tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89197769552153510302024-03-13T04:49:47.952+00:00Satirical BowlsBlog Author: David D :::::::::::::::::::::::::::: This is a personal blog about Bowls Bowls Bowls.:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::DISCLAIMER 1; If you are an officer of a bowling association this blog is not for you.::::::::::::::::::::::::::: DISCLAIMER 2; No article is intended to offend however if you are of a sensitive disposition DO NOT READUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919776955215351030.post-25668232455678726902012-04-04T19:36:00.001+01:002012-04-04T22:47:12.791+01:00The END - - - - - - - - - thanks for watching<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-size: 12pt;">John 3<sup>17</sup></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0000cc;"></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="wordsofchrist"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-size: 12pt;">1 Timothy 2<sup>5-6</sup></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="versenum"><sup>5</sup></span><span class="strongs">For</span><span class="versetext"> there is </span><span class="strongs">one</span><span class="versetext"> </span><span class="strongs">God,</span><span class="versetext"> </span><span class="strongs">and</span><span class="versetext"> </span><span class="strongs">one</span><span class="versetext"> </span><span class="strongs">mediator</span><span class="versetext"> between </span><span class="strongs">God</span><span class="versetext"> </span><span class="strongs">and</span><span class="versetext"> </span><span class="strongs">men,</span><span class="versetext"> the </span><span class="strongs">man</span><span class="versetext"> </span><span class="strongs">Christ</span><span class="versetext"> </span><span class="strongs">Jesus;</span><span class="versetext"> </span><span class="versenum"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="versenum"><sup>6</sup></span><span class="strongs">Who</span><span class="versetext"> </span><span class="strongs">gave</span><span class="versetext"> </span><span class="strongs">himself</span><span class="versetext"> a </span><span class="strongs">ransom</span><span class="versetext"> </span><span class="strongs">for</span><span class="versetext"> </span><span class="strongs">all</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="wordsofchrist"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-size: 12pt;">1 Corinthians 15<sup>3-4</sup></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; he was buried, he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919776955215351030.post-20526989842501475452012-04-04T19:25:00.004+01:002012-04-05T23:18:07.063+01:00Magherafelt Muppets<div class="MsoNormal">Ode to the 2 Magherafelt Muppets, never never listen and never never wrong.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">It was an experience knowing you, pity the duels had to end.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Hope both of you has your hearing fixed soon. A little sprinkling of listening mixed with understanding and you can both achieve the good you desire for the game</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Your passion for the game is commendable</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919776955215351030.post-12057235971643188672012-04-04T19:08:00.001+01:002012-04-04T19:08:36.408+01:00Almost Over<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To the Offended</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Unfortunately many of the articles/issues on this site were taken personally.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This blog was never set up to attack individuals, it was to cover issues in bowls no matter how controversial. (there are many, specifically within short mat, that were never addressed)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">At times in matters of etiquette or character the defining line got blurred and articles which were about issues not individuals were taken personally.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To any who were offended at any stage over the past 5 years, the author unreservedly apologises.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A professor said</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Two people can see the same thing but reach different conclusions.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Two little ducks went their separate ways but no amount of quack, quack apologies worked as</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Forgiveness can only come from the one aggrieved (or the one unintentionally harpooned).</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">To those who took time to read the site it is hoped that it has been a source of information and entertainment</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919776955215351030.post-18690512593499591502012-04-04T17:09:00.000+01:002012-04-04T17:09:51.835+01:00King Jeremy, Prince James, Duke GrahamNorthern Ireland get a 1, 2, 3 finish at the world cup singles<br />
Well done:<br />
Jeremy Henry (possibly the best this country has produced)<br />
James Talbot (defending champion)<br />
Graham McKee (possibly the brightest prospect who relishes the big games)<br />
<br />
Surely Graham and James have played their way into contention for the World championships later this year. Richie Leonard should be another 'new one' in contention. All three have shown and proved that they can perform at the top level. they need to be integrated into the team now, no point in going with the same old faces.<br />
<br />
MISTAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />
The biggest mistake in Irish selection was the non selection of Jeremy Henry for the world championships. They had it in their power to select Jeremy months ago when he was still eligible.<br />
Jermey Henry has more experience of the playing conditions than any other player that will be selected<br />
He has proved himself in those very conditions (he won the Australian open singles!!!)<br />
He is in form<br />
He plays more regularly and at a higher level of competitoon than any one over here<br />
He is possibly the best bowler this country has produced.<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>5 </b></span>compelling reasons why the selectors should have selected Jeremy and why they have let the country down.<br />
The excuse that he is not playing in this country is pathetic.<br />
It may be that some players did not want him selected, if that is the case why? The conclusion will be that they feared for their place and they were looking after their own interests and not that of Irish bowls.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919776955215351030.post-40470820528589337942012-04-04T16:51:00.001+01:002012-04-04T19:19:18.804+01:00Advice to short matGet rid of pompousity and replace it with a little humility<br />
<br />
Stop being self-serving, make decisions that are for the good of bowls and not for the good of self<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919776955215351030.post-46457892988404333822012-04-04T15:54:00.001+01:002012-04-04T16:48:14.449+01:00Advice for Boring Boring StadiumThe results for the internationals series over the past few years should not be acceptable.<br />
Free advice:<br />
appoint: Neil Booth as manager<br />
