GLENBROOK PANTHERS

BOWLING CLUB

Vlad Holowaty and Neil

Workman take Minor Pairs

title for 2016.

There will be no Unbiased

produced for the month of

August

See you in September – Ed.

1 Hare St Glenbrook

Phone 02 47206800

Fax 47206899

Bowls office 02 4739 1275 (check times)

REPORT FOR JULY 2016

Congratulations to the winners of “Blaxland Day „n‟ Night Pharmacy” Men‟s

Minor Pairs Vlad Holowaty and Neil Workman 24 over Bob Hector and Bernie

Keating 11. It was a dominating display on the scoreboard but played in good

spirit and the concluding half a dozen ends were in very cold and dark

conditions.

Congratulations also to the winners of “Blaxland Day „n‟ Night Pharmacy”

Veteran Pairs John Leadbitter and Victor Emmanuel 30 over Steve Sheens (sub for Ken Hale) and Kevin Davis

12. The dawning of a partnership made in heaven.

Friday afternoon Social Pairs played on 1st July saw the unofficial christening of the D J Dempster BBQ with

players enjoying a sausage and bread roll before the game. After an initial BBQ technical malfunction all ended

very well. I just hope that approval was sought from D J Dempster.

Saturday‟s during July will feature the “Leady Secret Accumulator.” It doesn‟t rule you out if you can‟t play

every week.

Club Triples Championship will have commenced by the time this report goes to print and sees the entries of

some very strong combinations. Good luck to all.

Our Welfare Officers have continued to be extremely busy. Alan Pope, Ron Boath and Joe Armour continue to

carry out their duties with compassion and care. Thanks lads.

We are still seeking expressions of interest in the Role of Publicity Officer to take some of the load from Frank

Higgins, so if you are interested please let me know.

Thank you to my hard working Match Committee and Men‟s Bowls Committee for all that they do to make the

Club run so smoothly.

Paul Hoolahan

President – Glenbrook Panthers Men’s Bowling Club

Last Sunday (26th

June) saw the finals of the Minor Pairs with Bob Hector

and Bernie Keating defeating Alan Pope and John Ingold 23 – 14. In the

other Semifinal, Vlad Holowaty and Neil Workman defeated Paul Bancroft

and Tony Thurtell also 23 – 14. Congratulations to these players, especially

Tony who is competing in his first season of championships and is making

excellent progress.

In the Final, a very polished performance from Vlad and Neil saw them victorious over Bob and Bernie 24 – 11.

Particular congratulations to Vlad who has worked consistently at developing his bowling skills and has taken

advantage of our Senior Coach, Makka‟s, Friday morning training sessions.

The final of the Veteran Pairs will be played Friday 1st July between Ken Hale / Kevin Davis and John

Leadbitter / Vic Emmanuel.

Friday PM bowls is now commencing with a sausage sandwich provided by Bob Stines at 1.30pm. We are

looking for some regulars to assist Bob in the running of the BBQ.

Events for July include:

Club Triples commencing on Sunday 3rd

at 1.00pm.

Veteran 3 Bowl Triples – a new event to cater for those who rather 3 bowls. This will be played

on Tuesday pm over 18 ends.

Encouragement Pairs for those bowlers with less than 5 years experience (started playing

between July 1st 2011 and June 30

th 2016). We have a large number of members and I will

attempt to contact them regarding this competition. This is an excellent opportunity for new

bowlers to experience championship competition. Entries close Sunday 17th

July at 5.00pm.

Other championships to follow will be the Veteran Mixed Pairs, Open Mixed Pairs, Mixed Fours

and the OBE Singles.

If time is available I hope to introduce a Minor/ Major 2 – 4 – 2 Pairs championship to further

encourage competitive bowls at our Club.

The re-birthing of the Handicap “Cock of the Green” Singles is also planned for mid week

competition.

