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1 DOUBLE BAY WATCH INCORPORATING A REGULAR NEWSLETTER OF THE DOUBLE BAY MEN S BOWLING CLUB Vol. 6 No 9 September - October 2009 EDITOR: MIKE GOLLAND WOMEN S BOWLING CLUB S ON THE GREEN Pages 8-11 WINNERS IN THE PINK Winners of the 6 th Invitation triples led by Karen Murphy (centre) with Kay Moran (left) and Melanie Macaulay were in the pink to promote their participation in the upcoming Pink Bowls Day for the McGrath Foundation. STORY PAGE 9 Double Bay Bowling Club Proudly Sponsored For an obligation free market appraisal Contact Bob Guth or

2 Grandchildren the inspiration to winning Major club tournaments GERALD Weinberg has dedicated his half of the 2009 Major Pairs title to his newest grandson, Zane, who arrived two days before he and Arnold Javen defeated Peter Levy and Jack Kampel in the final on Sunday, August 2. He is making a habit of associating his club championship wins with his grandchildren. When he won the Major Singles title from James Cook in April, 2006, his (then) three-and-a-half-year-old grandson, Chase, watched the match and ran onto the rink when Gerald played the winning bowl in a result. He was my inspiration, Gerald said at the time. Audrey and Gerald Weinberg s latest grandchild is their seventh (with an eighth due in November), and makes the tally five grandsons and two granddaughters. The new arrival is the third child for Craig and Saralea (nee Bogan) Weinberg, of Rose Bay, and a brother to Chase and Hunter. The win was Gerald s fifth Major Pairs championship honour in the past 10 years and Javen s first major crown since he joined Double Bay from Lindfield in early 2008, although Flashback (right) to 2006 Gerald Weinberg and grandson, Chase; (below) Chase and his newborn brother, Zane Arnold Javen (left) and Gerald Weinberg. he won last year s handicap singles event. But Javen had been in great form prior to the championship challenge. He took his place in the final soon after arriving back from Israel with a bronze medal when representing Australia in the lawn bowls triples at the Maccabiah Games. Ironically for Kampel, his constituted partner in the club pairs was Bernard Fridman, who was in Javen s Maccabiah medal-winning team, but who delayed his return to Sydney due to commitments in South Africa. However, Kampel was fortunate to substitute Fridman with Peter Levy, who teamed with Fridman to win the Major Pairs in 2007 Weinberg s five Major Pairs crowns have come with four different partners. In 1999 he won the Rose Bay Club s Major Pairs with Alan Treisman and they went as far as the semi-final of the State Pairs Champion of Champions event. At Double Bay Weinberg has his name on the pairs honour board for 2001 again with Treisman, in 2003 with Walter Jacobs as his lead and in 2005, he had veteran, Les Ferguson, as his partner. CONTINUES ON PAGE 7 2

3 The structure, known officially as the Currie Pavilion, now has a separate entrance to the toilet facility, while the opening to the machinery retains the roll-a-door. Use the door to pavilion toilet THE uni-sex toilet and the groundsmen s machinery room, which was constructed in early 2005 between the No 2 and 3 greens, has had a face lift to give more privacy to members and to make it easier for the groundsmen to utilise the area. TOP LEFT: Chairman, John Rosen, at the door leading to the toilet facility LEFT: The building after its renovation into a store room and toilet in May The door has been constructed where the panels were on the right. Double Bay again in Club Challenge ALTHOUGH there was moderate interest from a majority of players in last year s inaugural Bowls NSW Club Challenge tournament, Double Bay will compete in the 2009 event. The club has again entered three teams in the Mixed Competition which makes every member of the men s and women s club eligible for team selection. Despite this, selectors last year had problems in naming full-strength teams. Last year Double Bay s three teams were allocated places in two sections against opposition from north shore clubs, North Sydney, Neutral Bay and Warrawee, which meant that two Double Bay Clubs played each other twice in the six rounds, while the third had two byes. Each team is represented by sides of seven players. The combined efforts of a singles, pairs and fours games with the club winning at least two of the three games winning the match. This year s first round must be completed on or before September 27, with the last round on November 8. The State Finals are at Raymond Terrace BC on December Prize money will be awarded to clubs successful at State Finals and clubs from more than 150km from Raymond Terrace, will receive a subsidy towards travel and accommodation. The Competition gives competing clubs the chance to schedule matches at times that suit players and the club, but Double Bay may have a problem for the first round which coincides with the Jewish New Year High Holyday period. Last year Double Bay had mixed success in the tournament. The No 1 team won regional section honours, but lost the play-off to qualify for the State rounds. 3

