December 1998 Volume 79 Number 12 "serving the protectors"
Bowls
By Peter Baehnk

Season Opening

More than 150 bowlers attended the opening of our bowling season on 18 October. The green was excellently prepared for an afternoon of social bowls.

Assistant Commissioner John White deputized for our patron, Commissioner Mal Hyde, and put down the first bowl to launch our season.

The "money" was taken out by the winning rink of Bob and Marilyn Peters and Merv and Kath Miles.

Challenge

Five rinks from our club took on five rinks from the RSABA at the Somerton Bowling Club four days later. The competition was tight but our team was victorious by two shots (80 to 78). A rink consisting of D. Dahlitz, K. Jones, T. Gregory and skippered by Howard Herde was our best (seven shots up).

Mixed Fours

A "mixed fours" day at the Payneham Bowling Club on 8 November proved to be popular - 150 bowlers attended. The greens were in excellent condition and the weather was fine.

At the end of the day, the rink of John and Janet Jones and Pat Poole, skippered by Howard Herde won the "money".

Former club member and Adelaide Prosecution sergeant, Wayne Curtis, has decided to rejoin. It is hoped that more will follow his lead.

The Rules

Umpire Roy posed the question: a bowl in motion on rink one hits a player from rink two and displaces the head on rink one. What should be done?

Displacement of a bowl in motion - Law 28C (iii)

If a bowl in motion be displaced, the directors or opponents in singles shall come to an agreement as to where the bowl would have come to rest and the replacement of any part of the head disturbed by the displaced bowl, otherwise the end shall be replayed.

From the Internet

An edited version of an article from the "msn" web site

Foresight the key to success

Australian lawn bowls officialdom deserves a gold medal for foresight in orchestrating one of the country's more successful Commonwealth Games campaigns.

While many of their rivals floundered early in the Games (because of the ultra-slow greens), unable to get to grips with the direct, narrow game required, the Australians got away to a winning start that set them up for medals in four of the six categories - gold in the men's pairs, silver for the men's and women's fours and bronze to the women's pair.

On overall standings they finished second to South Africa, which won two gold and three bronze.

''It's not bowling, it's throwing,'' lamented one bowler amid a blizzard of reported gripes as teams practised on the five greens at the new Bukit Kiari complex.

The triumph of Mark Jacobsen, 30, and Brett Duprez, 23, in the men's pairs was also a victory for the youth policy pursued in Australia with Duprez a member of the national under-25 squad.

The pair personified the spirit of fun in the team, especially the men's side which had five players aged under 30.

Jacobsen (Vic) and Duprez (NSW) dyed their hair a shade of gold and went about their matches with a smile as they qualified top of their section with one round still to play and went on to beat Wales 16-14 in the battle for gold.

The great disappointment for the Australian team was the fate of singles players Steve Glasson and Roma Dunn who both had strong tournaments to head their sections for much of the time only to miss the medals.

Glasson, 29, had ousted Kelvin Kerkow for the singles spot and bowled with great confidence before a couple of late losses in a tough section ended his run.

Dunn had a gold medal play-off spot in her grasp when up 18-7 against England's Jean Baker in her final round robin match, but the heartbreaking 25-24 loss cost her not only top spot in the section but also the runner up bronze medal.