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From the President - Mick Supple
Once again it’s a pleasure to write this
newsletter with our club in such a
strong position on and off the green.
The club is in a really solid position to
play finals in 3 Weekend Pennant
sides and 2 Midweek Pennant sides. In
fact we could be in a position of
hosting 3 weekend home finals and 2
midweek home finals. What an
absolutely magnificent result
achieved by the hard work and
determination of all at the club. Why
would you play bowls anywhere else?
Congratulations to Yvonne Hobson
and Steve Ryan our new club
champions. Both singles finals were
top quality games and exciting to
watch, well done to you both and
also to all who participated in the
lead up games. It’s great to see so
many having a go.
As I observe other clubs I realise how
lucky we are to have such a cohesive
group of people who socialise and
play together for the better of the
club. This all comes about from the
hard work and attitude of all at the
club.
We have had several meetings with
Kingston Council over the past couple
of months in regard to the carpark
and the lights at the club and all
being well we should see action in the
next financial year. The Council have
included in their draft budget
provision for asphalting the carpark
next financial year with a contribution
from the club, and we are also quite
advanced in our discussions to extend
the height of the light poles and
change over to LED lighting of the
green. The Council have been very
approachable and are very
enthusiastic about improving our club.
A huge thank you to Geoff Gledhill,
our local member, who has been a
magnificent ally and liaison between
the club and the council and without
his assistance, we wouldn’t be this far
down the track.
Thanks to Tony Wright we are installing
6 new aluminium seats to match the
existing seats we installed last year,
which will enhance the look of the
club and surrounds. John Perry has
done a great job replacing the old
pots along the fence with lemon and
lime plants the fruit from which will be
used in the bar.
Thank you to all the volunteers at our
great club, it is you who make it what
it is. The Greens Committee, Social
Committee, Bar Committee, Barefoot
Bowls Committee and all the helpers
that join in when they see something
needs doing.
Please whenever possible use the
services of our sponsors. The Bendigo
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Parkdale SUNNY SUNNY
the villv i l l a g e g r e e n
March 2020 to July 2020
Newsletter of Parkdale Bowling & Social Club
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Bank are great providers of quality
competitive insurance so when you
need to renew your policy please call
in for a quote, in fact the club
recently changed our policy over to
the Bendigo. If you are selling your
home give Buxton of Mentone a call
for an appraisal and if your car needs
servicing or you just need some
advice call David at Mota Fix
Mentone.
Let’s dare to dream:
2020/21 Weekend Pennant
Division 1
Division 3
Division 6
Division 7
2020/21 Midweek Pennant
Division 1
Division 3
Division 5
Let’s all work hard together over the
next few weeks to achieve these
goals.
Mick Supple
From the Secretary - Greg Woods
As we near the completion of the
pennant season we find ourselves in
the fabulous position where we hold
strong ladder positions for three
Saturday pennant sides and two of
our Tuesday pennant sides. It is likely
that all will participate in finals with
strong prospects of hosting a home
finals. This is an outstanding result.
Congratulations goes to the coaching
staff, selectors and to all players who
have attended training and made
positive efforts to improve their
bowling skills. Best wishes and good
luck to those bowlers fortunate
enough to participate in finals. I know
that you’ll do the club proud.
This year marks the 60th anniversary of
our fabulous club. The Club was
founded in 1960 with the first game of
bowls being played on Tuesday 2nd
November 1961, Melbourne Cup Day. The Board has agreed to honour this
momentous occasion with a function
to be held in October 2020. At the
moment we are looking to form a
Committee that will oversee the
preparatory work required to make
this happen. We will also be seeking
photos and any interesting
memorabilia and stories about the
club that you may be able to share.
It has taken longer than expected,
but the photographed ‘retired’
honour boards are now on display in
the alcove between the toilets. I’m
sure you’ll agree that the results are
quite stunning and are a significant
showpiece compared to other clubs
who have gone down this direction.
We are now in the process of
commissioning the new style honour
board which will be positioned
adjacent to the bar.
Unfortunately, there has been a trend
over the past couple of years of
declining participation in our mid-
week social bowls (summer and
winter). Participation in Saturday
winter bowls is also trending down.
