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DECEMBER 2016 NEWSLETTER
Heathy’s 2 Bob…
Season’s Greetings
I wish the very best to everyone in this holiday season. Have some fun, and most
importantly, keep safe!
Welcome to New Members
We extend a very warm welcome to Wayne Partridge (Parts). Wayne joins
Bentleigh from the Burden Park Bowling Club. Wayne is an accomplished bowler and
has skipped in Burden Park’s Div 1 side. Wayne’s experience will be a valuable
addition to our top side and Keith Ronaldson reckons he’s also a top bloke! Wayne’s
rink on Saturday has already been referred to as “The Pear Tree”, “The Partridge
Family” and “Spare Parts” – it doesn’t take long at Bentleigh!
We also extend our warmest welcome to Chris Cook. Chris has been a regular on
Thursday evenings for a while now and is getting the hang of bowls quickly. Chris also
joins us as a Full Member, so we look forward to Chris throwing on the uniform and
representing Bentleigh in Pennant some time soon!
A Touch of Housekeeping for the Bowlers
Please keep an eye on the Duty Rink each week on the Selection Board. We’ve had
many Pennant days (both Midweek and Pennant) where mats, flags and sunshades in
particular have been left out. If the wind gets up even a bit, it can put a lot of
pressure on some parts of the shades and one had to be repaired recently.
If the Duty Rink doesn’t do its (pretty basic) duties, it usually falls back to one or two
other individuals. We are very lucky to have quite a few new bowlers here at
Bentleigh, so if you’re not sure what is required of the Duty Rink, please ask one of
the older hands for help – you might be pleasantly surprised that they’ll chip in and
help out as well as showing you the ropes!
Our purpose is to be a respected and competitive lawn bowls club that also
provides members and guests with a fun, safe and social off-green
environment...
Our ambition is to be the most respected Club in our region…
Bowling Matters!
Club Openings over the Break
The Club Rooms will continue to open on Thursday evenings and Saturday afternoon during the break to facilitate practice and for members to socialise.
Where we’re at for the season break
Midweek Pennant
The Midweek Pennant sides are both looking very strong for finals, with the top side sitting at the top of the ladder and the 2nd side a close second to Mulgrave Country
Club (the side they beat on all 3 rinks just this week).
Saturday Pennant
For Saturday Pennant, the top side is sitting 6th on the ladder and has a similar run
home to last year with most games to be played away. I’m sure the team is up to the
challenge and will do the best they can to try and get to the top 4 – a big ask, but definitely possible.
The Seconds are currently 4th on the ladder and you could throw a blanket over the
top 3 clubs. The seconds will definitely be eyeing off playing in the finals, but Chelsea and Mordialloc will be breathing hard on their heels – go the Magoos!
The thirds are looking sweet at the top of their ladder, but the next 3 clubs are not too
far away and will be playing to knock Bentleigh off the top. A strong run home is still required to earn a home final at the end of the home and away season.
The fourths have knuckled down after a not-so-flash start to the season and are
sitting in 7th place on their ladder and just 5 points away from Beaumaris. Time may be running out for finals, but “The Force” will continue to play hard to show they earned the promotion to Division 6.
Electric Light
The SDELBA seem to do things a little strangely. Our firsts are on 41 points but are
listed below Elsternwick Park with 35 points. With that in mind, I think we can claim
3rd spot. Burden Park and South Oakleigh have shot out and lead the pack by a fair
bit, but finals is a solid target for the first side.
The seconds are also sitting in 3rd spot but with St Kilda real close behind. Another
good chance for finals if we can keep up the wins.
For the thirds, the top 6 clubs have opened up a bit of a lead. Bentleigh sits in 7th place 11 shots behind the Hampton RSL and Sandringham on 40 pts. Again, time may
be running out for finals, but this is a side with plenty of fight in it who will continue to put in their best to do the Club proud.
Number 1 (Top) Green and Doug Osborne Green
The top green has re-opened after a big rejuvenation by Andrew. Members have
reported the green bowling very true, if a bit slow. To encourage more traffic on the top green, the Doug Osborne Green will be closed over the break.
