ISSUE 8 NOVEMBER 2009

Meet our Winners!Preview the new Bowls NZ Challenge Trophy

Mairangi Bay receives Civic Award

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Black Jacks off to Hong Kong

Collett / Baildon / Kelly / Smith

FITZROY COMPARES

Fitzroy Bowling Club merged 3 clubs (Fitzroy, East End, Waiwaka Women) into one back in 1998, and, one of the many merger tasks was “insurance” at the premises at the East End Reserve.

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Fitzroy Compares Apples with Apples 02

Black Jacks off to Hong Kong 03

National Bowls Awards – Meet our Winners 04-07

Rising Stars team up with Black Jacks 09

Bowls NZ National Secondary Schools Championships 11

Coaching is the Key 13

Stage Set for Showdown 15

Bowlers support the Halberg Trust 17

Frequently Asked Questions – Plural Membership 19

Mairangi Bay Bowling Club received Civic Award 21

NZ Disabled Bowls vs Korea 22

Bowls NZ Events Calendar 22

Focus on Umpiring 23

CDO Contacts 23

Need2Know 24

issueTHIS

New Zealand open squad members Andrew

Kelly, Richard Collett, Val Smith and

Genevieve Baildon will all wear the silver fern

in late November as they travel to Hong Kong

to compete in the Hong Kong International

Bowls Classic.

Twenty-one-year-old Cantabrian Andrew

Kelly has been in impressive form this season

and has just returned from Malaysia where

he was one of six men on a preparation trip

for the Commonwealth Games. Kelly played

outstanding bowls and toppled some of the

big names in Malaysian bowls such as world

singles gold medalist Safuan Said and Azim

Ariffin.

Kelly will play the singles in Hong Kong

and will also team up with Hyundai national

singles champion Richard Collett in the pairs

to make a formidable duo. Collett will also

compete in the singles.

In the womens field, World Bowls 2008

singles champion Val Smith and world junior

singles champion Genevieve Baildon will team

up to contest the pairs discipline and both

women will play the singles event.

The pairs is played in a 2x4x2 format and

the singles will be the first to 25 shots.

Visit www.bowlsnz.co.nz for daily results.

Collett

Smith

Kelly

BaildonJACKSBLACK

OFF TO HONG KONG21-29 November 2009

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National Bowls Awards2008- 2009

WINNERSWe invited you to put forward

nominations to recognise those people

who are putting considerable effort into

the sport of bowls in New Zealand and

are making a positive contribution.

The Bowls NZ National Bowls

Awards is our annual event to recognise

and celebrate excellence within the

New Zealand bowls community. The

judging panel faced an incredible task

of selecting only one winner from the

many deserving people. The calibre of

nominations was impressive and to be

recognised as a finalist is an achievement

in its own right.

Winners are acknowledged for the

year ended 30 June 2009.

Club of the Year

WINNER: Beckenham Bowling Club

Finalists: Pakuranga Bowling Club &

Woburn Bowling Club

Beckenham Bowling Club is a worthy

recipient of the Tower Club of the

Year award. Under a Club Executive

that provides leadership towards a

sustainable future, the club has a well

documented, current 3-5 year plan that

covers the key areas as addressed by the

Bowls NZ strategic planning template.

The club has clear and comprehensive

operating processes based on strategic

goals/objectives with well defined

responsibilities. Tangible achievements

include; job descriptions, developing

a Operations Manual and an increase

in membership. Beckenham displays

evidence of progress as demonstrated

by new member and school initiatives.

Also, the club has sound finance and

risk management policies. Beckenham

employs a part-time administrator and is

committed to Bowls NZ policies.

As further recognition of the good

work that Beckenham has undertaken,

they have achieved a Bowls NZ

ClubCheck Gold award and a Sport

Canterbury ClubMark award.

PREVIOUS WINNERS

2003 Frankton Railway

2004 Henderson

2005 Takapuna

2006 Mairangi Bay

2007 Bowls Taradale

2008 Burnside Bowling Club

MEET OUR

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Player of the Year

WINNER: Jo Edwards (Burnside)

Finalists: Shannon McIlroy (Stoke) –

Highly Commended & Shayne Sincock

(Redcliffs)

With a string of notable on green

achievements, it is without a doubt that

Jo Edwards is deserving of the Kia Kaha

Player of the Year award for 2008-2009.

