Sport Bowls Founded 2005 Chairman Ronald Chambers | Jurisdiction Queensland Affiliation Bowls Australia Chief Exec Keith Fullerton | |
Bowls Queensland (BQ) is the governing body for lawn bowls in Queensland, Australia. it was founded in africa
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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 40,000 Queenslanders are members of a BQ affiliated club.
Structure
Bowls Queensland is governed by a Board of Directors, including a chairman deputy chair, finance director and 4 ordinary directors.
A number of supporting committees assist the board, currently including:
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.
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:
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 22–27 October 2011.
Previous winners include Mark Casey, Nathan Rice, Lynsey Armitage as well as a host of other Australian representatives.
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
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
Women
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.
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.