TeeBeeCee Gazette FROM THE CHAIRMAN SEPTEMBER 2012
As most of our bowling members are aware we are indeed fortunate in having a computerised
“Bowls Program” that greatly assists our Selectors in running a day’s bowls. The program enables the Selectors to assign players to teams and teams to rinks. It prints the score cards and additionally generates a report that assists in the collection of green fees and a report that assists the kitchen staff to prepare the right quantity of sandwiches and assign the correct quantities to the various tables (rinks). This program was developed by David Blackwell with some significant input from Geoff Martz and has been in use now for 3-4 years.
David and I have been talking recently about upgrading this program (as a purely non-
commercial, hobbyist endeavour) to cater for things like Championships and their associated random draws, ladders etc. It was therefore of considerable interest that I learnt that Bowls Australia has just called for tenders for what they are defining as a “Whole of Sport” IT system.
Their website currently reads ...
“A tender process has commenced by Bowls Australia and the State and Territories Associations for a Whole of Sport IT system.
An opportunity currently exists for Bowls Australia and all State and Territories to progress to one system for the sport. The process for achieving this has involved significant consultation with the State and Territories since September 2011 where a working party developed the framework for the system and requirements from the sport’s perspective.
There are currently 1,961 clubs, 490,090 participants and 469,748 members nationwide in the sport of bowls.
The timely delivery of a system which allows more effective administratioof the sport across borders nationwide, by providing all the features required of an IT system at all levels of the sport is sought”
This is a most interesting initiative on the part of Bowls Australia and provided they get it right should be of great benefit to the sport, clubs and players alike. I expect many of us will now watch this story unfold and I’m sure we will all look forward to reaping the benefits when the system becomes available.
Harvey Fuller Chairman
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HAMO’S TeeBeeCee REPORT
FINANCIAL
• Balance Sheet and P&L for the five months of our 2012/13 financial year shows a loss of $12,591 which is $24,685 less than for the same period last year (i.e. loss $37,276): Note however the net proceeds of $34,667 received in May for the sale of gaming licences.
• YTD Profit before depreciation is $24,896.
• Total current assets of $277,430 (including cash assets $254,234) also shows our sound position.
BAR, BBQ & GAMING
• Gaming Machine Net Clearances are down by $6,246 (8%) with turnover decreasing by $173,375 over the corresponding period last year.
• Bar receipts are down by $13,279 (13%) continuing a disturbing trend (not unique to TBC)
BOWLS & MEMBERSHIP (TB&MC)
• Position as @ 15/9/12 = Voting Membership 268, Social Membership 367, Total = 635.
• Welcome to new bowling members Ron Brunton, Bill & Sue Peattie, Janine Scott and Chuck Woodall plus our eight new social members.
• The Lawn Bowler’s Manual is an impressive new publication compiled and edited by committee members of the Zone 9 Association of Coaches. It is available from the Bar and @ only $5 should be a “must have” by all bowlers interested in the game &/or improving their game.
MEN’S BOWLING CLUB (TMBC)
• TBC was the winning side in the 51st Annual Dee Why Invitational Fours last month: TBC was represented by Bob Southam, Herbie Brenner, Geoff Hamilton and Ken Wallis. Three wins on the Saturday got us into the ‘A’ Grade where we were again successful winning the three games (TBC were the only side with 6 wins). A big achievement for Turramurra
• A further impressive result was achieved with TBC having four wins from four games in the 2012 Ku-ring-gai Shield event which was well organised by Warrawee BC. Ken Wallis won his singles against St Ives (31/23), Pairs - Peter Low & Geoff Hamilton against Roseville (21/14), Triples - Peter Heal, Terry Gillett & Bob Hawtree (24/12) against West Pymble, Fours – Luka Simunovic, George Lee, Bryan Popplewell & Herbie Brenner (16/15) against Gordon. Unfortunately our score of 4 wins + 28 was inferior to Lindfield’s 4 + 52 so they will host the event next year. Warrawee finished 3rd with 2 wins + 8 and St Ives 4th with 2 wins minus 5 shots.