Jo has been dedicated to continuous

improvement and purposeful planned

training. This includes a periodised plan

established pre season and updated

regularly. Jo is always respectful and

encouraging towards the opposition

emphasising her high standard

of sportsmanship and fair play. A

disciplined, regular training programme

with continual coach input has resulted

in Jo achieving the following:

l World Cup Indoor Singles Champion

l Quarter finalist in the Australian

l The Trusts NZ Open Singles Champion

l Southland Charity Invitation Pairs

l Tweed Heads Golden Nugget Prestige

Invitation Singles 4th place

l Black Jacks Trans Tasman team

member, winning 4/6 matches

l Member of the Canterbury

Representative team

PREVIOUS WINNERS

2005 Sharon Sims (Manawatu)

2006 Jan Khan (Canterbury) & Marina

Khan (Waikato)

2007 Val Smith (United, Nelson)

2008 Val Smith (United, Nelson

Young Player of the Year

WINNER: Genevieve Baildon (Hillcrest)

Finalists: Chris Le Leivre (Onehunga)

– Highly Commended & Clare McCaul

(Silverstream)

For Genevieve, 2008-2009 was a

great year on the green, with a number

of notable achievements to her name

making her a worthwhile recipient of

the Young Player of the Year award.

Genevieve is committed to the High

Performance programme developed by

Bowls NZ. Her dedication to continuous

improvement in her bowling are shown

in her ability to balance her playing and

training schedule with work and study

commitments. She has a quiet positive

personality and is always demonstrates

her sportsmanship on and interest in

fellow bowlers off the bowling green.

Some of Genevieve’s achievements are;

l Winner of World Junior Cup Singles

l Bowls Waikato Player of the Year

l Member of Hillcrest Premier A

Women’s Interclub team who won

the Waikato Interclub Competition.

l Runner Up – NZCT National Club

Triples Championship

l 5th Equal The Trusts NZ Open

l Member of Waikato Open Women’s

representative team.

PREVIOUS WINNERS

2005 Ali Forsyth (United, Nelson)

2006 Stephen Wood (Wellington),

2007 Shannon Mcllroy (Gisborne/East

Coast)

2008 Mark Watt (North East Valley)

Centre of the Year

WINNER: Bowls Wellington

Finalist: Auckland Bowls

Bowls Wellington is awarded Bowls

NZ Centre of the Year. Bowls Wellington

utilises a board governance structure

and is committed to One Bowls: One

Vision for strong, sustainable clubs. The

Bowls Wellington strategic plan is based

on elements of the Bowls New Zealand

strategic plan. Over the last 15 months,

Bowls Wellington has undertaken

with 3 of 4 local councils, a club health

survey. Cluster group meetings were

used to encourage clubs to implement

recommendations of the report. Bowls

Wellington has a positive working

relationship with councils and other

sports within the region.

Players in Wellington benefit

from a Centre playing programme

that has opportunities for all levels.

Representative matches are provided

throughout the season for elite

players and some members from the

development teams to participate. All

Bowls Wellington teams have coaches

who have a formal training programme

which has resulted in a successful

2008/2009 season on the green for the

Centre.

Bowls Wellington supports and

encourages growth of coach and umpire

numbers and skills with a number of

classes and courses planned. Support for

green keeper education, an example is a

group that travelled to Christchurch for

professional development.

PREVIOUS WINNERS

2003 Bowls Wellington

2004 Bowls Southland

2005 Auckland Bowls

2006 Bowls Waikato

2007 Bowls Wellington

2008 Bowls Canterbury

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WINNER: Ann Muir (Kensington)

Finalists: Ben King (Victoria) & John

Mitchell (Te Atatu Peninsula)

of the Year award. As Beckenham

Bowling Club’s Executive Officer, Barry

has had an exceptional input at club

level. He is an effective communicator

utilizing modern electronic mediums. A

dedicated and committed administrator,

Barry developed a systematic club

members record, implements club

policies/procedures and manages and

monitors the Xero financial management

package. Barry has been the driving

force behind Beckenham’s achievement

of Bowls NZ ClubCheck Gold Award

and Sport Canterbury’s Gold ClubMark

Award.

