Update from Sydney RBM – Nov 2016

Bowls Premier League – November 8 to 11

The fourth edition of the Bowls Premier League (previously known as the Australian Premier League) will be held at Club Pine Rivers next week. It will be televised live from Tuesday 8^th to Friday 11^th November from 6pm to 11pm each night on Fox Sports 3. That’s 20 hours of LIVE bowls (or bowls that you can record and watch later). For those that don’t happen to have Foxtel, why not support a nearby Bowling Club with Foxtel and watch it there – there are over 70 Bowling Clubs around Sydney with Foxtel.

Our great city will once again be represented by the Sydney Lions, who will be searching for their first title. Making up the Lions team are: Aron Sheriff, Karen Murphy and Ben Twist (Coach: Gary Willis).

For a quick preview of BPL04, please click on this link… https://youtu.be/MIi9uOs-IV0

Our Bowlers on the World Stage

November is a massive month for major World Bowls events, with the World Champion of Champions Singles and the World Championships both on the agenda.

From November 14-20, Scott Thulborn and Natasha Scott will be Australia’s representatives at Club Helensvale following their wins in the 2105 National Champion of Champions singles event. The two Scotts will be trying to replicate what fellow Australian representatives Leif Selby (2008), Kelsey Cottrell (2009), Brett Wilkie (2009), Aron Sheriff (2010), Karen Murphy (2013) have done in the past. Cabramatta’s Carmen Anderson will also be competing at the event representing Norfolk Island.

The ‘Olympics’ of Bowls, the quadrennial World Bowls Championships will be held in Christchurch from November 29 to December 11. Australia will look to emulate the successful World Champs performance from Adelaide in 2012, with the following players proudly flying the flag…

Women

Singles - Karen Murphy (41, Cabramatta, NSW)
Pairs - Kelsey Cottrell (26, St Johns Park, NSW) & Karen Murphy
Triples - Carla Krizanic (26, Sunbury, VIC), Natasha Scott (25, Raymond Terrace, NSW) & Rebecca Van Asch (28, Invermay, TAS)
Fours - Carla Krizanic, Rebecca Van Asch, Natasha Scott & Kelsey Cottrell

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Men

Singles - Aron Sherriff (30, Ettalong Memorial, NSW)
Pairs - Brett Wilkie (42, Club Helensvale, QLD) & Aaron Wilson (24, Clayton, VIC)
Triples - Barrie Lester (34, Mulgrave Country Club, VIC), Mark Casey (34, Club Helensvale, QLD) & Aron Sherriff
Fours - Barrie Lester, Brett Wilkie, Aaron Wilson & Mark Casey

Stay tuned to the Bowls Australia website and social media pages for all the latest results on the World Champs.

More than 100 Clubs around the country have signed up to Jack Attack

Summer is the perfect time to hold a Jack Attack competition and plenty of Clubs are doing just that.

Jack Attack is Bowls Australia's social-competitive version of bowls that can be enjoyed by both new and experienced players. Please get in contact with me if you’d like to find out more about Jack Attack.

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State news

State Championship Results

During the past few weeks, both the Men’s and Women’s State Championship results have been run and won. Congratulations to all the winners and following a short summary of each of the Open Champions…

Women (City players were Runners Up in each Final)

Singles Champion: Margaret Smith (Avoca Beach) Runner Up: Shirley De La Harpe (The Hills)
Pairs Champions: Jan Sutherland, Shendelle Smith (East Maitland) Runners Up: Kay Moran, Karen Murphy (Cabramatta)
Triples Champions: Kate Mathews, Molly Wilton, Natasha Scott (Raymond Terrace) Runners Up: Jan Agar, Sharyn Renshaw, Beth Quinlan (St Johns Park)
Fours Champions: Vicki Turner, Deborah Waldron, Leone Barnett, Julea Morgan (Warilla) Runners Up: Masako Sato, Gwen Dessaix, Susan Laidlaw, Virginia Longfellow (Harbord)

Men

Singles Champion: Mat Pietersen (St Johns Park) Runner Up: Peter Taylor (The Greens The Entrance)
Pairs Champions: Lee Trethowan, Aron Sheriff (Ettalong) Runners Up: Trent Whittingham, Jeff Smith (Wallacia)
Triples Champions: Wayne Crane, Jamie Mitchell, Jeremy Henry (Warilla) Runners Up: Ross Macguire, David Quigley, David Ferguson (The Rules Wagga)
Fours Champions: Adam Troth, Brent Norman, Mark Berghoffer, Chris Herden (St Johns Park) Runners Up: Mike Nagy, Cy Threlfall, John Green, Wayne Turley (Taren Point)

You can find details about all the other Champions (Seniors, Reserves, President, Mixed) on the Bowls NSW and Women’s Bowls NSW websites… www.rnswba.org.au www.womensbowls.org

Bowls NSW State Match/Pennants Forum

Bowls NSW held an Open Forum to discuss the 2017 Pennants season and Conditions of Play that was attended by over 80 members from around NSW. Please find a summary of the outcomes by clicking on the following link… http://www.rnswba.org.au/news/general-news/state-match-forum-outcomes

Interstate Senior Sides Championships

Our Senior State teams travelled to Western Australia last month to compete in the annual Senior Sides Championships. Our Women’s team were Runners-Up, equal on match wins (6 wins from 7 matches) but shy of one rink win from 2016 Champions Queensland. Our Men’s team had a tough trip across the continent, finishing fifth (3 wins out of 7) with Victoria edging out South Australia for the Men’s title.

Local news

Local Sports Grant

If you have a Club project that you are looking to fund, there is a funding window currently open (for another week) to apply for assistance.

Funding is available for projects throughout NSW via the Local Sports Grant - $50,000 has been allocated for successful projects within each NSW electorate.

The maximum amounts available are:

Sport Development - $2,000
Community Sport Events - $5,000
Sport Access - $5,000
Facility Development - $20,000

The minimum amount available is $250 for all project types with the exception being for facility development which has a minimum request of $1,000.

For full details about the grant, please click on the following link - https://sportandrecreation.nsw.gov.au/clubs/grants/localsport

Scorecard Scam

Please be aware that there is a scorecard scam running again by the company Elite Scorecards. This company goes to clubs offering to give them free cards, then goes to local businesses and strong arms them into ‘sponsoring’ the Club, several Clubs at once usually. This company is doing this in the name of the Bowls Club, not in their own name, yet Elite are pocketing the profits. In many cases, the scorecards never even arrive at the Club.

It is very hard to find good sponsors, don’t let your Club lose their marketability by letting outsiders take control of their good name.

Have fun on the greens,

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