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1 if you experience any difficulties viewing this newsletter, a pdf version can be downloaded from 1 ST JUNE, 2012 BOWLS SURVEY AVAILABLE ON LINE As part of the development of a national facility's strategy a three surveys (Members, Club, green keeper) have just been sent to all clubs for distribution. WITH THANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS: This survey is very important for the future development of the sport so have your say and assist with the planning process. The member s survey should take no more than 10 minutes to complete and is available by clicking here. Alternatively all three surveys are available on the Auckland Bowls website under news and can also be obtained from Auckland Bowls. We urge you to complete appropriate surveys. The surveys must be completed by 8 th June WINNERS HONOURED AT AWARDS FUNCTION The annual Auckland Bowls Awards Function, held last Sunday at Alexandra Park Function Centre, was attended by 270 invited guests, sponsors and members of the wider bowling fraternity. As well as presenting certificates and trophies to the winners of all the Auckland Bowls events held throughout the year, presentations were made for a number of special awards. Administrator of the Year, a very keenly contested award, went to Grant Goodwin of Hillsboro Bowls. Grant has been an Executive member for a staggering 35 years, spends many hours on club business and was responsible for implementing the new strategic plan for Hillsboro. The rebranding of the club was also Grant s work and he initiated a complete audit and update of the constitution. He was responsible for the introduction of the very successful Trans Tasman Pairs competition and is actively involved in producing the Club Weekly Wrap.Other finalists in this category were Wendy Collins of Mangere and Peter Riddell of Mission Bay. The nominees for the Official of the Year Award were Sheryl Johnson (Pt Chevalier), Les Smith (Mangere)and Bruce Tayler (St Heliers) all umpires who have served Auckland Bowls well this season. The winner this year was Bruce Tayler. Bruce is not only the Treasurer of the Auckland Umpires Association and a reaccreditation panel member, he has been the tutor for new umpires for the past two seasons which involves weekly training session with the candidates for ten weeks, plus exams and tutoring of the Level 2 candidates. Bruce is a member of the Regional Umpires Development Team and was the Joint Chief Umpire for the Hyundai Nationals held in December- January. Personality of the Year was fought out between Cleve Sullivan of Hillsboro and Jack McDowell of

2 Mission Bay. Cleve Sullivan was yesterday declared the winner of the award. Cleve is currently the Tournament Committee Chair, who this year also undertook the Bowler of the Year Competition. He has a superb sense of humour and looks for ideas for Hillsboro at every tournament he attends. He is the sponsorship convenor and also obtains all printing, stationery and cards required for his tournaments. He is a well-respected and tireless volunteer for the club. The Coach of the Year for is Peter Thorne. Peter was the coach / selector for the Men s High performance Team and the Men s Open team were runners up in the Regional Intercentre competition which allowed them to progress to the National Finals. The Auckland Men s Open team then went on to win the National title for the first time in 20 years. With the Women s Teams and Men s Open and Open Reserve Team, Auckland also won the Robin Ellery trophy for the highest overall points in Zone 1. The other nominees for Coach of the Year were Claire Lines (Mt Eden) and Janice Paap (Waiheke). For the second consecutive year Scott Cottrell has been named as Young Bowler of the