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General Meeting Zone 10 Club News Champions League Grand Final Australian

1 The views in this News Letter are those of the author, Mark Waters and not necessarily those of the Zone10 Management or Committee Comments Welcome Welcome to Issue 9 of In The Zone This edition contains Grand Final results of Mid Week 5 A Side News from RNSWBA Annual General Meeting Zone 10 Club News Champions League Grand Final Australian Premier League announced by Bowls Australia Measurers Course Rydalmere Central

2 Bowls Australia has launched a new competition, promoted as "a revolutionary new fast-paced, dynamic format of competition, which is set to catapult the sport into the 21st century". The new action-packed format incorporates the best traditional elements of the sport and mixes them into an adrenaline-fuelled, action-packed format of the game in a national city versus city competition, known as the Australian Premier League (APL). The nation s newest competition, launched today at the nation s oldest bowling club, Melbourne Bowling Club in Windsor, featured tournament ambassador Mick Molloy, returning to the home of Crackerjack, along with APL players from each of the six inaugural teams. The APL competition, which aims to emulate the success of cricket s T20 Big Bash League by modernising the game to broaden its appeal, is set to be staged from November 19 to 22, under lights at Brisbane s premier bowls facility, Club Pine Rivers. It will be a thrilling start to the league, with the four-day tournament promising rivalry and competitiveness, as teams from five states across Australia, and New Zealand, battle it out for a sixfigure total prize purse of $100,000, second only to the sport s $130,000 Australian Open. The six inaugural teams include Messenger Press Adelaide Endurance (license holder: Bowls SA), XXXX Brisbane Gold (Club Pine Rivers), Blundstone Melbourne Roys (Fitzroy Victoria Bowls and Sports Club), Solargain Perth Suns (Bowls WA), BCiB Sydney Lions (Club Mount Lewis) and the Tower New Zealand Blackjacks (Bowls NZ). Bowls Australia Chief Executive Officer Neil Dalrymple said he was confident the APL would become the world s most popular format of the game. The APL will transform the way lawn bowls is played, viewed and perceived, Mr Dalrymple said. The format has been developed to attract new participants to the sport, provide current fans with an innovative version of competition, and leverage the sport s exposure with a live television product. APL ambassador Mick Molloy said it was great to be returning to the home of Crackerjack to launch this exciting new league. Bowls is no longer seen as a sport for the oldies and this league will continue to grow interest in the sport for the younger generation, who want a fast and action packed version of the game. This is a very exciting development and it might just inspire me to make a sequel - Crackerjack 2: Fast and Furious, Molloy said. Molloy will also lend his support to the Fox Sports coverage in commentary of the APL in November, providing his own spin on the game s newest format.

The evolution of the game aims to broaden the appeal of the sport by developing commercial opportunities through

In a first for the sport nationally, the competition will also be broadcast live on Fox Sports and SKY NZ from 5pm-9.

Mark Haines Kelvin Kurkow Dylan Fisher Scott Thulborn Robert Wild Matthew Flapper Wayne Ruediger Mark Casey Graeme

Sherriff Legends Kelvin Kerkow, Mick Molloy & Steve Glasson discuss tactics at the launch of the Australian Premier

Messenger Press Adelaide Endurance, XXXX Brisbane Gold, Blundstone Melbourne Roys, Tower New Zealand Black Jacks,

nominated to compete in each game as the lead and skip - The third player will be the super sub for that team and

required, for a one hour match duration - The APL will be played as a sectional based competition in the preliminary

