NEWS
BTS Ladies Open Pairs Draw 2022-23
NOTE: Composite teams to have same stickers on all bowls or no stickers at all (refer to conditions of play 2.20). Sectional Play – Friday 13 January 2023 Played at Kingborough Bowls Club. Three Bowl Pairs – 15 ends. 9.45am trial ends. Section 1 Cleary, D. / Downward. E versus Barnett, P. / Brooks, C….
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SWC Senior Sides named for 17 Jan 2023
The second round of Statewide Challenge (SWC) will be held at the North Launceston Bowls Club on Sunday 17 January 2023. Men’s Senior Side Grant Chamberlain (skip), Peter Marshall, Stephen Graf, Kevin Raby Tony Vince (skip), Grant Allford, Greg Fehlberg, Scott Booth Shane Young (skip), Chris Norris, Glenn Frame, Michael Andersch Reserves: Roger Dale, Peter Gangell…
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Johnson and Lane one-all after Triples Final
A Bowls Report for The Mercury by Peter Kirby Bowls South’s Men’s and Women’s Open and B Grade Triples Championship events were concluded at Rosny Park Bowls on Sunday. Women’s Open Triples In the Women’s Open Final, Maddie Johnson (Kingborough), supported by her composite team of lead Michelle Moate (Glenorchy Rodman) and Barb Liddington (Dover),…
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Defending Premiers remain undefeated
Premier Division report by Peter Kirby 17 December 2022 (Round 10) As Bowls South’s Derwent Eye Specialists’ Premier Division takes its Christmas-New Year break the defending premiers, Sandy Bay, undefeated so far this season, and 2nd placed Kingborough are almost guaranteed to retain their positions on the ladder for the remainder of the season. 3rd placed…
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Top sides suffer losses in close encounters
Ladies Division 1 report by Peter Kirby 15 December 2022 (Round 9) It was a tribute to intrepid bowlers, playing in wet, windy, wintery conditions, that all matches were completed in the final round before the mid-season break in Bowls South’s Women’s Thursday Pennant. Sides lower on the competition table, playing at home to top…
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Senior Sides stumble at New Norfolk
A Bowls Report for The Mercury by Peter Kirby The first two rounds of Bowls Tasmania’s Seniors (Over 60’s) Men’s and Women’s State Wide Challenge series were played at New Norfolk Bowls Club on Tuesday. With rain forecast for early afternoon the organisers decided to reduce all games to 15 ends, and to take lunch…
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Top Five pull away from the competition
Premier Division report by Peter Kirby 10 December 2022 (Round 9) At the halfway stage of Bowls South’s Derwent Eye Specialists Saturday Premier Division Pennant the top five have a clear 20 point buffer over the rest of the competition. Sandy Bay leads by 6 points from Kingborough, with Glenorchy Rodman a further 16 points…
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Rodman and Bucks advance up the ladder
Ladies Division 1 report by Peter Kirby 8 December 2022 (Round 8) Glenorchy Rodman and Buckingham were the big movers at the completion of Round 8 of Bowls South’s Women’s Thursday Pennant, with Rodman up to 5th on the ladder, and Bucks into the top four. At Glenorchy Rodman, a determined all round effort resulted in…
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Open SWC second sides shine at Kingborough
A Bowls Report for The Mercury by Peter Kirby Bowls Tasmania’s 2022-23 State Wide Challenge series continued on Sunday when the first two rounds of the Open Women’s and Men’s section of the competition were played at the Kingborough Bowls Club. As the host region Bowls South fielded A and B sides in both events….
