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JANUARY 2019JANUARY 2019JANUARY 2019

PRESIDENTS' FUN DAY!!! PRESIDENTS' FUN DAY!!!

tropical attire at the President’s Funday. A variety of bowling, and clothing was the order of the day. The green was most festive with the m u l t i - c o l o u r s o f p l a y e r s , notwithstanding the oppressive weather conditions. We were treated to a visitation by Carmen Miranda, outfitted by Gwen and paraded by John. Geraldine Lockyer took home the lucky members’ award. Helen Haran won the glamour award, and John Geismar the most outrageous award. The skies opened at 4pm, whilst the only players still on the green at that time were on lucky rink number 13!

We farewelled the Mosman Council Senior Citizens during the month, as their renovations are now completed.

We are now looking towards the New Year with great enthusiasm. The men will field three teams in Pennants, and the Ladies two. We will be hosting numerous Pennants matches, and to facilitate green usage and smooth transitions from morning to afternoon matches, we will commence social matches on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 1pm. We trust that all members will

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ur clubhouse has been most festive since the social committee installed our Christmas decorations.

Mosman Chamber of Commerce hosted their members at our venue on Friday 30th November, and have requested a repeat event next year.

December has proven to be the social month on our calendar. Commencing with our Christmas party, attended by more than 100 members and guests, and at which presentations were made to the var ious Ch ampio nship and competition winners. We enjoyed an excellent meal, and good company.

It has been good to see some members returned from overseas, and some from illness.

Two new bubblers have been installed at the southern end of the greens….please make use of them.

The winners of our 2018 Business Bowls Challenge, O’Gorman Partners Real Estate, have now directed payment of their $1,000.00 prize money to The Sydney Breast Cancer Foundation as their donor of choice.

We were back to party mode in

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Bowls 3pm Dinner 6pm

$30 per person $20 dinner only

Join your fellow bowlers for a day of bowls,

music, food and FUN!!

Book by Saturday 19 January 2019 by adding your

name to the list outside the bowls office.

Saturday 26 January

researches, counsels and treats mental illness, depression and bipolar disorders.

I trust all members will have a happy and peaceful festive season and a happy new year, and thank all those members who have helped t h r o u g h o u t the year.”

r e m a i n c o u r t e o u s a n d understanding towards all our visitors. I am pleased to advise that our donor charity for the wrong bias jar proceeds will be The Black Dog Institute, which is based in The Prince of Wales Hospital, and which researches, counsels and treats

From the MBC President . . . continued from page 2

Peter McAdam was one of our bowling

club's greatest volunteers - in his too-short

time with us he managed to be involved in

almost every aspect of the MBC - he was a

wonderful contributor! Peter's outstanding

volunteering efforts were recognised in

2015 when he was nominated for the Bowls

NSW Volunteer of the Year award.

Earlier this year Jenanne McAdam asked if

she might be able to sponsor an annual

award recognising and thanking our

volunteers, while keeping Peter's legacy of

volunteering strong. The inaugural Peter

McAdam Volunteer of the Year recipient

was an easy decision for the Board - John

Candy has not only spent countless hours

keeping our gardens looking so beautiful

over many years, but he also regularly mans the Bowls Office and is always one of

the first to respond to calls for volunteers to assist Club functions and events.

Congratulations, and a very sincere "thank you" John - and many thanks to

Jenanne for her thoughtfulness and generosity in sponsoring this important and

now-annual award.

playing in this competition in 2019 – only 8 women played in 2018.

We are entering two teams in pennants this year, Grades 1 and 2. This decision was not made lightly but due to the fact that several of our members are not match fit it was decided this was the best option. Hopefully in 2020 we will field three teams again.

There was a big rush for the uniforms and I have sold nearly half already. There are plenty of long sleeved shirts for the winter season. I hope you are happy with this new supplier – it is always difficult to please everyone but I think these shirts are quite good value. Short sleeved $45 and long sleeved $48.