In this role, Barry demonstrates

leadership, planning and implementation

of the Club Plan. He contributes towards

promoting Bowls NZ initiatives through

organising 12 social bowls league nights,

coordinating events (corporate, pay to

play and Kiwi Bowls), documenting the

club Operational Manual, Strategic plan

and job descriptions. He continuously

implements change or engages in new

Ann Muir is the deserving winner of

the Bowls NZ Coach of the Year award.

Ann is a coach and mentor to many

athletes and coaches at all levels of the

sport; club, centre and national level

with a particular focus for the Northland

region. In her role as Director of

Coaching for Northland, Ann has been

available and approachable and her

knowledge and experience has been of

great value. Her coaching excellence

creates awareness in players to accept

responsibility and instills self belief. Ann

achieves this by working closely with

athletes to establish their own Personal

Development Plan. She has very high

organizational skills and dedicates

immense time and energy to create a

training environment that is challenging

and fun. Her generosity as a person and

a coach is greatly admired.

Some of Ann’s key achievements this

WINNER: Barry Chapman (Beckenham)

Finalist: Grant Clark (Khandallah)

This is awarded to an administrator

serving our sport at club, centre and/or

national level, and who is considered to

have made an outstanding contribution

in their administrative role. Barry

Chapman is a worthy recipient of the

“Don Manson Memorial” Administrator

projects. Barry actively participates

in Bowls NZ and Bowls Canterbury

conferences, seminars and road shows.

He also works closely with Region 5

Bowls NZ Community Development

Officer to develop key documents and

share these with other clubs.

Barry has had a long association with

Beckenham Bowling Club (joining in

1963) and has held a variety of positions

at the club as well as being involved with

other organizations. His professional

approach, dedication, commitment and

contribution is equally met by the respect

that Barry receives from within the wider

community.

PREVIOUS WINNERS

2003 Neville Turnbull (Levin Bowls)

2004 Kevin Briscoe (Far North)

2005 Paddy O’Neill (Dunedin Stadium)

2006 Margaret Smitten (Henderson

Bowling Club)

2007 Martin Christensen (Gisborne/East

Coast)

2008 Ken Wilson-Pyne (Burnside)

year are:

l Coach of NZ U18 Trans Tasman side.

l Region 1 Talent Identification Squad

Leader

l Director of Coaching for Northland

l Coached Northland Women’s

representative team 2008/2009

l Mentored 2 of the Northland Men’s

representative team coaches

l Assisted 5 players at club level

to develop individual training

programmes

l Coached Kensington Div 2 Interclub

team

l Kensington Club Coach

PREVIOUS WINNERS

2003 John McDougall (Thames Valley)

2004 John Hanlen (Hawkes Bay)

2005 Tracey Caddy and Clarrie Gillies

(joint) (Auckland)

2006 Moira O’Bryan (North Harbour)

2007 Ann Muir (Northland)

2008 Dave Edwards (Burnside)

BOWLS NZ NATIONAL BOWLS AWARDS – MEET OUR WINNERS

The “Don Manson Memorial” Administrator of the Year

Coach of the Year

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Green Keeper of the Year

WINNER: Geoff Laird (Naenae)

Finalist: Glenn Miller (Papanui)

Consistently producing greens of

the highest standard is the trademark

of Naenae Bowling Club’s Green Keeper,

Geoff Laird. Geoff is very much deserving

of this accolade for his outstanding

contribution. His tenure began in 1987

under the guidance of Stan Galloway

and Geoff has since prepared greens

for 5 National Open Championships,

receiving numerous accolades from

top bowlers. Geoff holds the relevant

certificates and qualifications including

NZQA Unit Standards. Throughout

winter, he maintains the only natural

coutla green in Wellington and is always

innovative in developing techniques for

saving time and costs.

Also tending to the greens of nearby

Lower Hutt Bowling Club, Geoff is often

utilised as a consultant by a number of

other clubs in the Centre for his and

was acknowledged this year as Bowls

Wellington Green Keeper of the Year.