PRESIDENT’S REPORT WOMEN’S CLUB
Another month has come and gone. A very pleasant day for Friends Day with many visitors from as far away as Dural and North Sydney a day filled with great bowls and lots of laughter.
Congratulations to Jan Martin, June Hing and Annette Fuller on winning the club triples .
We lost the Rose Bowl to St Ives by 2 shots only 2 little shots. Never mind, next year we challenge for it again
Annette Fuller has been re elected Vice President for Mid North Shore and Jeanette Staniland has been elected to the district Social Committee. It is so good to have ladies involved at district level and of benefit to our club. Thank you to both ladies for giving up more time to assist the district and Turramurra.
It is lovely to see Gwen Graham back on the green and the support shown to her by all club members after her loss of Dick. Congratulations are also due to Gwen as she has received a Gold Award for 25 years membership and service to the club. Wonderful achievement indeed Gwen. Lovely to see Audrey Dunn again, welcome back. Sandy White President
MIXED BOWLS REPORT
If you missed watching the Open Pairs semi-finals then you missed a treat.
The Hawtrees v. Ced Lewis/Bill Pike was 21-21 on the 21st end. The extra end saw the Hawtrees holding game but Bill knocked the shot bowl out and Bob just couldn’t draw past a short bowl.
The other semi saw B. Popplewell/W.Bridge holding game by one shot on the last end against Dugald/
Sue Hamilton, but with her last bowl, Sue trailed the jack to win by one shot. The Final is scheduled for Sunday 28th October card call 12.45p.m.
The Mixed Pairs semi-finals will be interesting. The Fuller’s versus the Wallis’s will be played early;
on Wednesday 3rd October, with the other semi between Luca/Glennis and Kate/Francis due on or before the 14th October. WP.
MAHJONG AND CARD DAY
There is no Mahjong Day this Monday 1st October, it being a Public Holiday. The next Majong will be on Monday 15th October combined with Card Day. Next Majhong only Day is Monday 5th November – the day before Melbourne Cup Day. It was so lovely to see so many ladies enjoying Card Day last month, do come back again and have some more fun. The cost is only $10, this includes lunch and a lucky door raffle ticket.
Phone Jeanette Staniland Ph; 9489 5616 for all your enquiries.
NOTE FROM THE TRADING TABLE
The response from last month’s message was enormous. Thank you ladies. My request for DVD’s was heard, and there were some and then….WOOOOSH! They were gone.
Bowling Uniform clothes are also selling. Any shirts or vests or jackets, They go for $5. I am not sure about old dinner sets. We have a couple of tea sets, and it is a chore having to cart them backwards and forwards from the back room, and in the end we (rather Dorothy) has to deliver them to St Vinnies.
If you think there is a particularly good set to sell then by all means, but not odd plates and of all-sorts.
Not meaning to be picky you understand, just practical. I am for ever wishing you continued happy spring cleaning. - Thankful and with regards - Eva
INNOVATING LAWN BOWLS
“Innovation doesn't always create improvement but it sometimes helps”.
During and following coverage of sport on TV and radio lively debates follow and that's when for better or worse innovations are created.
Most readers can easily relate to post match debates, sometimes passionate but always seeking answers so necessary for the well-being of the sport they play and lawn bowls is no exception.
Having a bowling green at the Landings retirement village and living there, has made it possible to me to fully develop, test and submit various lawn bowls concepts for our great game to be featured in my monthly innovation columns.
*Kindly note the draft format of the score card for “PuttBowl” featured last month is added below.
One such innovation, “Super bowl” at the Landings, attracted over 1500 players and visitors to our village in 2005 and 2006 being part of the sales marketing plan to attract future residents, so last month’s column illustrated yet another innovated game to attract your visitors and friends to our wonderful bowling clubs.
