Jack Attack at Sunnybank

This news release from Bowls Australia may be of interest to local clubs for their bowls program.

"Sunnybank Bowling Club will use Jack Attack as a vehicle to attract new members to their club

Sunnybank Bowling Club in Brisbane may consider themselves to be small two green club but their excitement and enthusiasm for the Jack Attack program is likely to boost their club membership base."

Click here for the full article on the Bowls Australia website.

Summerland Series at Ballina

The $22,000 Summerland Pairs & Singles series is underway now at the Ballina BC. The pairs wrap up today, Monday 29th, and the singles start on Friday 2nd January.

The draw for the singles reads like a 'who's who of bowls' with Brett Wilkie, Ryan Bester, Ian Taylor, Kelvin Kerkow and Neil Burgess included.

Click here for Cherry St Sports web page and links for details of the draw and results.

Season's Greetings

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the 'Latest Bowls News' team of smitty and GC. Many thanks to all those who have contributed during the past year and to those who follow and comment on the postings.

News from Kew

The news report for the Kew Men's BC for the week ending Sunday 21st December is now available.

Click here for the report thanks to Brian Charters, the driving lead.

NSW Men's Conditions of Play

Bowls NSW has issued details to help clarify the 2015 Conditions of Play.

Click here for the circular and details on the Bowls NSW web site.

News from Port City

The report from the Port City Men's BC for the week ending Sunday 21st December is now available thanks to Colin Halls.

The home of the Port City Koalas

Women's Bowls NSW E-News

The Women's Bowls NSW E-News 19th December is now available.

Topics include: New Laws for the Sport of Bowls, Jack Attack Launch, Karen Murphy NSW Sports Awards Finalist, 2015 World Junior Championships, Bowls Matters Dec Issue Online, 2015 Conditions of Play Online

Click here for the newsletter on the Women's Bowls web site.

Test your Knowledge

The last question was - Lead A rolls the jack in the 1st end. The end is declared tied. Who rolls the jack in the 2nd end? Choices were: Lead A, Lead B, or toss a coin.

The general law is that the winner of the previous end rolls the jack, in this case there is no winner as the end was declared tied.

The correct answer is Lead A rolls the jack in the second end. Refer law 41.4  "If, however the first end is a tied end, the first to play in that end should also play first in the second end".

The new question concerns the minimum length for a delivered bowl.

News from Port City

The news report from the Port City Men's BC for the week ending Sunday 14th December is now available with thanks to Colin Halls.

News from Hibbard

The news report from the Port Panthers Men's BC for the week ending Sunday 14th December is now available.

Click here for the report thanks to Terry Merchant.

NSW Player of the Year Finalists

Port City's Bryce Stewart is a finalist in the Bowls NSW Senior Bowler of the Year award category. Well done to Bryce - a worthy finalist!

Bowls NSW advises "After a tough year’s competition the points are finally tallied and the finalists in each of the Bowler of the Year award categories can be disclosed." The awards evening will be held on Thursday 12 Feb at the Kirribilli Club.

Click here for details from the Bowls NSW web site.

Women's Bowls NSW Conditions of Play

Click here for the Women's Bowls web page with links to the 2015 Conditions of Play and the Pennant Conditions of Play.
 

News from Westport

The news report from the Westport Men's BC for the week ending Sunday 7th December is now available.

Click here for the report thanks to Tony Kimber.

Port City WBC Weekly News

What a great time we had on Tuesday for our Christmas Break-up party day. We started off with a spider and then a game of bowls to the Christmassy Music courtesy of Fay Martin.

1st Class Dining in Sydney Bowls Clubs

Bowls Australia has a news release that may be of interest regarding the changing scene at Sydney bowls clubs.

"Sydney bowls clubs reinventing themselves as foodie destinations. People are flocking to some of Sydney's best bowls clubs."

Click here for the article on the Bowls Australia web site

Women's Bowls NSW Newsletter

The latest Women's Bowls E-Newsletter is now available. Topics include a change in WBNSW dress policy.

Click here for the November 28 edition of the Newsletter. Many thanks to Ayla Karabulut, Communications and Events, at WBNSW for her help in this posting.

Your can subscribe to E-News on their web site - click here for the web page.

Laying Down the Law

Bowls Australia has issued a news release concerning the new 'Laws of the Sport of Bowls' to be effective the 1st January 2015.