He is actively involved in the Wellington

green keeping fraternity and has

contributed to its regular two-monthly

meetings both as committee member

and as a presenter.

PREVIOUS WINNERS

2007 Ken Prebble (Burnside)

2008 Ken Prebble (Burnside)

Media Award

WINNER: Alistair McMurran

(Otago Daily Times)

Alistair McMurran is the recipient of

the Bowls New Zealand Media Award

for 2008/2009. Alistair has been a strong

media supporter of lawn bowls for many

years and this year has been no different.

He has reported our sport very positively

through the Otago Daily Times and the

bowls coverage is appreciated. He is a

highly respected journalist who has not

only reported on the high profile events

but has published articles and youth

bowls, women’s events, administrators,

and volunteers. Alistair has won this

Award previously in 2004 and 2007 and

now again in 2009.

PREVIOUS WINNERS

2002 David Ogilvie (Wellington Evening

Post)

2003 D’Arcy Waldegrave (Radio Sport)

2004 Alistair McMurran (Otago Daily

Times)

2005 Kevin Tutty (Christchurch Press)

2006 Toby Robson (Dominion Post)

2007 Alistair McMurran (Otago Daily

Times)

2008 Kevin Tutty (The Press)

* NOTE: Due to a insufficient

nominations, the Official of the Year

Award was not awarded.

Volunteer of the Year

WINNER: Ken Haworth (Burnside)

Finalist: Gibson Cleland (Eastbourne)

As a new award, Ken’s volunteer

involvement sets a very high standard.

Ken performs a number of jobs for the

club as part of and beyond his formal

roles of Club Manager and Centre

Delegate in the 2008-2009 season.

Volunteering is a daily effort for Ken

and involves managing a variety of

tasks related to the clubrooms and bar

operation working closely with other

key people from Burnside. He has been

the liaison between the club and the

Christchurch City Council in relation to

the district Liquor Licensing Authority.

Ken attends delegate meetings and

acts as Club Liaison with the centre in

relation to facility and green usage and

club tournament information. Ken is

Burnside’s ‘go to man’.

Furthermore, Ken assists with

various administrative duties, making

funding applications and attending

club executive meetings. He has

implemented a number of initiatives to

increase revenue streams, such as club

facility booking and in particular creating

a system to effectively collect green fees

from casual players. He is willing to pass

his extensive knowledge on to other

members, especially by supporting new

office bearers.

PREVIOUS WINNERS

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The best bowlers throughout New

Zealand will take to the Pukekohe

Complex in Auckland early next

month to compete in the inaugural

Bowls New Zealand Challenge Trophy.

The Bowls NZ Challenge Trophy

event is being held to achieve a

number of important things. Firstly,

this event is where New Zealand’s

best players, get to play with and

against each other. Secondly, as a part

of Bowls NZ’s Talent Development

Squad process, this event is used by

those squad members as a tool to

test out a lot of the learnings they

will have gained from the Talent

Development coaches. Things such as

planning, peaking, de-briefing, game

planning, one team culture, etc will

be practiced.

Only players from the Black Jacks

squad and our TD Squads are eligible

for selection and they are selected by

the TD Squad coaches with input from

the National selectors.

The Four Regions are as follows:

l Northern: Far North, Northland,

North Harbour, Auckland,

Counties-Manukau, Waikato, Bay

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l Central: Gisborne East Coast,

Hawkes Bay, Taranaki, Wairarapa,

Manawatu, Kapiti Coast,

Wanganui, Wellington.

l Mainland: Nelson, Marlborough,

West Coast, Buller, Canterbury.

l South: South Canterbury, North

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Otago, Dunedin, Southland.

The four Regional Talent

Development Squads have all chosen

their teams of six men and six women

including members of the New

Zealand open squads, who have been

allocated a region to represent.

The Northern team of Tony

Grantham, Chris Le Lievre, Richard

Collett, Dan Delaney, Ryan Khan and

Greg Ruaporo for the men start out

as favourites for the title, but with

some strong teams coming up from

the South, the battle promises to be

hard fought.