appoint Ian McClure as mentor/assisatant manage for U25s<br />
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CA stadium<br />
you have lost thousands of pounds over the past few years due to your intransigence.<br />
Mid Antrim qualifiers, competitions and possibly the big events in short mat. It may be too late you could have been established as a premier venue for short mat.<br />
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Belfast<br />
You rely on short mat bowlers to bring in new members. The vast majority of stadiumers started at shortmat. You should have embraced and worked alongside short mat years ago. Getting new bowlers into any format is hard yet Belfast with it's catchment area could have nurtured bowls. More people playing shortmat will ultimately result into more stadiumers.<br />
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It is time for all formats of bowls to respect each other and work TOGETHER to promote outdoor, stadium and short mat.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919776955215351030.post-5742010402505770362012-04-03T13:51:00.000+01:002012-04-03T13:51:36.561+01:00Chuckers at the readyThe season of the beautiful game, the one and only short mat, has concluded; the game of skill and finesse has finished, now waiting in the wings are the chuckers of the outdoor.<br />
Some of you will already have come to the conclusion that chuckers refers to the parkkettes, some may think it is the province-wide league + LK others may conclude due to the way they have played in the last 6 inter-association championships that it is the aloof privates.<br />
At this time of the year when the transition is from one beautiful game to another it is unilaterally chucker season. Hopefully the period of transition or 'chucking season' will be short and the beautiful game of outdoor will be in full swing and pace by the middle of May.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919776955215351030.post-22732942223168210152012-04-02T19:19:00.000+01:002012-04-02T19:19:32.799+01:00Classy Cassells CrewThe classy Cassells crew have won the ladies triples four years out of the six years the competition has been running. In addition all three together won the ladies fours competition on three occasions, the fours was replaced by the triples . Not a bad effort for this St Mark's trio.<br />
May and Pauline have won the ladies fours title a total of 5 times playing together and lifting the title on two further occasions without Rachel who had given up bowls for a while.<br />
<u><b>Classy Cassells Crew's Crowns</b></u><br />
Pauline has 15<br />
5 singles, 1 pairs, 4 triples and 5 fours<br />
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May has 11<br />
5 fours, 4 triples and 2 over-the-hill pairs (or over 55's)<br />
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Rachel has 7<br />
4 triples and 3 fours<br />
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The moral of the story for the rest of the ladies is -<br />
enter the pairs, the Cassells are no good at the pairsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919776955215351030.post-79075970844806153222012-04-02T16:57:00.001+01:002012-04-02T17:08:07.372+01:004-in-a-row<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyyrm7JUS1SAyR3ThtRCf85KZxCNSnydoQx6f5iFlLuuz_IHs80MKENMhTvS-RoOwA7WEsOkO2nVWa-N62oqSQG3arMfPnG94vzbYK3RTQMCPGD2KKznf9n0krrFT41ALtqJya1ynk3U0/s1600/080.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyyrm7JUS1SAyR3ThtRCf85KZxCNSnydoQx6f5iFlLuuz_IHs80MKENMhTvS-RoOwA7WEsOkO2nVWa-N62oqSQG3arMfPnG94vzbYK3RTQMCPGD2KKznf9n0krrFT41ALtqJya1ynk3U0/s1600/080.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">May, Pauline, Rachel </b></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">It is a rare event to have a title successfully defended three successive times and be champions for a fourth year therefore it has to be regarded as a superb achievement.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Congrats go the Cassells Crew of Rachel Cassells, May Cassells and Pauline (Cassells) Beattie who won their fourth successive ladies triples championship.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">These ladies deserve more acclaim than what they have received. As a unit over a sustained period they have proved themselves to be the best. It is remarkable that they have maintained a high level of consistency to such a degree that they have not had one poor game over four years. One poor game and their reign would have ended. No matter how tight the game or how close they have come to being knocked out they have continually coped with the pressure and delivered the telling shots.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">A magnificent run.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Congrats also to Lynn Hamilton on winning her second ladies singles title and to Margaret Nelson and Esther Forster who won the ladies pairs on an extra end.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Why are the ladies results not on the IIBA site along with the national results?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It is a slight and an insult to ladies bowls that they are not given the same coverage or respect as the men. Are the </span>IIBA<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> inferring that ladies bowls is second rate and not worth a mention?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919776955215351030.post-23529323704213985492012-03-30T14:40:00.001+01:002012-03-30T14:41:00.528+01:00World Championships - selection or qualification<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">It is customary for the winners of the champion of champions’ competitions to play in the World Championships.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">This means that every player in the IIBA can qualify to play in the world championships and it is a goal for many who enter licensed tournaments to attain that pinnacle.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">This magnificent opportunity may be taken from the players. There is a distinct possibility that within the coming years players will be selected for the World Championships, therefore they will not be able to qualify on their own merits.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Ask officially and you will be told that there are no plans to change the policy, you will be told that it is not on the agenda.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">However it is easy for the policy to be changed without players being consulted and without any notice. The policy can be changed at an executive meeting between now and the CoC.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">If you the players still want the current qualification policy to continue it is in your hands to ensure that entry to the World Championships remains open.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Attend the AGM, make a simple proposal to maintain the current policy and wait and see if there is any counter-proposal. If there is then it will go to a vote.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">At this moment in time the outcome is within your (the players) hands. Miss the AGM and you will be giving the executive the opportunity to make a change.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The straightforward answer is attend the AGM.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com