July also sees the MYSTERY ACCUMULATOR Pairs being run on the five Saturdays available with weekly

and accumulative prizes to be won. This event is excellent as it allows for members to play with a wide range of

players from across the full spectrum of the Club. Make sure you nominate each week on the Saturday Board.

Thanks to Anne Jeans, Michelle Collins, Mary Auld, Ailsa Leadbitter and John Harris who provided invaluable

support to a large group of barefoot bowlers on Saturday 18th

June. This activity is important for the financial

success of our Club and the involvement of these members made the activity very easy to organize and control.

Our new members on the Match Committee have completed two months training and will now assist in the

running and ownership of our events. Kris Pope will be in charge of Wednesday afternoon with Frank Higgins

on an extended break. Alan Pope, Kevin Davis and Chris Leighton are all keen to assist. We are such a

fortunate Club to have so many willing helpers!!

Come and enjoy a sausage sandwich and a game of bowls on Friday afternoons!!

John Leadbitter Bowls Coordinator

The final of the Major Pairs was played on Thursday and congratulations go to Joy Howe and Val

Charlwood on their win against June Savins and Betty Coleman in a very close and exciting

game. As this is my last unbiased for this year I wish to thank everyone for their support over the last three years. It has passed so

quickly!. There has been some highs and lows and thankfully, the highs out

weight the lows by far.

To everyone that has won a club championship, district events or

competitions well done and I wish you all the best For all those who have been runners up, remember you gave your best

and success will finally always be yours through sheer participation . To all who have been by my side over the past three years, thank you.

We have worked for the good of the club and that is what matters most! There are many to thank personally and this could go on forever! I have

loved and enjoyed being president and will continue to help, support and

keep the good name of “Glenbrook Panthers Womens Bowling Club” To all the new incoming committee I wish you as much success and support as that afforded to me.

. Remember the out going committee can help with any information needed to help you

DON‟T FORGET AGM - MONDAY JULY 18.

Good bowling and may the wick be with you!

Jackie Lewis (President)

WW1 100 YEARS AGO

The Somme offensive, also known as the battle of the Somme, is the term given to a series of battles fought between 1 July and 18 November 1916 along the Somme Valley in France. The initial day of the offensive, 1 July 1916, remains the most costly day in the history of the British army. It suffered almost 60,000 casualties, a third of whom were killed, and the name "Somme" has become synonymous with slaughter. The attack on 1 July, and the operations that followed, were undermined by a failure to appreciate the strength of the German defences, and the relative ineffectiveness of the British artillery against them, and a lack of confidence in the abilities of Britain's volunteer army, which meant there was a distinct lack of imagination or innovation in the tactics employed. When exhaustion, and the cloying mud of a particularly wet autumn, caused the offensive to be abandoned in November, the allied forces had managed to advance only 12 kilometres. The strategy of attrition upon which the offensive was founded proved a double-edged sword. It had resulted in around 500,000 German casualties, and the German army never recovered from its losses of experienced junior officers and NCOs on the Somme. However, this had come at a cost of 420,000 British and Dominion, and 200,000 French casualties. The offensive destroyed Britain's mass volunteer army, and for the rest of the war it would be reliant upon conscription for reinforcements Pozieres: The major contribution of Australian troops to the Somme offensive was in the fighting around Pozières and Mouquet Farm. Three Australian Divisions took their turn at Pozières and all suffered heavily. Then, with their numbers built up to only two-thirds strength, each was sent into the inferno for a second tour. Over a period of 42 days the Australians made 19 attacks, 16 of them at night. As a consequence, the casualties finally totalled a staggering 23,000 men, of whom 6,800 were killed. Blaxland has a special connecton with the battle of Pozieres. The monument to Blaxland's first world war hero, Private Harold Kenneth Campbell is now situated on the grass strip between the Great Western Highway and Wilson Way on the western end of Blaxland near the traffic lights. The monument was established by the residents of Blaxland and Blue Mountains Shire in 1925 and erected by the residents of Blaxland to the memory of Private Harold K. Campbell 3rd battalion A.I.F. During the action, Harold Campbell worked as a stretcher-bearer. On the day of withdrawal, however, while carrying a wounded soldier to safety with another man, he was shot in the leg and knee and became a casualty himself and died on 2 august 1916, aged 20 years. He was buried in an extension to the local French cemetery with other men wounded in the same action. His name is listed on the roll of honour at the Australian War Memorial, along with around 60,000 others from the first world war.