In the womens field Mainland

have a particularly strong side in the

form of Jan Khan, Jan Shirley, Misty

Arnold, Jo Collis, Julia Hodgson and

Amy Brenton, but again the other

three regions include some widely

recognised and talented bowlers

which will make for an exciting and

thrilling event not to be missed.

The Black Jacks members that are

available, have all been slotted in to

a regional squad which will provide

some invaluable experience for the up

and coming bowlers and give them a

chance to play with and against the

country’s best.

Andrew Kelly, Clare McCaul,

Kaaren Guilford and Dale Lang

will play for Central, Jan Khan for

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Seventeen-year-old Ryan Khan

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Former under-18 New Zealand

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This years pairs discipline will see

Josh Boyd and Tu Solomon return as

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Raising Awareness • Building Responsibility • Building Self Belief

Sharon Sims, National Coaching Coordinator • sharon@bowlsnz.co.nz

COACHING IS THE KEY

This year we have taken a different

approach to training new coaches with

new resources and dedicated Coach

Trainers to deliver the courses. Those

Coach Trainers have done a great job

during the off season and since they

were trained in May, 74 new coaches

have attended training courses and 303

coaches have been updated.

Thank you Ann Muir, Howard

Sandler, Pat Bull, Dot Curry, Lorna Reeve,

Vickie McNamara, Sue Mairs, Kerry

Geertson, Josie Uren, Roger Munro and

Ruth Roberts for the work you have

done. The feedback from all the courses

has been extremely positive and it is

great to have so many new enthusiastic

coaches in our clubs.

Thanks also to Pauline in the office

for her reliable support and to all the

new and updating coaches for their keen

participation and willingness to help

other bowlers.

Last month we talked about ensuring

that bad technical habits are sorted early

in the season. The next stage is to work

on improving fundamental skills with

some repetitive drills such as those in

previous issues. Identify your weaknesses

and your strengths and practice them

both. Always use consistent, honest

measurement and keep a record of your

progress. Often players over estimate

the percentage of effective bowls they

actually play and when they first try

measuring and recording are shocked

by the real numbers and find all sorts of

excuses not to record a particular session

or even give up all together. Another

common trap is to stay in your comfort

zone and only practice or score those

drills that you do well.

Remember, for training to be really

effective it should be harder that the

game. Don’t be afraid to put yourself

under pressure by setting some tough

targets and measuring your progress

honestly.

IndividualPractice Firm Forcing Shot

The bowl speed for the first forcing shot is

less than the drive, giving greater control

during delivery.

Firm Forcing Drill:l Set up flapjacks or discs about 1 foot apart

on either side of the centre line.

l Place a mat on the centre line as an

obstacle 2-3m short of the target.

l The objective is to go close to but avoid

the obstacle mat and pass between the

target discs.

l Play at least 20 repititions on each hand.

l Count the bowls that pass between the

discs (and miss the mat).

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l Alter the position of the obstacle mat and

experiment with different bowl speeds.

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Manu Timoti Karen Coombe Dale Lang Mark Watt Richard Girvan

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WOMEN MEN

Jan Khan Adele Greenfield Ali Forsyth Andrew Todd

The Trusts 2009 New Zealand Open is

shaping up to be a great tournament

with a confirmed line-up of high

performing competitors for both

the qualifying tournament and the

automatic entries.

The automatic entries for this year

include four players from the New

Zealand mens squad in the form of

Ali Forsyth, Mark Watt, Andrew Todd

and Richard Girvan. All four players

will compete in the singles discipline

and Forsyth will team up with Watt

in the pairs, as will Todd and Girvan.

Todd, Girvan and Forsyth will contest

the triples and Watt joins U19 New

Zealand champion Sam Morton and

double national schools champion

Greg Ruaporo in the qualifying play.

The New Zealand womens

squad also received invites into

the main event. In the singles, Dale

Lang, Jan Khan, Karen Coombe and

Kaaren Guilford were the successful

recipients. The pairs combinations

are Khan and Adele Greenfield along

with Coombe and Manu Timoti, and

the triples direct entry went to Dale

Lang, Greenfield and Guilford.

