Issue 750
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Sports News
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Santa decided to roll a few down the green with the girls from Workers Heights last Thursday. |
Last month's Bowls Alive had a most pertinent article on the profile of a skip and I quote some of what I believe to be, the most relevant parts.
'During the course of a match, many skips demonstrate their displeasure with their players by throwing their arms in the air or to one side when a shot has been poorly executed. It is true to say that the player on the mat is the first to know that a poor shot has been played, and the last thing he/she needs is a public display of annoyance.
The skips that show unhappiness either by body language or by constantly indicating with their fingers that the team is not holding shot, are a psychological minus and a liability to the well-being of the team as a whole.
A common tendency is also to overskip by constantly interrupting the players on the mat and by giving unnecessary instructions just for the sake of having something to say.'
One of my pet dislikes is players trying to reel the bowl in when it looks too short, waving it in when it goes too wide and trying to push it back with their hands when it appears too long. What a waste of energy which serves no purpose except to annoy the player on the mat who has just delivered the bowl!
On a positive note, however, what a pleasure it is to play with or against people who acknowledge genuinely good shots, who are aware of positions of bowls because they have been watching closely and who get on with the game and allow it to flow smoothly.
This Sunday at Workers Heights, is their open handicap singles event, commencing at 9am, but please remember that names need to be in by 6pm on Saturday. So far, this is being held only once a month, so make sure you catch this one - I can thoroughly recommend it if you enjoy singles.
Twilight bowls is held at South Lismore on Mondays, East Lismore on Tuesdays, both starting at 5.30pm. Night bowls at the Heights will recommence on Wednesday, January 2 at 6.30pm. All these events cater for both men and women. Mixed bowls is on at both East Lismore and the Heights on Sunday afternoons commencing at 1pm. As far as I know, men's bowls continues uninterrupted except for Public Holidays.
As this is my last column for the year, I would like to wish all readers a peaceful and joyous Christmas season and a happy, healthy New Year.
Until next year,
good bowling.
Hook and Sliceswith Stan Bendall
The Northern Rivers District Golf Association will hold its AGM on Sunday, January 13 at Ballina Golf Club. The meeting will include election of officers for 2002 and ratification of the program. Executive meets at 8.30am, delegates at 9am with refreshments after the meeting.
The men will play a single stroke this Saturday.
On Saturday, December 29, there will be a teams stableford (best three out of four scores to count).
Nathan Streckfuss won the day last Wednesday from Paul Kennedy and Greg Pollard while Graham Hellyer, John Farrell, Rod Grainger and Col Warne won the teams event.
Des Doorsman won the stableford from Alan Beckwith and Tony Hughes last Friday.
David Middleton won the overall gross in the stableford last Saturday and Phillip Dalli won the net. Robert Scobie won A grade from Sid Jamieson, who is back playing golf after a long layoff and Peter Rooney won B grade from Michael McNamara and David Schuser took out C grade from David Wilson.
An 18 hole stroke nominated tees event will be played this Saturday in two grades.
On Saturday, December 29, there will be a 4BBB stableford.
Brad Stewart took out A grade in the single stableford last Thursday and Walter Wotherspoon won B grade with 44, recording 26 on the back nine.
Christmas hampers will conclude this Saturday with the First Pacific 4BBB stableford incorporating the traditional Monster Run Down (both members of the pair must be present at presentation time to collect a trophy).
John Marsh picked a solid partner in Mark Patterson to win the four ball event last Saturday with 49, winning by a point from father and son combination Brian and Baden Cooper and Ron Sweeney and Barry Adam.
John Marsh also took out the Thursday comp from Peter Johnson with Ron Sweeney winning the 10 hole comp with 28.
A 4BBB versus par event will be played this Saturday.
Gary Moore and Craig Woosley won the two person ambrose last Saturday by 3 from Wayne Mills and my old mate Stewie Penman.
There will be a two person ambrose this Saturday followed by the presentation of the champions trophies on Saturday afternoon.
There were a lot of good scores recorded last Thursday in the single stroke. Rod Darke won with 60, winning by 2 from Terry Russell with Callum Agnew a further 1 off. Blake Jamieson won the first nine, Gary Hattna the second nine and Kyogle greenkeeper Trent Webber took out the gross with 1 over par 71.
