Chairman’s Report

First of all I would like to congratulate the ladies representing our Club in the 2012 Bronze Section of Super Challenge. Well done girls! It was a magnificent effort. We are still awaiting the arrival of the new neon sign for the front of the Club to arrive. It cannot be too far away now. Also I have not had any update on the verandah surfacing. As soon as I get an update I will pass it onto the Presidents. The Club appears to continue to run smoothly, there being no domestics appearing at Board

meetings. I would however ask the Social Clubs operating out of Mt Gravatt Bowls Club, when they have a club outing and leave their cars in the Club car park to travel by coach, would you please park your vehicles in the western end of the car park and leave the areas to the front and outside the Club main entrance free for visitors and other bowlers. Until next news letter, Cheers. John A Taylor Chairman

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Men's President's Report

The past couple of months have been quite busy with a significant number of bowlers

representing our club in the Super Challenge Competition and the Premier Sevens Competition.

Although our teams did not quite make it to the final they are to be congratulated for their

efforts and the manner in which they conducted themselves against some very tough

opposition.

To the Ladies who were successful in winning the final of the Ladies Bronze Super Challenge

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! You have done the club proud.

We currently have two teams participating in the Poinciana competition and although it is only early days both

teams are performing quite well

It will not be too long before the Pennant season will be upon us and training and selection trials will begin shortly.

Perhaps this will be the year where we get to see a couple of new flags to adorn our wall of honour.

Once again I would like to express my sincere thanks to all the Council Members and dedicated Volunteers for their

continued support in the running of our club.

Alan Girvan President Men's Section

THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE MT GRAVATT BOWLS CLUB.inc

1873 Logan Road Upper Mt Gravatt 4122 Editor Don Hamilton Phone 33492367 – Fax 33492787 Email: d.y.ham@bigpond.com Email: secretary@mtgravattbowlsclub.com Website: http://www.mtgravattbowlsclub.com May – June 2012 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Ladies President’s Report The game of Bowls, as in all other sports, is governed by a set of Laws. These laws come from the past, updated and printed, learned and adhered to in every game. Every Club has a Constitution and a set of By-laws. These are updated and printed and distributed to members. This objective data can be seen as a surety that bowlers respect the past in order to enjoy and preserve the Game of Bowls and enjoy a social life within their Club. Club life should not be judged as it was "years ago”. Change is continuous and a certainty in life.

The Ladies Club recently celebrated and felt proud of our success in Super Challenge. The team played a professional, good spirited, challenging set of games meeting Clubs from as far north as Cairns and as far West as Charleville. It was exciting, happy, exacting for the Team as well as Club Members who barracked from the sidelines. And we bought home the Cup "and the bacon." Our Club and Self-selected Championships for 2012 are coming to completion in time for Pennants in June; they also have been played professionally. In recent years numbers taking up bowls have diminished. Club membership has dropped. This I believe leads to a clash between the past and the present. The committed Committee members, as always, do a sterling job in organisation and fund raising giving their time willingly and in good spirits. Why is it that just a few people enjoy subjective hurtful comments? Club selectors for Social Bowls, do their best to meet individual needs. At the time of organising the Games, only they know individual requests i.e. medical and such like. "New members should play lead" - this is adhered to as much as possible - however give us a break and encourage new members to ENJOY BOWLS and the wonderful social interaction with friends we all need. We do not mind being reminded of the past glories however we ask everyone to respect the present. On Financial Day this month we had 75 players including ten teams from other Clubs. It was threatening overcast day -all visiting teams were placed on the undercover green. I (in a seniors moment) asked the players to proceed to the greens 25 minutes earlier than the time stated in Conditions of Play. The earth did not shatter however one member found it necessary to delay play on undercover green until the designated time. Oh well I feel better now!!!!! Thank you. Mary Ferro President Ladies Section Mount Gravatt Bowls Club

Our Latest Patriarch – 90 Years Young

Although Alf Bowmaker is not playing Bowls – he is still a registered member of the Mount Gravatt

Bowls Club and at a recent Thursday, Alf was presented with his Patriarch Members Badge by Mens

President Alan Girvan. Congratulations Alf on achieving this award.