Notable players that are involved

with the Bowls NZ Regional Talent

Development Squads include

Auckland’s Dan Delany and Chris Le

Lievre, Nelson’s Amy Brenton and

Blaketown’s Lance Pascoe.

The three New Zealand selectors

have all confirmed their presence

at this year’s event and players will

be out to catch their eye on what

is set to be the perfect stage to

demonstrate ability and skill.

The qualifying event will be

played throughout various greens in

Auckland and starts on 19 November

and runs through to 21 November.

The main event will be hosted by

Henderson Bowling Club and will

begin on Monday 23 November

taking the format of a one life system.

For more event information,

please visit www.aucklandbowls.co.nz

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BOWLERS SUPPORT THE HALBERG TRUST

The Halberg Trust in conjunction with Westpac Bank, put on a sports event for people with a disability. As the Halberg Trust is the official charity of Bowls NZ, we and several bowling clubs have got in behind to support this by providing the opportunity to “Have A Go at Lawn Bowls”.

The third in the series of Halberg Trusts’ Sport Opportunity events was held in August at the Pukekohe Bowls Stadium. Stacey Roche, Halberg Trust Sport Opportunity Advisor for Counties Manukau Sport said, “14 disabled people attended the event and all of whom thoroughly enjoyed it. This event was created so disabled people could ‘have a go’ at bowls in an inclusive and supportive environment.”

Bowls NZ Community Development Officer for Region 2, Steve Beel was part of the initiative and commends the club volunteers the Westpac team, who were “awesome and did a magic job on the night”.

Some games were ‘modified’ to enable everyone to participate and enjoy themselves. The work and effort that club members and all involved is greatly appreciated. The following is an excerpt of a letter received from one of the player’s parents:

“What an amazing event you and your team of volunteers put together. The commitment and generosity from people who have never met Ngatuhi or I was overwhelming. The Westpac staff, who travelled down to Pukekohe

and got involved, the expertise,

skill and patience of the bowling

community, were incredible. I

was pleasingly surprised at how

comfortable people were around

my son as this is not always the

case. He was absolutely thrilled to

receive the player of the day prize.

He very rarely wins anything. His

comment when his name was called

out was “Finally at last I actually won

something”. He was very proud,

took his shirts, hat and drink bottle

to school the next day to show

everybody.

Roche also delivered a training

seminar called “Count Me In” to the

Westpac and Bowls volunteers, that

opened a few eyes about attitudes

and stereotyping.

Bowling clubs can take a lesson

from this event. It proved that

anyone can play bowls when you

apply common sense, have an open

mind to the possibilities, be prepared

to adapt rules to enable and just

be a good citizen to create the

opportunity for all people to enjoy

the great game of bowls.

There are huge opportunities

for clubs to engage their local

communities, including those

community members with a disability

to enjoy bowls and the bowling club.

If you want to know more contact

you CDO or Sports Opportunity

Office at your local Regional Sports

Trust.

You helped New Zealanders with

a disability participate in sport…

THANK YOU!

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

MEMBERSHIPAllan Griffiths Bowls NZ Events Managerallan@bowlsnz.co.nz 021 966 024

PLURAL

One of the most common questions

revolves around Plural Membership.

There are quite a number of players

who for reasons of their own wish

to be members of more than one

club, sometimes in different Centre’s,

and this often creates confusion as

to what they can play in and what

they can’t play in. My advice is to

make yourself totally conversant

with Bowls New Zealand Regulation

5 before you become a member of

more than one club.

Clause 2 clearly states that

Individual Members of Bowls NZ can

be Members of more than one club in

a Centre or more than one club from

different Centre’s. Clause 2.3 also

states that such players shall only play

for one club in the National Interclub

Tournament and must notify their

clubs in writing which club it is they

are going to represent.

Where many players get confused

is they think ALL interclub is part of

the National Interclub competition

and this is of course not so. All

Centre’s run Interclub competitions

which are purely their own domestic

competitions and have their own

Conditions of Play.

Clause 3 refers to Club

Championships. If you have Plural

Membership in more than one club

in your Centre then you cannot play

in the same disciplines in each of

those clubs but you can play different

disciplines in each club.eg: You cannot

play singles, pairs, triples or fours in

both clubs but you can play singles

in one club and pairs in another club

and so on.