Blake Jamieson and Mark Stegeman won the two ball event with 51 on a countback from the two highway men Mel Sawtell and Claude Gardner and Workers Club general manager Barry Crimmins and Angelo Zorzo. John Weaver won A grade with a fine 3 under par round of 67 (44). Peter McEwan took out B grade with 78 hits (45) and Alan 'handbrake' Larsson won C grade with 44. Check the board fellas! Balls to 48 or better. Terry Cale provided the highlight of the day with an eagle on the third, which is a par 4. Onya Tez!
A four person ambrose will be played this Saturday.
There will be an aggregate stableford played on Saturday week.
Margaret May won the ladies 12 hole Summer comp from Hazel Campbell last Wednesday.
In the veterans nine hole single stroke last Wednesday Ken Hinschen won from Frosty Day.
Youngster Brett Forrester took home the overall trophy from the men's single stableford last Saturday with - wait for it - 56 huge ones. This young 14 year old played with his grand dad, Bill Flanagan, Ron Follers and Sid Rolfe, who couldn't believe their eyes at the shots this youngster, playing off 25, was executing. This young man has not been playing golf very long and is in the Lismore cadets under the watchful eye of Peter Jaeger and has only recently joined Woodburn-Evans Head. Brett recorded a round of 75 hits (5 over par) and his ambition in life is to become a professional golfer or a solicitor. I have never heard of anyone recording 56 points in a single stableford. It could well be a record as scores like this are hardly ever heard of in a four ball. You had better check the handicap board young fella, as you would have lost quite a few shots (13-14) but top effort Brett! An Aussie Tiger!
A very merry Christmas to all and a very prosperous 2002.
What's My Linewith Ian Clark
Well the year has all but disappeared and weekends have been taken up by Christmas shopping or recovery from too much Christmas cheer the night before.
If you take time out and to look back on the year it has been one of controversy.
The closure of The Richmond, the fishing licence issues and commercial licence buybacks and now the one for next year is the marine park in our back yard.
Overall the fishing has been good to some and bad for others. On an average over the year I think it was poor compared to the year before.
Hopefully the new year shall be a bit more consistent.
Our secret or favourite spots will soon be overcome by tourists from the north and south.
They are only here for six weeks so think of the economical boost they add to our area before condemning them for blocking boat ramps or fishing too close.
As a forewarning, I was reading the other day a bloke was nabbed three times in the one day in the same area for impersonating a fishing inspector.
It turns out that he would approach you and ask for your fishing licence. If you did not have one he would then offer to sell you one. This happened in Queensland but no doubt someone has thought of it down here somewhere along the line.
So as the fat European in the red suit starts loading up his sleigh and feeding up them reindeers I would like to take this opportunity to thank all our readers for there support and comments both good and bad over the last year.
I hope you have gained something and most importantly caught a fish from the information we have provided.
So until next year, fun fishing, and have a great Christmas with all your family and friends.
Alex Tonkins of Alstonville High was one on the players in their under 15 boys team who won the state championships last week.
The Alstonville High School Boys Under 15 water polo team successfully defended its State Title in Sydney last week.
Alstonville had a convincing win over Caringbah High in the final after going into the second half with a close 5-4 lead. In the second half Alstonville showed the stamina which has made them repeated state champions, as they combined well to run out 11-6 winners.
Alstonville defeated Taree High 18-1 in the quarter finals and Westfields Sports High 16-4 in the semi final.
Ryan Crowe was named player of the finals.
This is the ninth time that Alstonville High has picked up a Water polo state title since their first in 1991.
The under 15 girls were unlucky not to make it into the final when they went down to Albury High 5-4 in the semifinal.
The girls defeated Winmalee High 11-2 in the quarter final.
Alstonville Under 15s:
boys: Evan Gale, Ryan Crowe, Bill Johnson, Luke Chesworth, Andrew Stevens, Luke Graham, Huw Darnell, Alex Tonkins, Lucas Wise, Hamish O'Donnell, Mitchell Craig, Aaron Noble and Jonathon Chamberlain.
Girls: Madison Loch, Liz Hill, Anna Jacobsen, Kristen Johnston, Janita Johnston, Kellie Dein, Alison Elford, Sarah Dufficy, Dianna Potter, Emma Delaney, Emily Selway, Leah Hannam and Maxine Hoole.
Queensland Karate Federation volunteer of the year Susie Wales and club coach of the year Richard Marlin from Success Martial Arts with their trophies.
Lismore's Success Martial Arts Master Instructor Richard Marlin was named Club Coach of the year by the Queensland Karate Federation.
Already a local and Australian legend as a competitor Marlin was recognised by the Federation for his 'enthusiasm, dedication and commitment to coaching at the annual Karate Federation Awards recently held in Brisbane.