There doesn't appear to be any major changes with a new layout, a new definition for foot faulting among the revisions. 

Click here for the news release from Bowls Australia and a link on the web page for a more detailed listing of revisions.

News from Hibbard

The news report for the Port Panthers Men's BC for the week ending Sunday 7th December is now available.

Click here for the report thanks to Terry Merchant.

News from Kew

The Kew Men's Bowling Club report for the week ending Sunday 7th December is now available. It was great to see the stormy weather hold off for their triples tournament - full details are included in Brian's report.

Click here for the report thanks to Brian Charters, the driving lead.

News from Port City

The news report from the Port City Men's BC for the week ending Sunday 7th December is now available thanks to Colin Halls.

The home of the Port City Koalas

Club Challenge Finals - Update

An update is now available for the NSW Club Challenge finals to be held at Warilla on Saturday 6 - Sunday 7 December. Team players and the draw is included for Port City, West Coffs and Macksville in their semi finals.

Click here for the details of all teams on the Bowls NSW web site. Results should be available on the weekend on the Bowls NSW site.

Update Sat. 6th Dec: Port City were defeated by Terrigal 1 - 2 points: West Coffs are through to the finals defeating Kurri Kurri 2 - 1 and Macksville went down to Diggers 0 - 3.

Sunday 7th - well done to West Coffs taking out the final 3 - 0 in the Silver Division.

Have You Heard About Jack Attack?

What is Jack Attack? Jack Attack is the new participation program that is aimed at getting more of the general public involved in the sport of lawn bowls. Local clubs may be interested in including this in their bowls program

Click here for an excellent article from Women's Bowls NSW including details of clubs signed up for the program.

Jack56

Michael B's introduction to his latest Jack newsletter.


"No gift giving ideas
No carols
Not a single mention of Santa or his slightly creepy little helpers
The final missive of 2014"

Click here to view.

Test Your Knowledge

The last question asked if the skip could delegate the rolling of the jack to the second. Well done to those who voted "no", the correct answer! Last year I was asked about this subject by a player who participated in a tournament at Coffs and one of the teams wasn't challenged when the second put down the jack. 

The applicable  law (37.3) states that The lead of the team to play first in an end should deliver the jack. In the forward of the laws it states that references to "should" and "will" mean that the action is compulsory thus the skip cannot delegate this action.

Port City WBC December Newsletter

District President Diana and Secretary Carole attended our Gala Day on the 18^th November and we were very pleased to present them with a cheque for $1136.00

Port City WBC Weekly News

Presentation Day

Lynne Thompson 2014 Winner of Singles, Pairs, Triples & Fours

Tuesday was our Presentation Day for 2014 and the following ladies were presented with their trophies and prizemoney: -

Race to sign up young bowls prodigies

One of our regional news groups has a bowls article that is well worth a read. Some topics include juniors, colourful options, the "new" black and the dress change policy for the NSW ladies.

Click here for the interesting article from the Byron Shire News web site.

News from Hibbard

The news report for the Port Panthers Women's BC for the week ending Wednesday 3rd December is now available.

Click here for the report thanks to Terry Merchant.

News from Westport

The news report from the Westport Men's BC for the week ending Sunday 30th November is now available.

Click here for the report with thanks to Tony Kimber.

News from Kew

The news report from the Kew Men's BC is now available for the week ending Sunday 30th November.

Click here for the report thanks to Brian Charters, the driving lead.

News from Hibbard

The news report for the Port Panthers Men's BC for the week ending Sunday 30th November is now available.

Click here for the report thanks to Terry Merchant. 

News from Port City

The news report from the Port City Men's BC for the week ending Sunday 30th November is now available thanks to Colin Halls. 

The home of the Port City Koalas

Bowlos - a Changing Scene

An interesting article was published in The Sun-Herald recently coving the changing scene of bowls in many metropolitan clubs. While clubs are seeing a reduction in the structured, organised bowls the interest in social and barefoot bowls has been growing.

Click here for the article from the Sydney Morning Herald web site.

News from Westport

The news report for the Westport Men's BC for the week ending Sunday 23rd November is now available.

Click here for the report thanks to Tony Kimber.