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Super Challenge Silver / Bronze

Hi All Break up received today Mens silver $980 Mens Bronze $780 Ladies Bronze $870 Plus as you all know Ladies bronze won $4000 Total $6630 John Gamlin (Treasurer)

Thanks for that John, Ed

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FROM THE GENERAL MANAGER

Congratulations to the girls for winning the Super Challenge at the Tweed Bowls Club. What a

tremendous effort. Southside staffer and team member, Ronnie Elliot, has not stopped smiling

and I hear all about it when the Thursday crew come down to Southside for dinner – EVERY

WEEK! Give me a break girls, I know you won and well done.

I am constantly amazed by the perception that the internet is the preserve of the young and

that us “oldies”, yes, me included, are still reading newspapers by candlelight. I would be willing to bet that if a

survey was held tomorrow the seniors in our community would figure very strongly as internet users. Most of my

friends are in that age group and use the internet to stay in touch with their family and friends, research hobbies,

future purchases, holidays and generally use it to gather knowledge. The list of uses is endless. This is why we spend

so much time, money and effort on our web sites and social media because it is the way of the future.

If you have not logged onto the Mt Gravatt Bowls Club, Carson Room and Southside web sites lately then I suggest

you do so as soon as possible and you will see state of the art photography and technology in the new panoramic

virtual tours. The following web sites have the new virtual tours installed:

www.mtgravattbowlsclub.com.au

www.carsonroom.com.au

www.southsidesport.com.au

Hopefully, by the time you are reading this newsletter the new Pylon Sign will be installed. It has been a long time

coming but sometimes you cannot foresee the circumstances that cause delays to projects. Once in place it should

put the Carson Room and the Bowls Club on the map with LED panels displaying important messages to all traffic

travelling in both directions. The LED message panels will be controlled by a cellular phone from the office providing

absolute flexibility in changing messages. They say you can’t teach old dogs new tricks but we will see what happens

when we try to teach Club Manager Jeff McLennan how to operate the LED panels. Southside Marketing

Coordinator, Veronica Elliot, operates the LED displays on the pylon sign at Southside so I am sure Jeff will be in safe

hands with Ronnie.

This financial year Southside will invest around a million dollars on refurbishments and upgrades with $250,000

being spent at the Bowls Club and $500,000 at Southern Cross Sports Club. While the refurbishment of the Carson

Room and the new pylon sign are visually noticeable to the members, the half a million dollars spent at Southern

Cross is not because the money was spent on a new kitchen and the replacement of the old air conditioning plant.

However, the members will benefit at Southern Cross through 5 star food safety, quality meals and a high degree of

comfort, particularly in summer, from the new state of the art air conditioning systems.

Graham Chattin. Manager

I changed my iPod's name to Titanic. It's syncing now. When chemists die, they barium. I know a guy who's addicted to brake fluid. He says he can stop any time. How does Moses make his tea? Hebrews it. I stayed up all night to see where the sun went. Then it dawned on me.

Deirdre’s Club Chat I trust everyone had a happy and joyous Easter and have recovered from the over indulgences of the occasion. The weather certainly favoured the holiday makers, particularly the campers. Congratulations to the Super Challenge Ladies bronze team winning the finals in outstanding fashion. The victory was even sweeter as they went through the competition undefeated. Bravo and well done all. Best wishes to Max Bygrave on turning 80 on the 18th April and to Jack Oliver who will

