BBC BROADCAST WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 16th
After a short absence, now back on air and in catch-up mode! Starting with some chewy bits:
- The AGM of the Men’s Bowling Club was held on Sunday 13th of September and the draft minutes of that meeting will be issued to members in the next day or two.
- And members will no doubt be delighted to learn that Gordon Lewis agreed to accept the nomination as patron of the Bowral Men’s Bowling Club!
- The final meeting of the Men’s Bowling Club outgoing Committee was held prior to the AGM on Wednesday September 9th, and the draft minutes from that meeting are now posted on the notice board.
- The final of the Club Pairs Championship has been postponed to a date to be agreed. Members will be notified of any developments as they come to hand.
- Members will be pleased to hear that Arnie Lenczuk, Mark Barrow, Clive Hutchins and Dave Charlesworth are progressing well with their medical issues; great to hear.
- The Men’s Bowling Club executive offers congratulations to the Women’s Bowling Club, especially Gail Fraser and her organising committee, for a greatly successful Tulip Festival competition. Well done girls, you filled two greens and put on a terrific day!
- Members are advised that the Men’s Bowling Club has again been successful in gaining the financial support of the Mittagong RSL to allow us to run the RSL Shield Competition. This will be run over three successive weekends on November, 7th, 14th and 21st, and more info will be passed on soon.
- The draw for the Club Major Singles Championship has now been conducted and is now posted on the board and appears on the website. And in case you’ve missed those, check below!
- And Coach’s Corner by Robin Staples continues at the back of this posting!
BBC Major Singles Draw
Day One Saturday September 19th
Gordon Lewis Vs Dugald Braithwaite Marker Mick Flynn
Jim Neely Vs Ash Lewis Marker Robin Staples
Oscar Whalin Vs Graham Hartnup Marker Bob Edwards
Noel Fraser Vs Denis Lees Marker Mick Fisher
Peter Flight Vs Chris Forrester Marker Ross Barber
Alastair McGhee Vs Terry Norwood Marker Ted McPhee
Wednesday Social Bowls September 16th
In a pairs match on rink 8, Wal Markow and the dasher Clive Neutze dropped a four on the first end against Alex Christlo and Joe ‘rusty nail’ O’Donnell, but then went on a point scoring spree to lead 20 – 5 by the ninth! This included an eye-watering SIX which had the opposition gasping and on the ropes. However, Joe and Alex wriggled away from the ropes to take three ends, notch up double figures and have their breathing somewhere normal. Alas, the pressure returned and Wal and Clive ground the breath out of them to rack up a huge win at 37 – 14. Dasher Clive was in pretty good form in this one.
In another pairs game, Don ‘gentleman’ Chapman and Viv ‘top’ Gear were outpointed at the start by Graham Hartnup and Denis ‘rowdy’ Lees, but then took over the running to lead 12 – 6 at the eleventh. They then began the back half with a very juicy SIX shotter and kept Denis and Graham floundering as they advanced down the home straight. Whenever Graham and Denis managed to get a sniff of the jack, Don and Viv were quickly able to snuff it out. Piling on the shots, Don and Viv put the opposition to the sword with 28 – 8 the final score.
With Peter Marshall as swing lead, Ian ‘smooth’ Duncan and the evergreen Gordon Lewis matched Mark Shelvey and Bob ‘wily’ Edwards to be 6 all after five ends. Team Lewis then edged to 11 – 8 by the eighth, but Bob’s trio had levelled matters by the halfway point. Bob’s team then took over the running and kept the opposition at bay as they ticked off end after end. Seven down with one end to play, the never say die Gordon had a great last end, but it was Bob’s trio that had the bragging rights at 24 – 20.
On rink 11, Col ‘Hawaii’ Stone, Owen Williams and Terry Norwood grabbed five shots on the first two ends against Ted ‘Mr Ed’ McPhee, Paul ‘ricochet’ Rubie and Peter Flight, and were still comfortably in front 8 – 2 after six. Col was having a blinder as lead and Owen was sneaking bowls through the gaps to set ends up. However, Peter’s trio then clicked into gear to close the gap, and by the fourteenth, were only three behind at 9 – 12. In the back half, it was nip and tuck, and the gap was still three with two ends to play. In a tight finish, Terry’s trio held on to take the game at 20 – 17. All bowled well with some fine ends, while Paul was a standout in the back half constantly drawing into the head.
In the final match, Joel ‘AC/DC’ Hunt, Shane Harvey and coach extraordinaire Robin Staples opened brightly against Steve Bennett, Graham ‘Pisa’ Hunt and Mick Flynn to lead 10 – 3 after eight ends. However, Mick then fired up his trio and by the fifteenth, were within one shot at 14 – 15, and it was game on. Robin’s team then slipped out to a five shot lead, but a mouth-watering FIVE to Mick’s team levelled the scores with dark creeping in and two ends to play. And it was Robin’s team that held on to take out a great win at 23 – 21. Joel had a cracking game (again!!), and Shane was also in fine form, while Graham kept chipping away for the opposition.
Coach’s Corner No 11
So going back to the first Coach’s Corner, The “role of the lead”
Second paragraph says, “Deliver jack as close as possible do a distance determined by the skip”.
Final word on jack delivery. Please do not disregard this information if you are not a lead. Any time you enter a singles competition you will require skill in delivering the jack if you are to make the most of your opportunities.
On The Manual page for jack delivery there are three coaching tips, here they are;
1. Ensure the action remains “fluent” throughout the delivery.
2. To ensure consistency, ensure the bowling arm brushes close to the side during the swing.
3. The knee of the trailing leg should ideally drop to a position near the heal of the front foot.