TOUCHER
Volume 7 Issue 2
OHOPE BOWLING CLUB NEWSLETTER
OCTOBER 2015
From the President
Greetings bowlers,
Well, I am impressed with the turnouts we are getting to Tournaments and roll-ups. Don’t expect the numbers
we had 8 or 9 years ago but we are going pretty well, membership remaining in the triple figures this year, and
good representation at clubs in the Bay.
We now have 4 keen student members. Please don’t over coach them at roll-ups as we have a training day under
way and I am expected to coach them the Bowls NZ way.
Welcome back all those who have been jaunting around overseas and now back to reality. Always a risk
mentioning names, but, thank you Colleen Nichols and Margaret O’Regan for jumping straight back in and
organizing the championships.
As you can tell we have more trophies and shields than days available for play, some now obsolete. Where
possible they will find a new home or be returned. To date the Fugle Plate and McCloud Finlayson shield have
met this criteria.
Want to keep up to date…..join our other 67 friends to view events, cancellations, photos of club activities and
other mischief etc. at……... www.facebook.com/bowlsohope or our advertised web site.
Have a good season
Gary S
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RESULTS
Saturday 26 September - OPEN OPTIONAL 2x4x2
Sponsors: Specsavers & Whakatane Audiology
1st: Brian Hill & Marcia Gayton, 4 wins 26 ends 64 shots
2nd: Kathy Dempster-Rivett & Dave Mason 4/26/56
3rd: Ross Owen & Carol Lewis-Owen 3.5/27/56
4th: Wayne Herring & Betty Herring 3/27/55
5th: Jack Nightingale & Arnold Van Ekeren 3/25/42
6th: Gavin Holford & Chris Allan 3/24/39
7th: Colleen Williams & Diane Johnson 3/21/48
Sat 3 & Sun 4 October - CHAMP FOURS
Men: Barkla Trophy
Winners: M. Sarginson, J. Chelley, C. Griffiths, B. Hill
Run/up: D. Connor, G. Spraggon, C. Wright, A. Cutler
Women: Couglin Cup
Winners:B.Herring, G.Mather, C.Lewis-Owen, C.Williams
R/up:M.O’Regan,S.Wellington,K.Dempster-Rivett,C.Allan
OTHER RESULTS
A clean sweep at the Opotiki Opt Triples
1st: Jill Payne, Martie Sisson, Colleen Nichols
2nd: Gary Spraggon, Annette Holford, Gavin Holford
3rd: Mary Bettelheim, Diane Johnson, Noelene Barkla
WELL DONE EVERYONE
Red Shirt Day
A great day was had by all, the end result being a draw.
So……. A one bowl shoot out was held by the
Presidents of Ohope & Whakatane Clubs. Whakatane won
UPCOMING EVENTS
Wed 14 October Roll up 1pm - Aggregate 6
Sat 17 October
CHAMPIONSHIP TRIPLES (Men & Women) 9am
Sun 18 October Men’s Championship Triples cont.
Wed 21 October
Roll up 1pm
Sat 24 OCTOBER Rollup 1pm
Sat 24 & Sun 25 October
Men’s @ Tga Sth & Women’s @ Tga CENTRE FOURS
Mon 26 October
OPEN OPTIONAL TRIPLES 9.30am start
Sponsor: Graeme Tee
Wed 28 October Roll up 1pm
Sat 31 October Roll up 1pm
Sat 31 & Sun 1 November
THACKER CUP –Club Mixed Singles 9am start
Tues 3 November
Melbourne Cup Day 3.30pm
Wed 4 November Roll up 1pm
Sat 7 November Roll up 1pm
Sat 7 & Sun 8 November Men & Women Bowls NZ
Interclub 7s
C
ongratulations to Kathy Dempster-Rivett & Chris Allan in being
selected to represent the Bay of Plenty to play against Waikato in
Hamilton on Sunday 18th October.
It is a special honour to play for your Centre and we wish them all
the best.
Reminder.... Get your names up for Interclub, the
entries go in soon. Also Men’s Rusden Pairs Nov 10th
& Glad Simons Nov 17th—Women’s Fours, we need
more names to select the teams. If you have your
own team could you put the names on the sheet in
the clubrooms.
Keep an eye on the noticeboard, there are lots of
outside tournaments you can enter…...give it a go.
Also check out the back of the Centre book for the
Centre Tournaments.
Bowls magazine link : www.insidebowlsmag.com
What happened to all those jars we
brought to the club…..A big thank you
to all those who did…..They were given
to Linda Anderson, a landscape
gardener who, in her spare time, makes hundreds of
pickles, jams etc, takes out her expenses, and sells
them at different markets and donates the proceeds
to charity. She has given a donation to the club for
the jars, so keep them coming, let Mary W. know
and Heather Dancy will get them to Linda.
Also…. bigger jars, Jill Payne makes her special
pickle and donates the proceeds to the club.
Thank you Jill…..you are a legend.
Coaching Tips
Here are some points which may assist you with your training:
Training Time—should be regular and have a specific goal
On the Green—generally an hour session on the green is one of the best ways to improve
Goals—set specific goals and targets to achieve improvement. Use the forehand for two bowls the backhand for
the other two bowls. Train yourself to feel comfortable using either forehand or backhand
Suggestions—practice may include some of the following:
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Delivery—Foot placement—Follow through with arm
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Delivering the jack (long / short). Grouping. Spilt Jack. Drawing to the ditch. Draw to long / short jack.
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Run Shots. Yard on. Jack in ditch.
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Draw one, run / drive one.
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Vary the mat position—short medium and long mat Take your mat up the green (to achieve a short jack
length) and deliver the jack to ensure it does not go in the ditch.
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Wind Sessions. (it is important to train in all weather conditions, particularly the various wind directions)
One Liners
…..When fish are in schools, they sometimes take debate
…..A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months
…..When the smog lifts in Los Angeles U.C.L.A.
…..A dentist and a manicurist married. They fought tooth and nail.
…..Police were summoned to a daycare centre where a three year old was resisting a rest.
…..When she saw her first strands of grey hair she thought she’d dye.
…..A boiled egg is hard to beat.
…..To write with a broken pencil is pointless.
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