4 Police may come after our Davis Cup! THIS magnificent trophy (right) which stands in a glass case, just behind the president s table in the club house could be under arrest, if club member, Peter Gow has his way. It is the Davis Cup, donated in 1969 by C. L. Davis, the club president from , to be contested between Double Bay and the NSW Police Bowling Club. But is has stood idle, collecting dust since it was last taken out of its casing way back in Now, Peter Gow, (pictured) a past vice-president of the strong NSW Police Bowling Club, wants to resurrect the annual contest between the two clubs. Veteran club members recall that the annual challenge between Double Bay and the policemen was played by fours teams, with shots counting to decide the winning club. Judging by the shields on the base of the trophy the police were top guns during the 1970s. The trophy was contested on nine occasions with the police taking the honour eight times. Peter Gow says he has the blessing of acting men s bowling club president, Harry Black, to remind the current Police Club officials of the trophy s existence and gauge if they would consider reviving the annual event. It is suggested that the challenge be played on a Wednesday during the pennant season. All Double Bay members, who compete in the club s regular Wednesday competition, would be selected to play against graded Police sides which will ensure a competitive tournament. The Police can field 12 to 16 teams, so there will be a game for everyone. Gow added. All the latest club news and views including WEATHER WATCH ON STATE OF GREENS ON WET DAYS DOUBLE BAY BOWLING CLUB WEBSITE 4

5 THE WINNERS AND *RUNNERS UP -- MAJOR SINGLES: JAMES COOK * Ray Jankelowitz MAJOR PAIRS: LES LILIAN JAMES COOK *Brian Ginsberg Pepe Glick MAJOR TRIPLES: BRIAN GINSBERG PEPE GLICK JACK KAMPEL * David Carroll James Cook Phil Gordon Jnr MAJOR FOURS: DAVID CARROLL LES FERGUSON PETER LEVY GERALD WEINBERG *Harry Black, Les Lilian Harold Jankelowitz Ray Jankelowitz Winners (and runners up) receive trophies for 2008 Major club tournaments IT was a case of better late than never when finalists of the 2008 Major club championships received their trophies. Bowls club acting president, Harry Black, handed out the innovative trophies in the shape of a bowling ball mounted on a stand which contained the Double Bay Club badge, during the afternoon tea break on Wednesday, August 5. Although there were more than 90 members taking the tea break, at least six of the 2008 championshipwinning players were not at the club to receive their awards. and hear the membership applaud their efforts. James Cook, Double Bay s former Development Officer and Club administrator, who won the coveted Major Singles and Major Pairs, was one of the notable absentees as were Ray Jankelowitz, who was runnerup to Cook in the singles and Les Lilian, Cook s partner in the Major pairs. Handshake for handicap singles win MINOR SINGLES: MARK SACK *Jonathan Chapman MINOR PAIRS (Inaugural): BRIAN GRILL CES ALBERT *Les Ginzberg, Max Klein HANDICAP SINGLES: ARNOLD JAVEN *Les Brem MIXED PAIRS: IRIS KAMPEL JACK KAMPEL *Mary Newin, Walter Jacob DRAWN PAIRS: BERNIE GARDEN, SOLLY SHUSTER *Max Klein, Brandon Conway Winner of the 2008 Handicap Singles event, Arnold Javen (left), receives the trophy from bowls club acting president, Harry Black. MORE PICTURES PAGE 6 5

6 Club trophy presentations ABOVE (left): Mary Newin, runner-up (with Walter Jacobs) in the Mixed Pairs event.; (right) Les Brem with his trophy as Handicap Singles finalist. BELOW (left) Solly Shuster and Bernie Garden Drawn Pairs champions; (right) Minor Pairs (inaugural) winners, Brian Grill and Ces Albert LEFT: Solly Shuster and Bernie Garden Inaugural Minor Pairs winners. RIGHT: Jack Kampel and Pepe Glick triples team winners LEFT: Gerald Weinberg and David Carroll fours team RIGHT: Brian Grill and Ces Albert Drawn Pairs winners 6