3 The evolution of the game aims to broaden the appeal of the sport by developing commercial opportunities through television broadcast and providing an alternative format of bowls, to drive an increase in participation at clubs. In a first for the sport nationally, the competition will also be broadcast live on Fox Sports and SKY NZ from 5pm-9.30pm during the four days of competition, providing unprecedented exposure. Mark Haines Kelvin Kurkow Dylan Fisher Scott Thulborn Robert Wild Matthew Flapper Wayne Ruediger Mark Casey Graeme Archer Jo Edwards Clive Adams Steve Glasson Ali Forsyth Brett Wilkie Karen Murphy Tony Grantham Jeremy Henry Aron Sherriff Legends Kelvin Kerkow, Mick Molloy & Steve Glasson discuss tactics at the launch of the Australian Premier League in Melbourne APL KEY FACTS: - Six teams, 18 players, from five major capital cities and New Zealand - Messenger Press Adelaide Endurance, XXXX Brisbane Gold, Blundstone Melbourne Roys, Tower New Zealand Black Jacks, Solargain Perth Suns, BCiB Sydney Lions - Each team will include three players, with two players from each team nominated to compete in each game as the lead and skip - The third player will be the super sub for that team and may be called upon at any time - Each game is played over 2 sets, with 5 ends per set, and a one end tie-break if required, for a one hour match duration - The APL will be played as a sectional based competition in the preliminary rounds and convert to a knock out format for all finals play. - Top four teams make it through to a knock-out style finals round - APL is owned and administered by Bowls Australia

4 2014 Australian Open NSW Qualifying NSW Qualifying for the 2014 Australian Open will be played at Milton Ulladulla BC, Taree Leagues BC and The Hills District BC Men's Singles - Wednesday 20 November Men's Pairs - Thursday 21 November Men's Fours - Friday 22 November Mixed Pairs - Saturday 23 November at Milton Ulladulla BC and Taree Leagues BC Mixed Pairs - Monday 25 November at The Hills District BC Conditions of Play - As published by Bowls Australia Jack re-spotted as per Law 15 Players do not need to be from the same club Singles - Four bowls per player - 21 shots up Pairs - Three bowls per player - 15 ends Fours - Two bowls per player - 15 ends Play will be a combination of sectional play and knockout, as required (dependent on number of entries) Entries close 24 th October CLICK HERE FOR ENTRY FORM The Annual General Meeting of the Royal NSW Bowling Association was held Thursday 19 th September and the following Directors were declared elected unopposed Bob Moran ( Warrawee) Jay Porter (Dubbo Railway) Vince Beard (The Rules Club, Wagga) Lyle Keats (Taren Point) Ron King (Pennant Hills) Ian McKnight(Cudgen Leagues) Peter Rake (Blakehurst Men s) At the Board of Director s Meeting of the Royal SNSW Bowling Association the positions of President & Deputy President were elected by the Elected Directors. Vince Beard was elected President and Lyle Keats was elected Deputy President

Ellem (Merrylands) 12 & 13 Oct Reserve Pairs Jeff Gallagher & Pirini Tai (Rosehill) 14 & 15 Oct State Triples John Hennessy, James Clifton & Steve McGuiness (Merrylands) 14 & 15 Oct Reserve Singles

5 East Maitland BC is hosting the 2013 NSW State Championships over the period 12 th to 19 th October. Zone 10 will be represented in the following events and the Schedule of Play over this period is as follows Date Event Names 12 & 13 Oct State Fours Peter Williams, Paul Webb, Zeljko Trbara & Tom Ellem (Merrylands) 12 & 13 Oct Reserve Pairs Jeff Gallagher & Pirini Tai (Rosehill) 14 & 15 Oct State Triples John Hennessy, James Clifton & Steve McGuiness (Merrylands) 14 & 15 Oct Reserve Singles Jeff Gallagher (Rosehill) 16 & 17 Oct State Pairs Craig Maythers & Mick Harry (Wenty Leagues) 16 & 17 Oct Senior Pairs Grahame Willis & Tony Bromley (Brush Park) 18 & 19 Oct State Singles Paul Webb (Merrylands) 18 & 19 Oct Senior Singles Trevor Imer (The Hills) Good Luck to all from Zone 10!!!!

Saturday 5 th October saw the 2 nd Annual George Buddy Brennan Tournament contested in perfect spring weather

Skip of the winning team was a very pleased and proud Ross Brennan, son of Buddy, who collected the $1600.

