Chairman’s Corner

Annual Report

This was made available on the website recently and printed copies are available at the club. From experience, I know a great amount of effort goes into producing the report and I would like to thank Alan Plambeck, Club Secretary, and Ian Kimmorley, Treasurer, for another job well done.

New Governance Arrangements

The new Club Constitution approved by the members at last Saturday’s AGM means that there are no longer separate men’s and women’s clubs. We now fulfil the requirements for a unified club.

Roseville Shield

Once again, Phil Lewis did a remarkable job running the 23rd Roseville Shield on Saturday 12 October with 18 visiting clubs participating. Congratulations to the winners, North Sydney BC who won on a countback over Chatswood BC.

Vale Neil Rowland, Ken Patterson

We were saddened to learn of Neil’s passing following a battle with oesophageal cancer. Neil’s passion was Legacy where he was a tireless fundraiser. His cheerful and positive personality will be sorely missed.

We also heard recently that former member, Ken Patterson passed away. Ken came to Lindfield via Northbridge and Roseville and played as long as he was physically able. He would have turned 98 at the end of this month.

New Members

I would like to extend a warm welcome to the new bowling members who have joined the club recently: David and Joan Hart, Rob & Judy Barton, John Wilson and Ros Hayden. Chris Gray and Rob Woods have re-joined.

Grant Application for Disabled Toilet & Women’s Locker Room Refurbishment

The Club has completed the Stage 2 grant application for this project as part of the Department of Health & Aged Care’s “Play Our Way Program”. Hopefully we will know the outcome towards the end of this year or early next year.

Happy bowling

Roger Parks

Chairman

From the Women’s President

Region Events

Some of our players have participated in competitions organised under the newly formed Metro North-East Region:

Senior Pairs - Ngoc Hau and Louise Amos
Open Reserves Fours - Julie Dunn and Louise Amos teamed up with Phil Lewis and Ian Kimmorley
Open Reserves Singles - Julie Dunn

Carnival

Julie Dunn and Louise Amos plus 7 other male bowlers played in the Roseville Shield. A big thank you to Phil Lewis and his team of volunteers for organising such a successful event.

Pennant

Although we did not participate in the Women’s Single Gender Pennant, I thought you may be interested to know the winners for each division:

Division 1 – Neutral Bay
Division 2 – Mosman
Division 3 – Mona Vale
Division 4 – Manly

Welfare

Best wishes to Jo Millyard for a speedy recovery.

Unified Club

It is pleasing to note that members have voted in favour of the necessary changes in the Constitution at the AGM to support the motion of Lindfield Rollers Bowling Club becoming a Unified Club. As a result, I will sign off as the last Women’s President of the Club. On behalf of myself and previous Presidents, it has been a privilege representing the women bowlers of Lindfield Women’s Bowling Club. We will look forward to the next chapter with enthusiasm.

Louise Amos

Women’s President

Financial Update from the Club Treasurer

2023-24 FINANCIAL YEAR RESULTS

Hopefully, everyone has had a good read through the club’s Annual Report for year end 30 June 2024. There is some excellent information included in the report from different sections of the club’s operation, including a whole lot of numbers and notes concerning our financial performance for the year.

To re-cap on what I presented at the AGM, these are some of the key items from our financial accounts for the year:

Total Revenue $380,017
Total Expense $345,221
Net Profit $34,796

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Other notable points:

Revenue increased by $35,233
Expenses increased by $32,269
Total ‘non bowls’ revenue i.e. rents amounted to $162,089 = 42.6% of total revenue
Greens maintenance of $102,233 & insurance of $23,654 together = 36.5% of expenses
Playing numbers of 4,611 were excellent for the year which boosted total green fees by $11,492 to $89,251
Upgrade of our fire protection systems cost $11,200
Maintenance to our flat and repair to a washout under one of our water storage tanks cost $12,500

Overall, we have had a very successful year, and this is directly related to how our wonderful members have strongly supported the club throughout the period. It’s been terrific to watch our playing numbers steadily climb over the year on a consistent basis. This in turn creates the steady flow of revenue supporting a cash position that easily allows us to meet our financial obligations and invest back into the club.