reach his milestone on the 13th June. A belated congrats to Gladys Holman who has welcomed her 14th Great-Grandchild, Blair, into the fold. Sincerest condolences to Phil Armstrong and Noel Horsburgh on the recent death of their mother. Our thoughts are also with the relatives and friends of Joy Bond. Joy was a regular player of Thursday mixed triples. Also recently deceased was Pat Bonham. Pat had not played for many years but was a great supporter and player for over 20 years. She is fondly remembered by many. Those still on the infirm list are Gail Ingram, Max Bygrave and Jean Magrath. Well on the road to recovery are Paddy Power, James Donegan and Lyn May. It’s great to see James and Lyn back on the green. On the travel scene are Win Worsnop to Dubai, Paris and European River Cruise, Geoff Devencorn cruising Pacific Islands, John Taylor cruising around Oz, John Davies and wife travelling South and taking in a cruise on the Murray river, Mary Smith and her sisters off to Sydney for some R&R taking in the taping of the “Ready, Steady Cook” T.V. show, Stephanie Porter and Frances Williamson are off to attend a Beef Steak and Burgundy conference in Darwin, (sounds yummy to me). On Friday 27th April a group consisting of Reg Walls, Ted Wright, Allan Pearce, John Ward and Les Ockendon (accompanied by their wives) dined at the Club to celebrate their 20 years of Club membership. Unfortunately, another member, Ron Harrold, was unable to be present. We wish the Ladies Pennant teams good luck in their upcoming campaign. They will be competing in Divisions 1, 4, and 6. Until next time, bye for now. Deirdre. Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

POINCIANA CHALLENGE 2012 The 2012 competition commenced on 14th. April with 2 sections of 7 teams.

Five clubs entered 2 teams and the other clubs one each giving 14 competing. After two rounds the Mt. Gravatt Mountain Men are leading section 1 whilst The section 2 team The Mt Gravatt Marauders are looking for their first win

even though they are playing well. These results can be seen on our web site, also Gateway’s website and in the Sunday Mail.

Most of these bowlers are new to this type of competition, so come along and give them some encouragement. We have a team at home each weekend up to May 26th. Bruce Black. Co-ordinator

This girl said she recognized me from the vegetarian club, but I'd never met herbivore. I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. I just can't put it down. I did a theatrical performance about puns. It was a play on words.

Sponsorship Manager’s Report

Recent Events

It was unfortunate that the Easter Open Pairs had to be cancelled; however the

numbers were insufficient to continue with it. It was felt it was much better to cancel

than to try to run it with the numbers we had and run at a loss.

Many thanks to those who had nominated to play.

Coming Events

Club Appreciation Day is scheduled for Sunday 6th May. The day comprises;

. Two games of Club Selected Mixed Triples from 9.00 am to 10.30 am and 11.00 am to 12.30 pm.

. Morning tea with biscuits 10.30am to 11.00am

. Free raffle ticket, raffle prizes 2 x $20-00, 2 x $10-00

. Toucher prizes during the morning

. Sausage sizzle style BBQ meal with choice of steak, sausage or rissole served at 1.00pm.

Non player member’s meal at no cost.

. Green fees $5-00

. Nomination sheet is on the men’s section notice board.

The day is proudly sponsored by Renaissance Retirement Living.

Retirement Village Bowls Day is scheduled for 11th May. At the time of writing we have full greens for this event to

be sponsored by Apia

Club Selected Mixed Triples scheduled for Sunday 3rd June. This day comprises two morning games of Club Selected

Mixed Triples followed by a sausage sizzle. Proudly sponsored by Alex Gow Funerals and One Steel Reinforcing.

Please remember, if you are considering a purchase of goods or services, please think of our sponsors first. They

make a most valued contribution to our Club and deserve our custom in return. A full listing of our sponsors is

contained in this newsletter.

Reg Walls

Sponsorship Manager

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They told me I had type-A blood, but it was a Type-O.

I didn't like my beard at first. Then it grew on me.

Did you hear about the cross-eyed teacher who lost her job because she couldn't control her pupils??

