Official Newsletter of Eden Bowls Third Quarter 2019

EDEN CONTACT

JENNY SINCLAIR’S MESSAGE TO THE CLUBS (FROM THE PRESIDENT’S ANNUAL REPORT)

“Thank you to all the clubs in our district for their continued work in running well organised fund raising tournaments as well as managing their clubs affairs very well. Our clubs were also involved in raising funds for Cancer and an amount of R23917 was paid over to the Cancer Association.

I would also like to thank the green keepers at all our clubs, who under the guidance of Vlam Basson, have worked very hard to improve the playing surface of our greens. Congratulations to Outeniqua Bowling club for opening up their third green.

Although Eden player membership has declined by 1.74% or 29 members , I believe that with all the business leagues and more competitions opening up for the younger members this number will grow.

A new inter district tournament for the Under 30’s in now in its second year, and we are hosting the under 45 tournament in September . This is not an inter district tournament but atournament for players from Boland , Western Province and Eden.

I was very pleased to see the increased attendance at our last Council meeting, thank you to all the clubs who attended.” Jenny Sinclair, Eden Bowls.

MESSAGE PRESIDENTFROM THE

STRENGTH FROM UNITY

(Jenny’s full report available here.)

Up to this stage neither Gillian or Joshua had lost a game.A draw was done and Gillian Young played Deighton Johannes and Joshua Dumzela played Jason Fouche. After tough games both Gillian and Joshua won their games and faced each other in an Eden vs Eden final.Gillian beat Joshua convincingly 21/5 and emerged as the Western Cape Under 20 Open singles champion.Gillian and Joshua were awarded Western Cape Colours for Lawn Bowls along with the other two semi- finalists, Jason and Deighton.Lee-Holin Juries qualified to play in the plate section of this competition and placed 3rd in the Plate.

The Western Cape Under 20 Open singles championships were held in Worcester on 8 and 9 August 2019. The top 4 singles players from Eden, Western Province, Overberg and Winelands and the top 2 players from West Coast and Central Karoo were invited to participate. This tournament is the ultimate competition for the Juniors in the Western Cape.Eden was represented by Gillian Young – Outeniqua Club; Joshua Dumzela and Lee-Holin Juries from George Club and Kyle Squires from Mossel Bay Club.At the end of the play-off section, the top 4 players to go through to the semi-finals were Gillian Young – Eden; Joshua Dumzela – Eden; Jason Fouche – Western Province and Deighton Johannes – Boland.

FOR GILLIAN AND JOSHUATRIUMPH

NUUSFLITSJenny Sinclair is gedurende die jaarverga-dering van Bowls South Africa (BSA) as lid van die Uitvoerende Komitee van BSA verkies. As gevolg daarvan moes Jenny onmiddel ik haar p os is ie as President van Eden Rolbal ontruim.

Tom Strijdom van Vista RK op Klein Brak is in Jenny se plek as Waarnemende Presi-dent van Eden Rolbal aangestel. Hy het voorheen as Visie-President van Eden gedien en dus neem hy outomaties Jenny se plek as waarnemende president in. Die klubs sal gedurende d ie jaar ge vra word om nominasies vir ‘n per-manente president en visie-president in te dien.

Baie geluk Jenny...

...en baie geluk

Tom

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Attracting teams of four players from all over the country, this prestigious invita-tion-only event comprises three matches a day on each of the three days. Run from 25 to 27 July this year, the players experi-enced unusually fine weather right in the middle of winter and were treated to perfect greens which allowed for tough competitive matches.

The first round was an open draw, with the subsequent eight rounds being on a strength versus strength basis. Major sponsors this year were Mesco Engineer-ing and Aweh-Sport whose contribution towards the cash prizes for the winning teams was greatly appreciated.

A range of other product donations en-sured that there were good prizes with a total value of more than R30 000 to com-pete for both on and off the green, much to the delight of the entrants.

