This year’s Roseville Shield was held at Lindfield Rollers Bowling Club on Saturday, 7 October. A total of 24 clubs competed in this year’s event in fine weather with just a bit of a chilly wind blowing across most of the day. The Shield is a unique event in that it is the only event of its type that brings together players from all clubs across the Zone at the one location on the one day where a result is also determined on the same day. In addition to the 96 bowlers participating in the Shield competition, a further 42 social bowlers played in the afternoon on the third green giving a total of 138 bowlers on the greens at the same time creating a great atmosphere.

The winners were Turramurra, who scored 37 points and a margin of 27 shots with their team comprising B. Hawtree, B. Southam, H. Brenner and G. Hamilton.

July is the seventh month in our calendar but in the ancient Roman calendar it was the fifth month. As such, it was known by the Romans as ‘Quintilis’, meaning ‘fifth’, until Julius Caesar decided that naming this month after himself was a better idea. And so it was that the month became known as Julius (later corrupted to July), a name we have stuck with ever since. For the Romans, of course, it was the height of summer but for us it is the depth of winter, with cold mornings, short days and long shadows over Green 1. Not that these conditions have deterred our members, with good bowling numbers maintained throughout the period.

In this edition …

All the winners from 2022 competitions, and more. Pictured here are the winners of the Club Fours: Rob Garrity and Peter Duffy (L), Barrie Jones and Morris Sher (R), flanking club Chairman, Roger Parks.

After a hiatus of three years due to Covid and extreme weather, the Roseville Shield took place at Lindfield Rollers on Saturday, 3 December. It was a great day of bowls played between 22 teams from across the Zone in absolutely perfect conditions, with the friendly rivalry and camaraderie bringing out the best of bowls in everyone. The format of the day was for two games of fours, each played over 21 ends. In a very close result, Manly emerged the winners over runners-up Lane Cove.

Di McBryde, District Vice President, North Shore Women’s District Committee, Billi Maas, District Head of Match and Jen Cox, District Match Committee, attended our club on Saturday 24th September to present the Division 2 Pennant Flag to our winning Pennant Team of Louise Amos, Ngoc Hau, Julie Dunn, Susie Meares, Anne Rands, Janice Crocker, Lap Chen, Lee Gardner, Marlene Black and Jenny Rowland. Congratulations to all the ladies involved! Our Division 2 Pennant Flag is now proudly flying on the flagpole at the Club entrance.

Most of our club competitions for 2022 have now been completed. Congratulations go to Ian Kimmorley, who, as Men’s Major Singles winner, is Club Champion for 2022.

Everybody is different when playing bowls. Some skips are dictatorial wishing to control their teammates’ game, i.e. design the head. Some are sticklers for rules, wanting to get it all right, i.e. fair play, and others are happy to let their team members play their own game (within limits) and play their bowls to the head as they find it. You can’t criticise any of these approaches because that is bowls.

Pictured, L to R, are Susie Mears, Anne Rands, Louise Amos, Ngoc Hau and Julie Dunn, who have successfully competed in recent carnivals. Susie, Anne, Louise, Ngoc and Julie played in the Dee Why Open Versatility “Five-A-Side” day and came 5th out of 14 clubs.