7 Greens criticism unwarranted Members have no reason to complain about the condition of the club s three greens, Leon Portrate, told Bay Watch this week. Portrate is the club s Director of Greens and is the liaison between management and the club s subcontracted groundsman, Rob Fetherston. His opinion is shared by club chairman, John Rosen, who added that Double Bay s greens are as good as, if not better, than any within the eastern suburbs, all of which are subjected to the same weather conditions as Double Bay s. Rob is considered among the elite of groundsmen and puts in 150% into his responsibilities at our club, working seven days-a-week to ensure members have the best possible bowling conditions. He is faced with the same problems as every other curator because the Rob Fetherston left) Leon Portrate (top) and John Rosen (above) majority of lawn bowling greens are affected by shade from clubhouses, trees, fences and here [Double Bay]from the rock shelve along the rear boundary line, Rosen said. Portrate added that while shade is the worst scenario with which greenkeepers have to contend, rain also plays a part in the overall condition of the greens. We have made sure the drainage system on all our greens is more than adequate, but again shade is an added problem when it comes to drying the grass. One of Australia s leading experts in turf grass, Davies Riley, in a published report on Shade on Bowling Greens said that shaded areas cool the soil, which causes a downgrade in grass growing ability. During the summer growing period, when fast grass coverage is all important, the shaded areas fail to keep up with the rest of the green, Riley s report said. There is only a very small minority which has expressed dissatisfaction with the current state of our greens and their disapproval is certainly not warranted, Rosen added. The 2009 pairs win gives Gerald Weinberg two of the three Major club events decided so far this year having Major Pairs final skipped the Major Fours championship team of FROM PAGE 2 Jonathan Chapman, Bernie Garden and Peter Levy. At the same time Weinberg s pairs victory thwarted Kampel s hopes of taking out the two top-listed Major events in the one year after he won the coveted Major Singles in May. It also prevented Kampel from retaining the Triples crown he won last year with Brian Ginsberg and Pepe Glick. The Weinberg-Javen combination was always in control and looked to have their hands on the trophy by the halfway stage. On the fifth end they snared four shots to take command at 8-2. By the 12 th end they were sitting pretty at KAMPEL S THREE INTO TWO 16-8 and with four ends to play had the scoreboard IN PAIRS DID NOT GO showing a certain win at Jack Kampel (left) with his two Only on the next three ends did the Kampel-Levy duo partners in this year s Major show their obvious talent when they collected six shots to Pairs tournament (centre) give some respectability to the score line at 24-15, but it Bernard Fridman, who was wasn t sufficient for the final 21 st end to be played. substituted in the final by Peter The Weinberg s are now looking forward to November Levy (right). when their next grandchild is due. It is the time when the mixed pairs tournament is set to be finalised and that s a perfect reason for the Gerald and Audrey team, to have another inspiration to winning the title. 7

8 ON THE GREEN CAROLE BRICKMAN AND IRIS KAMPEL Gail Black, Florrie Cohen, Jan Hutchins, Sonia Davis, Carole Brickman, Jenny Welton, Sandra Ballard, Audrey Weinberg, Marion Berelowitz (reserve). Three wins in State Pennant title round-robin not enough for flag REPORT BY IRIS KAMPEL WOOLGOOLGA is a pretty seaside town 30 kms north of Coffs Harbour and has a large Sikh population. The first sight the club s team saw as it entered the town to compete in the 2009 Grade 3 State Pennant playoffs, was a beautiful white Temple surrounded with statues of elephants and men on horseback. Double Bay competed at the Woolgoolga Bowling Club against 11 other teams in a round robin of six teams in two sections. The greens are tift-dwarf grass running between 14.5 and seconds and Double Bay s first match was against a steady team from Wingham. The team got off to a very shaky start. There was a freshening breeze and this made the greens even more slick and our girls struggled to find their form. to go down In the afternoon session Double Bay came up against Asquith and got off to a cracking start to put pressure on their opponents and came away with a win and collect five points. Tuesday morning was bright and sunny and the girls were looking good in the roll up before the clash with Goulburn Railway, but found themselves well behind after just a few ends. Gradually they stemmed the tide and by the 10 th end they had clawed their way back. Carole's team picked up a five on the 11 th and a six on the 18th end and another great win and four points to the total. After lunch the girls knew they had a tough match against unbeaten section leaders, St John's Park Against the previous trend the girls got off to a great start on both rinks and never took their feet off the pedal. By the 10 th end Double Bay was 10 shots ahead. Due to a late start the final ends were played under floodlights, our girls held their nerve in the creeping darkness and went on to win by and collected another five points. With this win Double Bay was now second in its section knowing that the last match against the section leaders from Wagga would decide who would meet Tura Beach, the runaway winner of the other section. Wagga went ahead after a few ends, but our girls were not feeling any pressure and seemed to be in with a good chance. However, the Wagga girls were very consistent and with exceptional leads and seconds on both rinks Wagga stretched to a 12 shot lead. Sonia Davis team set the pace to whittle down the leeway to seven shots, but without any big breakthrough Double Bay s challenge ended with the score at 40-29, but taking third place in the 12 club competition. In the Final at West Coffs Harbour Tura Beach beat Wagga for the No 3 Flag. 8