00 & 4 th was Composite (Waverley/Gladesville/Bondi) $400.

6 Saturday 5 th October saw the 2 nd Annual George Buddy Brennan Tournament contested in perfect spring weather conditions with 20 very competitive teams in the draw from all over Sydney. Skip of the winning team was a very pleased and proud Ross Brennan, son of Buddy, who collected the $ st prize. A very unlucky 2 nd (according to Mick Kelly!) was Northmead with $ rd was Gladesville with $ & 4 th was Composite (Waverley/Gladesville/Bondi) $ (Jim Hiotellis CEO) Ross Brennan, George Buddy Brennan, Cameron Ross, Craig Bass, Tony Hyem President (missing Wayne Farthing) Gladesville team 2 nd - Mick Debono, John Farr, John Spurway & Mick Kelly (Northmead)

3 rd - Greg Merchant, Greg Hazell, Peter Coyle 4 th - Tom Hawkins, Daren Robinson, Missing Ron Bainbridge (Gladesville) George Sotiriou & Russel

commencing a 9.00am until 12.00pm at Rydalmere Central BC.

7 3 rd - Greg Merchant, Greg Hazell, Peter Coyle 4 th - Tom Hawkins, Daren Robinson, Missing Ron Bainbridge (Gladesville) George Sotiriou & Russel Shellford (Waverley/Gladesville/Bondi) A very pleased John Leonard receiving the Men s Minor Singles trophy from Club President, Warren Phillips with Ian Corke. John defeated Ian 31 to 20 The Umpires Committee will be conducting a course for measurers on 2 consecutive Saturdays, 2 nd & 9 th November commencing a 9.00am until 12.00pm at Rydalmere Central BC. With the course being at no cost and only taking a couple of hours for the 2 Saturdays, it is hoped that their will be a number of registrations. For those wishing to participate in the course, please contact Les Watkins on or marajansumi@gmail.com Please note that there will not be any further accreditation/re-accreditation courses available until 2015.

The Mixed Pennants season commenced Saturday 28 th September and after the 1 st round, the leader board is as follows - A GRADE A GRADE SECTION 1 RND PTS SHOTS SECTION 2 RND PTS SHOTS CARLINFORD 1 3

8 The Mixed Pennants season commenced Saturday 28 th September and after the 1 st round, the leader board is as follows - A GRADE A GRADE SECTION 1 RND PTS SHOTS SECTION 2 RND PTS SHOTS CARLINFORD THE HILLS PENNANT HILLS NTH EPPING PENNANT HILLS GLADESVILLE THE HILLS PENNANT HILLS (3) B GRADE B GRADE SECTION 1 RND PTS SHOTS SECTION 2 RND PTS SHOTS CARLINGFORD THE HILLS (2) DUNDAS SPORTS DUNDAS SPORTS CASTLE HILL PARRAMATTA THE HILLS PENNANT HILLS BEECROFT CASTLE HILL ROSEHILL Scores can be found at The Grand Finals of the 5 A Side competition were played last Wednesday 2 nd October at Rosehill BC. The competition was fierce and all the matches were played in great spirit and under wonderful blue skies with the results as follows - Merrylands defeated Gladesville 51 38

L-R: Ray Gillard, Julio Posadas, John Hennessy, Steve

Dennis Harmer Putney Tennyson defeated North Epping 59

Stanton, Lawrie Ager Merrylands defeated Castle Hill

9 L-R: Ray Gillard, Julio Posadas, John Hennessy, Steve McGuiness, Gary Reynolds, H. Dennis Harmer Putney Tennyson defeated North Epping L- R: Les Crow, Peter Joint, Brian Prentice, John Stanton, Lawrie Ager Merrylands defeated Castle Hill L R: Peter Toffolon, E. Manny Galea, E. Manny Attard, Steve Reynolds, Les Jenkins

Taren Point have virtually wrapped up the title of 'club of the year', after capturing the Henselite Champions League NSW title Sunday 29 th September played

Some of the 120 players involved were Kelvin Kerkow, Steve Glasson, Rex Johnson, Crawford Linton, Cameron Curtis, Carl Healey, Tom Ellem, Neil Burkett, Ray

Jeremy Henry, Mick Harry and a host of Zone 10 reps from Merrylands, Wenty Leagues and The Hills.