Andrew wishes to top dress the Doug Osborne green to ensure it remains a peak
grass green and expects to do this pretty soon after the Century 21 tournament. This
means that will not be playing pennant on the Doug Osborne green for over a month, so all the more reason to practice on the top green and re-learn the prevailing wind
conditions up there.
Another 8!
You’d be starting to think these 8s are easy come by! Lawrie Rocher's rink of Peg Woolley, Rocco Franconeri and Rae Pocknee
scored an 8 against Waverley Golf in Round 11 of Midweek Pennant!
Congratulations guys!
Club Championships
The Mens and Ladies Singles and Pairs events have all been run and won.
Sandbelt Region Championships
Tina Boquest has been representing the Bentleigh Bowling Club
with pride in the Sandbelt Region Championships.
Tina progressed through the first couple of rounds and played
Ann McCarthy from Caulfield Park in the Quarter Finals at Clayton
last Sunday. Unfortunately Tina lost that game in a tight one, but
not after a spirited come back.
Well done Tina!
Tips from the Coach’s Box…
The score cards for the individual practice drills are yet to be loaded
onto the website (Editor: Sorry Ronno – I’ll get onto it).
To assist you with individual practice over the break, I have prepared
hard copies of the drill score cards and placed the originals in the
Coach’s Stuff section of the main notice board. Please feel free to make copies, or if some kind soul can make a supply, take one of
those. And remember, if you’d like to discuss your scorecards with me to see what
areas of your game we need to focus on, please do so.
Saturday Pennant resumes on January 14. I wish to dedicate the practice session on
Thursday 12th January to members of the 3rd and 4th sides. If you’re a regular in
these sides, please make every effort to attend this practice session.
CONTINUED GOOD BOWLING TO ALL!
KR
Social News
Xmas Party
The Xmas Party on 17th December went very well
again with 70+ in attendance. Once again John Wells entertained with music from across many
generations and we enjoyed a great spit roast
dinner.
Xmas Eve Drinkies
Yeah – it’ll be on again this year! Rock up to the Club from around 4:30pm on Xmas
Eve (that’s Saturday 24th).
Tony Heath has requested a visit from Grown Up Santa but hasn’t had a reply yet so cross your fingers he can visit us for a drink before delivering the presents to the
kiddies!
The Trading Table is Back in Business
The Trading Table is now back in business after a couple of years of holidays. There’s
currently a selection of genuine home-made jams and relishes available but you need to be quick – around half went in the first day! Thanks Lawrie Rocher for bringing
these in!
BBC Shenanigans!
Stone The Crows
Or so Pete Blee reckons! During the long delay before pennant play commenced at St
Kilda, a very industrious crow smelt some pretty tasty morsels in Pete’s bowls bag. He
had carefully re-wrapped his partially consumed BBC salad roll and covered it with his bowls cloth. Sallie Hinson captured the resulting salad roll deconstruction…
They don’t seem to be too keen on the vegetable stuff DJ, but there’s no signs of the cold meats left…
Bangers & Mash
Alan Marsh reckons that on the grounds of the blossoming relationship between
Garry Waldron and Robbie Michael, Robbie MAY now be referred to as Mash – he’ll still be a Bloody Menace to me though!
…and here’s the video sent in by Sallie…
https://youtu.be/J_s5ytxFOB8
Taking the BBC to the World
Brades’ youngest daughter Jo is travelling in the US. Brades snuck his spare Club shirt into Jo’s bag with
instructions to take a good snap or three.
Jo has ducked up to Canada and sent through this snap
from Toronto – Jo says it was a relatively warm day at minus 1 Celsius (she’s now in Montreal basking in minus
17 Celsius - top!)
If you’re going away on holidays, remember to pack your Club shirt and send me a photo.
Future Newsletters
If you have any announcements or something you’d like to see in future Newsletters,
please see Steve Brady or email [email protected].