The Presidents' Day was a huge success as usual. We were so lucky with the weather – only one team had to play in the rain – the rest of the rinks had finished. Judy Mitchell won the spider, Helen Haran was best dressed lady and John Geismar was best dressed man – that is best dressed in the spirit of our Hawaiian theme.

Best Wishes

e are off to another exciting year of bowling. Our greens are being renewed and will be ready end February for the start of pennants in March.

I would like to thank Glenda who filled in for me at the Christmas Party giving out the prizes for 2018. Denise Owen, Singles Champion, Denise Owen and Julie Hayden Pairs Champions, Sue Addison, Kay Balnaves and Di Gould Triples Champions, Julie Hayden, Denise Owen, Robyn Novakovic and Robin Bower Fours Champions, Helen Haran Minor Singles Champion and Most Improved Caroline Duhigg. Well done girls.

The summer fours trophy went to the team of Judy Moyes, Robyn Novakovic, Robin Bower and Rosemary Dale – congratulations. Thanks again to Loyce for organising this fun event.

Congratulations to Julie Hayden winner of the consistency in 2018. This match was played between and Jeyam Sivaloganathan and Julie. I marked this match and it was good to see such a high standard of bowling. It would be good to see more members

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Members will be aware of the 1pm start time from 1 January to the end of Women's Saturday morning Pennants season. All members affected by a delayed Pennants match are requested to extend courtesy to the Pennants players, and to wait with their bowls equipment on the verandah, until their skips approve approaching the rink.

Your Club Board wishes every member a Happy and Healthy New Year.

Our mid year financial report discloses that we are maintaining a budgeted surplus for the year. Funds are set aside for the refurbishment of the Ladies Bathroom pending advice as to our grant applications.

Some improvements have been made to the office door, shelving in the cool room, new bubblers, and the School Green benches have been re-oiled. Thanks to Scott, Snowy and our volunteers regarding these works.

The 2019 Programme and Diary is now available, together with the updated List of Members. Members should carefully check their P r o g r a m m e f o r P e n n a n t s , Championships, and Tournaments.

New women's shirts are now available in the Clubhouse, and a further supply of men's shirts has been ordered.

We are pleased to welcome William Barter and Peter Rose as new members.

Robyn Novakovic is looking for volunteers to her Membership Committee which is proposing a number of membership drives this year.

The Board proposes a website workshop for members in the New Year.

Members should consult with Gay Suters regarding updating of their green emergency forms.

At the December BoardAt the December Board MeetingMeeting

12 Keith Ussher

15 Mario Valenti

24 Stella Marshall

25 Peter Handley

30 Bruce Atkins Peter Baume

31 Bob Kopac

1 John Forrest

5 Glenda Weerden

6 Barbara Geismar

8 Morag O'Gorman

9 Julie Hayden

11 Russell Hodgeman Trish Tamaoki

Congratulations to Julie Hayden winner

of the consistency in 2018.

The final was played between Julie and

Jeyam on Friday 30th November and I

marked this match and enjoyed watching

the excellent bowling.

There has been some discussion on the

length of the match - first to 150 - but

this is the standard format. It is a great

opportunity to improve your draw

bowling.

I hope we will have more entries in 2019.

Enjoy your holiday break.

Cathy Wilson

Work is continuing at Mosman

Primary School and the school

grounds are still unavailable for

parking until further notice.

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Fours Champions &

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Minor Singles Mixed Pairs Most Improved

Graded Fours Champions & Peter Smith

Triples Champions Summer Fours Champions

& Rosemary Dale

I was recently

alerted to our

l o n g s t a n d i n g

Club Theme Song

and thought we

should publish it

for members

opinions before

m a k i n g i t

c o m p u l s o r y

singing at every

match.

P Ward-Harvey

(with tongue

firmly planted in

cheek—Ed.)

