-Without Prejudice-
I had quite a few people come up to me and tell me about this strange Walter DeVeer posting tonight.
It seems a shame that instead of celebrating the strength of our team, this is occuring on a live forum for other states to see.
Trust me, I certainly am not upset by any of the things stated, as I don't believe they are about me. However, after reading through the posts, although they don't seem to make sense, I do have concerns about some of the information that is coming forward and if it is aimed at me - then I feel you have left me no choice but to respond even though I wouldn't normally lower myself to respond to something like this.
Again, if this is aimed at me as it seems to be, I would hope the administrators of the site will look at your post because it is extremely close to slander with possible legal ramifications. But I will give a copy to my solicitor for review if necessary.
At first I didn't think you were discussing me because what you are describing in your first post doesn't sound like anything that I witnessed or was involved in, but your second post seems to be pointing in my direction by way of omitting my name as a team member and as someone you respect. If you aren't discussing me, then I apologise and my post is a waste of time, but I don't think I'm wrong.
This is all a little confusing, because you discuss the "offenders ' (plural) bagging out the entire team. I know that didn't happen as I was there with the majority of our team, so how could this happen? Yes, we certainly joked around amongst each other, but you seem to imply that some people were malicious in regards to their team mates. That certainly didn't happen when I was there.
There are a lot of other comments, that simply don't make sense in your second post.
I'm not sure what you are talking about when it comes to sharing rooms?
We only just made the team - I don't think that has even been discussed yet. And who cares how many people asked you to stay with them?
The only way I think I could have possibly upset you was that I participated in a conversation with you on Saturday night, (and I have an excellent memory), about you relaxing and not putting pressure on yourself so you would enjoy being part of the team more. Not look at outcomes, etc. If you took offence to that or didn't take it as the constructive feedback it was intended to be - I'm sorry, but it would be my expectation of a mature person to come and talk to me about it and not carry on as you have done so in this forum. And if that is the reason why you bowled poorly on Sunday, don't you think it would have made sense to discuss the issue prior to bowling Sunday so it didn't affect you and you get past it knowing there was no malice involved?
Please remember that I only joined in on this conversation with you after it was started by someone else Saturday night. Like that person, I didn't think there was any malice to it - just trying to understand why you stress so much whilst you are bowling.
We also discussed many other things, but I'm certainly not going to bring up what you said about other people. What happens on camp, stays on camp. Besides, this sort of posting only makes us look weaker as a side.
As for making fun of my team mates as you discuss in your first post - I know that certainly wasn't me, so once again I'm not sure if you are talking about me here. And if you impling that I did, then you are simply making up stories to fuel unnecessary drama. I do know that there were a few of us sitting around, having some drinks - enjoying ourselves, because believe me, I've also had my team come up to me to say how much they like me being a part of the team. I also know that I have gone out of my way to support you whilst you are bowling. I even congratulated you on making the team whilst you stomped past me and ignored me.
So again, I don't think this is about me? And if it is, I think you must have your wires crossed.
All I care about is winning at the National title. I believe that we have a strong team and that team is strong with you in it. Why would I want to antagonize you or this situation - that serves us no purpose.
As for some of your other comments, I was pretty much cemented already in the top 3, so it doesn't make sense if you are talking about me, that I got my spot by upsetting others - I didn't need to and I don't think that way. If you bowl better than me and get above me, good on you. - That's my attitude. What's yours?
Let’s just get back to bowling. I'll go back to being the happy person who loves bowling and if you want to be a part of that - I will encourage you to participate, but if this post is aimed at me - well, maybe you should come and talk to me about it. Then we can all move on as mature adults.
Tarnya Lowe.
