GLENBROOK PANTHERS

BOWLING CLUB

Veteran’s Mixed Pairs Champs –

John & Ailsa Leadbitter - 2014

1 Hare St Glenbrook

Phone 02 47206800

Fax 47206899

Bowls office 02 4739 1275 (check times)

Information for members and guests

REPORT FOR AUGUST 2014

How quickly the time passes with yet another hectic month of bowls in

July with Social Bowls, Club Championship, District and Zone events.

Where to start, I guess to again correct the Blaxland Day “n” Night

Pharmacy Veteran Singles that I got wrong in last month’s report,

congratulations “again” to Kevin Davis in his win over Dennis

Andrews. My oversight lead to Kevin fleeing the State, sorry Mate.

Congratulations to the Blaxland Day “n” Night Pharmacy Club Triples Champions Paul Hoolahan,

Shannon Slapp and Matthew Lovett-Jeans for their victory over Harry Alidenes, Mark Rayner and Neil

Baudinet (well deserved victors if I may say so). Also to Veteran Pairs Champions Gary Harvey and

John Harris who defeated John Leadbitter and John Burke. Blaxland Day “n” Night Pharmacy

Encouragement Pairs winners Rick Watson and Kaz “You’re the Man” Moskwa in a hard fought tussle

over Dan Marshall and Fred Ireland. Hopefully we will have more entries next year otherwise we may

have to review the running of this Championship. Also congratulations to our Blaxland Day “n” Night

Pharmacy Veteran Mixed Pairs Champions Alisa and John Leadbitter who defeated Val and Ray

Charlwood in a truly entertaining game of bowls.

Special mention to Rees Little in the District Champion of Champions Singles who went down fighting

in what was his first loss in a singles game on his home turf of Glenbrook. Cant blame dad for this one

as David was seen on the “sideline” biting his finger nails.

We have introduced mufti/optional uuniform for the rest of the year for Men’s Bowls on a Saturday

and next weekend sees the commencement of a trial of a 4 week Pairs Competition with $500 Cash

prizemoney at the end of the competition whilst at the same time making available weekly winners and

runners-up prizemoney. If any bowlers have a suggestion for different formats to be trialled throughout

the next few months, please feel free to approach either myself, John Leadbitter or Joe Gray with your

thoughts.

Despite some rumours progression on our synthetic greens is still on track.

A big thank you to our greenkeepers for the great job in clearing the overgrown foliage on the highway

side of the parking lo. It is great to actually drive along the highway and be able to see that there is a

club behind the tree line.

Finally my inaugural President’s and Officers Day will be held on Saturday 6th

September so please

keep an eye on the notice board and put your names down for what I hope will be a great morning and

afternoon, where we can enjoy a few ales, a game of bowls and recognise the efforts of my hard

working Committee and Valued Members.

Yours in Bowls

Paul Hoolahan President – Glenbrook Panthers Men’s Bowling Club

Hi Bowlers,

We are now into the second half of the year and winter is almost past.

With the spring weather fast approaching our club championships will

soon be completed and the Match committee and bowls committee have

been working on new bowls formats to enthuse a greater interest in our

social bowls days.

Some templates for the new games will soon be trialled and it is anticipated that these will be very well

received by all members.

Saturday social bowls may be trialled with a pairs secret accumulator points game. Tuesday PM socials

to trial as either 18 or 21 ends games with the re-institution of a jackpot.

It is also envisaged that we may play more mixed social games on Sunday afternoons so as to

enable members to play who may otherwise be unable to attend on other days or times.

The winners of the Club Veterans Pairs were Gary Harvey and John Harris who defeated Errold

Marshall and John Burke.

The semi final of the Veterans Mixed Pairs were to be played on Saturday 2nd August. Ailsa and John

Leadbitter versus Helen Pearse and John Burke. The other semi final is Helen Hale and Graham Olson

versus Val Charlwood and Ray Charlwood. The winners of these games will play the final on Sunday

3rd August. All games to commence at 1.00pm. By the time you receive this edition of the Unbiased

the results will be known.

Club membership renewals have now closed and all relevant forms and payments have been forwarded

to the RNSWBA and NDBA offices.

Keep Saturday 6 September free as it is proposed that this will be the President’s and Officers’ Day.

The entry sheets are now on the board for the Club Mixed Fours.