Year. This year Scott has a string of successes to his name including Under 25 Representative and winners of the Trans Tasman Trophy, Auckland Representative, National Intercentre title, National Club Championship Fours and Auckland Centre Fours runner up. He was also a member of the Onehunga National Interclub side which was runner up in the National Finals. Other finalists in the Award were Holly McIlroy (Onehunga) and Selina Goddard (Pakuranga) Team of the Year went to the Auckland Men s Open High performance Team who were runner up in the Regional event and winners on the National Intercentre competition. The Hillsboro Men s Triples team and the Onehunga Men s Fours Teams were also finalists. The Volunteer of the Year Award finalists were Avril Suter (Henderson), Rae Hammond (Mangere) and Patrick and Merle Fairweather (Te Atatu Peninsula). Avril Suter this year collected the award. She has an outstanding commitment to collegiate bowls and organizes all the coaches and volunteers for the collegiate bowlers coming to the club. She was also the liaison officer for The Trusts NZ Open last year and as such organized all the volunteers for the eight day event. She has successfully organized grants for the club and with her clam, confident and empathetic personality she is a true club volunteer. The final of the special awards was for the Club of the Year. Finalists this year were Carlton Cornwall, Onehunga and Pt Chevalier. The winner was Carlton Cornwall who were this season s hosts of the Hyundai nationals and also host club for the National Interclub Division 2 finals. Carlton Cornwall has also sponsored the sport of bowls on radio and sponsored the Commonwealth Games reports on Radio New Zealand. The club is used by many outside organizations such as the Sports Turf Institute and Sports Trust for meetings and conferences. They have also worked with Auckland Bowls to establish a 1-5 Year and Secondary School coaching programme. Three gold stars for five centre titles were also presented to Karen Hema, Pakuranga, Chris Lowe, Hillsboro and Graham Growcott, Blockhouse Bay. Auckland Bowls Vice President also presented a gold star for ten centre titles to Jo Babich, Carlton Cornwall, as well as a gold star for fifteen centre titles to Jane Fenton of Glen Eden. Auckland Bowls congratulates all our special Awards winners, gold star recipients and all winners from the season. We thank all clubs for their support of the Awards Function and look forward to the event next year.

3 FUTURE STARS TAKE ON WAIKATO The Auckland Secondary School Team will challenge Waikato at Frankton Railways on Saturday 9 th June 2012 A team of 16 players (8 boys and 8 girls) were selected on their great performances in the Auckland Championships played over the past two weeks. The Team to represent Auckland are: Girls: Tarani Paul, Heather Blair, McKenzie Blucher, Tia Paul, Natalija Senicic, Kayla Wright, Maddisison Matthews & Katie Fuller (St Dominic s College) Boys: Jean Claude- Fuller, Sam Tweed (Rutherford College),Brayden Silby, Liam van Rijn(Lynfield College),George Hanham, Aiden Takarua, Bryson Atkins-Lam and Akshay Ranji Morrison(St Peter s College) Coaches: Stephen Loder & Christine Sibley Wishing all the players and coaches good luck THE BLIND JACKS NEED YOUR HELP The New Zealand Blind Lawn Bowling Association is pleased to announce that their National Team to compete in International Competitions now has a new name. The New Zealand Blind Bowls Team name has now been launched and the team is now known as The Blind Jacks. The first competition that The Blind Jacks will compete in is the World Championships to be held in Worthing, England in July The Coach and Manager of that team are also confirmed with Tony Marinkovich being the Coach and Kevin Smith being