There are a number of contributing
factors with the main reason being a
decline in support from visitors from
local bowls clubs. With improvements
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in grass greens and more clubs
moving to synthetic surfaces, many of
the local clubs are now holding their
own social bowls events. It appears
that the days when there was a
waiting list to play social bowls at
Parkdale are long gone. As this trend
is of concern to the Board, Michael
Hermitage has agreed to conduct a
review aimed at providing options for
consideration on how we might be
able to increase our social bowls
participation rates. If you have any
ideas, I’m sure Michael will be happy
to receive them.
Bowls Victoria (BV) has announced
some changes to the pennant fixture
for 2020/21. Despite rumours to the
contrary, there will be no reduction in
the number of teams participating in
each division. This means that the
number of pennant matches will
remain unchanged at 18 for next
season. BV have decided to
commence next season on 17
October 2020 – taking into account
the Bowls Australia Nationals, which
occur all together for the first time,
from 3-16 October 2020. With the later
start and a desire not to extend the
completion of the bowls season, there
will be two double headers (Saturday
and Sunday) next season.
On Sunday 5 April we will be holding
our President’s and Presentation Day.
This is an important day for the Club
as it gives our members an
opportunity to mix with our past
Presidents and congratulate our Club
Champions. I encourage all members
to attend this event.
Our AGM this year will be held on
Sunday 17 May. This year, three Board
positions become vacant. Shortly we
will be seeking nominations for these
Board positions and for the various
committee roles. Unfortunately, Jane
Ford will not be seeking re-election to
the Board. On behalf of the Board, I’d
like to thank Jane for her tremendous
contributions and insights over the
past couple of years.
Greg Woods
From the Head Coach - Haydn Smith
With only a few games to go in the
home and away season of pennant
bowls, it makes one think how quickly
the season has passed so far.
The job has yet to be completed, but
as we take stock at this particular
juncture we find the club in a very
healthy and envious position.
With three Saturday Pennant sides
entrenched in the finals and two of
the Tuesday Pennant sides all but
guaranteed a finals berth, I hope no
one has booked holidays in early
March. But how does this
phenomenon occur?
There are so many reasons Parkdale
Bowls and Social Club finds itself in
this particular position. But I reiterate
the word 'harmony'. I cannot
emphasise this enough. The Board are
a pro-active group and support their
sub-committees. Sub-committees
such as the greens committee, social
committee, selection committees and
Barefoot Bowls. And there has to be
cohesion amongst those committee
members for those committees to
function.
Any decisions those committees make
have to be backed by the
membership. The social committee
can organise a tremendous function
but if the membership doesn't attend
the function falls flat. You the
members have the final say by
backing the decision makers and
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supporting their decisions. As Club
Coach and Chairman of Selectors, I
can only make a blue-print of the
direction I would like the club to take.
If the membership doesn't believe
in that blue-print, then we don't have
harmony. With harmony we have
success.
So, at this stage I wish to thank all
members for putting the club in this
wonderful position.
Now the job gets harder. And I ask the
membership to still believe. I ask
the membership to trust. And I ask the
membership to think Club.
We approach the finals trying to
qualify certain players but without
destabilizing the performance of
sides. We endeavour to tweak sides
for maximum performance. Because
of these factors difficult decisions are
made by selectors on individual
players. Seventeen doesn't go into
sixteen.
Because of this, I ask all members to
think Club first. Put yourself in the
position of a selector.
Together Everyone Achieves More =
TEAM.
I would also like to remind members
that I am available for coaching and
can be contacted personally, or on
0428090914, to arrange a suitable
time.
Parkdale Are Go !!
Haydn Smith
"Life is short - Smile while you still have
teeth! "
Club Championships
At the time we went to print several
championship matches were still left to
be played. For now, the results of the
Men's and Women's Singles matches are:
Men's Singles
Winner : Steve Ryan
Runner-up: Greg Woods
Womens's Singles
Winner : Yvonne Hobson
Runner-up: Linda Bowkett
Congratulations to all of you and to all
who have reached the finals.
Editor
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???? TRIVIA QUESTIONS ????
(Answers on page 9)
1.What is the capital of Kazakhstan?
2. How many eyes does a bee have?
3.How many hearts does an octopus
have?
4.Which actress has won the most
Oscars?
5.Which chess piece can only move
diagonally?
6. In how many films did Sean
Connery appear as James Bond?