To quote one winner of the daily lucky draw as he received his prize of a beautiful trolley bag and shoe voucher, total value more than R4 000: “Not a bad return for a R10 investment!” Mossel Bay Bowls Club again lived up to its reputation as “the friendly club” by ensuring that the entrants were kept enter-tained and well fed throughout the tournament. Every day players were treated to a welcoming cup of coffee with home-baked rusks to start the day; tea and designer sandwiches after the first match; scrumptious hot lunch after the second match; and to top it off, a 5-star dinner.

All in all a devastating combination for anyone on a stringent diet! A major tour-nament such as this requires excellent planning, solid team work, dependable (and transparent) scoring systems, well-maintained greens and supportive sponsors.

Convenor Hennie Coetzer and his team

All pics: On the left, Owen Calverley. President of Mossel Bay Bowling Club, and on

the right, Fritz Louw founder of the original Mossel Bay Classic Tournament.

pulled out all the stops this year, present-ing visiting players with a well-run, slick and enjoyable tournament – a good example of how a Classic should be run. Previously a men-only event, 2019 saw the tournament being redesigned as an “open” event, comprising teams of any combi-nation of men and ladies. This welcome change was widely applauded by both the male and female bowlers, as wives could now also participate in the tournament.

An extract from the president’s welcome message to the teams: “Hierdie jaar is bes-lis 'n mylpaal vir die Mosselbaai Classic. Na meer as twintig jaar word hierdie gesogte manstoernooi oopgestel sodat ons damess-pelers ook daarin kan deelneem. Dit was 'n groot besluit vir ons klub se bestuur, maar met die steun van stigterslede het ons die besluit gemaak en ons is baie bly om hierdie jaar 'n klomp nuwe (mooier) gesigte by die Mosselbaai Classic te verwelkom. Baie dankie aan elkeen van u vir u ondersteun-ing en teenwoordigheid.” On day three the leader board is split into two sections, with the top half continuing on to compete for the cup, while the lower half compete for the plate. This allows for fierce competition right up until the last end of the last game as a last minute desperate draw shot can suddenly cause an unexpected upset. As the saying goes: “It ain’t over until the last bowl stops!”

The club was honoured this year to have the original tournament founder Fritz Louw present to hand over the prizes after the tournament.

The club president wishes to thank the following sponsors for their support with prizes: Tyremart, Stars Restaurant, ATKV, Mosselbaai Apteek, M de Wet Promosies,

RNA, Drakes Pride, Aero Bowls, Pro Bowls and Henselite. A special and final thank you to al l club members and employees who worked hard for months to prepare for this fantastic event. Well done to all of you!

CUP SECTION WINNERS:1st: Wollie Fourie and his team

(Mossel Bay SAPS)2nd: Hardus Mynhardt and his team

(Mossel Bay/Hartenbos)3rd: Billy London and his team

(Edgemead)

PLATE SECTION WINNERS:1st: Nick Byrne’s team (Gordon’s Bay)

2nd: Willie Tredoux’s team (Hartenbos)3rd: Jenny Sinclair’s team (George)

2019 Mossel Bay Classic Bowls TournamentThe Mossel Bay Classic, now in its 28th year,

is the highlight of the Mossel Bay Bowling Club’s tournament calendar.

BY “BOWLED OVER”

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Die Taljaards verhuis einde Augus-tus na Kaapstad waar hul kinders en kleinkinders nesgeskop het. Lenie het in 2003 lid geword van Beaufort-Wes Rolbalklub en het uitblinkerspel gelewer en was 'n gewilde skip. Joos het in 1994 begin rolbal speel by BW Rolbalklub. Hy het presteer in rolbal en het verskeie kere Suid-Kaap/Eden provinsiaal verteen-

JOOS EN LENIE BEAUFORT-WESTALJAARD GROET

woordig. Hy was opgeneem in die B-span, Ope span en het in 2018 die Goue Medalje gewen in die Seniors Afdeling. Hy het ook die Presi-dentsdag Seniors Enkels in George gewen en was in 2008 en 2009 Champion of the Champions in Oudtshoorn. " Joos se span" was deur die jare baie gedug en die span om mee rekening te hou in toernooie en hulle het tientalle kere skoonskip gemaak!

