December 2019 | Volume 3, Number 12

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Just a reminder for clubs and Districts of the deadlines for the submission of material to The Annual. Send all material to Annual@olba.ca

Bowls Canada has moved.

Hear from 10 Ontario sport organization leaders who have been working with CAAWS to better retain women and girls as athletes, coaches, officials and league executives in their respective sports! Join us at the PanAm Centre in Scarborough on January 16th for a FREE event where we’ll dive into their learnings from our three-year project. Register here.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/building-capacity-to-increase-retention-of-girls-and-women-in-sport-tickets-86335522873

Looking for PD training for your staff? CAAWS offers workshops about gender equity on boards, LTAD considerations for girls and women, and addressing homophobia in sport!Email caaws@caaws.ca for more information or to book a workshop.Save the date! CAAWS will be in Ottawa on March 5th and in Toronto on March 6th to celebrate International Women’s Day. Keep your eyes on our newsletter for more details.

Australian Rankings out

Ryan Bester ranked #2 

Kelly McKerihen ranked #18

Joanna Copper is ranked #119

https://tinyurl.com/r8w6u4b

Kelly McKerihen's Fours Team are runners up in the Australian Women's Fours Championships in a tight scoring final. Congratulations Kelly and team.

Erin Swatridge, Kay Moran, Jamie-Lee Worsnop, Ellen Ryan (Cabramatta, NSW) 12 vsTiffany Brodie (St Kilda), Courtney Gabb (Clayton), Kelly McKerihen (Clayton), Lisa Phillips (Caulfield, VIC) 10

Windsor Lawn Bowling Club receives accessibility oriented bowls equipment - your club can explore this via grants

Video on Bowls Making at Taylor Bowls

Great article on Lawn Bowls and Fitness from Australia

https://tinyurl.com/uykzs5g

Provincial Playdown Dates for 2020

Clubs Needed to Host

Any clubs interested in hosting a club coach clinic, competitive coach clinic or player development camp should contact their District Chair, District Coaching Coordinator or the OLBA Co-chairs for Coaching and Player Development (Dave Burrows - Districts 1 to 8, or Mary Lou Richards - Districts 9 - 16).

Please reach out before Christmas so we can get them scheduled for the 2020 season.

Take a look at Bowls Australia's Beta version of a marketing video

Exciting news! Muskoka Short mat bowling will have a new home in a few years...

https://tinyurl.com/wn6px6q

The Ottawa Short Mat Bowls Club held its first ever tournament this past weekend.

The winning team was composed of Bob Boulton, Don Leckie and Leslie Collicott from the Deep River Short Mat Club. Other winners were Robert Sault, Garry Ross and Sue Deschamps (high 2 game and Gianni Bertazzo, Bob Auclaire and Donella Gabriele (high 1 game)

Club Development Workshops

Bowls Canada held club development workshops in Woodstock and Hanover and participated in the OLBA District Development weekend. If your District would like to host a club development workshop email jschuknecht@bowlscanada.com

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