Blaxland Glenbrook RSL Sub Branch; The Hon. Stuart Ayres, MP, Member for Penrith, Minister for Trade & Major Events, Minister for Sport attended the June general meeting. He provided a presentation on activities relevant to our area and answered questions from the members present.

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.Tony Lowe AM President – Blaxland-Glenbrook RSL Sub-Branch

WALLIS LAKES MIXED PAIRS 2016

Over the June long weekend (Friday 10th

to Sunday 12th

) thirteen Glenbrook bowlers attended the annual Wallis

Lakes Mixed Pairs Carnival. This is played on twelve greens at four clubs (Forster, Tuncurry, Sporties and

Black Head Bowling Clubs).

Although down in numbers from previous years, Glenbrook was well represented by Des and Mary Dempster,

Pat and Gary Harvey, Terri and Bernie Keating, Anne Jeans and John Harris, Mary Auld and Col Robertson,

John and Ailsa Leadbitter and Mavis Boardman who partnered her brother-in-law.

Five matches were played over the three days in fantastic weather and all gathered at Club Forster on Sunday

for the seafood luncheon and presentation. Our best performing pair this year were Mary Auld and Col

Robertson with four wins and a loss. Congratulations!

All enjoyed a BBQ lunch on the Monday using meat prizes won by various members at the Tuncurry BC over

the course of our stay.

Sue Hammond (who came along for the ride) provided comic relief through her participation in bingo, keno and

texting!!

All look forward to returning in 2017 and hopefully other Glenbrook pairs will be involved in what is a most

enjoyable carnival.

John Leadbitter

FROM THE NOTICE BOARD

If you have not already done so, please make arrangements

to renew your membership now!

Well the first sausage has been turned and devoured

from our new BBQ! Why not try them out! Fridays at

1.30pm followed by a game of bowls. All for $8. See the

starter’s sheet!

THOUGHT OF THE MONTH

“If only youth had the

knowledge, if only age had the

strength!”

Sunday 19 June saw a small crowd of diehards turn out for our monthly mixed bowls.

The weather was always threatening! However, bowling commenced in light rain at around 9.45am. After about

8/10 ends the rain gained the upper hand and we retired to the comfort of the club. Lunch consisting of roast

pork and vegetables was served early and thoroughly enjoyed by everyone. The day ended with the drawing of

lucky rinks and the 100 board.

Next month will feature a Christmas in July theme. This will be on Sunday 17 July. A two course meal will be

served for the bargain price of $15. Let‟s have a great roll-up for this one! These monthly games are staged for

you; the members! Why not come along and join this great group! Put your name on the starting sheet now!

The Club has also purchased a supply of mixed bowls club shirts. These are great value at $25. See Jackie

Lewis if you are interested in purchasing one. Don‟t forget the mixed bowls is always on the 3rd

Sunday of the

month.

See you on the green.....

.Rex Brearley

Secretary

With their gentle womanfolk otherwise engaged, a number of well known Glenbrook male bowlers took the

opportunity to visit Trangie and other wild, west parts less well known!

This included the famous (or infamous) Rabbit Trap Hotel in the less than thriving township of Albert. A pub

most famous for its curried sausages (as discovered by Col Robbo, Frank Higgins and Tony Parry during a

detour from Gilgandra last year)!

From the Trangie Hotel Imperial they found their way to Warren for a game of bowls and accidently found

themselves in the Warren Weekly newspaper office. Obligingly, the paper included an article about them,

including the accompanying photo. The story was sandwiched between the sheep dip reports, price per pound of

heifers and the advertisement for Uncle Clarrie‟s fishing worms and gas refills!

