# Bowls Queensland

Bowls Queensland (BQ) is the governing body for lawn bowls in Queensland, Australia.

## History

BQ in its current form has only existed since 2005. Previous to that, bowls in Queensland was governed by two separate organisations, the Royal Queensland Bowls Association (RQBA),established in 1903 and the Queensland Ladies Bowls Association (QLBA).
Currently, more than 26,000 Queenslanders are members of a BQ affiliated club.

## Structure

Bowls Queensland is governed by a Board of Directors, including a President, Vice President, Finance Director and 4 ordinary directors.
A number of supporting committees assist the board, currently including:
* Coaching
* Umpires
* Match
* Selection
* Junior

### Strategic Plan

The current Bowls Queensland Strategic Plan is focused on these initiatives:
* Increase funding
* Stabilise and then grow membership using Annual Report figures
* Lack of corporate governance and strategic planning programs for clubs and district
* Regular training and education of Board, Committees and staff members
* Succession planning for Board and Committees in BQ
* Assist clubs to implement programs for local demographics
* Implement new data base
* Communication to bowlers
* Ownership of Coorparoo

## Clubs

There are over 600 bowls clubs in Queensland, with more than 40,000 members all up. Each club is part of one of 20 district associations.
CLUBS: CAIRNS & Far north: Gordovale bowls club, Edmonton bowls club, West Cairns Bowls club, Stratford Bowls club, Marlin Coast bowls club, Edge Hill Bowls club, Mossman bowls club, Mareeba bowls club, Yungaburra bowls club, Weipa bowls club
Central Queensland: Charters Towers bowls club, Hughenden bowls club, Richmond bowls club, Cloncurry bowls club
Brisbane: Coorparoo bowls club, Merthyr bowls club, New Farm bowls club
GOLD Coast: Helensvale Bowls club, Musgrave hill bowls club, Southport bowls club, Burleigh heads bowls club, Broadbeach Bowls Club, Tugun bowls club
Former clubs: Masonic Bowls club (Cairns), Cairns Bowls club, Surfers Paradise bowls club, Townsville city lawn bowls club, East Brisbane bowls club, South Brisbane Bowls club, Moorooka bowls club

## Organisation

BQ is run by a board of directors. The board's chair, deputy chair and Director of Finance are elected annually by BQ's member districts. The four other directors are elected on a two-year rotational term, that sees two of the directors standing for election each year.
A number of committees assist the board, including:
* Men's
* Ladies
* Coaching
* Umpires
* Match
* Selection
* Sports Connect

## Events
### Champion of Champions

The state Champion of Champions is an annual event run by BQ. Club champions in singles, pairs and fours compete against other champions in their district. Whoever wins the district competition, moves on to the state champion of champions. This year's champion of champions will be held at Bribie Island Bowls Club from 22 to 27 October 2011.
Previous winners include Mark Casey, Nathan Rice, Lynsey Armitage as well as a host of other Australian representatives.
| Year | Singles | Club | Pairs | Club | Fours | Club |
| 2001 | Mark Spiller | The Summit | Peter Craven, Kris Lehfeldt | Kingscliff | Nathan Rice, Sean Roach, Mark Casey, Kelvin Kerkow | South Tweed |
| 2002 | Brian Baldwin | Musgrave Hill | Nathan Rice, Robert Thompson | South Tweed | Neil Frost, Damien Power, Brett Young, Elwyn Jeffs | Ferny Grove |
| 2003 | Colin Kelly | Far North Queensland | Brett Wilkie, Nathan Rice | Gold Coast | Ken Murray, Larry Pershouse, Royce Parker, Peter Pershouse | Bundaberg/Port Curtis |
| 2004 | Alex Murtagh | Brisbane North | Frank Vell, Steve Halmai | Gold Coast-Tweed | Ray Kurtz, Alan Howzrd, Paul Bailey, Ray Mackay | Mackay |
| 2005 | Darren Mullens | Hamilton | Ken Woodward, Alan Cullen | Algester | Tim Prendergast, John Abercrombie, Leon Thomas, Daryl Abercrombie | Townsville Suburban |
| 2006 | Chris Ryan | Greenslopes | Wayne Lyons, Roger Connolly | Ferny Grove | Rob Berlyn, Gerard Kerr, Pat Campbell, Garry Ryan | Stafford |
| 2007 | John Walker | Pialba | Dean McWhinney, Graeme Shillington | Tamborine Mountain | Devon Slater, John Fern, Ray O'Brien, Robert Dobinson | Ferny Grove |
| 2008 | Chris Gee | Mackay Northern Beaches | Noel Ryan, Greg Stanton | Dalby | Shaun Kelly, Waly Schmidt, Todd McIntosh, Joe Wood | Hamilton |
| 2009 | Sean Baker | Broadbeach | Peter Ward, Bill Mitilinios | Moorooka | Jason Andrewartha, Kevin Bell, Tim Smith, Darren McCracken | Tantitha |
| 2010 | Brett Wilkie | Club Helensvale | Jeff Twist, Ben Twist | Greenslopes | Jeff Watkins, Brett Clifford, Gary Thomas, Geoff Lanham | Broadbeach |