If however you are a member

of two clubs from different Centre’s

then you can play all disciplines in

both clubs. HOWEVER if the Centre

Champion-of-Champion events in

the Centre’s are being played at the

same time in both Centre’s and you

have won the same discipline in both

Centre’s then you must represent the

Centre in which you first won the said

discipline.

Clause 4 states that a Playing

Member can only represent one

club in any season in the Bowls NZ

National Interclub.

Clause 5 refers to Inter-centre

selection. A playing member shall only

be selected to represent and play for

a Centre in the Bowls New Zealand

National Inter-centre if they are a

playing member of a club within that

Centre BUT in the case of a Playing

Member being a member of clubs

in different Centre’s then they shall

only play for the Centre in which they

have played in the Bowls NZ National

Interclub.

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CLUBSCENE

successful. Since amalgamation the

club and its members have received a

number of awards:

l Bowls New Zealand and Bowls

North Harbour Supreme Award

Winners 2006.

l Moira O’Brien awarded Henselite

Bowls Coach Award of Excellence

2006.

l Bowls New Zealand National

Finalist Club of the Year 2008.

l Bowls North Harbour Club of the

Year 2008.

l Muriel Darling, Secretary, Bowls

North Harbour Administrator of

the Year 2008.

l Don Gillespie awarded Volunteer

Coach of the Year 2008 in

Westlake Girls High School Sports

Awards. Don has worked hard

developing a strong team of

collegiate bowlers who have had

some notable successes and this

Article Supplied by Patrick Knell

The official citation was as follows:

“For providing high quality facilities

and experiences for those wishing to

play bowls in a friendly, professional

environment. Since the establishment

of the Mairangi Bay Men’s Bowling

Club in 1948 and the Women’s Club

in 1962, the clubs have provided the

community with an opportunity for

sport, recreation and social activities.

The two amalgamated in 2005 and

the club now has more than 260

members including many young

people.”

At a presentation evening on

September 21 President Bruce Aley

accepted the award from North

Shore City Mayor Andrew Williams

on behalf of the club and at the same

time acknowledged all the efforts by

so many members in making the club

work is continuing.

The new Summer Season opened

on Saturday September 19 with a

large attendance of members and

invited guests. New members were

introduced and the intake of 1st.

year lady members (nearly all golfing

friends of existing members) was

the largest for many years. They

are being coached by our coaching

team led by Moira O’Brien and are

already showing some promise.

A comprehensive programme has

been set up and competitions are

already well under way. Our club

rooms are available for the use of

various community groups for private

functions and we will help set up

catering.

Finally we have two newly

qualified umpires. A great season is

in prospect.

MAIRANGI BAY BOWLING CLUB RECEIVES

CIVICAWARD

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CLUBSCENE

DATE 2009 VENuE

Fri 13 Nov - Sun 15 Nov Stoke Invitation Singles Stoke, Nelson

Thurs 19 Nov - Fri 27 Nov The Trusts New Zealand Open Auckland - Henderson HQ

Sat 21 Nov - Sun 29 Nov Hong Kong International Bowls Classic Hong Kong - China

Fri 4 Dec - Sun 6 Dec Bowls NZ Challenge Trophy Pukekohe

Sun 13 Dec - Tues 15 Dec National Secondary Schools Championships Pakuranga Bowling Club - Auckland

DATE 2009 - 2010 VENuE

Mon 28 Dec - Sat 9 JanHyundai National Open Championships - Men and Women

Wellington - HQ Hutt Bowling Club

Sat 6 Feb – Sun 7 Feb Aotearoa Maori Bowling Tournament Kawerau (HQ) - Bay of Plenty

Mon 8 Feb - Thurs 12 FebClubs New Zealand Men’s Fours Outdoor Bowls Tournament

Upper Hutt HQ

Wed 24 Feb to Sun 28 Feb Trans Tasman (Under 25 and Under 18) Birkenhead BC, North Harbour

Mon 1 Mar - Tues16 Mar 8 Nation Open Event – India and Trans Tasman (Open) New Delhi

Thurs 25 Mar - Fri 26 Mar National Interclub Finals – Division 1 and Division 2 Palmerston North