To all of our members who are in poor health our thoughts and wishes are extended to you. Our very

best wishes and good luck is extended to our Ladies number 2 Pennant members for every success at

the State play offs.

Fred Debnam

Bowls Coordinator

Welcome to a new year. I sense more excitement to come!

Congratulations to both Mary Auld and Elaine Hunter, with Mary winning

the minor single's 27-17 in a thrilling game. I had the pleasure marking. You

both have come a long way and I think the journey you’re both on will be

filled with pleasure and success.

Congratulations to Joy Howe, Val Charlwood, Rhonda Crimston and Sue

Hammond winning the Regional senior 4’s play offs up at Bathurst and now

they are on their way to play in the State Play offs in October. Looking

forward to it.

Congratulations to the new committee and thank you to the retiring we appreciated all your hard

work, time and effort over the past 12 months.

We conducted Nancy Dawe triples on Friday 25th July and being our 16th year it went off without a

hitch. We must thank Trace Accountancy for sponsoring for the third year . All raffle prizes were

donated by HelenTracey and all enjoyed the beautiful items offered on display. Merrylands BC were

the overall winners with the ladies from Camden as runners up. Morning winners Hazelbrook,

afternoon winners Joan Annabel, Sandra Leach and Marie McQuinness from Glenbrook. This team

played wonderful bowls on the day and it was great to see the only Glenbrook team to be in the

winning circle. The lucky team draw was won by Lawson. Congratulations to all the winners

To Margaret Jacka and your wonderful army of blue assistants, once again you stand tall in everything

you do. Thank you. Fred Debnam, John Allcock and Phil McColl your expertise in umpiring and

controlling body and tallying the big board . Before the day started several husbands jumped in to help

with the setting up and we the ladies thank you and we are in your in debt.

The bar and kitchen staff well done as always the meals had great reviews as all was lovely. To every

lady with plates of goodies, yum and thank you.. I never get the chance to start or stay on my diet.

To our very talented Trish Coop thank you for your beautiful oil painting of “Glass Mountain” which

you most graciously donated. It was drawn at our AGM and won by Frank Higgins. The money raised

from tickets sold, was shared equally between both men and women's clubs. This was added to the

Gala Day proceeds

Good luck in all coming events. Thinking of all the unwell. Until next month, may the wick be with

you

Jackie Lewis

President

DISPLACEMENT OF JACK IN COURSE. Displaced by own team.

The opposing lead places the mat and re-delivers the jack. However, does not

deliver the first bowl.

Displaced by an opponent or neutral person or object.

Jack is re-delivered by the same player.

DISPLACEMENT OF THE JACK IN MOTION.

Displacement by player.

Opposing skip/director places the jack where the skip believes the jack would have come to rest and

replaces any part of the head by the displaced jack, or declare the head dead.

Displaced by neutral person or object.

Skips/directors to place jack where they believe it would have come to rest. If they cannot agree, the

end should be declared dead.

DISPLACEMENT OF THE JACK AT REST Displaced by a player.

Opposing skip/director will put the jack back to its former position

Displaced by a neutral person or object.

Skips/directors to put jack back to its former position. If they cannot agree, the end should be declared

dead.

Answer to last month’s questions;

Ques. A player drives at the head and the jack rebounds from the face of the bank and comes

to rest well down the green. What points should be considered regarding the position of

the jack?

Ans. Is the jack within the boundaries of the rink? Is it a minimum of 18 metres from the mat

line? Law 30 – Dead Jack.

This month’s question.

Q. A director at the head removes a bowl thinking the end is finished. The other director

points out that there is still one bowl to be played and replaces the bowl. The first

director disagrees with the position the second director has placed the bowl. As the

directors cannot agree on the position can the end be declared dead?

Phil McColl

Paul McDaid has not been well for quite some time and is undergoing

treatment. We are thinking of you Paul.

Alan Pope is back playing bowls and looking well after prostate

surgery.

Rod Jacka has had shingles. However, he is covering well and back playing bowls like a true

champion..

Wayne Trenear has had an infection in his leg. It is now almost cleared up and we hope that he will be

able to go ahead with his hip replacement. It has been a long time waiting for Wayne and we hope that

everything goes well.

Graham Skinner ventured back onto the green on a recent Wednesday afternoon. He found it tiring.

However, he will persevere.

Col Campbell also returned to action on that day and is feeling much better.

Should anyone know of any member that is unwell or had an accident, would you please contact me.