42 to 15, which forced a Tie Break of 3 ends on each rink.

scraped home 9-8 and into the Semi Finals. With this and other matches completed in the final round, the Minor Premiership was taken out by Mt Lewis.

In the Elimination Final, Merrylands defeated Warilla comfortably in 2 sets, with David Holt s rink proving to be very strong with impressive wins in both

10 Taren Point have virtually wrapped up the title of 'club of the year', after capturing the Henselite Champions League NSW title Sunday 29 th September played at Belrose BC in perfect spring conditions and with a who s who of Lawn Bowls. Some of the 120 players involved were Kelvin Kerkow, Steve Glasson, Rex Johnson, Crawford Linton, Cameron Curtis, Carl Healey, Tom Ellem, Neil Burkett, Ray Pearse, Chico Trbara, David Holt, Ben Twist, Mat Pietersen, Aron Sherriff, Mark Berghofer, John Green, Ali Forsyth, Wayne Turley, Jason Stokes, Leif Selby, Jeremy Henry, Mick Harry and a host of Zone 10 reps from Merrylands, Wenty Leagues and The Hills. Round 9 on Saturday morning saw all 10 teams fighting for a last round victory, Merrylands faced the home team Belrose, with a spot in the Final 4 up for grabs. Whilst MAGIC jumped out the boxes to win the 1 st Set of 9 ends 37 shots to 17, it was a different story in the 2 nd Set with the BULLS fighting back to win 42 to 15, which forced a Tie Break of 3 ends on each rink. The Tie Break is won by the Tean scoring the most shots after 9 ends on the Masterboard, with Rex Johnson narrowly missing to convert with his last bowl MAGIC scraped home 9-8 and into the Semi Finals. With this and other matches completed in the final round, the Minor Premiership was taken out by Mt Lewis. The other top 4 teams were Taren Point, Merrylands & Warilla. In the Elimination Final, Merrylands defeated Warilla comfortably in 2 sets, with David Holt s rink proving to be very strong with impressive wins in both sets. In The Qualifying Final, Taren Point jumped out of the blocks early against Mt Lewis and scored a crushing 1 st set win before consolidating their spot in the Grand Final, winning both sets as well. MERRYLANDS V WARILLA MT LEWIS V TAREN POINT SET SKIP SCORE SKIP SCORE SET SKIP SCORE SKIP SCORE 1 T ELLEM 9 L SELBY 7 1 R CHESHER 6 J GREEN 11 1 Z TRBARA 6 J HENRY 7 1 S GLASSON 2 A FORSYTH 19 1 D HOLT 18 A TEYS 9 1 M PIETERSEN 2 W TURLEY SET SKIP SCORE SKIP SCORE SET SKIP SCORE SKIP SCORE 2 T ELLEM 8 L SELBY 8 2 R CHESHER 8 J GREEN 11 2 Z TRBARA 10 J HENRY 7 2 S GLASSON 10 A FORSYTH 3 2 D HOLT 12 A TEYS 4 2 M PIETERSEN 5 W TURLEY