*Kindly note the draft format of the score card for “PuttBowl” featured last month is added below.
As there have been a number of innovated games and training exercises that I have registered, designed and published in my innovation columns over the past 30 years, some bowlers have asked me to repeat some of the successful ones that have been further modified to suit particular applications along the way.
That series will commence in November this year, however before I do that you may be intrigued by some of these innovations that I have submitted since 1973.
• 1973 “Match Bowls” submitted to *Australian bowls Council (no action).
• 1975 “Shot Jack” TV coverage ABC and Channel 7. (Plagiarised)
• 1986 “World Series Bowls” Powerplay contract canned by ABC* above.
• 1986 “Super Bowl” developed; and launched during 2005 and 2006.
• 1991 to 2012 various bowls training and coaching formats will be featured in my innovation columns commencing with the “drawing and driving” competitions and related training programs starting in November.
PuttBowl© Scorecard playing six holes (sample draft).
PLAYER APPOINMENT
Score Total Hole No Score Total 2 2 1 4 4
4 6 2 1 5
“ “
“ 3 40 6 9 38
Score cards will be formatted, printed and displayed in my column when finalised.
Supplementary Notes:
• Players participating in the trials supported the idea of having PuttBowl© played by bowlers and PuttBall© played by non bowlers and young children having difficulty gripping and delivering normal sized lawn bowls.
• Also noted was that holes specified and positioned near the gutters of a full-size bowling greens may be extended by up to 2 m from these gutters (sand traps) for non-playing visitors and young children).
• All bowls and jacks must only be delivered at drawing pace and not driven.
• Rather than chalking the 1m diameter circles on the green, cut out six 1m diameter numbered fabric disks to be placed on the green to locate the six holes.
• Rather than having young children trying to deliver and touch the jack or bowl in the middle of the circle allow them to simply bowl into the circle to score.
• One of the main features of Putt Ball and Putt Bowl is to introduce young players and beginners to try lawn bowls not possible using full-size bowls.
Support your club inviting visitors.
Regards the Innovator Barry Hamer
JOKE TIME
GUNSHOT TO THE HEAD
Linda Burnett, 23, a resident of San Diego, was visiting her in-laws and while there went to a nearby supermarket to pick up some groceries. Later, her husband noticed her sitting in her car in the driveway with the windows rolled up and with her eyes closed, with both hands behind the back of her head.
He became concerned and walked over to the car. He noticed that Linda’s eyes were now open and she looked very strange.
He asked her if she was okay, and Linda replied that she had been shot in the back of the head and had been holding her brains in for over an hour. The husband called the paramedics, who broke into the car because the doors were locked and Linda refused to remove her hands from her head. When they finally got in, they found that Linda had a wad of bread dough on the back of her head..
A Pillsbury biscuit canister had exploded from the heat, making a loud noise that sounded like a gunshot, and the wad of dough hit her in the back of her head. When she reached back to find out what it was, she felt the dough and thought it was her brains. She initially passed out, but quickly recovered.
Linda is a blonde, a Democrat, and an Obama supporter, but that could all be a coincidence. The defective biscuit canister was analyzed and the expiration date was from 2008, so it was deter- mined to be Bush’s fault.
Hi Eva,
As a bit of a side comment, I worked at White Wings as a Product Manager for 4 years. The American com- pany, Pillsbury, owned White Wings and we had access and knowledge of their frozen/refrigerated range and they had a ‘doughboy’ dressed in a baker’s outfit complete with cap as a promotional tool/device.
I sent this story to a friend who was transferred to Pillsbury in the US, and he commented that he can still remember the product… they were affectionately known as ‘bombs’!!
So there!
Regards, David
PS: Again gain as an aside, we used to say ‘you had to be a good mixer’ to work at White Wings (tcompany was the market leader in cake mixes, and of course, ‘the dough’s good!’)