Ons wens hul voorspoed toe en groet tot ons mekaar weer op die rolbalbaan “raakrol"!

W I N N E R S

EDEN NOMADS The winner of the Eden Nomads Competition held in June was Maritha Prinsloo of George Club (left) and in second place was Lorraine van Vollenstee of

Oudtshoorn Club.

Ronel Eloff from Sedgefield Bowling Club won the Eden

Ladies District Novices Singles held in George recently.

She is seen here receiving the trophy from the

President of Eden Bowls, Jenny Sinclair.

SEDGEFIELD WINS DISTRICT NOVICES SINGLES FINAL EDEN WEBBLADBen du Preez (Eden

Sekretaris) is in beheer van die Eden-webblad. Kyk asb

na u klub se details daar http://bowlssc.co.za/.

Indien die besonderhede op datum gebring moet word,

kontak asb vir Ben by secretary@bowlssc.co.za.

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GROOTBRAK

Grasshoppersdag wat op 11 Mei plaas-gevind het is weer eens deur Bol tons Footwear geborg en die streek verteenwoordiger, Danie Liversage, het sy belofte om ‘n voorraad rolbal-skoene te bestel, gestand gedoen met die gevolg dat‘n hele paar Groot Brak-spelers nou spog met splinternuwe rolbalskoene van Boltons!

Die wenspan van die dag was van Ou-teniqua Rolbalklub en die tweedeplek is geneem deur ‘n Groot Brak span.

Die Groot Brak Classic wat oor twee dae strek en van 2 tot 3 Augustus aangebied is, het heelwat plaaslike klubs getrek asook spanne van sover as Gordonsbaai, Clanwilliam, Ladismith en Battlefields-lodge in Kwa-Zulu Natal. Danksy die hoofborg, Personal Trust, en ‘n groot aantal plaaslike be-sighede wat die toernooi geborg het, was daar ‘n groot verskeidenheid pryse om te wen deur die 96 spelers!

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Daar is meegeding in ‘n gemoedelike atmosfeer en tussenin lekker gesmul aan die kos wat deur die klub se dames voorberei is. Die wenners van die Toernooi was van Stilbaai met Battlefields-lodge in die tweede plek en die wenners van die Plaatkompetisie was ook ‘n Stilbaai span.

Die Groot Brakke berig graag oor hul-befaamde Kieriespan, die room van die klub! Die kieriespan is gestig nadat van die ouer manne van die klub ‘n be-hoefte gehad het om saam te speel en te kuier.

Lidmaatskap is beperk tot manlike klublede van ouer as 75 jaar.

Wenspan: Outeniquaklub:vlnr: Daphne Faber, Danie Liversage (Boltons verteenwoordiger), Mariëtte Young, Faan van der Merwe, Jessie van Niekerk.

Die Kieries kom eenmaal per maand-bymekaar om 16 koppe te speel waar-na daar gekuier word deur ‘n vleisie te braai en ‘n“ietsieteneem”.Deur die loop van die jaar word op ‘n punte-basis bepaal wie dieKierie-van-die-jaar is wat die KIERIEBEKER (Curriebeker) gaan wen! GRASSHOPPERSDAG

2e Plek: Groot-Brakklub: vlnr: Danie Liversage (Boltons verteenwoordiger), Marcelle Joubert, Johan Pretorius (President), Erna Pretorius, André Lombard.

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Groot-Brak Rolbalklub het sedert Mei 2019 die Grasshoppersdag, asook die jaarlikse Groot Brak Classic toernooi aangebied. Daar word verder ook berig oor Groot Brak se Kieriespan.

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24 Beaufort-Wes spanne het deelge-neem aan die fondsinsamelingsdag ten bate van die Rotariërs se projekte-fonds wat oa aangewend word vir die Seniorsklub, ouetehuis en skole en an-der verdienstelike projekte.

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Die Rotariërs het die spelers bederf met "shooters" tydens spel, pryse vir elke span en 'n heerlike hamburger-en-skyfies ete. Om die energiebondel-tjies besig te hou, was daar 'n spring-kasteel.