Tony Crimston

Welfare Officer - 4739 1997

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE

If you are looking for the services of a JP, any one of the following is available to assist you.

Please call for assistance.

John Allcock Mt Riverview 4739 8184

Tess Allcock Mt Riverview 4739 8184

Bob Ashton Blaxland 4739 3040

Pam Chamberlin Luddenham 4773 4123

Fred Debnam Winmalee 4754 2269

Frank Higgins Mt Riverview 4739 1239

Barry Scott Leonay 4735 2541

Gala Day. The hugely successful social and financial day did not go unnoticed! Your Committee has now

confirmed that it will be a permanent feature of each year’s bowling calendar!

Watch this space.

Our Club Patron, Phil O’Donaghoe, has foreshadowed that he proposes to stage a special event to be

called “The Patron’s Handicap Triples”. Whilst full details of conditions of play are yet to be disclosed,

it is intended that each team will comprise a 1-3 grade player, a 4-5 grade player and a 6-7 grade

player. It will most likely be an event of two games of ten ends with cash prizes. As further information

is known it will be included in future issues of the Unbiased and also placed on the notice board.

Help!

We currently have 25 Year 6 students from the local school attending on Friday mornings learning how

to play bowls. They began on Friday 1 August and will continue each Friday into early September.

Fred Debnam and I have started them off. However, we could do with some help! We appeal to both

the men and women bowlers who have some time to give to assist us. They begin at 11.30am and play

until 1.00pm. What about sharing your knowledge of bowling with these young people! Let Fred know.

Synthetic Greens update.

The tenders have been received and, at the time of this printing, are being reviewed in preparation for

their presentation and recommendation to the Panthers’ Group Board. In the meantime soil sampling is

continuing.

Bad luck!

If you are reading this and have not renewed your membership fees, you have missed the bus! You will

now be required to rejoin to regain membership privileges!

Hello everyone,

Glenbrook Miked Bowlers held their monthly event on Sunday 13 July. The cards were called at

approximately 9.30am. For something different, turnaround bowls was played where each player took

their turn playing in different positions.

It was a cold morning out on the green. However, we all survived our 18 ends finishing aound

12.15pm. The lucky rink prizes were drawn before lunch was served.

Another change was made to our usual day with lunch being a buffet style. The menu consisted of three

meats (pork, ham and chicken), with a variety of hot vegetables. The food was excellent and enjoyed

by all particularly when it was finished off with a great dessert.

The buffet menu together with red and white wine on each table was introduced in an attempt to more

players to our monthly turnout. Numbers have been down greatly and we are trying new ideas to

improve the situation.

The day was completed with the drawing of meat voucher raffles. Secretary Rex Brearley thanked all

those who attended and reminded everyone of the next game which will be held on Sunday 17 August.

As I have mentioned on other previous occasions, the monthly mixed bowls is a great thing for new

and old bowlers alike and always played in a very friendly atmosphere. So put your name down on the

list and discover this for yourself!

Bye for now - See you on the green.

Rex Brearley Secretary

THOUGHT OF THE MONTH

“How do you know when your bagpipes need

tuning!”

Hullo everyone

Not a lot to report this month.

However, of interest to a number of people will be the announcement that the

Vietnam Veterans Association will hold their Memorial Day on Sunday 17

August at Springwood.

As well as a march they will have an evening of “Beating the Retreat”. This

is an old custom which was used to recall the soldiers to the barracks.

I am still on the sick list after a day in hospital concerning my throat.

Following that, I developed a chest cold which is making life a little

miserable.

Although I could not make it to the last RSL meeting, I believe there was a

great turnout and that we have gained new members.

Yours in service,

John Pugh

TACTICAL TIPS PART 5: BODY CONTROL AND MOTIVATION

Presented by Macka Jensen

Be competitive: To be competitive it is important to you to do your best at all times. You have to reach such a higher standard that it hardly matters what the task is! You need to give it a little of your all, and to make your contribution as good as it can be. An awkward upshot of this is a tendency, when you are not at your best, to do your best not to be at your best. That is perhaps why, when you are at your worst, we all stand back awe-struck and amazed by how well you throw yourself into the role. This year perhaps a change will help you to make the best of your genuine best to find inspiration to make the changes you need in your overall performances. Be assertive in learning the choices of good alignment and weight control by learning to correct the following aspects;

Eyes: Control all eye movement e.g. eyes fixed on the aiming point, no blinking, squinting or closing the

eyes, no side or up or down movement. Fixing the eyes on an aiming point controls your eye movement,

assists your balance, keeps your body in a straight forward alignment, stops you from thinking about and

checking mundane pre-delivery things,

Breathing: Coordinating the breathing with the pendulum arm action e.g. breathe in with back-swing and

exhale with the forward-swing. Correct breathing collapses your thoracic cage (neck, chest and stomach

area) and allows you the bend straight forward without side movement or pressure on the spine.