Barefoot Bowls report - Bill Bushby
Since the last newsletter the 2019
Spring Season has been completed.
Our winners once again were the
Parktone Pups, this time Sheep
Stations were runners up. The relative
frequency with which the Parktone
Pups win our competition may be
causing some anxiety for the
engravers of our shield. They may be
running out of "P"s.
The 2020 Summer Season has
commenced with 19 teams registered
but sadly the Curry Munchers have
had to withdraw because of illness.
We wish Liza and Allen a speedy
recovery. As we go to print it is
refreshing to see different teams at
the top of the ladder. Mean Machine,
Vickery, Lucy's Lot and Dingy Sailors fill
the first four positions after eight
rounds. The season's finals will be held
on 2nd April.
It was good to see Ray Ellis and John
and Maureen Watson pop in for a
visit. All three were instrumental in
establishing our competition.
Once again I'd like to thank our band
of happy helpers: Agnes, Lorraine and
Therese in the kitchen. Ian and Bruce
Willet at the BBQ, Graeme and a
rotation of barmen and barwomen
serving drinks, Henri for keeping our
ladder, Francis and Haydn for
coaching new players and Brenda for
registering the players.
Chef Extraordinaire Ian Thomas at the
ready :)
Social Committee report - Yvonne
Hobson
A sausage sizzle was held in October,
2019 to herald the start of the Club
Championships. Thank you to Ian
Thomas and Bruce Willett who always
offer to ‘man’ the BBQ; (this is possibly
politically incorrect but everyone
knows what it means �.)
Congratulations to the winners in the
various championship categories and
good luck to anyone who still has to
play.
Thank you to everyone who
participated in the Cup Sweep in
November 2019. Congratulations to
the winners.
Our annual Trivia Night was held in
November, 2019 and was a great
success. This took on a new format in
2019. Kerri Mowatt’s brother-in-law
was at the helm and did a great job.
It was lovely to see Bill and Brenda
Bushby in the audience participating
in the event. They were normally the
organisers and did a fabulous job for
many years.
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We finished off 2109 with our
Christmas Function which was very
well attended by members. It was a
different format and the feedback we
received let us know it had been
successful.
CONGRATULATIONS to all raffle prize
winners:
*Colin Watson, Kel Chappell and Lucy
Piggott won the fabulous Christmas
Hampers
*Bruce Willet, Damien Millerd, Kerri
Smith, Hazel Trant-Hung, Brenda
Bushby, Blake McKenzie and Darren
Sherriff won a variety of other prizes.
Many thanks to Linda Bowkett for
putting the hampers together and
Colin Watson for donating the
fabulous ‘Frozen’ and ‘Super Hero’
backpacks.
We hope everyone enjoyed a lovely
break over Christmas and took the
time to enjoy family, friends and other
pursuits.
On January 17th, 2020 a Card Night
was held at the Club. This was a new
event; thank you to Therese and Mick
Supple for introducing it. A lot of fun
was had by the members who were
there. Look out for details of another
one later in the year.
On January 18th, 2020 ‘Hello World’
sponsored a tournament at the Club.
It was well attended by members.
Congratulations to Colin Watson, Kyle
Roche and Noel Callahan who won
the tournament. Thanks to Michael
Hermitage and Henri Van Munster
who organised it. The Social
Committee provided afternoon tea
for this event.
We all looked forward to the Pennant
Games resuming in 2020. The Social
Committee provided nibbles for the
first games. Good luck to everyone for
the rest of the season and enjoy the
games �.
On Sunday February 23rd, a special
afternoon tea was held at the Club in
honour of Ray Ellis, a Life Member of
the Club. It was lovely to see so many
of our members there. It was a lovely,
relaxed afternoon and Ray and his
beautiful family thoroughly enjoyed
themselves.
Ray with his wife Shirley and Yvonne
Certificate presented to Ray and
celebration cake.
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I would like to thank Mick Supple and
his ‘band of merry men’ who helped
set up the Club Rooms and restore
them to their natural state. I would like
to thank Sheena Gilbert, Daryl &
Lorraine Gray, Francis Hung, Mary
Lake, Frances Sheehan, Therese
Supple, Bruce Gilbert and everyone
else who offered to help Hazel and I in
the kitchen or in serving the food.
