Our Trading’

As you will notice from the Treasurer’s Half Yearly Report, we are trading at a similar level as 2011, areas of increase being sponsorship and barefoot bowls.  As I have stated previously the board is regularly monitoring expenses without reducing any benefits to its members.  In this financial climate I consider the six monthly results as satisfactory.

We are in the process of introducing Induction Officers for each section.  These members will assist new members and introduce them to the appropriate people, Games Organiser and Coaches, give them general information about the Club, playing times, nomination sheets, playing attire, social calendar, and any other items of interest.

Everyone who participated in the men’s social event conducted Thursday evenings,  had a great few weeks.  Events such as this create harmony and camaraderie  amongst our members and I again thank all those who assisted our Club in                organizing this event.

The Club has secured a new sponsor in Kelvin Kerkow’s Bowls World at West Burleigh.  Where possible I would ask you to please support this excellent outlet for all bowls attire etc.

Much has been said about the Gold Super Challenge win, but I think it is appropriate to recognise this as probably the Clubs greatest accomplishment and to be attained in our 75^th Anniversary year!  We may have reached the level where we are not intimidated by any Club.  Congratulations to all!

As part of our anniversary celebrations a Triples Event was organised for both sections but for various reasons there were not sufficient numbers to proceed.  Both sections will now conduct 2 Pairs Events during the year and I would expect these to prove popular.  Ample time will be given for members to enter for very good prize money.

I have had a meeting with Michael Hart the new State M.P for Burleigh Heads and I am confident we will continue to have a very good association with our local member, as we do with Councillor Greg Betts.  There are occasions when situations can occur where intervention and assistance is required.

On Sunday morning the 6^th of May we will be conducting a session called “Bring a Buddy Day”, previously explained by President Peter Hamilton.  The aim being to introduce a friend to bowls with each visitor playing with an existing member and this may be the first step in securing a new bowling member.  Again if you don’t try you don’t succeed

John Fowler

Chairman

SUNDAY 25^th March

This day was the Tugun Two Guns Annual Gala Day and it was indeed a Gala Day. Our bus departed Burleigh at 8:15 with 18 Camels and we picked up one on the way down. Lots of Sunday morning bowlers in attendance indicated a great day for all.

Sth Tweed Trippers………………. 13 bowlers

Pottsville Pirates……………………16 bowlers

Burleigh Camels……………………19 bowlers

Robina Rebels……………………… 20 bowlers

Tugun Two Guns……………………27 bowlers

Plus one visiting rink from each of Coolangatta and Tweed Bowls Clubs.   A total of 101 guys ready to enjoy Sunday bowling.The morning was played out in beautiful weather and camaraderie with play ending just before midday. Each club had trophies to present with the Camels team of Chris Anderson, Stephan Mullawa and Pete Harris taking home the Two Guns Trophy. Unfortunately there were no winners from the Camels in the raffle draw. A delightful lunch of a huge hamburger,  which was preceded by the Two Guns famous boiled potatoes with butter, garlic and curry powder during the morning, went a long way in appeasing the players appetites.  Transport for visiting bowlers started departing shortly after 1:30 with an enjoyable morning had by all.

Sunday 1^st April

Sunday morning, 7.15am, the dawn of another bright day, lo and behold 17 Camels were observed grazing outside the Burleigh Bowls Club waiting to be herded on board the transport vehicle. This was to take them south to the land of the Pottsville Pirates, who in recognition of the importance of the day, had turned their clocks backwards by one hour. This was done so as not to disturb the Camel’s feeding routine.  The day saw the battle between these 17 Camels with flailing hooves and sweet breaths do battle with 23 Pirates with drawn sabres and howling their war cry of AAAAAAGGGH.

A truce was declared at 12 noon with the Pirates being declared winners of the battle with 88 points to 80. The intensity of the long running war could be observed by the fact that the Camel’s War Correspondent put down 2 wrong bias’s.  A Raffle was drawn with the Camels rewarded with wins by Jim McCall, Mick Boland, Clive McKenzie, Al Smith and Jakob Wissman. The platoon led by Wally Kitchen ably supported by Ted Dorrington with Pete Harris and “Strawb” Thompson sharing the 3^rd spot in triple combat.  After a lunch which offered a choice of Fish, Steak or Chicken Schnitzel all served with chips and salad, the battle weary Camels boarded their transport back to the home paddock.