GROOT BRAKFOTOS VAN CLASSIC

Wenspan: Stilbaai: vlnr: Prof Stadler (Personal Trust streekverteenwoordiger,) Piet Robbertse, Magda Robberste,

Johan Snyman, Paula Swanepoel.

Wenners van Plaat: vlnr: Prof Stadler (Personal Trust streekverteenwoordiger), Mariana vd Walt, Piet Roodt,

Tonie vd Walt, Wessel Potgieter.

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NEWSFROM OUTENIQUA“Outeniqua has had a very busy quar-ter. We started off with our new fund raiser – the Durban July Frog Racing – an iniative by Lourens Roos which was a great success. Club members made the most delicious Beef and Chicken Potjie.

“We then held a fund raiser for our Under 30 Club members who will be representing Eden at the Under 30 tournament. This was in the form of a Music festival – Tribute to the Stars where Michael Lindt, Janine Fourie, Hanna Lee Khoury and Anton Bouwer performed. What a great evening of music and great steak. “Outeniqua has done some improve-ments at the Club for the comfort of the members and visitors. We have extended the roof on the stoep to give us more under roof seating, added 18 x 8 benches - made by the Club mem-bers and are in the process of adding new seating with usb ports for specta-tors to charge their phones while en-joying bowls along the greens. All this was done to cater for the 3rd green and to have enough seating for fundraisers and business leagues. “Outeniqua is also in the process of investigating the viability of a 6 rink indoor bowling rink. At this stage it looks very promising.”

DURBAN JULY FROG RACING

LYLA YOUNG AT OUTENIQUA BOWLING CLUB REPORTS :

BINNEKORT BESKIKBA AR!!!Beaufort-Wes Rolbalklub sê : “Ons eet altyd heerlik by ons klub. Hierdie resepteboek bevat gunstelingresepte van ons lede en toernooie wat beproefde staatmakers is. Daar is ontby-

tresepte, soet - en soutgeregte vir teetyd, hoofmaaltye, nageregte, ens. 'n Aanwins vir enige huishouding of rolbalklub.

PRYS R100 ELK. KONTAK ESTHER 082 680 2233

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“Sedgef ield Bowling Club had a s p e c i a l g u e s t , n o n e o t h e r t h a n Marilyn Monroe visiting us on Wednesday 5th June, to be with us on the occasion of our Presidents birth-day. Marilyn flew out from the United States especially to give the President a big kiss on his forehead. The bright red lipstick no doubt embarrassed our President.”

“Happy birthday Dave Jooste.”

Agter vlnr: Wilmar Pienaar (Borge), Richard vd Schyff (Add), Anton Bar-nard (Wedstrydsekretaris), Louw Smit (Perkemeester).

Altesaam 18 trips-spanne het in die Wes-Kaapse Ontwikkelingstoernooi die naweek van 22 en 23 Junie deelge-neem. Spanne van Eden en Boland en sover as Bredasdorp en Plettenberg-baai was op Oudtshoorn in aksie. Die span van Hermanus (“Die Hermies”)

is na twee dae se strawwe kompetisie a s d i e w e n s p a n g e k r o o n e n Plettenbergbaai was die naaswenners. Hierna het gevolg Ceres (3de), George (4de), Franskraal (5de), Bredasdorp (6de), Strand (7de en ‘n Gemengde Span (8de).

Die jonste speler by die toernooi, Kay-la Steyn, is slegs 9 jaar oud. Sy is die kleindogter van Ockie Steyn, bekende speler en erelid by die Oudtshoorn Rolbalklub.

(Foto: Charmaine Mostert)

JEUGFEES OP OUDTSHOORN

Voor vlnr: Elisma Molteno (Dames), Esther Esterhuizen (Pres), Hannetjie Swiegelaar (Tesourier), Ilani le Roux (Sekr), Hentie Zeelie (Kroeg).