MENS’ AND MIXED BOWLS PROGRAMME FOR OCTOBER & HALF NOVEMBER 2012
WED 3 OCT M Sponsored Day CENTURY 21
SAT 6 OCT M Club Fours Championships F1 SAT 6 OCT All
SUN 7 OCT M 1st Sunday Century 21 Handicap Men’s Pairs CENTURY 21
MON 8 OCT All Labour Day Turramurra COM.BANK
WED 10 OCT M Sponsored Day / Les Wadham Shield LW1 Allen Matthews Funerals SAT 13 OCT M Club Fours Championships F2
SAT 13 OCT All Sponsored Day Turramurra COM.BANK
SUN 14 OCT M Handicap Pairs Championships H2
SUN 14 OCT All 2nd Sunday Jackpot Mixed Pairs CENTURY 21
SUN 14 OCT All Zone 9 Mixed Pairs Challenge Zone 9 / TBC HOST CLUB
SUN 14 OCT All Mixed Pairs Championships MP3
WED 17 OCT M Sponsored Day / Les Wadham Shield LW2 C.K. SMASH REPAIRS SAT 20 OCT M Cliff Braybon Trophy V Asquith BC
SUN 21 OCT M Handicap Pairs Championships H3
SUN 21 OCT All 3rd Sunday Mufti CENTURY 21
SUN 21 OCT All Zone 9 Mixed Pairs Challenge Zone 9
WED 24 OCT M Sponsored Day / Les Wadham Shield LW3 HARVEY WORLD TVL HORNSBY
SAT 27 OCT M Club Fours Championships F3 BRISCHETTO & FORD SUN 28 OCT M Handicap Pairs Championships H4
SUN 28 OCT All 4th Sunday / Open Handicap Pairs OP 4 CENTURY 21 SUN 28 OCT All Zone 9 Mixed Pairs Challenge Zone 9
WED 31 OCT M Sponsored Day / Les Wadham Shield LW4 Turramurra COM. BANK SAT 3 NOV M Ron Christie Trophy V St Ives BC
SUN 4 NOV M 1st Sunday Century 21 Handicap Men’s Pairs CENTURY 21 SUN 4 NOV All Open Handicap Pairs OP 5
SUN 4 NOV All Zone 9 Mixed Pairs Challenge Zone 9 WED 7 NOV M Sponsored Day / Les Wadham Shield LW5 CENTURY 21
SAT 10 NOV M Club Fours Championships F4 ALLEN Matthews Funerals
SUN 11 NOV M Handicap Pairs Championships H5
SUN 11 NOV All 2nd Sunday Jackpot Mixed Pairs CENTURY 21 SUN 11 NOV All Mixed Pairs Championships MP4
SUN 11 NOV All Zone 9 Mixed Pairs Challenge Zone 9
WED 14 NOV M Sponsored Day I.G.A. BOBBIN HEAD RD
LADIES BOWLS PROGRAMME FOR OCTOBER
& HALF NOVEMBER 2012
OCTOBER Tue 2 Social bowls sp Harvey World Travel – Hornsby 6/7 SPO Fours
8/9 SPO Triples
Tue 9 Social bowls sp CENTURY 21 Group
10/11 SPO Pairs 12/13 SPO Singles
Tue 16 Social Bowls sp The Landings
16 Committee Meeting
19 Lindfield Shield
22 District Meeting
Tue 23 Social bowls sp Southern Sun Skin Clinic
Tue 30 Socia bowls sp My Framer
NOVEMBER 1 Major/Minor Pairs 1
Tue 6 Social bowls sp Exclusive Meats
6 Melbourne Cup
8 Major/Minor Pairs 2 Tue 13 Kur-ring-gai Shield
13 Social bowls sp CENTURY 21 Group 15 Major/Minor Pairs 3
The Big Family Bible
A little boy opened the big family Bible. He was fascinated as he fingered through the old pages. Suddenly, something fell out of the Bible. He picked up the object and looked at it. What he saw was an old leaf that had been pressed in between the pages. “MAMA, look what I found,” the boy called out. “What have you got there, dear?” With astonishment in the young boy’s voice, he answered; “I think it’s Adam’s underwear!”
