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THE FOURS CHAMPIONS

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accompanied Ailsa and David to the BowlsNSW Awards evening, where Ailsa was a finalist Volunteer of the Year. See Cathy’s report for details.

Pennants trials are concluded, and the Pennant season has started. Good luck to all our players, men and women.

Some championships have been concluded during February, and results appear in this Newsletter a n d o n t h e w e b s i t e . Congratulations!

The Waterman Trophy commences t h i s m o n t h . A n u n u s u a l Competition, as we promote, invite teams, host, and award prizes, but we are prohibited from winning it ourselves. How magnanimous!

March will see the re-introduction of short end power plays into periodic social games. Skips and leads should be alert to these occasions….success brings double points!

Best wishes to all members dealing with health issues at present. hello

hen you elected your Board members to manage and develop our Club, I indicated that we would do so by adopting necessary change, and retaining our traditions. I believe we have accomplished these goals over the last number of years. The biggest test of those ideals will be disclosed when we unveil our refurbishment of the clubhouse. We believe there will be a number of significant improvements both in appearance and in functionality. I trust members will agree.

I congratulate members on the ease with which the temporary verandah venue has been received. I must say that the conversation level has been at its peak.

Congratulations and thanks to the way in which Jennifer and Yasmin have adapted to quite difficult circumstances….and the tea and scones keep coming! Thanks also to those volunteers who place and return the tables and chairs each social bowls day.

And also, I think we were all impressed at the old ceiling of the Clubhouse. But it was impractical to leave that open. Photos have been taken for historical purposes.

Cathy, Bronwyn and I recently attended

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Please book by Saturday 19 April 2019 by writing your name on the sheet outside the bowls office.

Pay on the day.

Saturday 25th April Saturday 25th April

Lunch 11:45am

Traditional Flag Ceremony at 12:45pm

Bowls 1:00pm

Ex-Service people—please wear your medals

Normal Bowls Attire

Cost of Meal and Bowls $25.00

Bowls Only: $12.00 Meal Only $15.00

was very impressed with the professionalism of the larger bowling clubs. They have resources due to their association with licensed clubs and with this money they sponsor younger players – the average age of the bowlers attending this awards night would be well under 40. The big message was “they are taking bowls into the future”.

Thank you to Loyce Davis who organised the very successful training day at Neutral Bay. A great opportunity to play on a different surface.

Pennant competition has started, good luck to our players/ February has been a very busy time for the competitive bowlers, playing in the District Competitions, State Open Pairs, State Senior Pairs, State Open Fours and State Senior Pairs. The bowling calendar is getting increasingly crowded, it is difficult to find the time to play the club competitions.

Congratulations to all the members selected in the Pennant Teams, both Open and the Women’s Bowls. I am very pleased that we have several members in the Open teams.

he fours competition was p l a y e d i n F e b r u a r y . C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s t o P a m Carpenter, Edwina Legg, Mary Miller and Robyn O’Brien who won this event against Julie Hayden, Denise Owen, Loyce Davis and Anne Barron. The girls had an outstanding game and deserved their win. The Championship Fours was played u n d e r d i f f i c u l t w e a t h e r conditions, extreme heat and then rain making the greens heavy. We had a good number of teams this year and I hope you all enjoyed the challenges of this competition.

I attended the Bowls NSW dinner at the Kirribilli Club to support Ailsa Maccallum who was nominated with three other bowlers for the volunteer of the year award. Ailsa was nominated for her support of Bronwyn Fitzpatrick in the Vision Impaired competitions, both in Sydney and Interstate.

It was very interesting to hear the president and CEO speak about the direction of bowls in the future. Open gender was discussed with enthusiasm, the message being that it will encourage younger people to play, especially women who work. I

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to get to know Margaret Sharpe, Tony Gall, Elizabeth Kelly-Jones, Adam Sharaf and Allan Bligh.

The Waterman Trophy is played at home for 12 weeks, commencing on Wednesday 6th March. It is being organised by Brian Spear again this

year.

We are planning a special event for the opening of the refurbished clubhouse. We shall advise in due course.

Our February meeting dealt with a number of ongoing housekeeping matters, such as rubbish disposal, ground maintenance, finances, health and safety, membership promotion, and others.