#### Women's

| Year | Singles | Club | Pairs | Club | Fours | Club |
| 2004 | Sue Brady | Mareeba Memorial | Theresa Pin, Sue Brady | Mareeba Memorial | | |
| 2005 | Sue Brady | Mareeba Memorial | Gail Pratt, Clare Hall | Wynnum Manly | Jan Rohde, Brenda Carr, Sandra Landon, Fay Stapleton | Burleigh Heads |
| 2006 | Dalma McKelvie | Mackay Suburban | Alana Sharp, Evette Petherick | Springwood | Alison Ebsworth, patricia Marriees, Betty Bradley, Robyn Mullings | Tweed Heads |
| 2007 | Robyn Fisher | Cooloola Coast | Faye Clarke, Marilyn Peddell | Beachmere | Karen Locke, Marie Frahm, Venus Smith, Margaret Ragh | Warwick East |
| 2008 | Marilyn Peddell | Beachmere | Kerrie Wilson, Sue Bond | Ferny Grove | Marilyn Larsen, Mareen Phelan, Rose King, Judy Tognazzini | Pine Rivers |
| 2009 | Marilyn Peddell | Bribie Island | Robyn Tyson, Tracy Foster | Manly | Lyn Cuthbertson, Christine hawkins, Pamela Dearlove, Ann-Maree Hardey | Tweed Heads |
| 2010 | Lynsey Armitage | Club Helensvale | Dell Lehmann, Sonja Smits | Springwood | Patricia Reely, Teresa Armitage, Desiree Lambert, Lynsey Armitage | Club Helensvale |

### Junior Bowlers

Junior bowlers from across the state converge once a year for a week to compete in the Junior State Championships. The Junior State Championships divisions include U18 Boys Singles, U18 Girls Singles, Under 15 Boys Singles, Under 15 Girls Singles, Under 18 Open Pairs, Under 15 Open Pairs, Open Triples and Open Fours. The location of the competition is subject to change every year.
Locations Of Junior State Championships :
| Year | Location | Host Clubs |
| 2021 | Toowoomba | North Toowoomba Bowls Club Toowoomba Bowls Club |
| 2020 | Toowoomba | North Toowoomba Bowls Club Toowoomba Bowls Club |
| 2019 | Caloundra | The Waves Club |
| 2018 | Bundaberg | Burnett Bowls Club Inc. |
| 2017 | Caloundra | The Waves Club |

### Disabled Bowls

There are four divisions of disabled bowls in Queensland - blind, deaf, physical disabilities and intellectual disabilities. Bowls Queensland took over the organisation of the state disabled bowls championships in 2011. In this first year, BQ combined the previously separate competitions of Queensland Blind Bowlers Association, Deaf Bowlers, Lifestream (intellectual disabilities) and Sporting Wheelies (physical disabilities).
The winners of each section qualify for the disabled draw of the Australian bowls open.

## State Squads

The current state squads are listed below

### Men

| Name | Club |
| Jamie Anderson | Capalaba |
| Sean Baker | Broadbeach |
| Michael Breen | Pine Rivers Memorial |
| Mark Casey | Club Helensvale |
| Anthony Fantini | Club Helensvale |
| Lee Fitzhenry | Coolum Beach |
| Jason Grundon | North Toowoomba |
| Kelvin Kerkow | South Tweed |
| Anthony Kiepe | Club Helensvale |
| Mark Monro | Coolum Beach |
| Darren Mullens | Club Helensvale |
| Alex Murtagh | Pine Rivers Memorial |
| Nathan Rice | Club Helensvale |
| Mark Thatcher | Club Helensvale |
| Robert Wild | Pine Rivers Memorial |
| Brett Wilkie | Club Helensvale |

### Women

| Name | Club |
| Lynsey Armitage | Club Helensvale |
| Jane Bush | Pacific Paradise |
| Faye Clarke | Pine Rivers |
| Gail Crompton | Burnett |
| Lyn Cuthbertson | Tweed Heads |
| Tracy Foster | Manly |
| Mary Geary | Caloundra |
| Maree Gibbs | Millmerran |
| Yvonne Lovelock | Musgrave Hill |
| Sue McKenzie | Tweed Heads |
| Christina Pavlov | Broadbeach |
| Marilyn Peddell | Coolum Beach |
| Ester Regan | Mackay Suburban |
| Maria Rigby | Manly |
| Gail Waitai | Broadbeach |
| Kerrie Wilson | Ferny Grove |