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BTS Men’s B Grade Triples Draw 2022-23
Important notes: Composite teams to have same stickers on all bowls or no stickers at all (refer to conditions of play 2.21) This is a knock-out competition. Two bowls Triples Sunday 11 December 2022 Played at the Rosny Park Bowls Club. Roll-up at 1.15pm (18 ends). Morgan, T. / Ransley, D. / Winter – BYE Barrell,…
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BTS Men’s Open Triples Draw 2022-23
Important notes: Composite teams to have same stickers on all bowls or no stickers at all (refer to conditions of play 2.21) This is a knock-out competition. Two bowls Triples Sectional Play Sunday 11 December 2022 Played at the Rosny Park Bowls Club. Roll-up at 9.45am (18 ends). (1) Cleary, G. / Laduke, J. /…
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BTS Ladies B Grade Triples Draw 2022-23
Important notes Composite teams to have same stickers on all bowls or no stickers at all (refer to conditions of play 2.21) This is a knock-out competition. Two bowls Triples Semi-Finals – Sunday 18 December Played at the Rosny Park Bowls Club at 9.45am (21 ends) Court, T. / Munday, J. / Robson, C. versus…
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BTS Ladies Open Triples Draw 2022-23
Important notes Composite teams to have same stickers on all bowls or no stickers at all (refer to conditions of play 2.21) This is a knock-out competition. Two bowls Triples Sectional play – Sunday 11 December 2022 Played at the Rosny Park Bowls Club at 9.45am (18 ends). Scott, S / McGrath, C / TBA…
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Beltana win a heart-stopper at home
Premier Division report by Peter Kirby 3 December 2022 (Round 8) In the closest match of Round 8 of Bowls South’s Derwent Eye Specialists Premier Division at Beltana on Saturday, the home side held on for a one shot win over Brighton, winning on three rinks, 77-76. Grant Wakefield’s rink was in great form and…
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BowlsLink and COVID-19 certificates
Advice from Bowls Australia: It is up to individual clubs or regions to revoke the COVID-19 certification if they wish to.
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Giantkiller Buckingham claims another Indoor Centre victim
Ladies Division 1 report by Peter Kirby 1 December 2022 (Round 7) The grass green at Buckingham has proved once again to be the nemesis of indoor centre-based sides with the Bucks ladies dominant against Howrah in their Round 7 clash in Bowls South’s Women’s Thursday Pennant, winning on 2 rinks, 60-44, in a repeat…
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Team Lane crowned BTS Women’s Open Fours Champions
A Bowls Report for The Mercury by Peter Kirby BTS Women’s Fours Skip Jeanette Lane (Buckingham) and her composite team of Jennie Suttie (Rosny Park), Peta Barnett and Crystal Brooks (Both Glenorchy Rodman) are Bowls South’s Women’s Open Fours champions for 2022-23 after winning the Final at Claremont last Friday afternoon, 17-11, against the Kingborough…
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Ladder Leader Sandy Bay survive a scare at Brighton
Premier Division report by Peter Kirby 26 November 2022 (Round 7) In Round 7 of Bowls South’s Derwent Eye Specialists Premier Division, Brighton came close to upsetting Sandy Bay on Saturday, going down to the reigning premiers by 4 shots, 78-84. Bryce Guy saved the day for the Bay easily defeating Tony Bartninkaitis by 24…
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Form reversals the norm for Round 6
Ladies Division 1 report by Peter Kirby 24 November 2022 (Round 6) In Round 6 of Bowls South’s Women’s Thursday Pennant four of the five matches were won by sides rebounding from losses the previous week. At Glenorchy Rodman, with one end to play in their match against Buckingham, the hosts were 1 shot in…
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Team Tegg crowned BTS Open Men’s Fours Champion
A Bowls Report for The Mercury by Peter Kirby BTS Men’s Fours At Beltana on Sunday, with better weather prevailing than for the previous week, the composite team of Cam Tegg, Glenorchy Rodman, and a trio of players from Dover – Cam Norris, Chris Norris, and Ricky Ormerod – defeated the Rosny Park rink of…
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SWC Open Sides – December 2022
The first round of Open Statewide Challenge (SWC) will be held at the Kingborough Bowls Club on Sunday 4 December 2022. Men’s Open Sides South 1 Keagan Booth (skip), Josh lording, Brad carver, Ryan Guy Nic Courto (skip), Peter Bannister, Grant Wakefield, Luke Turner Justin Plummer (skip), Jack Ellis, Nathan Dinning, Shawn Leitch South 2 Jason Fowler (skip), Andrew Norris, Brent Forsyth, Stuart Cashion…
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Junior sides named for SWC (round 1)
The first round of Juniors Statewide Challenge (SWC) will be held at the Longford Bowls Club on Sunday 27 November 2022. The Southern teams are: South 1 Singles: Miley Sutton Pairs: Riley Davie (skip), Eli Sutton Triples: Adam Taylor (skip), Xavier Triffitt, Angus Bennet Fours: Adam Taylor (skip), Sebastian Triffitt, Xavier Triffitt, Jaylah Triffitt South 2…
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Top Four Taking Shape
Premier Division report by Peter Kirby 19 November 2022 (Round 6) At the completion of Round 6 the top four sides of Bowls South’s Derwent Eye Specialists Premier Division have established a clear break on the rest of the competition. Competition leader, Sandy Bay, led the way with an all-rinks win against Claremont, 100-54, for…
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Guidance regarding game stoppages
Clarification of Law 32, Game Stoppages and the use of Law 33, Leaving the Green during the course of play.
