CANBERRA BOWLING CLUB INCORPORATED

Hobart Avenue, Forrest, ACT 2603

Phone: 6295 2508 (business) 6174 3661 (bowls)

Newsletter No. 56 February 2016

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Well we are already a month into the year and

December is but a memory. Not so much so that we

shouldn’t take the time to acknowledge the great time

enjoyed by our members and visiting bowlers from

far afield who participated in two of our biggest

events held each year as we wound down for the end

of the bowling calendar in 2015.

Congratulations Hamper Day 2015

There were teams from many local and regional

Clubs attending 2015 Hamper Day, Open Fours

Carnival. When it came down to the Semi-Finals

there were three Canberra Club teams and one

from City vying for the first and second position.

After some very good, friendly bowling, two

teams of four men prevailed. Congratulations to

Greg Pickup, Glen Freebody, Mark Dulihanty,

and Barry Freebody on their great win over the

team of Greg Bourke, Peter Fardell, Warwick

Peirce, and Ray Brewer.

P. Fardell, M. Dulihanty, R. Brewer, G. Freebody, G. Bourke, B.

Freebody, G. Pickup, W. Peirce

Break-up Day 2015

The break-up day, on a very warm Wednesday,

16th December saw over 52 bowlers and at

least 15 others attending the lunch on the day.

The bowlers getting to know each other when

sticks were drawn for team positions, followed

by the normal socializing in the club house over

Christmas fare. For some members it was the

first time to put a face to a name that they may

have heard or read in the newspaper. There was

also Santa, who knew them all, naughty or nice.

Everyone enjoyed the fantastic feast of goodies

which was eagerly devoured.

Jocelyn Jenvey and Lorraine Barton enjoying the Christmas

atmosphere

On the day, instead of presents, donations were

collected and there was a grand sum of $515.00.

This was donated to Pegasus, our chosen

charity for 2015. Thank you to everyone for

making the day a great success, especially the

ladies who set up the tables and the food

banquet, which is always as great as it is varied.

Santa surprising Robyn Moxon (don’t ask)

Peter Wiget, Arthur Wyatt, and new bowler Helen McLean getting into

the spirit of Christmas

NB: A full array of photos can be viewed on our Club website.

Christmas Carnival 2015

Perhaps the biggest event each year at our Club

is the Christmas Carnival, held for four days

between Boxing Day and New Year’s Eve. The

36th

Annual Carnival last month didn’t

disappoint. It was possibly one of the better

Carnivals we have enjoyed for a while, relaxed

and friendly. Teams came from all over, one

team travelling in from Braidwood each day, and

the feedback was very positive on all fronts. It

was hearting to see that there were teams made

up from different clubs and a lot of family

combinations enjoying the ambience that only

our club can offer in the middle of the Nation’s

Capital. Because of the hot weather, the bar

taking also brought a smile to David Kimber’s

face. Again, thanks to the organisers, helpers,

and bar staff for making the event such a great

success.

R. Moxon with Day 1 winners M. Fawthrop and A. Fawthrop

R. Moxon with Mixed Triples, Day 2 winners, G. Young, K.

Dalgleish, B. McDonald

R. Moxon with Day 3 winners P. Wiget and G. Wiget

Open Triples winners W. Jackson, J. Birch, and T. Frazer

CBC Women’s Bowls Program 2016

PLAY, SUBSTITUTE, OR FORFEIT

Women’s Pairs – 13th March

CBC Men’s Bowls Program 2016

PLAY, SUBSTITUTE, OR FORFEIT

Men’s Pairs – 20th February

The final calendar for the Club

Championships has to be finalised and will

be included in the next Newsletter As each game is played, the results are not only

updated on the Notice Board but on our Club

website too, under ‘Bowling Program’. There will

be also a ‘CBC Bowling Calendar 2016’ on the

website for you to access using your multimedia

device.

N.B. Games can be played prior to the weekend

but must be finalised on the appointed date

above or talk to the Women’s/Men’s Bowls co-

ordinators.

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ACT EVENTS

Computer Tip this month

Welcome to 2016 and over last year’s silly season

which raised a lot of money for the club there are a

few people to thank. Especially the Ladies that did

the catering it was amazing to see how multiple

groups were catered for on one day without missing

a beat. Speaking of beats quite a few of you also

enjoyed Mick's Musical BBQ during that time which

also resulted in a lot of questions on digital music.