Coordination: The full power of the delivery is obtained by simultaneously coordinating the forward step,

bending forward and the back-swing of the pendulum arm. All three must occur and operate at the same

time to obtain a smooth delivery with economy of movement that facilitates enough force in the back-

swing that allows the forward swing of the delivery arm to glide the jack or bowl in a smooth gliding action.

The pendulum swing is a continuous action, no stopping in between e.g. same speed back same speed

forward which results in a gliding action of the forward arm delivery.

Timing: Controlling the speed of the back-swing e.g. same speed back and the same speed forward

governs the length/weight of the delivery and allows your hand to release the bowl with a straight forward

gliding action. Should the bowl stop short of the required length, increase the speed of the back-swing,

and of course vice versa if the bowl is delivered past the required length. Should you feel weight at any

point in your forward arm swing, it a very good indication that your timing is incorrect e.g. your error is a

slow back-swing with a fast forward-swing! The follow-through arm may swing across your body

alignment, you may flick the bowl out of your hand, or push the bowl causing it to skid a little sideways,

pineapple your bowl, the course of your bowl may swing across the front of the objective or target e.g. a

narrow bowl. On heavy greens you may not be able to reach the head.

The forward step: In the delivery action if you are right handed you are required to deliver the jack or bowl by taking a step forward and placing 90% body weight over the left foot and vice versa if you are left handed. In most cases during the delivery, many bowlers take a longer step than required thus placing their body in a precarious position. When this occurs the bowler is inclined to stretch beyond his or her balance point and resulting in;

Poor body weight distribution over the lead foot,

Releasing the bowl forward of its release point which should be approximately at 15 to 20cm forward of

the front foot,

The bowl being pushed instead of glided out of the hand, flicking the hand upwards or across at release

point, thus skidding the bowl as it touches the grass surface or landing right or left off its running surface,

or consequentiality the bowl may wobble or pineapple along its undesired course. In many cases minor

skidding is not seen because the bowlers have their eyes looking at the aiming point,

Bowlers are also inclined to swing the delivery arm across the centre line of the body and the line of sight

