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Dates for your Diaries The 2010 presentation evening will be held at the new Coral Bay Club in Mid September - date to be announced 2011 National Finals will be held at the Aphrodite Club, Erimi in the first week of may 2011 - date to be announced
Crystal Mark Revised Edition (II) This will be
available on 1st January 2011
27th June 2010
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1st April Greenmaster
Pro-Line Bowls - Size 00H - Date stamped 2012
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Press Release No 21 -- May 12th 2010 CYPRUS NATIONAL BOWLING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010. The organization of the annual National Championships of Cyprus is rotated each year between the four established bowling clubs on the Island. This year it was the Coral Bay club’s responsibility and having relocated to a new green only days before the Championships commenced they deserve our heartwarm thanks in achieving the deadline. This relocation could not have been achieved without the generous help of local landowner,hotelier & restaurant proprietor ,namely Stavros Pantilides & his father Neo who promised that the green would be ready for the National Championships. The first cut in the landscape was on the 17th December 2009 and the green was officially opened on 1st May 2010. The Championships commenced a few days later on 6th & 7th May. Once again these National Championships generated a high level of competition for the 12 national trophies. The outcome was 3 trophies to Aphrodite club (Erimi), 3 trophies to Coral Bay (Neo’s) and 6 trophies to the Aliathon bowls club.
BOWLS
It was only last
September that Bowls Cyprus( National Governing Body for flat green
bowling in Cyprus), in joint conjunction with
Constatinou Bros’s Athena
Beach Hotel in Paphos were informed by
World Bowls Authorities that they had been selected to stage the
2011 Atlantic Championships. This week the same
joint partnership have been requested to hold the World
Champion of Champions in 2012 at the same venue.
These two
prestigious World events awarded to
The Atlantic
Championships is one of only two qualifying events for entry into
the actual World Bowls Championships and involves national teams
from
The Champion of
Champions comprises a competition of National Singles Champions from
all World participating nations to determine the World Champion in
both ladies & men’s events.
February 22nd
2010.
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CYPRUS BID FOR MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS After a successful bid for the 2011 Atlantic Championships and awaiting the result of the bid for the 2012 Champion of Champions and to do so we have had to meet a strict criteria as laid down by World Bowls. A large part of the responsibilities are being shouldered by the Constantiou Brothers and their hotels, The Athena Beach & The Athena Royal with their fantastic facilities. Without their backing we would not be in a position to consider bidding to hold such prestigious events. Bowls Cyprus must be able to supply officials for both events:
Umpires At present the requirement will be for Umpires to be at National Level of which we will need 8, preferably 10, to enable us to cover days off for whatever reason. This autumn we will start the Umpires up-grading course. The intention is to have one day a week tuition on the theory, at the end of the course there will be a mock exam followed by the real thing, half a day refresher on the practical followed by the practical exam and an oral exam. Markers The requirements for markers cannot, at present, be finalised as the numbers vary at each event. However, going on past events we will need a minimum of 14 markers for the Atlantic, 20+ to allow for non-availability for whatever reason. The Champion of Champions requires about 12 markers, again 16+ for cover. Markers courses can be held on a more flexible basis and consists of a theory paper and a practical measuring exam. There will always be a minimum of 2 tutors on the course for help and guidance. Team’s Coordinator At this moment we have not received the requirements for this position, I am sure it will be more than one person required. What we do know is that this position will be the contact for all teams in the competitions. You may have seen the European Championships on the last 2 occasions held here in Cyprus and know some of the those who officiated at these Championships; if so I’m sure they have told you how enjoyable the experience was. If you would like to be part of the forthcoming events or would just like to be Marker or Umpire at club and national level you can contact me on 99301241 for more information.
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