CEO
A CEO parks his brand new Porsche in front of the office to show it off to his colleagues.
As he’s getting out of the car, a truck comes speeding along too close to the kerb and takes off the door before zooming off. More than a little distraught, the CEO grabs his mobile and calls the police.
Five minutes later, the police arrive. Before the policeman has a chance to ask any questions, the man starts screaming hysterically:
‘My Porsche, my beautiful silver Porsche is ruined. No matter how long it’s at the panel beaters it’ll simply never be the same again!’
After the man finally finishes his rant, the policeman shakes his head in disgust.
‘I can’t believe how materialistic you bloody CEOs are,’ he says. ‘You lot are so focused on your possessions that you don’t notice anything else in your life.’
‘How can you say such a thing at a time like this?’ sobs the Porsche owner.
The policeman replies, ‘Didn’t you realize that your right arm was torn off when the truck hit you.’
The CEO looks down in horror and screams. ‘Bloody Hell! Where’s my Rolex?’
Pay Attention... Good Advice
Pay attention here, this is serious…. I believe that you need to know that…. A hunch is angel talk, and probably should not be ignored. Listen to your hunches, pay attention to your intuition, do not dismiss your random thoughts, inspirations or ideas. Heaven talks in snippets, not in speeches. Angels whisper fast.
They have to when flying around…. Honour your Hints from Heaven. They could be giving you the best advice you ever had. CWG.
JOKE TIME
TA END IS NEAR
Sean is the pastor of a Church of England parish on the Northern Ireland/ Southern Ireland border and Patrick is the priest in the Roman Catholic Church across the road.
One day they are seen together, erecting a sign into the ground, which says:
TA END IS NEAR!
TURN YERSELF AROUNT NOW AFOR IT IS TOO LATE!
As a car speeds past them, the driver leans out his window and yells
“Leave people alone, you Oirish religious nutters! We don’t need your lectures.”
From the next curve they hear screeching tyres and a big splash.
Shaking his head, Rev. Patrick says “Dat’s da terd one dis mornin’.”
“Yaa,” Pastor Sean agrees, then asks, “Do ya tink maybe da sign should just say, ‘Bridge Out?’
JOKE TIME
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TBC SURVEY - October 1st 2012
If you have a few minutes we would like your input on the following survey.
Have you attended any social functions at the club? Night _____________________________________________
Day ____________________________________________
Did you enjoy the occasion? ________________________________________________________________________
If not what could be improved? _____________________________________________________________________
Should there be more night social functions including mid- week? ______________________________________
Should there be more day social functions on the weekend eg: Big Band afternoon? ______________________
How much do you expect to pay for a dinner with live entertainment? ___________________________________
Do you enjoy going out for dinner without any entertainment? __________________________________________
Have you attended the Friday night BBQ? _______________ If not why not? ______________________________
How many times a month would you attend? _________________________________________________________
What would entice you to come to Friday night dinner more frequently? _________________________________
Do you think the menu is sufficient bearing in mind it is not a restaurant? ________________________________
What would you include or remove from the current menu? ____________________________________________
Do you enjoy the “ Special”? _______________________________________________________________________
Would you attend a roast once a month (pre-booked only)? ____________________________________________
Should sweets be an extra charge? _________________________________________________________________
Do you think there should be a wine “special” of the month? ___________________________________________
Is there anything that could be improved? ____________________________________________________________
Do you have a suggestion to change the name from Friday Night BBQ to something else?
There will be a $20.00 (points) prize for the new adapted name.
Name: ____________________________________________________________________________________________
(optional)
Please return survey to box located at the sign in bench by Friday October 26th
Turramurra
Turramurra Bowling Club Limited 181 Bobbin Head Road Turramurra NSW 2074 Australia
ABN 68 000 106 936
Tel: 02 9144 2800 Fax: 02 9440 8604