Most modern cars these days come with multi-media

capabilities so it's easy to carry around your whole

CD library in the palm of your hand. This is usually

in the form of a USB stick drive or on your smart

phone or even on a SD storage card. The problem is

how do we get our music on there in the first place.

The simple answer to that is get yourself a MP3

ripper. A good free-ware piece of software that does

this job is called CDEX. Once installed you can put

in your music CD into your computer it will find the

album name from the internet and title all the songs

for you and you can then proceed to convert that

audio CD into a MP3 files. With storage these days

being cheap make sure you encode that conversion at

the highest possible settings 320/ 44 kps which

pretty much matches the quality of the CD itself.

Unless you have perfect hearing very few people can

pick the difference in audio quality. In short this

process compresses the audio file by discarding

frequencies outside the normal human hearing range

into roughly 10-15 percent of its original file size on

CD. That way you can fit about 5-6 CD's of music

onto one single CD of MP3's Link to software :

http://cdex.mu/download

There is also software available on the bowls

computer to do this job as well, I have installed

it to save in a folder called "Music Rip" on the

Network drive. Just have a USB stick handy so

you can copy the files it creates from the hard

drive. Keep in mind this process is not instant, a

complicated algorithm is used by the computer

to convert each song so each CD might take 15-

20 mins. The alternative is to grab an Itunes or

Google play card from any local supermarket

and download your music in that format to begin

with. However there is no need to pay for your

own music twice so ripping your CD collection

might take a bit of time but it's yours to keep

long after the CD becomes unplayable. For

those of you who don't have MP3 playing ability

in your car don't worry there is a cheap solution

for you as well. Just go onto Ebay and search

for "MP3 Player FM Transmitter" these usually

range from $20 - $40 with the more elaborate

ones connecting to your smartphone via

Bluetooth. They just plug into the car cigarette

lighter socket and broadcast via a unused FM

frequency on your car radio. In short there are

lots of ways to play digital music, from your TV,

DVD, Smart-phone, Car, Ipod, Tablet, Computer

etc. So it's convenience far outweighs that of a

music CD and the added bonus of not having to

worry about scratches.

Greg Bourke

Summer Pennants

Canberra Bowling Club will be represented by

four men’s teams and one women’s team this

year in the summer pennants season. The men

have a side in Grades 1, 2, 4, and 5. The first

round starts this weekend, 30th

-31st January.

Good luck to all teams.

Answer Next Issue

Last Issue’s Solution

Bowls Session on Local Radio

Tune into FM 96.7 each Friday at 5.00 pm to listen to Coral McMurray, from

Queanbeyan Women’s Bowling Club, talk about all the latest News on local Bowls. She is willing to advertise any upcoming event that we are running as part of her radio program.

Members are reminded that if they

wish to enter their names on the list

for any bowling session that they may

do so via

the phone: 6174 3661

or

via email: cbcbowls@gmail.com

We have all been there

Second hand Corner

There are still some bowls listed on our website

for sale.

Henselite and Aero Bowls for sale:

Set of Henselite Alpha Size 4, Plain Grip, Green/Gold Speckle stamped 18. All bowls in Very good condition.

Price $350.00 Set of Henselite Alpha Size 3, Gripped, White/Red Speckle stamped 18. All bowls in Very good condition.

Price $325.00

A set of Aero Profile, size 4 Gripped, Sunrise colour, stamped 23. All bowls in Excellent Condition as these bowls have only been used for a rollup.

Price $400.00

Set of Henselite Fusion Size 3 Colour Quartz White/Black/Grey Speckle Plain Grip, Stamped 23. All bowls in excellent condition, only used a couple of times.

Price $400.00

Contact: Bill Jackson

Phone: (02) 62420463 Email: wsjackson@ymail.com

Edge Bowls

Factor Size 2HW

4 Years old

$350

Contact Julie Hancock on 6288 7743

Henselite Dreamline

Size 3 HW

$200

Contact Jocelyn Jenvey

Phone: (02)6292 1475

If you would like to contribute to our

monthly newsletter, please contact Gayle

Young.

Please note that every endeavour is made to ensure

that any information contained within this Newsletter

is as factual and accurate as may be possible at the

time of publication.