the Manager. On a local basis The Blind Jacks will be playing a Radio New Zealand Invitation side in a match at the Browns Bay Bowling Club on Friday 6 th July from noon until 2pm. This is planned as a significant fundraising event with local celebrities and high profile Auckland bowlers being invited to take part. Radio Sport will be cutting live to the match every 20 minutes to keep up with the progress of the match and will also be encouraging their listeners to donate to the fundraising effort required to send The Blind Jacks to the World Championships. All bowlers and members of the public are encouraged to attend that match to support this team. The Blind Jacks are also seeking a naming sponsor of their team so if any organizations wish to have a discussion about this option please contact Kevin Smith on ksmith23@its.jnj.com. NEW VENUE HEADLINES START OF NEW SEASON FOR PBA Invercargill s new indoor complex at the Waverley Bowling Club will be one of four venues hosting the start of the New Zealand Professional Bowls Association s new season this weekend with three qualifying events at each of the four venues featuring some of the country s top players. The southern venue becomes the first new full-sized indoor stadium to enjoy PBA competition since the addition of the Heretaunga Club in Hastings in 2003, and is the first outdoor artificial green to become fullyenclosed providing year-round protection from the fresh Southland elements. The Frankton Railway Bowling Club in Hamilton, Hastings, the Dunedin Bowls Stadium in Tainui, and Invercargill will hold qualifiers for the Shanghai Henselite Singles and Scottish International Open Singles from which the winners will be flown to the PBA Finals Weekend in Dunedin in September, and a Ranking Pairs event which assists players to earn ranking points in a bid to qualify for the 2013

4 NZ PBA team to play Australia. The top two ranked players in the country, Chris Lourie (Waikato) and Jamie Hill (Auckland) will be in action in Hamilton in the Scottish International Open Singles qualifier on Sunday. Number three ranked player Murray Glassey (Hawke s Bay) could have a tough opening encounter against Craig Gush (Manawatu) in Hastings. The feature first round match in Dunedin is without a doubt, sixthranked Mark Watt playing fifth-ranked Peter Wilson. Whereas the field in Invercargill looks more wide open with several new members, and former members who have previously travelled to Dunedin for PBA events in past years. The Shanghai Henselite Singles qualifiers will be held on Saturday 2 nd June in Hamilton, Hastings, Dunedin and Invercargill winners to play-off in Dunedin Sep 7-9 th. Draws for the Scottish International Open Singles qualifiers on Sunday 3 rd June winners to play-off in Dunedin Sep 7-9 th (2011 end of year ranking in brackets) [head-to-head record in PBA singles in brackets]: Hamilton draw to be done on Sunday players to report no later than 8.30am. Hastings 1 st round at 8.30am: (42)T.Wheeler v (25=)S.Zino; (88=)H.Mills v (-)M.LeGeyt; (45=)F.Sayles v (132=)K.Guilford; (48=)A.Boyd v (96)R.Corry; (36)T.Terry v (114=)S.Roddick; (- )N.Grimshaw v (-)T.Carlsson; (141=)T.Johnson v (12)M.Isaacson [1-0 Johnson]; (85)M.Tamati v (40=)D.Lang. 1 st round at 10.30am: (93)V.Crystall v (140)L.Newman [1-0 Newman]; (17)G.Ngametua v (-)L.Guy. 2 nd round at 10.30am: (66)D.Porteous v (67)S.Love; (3)M.Glassey v (-)C.Gush [1-0 Glassey]; (114=)C.Hueston v (94)J.Young. Dunedin 1 st round at 9am: (31=)D.White v (23=)A.Lusby [1-0 Lusby]; (18)D.Hodges v (86=)R.Brown; (55=)J.Cross v (107=)T.Cockerill; (48=)T.Perham v (141=)S.Hodges; (62)S.Sincock v (-)D.Morris; (68)R.Thomson v (28)R.Munro; (-)B.McKinley v (57=)G.Jeffery; (-)S.Smeaton v (54)I.Webber. 1 st round at 10.30am: (6)M.Watt v (5)P.Wilson [1-0 Wilson]. 