### Under 25's
#### Men

| Name | Club |
| Des Cann | Jindalee |
| Jason Carpenter | Wynnum Manly Leagues |
| Scott Dejongh | Broadbeach |
| Scott McLachlan | Dean McWhinney |
| Dean McWhinney | Burleigh Heads |
| Jamie Nordlof | Wynnum Manly Leagues |
| Judd Percy | Salisbury |
| Paul Petersen | Broadbeach |
| Jamie Smith | Salisbury |
| Samuel White | Musgrave Hill |

#### Women

| Name | Club |
| Amanda Bessell | Wynnum Manly Leagues |
| Kristy DeWaard | Urangan |
| Shahn Griffiths | Pine Rivers |
| Amanda Haevecker | Club Helensvale |
| Charlie Harkness | Broadbeach |
| Lauren Ingham | McKenzie Park |
| Elizabeth McKillop | Pine Rivers |
| Pamela Rowe | Pine Rivers |
| Emma Watts | Beenleigh |
| Samantha Wilson | Pacific Paradise |

### Under 18's
#### Boys

| Name | Club |
| Nathan Carpenter | Wynnum Manly Leagues |
| Kyle Franks | Burnett |
| Nick Gosley | Beenleigh |
| Sean Ingham | McKenzie Park |
| Braiden Leese | South Tweed |
| Joel Leese | South Tweed |
| Jacob Nelson | Cleveland |
| Ashley Schmidt | Urangan |
| Brendan Wilson | Tweed Heads |
| Rohan Wilson | Club Helensvale |

#### Girls

| Name | Club |
| Angela Earle | Wynnum Manly Leagues |
| Natasha Jones | Bribie Island |
| Rikki-Lee Kemp | Burnett |
| Bolivia Millerick | Burnett |
| Cassandra Millerick | Burnett |
| Jamie O'Brien | Maroochy Swan |
| Jessica Parolin | Aspley |
| Madison Styles | Marlin Coast |
| April Wilson | Club Helensvale |
| Lauren Wilson | Tweed Heads |

## Australian Representatives

Queensland has supplied 26 men and 23 women to the Australian team since 1950. Lynsey Armitage, a current representative, was also named the first ever Australian bowls captain.
Here is a full list of Queenslanders who have played bowls for Australia, in order of selection

### Men

* Robert Lewis (1950)
* Albert Palm (1950)
* Ronald Marshall (1958)
* Allan Rafton (1958)
* Keith Dwyer (1964)
* Edward Holden (1970)
* Alan Schulte (1970)
* Stan Coomber (1972)
* Keith Poole OAM (1974–85)
* Errol Stewart (1974)
* Clive White (1974)
* Bruno Panazzo (1978)
* Robbie Dobbins (1982)
* Robert Parrella (1982–94)
* Kevin Henricks (1986)
* Trevor Morris (1987–93)
* Steven Anderson (1990–2003)
* Kelvin Kerkow OAM (1995- )
* Bill Cornehls (2001–08)
* Mark Casey (2003-)
* Nathan Rice (2004- )
* Anthony Kiepe (2007- )
* Robbie Thompson (2008–09)
* Brett Wilkie (2009- )
* Sean Baker (2011 - )

### Women

* Eileen Lowe (1967)
* Jean Turnbull (1969)
* Delcie McCollom (1981)
* Patricia Smith (1982–85)
* Menice Murray (1983)
* Phyllis Kelly (1985)
* Greeta Fahey (1986–89)
* Edda Bunutto (1987–92)
* Di Cunnington (1989)
* Maureen Hobbs (1990)
* Audrey Rutherford (1990–95)
* Maisie Flynn (1991)
* Dorothy Lergesner (1994)
* Judith Nash (1994–95)
* Marilyn Peddell (1996–2001)
* Jenny Harragon (1998–2004)
* Lynsey Armitage (2003- )
* Helen Bosisto (2003)
* Maria Rigby (2003–2006)
* Kelsey Cottrell (2005- )
* Ceri Ann Davies (2006–07)
* Noi Tucker (2006–07)
* Julie Keegan (2007- )
* Rebecca Quail (2011- )

## Hall of Famers

The first inductees into the Australian bowls Hall of Fame were announced in 2011.Five Queenslanders were inducted on this inaugural announcement.
* Robert Parrella OAM
* Keith Poole MBC
* Ian Schuback OAM
* Lynsey Armitage
* Kelvin Kerkow OAM

## Publication

BQ produces Queensland Bowler, a monthly publication free of charge to all Queensland bowls clubs. This magazine is also available on their website as a readable pdf.