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Hapless Howrah Humbled at Sandy Bay
Ladies Division 1 report by Peter Kirby 17 November 2022 (Round 5) The match of Round 5 of Bowls South’s Women’s Thursday Pennant was the much-anticipated Grand Final rematch played at Sandy Bay on Thursday where a resurgent Sandy Bay scored an emphatic 2-rink win over reigning premiers, Howrah, 57-50. Inconsistent bowls from the visitors…
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SWC Senior Sides – December 2022
The first round of Seniors Statewide Challenge (SWC) will be held at the New Norfolk Bowls Club on Tuesday 13 December 2022. Men’s Senior Sides South 1 Tony Vince (skip), Roger Dale, Greg Fehlberg, and Leigh Munnings Grant Chamberlain (skip), Peter Marshall, Michael Eiszele, Kevin Raby Shane Young (skip), Chris Norris, Stephen Graf, Scott Booth…
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Personal Accolade for Van Asch in BPL
A Bowls Report for The Mercury by Peter Kirby Bowls Premier League (BPL) At the conclusion of Bowls Australia’s Bowls Premier League Series 16 at Club Pine Rivers last Friday star Tasmania Trident and recently retired Jackaroo, Rebecca van Asch, was named best female bowler of the tournament, an honour she has achieved in the…
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Dominant Sandy Bay Remain Undefeated
Premier Division report by Peter Kirby 12 November 2022 (Round 5) In the Kingborough Indoor Bowls Centre on Saturday the current Derwent Eye Specialists Premier Division premiers, Sandy Bay, continued their recent dominance of their hosts at the venue with an emphatic 11 shot victory, 80 – 65, and 10 points to be 8 points…
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BTS Grant approvals to date
As at 2 December 2022, the BTS Finance Committee has approved $18,000 (excluding GST) in BTS Grants: Beltana Player Participation Incentive. To help cover the costs of club shirt, pants and shoes for five new members. Read about the success of Beltana’s efforts. Junior Development Incentive. To introduce a Club Junior Scholarship (one scholarship for…
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Kingborough topple Rosny for top spot
Ladies Division 1 report by Peter Kirby 10 November 2022 (Round 4) The Kingborough Indoor Bowls Centre hosted the match of the round between the two previously undefeated sides of BTS Women’s Thursday Division 1 Pennant, Kingborough and Rosny Park. Kingborough claimed early bragging rights with a 16 shot, 2 rink win and 10 valuable…
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Tasmania Tridents struggle in BPL
A Bowls Report for The Mercury by Peter Kirby The Bowls Premier League (BPL) is being held at Club Pine Rivers in Queensland from Monday to Friday this week. The BPL is the sport’s made-for-television, showpiece event, the Twenty20 of bowls- it is fast, it is loud, it attracts the world’s best bowlers, and it…
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New Norfolk Consolidate Place in Premier Division
Premier Division report by Peter Kirby 5 November 2022 (Round 4) In the match of the round of the Derwent Eye Specialists Premier Division Pennant bowls competition at Claremont, Pathways Jackaroo Lauren Banks played two superb shots on the final end of her contest with Claremont’s Shane Peck to power New Norfolk to a 3…
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Resurgent Rosny Takes the Points
Ladies Division 1 report by Peter Kirby 3 November 2022 (Round 3) Round 3 of Women’s Thursday Pennant bowls, played in cold and windy conditions, was not a good day for host clubs with four of the five matches being won by the visitors. The lone home side to be victorious on the day was…
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Inclement weather – October 2022
Information about games impacted by inclement weather between 22-27 October 2022.
