Year: 2018
Paky 5000 – 2018
Pakenham’s premier two day lawn bowls tournament, the PAKY 5000, was conducted last weekend at the Pakenham Bowls Club. With over $5000 in prizemoney, this blue ribbon event attracts quality bowlers from near and far – for the second year in a row, one former Pakenham Div 1 Pennant player even flew in from Sydney….
READ MORELAWN BOWLS SUPERSTARS AT PAKENHAM BOWLS CLUB
LAWN BOWLS SUPERSTARS AT PAKENHAM BOWLS CLUB Lawn Bowls Royalty were present at Pakenham Bowls Club last Tuesday when current Australian National Coach Steve Glasson, OAM and “Queen of the Greens,” Karen Murphy, dropped in to visit. We were fortunate also to have Pakenham Mayor Collin Ross in the club rooms to join President Terry…
READ MORECROWLEY MEMORIAL DAY 2018
Teams came from near and far on Sunday to compete in the annual Theo and Beryl Crowley Memorial Tournament sponsored by the Crowley family in honour of the significant contribution the husband and wife team made to the foundation, development and growth of the Pakenham Bowls Club. Both were life members of the club, as…
READ MOREHI-LO Day 2018
The thirty five bowlers who turned out for the HI-LO day last Saturday were blessed with blue skies, temperature in the mid twenties and almost no wind – perfect for bowls (so with the exception of those in Bendigo, where was everyone?) Three games of two bowl triples were played with experienced skips and thirds…
READ MOREWeight – Control
Source: Matthew Otteridge WEIGHT CONTROL DRILL End Hand Short to Long Bowls in 3 meters Long to short Score 1 to 3 1 F/H Short to Long /score out of 3 2 B/H Long to Short /score out of 3 3 F/H Short to Long /score out of 3 4 B/H Long to Short /score…
READ MORE40 Bowl Test
Source: Matthew Otteridge 40 Bowls Test Player Date Conditions End No of Hand Jack 1st 2nd Total Bowls played Position Bowl Bowl Score 1 2 F/H Long /2 2 F/H Long /2 2 2 B/H Short /2 2 B/H Long /2 3 2 F/H Short /2 2 F/H Long /2 4 2 B/H Short /2…
READ MOREBowls Drills
Source: Matthew Otteridge Time Drill Focus Mat Length/s Bowls Groups Instructions 10mins Bowl to ditch Technique 5m up from T facing ditch 4 Individual -players bowl 12 FH and 12 BH from the mat to the ditch. -players work on developing a pre-bowl routine and staying down. 10 mins Roll the Jack Jack Rolling min/med/max…
READ MORENew Bowlers
All new bowlers will be introduced to Glenn and inducted into the Club whilst developing a coaching plan together. A coach will then take the new bowler through lessons to help them get started on their bowling path; as a new player you should join our social games to help improve your skills and understanding…
READ MOREClub Coaches
All of our coaches are accredited with Bowls Vic and have working with children approvals. Our coaches have many years of experience and successes and are passionate in helping our members no matter what your bowls journey is. Please let me introduce to our accredited coaches they are; Glenn Bainbridge Chris Fox Jennifer Bainbridge Bill…
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