Mt Gravatt Bowls Club Sponsors

Air Conditioning Tayair Airconditioning, Pty Ltd Troy Young 07 3841 8922 Mob. 0411 190939 Banks Credit Unions & Financial Services Bank of Queensland – Mt Gravatt CC Chiong 073247 1700 Bendigo Bank –Upper Mt Gravatt Matthew Harris 07 3216 8333 Breez Finance Corporation P/L Frances Fernandez 07 3234 7444 Commonwealth Bank –Garden City Angela Wilson 07 3349 7222 Heritage Building Society Derek Goodridge 07 3849 5602 Peter Donovan, Certified Financial Planner Peter Donovan 0414 347 287 RAMS Home Loans Sabina & Murray Allen 07 3343 4175 Westpac – Mt Gravatt Paul Dennett 07 3422 3484 Mob 0417 238195 Bowls & Bowls Attire Fred Fern Bowls Centre John Finlayson 07 3391 5222 J.R.Bowls Shop Andre Damyon 07 3349 4421 Chemist Civic Fair Pharmacy Bob Harries 07 3349 7196 Malouf Group Pharmacies Ian Frederic 07 3343 5566 Rose Weidman 07 3343 5566 Cleaning Services Cleansweep Cleaning Contractors Russell Gaske 07 3341 4898 Dentists & Dental Laboratory Amy Chan Dentistry Dr Amy Chan 07 3343 4880 Lumley Dental Laboratory Mimoza Sukic 07 3343 8488 Electrical Contractors/Retailers Gimpel Electrics Peter & Paul Gimpel 07 3343 4066 Financial Planning Peter Donovan – Certified Financial Planner Peter Donovan 0414 347 287 Fitness Centre Curves – Mt Gravatt Jannette Romeo 07 3420 0255 Funeral Services Alex Gow Funerals Helen Turner 07 3852 1501 Anton Brown Funerals P/L Anton Brown 07 3217 3088 George Hartnett Funerals Barry McIntosh 07 3849 8411 K M Smith Funeral Directors www.kmsmith.com.au 07 3252 2031 Metropolitan Funerals Toni Boydston 07 3349 9211 White Lady Funerals Sue Banks 07 3801 4777 Hearing Centres Hearing Life Sue – Ann Maxwell 07 3422 0377 John Pearcy Audiology John Pearcy 07 3398 8862 Insurance APIA. Michael Porter 02 4331 2299 Mob. 0431 656 452 Key Cutting, Leather Goods & Shoe Repairs Mt Gravatt Plaza Shoe Repairs Matthew Park 07 3849 2800

Licenced Clubs Southside Sports & Community Club Graham Chattin 07 3219 1103 Motor Vehicles- New & Used Cars Keema Automotive Brad Nicholls 07 3426 1500 Southside Toyota Noel Clemson 07 3422 4999 The Motorama Group Simon Clarke 07 3000 9817 Zupps Mitsubishi Alyssa Barrett 07 3243 8888 Zupps Holden Suzanne McSweeney 07 3877 0091 Motor Vehicles- Accessories, Repairs & Maintenance Exide Batteries Jay Hoffman 07 3274 1066 Midas Car Care Centre Tim Sandell 07 3343 2733 Optometrist Da Rin Optometrists Dennis Da Rin 07 3343 9019 Physiotheray Services MyCare PhysioTherapy Terry Kung 07 33493000 Plumbing C.B.W. Plumbing Mark Ashcroft 0410 574 235 Reinforcing Products One Steel Reinforcing Products Rob Banham 07 3845 5655 Retirement Villages Elements Third Age Living at Springwood Choiu See Anderson 07 3299 3775 Mob. 0413 070400 Renaissance Retirement Village Andrew Carins Gen Mgr 07 3820 7700 Helen Hinwood 0402 018 301 Tricare Christine Paerels 07 3360 9025 The Village at Cooparoo. Ric Cohen 07 3892 5454 Mob. 0448 844 388 Solicitors Carroll Fairon Solicitors Frank Carroll 07 3343 9522 Elizabeth Fairon 07 3343 9522 O’Neill’s Business Lawyers Kerry O’Neill 07 3849 6263 Swimming Pool Equipment Fresh Pools Chris Kelly 0418 722 462 Take Away Food Subway – Mt Gravatt & Wishart Michael Tran 07 3343 2255 Mob. 0410 315 892 Taxi Black & White Cabs Lyn-Ann Fraser 13 33 22 & 07 3860 1828 Travel Agents Cruiseabout Annie Venables 07 3120 9200 Trophies Win Trophies Don & Carol Goodwin 07 3349 5458 Local, State and Federal Political Representatives