Since his retirement from international competition in 1996 Marlin has resisted approaches to take on official coaching roles with Queensland and Australian teams, preferring to concentrate on his own club and students in Lismore.
'As tempting and exciting as it would be living so far away from Brisbane means that any official state or national coaching role would take time and energy away from my school and students here in Lismore and also from my family. I've just had to put things first,' Marlin said.
He remains the only active competitor to have captained and coached an Australian Karate team, the successful National team at the Oceania Championships in Tahiti in 1994.
More than 500 Lismore students can vouch for the Karate Federation's decision as Success Martial Arts is now one of the largest, most progressive and dynamic Karate Schools in Australia. New initiatives include the Kindy Mites program, classes for preschoolers aged 4-5.
Susie Wales, from Lismore, was also recognised at the awards, winning the Volunteer of the Year Award.
Wales has been volunteering since she had a car accident which forced her to retire from competing in martial arts.
'I noticed Richard needed someone to help out with the administration and organisation so I decided to help out. I just love it - it's wonderful seeing the looks on the kids faces and watching them develop,' she said.
Wales has been Lismore's voice at the Queensland Karate Federation (the governing body for the sport which covers all styles of karate), at one stage taking on a state executive role.
She has previously been recognised for her contributions at state and national level over the last three years, particularly in helping to organise and run tournaments.
Former Lismore soccer star Lisa Casagrande has been named in the 18-member Matildas Australian women's soccer Team to contest next month's fourth Australia Cup against South Korea.
The 23 year old has already played 58 games for Australia and is currently attending the University of Portland, USA on a sports scholarship to further her soccer career. Selection was extremely competitive this year, with soccer being one of the big growth sports for women.
Newly appointed Matildas coach Adrian Santrac finalised the team at a four-day pre-selection camp at the Australian Institute of Sport last week.
'I was very happy to have this selection dilemma which was created by the performance of the players in camp - it was a very difficult decision to come to a final team,' Santrac said.
The team selections are Santrac's first since appointed to the official position at the end of last month, and the initial steps towards the longer term goals of the 2003 World Cup and the Athens Olympic Games.
'We have a side which is very physically strong, a very well balanced group of players which will enable us to create different variations of play. They are very mobile and quick, strong defensively and with the potential to attack effectively,' he said.
Santrac is hoping that the Matildas can do what the Australian men's soccer team failed to: qualify for the World Cup.
'This is the beginning of preparations towards our first main goal, that of the World Cup Qualifiers in November. We can begin to formulate our plan of attack, and we'll be approaching this Australia Cup the same way as we would the Qualifiers or the World Cup itself - over three rounds, we need to be effective in all three games,' he said.
Santrac led The Matildas to victory in the third Australia Cup as Interim Coach, undefeated in the three matches against France, including one in Lismore last January, and says he intends to retain the trophy. South Korea are currently contesting the Asian Championships in Chinese Taipei, and topped their group ahead of the hosts and group favourites to advance to the semifinals.
The Australia Cup will be held in Wagga Wagga (January 13), Albury (January 16), and Bendigo (January 19).
Lennox Head bodyboarder Joel Taylor was the most recent victim of the notoriously huge pipeline at Hawaii last week.
Taylor took off late at the Pipeline and landed feet first on the reef, dislocating a vertebrae and receiving a compression fracture to the lumbar region of his spine.
He is currently rated in the top six bodyboarders in Australia and is recovering in Queens hospital in Honalulu.
Opener Adam Shields scored 28 runs for the Casino Cavaliers against Norths Goonellabah RSL in the LJ Hooker Cricket League last weekend.
The Casino Cavaliers took first innings points over Norths-Goonellabah RSL after demolishing Norths batting lineup at Oakes Oval in the LJ Hooker cricket league last weekend.
The North-Goonellabah RSL order is struggling to find form at the moment and could only manage 90 runs against the Cavaliers in their first innings, with 25 of those coming from extras.
Greg Lennox did most of the damage for the Cavaliers, putting the ball right on the spot to take 5 wickets for just 23 runs from 10 overs.
Adam Shields then put Casino in a strong position, the opener scoring 28 runs before falling to the bowling of Nathan Bonamy.
Casino finished the day at 7-106, already having taken the first innings points but probably with not quite enough of a start to take the outright victory. North-Goonellabah RSL will have to perform better with the bat this weekend if they are to ensure they don't finish the year with an outright loss.