9 ON THE GREEN -- 6 th INVITATION TRIPLES Winners dressed for charity and championship rehearsal REPORT BY MIKE GOLLAND WINNERS OF THE Women s Club s Sixth Invitational Triples, the oddson favourite team led by Australia s Number one female bowler, Karen Murphy, competed for more than the $3000 first prize. First and foremost they wore specially designed pink shirts and pants to promote the Pink Bowls Day at clubs throughout Australia on Sunday, October 25, to raise money for the McGrath Foundation charity for breast cancer nurses and research. Secondly, the Cabramatta-based team of Murphy, alongside Scottish international celebrity, Kay Moran and up-and-coming star, Melanie Macaulay, used the Double Bay event as a dress rehearsal for their tilt at the 2009 State Triples at the St Johns Park Club from September 7. It gave us an opportunity to play against players from far and wide in a highly competitive atmosphere, Macaulay said after the prize-giving. It is not the first time we have played together at Cabramatta in pennants and other events, but it was the first time against such top opposition and over so many games, she said. Murphy, well-known for her work for charities, said she hoped her team s appearance in the now famous McGrath Jenifer Bailey (second from right) presents the winners (from left) Kay Moran, Melanie Macaulay and Karen Murphy, with their prize money. TOURNAMENT PATRON SEE NEXT PAGE pink would alert the Double Bay competitors to the importance of supporting research into breast cancer. No doubt bowlers will know someone who has been affected by or sadly passed away from breast cancer. Bowling Club Insurance Brokers (BCiB) is an official fundraiser for the McGrath Foundation and are co-ordinating this event across Australia with the support of Bowls Australia and its state and territory associations. Following the untimely passing of dual Commonwealth Games marathon gold medallist Kerryn McCann, Murphy vowed to pay tribute to her memory. The pair formed a friendship over the best part of a decade as two of the Illawarra s most decorated athletes, McCann, who resided in Coledale, and Murphy, a Shellharbour favourite. Following McCann s death, Murphy sewed the seeds for a tribute befitting of her memory, with a National Pink Bowls Day the final result, with the slogan Turn the Green Into Pink. TOP TEAMS SHARE RECORD $9000 PRIZE MONEY The Murphy team went through the seven games (each of 12 ends) unbeaten collecting 14 points and a plus 60 shot margin. Second place and $2400 went to the combination from Soldiers Point WBC of Maria Barrett, Joy Templeton and Roz Downes, (12 points + 28); third spot and $1800 went to the Bombaderry trio of Margaret Patterson, Janice Egbers and Gloria Clifton (12+21) Other teams which shared the prize money were Jenny Clark, Debbie Schoemaker and Denise Campbell on (composite - 4 th $750); Margo Brandes, Marian Jordan and Judy Gould (Figtree WBC 5 th $450); Noreen Sneddon, Natasha Van Eldick and Carolyn Glen (Raymond Terrace WBC - 6 th $300). 9

10 ON THE GREEN -- 6 th INVITATION TRIPLES Sponsor honoured as tournament Patron MAJOR supporter of Double Bay Women s Club s Invitational Triples, Arthur Bailey Surgico, will continue its sponsorship of the event next year and with added prize money. Representing the company at the prize-giving ceremony of the 6 th event on Sunday, August 30, Jenifer Bailey (pictured), a former president of the Double Bay Women s Bowling Club, announced the increased sponsorship to the applause of the more than 120 competitors and club officials. At the same time the Women s Club recognised the support of the company by announcing that Jenifer Bailey has been named Patron of Double Bay Women s Club Invitation Triples. Tournament organiser, Carole Brickman, said that when it was suggested that the club recognise Jenifer s all inclusive loyalty, the committee agreed with great pleasure to appoint her as from 2010 as the Patron of the event. Without her support it is doubtful that this wonderful tournament would have been so successful, Carole said. Double Bay Women s Club president, Margo Michael, welcomed among the many special guests, NSW Women s Bowling Association president Jewel Buchanan, as well as Eastern Suburbs WB Association president, Marie Cotsios. She thanked the organising committees (event and social) as well as the members of the Men s Club who assisted in the operation of the event. When skip of the winning team, Karen Murphy, accepted the prize money, she thanked Arthur Bailey Surgico and co-sponsor G. J. Watts and said it must be difficult to attract sponsors Paul Brandon had the task of keeping the scoreboard up to the minute. for events in the current economic climate. It is great that Double Bay has such a generous supporter as Surgico, she said. At the same time Murphy echoed the opinion of the competitors when she said this is a well-run tournament. You ve given us great greens and a high standard of competition. I, for one, look forward to coming back next year. 10 Jewel Buchanan with Double Bay s vicechairman, and NSW Royal NSW Bowling Association vicepresident, Alan Rosenberg