I attempted to elicit more stories from a couple of them as to how the trip went – to no avail!

Apparently what happens in Warren stays in Warren!

NOTE THE DARK GLASSES (INCOGNITO).

Welfare Report

Two members required a visit and treatment in hospital.

Graham Olson with a dislocated finger which required a stay in hospital and surgery.

Rex Turner had a dispute with a grapefruit tree. I am sure he can fill you in on the details.

Fred Debnam is still receiving treatment for his bad case of ladderitis!

Graham Hunter is slowly recovering and currently having a half game on Wednesday afternoons.

Former bowler and retired local barber Brian Davies (who has been seriously ill for a number or years)

was recently spotted in the Club enjoying a glass of wine with his wife.

Another who has not been seen for quite some time through illness, Dermott McCormack, has also

played a couple of half games on Wednesday afternoons.

Please contact the welfare committee if you are aware any of our members who need

support.

Joe Armour Alan Pope Ron Boath

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MINOR PAIRS FINALISTS

NEIL WORKMAN, VLAD HOLOWATY, BOB HECTOR, BERNIE

KEATING

REDUCING NARROW AND WIDE BOWLS

Presented by Macka Jensen

PROGRESS: The message of progress is sometimes slow to move forward

and from time to time it requires a little push forward into the open to remind

bowlers about the followings phrase spoken many years ago and that is;

“Progress is impossible without change and those who cannot change, and those who

cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” These are the words of George Bernard

Shaw and its meaning still floats around most bowling clubs today. Many bowlers don't fully

learn change from the tragedy of losing games, for instance they only change what needs to be

changed in that particular end on that day and at that time to avoid the same occurrence

happening again, but never really correcting the obvious delivery faults for narrow or wide

bowls.

FACTS AND FIGURES: Overall many teams produce 40% of their deliveries in narrow and

wide bowls and that percentage is the cause and effect of most of the games they dramatically

lose. They seem to tolerate these dangerous and damaging bowls in every game they play. They

are the dramas in every end which can be so easy to correct if they were to know the location of

the skill area affected; the cause, effect and remediation of the problem. We express, don‟t be an

optimist, get motivated, and realize that there are weaknesses in your team games that are easily

identified by yourselves, coach's and the opposition within games that can be reduced by 50%

resulting in improving your team‟s winning chances. Think about it, amazing developments are

possible for you and your team that are related to anything which opens your mind and widens

your horizons if you have hopes and dreams relating to improving your playing skills.

EXPLOITATION: The opposition is always confident to exploit your weaknesses of narrow

and wide bowls, so you as a team must go into training and solidify by eradicating these hit-

and-miss episodes of bad disciplines, particularly if you are to beat the teams you confront in

competition. The following sub-paragraphs depict some of the troubled areas of correction and

exploitation;

Poor follow-through errors:

Cause; Little or no follow-through with the delivery arm,

Effect; Pushing or skidding the bowl at the release point, resulting in a poor delivery length,

narrow or wide bowls. The bowler is forced to rely on judgment rather than eye, hand and

aiming point alignment,

Cause; The follow-through arm swings too high above the line of sight,

Effect; This produces narrow bowls that will traverse across the centrer line or the axis mat to

target causing bowls to cross in front, into the head, or around the back of the head or target.

Bowls traveling into the head in most cases gives the scoring points to the opposition. Many

bowls that pass across the front and back of the head generally finish too wide to be of any

tactical use.

Cause; The delivery arm swings forward and across the aiming line.

Effect; This produces a narrow delivered bowl. It also has a tendency to skid the bowl at its

release point. Bowls will cross in front of or around the back of the head and may finish in a

useless position wide of the head. Narrow bowls may crash into the head and give the scoring

advantage to the opposition.