We were pleased to note that the clubhouse refurbishment is progressing in accordance with plans and schedule. Members have readily adapted to the temporary arrangements.

Prior to the recent storms, we had applied to Council to remove the Cyprus trees near the school boundary. The need for their removal was highlighted when one tree fell and others were damaged in those storms. Although council speedily attended to the fallen tree we still await their decision as a safety matter, on the rest of the trees.

Plans for the visit to Lake Conjola on the weekend 13-14 June, are well underway. Members should check notices and enter their names if interested.

It was decided not to proceed with a particular proposed solar system, but to consider alternatives for the future.

Bookings for the November Queensland bowls trip are progressing.

From 4th March commencement time will be 12.30pm instead of 1.00pm, until further notice.

We accepted and welcome 5 new members, and encourage all members

At the February BoardAt the February Board MeetingMeeting

19 Angie Boulton Ivan Steinthal

23 Caroline Duhigg Charles Stewart

27 Pam Carpenter

1 Lynn Adam

7 Ari Schepis

16 Helen Haran

DUMPING BOWLS

A lot of time and energy is expended to ensure the

greens are in the best condition possible. It is

therefore important not to DUMP bowls on the

green as this causes significant damage to the green.

Our 2020 Men's Minor Singles winner is last

year's runner-up, Stephen Lewis, who

defeated Richard O'Brien 31/19 in an

entertaining Final.

Stephen began strongly, but his lead was

gradually hauled in by Richard. At 12/10

Stephen again built a healthy lead, and while

R i c h a r d

played some

very good

bowls, that

lead was just

too great to bridge.

Congratulations to Stephen, and

well done to Richard who played so well through the rounds.

Congratulations

to the winners of

t h e C l u b

C h a m p i o n s h i p

fours, Pam

C a r p e n t e r ,

Edwina Legg,

Mary Miller and

Robyn O'Brien.

The team played

very well, getting

a substantial lead

e a r l y a n d

maintaining the pressure. Julie Hayden, Denise Owen, Loyce

Davis and Ann Barron fought back, closing the gap. However,

Pam’s team

managed to

maintain the

lead, winning

the last three

ends giving

t h e m t h e

victory 24/15.

This win will

give three of

the team their

first entry on

the honour

boa rd s—we l l

done ladies!

The first Championship of 2020 has been won by Kandiah Siva's team

which included Bruce Bodinnar, Paul Ward-Harvey and Stephen Lewis.

The worthy runners-up were David McLellan, Franco Carulli, Robbie

McPhee and George Fotis.

The winning score of 28/17 belies the closeness of the game - after

17 ends the scores were level at 17/17, and up to then only a couple

of points had separated the teams throughout. Siva's team then

managed to win the remaining 4 ends in rain-affected conditions.

This game was also Robbie's last game at Mosman - as a Narrabeen

resident he has chosen to transfer to the nearby Pittwater club. We have

enjoyed having Robbie with us over the last couple of years, and wish

him well at his new club.

Congratulations to our Fours Champs, and well-done to their worthy

opponents.

As you will be very much aware Lake

Conjola was one of the areas worst-affected

by the terrible bushfires, and remains in

need of every support possible. Fortunately

the Lake Conjola Bowling Club was one of

the few establishments untouched by the

fires.

Paul Ward-Harvey recently contacted the

President of the Lake Conjola B.C. and

suggested a visit by Mosman bowlers might

be a timely tonic - this was enthusiastically

accepted, and consequently a "friendly tournament" has been set for Saturday and

Sunday 13th & 14th June.

The schedule is:

Saturday morning 13th June - drive to Lake

Conjola (approximately a 3-hour journey along the

spectacular south coastline).

Light lunch at the Lake Conjola BC followed by an

afternoon of bowls.

Dinner will be at the Lake Conjola Bowling and

Recreation Club

Sunday morning 14th June - game 2 at Lake

Conjola BC, followed by a light lunch.

Sunday afternoon, return to Mosman.

As several of our group intend staying more than the Saturday night, participants

should book their own accommodation. The Lake Conjola BC people have

recommended the Ingenia Holidays Resort which is in close proximity to the bowling

club - search Ingenia Holidays Lake Conjola.

There are several other alternatives (but not

a lot!!).

More details and costs will be forthcoming,

but at this stage we need expressions of

interest from our members. We urge as many

Mosman members as possible participate,

and add your names to the list on the Club

noticeboard.