Cr Krista Adams Councillor for Wishart Ward 07 3403 7791 Mr Ian Walker MP Member for Mansfield 07 3849 3488 Mr Ross Vasta MP Federal Member for Bonner 07 3893 3488 Mr Graham Perrett MP Federal Member for Moreton 07 3344 2622

Our Thanks to Graham Chattin and Southside Sports & Community Club for the printing of this newsletter

GAMES DIRECTORS REPORT MAY 2012

The time sure does fly when you are asked for the 2 monthly reports by Don. First things first

congratulations to the Ladies Super Challenge Team.

Once the Super Challenge season had finished I had the opportunity to finalise three championship games so we

held a Super Saturday congratulations to:-

Triples Winners - Paul Parolin, Warwick Gordon & Ted Read

B Singles - Eddie James, with a special mention to the runner up

Bob Davis you are still a winner to make the finals.

B Pairs – Irvin Lever, John Gamlin.

Currently in progress - C Singles and Novice Singles with the Veteran and the Super Veteran Singles to be called this

leaves only the Mixed Pairs and the Mixed Fours to complete this year’s championship.

Our first of our mixed sponsored days will be held 6th May which is our Club Appreciation Day

TED READ GAMES DIRECTOR

When you get a bladder infection- urine trouble. Broken pencils are pointless. What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary? A thesaurus. England has no kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool.

If anybody has anything they would like to contribute to this newsletter or have any ideas or thoughts on how it could be more interesting, please let me know at my email address on front page or speak to me at the club. Just a note to let members know Hazel Thomas is now residing at the RSL nursing Home and

if anyone would like to contact her , give me a ring on 33445046 and I will give you her address and/or phone number Thanks Don H

The Following members are celebrating their birthdays in the next two months.

MANY HAPPY RETURNS TO YOU ALL

May: Barry Chappel, Mary Jones, Cecil Murray, Shaun Power, Ken Chapman, Stephanie Porter, Joan Gudgeon,

Patricia Strudwick, Andre Damon, Ruth Gleadhill, Corry Smeltink, Raymond Brownhill, Anne Crocker, Kingsley Gum, Anna Kung ,Kevin Beauclerc, Maurits Kuit, Gwen Sparks, Bruce Field, Pamela Palmer, Douglas Lee, Joyce Hillier, Des Hitchman, Aubrey Finnemore, Sandra Vickers, Jean Davis, Bruce McColl, Ian Svensson, Philip Doonan, Laurie Grieve, Ray Shaw, Adrian Speets, Bruce Vickers, Chris Kelly, May lane, Debra lam, Alex Mitchell, Robert Shaw.

JUNE: Allan Gaskon, Carmel Grieve, Neil Mackay, Ethel Thompson, Gina Johnston, Rob McLachlan, June Spall,

Paul Smith, Annie Dickson, Irvin Lever, Kevin Craig, Thomas Oliver, Allan Pearce, Myra Carter, Harry Bolding, Theo Delaware, Jeff McLennan, Paul Parolin, Jacqui Peters, Andrew Edwards, Ray Strudwick, Bryan Martin, Darylin Spring, Diedre Vokes, June Horsburgh, James Pratt, Maureen Warneke, June Mills,

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Many aspects of human sexuality are puzzling.

Take celibacy for example.

This can be a choice in life, or a condition imposed by environmental factors.