At Nielson Park, East Lismore, Lismore Workers and Marist Brothers are locked in a close battle for the first innings points.
Workers top order struggled before David Latta came in at third drop and steadied the side with 30 runs.
Tim McGuire also managed a solid 27 and Workers totalled 119 at stumps, looking to be in all sorts of trouble.
Marist Brothers failed to take advantage of the low Workers score however, and as Ward Ritchie went on the attack for Workers, Brothers batsmen also struggled.
Ritchie took 3-22 from 11 overs and Brothers finished at 4-57 with the game up for the taking by either side.
Brunswick-Byron will need to put in a massive performance with the bat if they are to take care of the Ballina Bears at Fripp Oval, Ballina this Saturday.
The Bears batting order fired with Adam Rose (79 not out) and Sam Rippon (34 not out) putting on an unbeaten partnership of 103 runs.
Ballina finished the day at 5-225 and look to be in a very strong position over Brunswick-Byron.
One of the bright spots for Brunswick-Byron was the sensational bowling by Scott Thompson, who finished the day with figures of 2-15 from 19 overs, including bowling 10 maidens.
Alstonville will have to bat well but could still take a first innings victory over Easts.
Alstonville's bowlers performed solidly with both Anthony Drew (3-26 from 17) and Steve Hunt (3-16 from 13) taking three wickets.
Easts finished the day all out for 131 with no real stars, simply a well constructed team performance.
It's now up to the Easts bowlers to see what they can get out of the Nesbitt Park wicket and if it will be enough to give them the first innings victory over Alstonville.
Tintenbar-East Ballina managed to knock up a decent 9-188 against Souths at Saunders Oval, Ballina, after a worrying beginning.
Tintenbar-East Ballina put themselves under a bit of pressure at 2-24 but thanks to a well made 51 to opener Mick Warburton who put on a 58 runs with David Carney (22).
Captain Brett Crawford also performed with the bat, scoring an impressive 56 before being caught off a Craig Bateman ball.
Bateman took 4-57 from 25 overs, providing the best of the Souths bowlers' figures.
Souths will have to bat well but they certainly have the personnel capable of doing so and if the Tintenbar-East Ballina bowling is at all loose then Souths could well finish the year with another first innings victory.
After this weekend the LJ Hooker cricket League will take a break and resume with Round 7 on Saturday, January 5.
Monster truck racing is one of the many events on at Lismore Speedway in January.
Bartercard Lismore Speedway moves into top gear over the festive season with three big shows back to back.
The final race for 2001 will be the Valvoline Australian V8 Dirt Modified Championship over two nights on December 28-29.
Over forty V8 Dirt Modifieds are expected from all over Australia to contest the Title.
The Title is the most prestigious event on the V8 Dirt Modified calender with every driver's dream being able to print the 'Australian One' on their race car.
Hot on the heels of the Aussie Title is the long awaited return of the big V8 Super Sedans in the Lismore Nissan Super Sedan Shootout at Bartercard Lismore Speedway on Saturday night, January 5.
The following Wednesday night, January 9, Lismore will experience side by side Monster Truck racing. The night will feature top line Monster Trucks direct from the USA WWF The Rock and USA's Lone Ranger racing with a further two trucks driven by Australians.
USA Drivers include Calvin Carrington from Sturbridge Massachusetts USA.
To complete such a huge night the V8 Dirt Modifieds will unleash their 600HP beats around the lightning fast quarter mile track. Fireworks will complement a great family night out.
The NSW Department of Sport and Recreation, in conjunction with various north coast Golf Clubs, will once again conduct junior golf coaching clinics in the Christmas school holidays.
Development Officer with the Department, Tony Meldrum is pleased to be able to offer the clinics again.
'The clinics have been very popular with children in recent holidays and enrolments are once again filling quickly,' Meldrum said.
The clinics are conducted over three days for two hours each day, with golf professionals employed to instruct at each program.
The instructors offer fantastic tips for both girls and boys and for those at beginner or intermediate levels. Newcomers to the sport are also encouraged to come and give it a go.
Participants learn a variety of skills including correct balance, posture, swings, chipping, putting and course etiquette.
'The clinics are a great opportunity for families to get their children into golf, learn the correct techniques at an early age and get advice from the right people,' Meldrum said.
The clinics will be run at Lismore from Jan 7-9 and Grafton on Jan 7-9.
The clinics cost $44 per child. Vacancies are limited at each venue, so early enrolments are advised.
For more information or enrolment forms, contact the NSW Department of Sport and Recreation on (02) 66 877168.
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