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DRAW: BTS Women’s Fours 2022-23
The following draws have been obtained from BowlsLink. Women’s Open Fours All games played at Claremont Friday, 18 Nov 2022 – 9.45am Rollup for a 10:00am Start Foster, C. / Mullavey, A. / Rutherford, J. / Tanner, D. BYE (Straight to quarter finals) Barnett, P. / Brooks, C. / Lane, J. / Suttie, J. BYE…
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DRAW: BTS Men’s Fours 2022-23
The following draws have been obtained from BowlsLink. Men’s Open Fours All games played at Beltana Sunday 13 November 2022 – 9.45am Roll up for a 10am Start (15 ends) Allan, J. / Dale, R. / Lording, J. / TBC BYE (straight to quarter final) Carver, B. / Rowe, T. / TBC / TBC VS…
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Bowls South Handbook
BTS will no longer produce one consolidated and printable document due to the overheads of keeping such a document up to date. Handbook information can be found under the CLUB SUPPORT menu on this website. Notify bowls.south@bigpond.com if changes are required. The Handbook information landing page contains links to: Board of Management Committees and Appointments Statewide…
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Social “5 game” players 2022-23
As required by condition 3.3(c) of Conditions of Play, clubs are advised that the following social members have been granted “5 game” playing rights, and have played their first pennant game on the date shown: March 2023 1 March: Dino Di Dominico (St John’s Park) 2 March: Dale Wallace (Kingborough) Joan Fisher (Glenorchy Rodman) 4…
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Cyber Security Tips
The following is a copy of an email to clubs regarding Cyber Security: Hi Club Secretaries At our Board meeting last night, the Treasurer advised the Board that two clubs have paid their affiliation fee into an unknown bank account. Early indications are that hackers are intercepting emails to these clubs and altering the bank…
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Cyber attacks and what to do
The following is a copy of email advice provided to a bowls club from Tasmania Police’s Cyber Report Management Team: Further general information below, some of this may not apply to your matter. Business email compromise is when criminals use email to abuse trust in business processes to scam organisations out of money or goods….
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BowlsLearn – Online Bowls training
Courses available at the launch of BowlsLearn include: Rookie Rollers Coordinators course Introductory Coach course Club Coach course (see note below) Selection module Markers course (see note below) Measurers course (see note below) National Umpires Course (see note below) Using BowlsLink Bowls Australia has launched BowlsLearn – a new national self-paced online learning platform, which…
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Officials Forums 2022
Our regular Officials Forums have been scheduled for October/November 2022 at three Clubs and via Zoom.
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Inspection Report – Glenorchy Rodman Synthetic Green
A report by Michael Andersch, Chair, BSOP I inspected the Glenorchy Rodman synthetic green on Friday 23 September to assess it’s compliance with the laws of the game and consider its suitability for pennant and competition play. The green has been in operation for approximately 6 weeks and Rodman are regularly playing and practicing on it. …
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Inspection Report – North Hobart Synthetic Green
A report by Michael Andersch, Chair, BSOP I inspected the North Hobart synthetic green on Friday 23 September to assess it’s compliance with the laws of the game and consider its suitability for pennant and competition play. The green has been in operation for approximately 6 weeks. Ditch depths and widths all meet the minimum and…
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Position sharing 2022-23
In accordance with condition 3.4(e) of Conditions of Play, the following players have been approved to share positions: 2 October: The following Brighton ladies are approved to share a position: Connie Gilroy, Iris Dodge, Jane Clark, and Dianne Higgins. 10 October: The following North Hobart players are approved to share positions as required: Vic Dawes,…
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Approved dispensations 2022-23
Player dispensation In accordance with condition 3.33(c) of Conditions of Play, the following dispensation requests have been approved: Saturday pennant Mathew Hugo (New Norfolk). New Norfolk has dispensation to play Matthew in Division 2 for 25 February game only then he has to go back to Premier Division for the last two games of the…
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Set/Reset your BowlsLink Password
A BowlsVIC YouTube video is available to help you set/reset your password, or you can follow these steps: Open your preferred web browser (eg: Edge, FireFox, Chrome, Safari, etc) Type the web address www.bowlslink.com.au into the address space. Click the blue “Reset” link on the SIGN IN screen: Type in your email address on the…
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Championship Online Entries 2022-23
For closing dates and playing dates, see BTS Championship Calendar 2022-23. These links will open an entry form within BowlsLink. NOTE: THE ENTRY FEE IS $10 PER PLAYER PER EVENT (THE CLUB WILL BE BILLED) Men’s Championship Entries 2022-23 Men’s Open Singles Men’s Open Pairs Men’s Open Triples Men’s Open Fours Men’s B Grade Singles Men’s…
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BTS Conditions of Play 2022-23
THIS VERSION IS NOW SUPERSEDED This version has been superseded by BTS Conditions of Play 2023-24. Printable version: Conditions of Play 2022-23 (PDF) – SUPERSEDED NOTE: This HTML version is provided to improve search functionality and accessibility, and to provide an “easy reading” version for small devices. It is not the definitive version and does not have…
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