I feel very honoured to have been asked for my profile for our Newsletter. Where to start? I have been a Mosman girl all my life. My Dad was dux of North Sydney Boys High, became a draughtsman and went to night school to complete a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering at Sydney Technical College. (My first Dean at UNSW signed my Dad’s testamur!) During his tertiary years, he met my Mum, who lived in Maroubra. Mum was a bookkeeper and worked at F G Spurways at Alexandria. Dad completed his Diploma and was offered a job with Coventry Climax in England, a firm specialising in the manufacture of race car engines and motorbikes. After a couple of months, Dad wrote proposing marriage to Mum and sent her the boat fare to sail to England. Sea travel to England in the 1950s took a long time and Mum was terribly seasick during the endless weeks to Southampton. My parents were married in Cardiff, Wales and settled in Meriden, England, a little town right in the geographical centre of England. I was born at the local hospital in the December which was pretty rare as babies were usually born at home. England was still suffering from the war and everyday things were rationed. (When I visited by birthplace years later, the hospital had been converted to a hotel/pub.) Mum was so homesick and detested the snow and freezing weather, so, one month after my birth my parents decided to come home to Sydney. The boat trip home was another few weeks of hell for Mum. Mum, Dad and me settled in a federation home in leafy Mosman where I had my first birthday and remain to this day: I have lived in the same family home all my life. I went to Mosman Infant School, next door to our Club and to Mosman Primary School in Belmont Road. Even then, I used to take a shortcut to Primary School by cutting through the Club grounds via the back gate. High school days were spent at Cremorne Girls High School, now part of SCEGGS’ campus. After 4 years I gained my School Certificate. My favourite subjects were Latin (a fat lot of good that was, but I can spell) and history. I was asked to be a member of the school’s choir without uttering a single musical note; our teacher was deaf and unable to detect that I was miming all the lyrics. I loved most school sports including swimming at Balmoral baths. I was a keen softball and occasional hockey player but continually being hit in the face-mask with softballs (that were not soft at all) or bashed over the head with a hockey stick, I gravitated to netball. We spent endless Summer and Winter school holidays with family friends on a tinny boat fishing in the Tweed River at Coolangatta/Tweed Heads. This is where I gained my love of fishing; as well as sitting on the beach, surfing and swimming at Greenmount Beach.

After learning typing, bookkeeping and shorthand (the latter skill I still use today when note-taking) at Seaforth Technical College, my first job was as secretary for a sales manager at the MLC in Martin Place (using a manual typewriter - remember them!). Although under-age, my work colleagues often squirrelled me past the doormen into the Australia Hotel for a lemonade on Friday evenings. A couple of years after starting work, I met Paul who was a motor mechanic and auto electrician. In 1974 we were married (we parted in 1998) and 2 days later headed for the bright lights of London to start a working European holiday. Before leaving Sydney, I was offered a job in the MLC’s London office. While living in Bayswater in London, the IRA’s infamous ‘London bombings’ rattled our bedsit windows. Paul had an clerical job with an insurance company in the same building as Sherlock Holmes’ fictional residence of 221B Baker Street. I became a fan of Arthur Conan Doyle.

Weekends were spent travelling throughout England, Scotland and Wales. My passion for history grew with so many castles and ancient sites to visit. After a year we started our European travels. We converted an old Fort Transit van to a camper van, starting from Bilboa, Spain. We travelled through Spain, Andorra, the French Riviera and had a wonderful few weeks free-camping in Monte Carlo. (The Casino wouldn’t allow us in with thongs on our feet or even sandshoes!) We travelled extensively through Italy adding to my love of history. Pisa almost saw us both fall off the Leaning Tower, Venice, Florence, Rome, Naples and Pompeii were all on the list. We were so poor travelling in Italy that we ate spaghetti with mashed cauliflower and tomato sauce for weeks on end. Then into Switzerland, Austria and Germany. By the time we got to Munich we were stoney broke. Luckily we both gained jobs in the local campsite cleaning toilet blocks and showers, gardening and cooking endless chooks on a rotisserie, serving them to hungry campers.