Sunday 8^th April

This day saw virtually no play for the 19 expectant and hopeful Camels that rocked up. We did however, get a few ends in with the winning rink being the Pope, Denny, with Pete Harris and Herbie sharing. A raffle was held with the winners being Clive, Harry and Ray Dodkin.

Last month I finished with the promise of how to play advanced shots, conversions, drives, trails etc.. I thought I would start with the Trail Shot, a shot played to move the jack to a more advantageous position within the head without losing your bowl in the ditch if you should miss. In reality, this shot is a draw to a point behind and to the side of the jack, usually played to take the jack to some of your own bowls or to take the jack away from your opposition. You must be able to visualise the path of your bowl, particularly in it’s last 3 metres of travel.  Remember, the picture you have in your head probably tells you the bowl cuts in toward the jack at a fairly steep angle, but in-fact, it travels much along an arc. Have someone bowl your bowls to you standing behind the jack and note how far, and at what angle, your bowl moves sideways in it’s last 3 metres of run. This indicates to you the point to which you need to draw to pick up the jack on the way through.  With most modern bowls to finish, say 1 metre behind jack, you would need to draw to a point some ½ metre to the side, practice this shot until you can achieve 3 out of 4 successful shots. It helps when practising to place an extra jack, or marker of some sort, at the point to which you are trying to draw as a focal point.  Remember, a short bowl will achieve nothing and a bowl in the ditch which is a non-toucher is also useless. Don’t lose your bowl and do concentrate on your line and weight.

I now have another coach, who tells me he is my apprentice, Noel Hodges is an accredited Club Coach and is anxious to get started and involved. On Tuesday 15^th May at 2.00pm, we will be running a video filming session for any members who would like to see their delivery  action and allow us to assess it to see if there are any ways we could help you improve your game. We appreciate that everyone has a unique delivery because each person’s body causes them to deliver slightly differently.  We won’t attempt to change you unless you are doing something which is obviously detracting from your ability to be consistent, and then we will only suggest you could try something else. We hope you will come along and be involved.

Good Bowling and enjoy

Ron

The 75th Birthday Two Bowls Triples has been cancelled, in place of this we are having a ‘One Day, Two Bowl Triples’ on the 8th of May.  The sheet for this is in the locker room.  We will be having another day later in the year.The singles and pairs have now been finished, the fours are now being played and the sheet for the championship triples is in the locker room.

Carolyn Fisher

Men’s Singles

Quarter Finals

G. Pearson 25 V S. O’Toole 20

Burleigh is very lucky to have bowlers of very high quality.  These two are part of our top group.  What a game.  Pearson won the Ends 16 to 15 but managed to get two more multiple Ends than O’Toole.  This won him the game.  Great to watch, make sure you see the semi—finals.

Semi Finals

A.Waddell 25 Verses M. Pattison 8

Waddell was on fire and only lost 7 Ends to beat Pattison by 17 shots.  A great win.

I. Law 25 Verses G. Pearson 24

The game of the century.  Law won the Ends 13 to 12 and also got on top of the multiple Ends by 8 to 7.  This shows how close this game was and boy what a game.  Top class.

Final

A. Waddell 25 Verses I. Law 22

A great final.  It took 31 Ends to get a decision.  Waddell won the Ends 17 to 14 and more importantly won the multiple Ends by 8 to 5.  Played in great spirit.  A pleasure to watch.

Play offs  Gold Team  Round 1

Burleigh Heads v Swifts  Won 3-2

Singles

I. Law 28 v S. Bell 31

A fantastic game.  It took 42 Ends to get a winner.  Bell won the Ends 22 to 20 and the margin in the end was only 3 shots and this was Law’s first loss.

