue NZCT Pairs,
Finals at Rotorua
22.23 Wed/Thu NZCT Triples, Finals at Rotorua
24.25 Fri/Sat NZCT Fours, Finals at Rotorua
25 Sat 1pm. Men's
Champ of Champ Singles - We wish our
representative, Murray Glassey, good bowling.
26 Sun 8.30am
Men's Champ of Champ Singles
26 Sun U5 HB v
Gisborne East Coast Mixed |
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The Men's Champion of Champion Singles
to be played at Omarunui on Saturday 25 (Anzac Day) & Sunday
26 April.
To report at 1.00pm - Port Ahuriri, Bay View, Waipukurau,
National Service, Hastings, Waipawa, Heretaunga, Havelock North,
Taradale, Omarunui.
To report at 2.30pm - Napier, Kia Toa, Wairere.
(taken from Bowls Hawkes bay website) |
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Thank you Wilma, John, Sue, Robin, Russell
for encouraging our young bowlers |
Very Successful Secondary School Competition
Following a meeting
of Youth Bowl coordinators in Auckland, in February, I was
given permission to trial an interschool bowls programme for
secondary school students. I was able to address all of the
school sports' coordinators at a meeting at Sport Hawke's Bay.
This resulted in 6 students, (3 teams of pairs) from each of
the following schools - Havelock North, Sacred Heart, Taradale
High and Tamatea High ( a total of 24 totally new
bowlers) attending the sessions at Bowls Taradale for a total
of seven sessions of approx 1hr 30 mins. each Monday
afternoon.
Thanks must go to
club mates Sue and John Brock, Robin Hocking (and P.E. teacher
Russell Ennor from Tamatea) for their assistance in getting
the students there and helping out generally. Feedback has
been positive both verbal and written.
Results from the
questionnaires returned were : I have learned a new sport -
75%
I enjoyed playing the game (2 bowl speed bowls) -
88%
The games were the right length of time (20 mins) -
63%
Instructions were clear - 100%
We were/were not overloaded with information
- 100%
I would recommend that my
friends try it - 100%
I would like to learn more and
go to Sec. School Nationals - 50%
I would like the opportunity to
learn and play more - 75%
It was great to have
both Dave Porteous and Mike Tamati from Heretaunga Club come
along to a session. They are going to set up the same
programme for the Hastings Schools and that then means we can
have an inter-district competition to promote this great
sport. Lawn bowls has had a 77% increase in student
participation from 2000 - 2008.
Wilma Ennor
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WELFARE |
| Les Stuart
- continues
to improve and is taking longer daily walks. We wish him a speedy
recovery to full health |
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PHOTO GALLERY |
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Bruce and Johnny |
Morrie, John, Danny, Lex and Darryl |
Lois |
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Mike |
Dave and Richard |
Shirley |
Lilian |
It says, "Next
Sunday is Closing Day"
Wendy, Barbara,
Ernie |
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COACHING TIP
TALK TO YOURSELF ...
and ... USE YOUR IMAGINATION
Many bowlers talk to themselves to help their focus or
concentration. It can also be used to relieve pressure and
maintain that calm, relaxed, in-control state, which is so
important when performing a set of skills.
Imagery is probably the most neglected and under developed
ability we have. Jack Nicklaus says 90% of playing a good golf
shot is setting yourself up correctly then picturing in your
mind how the shot will happen. Bowling is no different.
PRE-SHOT ROUTINE - Position the jack in the hand, Identify the
line, Visualise the delivery – line and weight, Move onto the
mat.
SMOOTH AND STRAIGHT - Success in bowls comes down to consistent
execution of just two essential skills.
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Smooth release (rolling the bowl away on its running surface)
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Straight lines (delivering the bowl consistently down the
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ETIQUETTE |
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When An End Is Killed
Please carry the bowls when returning them after a killed
end.
Do not kick them up the green.
Bowls should not be dropped on the green |
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THE
LAW
WIND MOVES THE JACK
I was playing a game of triples on a very windy day when a
sudden gust of wind caused the jack to move about half a metre.
You might think it an easy task to replace the jack to its
former position but what if, before the jack had moved, two
opposing bowls were very close (it was a "measure") and it was
not easy to get the jack into its exact previous position?
Law 53 Unforeseen incidents
If, during the course of play, the position of the jack or a
bowl is altered by the wind, a storm or any other unforeseen
incident, the skips or opponents in Singles should put the jack
or bowl back to its former position. If they cannot agree on the
jack’s or bowl’s former position, they should declare the end
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HUMOUR |
- Just because nobody
complains doesn't mean all parachutes are perfect.
- Santa Claus has the
right idea: visit people once a year
- You know, somebody
actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little
note on the windscreen, it said 'Parking Fine.
- Before you criticise
someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you
criticise them, you are a mile away from them and you have their
shoes.
- Life begins at 40 -
but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the
tendency to tell a story to the same person, three or four times.
- If we're not
supposed to eat animals, how come they're made out of meat?
- I don't know the key
to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
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MICKEY
SAYS
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If at first you don’t succeed, you are running about average.
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One man practising sportsmanship is far better than fifty men
preaching it.
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If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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CLUB
EXECUTIVE 2009/10.
Nomination forms, plus notification of the Annual General
Meeting have been posted on the notice board in the
clubhouse. Completed forms and any remits should reach the
Secretary by Friday 22 May 2009.
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TARADALE
CLUB
DEWAR'S WHISKEY
“HETERO”
TWO BOWL OPEN TRIPLES
WIN Cash and Prizes to
the value of $10,000
2nd @ 3rd
MAY 2009
Special Conditions
EACH TEAM MUST INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE “TEN YEAR OR UNDER” PLAYER
A TEN YEAR OR UNDER PLAYER MUST SKIP ALL GAMES
NOTE: TEAMS ARE
HETERO
(ALL MEN or ALL WOMEN or MIXED)
ENTRY
FEE $150.00 per team
(must
accompany entry)
Limited to the first 64
teams
INCLUDES A MEAL AND
ENTERTAINMENT AT TARADALE CLUB SATURDAY NIGHT,
TRANSPORT TO AND FROM GREENS, MORNING TEAS
* * * * *
To print an entry form
click
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HAWKES BAY BOWLING
UMPIRES ASSOCIATION
“UMPIRES REQUIRED”
WOULD YOU LIKE
TO BECOME AN UMPIRE, HAVE MORE INPUT INTO THE GAME AND BROADEN YOUR
KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAWS
TUTORING WILL BEGIN IN MAY 2009 CONSISTING OF 10 LESSONS OF
APPROXIMATELY 1½ HOURS.
THESE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL EXAM BY BOWLS
NEW ZEALAND OFFICIALS.
THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES WILL BECOME FULL UMPIRES.
THOSE THAT ONLY PASS THE THEORETICAL WILL BECOME LAWS UMPIRES AND
THOSE THAT ONLY PASS THE PRACTICAL WILL BECOME MEASURERS.
(OVERALL THE PASS RATE LAST YEAR WAS 92%.)
PLEASE CONTACT:-
FRANK HOSEGOOD (NAPIER) 06 8444075
ROHAN HOOK (HASTINGS) 06 8787031
BARRY FULLER (CHB) 06 8589324 |
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