In Munich, I learned about a job where fluent English was essential. I was encouraged to apply and, after five or six interviews and a few (unknown to me at the time) security checks of my parents and grandparents, I got the job as assistant to the head of the Research Section of Radio Free Europe, the sister organisation to Radio Liberty. Little Aussie me had no idea that both were fully supported and, in fact, run by the CIA! That explained all the creepy guys in hats and suits, muttering into their sleeves. I often wondered why on my way to the office, the entire place was surrounded by razor wire and there were savage German shepherd dogs and armed security guards at the boom-gated entries. While working there, I wasn’t permitted to visit communist bloc countries for a holiday. My boss was a keen hunter and travelled in Africa shooting animals and bringing parts of them back as trophies to line his office walls. Their eyes used to follow me around the room! I liked this job, analysing radio audience reactions to US propaganda broadcasts into East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. My US dollar salary was a bonus. They even sent me to night school to learn German, but alas, I have forgotten most of it except how to order a few beers and pomme frites.

This came to a sudden end when Mum called me at work, ironically on Australia Day, to say that my Dad had passed away. He was only 52. I was desperate to get home but we couldn’t get on any flights to Australia, so my boss got us on a USAF carrier plane to Frankfurt where we managed to get a commercial flight home. After a few weeks embracing Sydney’s warm weather, the desire to return to continue our tour waned with each passing day. Our permanency in Sydney was decided when my husband got a job as an NRMA road service patrolman. Every Christmas Day Mum would phone the NRMA for roadside assistance in our driveway to get Paul home for Christmas lunch or dinner. Over the years, we entertained every other NRMA serviceman in the area except Paul.

In 1977 I secured a position as an Executive/Personal Assistant for the Professor and Head of the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at the University of New South Wales. I worked there for 40 years. My friends say that I must be the only person to attend university

for so long without gaining a degree!

I worked with 9 professorial Heads of Schools and as each new professor came and went my role grew. The governance and operation of Australia’s largest Mech Eng school was challenging. Every day was different, with different demands; there were no routines. My role kept evolving to take in lots of HR aspects of academic staff recruitment, appointments,

inductions, workspace allocations, staff contracts.

During all this my love of netball continued. When the knocks and falls became too much, I retired from playing and concentrated on umpiring, eventually gaining a NSW State A Grade award in 1991. I am very proud of that achievement. I umpired at State level in various State-based competitions and State and Stage Age Championship events. I officiated on matches involving visiting teams from Singapore and Wales and umpired the Men’s National Netball Tournament in 1992. I served on the Executive Committee of Northern Suburbs Netball Association and my shorthand was a real benefit when I served on the Netball NSW Board for two years as Minute Secretary. In 1992 I was elected to the NSW Umpires Committee. We allocated hundreds of umpires to State Championship events and metropolitan league fixtures and I visited country towns presenting lectures and giving practical coaching to hundreds of umpires in country NSW, places I would never otherwise have seen such as Broken Hill,

Lightning Ridge, Gilgandra and Coonamble to name a few.

In the early 2000s I contracted mycoplasma pneumonia and spent a few weeks in intensive care in RNS. My lovely boss at that time came to visit me and wondered why I wasn’t really

responding to his visit very well, turning a shade of blue: he was standing on my oxygen line.

I always enjoyed Mum’s occasional visits to the Bowls Club to cheer me on. In 2014 my lovely Mum passed away. I was heartbroken and retreated from the world for a while but my friends at

the “bowlo” coaxed me back to the greens.

About 2 years before I retired from work, I became convinced that endless traffic jams, working stupidly long hours and UNSW and elevated stress levels were no longer for me. Coincidentally there was a massive staff restructure at UNSW and thankfully I was offered a voluntary redundancy, which I grabbed with both hands. I retired with a two-week send-off on 1

December 2017.

My love of fishing, being covered from head to tail in bait with stabs from wayward hooks and

spikey fish remains, and I adore spending time in Hobart with my best friend and fishing for big

flathead at Port Arthur and dropping the occasional lobster pot over the side of the boat.

There’s nothing better.

How were you introduced to bowls and why Mosman BC? I was destined to join the Club because it featured in my everyday activities around Mosman. My infant and primary school days were so close by our Club and I occasionally attended

Sunday School at Scots Kirk. A letterbox flyer advertising an open day was the catalyst for me

to find out what bowls was all about, but the clincher was the free sausage sizzle! In mid-2006 I joined the Club but, being a full time worker, I could only play on Saturday afternoons with the occasional Sunday morning roll up and random weekend carnivals. Funnily enough, after joining, I found I had unknown connections within the Club - some

members knew my Dad and even one of them worked with him. Small world!!