11 ON THE GREEN -- 6 th INVITATION TRIPLES INSTANT REPLAY? WHEN Debbie Schoemaker (pictured) came off the green on Saturday after playing four matches in the Invitation Triples, she might have seen herself on ABC television competing in the 2009 Australian Indoor singles semifinal at Tweed Heads against 20-year-old Lisa Mitchell, the former under-25 champion. The recorded match produced many exciting heads as Mitchell won by taking the first set and squaring the second to send her into the final against Karen Murphy. Of course, the end result was known to Murphy, but she wasn t saying! EARLY EXITS FROM STATE MASTER SINGLES BARBARA Shotland and Karen Levinson competed in the 2009 NSW Women s Bowling Association s Master Singles tournament at Gymea Miranda Bowling and Sports Club on Monday and Tuesday August Shotland had a bye in the first round, but exited the event to Judith Wheatley, from the Telarah Club. Karen Levinson scored a first round win over Lynette Thompson from Pt Macquarie City. However, in the clash with Julie Hayden (Mosman Park) the game was interrupted by rain for more than half and hour. After the break, Karen had difficulty holding and controlling the bowl and conceded the match at THANKS TO ORGANISER DIRECTOR and organiser of the 6 th Invitation Triples, Carole Brickman, was warmly thanked by club officials and visiting team players for a brilliant job. Women s Club president, Margo Michael, presented Carole with a floral tribute (pictured above) for her exceptional leadership in putting together the most successful tournament. SECOND PRIZE TO TEAM FROM SOLDIERS POINT Gary Watts, of co-sponsors G. J. Watts, (left) with tournament runner-up, the team from Soldiers Point, Maria Barrett, Joy Templeton and Roz Downes. 11

12 WE share the sentiments expressed by Laurie Kern (a former member) in his published tribute to John Michelin, who passed away on July 21 after a short, but devastating illness. John was a member of both Double Bay and Diamond Bay clubs, opting in recent times to give his pennant allegiance to the greens facing Old South Head Road. Laurie too, after many years with Rose Bay and Double Bay as well as stints with Kensington, now has the Diamond Bay rings on his bowls for pennants. It was as a Diamond Bay member, that Laurie wrote a memorial note in the bowls page of Eastern Suburbs Spectator, saying that John was one of a kind and not afraid to advise his team members on certain aspects of the game and to remind them they were there to help him not to cause him aggravation. And he added: John will not only be missed by his loving family, but also by his many bowling friends at our Diamond Bay, but also Double Bay. Members will agree with these sentiments and while John (pictured right) was no world beater at lawn bowls, he was more than an average squash player and excelled at backgammon, while he was a master in the art of food sculpture you should have seen how a few cuts with the blade he would transform a +tomato into the shape of a full blown rose. It was a significant act of tribute that our club chairman, John Rosen, requested that the Wednesday, July 22, triples competition be cancelled because so many members would be attending John s funeral. And as his wife Railee said through tear-filled eyes: Knowing how John felt about his bowls and friends, it would have made his day. WHILE club members were struggling with self-service afternoon tea (plastic cups -- hot water, tea bags, instant coffee and an assortment of not so assorted biscuits) our Monday and Wednesday caterer, Ewa (we all call her Eva!) was taking a journey back in time. She spent much of her six-weeks overseas holiday with her mother, Helena, (pictured right with Ewa) visiting the place of her birth -- the historic Polish city of Ciechocinek, which is famous for its therapeutic minerals used in the treatment for lung problems, asthma etc. BARBARA SHOTLAND may have been Double Bay s lone representative in the Australian women s team at the recent Maccabiah lawn bowls in Israel, but she came home with a trophy (pictured left) proclaiming her the Outstanding Sportswoman of the tournament. That is OUTSTANDING considering the women s team failed to win a match! 12