2 nd round at 10.30am: (45=)C.Crawford v (43)D.Archer; (-)C.Muir v (77=)T.Marr; (84)M.Jones v (47)R.Barron. 2 nd round at 12noon: (25=)G.Cocks v winner of Watt/P.Wilson; (112=)C.Ward v (22)R.Larkin; (57=)B.Legg v (55=)A.McLean; (21)D.Thomas v (-)D.Edwards; (13=)S.Nyhof v (-)K.Roberts; (38)B.McAuley v (37)B.Hinton; (-)B.Brown v (31=)E.Parry [1-0 Parry]; (103=)B.Malcolm v (4)K.Walker; (77=)R.Jones v (59=)S.Hughes. Invercargill 1 st round: (-)W.Stewart v (-)B.Ross; (-)M.Swain v (-)A.MacGregor; (122=)B.Clark v (- )J.Toogood; (-)P.Cross v (153=)S.Tautari; (-)B.Hartstonge v (-)B.Thomson; (-)C.Merrilees v (- )A.Erskine; (141=)B.Webster v (132=)A.Tribe; (-)C.Chapman v (-)R.Toogood. Draws for the Ranking Pairs on Monday 4 th June: Hamilton draw to be done on Monday players to report no later than 8.30am. Hastings 1 st round at 8.30am: T.Johnson & C.Gush v K.Guilford & F.Sayles; J.Young & N.Grimshaw v D.Lang & L.Newman; V.Crystall & C.Hueston v D.Porteous & H.Mills; G.Ngametua & M.LeGeyt v M.Isaacson & T.Terry. 2 nd round at 8.30am: M.Tamati & T.Carlsson v R.Corry & L.Guy; M.Glassey & A.Boyd v T.Wheeler & S.Roddick. Dunedin (sponsored by House of Travel) 1 st round at 9am: S.Nyhof & D.Archer v D.Edwards & C.Muir; M & R Jones v S.Hodges & C.Crawford; M.Cranstoun & B.McKinley v J.Susilo & D.White;

5 K.Roberts & G.Jeffery v G.Cocks & R.Munro; E.Parry & S.Smeaton v D.Thomas & T.Perham. 2 nd round at 9am: J.Cross & R.Thomson v S.Sincock & B.Brown; B.Hinton & A.Lusby v R.Brown & R.Larkin; B.McAuley & A.McLean v D.Morris & B.Legg. 2 nd round at 10.30am: K.Walker & M.Watt v winner of Parry/Smeaton v Thomas/Perham; S.Hughes & B.Malcolm v P & S Wilson; I.Webber & D.Hodges v C.Ward & T.Marr. Invercargill 1 st round: P.Cross & A.Erskine v M.Swain & B.Clark; S.Tautari & B.Webster v W.Stewart & B.Hartstonge; A.MacGregor & C.Merrilees v C.Chapman & A.Tribe; B.Ross & B.Thomson v R & J Toogood. GREENKEEPERS CONFERENCE The Green Keepers conference will be held on Monday 25 th and Tuesday 26 th June at Kensington Bowling Club, Huapai Street, Whangarei. The entry fee for the conference is $100 and all green keepers are encouraged to attend. On Sunday 24 th June from 4pm there will be early registration and an informal get together plus a free BBQ. This is the opportunity for green keepers to learn from each other and the experts about new products and best practices. Workshops will be held on Monday on a variety of topics. Registration and payment may be sent to Amy Burgess, 5 Markson Ave, Onerahi COMFITPRO AEROBOWLS TELEGRAPH Autumn is over and winter is definitely here. Most bowling clubs will now be embarking on their winter bowls programmes with greens closed for renovations and the use of artificial greens in full swing. Most regular readers of Friday Flash will be aware that ComfitPro will be introducing our own Aero Bowls very shortly. We have a limited selection of Taylor Blueline bowls clearing at a great savings. If you have been considering a new set of bowls this is a great time to purchase and get comfortable with new bowls. Taylor Blueline is a modern medium trajectory bowl specifically designed for the type of greens found in New Zealand and Australia, replacing the old Taylor Vector VS. At $ a set, a saving of $ over the new price for Taylor bowls in New Zealand, this offers an excellent opportunity to move to a modern bowl at an affordable price. ComfitPro also market a great range of quality bags, shoes and bowling accessories. We have bowls bags from $50.00 and a limited range of shoe specials from as low as $ The ComfitPro showroom and shop located in the Henderson Bowling Club lounge is open each weekday from 3-5pm and at other times (including weekends) by arrangement. For information contact Tom Wills Ph: (09) Mob: or Henderson Bowls (09) during shop hours. INTERESTED IN A HONG KONG LAWN BOWLS TOUR? Join Mondo Travel on the inaugural tour to Hong Kong where an invitation team from New Zealand will contest the Kevin Sinclair Memorial. Deaprture date is