Port City WBC Weekly News

On Tuesday Port City hosted 22 teams of eager bowlers competing in the yearly Encouragement Day. There were 5 Teams from Forster also teams from Kempsey Heights, Coffs Ex Services, North Haven, Wingham, Tuncurry Beach, Lake Cathie, Harrington, Kew, Comboyne, Taree Railway, Westport and Port City.

Beer Ban at Bowls

I came across an article that I thought may of interest with topics ranging from a ban that may be challenged, the recent Premier League finals and how colour has gone wild in bowls.

Click here for the  article in Lismore's The Northern Star newspaper.

Open for Business

 (L-R)) Bill Wheeler, Karen Binstadt, Teresa Carney, Lee-Anne Pitman and Terry Merchant.

The front page report in today's Port Macquarie News advises that the Panthers Sports Club will officially be handed over to members today and now called the Hibbard Sports Club.

Click here for the detailed report on the Port Macquarie News web site.

Port City WBC Encouragement Day

Winners of Port City Encouragement Day - Tuncurry Beach

Pam Gilkinson,Pat Hanlon, Trish Wilson, Liz Gray with John Oxley Motors Sponsor Heather Smith.

Then we had a dilemma by the way of 2 Teams had equal wins, equal ends. So Second place went to Forster and Kempsey Heights

The team from Kempsey - Sue Wade, Joy Vibert, Eileen Swain,Daphne Heuston, (Heather Smith - John Oxley Motors) Forster - Anne Taylor, Debbie Carey, Corrie Brook, Yvonne Hughes

What a great day was held at Port City to-day 22 Teams playing. All the bowlers who played had been bowling for less than 6 years. The rain tried to spoil it but to no avail. This is an annual event and entries fill up quickly. Our thanks go to John Oxley Motors who sponsored this event.

Youngsters take to the Green

(L-R) Ian Binder & Peter Gunn

 

The final of the men's Reg Lucas over 70's Shield was played at Port City on the weekend. Ian Binder took out the title 21 - 18 over Peter Gunn in a great exhibition of draw bowls.

News from Kew

The news report from the Kew Men's BC for the week ending Sunday 23rd November is now available thanks to Brian Charters, the driving lead.

Click here to view.

News from Port City

The news report for the Port City Men's BC is now available for the week ending Sunday 23rd November.

Thanks to Colin Halls for this report.

Test Your Knowledge

The last question concerned the third moving the jack when measuring - who moves it back to the original position? The choices were:

- the third who was measuring / the opposition / the umpire

Well done to 61% of those who voted with the correct answer "the opposition" !

Law 33.4.1 states that - "an opponent should put it back to its former position".

Port City WBC Weekly News

On Tuesday it was our Gala Day and President Barbara welcomed District President Diana and Secretary Carole. We also had visitors from Westport, Lake Cathie, Port Panthers, Wauchope, Comboyne and Kew.

News from Port Panthers

The news report from the Port Panthers Women's BC for the week ending Wednesday 19th November is now available.

Click here for the report thanks to Terry Merchant.

Club Challenge State Finals

The finals of the Club Challenge will be played at the Warilla BC from Saturday 6th - Sunday 7th December. Teams from our general area in the semi finals include:

Men's Gold: Port City vs. Terrigal

Men's Silver: West Coffs vs. Kurri Kurri

 

Men's Blue: Macksville vs. Diggers

Mixed Gold: Taree Leagues vs. Valentine

 

Click here for the full draw of all divisions on the Bowls NSW website.

New Bowls Formats

Fast-paced sporting matches are growing in popularity with bowls taking up the challenge with the new Jack Attack and the new look premier league.

Click here for the Bowls Australia news report

Tech Article - Pennant Reporting

"ITguy" Paul Webster has published a his second article on the proposed Pennant reporting system for the 2015 Zone 14 Pennants.

Click here for the latest article "2015 Pennant Proposal" on the Zone 14 web site.
 
I'm sure Paul would like to hear from your with any comments or suggestions - you can leave a comment on this posting (use the link below) or email Paul on: itguyZone14@gmail.com

News from Port Panthers

The news report for the Port Panthers Men's BC for the week ending Sunday 16th November is now available.

Click here for the report thanks to Terry Merchant.

News from Westport

The news report from the Westport Men's BC for the week ending Sunday 16th November is now available.

Click here for the report thanks to Tony Kimber.