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Our Inter-Zone sides, despite their best endeavours, wereunable to bring home any trophies in the various eventscompeted this year. However our selectors continued theirplans for the future by rewarding a number of our deservingjunior bowlers with selection and they all acquittedthemselves well.2011 Zone 14 BCiB State PennantsGrade Winner Runner Up1 Park Beach Westport2 Port City Sawtell3 Nambucca Heads Kew4 Westport Sawtell5 Bellingen South West Rocks6 Coffs Harbour Port City7 South West Rocks Nambucca Heads2011 Zone 14 ChampionsEventWinnerSinglesCory Daley (Park Beach)PairsPeter Taylor & Shane Globits (Westport)TriplesJohn Bain, Mark Menzies, Cory Daley (ParkBeach)FoursBryce Stewart, Greg Brims, Peter Taylor,Shane Globits (Westport)Senior Singles Phil Toy (Park Beach)Senior Pairs Ray Cridge, Paul Bartholomew (Sawtell)SPR Singles Hans Katala (Woolgoolga)SPR Pairs John Roberts, Des Hancox (Lake Cathie)Rookies Singles Shayne Allen (Westport)Rookies Pairs Paul Budnick & Michael Pearson (Westport)Junior Singles Joshua Forbes (Urunga)Junior Pairs Joshua Forbes & Corey Wedlock (Urunga)Junior Fours Joshua Forbes (Urunga), Joshua Hicks (ParkBeach), Kenita Monks (Park Beach) , CoreyWedlock (West Coffs)CoC Singles Shayne Allen (Westport)CoC Pairs Paul Budnick, Michael Pearson (Westport)Zone 15President: Kevin DringSecretary: Doug RoseState Councillor: Doug Rose2011 was the year Ettalong’s Aron Sherriff rewrote the recordbooks by becoming the first player to achieve the BowlsCentral Coast grand slam winning all four major Zonechampionship titles, the singles, pairs, triples and fours, in theone year. It was no surprise that Aron was named the BowlsCentral Coast Bowler of the Year for 2011. It was the seventhtime he has won this prestigious award. Following his successin the Zone championships he went on to win the covetedblue-ribbon State Singles title at Soldiers Point BC and wasrunner-up in the State Pairs with playing partner TonyLaguzza. His success at the State titles coupled with hissuccess in representing Bowls NSW throughout the year wasrewarded by being named the RNSWBA Bowler of the Year forthe third time. His continuing success at national level inrepresenting the green and gold was also rewarded by beingnamed the Male Bowler of the Year and the InternationalBowler of the Year at the Bowls Australia Awards Night held atthe Park Hyatt in Melbourne. It was an outstanding year forAron who is truly a great champion and a great ambassadorfor his club, zone, state and country.The Zone 15 Match Committee, under the chairmanship ofReg Richardson, is to be congratulated on conducting all theZone championship events and the Pennant competition in amost professional manner. Special congratulations to all therespective winners that are listed in conjunction with thisreport and to all the clubs who hosted these events, especiallyBateau Bay BC for hosting the Zone Pennant finals and toEttalong Memorial for hosting the State BCiB Grade 7 final.They were most memorable occasions for all the participatingplayers and attending spectators. It was also fitting that RegRichardson, as a director of Ettalong BC, was named theOutstanding Senior Club Personality of the Year for 2011 byRNSWBA at their annual presentation night. This awardrecognises those senior members (60 years and over) whohave contributed in a significant way to the welfare of theirclub, their fellow bowlers and local community over a longperiod of time. Congratulations Reg on a most well deservedaward.Recruitment and retention remain an important priority andthe Zone continues to provide leadership and investment inprogrammes designed to encourage new bowlers to take upthe sport. Whilst such activities have only met with limitedsuccess to date it is important that, as administrators, wekeep chipping away in an endeavour to reverse the decliningtrend that has plagued our sport over a number of years. Ourtarget market remains spread across all age groups.Regretfully our U-18 numbers have reached a critical level andparticular attention is currently being devoted by our U-18Manager Garry MacFadyen and Kristy Flaxman on behalf ofthe Central Coast Institute of Sport to stimulate renewedinterest within our schools.Our website and the exclusive use of electronic mail reflectthe changing values of our society. Geoff Graham, ourwebsite manager, has provided invaluable leadership in thisarea and spent an enormous amount of time converting ourwebsite over to the free services of Sporting Pulse. We canproudly boast that we have one of the most user-friendlywebsites especially the unique table for presenting Pennantresults and progressive point scores.In conclusion, we acknowledge all those volunteers at cluband Zone level be they coaches, umpires, selectors, bowlscoordinators, club committeemen, side managers, BBQ cooksor raffle ticket sellers, who work tirelessly to make the sportof lawn bowls so enjoyable for so many.2011 Zone 15 BCiB State PennantsGrade Winner Runner Up1 Ettalong Memorial Avoca Beach2 Halekulani The Greens The Entrance3 Ettalong Memorial Wyong4 Woy Woy Ettalong Memorial5 Ourimbah Lisarow Ettalong Memorial6 Halekulani Woy Woy7 Woy Woy Ettalong MemorialBowls NSW, 2011-12 Annual Report & Year Book Page 37