What was your most memorable win or game, and why? In 2018 I was selected in our Grade 3 Pennant side, which we won. I was so very proud when I was selected to play with the ‘Big Girls’ in the 2019 Grade 1 Pennant side and for the 2020 Pennant season. I have been fortunate to have been a member of winning Club Championship teams in the Fours, Triples and Pairs. I really didn’t relish singles play at all but always entered the solo competitions to give them a go. My standout and most memorable match was last year’s (2019) Major Singles Final played with Judy Moyes. I got off to a great start but Judy, being such a tenacious opponent, surged at me and at the start of last end we were level on 23. I managed to hold on to 2 shots and won the match. The title of Club Champion allowed me entry to the WBNSW Champion of Champions competition: just to be able to compete with players of that calibre was a real thrill. I enjoy the interaction with all facets of the Club’s operations as Chair of the Match Committee. I am lucky to work alongside some very dedicated members. What do you particularly enjoy about bowls? Bowls is a challenging sport with ever-changing weather conditions, playing surfaces and greens. To deliver a bowl that doesn’t go within cooee of the jack is frustrating, yet I enjoy the challenge of trying to get it right. The competitive side of our game appeals to me and the Mosman BC members are very welcoming and make it a great place to be. My friends at the Club are special to me and who wouldn’t want to play on the best prepared greens around: our greenkeepers, Scott and Snowy, are gems! How would you like to see Mosman Bowling Club develop or improve? It is important to encourage more bowlers to our Club. Our strength is in increasing membership numbers and it is vital to actively support the Club’s various competitions. We can support the Club by learning how to mark correctly and becoming an umpire or a coach will ease the burden and share these responsibilities around our volunteer coaches and umpires. What advice do you have for new bowlers? Practice, practice, practice and practice some more, but make it meaningful practice; you don’t have to spend hours on the rink. Have self-belief and back yourself that you can make the shot your skips ask of you. Don’t be too hard on yourself and always focus on the positives. Don’t be timid in asking for help: our coaches are all very knowledgeable and practiced in helping to correct any faults. Life is short and fragile and we have no idea how many birthdays we will celebrate, so smile and laugh, get out in the fresh air and enjoy our great game.

April Profile: Ann Barron

Ailsa Maccallum was selected as one the finalists in the

Volunteer of the Year award for Bowls NSW, 2019.

Ailsa was recognised for her contribution to NSW Vision Impaired Bowling. Ailsa has been the director for Bronwyn Fitzpatrick. They play regularly each week at Avalon. Bronwyn has played interstate with Ailsa as her coach and director during this period.

The competition for volunteer of the year was very strong. During the presentation it was very interesting to hear the background stories of the nominees, especially their involvement in community work. Although Ailsa did not win, she was a winner to be selected.

CONGRATULATIONS!

From Wednesday 4

March 2020 the

afternoon games will

be commencing at

12:30pm

Some members have requested variety in Social Bowls to introduce more fun and challenges.

On Wednesdays for the next three months, we will have a power play on

ends 5 and 10 and the skip and the lead must ensure that the mat is brought up to the 21 metre mark and the jack placed on the “T.”

The shot count will be doubled for these two ends.

After “scones” each skip may nominate any end to be an additional power play. (Skips may nominate the same end.)

On this end, the jack should be rolled as normal. The shot count will be

doubled. Bringing the mat forward will save wear and tear around the “T” and improve our skills in playing short ends.