While attending a Marriage Encounter Weekend, Tony and Julie listened to the instructor declare, 'It

is essential that husbands and wives know the things that are important to each other.'

He addressed the men. 'Can you each name and describe your wife's favourite flower?'

Tony leaned over, touched Julie's arm gently and whispered, “White Wings Self-Raising, isn't it luv?”

Thus began Tony's life of celibacy.

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Know Your Players

Name: Anna Kung Member for: 3 years Club positions held: Committee Other or past Clubs: Sunnybank Born at: Mainland China Educated: Taiwan Occupation: Nurse Favourite Music: Piano Best movie/Book: My Fair Lady Favourite Place: New Zealand Favourite Sport(apart from Bowls): BasketBall Hobbies: Oil Painting, Knitting, Sewing Favourite Food/Drink: Pork Dumplings/Fruit Juice

Name: Bruce Black Member for: 32 years Club positions held: Councillor, Providore, Board member, Poinciana Co-ordinator Other or past Clubs: Darwin Bowls club , Arnhemland BC Gove Born at: Hamilton New Zealand Educated: Rotowaro Primary, Huntly High School Occupation: Retail Management Farmers trading Co (N.Z) Woolworths , Gove, Darwin, Brisbane- Favourite Music: 60’s & 70’s Best movie/Book: Any sports, Crackerjack Favourite Place: Favourite Sport(apart from Bowls):Rugby League, Cricket ( Test matches – (not hit and giggle) Hobbies: Building scale model houses, inc Clubhouse & The Tower Mill Favourite Food/Drink: All food inc Seafood/Beer, Scotch& Soda

Name: Bruce Van deMeer Member for: over 20 years years Club positions held: Nil Other or past Clubs: RSL, Rotary, Born at: Holland Educated: Holland Occupation: Builder Favourite Music: Jazz Best movie/Book :Gone with the Wind Favourite Place: Mt Isa Favourite Sport(apart from Bowls): Soccer Fishing Hobbies: Charity Work – St Vincent De Pauls, Little Kings Movement –Awarded Rotary Community Award for LKM

Favourite Food/Drink: Asian Food/Beer

Name: Desmond Hitchman Member for: 16 years Club positions held: Member of Coaching Team Other or past Clubs: Greenslopes (briefly) Born at: Rockhampton Educated: Rockhampton Occupation: Power Industry Favourite Music: Classics Best movie/Book: Pirates of the Caribbean/Wilbur Smith books Favourite Place: British Columbia Favourite Sport(apart from Bowls): Kayaking Hobbies: Playing Bridge/TaiChi Favourite Food/Drink: Seafood/Scotch

Know Your Players

Name: Malcolm Ferguson Member for: 4 years Club positions held: Club Coach, Chairman coaching Committee Snr Vice President Other or past Clubs: RSL bowls –games Director Born at: Melbourne Educated: Year 12 Occupation: Retired Favourite Music: Beatles Best movie/Book: Brave Heart/ Stephen King Favourite Place :Norfolk Island Favourite Sport(apart from Bowls): AFL, Cycling Hobbies: Reading Philately Stamp Collecting Favourite Food/Drink: Roasts/Cappuccino

Name: Andrew Prasad Member for: 13 years Club positions held: Nil Other or past Clubs: Nil Born at: Fiji Educated: Year 10 Occupation: Retired Police Officer, Business Favourite Music: Organ/Indian Flute Best movie/Book: Indian movies/ Mother India Favourite Place: Fiji Favourite Sport(apart from Bowls): Rugby NRL Hobbies: Gardening Favourite Food/Drink: Chicken, Curries Rice Chappatti