6 The tour and the tournament will allow bowlers to visit and play amongst the finest club facilities on offer in Hong Kong. The opportunity to visit and play at these clubs is unique, and a special opportunity not normally available to non- members or overseas visitors. The tour has been sanctioned by Hong Kong Lawn Bowls Association and is open to any club level player who wishes to join. This tour is a fantastic and unique opportunity to play international bowls on some fabulous greens. The lead in price is $2,999 per person twin share and includes airfares, taxes, accommodation and tours in Hong Kong. Participants will have access to the facilities of the associated clubs. Singles can be matched to receive twin sharing prices. The tour departs 28 th September and returns on 5 th October. Further information can be obtained from Mike Halpin Ph: (09) CLUB TOURNAMENTS Howick : Sunday 24 th June A1-5ACT 9.00 am start Entry $ per team, morning tea provided Contact: Joan Ph: Gary Ph: Mt Eden : Sunday June 24 th All New Champagne Breakfast Tournament, ACT $90 per team 8am full breakfast, 9am start, 3pm Christmas Dinner. Contact Donna Ph: St Heliers: Every Sunday, 3 bowl, ACT, 10am start, Dress "mufti". Contact Robin Ellery on Ph: or grace36@xtra.co.nz Glendowie Wednesdays each week starting 23 May until 29 August. Open Triples 10.00am start, entry $10 per player. Contact Robert Collins or rcollins@ihug co.nz Mission Bay Women: Every Wednesday commencing 6 th June ACT. Contact Jane Russell Ph: or Liz Hunt Ph: Mission Bay Women: Every Sunday 10 th June- 29 th July, ACHKP, 12.30pm start 2 games of 1 hour, 20 mins, $12 per team Contact Marlene Mak Ph: marlenemak@xtra.co.nz Titirangi RSA: Every Friday ACHKP, 1pm start, $10 per team, 2 games of hours played back to back. Contact Mike McGowan Ph: for confirmation of entry. Bucklands Beach: ACT every Thursday at 9.30am 4 games. Entries to Rob Shaw robs@inspire.net.nz or Henderson: Every Tuesday ACT, 9.30am start, $24 per team. Contact: Club Ph: or Glenn Stratford Ph: Pakuranga: Tuesday ACT starting at 9.30 am each Tuesday, 3 games of ends (Weather dependent) Contact Club Ph: after 4.p.m. or Geoff Earle on or by earlegs@yahoo.co.uk by 4 pm on Monday. Howick: Every Tuesday WT, 9.30am start, Entries by 4pm please previous day, Contact Betty Rush

7 Ph or Joyce Joe Ph: or Club Ph: Cancellation broadcast on Club Infoline Ph: Howick: Every Wednesday ACT, 9.00am start, Entries by 4pm please previous day, Contact Ron Blucher Ph: or Club Ph: Cancellation broadcast on Club Infoline Ph: Howick: Every Friday ACHKP 1pm start, Entries by 10.00am on the day, Contact Ron Blucher Ph: or Club Ph: Cancellation broadcast on Club Infoline, Ph: Blockhouse Bay: Every Friday from 1pm ACHKP $10.00 per team 2 Games only, Contact Geoff Trainer on Ph: or Club Ph: Mt Eden: Every Friday, Single entry progressive Triples, 9.30am morning tea, 10am start. $10 per player includes light lunch. Contact: Donna Ph: Do you know anyone that would like to receive the Friday Flash?? If so, tell them to go to and on the home page they will find our simple way to register!!

EDITION EIGHT - September 2018 CLUB DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS AUCKLAND BOWLS AGM PRESIDENTS DAY

EDITION EIGHT - September 2018 CLUB DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS AUCKLAND BOWLS AGM PRESIDENTS DAY Bringing Clubs Information and Updates from the Auckland Centre Welcome to edition eight of the Auckland Bowls Bulletin! This will be sent out to each club and posted on our website every two months. We