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May 08 Pages in PDF
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with Mick Pacholli
Sectional Finals A survey was conducted by Bob Middleton, the new Match Committee chairman, soon after he was installed in the position, to try and discover what was wanted by the majority of bowlers. The survey covered such contentious issues as reducing pennant to 21 ends, doing away with the food break, etc, and the only issue that warranted attention under the weight of supplied opinion was the desire to play finals at the end of sectional play.
Bob discovered that with five games to go, seven sections were already finalised; with three games to go there were 11 sections that knew the winner; with two to go there were 24 sections finalised; and with one to go there were an incredible 32 sections that knew who had won the section.
Semi-finals will be played in each section between the top four sides in each section on the Saturday after the home-and- away games are completed. The team finishing on top will play the 4th on the ladder and 2nd will play 3rd.
From Division 3 down the two sides playing off in the grand final will be elevated. In Division 2 the Grand final winners will be elevated to Division 1. Bowlers will applaud this initiative from Bowlers House. We have moved into a whole new era of dialogue with our sports administrators, and I applaud their genuine efforts to move the game forward. Bowls Australia forum 20 May 2008
Unfortunately Peter Hanlon will be interstate at the time so will not be able to attend, however, an invitation has been sent to Leonie Schulz at the VLBA which was unfortunately declined. This meeting will allow the rank and file bowlers an opportunity to ask questions and clarify confusions that have crept into the game since our alignment with the rest of the international bowls community. I will be there, and will report on anything to come out of the forum in the next issue. You can go to this address if you would like to see the result of the survey that was prepared by Michael Walker from Upwey Tecoma: http://dev.entertainmenthouse.net/lighthouse/images/Survey_Responses.pdf School carpet bowls Does your club use all of its indoor carpet bowls during the winter? If not, why not offer the use of the mats and some instruction for the local primary school students?
Richmond Union ran a very successful outdoor program for Grades 3-6 from three local primary schools and discovered that there was also interest in the low impact, competitive activity that carpet bowls These schools will be running winter indoor programs, which will again be followed up by what is now a school curriculum sport for these schools next outdoor season. Schools should also be encouraged to apply for small equipment grants that would allow them to purchase their own bowling equipment. |
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As this paper hits the streets, a Bowls Australia forum has been conducted at the Richmond Union Bowling Club. The BA CEO, Neil Dalrymple, has agreed to conduct this forum in response to a request from the Bowlsworld forum and is sure to gather a boisterous crowd. The meeting will be chaired by Peter Williams, Bowlsworld’s administrator.