thus resulting with poor alignment and bowl placement,

Determining the step length: In the action of the delivery, the correct length of the forward step is your normal walking pace, this can be easily determined by stepping off with the lead foot and taking three steps forward and kneeling to the release postured position as the heel of the third step touches the ground. This will allow you to get the internal body feeling and to measure its length from the toe of the second step to the heel of the third step. The adjustment is as simple as that, you only have to try! Pick up one foot then put it down. If you are making an effort, you are making progress. If you are conscious about it, you need to be aware of its effects on your delivery. You need to make an effort and give it all you’ve got. Philosophy: The great seers and sages in lawn bowls, no matter how their philosophies differ, all appear to agree on one key point. “We must be in it to win it“, “we must be here now”, “live in the moment”, “stop dwelling on the past and ruminating on the future”. You will never hear a new age guru say “seize the day after tomorrow”. If we don’t we might ask; what is the matter with them all? Don’t they understand that each and every moment is a new moment presenting a new challenge? Annoyingly though, they are right. And if you want to get it right this coming pennant season. You should follow this universal advice. Discover what the magic of winning means for you and the club this coming year. Fun and enjoyment: Now with these progressive and practical thoughts in mind, as above, you are being competitive! You may also realize this year in the club’s bowling promotion, it is time to lighten up, because there’s a new motivational theme for male and female bowlers which indicates “Next year, we the panthers are on the prowl to win“. Now, if you have been observant you’ll have also noticed there is more bowling activity on the green with practice routines. We would also recommend to one-and-all, be not the pessimist on the green, but the adventurer that likes to have fun and enjoyment playing with their competitive team and playing skills more than anyone else. Rules and regulations: It’s easy to get too set in your ways. There are so many rules and regulations that everyone is concerned about doing the wrong thing for fear of being called an unlearned bowler, or described as a good friend and supporting player but not game orientated. Rid this outlook! Don’t let the opposition during the game pull the wool over your eyes to score against you, use your gamesmanship, learn the rules and regulations by organizing and attending club lectures about things you have not been sure of! You don’t have to become an umpire nor an expert on how to run the game, but in attending, feel free and unbind the powers that may bind you! Remember knowledge of the game dispels fear, ridding your fear is worthy of your ability to save or score points in the game. Intuition: Ideally, we should acquire as much information as possible, consult as many experts as you can find and cover as many bases as we can think of. The problem is that none of that really seems very feasible, because it may be requiring us to do a lot in a short space of time. If there is not enough time we are going to have to hope that when the pressure mounts, our intuition is good enough to see us through. It will be, provided we start now and give it a fair chance to guide us. If we have time we can stay calm and follow our strongest hunches. Change: Some pessimistic bowlers believe that the best ways are the old ways. We should all, they think, respect tradition. “The more things change” they say, “the more they stay the same”. Make it and break it! They may be right! Yet we play in a sport that never stops moving and it brings us all plenty of changes such as: headwear, coloured uniform, bowls shoes, type of games and scoring systems, designed bowling greens, delivery techniques and so on it goes! If we do not allow for a little innovation in our plans, we are likely to treat progress as an unwanted intruder, a thief come to rob us of our security: when it is, in fact, an angle come to bless us with a little more freedom of choice. Well most of it anyhow! Now think about it, how will you ever know what you are capable of unless you try? Why on earth would you even try unless; you are put under unreasonable pressure, or a victim of your own relentless and dangerous pessimistic traits? You may think it probably isn’t advisable to push yourself too hard or too far, purely on the basis of a wild whim of motivation. Nor is it necessarily appropriate to resent a set

of circumstances that have recently put you at the edge of your comfort zone. But you may yet find a way to be highly comfortable and confident in your playing position creating amazing possibilities by accepting change such as described above. Information: This month is a reminder about our performance this or last year, that saying what we really think is always best about your prior playing skills. Of course, we have to consider the impact of “our truth” will have on the bowler we’re speaking to. But if you are not sure of who to confer with, go to your coach. We have some of the best trained coaches on the mountains and they are experienced enough to help you with the various aspects of your game e.g. basic, advanced and high performance training. Communication within the club is today active, it’s the consolidation period before the 2015 pennant season, so it’s a good chance to think about areas in which we’re not speaking up for ourselves, or communicating our feelings. So have that tricky conversation you’ve been avoiding. Even if there’s nothing you need to say, conversations can flow more freely. Just be sure to ask your coaches for more information if something confuses you. Communication: Now you don’t have to yell and bellow instructions on the green. If you do they only hear and understand half of what you’re indicating. If you yell louder and longer enough your blood pressure goes up and all they see is a gibbering livid red faced monster shaking fists at the other end. “Do we need to say more?” There are simple hand signals that convey all the information necessary that relates to the type of shot required, the hand to play on, the position to play to, the target and the particular weight required by simply stepping back and indicating where you want the bowl to come to rest if the target is missed. Using hand signals gives you the postural image of being cool, calm and collected. Motivation: If you’re worrying too much about what others think of your playing actions, use the power of your internal voice and the energy of heart to change the way you think, write, talk, listen and practice what you aim to do, it could change your sporting life. This isn’t about saying whatever to whomever without thought of the consequences: it’s about lightening ourselves up and enjoying the club motivation in the sport we play. Serendipitous synergy: It’s time to get smart. It’s your competitive move. You have talented skills that you can improve, skills you are not using, yet you are in a situation where those talents are sorely required. So far, you have either refrained from offering your services or you have put them forward in a quiet and unassuming way. You have mumbled something helpful and, in the loud melee of other voices, this has gone unheard. It may now be time to make a more forceful case. You are needed. And by a piece of serendipitous synergy, you need what being needed in this situation can bring you. “How will the solid effort of change transform your performance skills?”

OWN THE MOMENT AND BE A STORMING CLUB SUCCESS

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CONTRIBUTIONS

Deadline for September– Friday 29 August, 2014

Place in envelope and leave in bowls office or pin on notice board

or

Email me at fthiggins@bigpond.com

or

Call me on 4739 1239

Frank Higgins (Editor)