BEAUFORT-WES ROLBALKLUB BESTUUR 2019/20

MARILYN MONROE IN SEDGEFIELD

Daar is nog enkele plekke oop vir die Simon Botha Rolbalkliniek wat 11, 12 en 13 Oktober 2019 by Oudtshoorn RK gehou gaan word. Verdere inligting:

Justine op 082 976 2248.

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“Personal Trust borg verskeie klubs in die Eden distrik asook Eden as distrik self. Die volgende is ‘n kort opsom-ming van waar en hoe ons tans be-trokke is: • Ons is tans betrokke by 11 klubs in die distrik.• Tans borg ons 50 tabs in dae by al die verskeie klubs. • Ons is betrokke by 33 Toernooie ge-durende ‘n kalender jaar wat insluit

LEISUREISLEWe are very proud of Trevor Cloete, who reached the Quarter Finals of the Eden Men's Novice Singles. In July, Leisure Isle Bowling Club was used as one of the venues for the Annual Knysna Oyster Festival. The weather was kind and it was once again a successful tournament. Our Ladies, who were skipped by Els Daniel, won the recent Ladies' Mini League, the Final being held at Knysna Bowling Club. 2-4 September is the annual Leisure Isle Spring Festival, which is already fully subscribed and we have awesome Prizes, Lucky Draws, Spot Prizes, R af f les e tc . There wi l l b e g reat entertainment too!

Our "golfing" bowlers known as The Bowling Babes, played a 10 End match against the Knysna equivalent - The Pa-tio Pigeons! Great fun was had by all, followed by a festive evening in the Pub!

Spring is just around the corner and many of our members, who are away on holiday escaping the winter chills, will soon be returning, to fill our Greens again!

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eendag en meer dag toernooie. Hierdie is afgesien van die tabs in borg middae.• Ons het vir 2019 so plus minus R350 000 begroot vir borgskap aan die verskeie klubs asook Eden self. “Redes vir ons betrokkenheid by rolbal staan op 3 pilare nl: 1. Om rolbal te bevorder en die sport te groei.2. Om klubs te ondersteun aangesien ons weet dat sonder borge dit finan-

sieel baie moeilik sal wees om klubs aan die gang te hou.3. Om Personal Trust se ‘footprint’ te vergroot en uit te brei. “Afgesien van die finansiele bydrae wat ons maak probeer ons ook om klubs by te staan met kleiner dinge soos bv rink markers, telborde ens. Dit mag dalk as iets klein gesien word, maar ons probeer sodoende die klubs te help bespaar aan kostes, wat hopen-lik ook finansieel help. “ Prof Stadler.

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Nico Myburgh het laat weet: “Uniondale Rolbalkub is drie jaar gelede gestig. Daar is tans 34 ingeskrewe lede. Hulle speel op vier “rinks”. Die lede werk hard aan die speeloppervlakte en probeer om die baan by ons pragtige omgewing in te pas. Ons deel die klubhuis met die gholf en tennisklubs.”

UNIONDALE ONTWIKKEL ‘N ROLBALBAAN!

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Dirk Breedt and Japie Combrink

from George triumphed over 55 teams from all over SA to win the Oudtshoorn Pairs in August. Second were a team of rising stars, Gillian Young of Outeni-qua BC and Charles Matthewson from Kimberly BC.

Bruno Mercorio (left) and Peter Todt of Mowbray BC who mustered 23 players for the Oudtshoorn Pairs. Mowbray’s high spirits and excellent play l end a cosmop ol it an ai r to t he comp et it ion each year.

RECORD 56 TEAMS FOR OUDTSHOORN PAIRS

WINNERS 2019

Gil l ian Young and Char les Matt he ws on

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On the 16th of August Still Bay Bowling Club had over one hundred people attending our Golden Oldies night. Music from the 60’s was played and some ladies dressed in Miniskirts

Op Woensdag 14 Augustus het St i lbaai Rolba lk lub ‘n baie suksesvolle kompetiesie aange-bied wat deur PSG St i lbaai geborg was, Die eerste 5 spanne het elk groot pryse ontvang.