Name: Ron Eyres Member for: 1 years Club positions held: President, Club Delegate, Selector, Coach, Umpire Other or past Clubs: Strathmore, Blackburn, (V), The Hills, Froster-Tuncurry, Marlin Coast, (NSW) Cairns Masonic, Twin Towns South Tweed (Qld) Born at: Foster Victoria Educated: Murtoa Vic Occupation: Engineer Favourite Music: Jazz Best movie/Book: Favourite Place: Forster/Tuncurry Favourite Sport(apart from Bowls): AFL (Umpire for 25 years) Hobbies: Carpentry & Gardening Favourite Food/Drink: Casseroles/Dry Ginger ale

Name: John Gamlin Member for: 7 years Club positions held: Board Treasurer 4 years Other or past Clubs: Nil Born at: Newcastle NSW Educated: Broadmeadow High School Occupation: Administration Manager Favourite Music: Rock & Roll, Country Best movie/Book: Science Fiction Favourite Place: Canada Favourite Sport(apart from Bowls): Rugby League Hobbies: Share market, Reading, gardening Favourite Food/Drink: Home Roasts /Red Wine

From the Club Manager

Don’t forget that Your Club has some great entertainment coming up. “COTTON, KEAYS & MORRIS” on the 18th May and then “TOUR OF

DUTY”on Friday the 22nd of June, playing fabulous music from the 60’s&70’s.

Just a reminder, use your Birthday vouchers at all three clubs. Friday Dinner at YOUR CLUB, Mt Gravatt Bowls, Sunday Breakfast at Southside and Sunday Dinner at Southern Cross. Bring some friends on a Friday night, buy some raffle tickets to hopefully win a meat TRAY AND ENJOY A GREAT MEAL. Let’s get the social aspect of OUR CLUB going.

If any of you enjoy a dance, we still have our Wednesday 60/40 dance going with live bands and our big dance floor; why not come along and relive all those great times from our younger days.

Jeff McLennan

Club Manager

Do you

understand these laws?

Apparently there are

some members who are

still confused about the

laws governing the

placement of and/or

replacement of a

misaligned mat. I will deal with Law 19.1 first but

only19.1.1 thru 19.1.4 as the rest, describing the use

of groundsheets, does not affect us.

19 Placing the mat

19.1 At the start of each end

19.1.1 Before the start of play in each end, the player to play first should place the centre line of the mat lengthwise along the centre line of the rink, with the mat line at least 2 metres from the rear ditch and at least 23 metres from the front ditch.

19.1.2 If, before the jack has been delivered, a player or the marker finds that the mat has not been placed as described in law 19.1.1, the player to play first should correctly position the mat.

19.1.3 If, after the jack has been delivered but before the first bowl is delivered, a player or the marker finds that the mat line has not been positioned within the distances described in law 19.1.1, the opposing player should place the mat as described in law 19.1.1 and re-deliver the jack, making sure that it is centred, but the opposing player should not play first.

19.1.4 After the first player to play has delivered the first bowl, no-one has the right to challenge the legality of the original distance of the mat line from the rear and front ditches.

This is fairly straight forward and a law which has

been with us for a long time. Basically the law is to

ensure that each end is played from a centred

position and so that the length of any end is at least

21 metres. Confusion only comes from changes which

were made in 2006 to affect Law 19.2:

Merv Ingram

Umpire

19.2 During each end

After the start of play in any end, the mat should not be moved from its original position except in the following circumstances. 19.2.1 If the mat is displaced, it should be

replaced in its original position. 19.2.2 If the mat is out of line with the

centre line, it should be straightened on that line.

19.2.3 If the mat is off the centre line, it should be moved to that line.

19.2.4 If a player picks up the mat before the end has been completed, an opposing player should replace the mat in its original position.

19.2.5 If a bowl from a neighbouring rink, moving in its original course and on a bias which will take it back into its own rink, is travelling on a path which will bring it into contact with the mat, any player on the rink on which the mat is being used can lift it so that the bowl can pass and then replace the mat in its original position.

19.2.6 After the last bowl required to be played in each end has been delivered, a player or the marker should lift the mat and place it completely beyond the face of the rear bank. Opponents in Singles can, however, agree to carry the mat up the rink so that they can use it at the next end.