Pairs 1

D. McKillop & A. Waddell (sk) 18

Verses Swifts 17

This game nearly got away from our boys when on second last End they dropped 5 shots to let Swifts all square with one End to play, but no fear, our boys got 1shot to win.  A great effort.

Pairs 2

R. Marin & G. Pearson (sk) 22

Verses Swifts 16

We led from End 1 and never relented.  Our boys got 15 shots in five multiple Ends to seal a good victory.

Triples

G. Absalom, P. Street, G. Woods (sk) 29

Verses Swifts 18

This team is going well.  They won the Ends 17 to 11 and got 10 multiple Ends to Swifts getting 4 Ends.  Playing very well

Fours

M. Myers, L. Landon, S. O’Toole, M. Pattison (sk) 26

Verses Swifts 29

We had some good recoveries like after 6 Ends we were down 1 to 14, then on End 13 it was 16 all.  Led 22 to 19 after End 17 then dropped 8 shots in the next 6 Ends to go down by 3 shots 26 to 29.  A good effort.

Summary :  Three good wins is all you need.  Well done.

Play offs  Gold Team  Round 2

Burleigh Heads v Mooloolaba Won 3-2

Singles:

I. Law 31 verses Mooloolaba 17

Law won the Ends 16 to 13 but the real strength in his win was the 13 multiple Ends where he scored two shots or better.  A determined win.

Pairs 1

D. McKillop & A. Waddell (sk)21

Verses Mooloolaba 19

Our boys got stirred up on End 15 when they dropped 5 shots to be down by eight shots 11 to 19.  In the next 6 Ends they won the lot and the game by 2 shots to keep their record intact.  A marvellous win.

Pairs 2

C. Vella & G. Pearson (sk) 16

Verses Mooloolaba 24

Should never have lost this game.  Won the Ends 14 to 7, all of them lost were multiple losses so good bye.

Triples

G. Absalom, P. Street, G. Woods (sk)29

Verses Mooloolaba 18

This team is in outstanding form.  Won the Ends 17 to 11 and never looked like getting beaten.  A great win.

Fours

M. Myers, L. Landon, S. O’Toole,

M. Pattison (sk) 19

Verses Mooloolaba 28

We lost the Ends 11 to 14 and were never in front at anytime so unfortunately we lost gracefully.

Summary:  Two games, two wins.  Need 1 more to be in the Final.  Go for it.

Burleigh Heads v North Toowoomba Won 9 – 2

Round 3

Singles

I. Law 31 v North Toowoomba 20

A comprehensive win.  Law won the Ends 19 to 14 and then to top it off he won the multiple Ends 9 to 4.  That is all you need…. He won very comfortably.

Pairs 1

D. McKillop &  A. Waddell (sk) 24

Verses North Toowoomba 16

Our boys won 12 of the first 13 Ends to lead 23 to 1.  They then lost the next 6 Ends to get a lead of 23 to 14.  In the last two Ends  they scored 1 each to get the team across the line by 8 shots.  A great win.

Pairs 2

R. Marin 7 G. Pearson (sk) 23

Verses North Toowoomba 17

We won the Ends 13 to 8 and also the multiple Ends by 6 to 4.  This team was never in doubt of winning.  A top win.

Triples

G. Absalom, P. Street,G. Woods (sk)23

Verses North Toowoomba 27

Looking good after End 19 when leading 16 to 14.  In the next 9 Ends we lost 6 of them including 5 shots on End 22 which was really the difference.  Bad luck.

Fours

M. Myers, L. Landon, S. O’Toole, M. Pattison (sk) 20

Verses North Toowoomba 24

You could say that one End cost us this game.  Ends were 12 to 13 in favor of North Toowoomba whilst the multiple Ends were 6 all.  However, the one End was End 7 when we lost 5 shots.  They had to make this up particularly when you loose 3 shots on the next End.  Draw bowling beats driving.

Summary:  Our strength is in our top three sides, singles, two pairs plus the triples who won 2 of 3 games in the finals.  We play Musgrave Hill next Sunday so good luck.