REMINDER

As of 1 January Saturday social games will start at

1pm

HAPPY NEW YEAR

to you all

The Staff would all like to express our appreciation

and thanks to all members for their kind thoughts and generosity in once again

helping to make our Christmas special.

The 2019 Bowls Program and Diary has a purple cover

and will be available on the shelves near the kitchen,

or from the office.

The 2019 LIST OF MEMBERS has an orange cover

and will be available on the shelves near the kitchen,

or from the office.

Some 70 bowlers enjoyed an afternoon that

promised to be a fun event, and truly delivered!

Presidents Cathy & Paul

organised a great end to

the year, with everyone

gett ing into the

H a wa i i a n / Ca r i b be a n

theme of the day (and

none more so than last

year's winner, John

Candy!).

Our Spider was won by

Judy Mitchell who took

h o m e a

magnificent leg of ham for Christmas. The

"best dressed" woman was judged to be

Helen Haran, and John Geismar was a

standout in the men's division - both

Helen and John also took home a

ham. John Geismar—Most Outrageous

Helen Haran—Most Glamorous

Ron Hassall—BBQ CHEF Judy Mitchell—'Spider' Winner

by Jeff Hole

1. Don’t Drop Big Numbers.

Very often we see players trying to

get the shot with every bowl they

deliver. Often this is by playing

weight inappropriately. The art of

building a head gets lost in the

heat of battle. It is essential to

minimise dangerous situations and

to set up opportunities to convert

shots down to shots up once your

team has bowls in the head.

Pennant games can be won or lost

in one or two ends. You don’t want

to look back on a game and realise

that you would have won it by

drawing for second shot on a

particular end rather than trying to

win that end with a high-risk bowl.

It is also important to be awake to

the risks of a big score against you

should the jack move to a

grouping of your opponent’s bowls.

Make sure you protect against this

situation by playing a defensive

bowl.

2. Make Yourself Clear.

It is essential that skips (or thirds

as directors in the head, if asked

by their skip) are absolutely clear

in explaining their requirement

from the player on the mat and

that they communicate it prior to

the bowler starting their set-up. It

is not sufficient just to wave an

arm to the left or to the right.

Players often need to know more

than the better hand to play. For

instance are they trying to turn a

bowl in, out or through and by how

much? Where is the jack relative

to a bowl? How much weight is

required? What are the risks?

Once the situation is explained, the

bowler can lock it into his head

and visualise the shot with more

confidence.

3. Practise Weight Control.

Controlling weight is the most

difficult skill for coaches to teach.

In the long run only practice and

experience can teach it. There are

schools of thought that weight

adjustment is achieved by varying

your delivery step or by increasing

the length of your pendulum

swing. However any major

adjustment to these parameters

can cause over correction and

failure. Weight control comes down

to body forward momentum and

this is something your computer,

the brain, can control once you

have put in the practice. Most

professional coaches suggest that

you should not change anything in

your action but make adjustments

to the speed of your delivery only

by controlling forward momentum.

Your subconscious takes charge

but it can’t do that without the

Random tips to help prepare for Pennants. With Pennants about to start for both men and women the following

thoughts are worth repeating

experience gained from practice

and playing the game.

4. Learn From Your Roll-up

Bowls.

Four of the most important bowls

you deliver in a Pennants match

are your roll-up bowls. These will

tell you the speed of the green

and the draw line you need on

each hand. Many bowlers do not

concentrate on their roll-up

bowls and then waste their early

bowls as they continue to correct

to find the right line and weight.

5. Ensure that the Relationship

between Skip & Third is sound.

Good communication between a

skip and his third is essential.

Decide how you should work

together before the game starts.

Some skips prefer minimal help

from their third, and others like

to have regular advice. Skips

should not need help from their

third if the head is unchanged

because they should have locked

in the situation before leaving

the head. However thirds must

be awake to any change in the

head that may need to be

communicated to their skip.

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