11 In the Final played Sunday morning, it was Mt Lewis up against Merrylands. In what was expected to be a close match, Merrylands won convincingly both sets, & to set up an epic Grand Final match against the Power from Taren Point. In a truly remarkable match, every bit worthy of a major final, the two juggernaut clubs of our sport Taren Point Power & Merrylands Magic were like two prize fighters slugging it out, standing toe-to-toe, neither giving an inch. Neither club could be separated in the first set with Merrylands almost clinching it, but in the end having to settle for a 21 all draw. The second set was basically a replay of the first, although Taren Point did open up mini breaks at 9-4 and then again at before Merrylands launched yet another comeback. In the end though, a few 'bombs' from the Taren Point skippers, Wayne Turley, Ali Forsyth and John Green was the difference over the last few ends to stave off a determined 'Magic'. So it was the mighty 'Point' though that prevailed in the Grand Final and in doing so kept an incredible record intact for Zone 13 'Sydney South', who has duly won just about every major trophy in NSW over the last two years. Taren Point 'Power', who also recently won the Bowls NSW blue-ribbon title, the 'No 1 State Pennant', proved to all before them, that they are the premier club in the state at present, by dethroning the mighty Merrylands 'Magic' who have held the Champions League title for the last couple of years. Taren Point lead, big Steve Garry (Teach) was named best on ground in the final and a special mention also goes to John Green's second, Ricky Malin. Normally a division two bowler at the Point, Ricky received the big call up to the weekends action after some notable omissions and unavailable players were ruled out. Ricky received devastating news only 30 minutes before the Grand Final started that his father had just passed away. Whilst Ricky had the option of pulling out, he had been waiting in the 'wings' too long for his opportunity to show what he can do at the highest level - and perform he did. He was able to put in a fantastic performance and only narrowly missed out on the man of the match. It was a case of so close for Merrylands Magic, who had won the title in the inaugural year 2012 & also in the final year of the Premier League in 2011 and was shooting for 3 titles in a row. Although it was not to be, congratulations to them for a very consistent and impressive Championship. The other Zone 10 clubs that featured in the Champions League were Wenty Leagues and The Hills. Both clubs found the competition very tough and although finishing in the bottom half of the table, will benefit greatly from the experience and will come out stronger in next year s competition. Taren Point Power Champions 2013

12 PLEASE CONTACT THE CLUBS DIRECTLY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR LOG ONTO BOWLS NSW WEBSITE ALL TOURNAMENTS & ENTRY FORMS ARE AVAILBLE THERE

13 - CONTACT BOB RICHARDSON CONTACT ANDREW WOODS CONTACT LAWRIE AGER or BRIAN PRENTICE Attention all Bowls Coordinators and Secretaries Please forward me details of your next tournament and the details will be shown here and sent out to every Club on our data base!!!!! Please include your phone and contacts and a flyer/entry form publicity@zone10.org.au

15 Wednesday 16th October Zone Management Meeting Saturday 12th to Saturday 19th October State Championship Finals (State/Senior/Reserve) Sunday 10th November Zone 10 v Zone 2 Juniors Saturday 16th November Mixed Pennants Finals Sunday 17th November Zone 10 Development Match Saturday 23rd November Mixed Pennants Finals Wednesday 11th December Zone Management Meeting Wednesday 25th December Christmas Day Friday 24 th January State/Zone Triples Close Friday 7 th February Pennants Entries Close Friday 7 th February State/Seniors/Presidents Singles Close Saturday 22 nd February State/Zone Triples Commence Saturday 8 th March State/Seniors/Presidents Singles Commence Saturday 22 nd March 2014 Zone 10 Pennants Season Commence IMPORTANT Please note that this Calendar is a Draft and dates are subject to confirmation by the Zone 10 Committee. Please check on for updates The Zone 10 website is a wealth of information of event programme, draws, results, club events, By-laws, Regulations and Conditions of Play, Club information and Entry Forms. I encourage all members of Zone 10 to hit the website at least once a week as a further way of keeping informed on the happenings within

16 Zone 10. You can also view the edition of In The Zone on this website. It is hoped that you let all your bowling friends and family know about this link so that they too can keep up to date with the happenings in and involving Zone 10 and they too can be In The Zone Also information from Zone 10 as well as all other Zones can be found on the Royal NSW Bowls Association website The next edition of In The Zone will be distributed Wednesday 23 rd October Deadline for information Tuesday 22 nd October

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The views in this News Letter are those of the Editor, Mark Waters, and not necessarily those of the Zone10 Management or Committee publicity@zone10.org.au Comments Welcome A very quiet period locally