FINALS

Burleigh Heads Verses  Musgrave Hill Won 3-2

Singles

I. Law 31 v Musgrave Hill  28

What a game.  Law lost the Ends 17 to 18 but to his credit were the multiple scores he got on 7 ends to Musgrave Hill, getting 6 multiple Ends.  The difference came in End 34 when Law got a 4 shot End to give him a 30 to 28 lead and on the next End he got 1 shot to win .  A fantastic quality game.

Pairs 1

D. McKillop & A. Waddell (sk) 20

Verses Musgrave Hill 17

Very close game.  The difference came from End 12 to End 18 when they got 11 shots which they held till End 21 came up.  A good win.

Pairs 2

R. Marin & G. Pearson (sk) 25

Verses Musgrave Hill 21

This game meant that Burleigh either won or lost the title.  It was all square at 21 all on End 20.  To their credit they got 4 shots on End 21 to win by 4 shots.  A fantastic win.

Triples

G. Absalom, P. Street,  G. Woods (sk) 21

Verses Musgrave Hill 24

On End 14 we led 14 to 13 but in the next 5 Ends our boys went down by 11 shots so there was no hope of saving the game.

Fours

L. Landon, C. Vella, M. Pattison, S. O’Toole (sk) 23

Verses Musgrave Hill 26

We lost this game on Ends 8 to 11 when we lost 13 shots in a row to make it impossible to catch up.  Bad luck.

Conclusion:  Our boys deserve the win.  It is the second time we have beaten

Musgrave Hill by 1 game.  Well done.

Ladies President Report

 

Firstly, on behalf of the Ladies I would like to congratulate the Men’s Gold Division of the Super Challenge on their magnificent win in the finals of the  competition – well done.

On 29th March, the Craft and    Charity Table presented a cheque for $4,000 to Blue Care, which was gratefully accepted and acknowledged by a letter of thanks.  Sincere thanks go to Noreen and her band of willing helpers and to all of the people who donate their goods and energy to this worthy cause.

On 12th April, a sponsor morning was arranged through the generosity of CRUISEABOUT who operate from an office in the Q Supercentre, Mermaid Waters.

A morning bowls and morning tea has been arranged for Thursday 26th of April to commemorate the first anniversary of the passing of our late esteemed member Norma Anderson.  I will report on that special occasion in next month’s report.

Keep smiling and good bowling.

Jenny Moore

Ladies President

 

 

In Brief

Two air conditioning units situated on the roof required replacing and we have replaced them with a more effective single unit at the cost of $8,000.  Additionally we have arranged to implement an anti-corrosion treatment which will hopefully prolong the life of the “Outdoor Coils”.  Some of these are beyond saving but the treatment will delay replacement for a reasonable time. We now have 1,300 members who have activated their membership cards,  this compares to 415 at the end of January.  This increase would suggest a significant awareness of the new rewards system and over a 27 day period 4,200 cards passed through the system, at 155 per day.

AGE   MEMBERS

18 – 25  188

26 – 30  180

Men  69 approximately  Youngest Member 19

Social Membership continues to grow.  Of the 138 joining in February, 108 reside within 10km of the club.  We have noticed an increase in patrons joining as a social members due in part to the Club’s Reward System.

We have negotiated our insurance premium at the same rate for 2011 – 2012  being $22,000.  Machinery breakdowns have represented our highest claims area which is not unusual for a Club such as ours.

We are in the process of replacing the Clubs photocopying machine.  This will not only give us clearer copies, we also envisage saving approximately $5,000 per year.   Additionally, with new technology we are hopeful this will be used to produce the annual reports and if this occurs a further saving would result.  Thank you Karen for evaluating the Toshiba machine and the costs associated with this transition.

John Fowler

Chairman

Rain certainly got the better of us at the end of February however Camels are known for their affinity with water and all the various products that utilise this commodity. We continue to have prospective new members joining us on Sunday mornings to enjoy our relaxed style of the game. Travelling to other like minded clubs and hosting return visits is part of the experience. Costing is kept to a minimum supported by our popular raffles at home games. All bowlers and learners, be they young or old, are welcome to join us on any Sunday morning for a heartening experience.