Thanks too, to Carol , Brenda Bushby,
Jim Walker and Mick Supple who
manned the bar. We were privileged
to hear some heartfelt speeches
about Ray’s contribution to the Club
from Mick Supple, Bruce Gilbert, Jim
Walker, Brenda Bushby and Ray
Toman. Ray Ellis also gave a moving
speech thanking his family and the
Club for all it had done for him. Thank
you to Greg Woods for his input into
Ray’s certificate and displaying
special photos on the television
screen. Ian Thomas brought along a
trophy he and Ray had won in a
men’s pairs championship some years
ago.
The feedback from everyone who
attended the event, was wonderful.
Everyone had a fabulous time and
were happy to share their enjoyment.
Thanks everyone!!
Please put these dates in your diary
for 2020:
April 5th, Sunday,
1pm..........................Presidents’ and
Presentation Day
April 25th, Saturday,
1pm......................ANZAC Day Shield
Tournament
May 3rd, Sunday,
12.30pm....................Reg Lewis
Tournament
May 17th, Sunday, 10.00am........AGM
& Information Session
I would like to thank Hazel Trant-Hung
(my partner in crime!!), who has
helped me fulfill the Social Committee
commitments since half way through
last year, when Jane Ford had to step
down due to family commitments.
Hazel has been a great support to
me. Unfortunately, Jane Ford had to
temporarily withdraw from the
Committee due to Tony’s health
issues. Jane has also been committed
to helping her niece in Malta, who is
currently battling cancer. Hazel and I
have enjoyed ‘bouncing off’ each
other and catering for our members.
We are both very grateful to everyone
who steps up to help us. �
Hazel and Yvonne
Happy bowling everyone; stay
healthy and happy!! � �
Kind regards,
Yvonne Hobson
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Welfare Report - Yvonne Hobson
Unfortunately, we have had a few
members who have experienced
ailments or the loss of a family
member since our last newsletter.
Kerri Smith (Haydn’s wife) had a minor
procedure in October last year and
has recovered well. Meg Watson was
plagued with a sore foot and Lorraine
Gray had cellulitis in her leg.
In November, Jim Walker’s sister-in-law
(Margaret Booth), sadly passed away.
Jim Milne, a past member also passed
away in the same month.
Julie Westcott had a back operation
in November and has recovered very
well.
Hazel Trant-Hung took a break from
bowling due to recurring problems
with her foot, leg and hip. Thankfully,
Hazel is now back bowling; it is nice to
see her back on the green �.
Hazel Williams, a past member passed
away early in December.
Chris Worledge’s brother passed
away in January. It has been a
particularly difficult time for Chris who
has lost her husband, mother, father
and brother all within a very short
time.
Meg Watson had an operation on her
foot in January 2020. Meg is still in the
rehabilitation stage. We hope to see
her back at the Club soon.
Nancy Wallace, a past Club member
passed away in January 2020.
Jim Walker, Linda Bowkett and Sandra
Philips have all struggled with plantar
fasciitis. Jim and Linda have been
able to manage their condition.
Sandra is still suffering from the painful
condition. Sandra also has issues with
her knee and is due to have a knee
reconstruction operation in late
February.
Malcolm Pepper was very unwell
recently with a virus but has now
recovered and is back bowling. Great
to see Malcolm back on the green.
Greg Woods had an operation on his
back in February. The operation went
well and Greg is now recovering at
home. We look forward to seeing
Greg back at the Club soon.
I would like to take this opportunity to
thank all members who attend the
funerals of our members and/ or their
relatives. It means a lot to the families
and shows great respect for our
members. Cards have been sent to
the families who have lost a loved
one.
I would also like to thank Hazel Trant-
Hung who has temporarily replaced
Jane Ford on the Welfare Committee.
It is timely to remind everyone to
continue to be SunSmart for the
remainder of the Pennant Season and
Mixed Social Bowls.
Remember to:
* stay hydrated by drinking lots of
water
* wear a hat
* reapply sunscreen regularly
Happy bowling everyone!!!
Yvonne Hobson
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Answers to trivia questions.
1. Nur-Sultan.
2. 5 eyes
3. 3 hearts
4. Katharine Hepburn 4 wins and 12
nominations
5. The bishop
6. 7 films - Dr. No, From Russia with
Love, Gold Finger, Thunderball, You
only live twice, Diamonds are Forever
and Never Say Never Again
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