Hi St Kilda bowlers,

Many of you may be aware that we have been advertising since the start of the season for a player coach. Well, myself, the coaching committee and the bowls committee, are pleased to announce that as of this weekend we will have David Willcocks as our player coach for season 2011/12 and beyond.

David has an outstanding resume’ which includes skipping for the last 6 years at Premier League level in Victoria, NSW, and Queensland; winning the State 4′s title in Queensland, 4 district titles on the Gold Coast, state side winner in Group 9 in Victoria, 3 times Queensland state side winner for the Gold Coast as well as many other tournament wins and placings.

We are very excited about the wealth of experience that David has to offer with playing top level bowls against some of the best bowlers in Australia and his ability to impart that knowledge to all members of the club, no matter what level or experience in bowls that they may have.

As well as having David as player coach, his brother Gary Willcocks has also decided to join us as a player. Gary has also been playing Premier League bowls for Rosamond as skip and third, so his contribution to the team will also make a tremendous difference as the St.Kilda firsts push for promotion into 1st Division.

I would like to encourage everyone to come along this Thursday night to training at Elsternwick Park and welcome David and Gary to the club. But if you can’t make it to Thursday night please try to make it back to the club on Saturday night for the wrap up and take the time to meet and greet our new coach and to make him feel truly welcome in that St.Kilda spirit.

I will send an email out soon with more details in regards to training and coaching in the following weeks once the coaching committee has finalised their plan.

The coaching committee would also like to remind everyone that we have still have one on one coaching available on Tuesday nights and Thursday nights with Darren Bond.

Again I would encourage everyone to take the opportunity to get down and have a session. Our new bowlers, and even our established bowlers can speak from their own experience and state that the couple of coaching sessions have helped to improve their bowling on many levels. These sessions are FREE, so come on, make the most of it and I’m sure you’ll see the difference on a Saturday or Tuesday.
If you have any questions give Andy Heeps a call.

I would sincerely like to thank Andy Heeps for all his efforts to make this happen and his tremendous club spirit. He has done a great job.

As I’m sure you’ll all agree, this is an exciting time for St.Kilda and it is a huge step forward for our great club.

Lets go Saints!

Cheers,

David J Streefkerk

President

St Kilda Bowling Club