Raffle Winners
Winner of Thursday 8th April raffle:
Fred & Dereck
Winners of Saturday 13th March raffles:
Colin Bailey
Geoff Stevenson
Many thanks to these two Legends
For many years the Joondalup Bowling Club members have been spoilt with the excellent state of our greens and surroundings. This is due to a lot of hard work and expertise from our Green keeper Craig and his assistants. This is only achievable with the dedicated assistance of these two legends in Bill Brown and John Bartlett. Both these guys have given up their time every Monday morning for over twenty years to assist the green keeper especially with the watering of the greens and keeping the surrounds in pristine state so we can all enjoy the environment.
Sincere thanks to Bill and John for their great involvement over these many years it is much appreciated by all. Also sincere thanks to all volunteers who have given up their time to ensure that our club is a safe and happy environment.
Bowls WA Junior Bowls Committee
Our representative Mark Roemermann
Bowls WA has established a Junior Bowls Committee in an attempt to encourage more young people to get involved with the great sport of bowls. The purpose of the Committee is to assist clubs with providing pathways to young people that enter our sport, to keep them engaged, and to increase family involvement in the sport.
Bowls WA has been aware that in some areas throughout the State there has been some fantastic programs taking place, encouraging students to try bowls, through school programs and through junior club clinics. These programs have largely been isolated however, so this Committee is seen as an opportunity to bring these great people together and help more clubs achieve in this area.
The members of the Committee have all had involvement in junior programs, in one form or another, and are all passionate about encouraging more young people into the sport. They are:
Laura Merz (Manning), Vicki Bowden (Halls Head), Mark Roemermann (Joondalup), Shane Smith (Quinns Rocks), Allan Petchell (Rossmoyne), Peter Collins (Mosman Park), Paul Norton (Mosman Park), Ken Perks (Morley), Steve Unsworth (BA RBM), Clive Adams (BA RBM)
Whilst one outcome of the Committee’s work may be more juniors being available for State representation, this is not the key role of the panel. The key role is a real focus at grassroots level to simply help clubs put successful junior programs in place, and then provide the pathways for them to follow through and remain engaged with our sport into the future.
“Everyone on the Committee has had success with junior programs in some form”, said RBM Clive Adams. “This Committee has been on myself and Steve’s agenda for some time, so it is exciting to see it coming together”.
The first meeting of the Committee was held on Monday 8th December at Bowls WA headquarters, and it was a meeting full of ideas and passion. As the Committee evolves, you can expect to see guidelines and advice come directly from the Committee out to those at clubs, to help set them on the correct path.
“A major attraction of our sport is family involvement”, Adams added. “By embracing students, and their families and showing them the experiences they can have together as a family, as well as then demonstrating the individual success that many of our young players have achieved, there is a great opportunity for Clubs to recruit new players, both young people, and adults”.
Bowls Australia’s recently relaunched Rookie Rollers campaign, formerly Jr Jack Attack, will no doubt form part of the Committee’s discussions, however the pathways need to go beyond that. Once a program has been conducted at a school, what is next for anyone interested in taking up the sport more regularly? This will be a key area for the Committee to address.
Wrong Bias
Wrong Bias tin going to Charity
We have a wrong bias tin in which members deposit $2.00 if they happen to put down a wrong biased bowl. So if you are playing pennants, a championship event, and social bowls or even just practicing we are sure your fellow bowlers will remind you about the tin, if you happen to forget. In the time the wrong bias tin has been going over $950.00 has been raised to go towards a donation to Cancer research and Legacy.
Thank you to all those members who continue to forget to look at the bias before delivery
Authority to open/close the greens
Persons with authority to open or close greens.
President
Greenkeeper
Greens Committee Chairman
Match Captains
Love of your local promotion
Support our JSA
BREAKING NEWS: CUB support has been raised to $2,million.
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Thanks for your continued support and understanding.
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Offer only valid on Carlton dry
Rolling of the greens
Rolling criteria
Craig, our greenkeeper, has advised that the greens are not to be rolled for 24 hours if there is 8mm+ in the gauge.