1st Quarter ended 30/9/24

Our first 3 months of trading in this financial year have returned a Net Profit of $8,342, a little behind last year but still a good result.

Bowling numbers are slightly ahead of our plan at 1,102 and this is down a little on same time last year. We have, however, lost a few days through poor weather.

As I mentioned at the AGM, our maintenance work to the flat is now finalised for the time being. The last item was removing the old carpet and laying new carpet; this was completed on 8/10/24.

The big item this year we are hoping to achieve is the upgrade of the women’s locker room and disabled toilet facilities. We eagerly await the outcome of the quite complex grant application Roger Parks and others have worked so hard on.

Ian Kimmorley

Treasurer

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What’s Been Happening?

The Club’s competition schedule is now well underway, with the Club Fours, Consistency Singles and Minor Singles having been completed.

Here is a winners and runners-up gallery:

CLUB FOURS

**WINNERS:** (L to R) – Nick Ireland, Roger Morrow (substituting for John Kelly), Jeff Ware and Louise Amos.

**RUNNERS-UP:** (L to R) – Derek Cornelius, Bob Lygo, Ted Cook and Paul Goodwin

CONSISTENCY SINGLES

MINOR SINGLES

KU-RING-GAI SHIELD

Our club was well represented in the annual Ku-Ring-Gai Shield, which was played at St Ives Bowling Club on the 21st of September. Our side won the fours game but suffered very narrow defeats in the singles, pairs and triples. The Lindfield Rollers team were placed fifth in the final result.

ROSEVILLE SHIELD

One of the signature events in our club calendar is the Roseville Shield. This year the major event was held on Saturday, 12th October. It was an outstanding success. In all, twenty teams participated, including two from Lindfield Rollers. The weather was kind, and the participants enjoyed two games utilising ten rinks.

The final result was very close but after a countback, North Sydney emerged as winners, edging out runners-up Chatswood. Our club took a very creditable fourth place in the final tally.

Our thanks go to Phil Lewis for organising and running this highly successful event, which also contributed a healthy sum to our finances for the year.

The Roseville Shield winning team from North Sydney Club.

Looking ahead …

2024 CHRISTMAS LUNCHEON

It is hard to believe but yes, Christmas is fast approaching. This year the Lindfield Rollers Christmas function will be held on Sunday, December 1st at Northbridge Golf Club, from 12.00 noon. Please aim to arrive at or soon after 11.30am. The golf club has another booking for later that day, hence the comparatively early start.

A sign up whiteboard has been placed in the club bar area and members are encouraged to form table groups of eight and enter the names on the board. The cost is $80.00 per person for a three-course meal with alternate serves. Drinks are not included. Final numbers and payment are required by Monday 18th November. Please pay your $80 per person into the club bank account ASAP, including your name and Xmas in the payment description.

A Smile on Your Dial

A NEW ELEMENT HAS BEEN DISCOVERED …

Investigators at a major research institute have discovered the heaviest element known to science. This startling new discovery has been tentatively named administratium. The new element has no protons or electrons, thus having an atomic number of 0. It does, however, have 1 neutron, 125 assistant neutrons, 75 vice neutrons, and 111 assistant vice neutrons, for an atomic mass of 312.

These 312 particles are held together by a force called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called peons. Since it has no electrons, administratium is inert. However, it can be detected as it impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact. According to the discoverers, a minute amount of administratium causes one reaction to take over four days to complete when it would normally take less than a second.

Administratium has a normal half-life of approximately three years; it does not decay, but instead undergoes a reorganization in which a portion of the assistant neutrons, vice neutrons, and assistant vice neutrons exchange places. In fact, an administratium sample's mass will actually increase over time, since with each reorganization some of the morons inevitably become neutrons, forming new isotopes.

This characteristic of moron promotion leads some scientists to speculate that administratium is formed whenever morons reach a certain concentration. This hypothetical quantity is referred to as the "Critical Morass".

His lucky day …

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