STILL BAY GOLDEN OLDIES EVENING

entertained the crowd with their d a n c e s . T h a n k y o u t o a l l members of the club and outside donors that contributed to the success of a wonderful braai, lots of entertainment and fun!

WENNERS VAN DIE PSG BORGDAG 14 AUGUSTUS 2019

Die wenners van die dag was vlnr. Joey Schwartz, Hennie Smith en Louise Steytler saam met die borg Andre Naude.

What is Z Squad exactly? The idea is to create a pool of seriously competi-tive and skilled players in each district from which the national selectors can invite players to national camps to be considered for the national squad. The goals, in Bowls South Africa’s own words:

To develop voluntary and iden-tify (NOT SELECTED) players with potential, who COMMIT to regular participation of a coherent National programme as a feeder for National Squads.

CLEARING UP Z SQUAD CONFUSION Provide an accessible long term player development programme (LTPD) for talented, committed players – a pathway to reach their potential. For data to be maintained in annual cycles running from 1 June to 31 May. The programme is administered by the National Standing Committee for Coach-ing (NSCC) on behalf of the National Academy (NA).

Who may participate in Z Squad?Any player in pursuit of high-performance goals must be part of this programme.

ONLY players on the Nationally collated list will be considered by the National Selectors, as their STARTING POINT of data-analysis for selection purposes.

Members should note that this data is not t he ONLY dat a us ed for s e lec t ion purposes.

For any queries, please contact Dix (NSCC) 082 220 3707 dixie@mandela.ac.za or send an email to Z-Squad@bowlssa.co.za.

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S O Y O U T H I N K Y O U R B O W L I N G C L U B I S O L D ?

The oldest bowling club in the world still operating is the Southampton Old Bowling Green right by the docks in England. The Hospital of "God's House" was founded in 1185 for pilgrims

who were going either to the shrine of St Swithun at Winchester or to Canterbury; until 2011, the gateway housed the museum of archaeology.

The green adjoining the God's House Hospital had been established during the reign of Richard I the Lionheart for the recreational use of the Warden, and was first used for a game of bowls in 1299. The club that plays there now is believed to have been established in the

17th century because of the history of a competition known as the "Knighthood. It is the only club known that has a "Master" in charge, a title carried forward from the earliest of days.

(Sources: Wikipedia and http://www.sobg.co.uk/)

Deadline for next quarterly - Eden Contact: 15 November 2019. Submit news (English or Afrikaans) and photographs to Justine

Eaglestone at eaglestones@mweb.co.za or Whatsapp 082 976 2248

STRENGTH FROM UNITY

QUESTION: Are the jack and bowl live?ANSWER: If the bowl is a toucher then

both the bowl and the jack are live as neither one is embedded in the bank and the jack is touching the back of the ditch and is resting in the sand.

(From the Bowls SA website)

HEAD SCRATCHER

Baie geluk aan almal wat

deelgeneem het.

‘n Spesiale dank aan Gert Kruger van Pick ‘n Pay

vir die borg

KLUBKOMPETIESE-WENNERSHARTENBOS ROLBAL

Gert Kruger (speler), Gert Kruger (Pn’P borg), Willie Tredoux en Chris Hockney.

DIE VOLGENDE SPELERS HET OP 3 JULIE 2019 DIE KLUB TRIPS KOMPETISIE GEWEN

Brenda Burger, Laura Wagner en Tish Hockney.

Brian en Raynard van der Schyff van Sentraal-Wes (waaronder BW Rolbalklub val) het deelgeneem aan die Western Cape Ju n i o r S i n g l e s C h a mp i o n s h i p i n Worcester. Raynard het presteer en 'n silwer medalje gewen in die plaatkompe-tisie en algeheel 6de geëindig. Ons is trots op die twee junior spelers en koester hoë verwagtinge van die boeties en die ander juniors in ons distrik wat kompeterende rolbal speel.

VAN BEAUFORT OOK OP WORCESTERBOETIES

A SELECTOR’S PRAYERBlessed are they who can play sport

Blessed are they who can still be taught Blessed are they who accept with grace

To play in any selected place

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