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4 4 Friday, October 26, 2012SPORTThe Australian Jewish News – jewishnews.net.au
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Sports editor: Ashley Shenker – [email protected]
ASHLEY SHENKER
AFTER holding the presidency of BowlsAustralia for thepast two years, JoeAarons (pictured)will now take hisleadership one stepfurther following his recent elec-tion as the new president of WorldBowls.
Aarons will become the firstJewish person and only the sec-ond Australian to take charge ofthe sport’s governing body, aftergetting just one vote more thanprevious president John McArdlein the organisation’s election.
“It means a lot to be the firstJew in the job,” Aarons told TheAJN.
“It’s good for the Jewish com-munity to be represented and I’mvery passionate about this sport.”
The veteran administratorstarted his involvement in bowlsin 1985 and has since worked his way up through the various organisations.
Aarons has been on the boardof several bowls clubs andMaccabi Victoria, and took overas president of Bowls Australia in2010.
He will now lead the establish-ment that looks after the 49 mem-ber nations when he assumes hisrole at the World Bowls BiennialCouncil Meeting at the 2012World Championships inAdelaide next month.
“Everything has evolved since Ifirst started,” Aarons said.
“I never envisaged myself asbeing the president of WorldBowls, but to get that position is abig achievement and a lot of hardwork has paid off.”
Aarons has seen the sport takeoff in Australia in recent times,with the number of players risingby more than four times to 1.1 million.
His vision is to see the sameeffect on an international scaleand he hopes that the 2014Common wealth Games inGlasgow, Scotland, will play a bigrole in that.
“We will be setting up a newstrategic plan for 2013-16 involv-ing all the nations,” Aarons said.
“We want to have as many peo-ple playing as possible and to havebowls recognised as one of the topsports in Australia and the world.
“It is one of the leading sportsat the Commonwealth Games. I’llbe there as president of WorldBowls and we’ll work with theGames federation to get the sportto the highest standard.”
Aarons is looking forward tothe prospect of leading the gov-erning body, but admitted it willnot be an easy job.
“I know it is going to be a lot ofhard work,” Aarons said.
“But it’s something I enjoy andalways have, and now it’s aboutdeveloping the sport further andgetting many people involved.”
Aarons named WorldBowls president
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Applauding proud Pillemer JOSHUA LEVI
JON Pillemer trialled for theManchester United Football Club,played in the National Soccer Leagueand spent more than a decade at theHakoah Maccabi Football Club, butbeing inducted into the MaccabiNSW Hall of Fame has left him humbled.
“I was very surprised and veryhumbled, especially when I looked atthe other inductees who are peoplethat I have a lot of admiration andrespect for,” Pillemer said.
Pillemer has attended theMaccabiah Games six times, wasnamed the Super League player of theyear in 1993 and 1994, had a stintwith Charlton Athletic’s reserves team
and played for Tottenham’s youthteam in London.
He led the Hakoah Maccabi firstgrade team to victory in the StateLeague in 2005 and then continued toplay for the team until he hung up hisboots at the end of last year.
“I’m really excited that I will havemy family with me for the inductioninto the Hall of Fame,” Pillemer said.
“My parents have been by my sidesince I was very young and it is excit-ing to share it with someone who hasplayed a big part in my life.”
Former Hakoah coach and formerSocceroo Kimon Taliadoros paid trib-ute to Pillemer.
“As a footballer, I don’t recall evermeeting anyone who was more
professional and more dedicated thanJonny and that is an absolute credit tohim,” Taliadoros said.
“As a captain he was very selflessand always led by example and as ateammate he was always very sup-portive, well-liked and highlyrespected.”
Maccabi NSW president MaxFuteran said Pillemer deserves hisplace among the elite of Jewishsportspeople in NSW.
“I know Jon personally and I’veseen him on the field and he is a shin-ing example as a Jewish sportsman.”
The Maccabi NSW Hall of Fame gala event ison Sunday, November 11.
To attend call (02) 9331 0573.
Maccabi NSW 2012 Hall of Fame
Jon Pillemer holding up the trophy on the shoulders of his fellow Hakoah-Maccabi players when he led the team to the StateLeague title in 2005. Photo: AJN file