Remediation; The motto is “Look to, step to, swing to the aiming point” The delivery arm

must swing straight forward and upwards towards the aiming point to the height of 30cm or 1ft

below the line of sight with eye, hand and aiming point alignment. This postured position is

required to be held until the bowl has at least travelled forward 15 meters along its path.

Visual errors:

Cause; Poor visual alignment because you have blinked your eyes after your initial stance on

the mat, or with your alignment during the delivery action.

Effect; The dominant eye will take over and you eyes will re-focus from an apex position to a

parallel position. Depending which is your dominant eye, your line of sight will move 3 to 6

meters towards the right or left resulting in the delivery of narrow or wide bowl.

Cause; In the stance position looking left and right at distraction and then commencing the

delivery action expecting your eyes to immediately realign visually back to an apex position for

the visual alignment,

Effect; The eyes will blink at each object you look at and the dominant eye will take over and

will remain in a parallel position. Again depending which is your dominant eye, your line of

sight will move 3 to 6 meters towards the right or left resulting in the delivery of narrow or

wide bowls.

Remediation; From the stance position, do not look up or down, right or left away from your

aiming point because your eyes with each movement will blink. The eyes must remain

motionless until you have completed the follow-through action with eye, hand and aiming point

alignment. Should this occur before you release the bowl, stop the action and step back off the

mat and realign with your aiming point.

Respiratory errors: Cause; Holding your breath throughout the delivery action.

Effect; In the forward action the body will find it uncomfortable to bend forward and tilt the

body weight to the delivery arm side which may cause loss of balance resulting in a round arm

swing of the delivery arm. This imbalanced body position will cause misdirection of the

alignment and length of delivery. Sometimes bowlers will step side ways to gain balance. The

bowl will be either short or long, narrow or wide of the head.

Cause; Not timing your breathing coordination so that you inhale with the back-swing and

exhale with the forward-swing to the end of the follow-through action with eye, hand and

aiming point alignment.

Effect; The forward body movement will not be a free flowing movement and there may be

loss of balance causing the body to step to the bowling arm side. The required gliding release of

the bowl will not be very effective and depending on which way the loss of balance goes, bowls

may go narrow or wide of the head, or it may distort the delivery length.

Cause; Inhaling too much or too little air into the lungs

Effect; Too much or too little air causes inconsistency of length e.g. a large margin of error in

length and alignment.

Remediation; Balance the volume of air drawn into the lungs that makes you feel comfortable

to bend forward and release the bowl in a gliding action. Time the breathing so that you inhale

as you commence the back-swing and exhale with the forward swing up to follow-through with

eye, hand and aiming point alignment.

Incorrect grip of the bowl: Cause: The bowl at the release point is tilted slightly inwards towards the centre line of the rink

and not straight forward on its running surface.

Effect: The bowl will slightly wobble off its alignment path resulting in a narrow coursed bowl

crossing in front of, into or around the back of the head etc.

Remediation: Before the delivery from behind the mat; reposition the bowl in the delivery

hand so that when the bowl is released it will travel well balanced and straight forward on its

running surface towards its target or designated position.

SUMMARY: There may be a few optimistic bowlers among us whom are saying that such

changes would be very hard to implement e,g, they express an inclination of less hopefulness

and a loss of confidence, but the majority say “if you don't try change, it will never take

place!” Most bowlers have seen teams of mismatched ability against their competitors but

nevertheless; training can present a close contest with quality, loaded with determination and

ability for those who are willing to learn. Which will often give your teams a genuine run for

their money to make a winning contest appear much more victorious for their coming matches.

If you are using the services of those listed below, don’t forget to mention that you are a member of

Glenbrook Panthers Bowling Club and that you saw this advertisement!

CONTRIBUTIONS

Deadline for September, Friday 26 August, 2016

Place in envelope and leave in bowls office or pin on notice board

or

Email me at fthiggins@bigpond.com

or

Call me on 4739 1239

Frank Higgins (Editor)