COMPETITIONS 2019

CLUB FOURS CHAMPIONSHIPS

WOMEN

Round 2

G Weerden, G Gleichman 31 d P Purcell, R Dale 9 C Wilson, J Kehoe J Mitchell, J Hole A Barron, L Davis 26 d J Shead, D Noel 9 D Owen, J Hayden B Anderson, S Addison R O'Brien, M Miller 20 d S Buchanan, A Somers 19 E Legg, P Carpenter R Bower, J Bajtala C Duhigg, K Balnaves 21 d S Thomson, D Brown 19 J Toth, A Maccallum A Sullivan, B Evans

Round 3

A Barron, L Davis 16 d G Weerden, G Gleichman 14 D Owen, J Hayden C Wilson, J Kehoe R O'Brien, M Miller 24 d C Duhigg, K Balnaves 20 E Legg, P Carpenter J Toth, A Maccallum

FINAL

R O'Brien, M Miller 24 d A Barron, L Davis 15 E Legg, P Carpenter D Owen, J Hayden

MEN

Round 2

D McLellan, A Nyiro 22 d M Lange, J Dale 20 R McPhee, G Fotis J Geismar, J Rock P Smith, G Lindsay 21 d J Troy, A Carpenter16 P Kable, S Denham C Stewart, P Watson R Bodinnar, P Ward-Harvey 21 d L Miller, L Anderson 14

S Lewis, K Siva I Fielden, R Hassall J Weerden, B Kerwood 24 d R O'Brien, J Hole 15 H Evans, D Carlesso B Atkins, B Spear

Round 3

D McLellan, A Nyiro 20 d P Smith, G Lindsay16 R McPhee, G Fotis P Kable, S Denham R Bodinnar, P Ward-Harvey 17 d J Weerden, B Kerwood 12

S Lewis, K Siva H Evans, D Carlesso

FINAL

R Bodinnar, P Ward-Harvey 28 d D McLellan, A Nyiro17

S Lewis, K Siva R McPhee, G Fotis

The 1st round

o f O p e n

P e n n a n t s

b r o u g h t a

capacity day to

Mosman, with

92 bowlers

enjoying our

hospitality - on

the verandah!

With 2 visiting

teams from

North Manly

a n d W e s t

Pymble plus

4 4 s o c i a l

bowlers, our

temporary situation was put to the test.

Thanks to the efforts of Jennifer and Yasmin, along with

a number of our members, we came through with flying

colours!

The refurbishment of our clubhouse is running ahead of

schedule, so we should be enjoying our new surrounds by

late-March. Thank you everyone for your understanding

and patience.

Julie Hayden

For the final Coaches Corner before

pennant we are reviewing the positions

within a pennant team.

Karen Murphy describes the role of each

team member as follows:

LEAD

Sets the platform for the teams success

Needs to be able to roll the jack to

where the skip requires it

Establishes a foundation on which

the team can build a winning head

Aim is to draw their two bowls as

close to the jack as possible (two

bowls consistently within a yard is a

great goal).

Find the kindest hand in the roll up,

this is usually the same side of the

green and stick to it

By playing “around the clock” you

will need to find two different lines.

When playing away from your home

club, take note what hand your

opposing lead is playing as local

knowledge is invaluable

Give the jack the same commitment

and concentration as your bowl,

being able to roll it to the correct

length can win your team the game!

Generally, if the lead plays well, the team

plays well and conversely, if the lead

struggles.....so does the team

SECOND

Sometimes wrongly perceived as the

position in which you can put any player

no matter what their ability- FALSE

Second is a position that requires the

services of a specialist

Julie Hayden

This player allows the team to build

a head, gives the team foundation to

build from, is able to consolidate

when holding shot and can retrieve

the situation when the lead fails

The position of the second needs to

be an efficient weight player

The main aim is to consolidate or

retrieve the shot

It is not the throwaway position!

THIRD

The third is the skippers assistant, the

second in charge, the communicator

between the skip and the team, the team

motivator

Should be a good tactician

Be aware of any changes or

opportunities that may present

themselves while in control of the

head

Should be aware of where every

bowl is in the head and where

danger may exist

Knows the skips weaknesses and

strengths, call to skips strengths

The third knits the team together

Be able to play all shots

Have a great rapport with the skip

SKIP

Does not have to be the best player in

the team but should be a natural born

leader, motivator and psychologist, able

to inspire team mates

To get best results from your team,

lead by example

A skips presence, body language and

direction is paramount

Be a good tactician

Direct the head with confidence, play

the team to their individual strengths

whilst analysing the oppositions

strengths and weaknesses

Know what makes your players tick

Skip should create calm and

confidence in the team by the way

she ca l ls w i thout pan ic ,

disappointment or appearing

flustered while under pressure

Encouragement and confidence

should be given to the team to get

best results

MOSMAN BOWLING CLUB

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