In earlier days, if a mat was placed on a line other

than the centre line, it could only be shifted to the

centre line prior to the first bowl being played. Now

there is no penalty for moving the mat during an end

to the centre line, providing it is replaced as per Law

19.1 and to ensure there is no alteration to the

distance from the ditch, i.e. one must only move the

mat at right angles to the centre line.

Basically, losing the mat can only occur as a result of:-

o Placing the mat so that the length of end would be less than 21 metres.

o Rolling the jack in to the front ditch. o Rolling the jack out of bounds right or

left. o Losing the toss prior to the game start

or following a drawn game as per Law 45.2.

I do hope that this has clarified the interpretation of

these laws. Enjoy the game.

Telephone: 07 3349 2367

Mt Gravatt Bowls Club Inc.

Calendar - May – June 2012 May 2nd Wed 12.30.pm Mens Pairs Sponsor: O’Neill’s Business Lawyers 3rd Thurs 12.30pm Mixed Triples Sponsor: Gimpel Electrics 6th Sun 9.00am Club Appreciation Day Sponsor: Renaissance Retirement Living 9th Wed 12.30.pm Mens Pairs Sponsor: 10th Thurs 12.30pm Mixed Triples Sponsor: Cruiseabout Upper Mt Gravatt 11th Fri 9.00am Retirement Village Day Sponsor: Apia 14th Mon 9.00am Ladies Autumn Triples Sponsor: Bendigo Bank & Elements TAL 16th Wed 12.30pm Mens Pairs Sponsor: Westpac bank Mt Gravatt 17th Thurs 12.30pm Mixed Triples Sponsor: The Village at Cooparoo 23rd Wed 12.30.pm Mens Pairs Sponsor: 24th Thurs 12.30pm Mixed Triples Sponsor: My Care Physiotherapy 25th Fri 9.00am LADIES FINANCIAL DAY Sponsor: Curves Mt Gravatt 30th Wed 12.30.pm Mens Pairs Sponsor: 31st Thurs 12.30pm Mixed Triples Sponsor: Tayair Air Conditioning June 3rd Sun 9.00am Club Select Mixed triples Sponsor: Alex Gow Funerals One Steel ReInforcing 6th Wed 12.30.pm Mens Pairs Sponsor: Renaissance Retirement Living 7th Thurs 12.30pm Mixed Triples Sponsor: Elements Third Age Living 9th Sat 12.30pm LIFE MEMBERS/PAST PRESIDENTS DAY 12th Tues 6.30pm Corporate Bowls Concludes 13th Wed 12.30.pm Mens Pairs Sponsor: Peter Donovan CFP 14th Thurs 12.30pm Mixed Triples Sponsor: Mt Gravatt Plaza Shoe Repairs 16th Sat 12.30pm Men’s Club Selected Fours –Round One 20th Wed 12.30.pm Mens Pairs Sponsor: 21st Thurs 12.30pm Mixed Triples Sponsor: Da Rin Optometrists 22nd Fri 9.00am LADIES FINANCIAL DAY Sponsor: The Village at Cooparoo 23rd Sat 12.30pm Men’s Club Selected Fours –Round Two 25th Mon 9.00am Mt Gravatt Members invitational Day to Renaissance (Put back to later dateTBA) 27th Wed 12.30.pm Mens Pairs Sponsor: Exide Batteries 28th Thurs 12.30pm Mixed Triples Sponsor: 30th Sat 12.30pm MEN’S PRESIDENT’S DAY AT HOME- PENNANT TRIALS

WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE GENEROUS SUPPORT RECEIVED FROM OUR SPONSORS.

THIS SUPPORT ENABLES US TO PRESENT YOU A BOWLS CALENDAR WITH VARIETY AND

INTEREST. PLEASE GIVE THEM CONSIDERATION WHEN SEEKING GOODS OR SERVICES.

Please Note: Peter Donovan will have an article in the next Newsletter