Sat 27 Mar - Sun 28 Mar National Inter-Centre Finals – Open Palmerston North

Fri 2 Apr - Mon 5 AprKittyhawk National Under 20 Men’s and Women’s Singles

Auckland

BOWLS NZ EVENTS CALENDAR

Article Supplied by Quinn Mahoney,

NZ Disabled Bowls Inc

In October, New Zealand Disabled

Bowls recently had the pleasure of

hosting the Korean Disabled Bowls

team in a Friendly International Test

Series in Christchurch. The event was

held at the Canterbury Bowling Club

over three days with nine players in

each team competing in a mixture of

triples, pairs and singles matches.

Disabled bowls players disabilities

always vary greatly, Amputees,

Wheelchair Users, Brain Injury, Polio

and many others, all competing on a

level playing field to a high standard.

At the end of the first day’s play

New Zealand had taken a lead of 4

wins to Korea’s 3 and 1 was match

drawn. Day two followed in much

the same vein with some hard fought

close matches ending in; New Zealand

5 Wins, Korea 5 Wins and 1 match

drawn.

Unfortunately, the Canterbury

weather got the better of us and

washed out the final day’s play but

not the players spirits. At the farewell

dinner presentation New Zealand

was declared the overall winner with

9 wins and 2 draws to Korea’s 8 wins

and 2 draws.

NZ Disabled Bowls fielded a

relatively inexperienced international

team as we are building towards

the IWAS (international wheelchair

and amputee sports) Championships

in 2010 and the IBD (International

Bowls for the Disabled) World

Championships in South Africa 2011.

We are absolutely delighted

with the performances of our fresh

new faces and are confident of

continued growth and improvement.

If you would like more information

on disabled bowls news and events

please visit our website – www.

nzdisabledbowls.org.nz

We would also like to take

this opportunity to thank Maurice

Symes, The Canterbury Bowling Club

President and the Club Members for

their fantastic support and assistance

in the organising and running of the

event.

NZ DISABLED BOWLS VSKOREA

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There is not a great deal that can

be said about defaults, they are not

governed by the Controlling Body nor

the appointed Controller or Umpire

of an event. They are the sole domain

of a team or player not meeting

their commitments on the day for

whatever reason that is important to

them. A default is valid only for that

game which the player or the team

have advised the Controller of the

day, or in a team’s absence by the

Controller of the day.

Usually tournaments or events

are a series of games, if a team or

a player advises they will default

the first game or any other game in

that event they may resume playing

without penalty in the next (not

a subsequent) round. Controlling

Bodies must not introduce another

team into the event to cover for a

defaulting team or player unless they

have advised the Controlling Body

of their withdrawal from the event

prior to the draw being completed.

If the Controlling Body decides to

introduce a replacement team or

player into the event thus avoiding a

bye they are required to do another

draw. This action can be the subject of

dissatisfaction from players who were

placed in the original published draw.

The outcome of a late withdrawal/

default after the draw published is

that the Controlling Body is required

to award the opposition team or

player a win or even two, if there

is more than one default correctly

notified to the Controlling Body.

However in Side games there is

provision to be found in Law 46.2.2

for the game to continue minus the

absent player with the adjustment

(deduction of one quarter of the

defaulting teams score) made to the

final score to allow for team members

playing a next bowl each.

With the adoption of the New

Laws, the liberal introduction of the

changed Practice Law (13) allows a

team to Practice (as many ends as they

like) if they have a bye, which goes a

considerable way to negate the lack

of a competition game in that round.

The only references to defaults in

the Laws are Law 1.3,3. Which reads-

Defaulting, Player, Team or Side:

the player, team or side that does not

meet the requirements of any specific

Law or Laws.

And Law 46 which focuses on

lateness and eligible players like in a

graded team playing a graded three

as lead.

In Regulation Three App 1–Draws

and Byes it is to be noted that in a

two life draw allowance is made for a

defaulting player or team.

Martin Christensen Bowls NZ Umpires Committee

FOCUS ON

Defaults:Absentee Players in a Team

or Side Law 46

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Wilton MIB volunteers are pictured admiring the Henselite bowls.

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