So did the Victorian Men.............so I was told
and where did they finish?
Brenton,
The last 5 years ("the new era") has seen the mens team finishing:-
2003 4th
2004 10th
2005 6th
2006 9th
2007 5th
Not very flattering results.
Could list result for last 20 years, but cant find them all & didnt bowl in all of them. I didnt bowl 91,93,99,00. So i dont know where we finished those years.
1986 2nd
1987 1st
1988 1st
1989 2nd
1990 2nd
1992 2nd
1994 3rd
1995 2nd
2002 2nd
Big difference. And they were against much stronger teams in those days.
While we did better this year, with you retiring & Dion not available next year due to being in Japan all year where do you honestly think next years team are likely to finish unless their are some major changes.
In the top 5 or bottom 5 positions.
If Victoria Men as you say didnt have training sessions. And they got the best team on deck because any way.
South Australia could only improve with the quality of bowler that would try out for the team next year if they went down the same track. Because from the looks of some of the posts the only thing stopping some past Rachuig bowlers from bowling is the current training policy.
This had been thrashed out over the last couple years through numerous posts but surely having your best bowlers in the State rolling off gives you the best chance to win in October.
People in this state got there nose out of joint in 2004 when a bowler from another state asked if S.A. had fielded their De Veer team for Rachuig.
Looking at the results the last 3 years since then, what has changed to stop people thinking that.
At the end of the day the only thing people remeber is where you finish.
Their were a couple of us this year sitting at the dinner that do remeber what it was like being the NSW Mens team out their accepting the Gold medals & Rachuig trophy. Ask Brenton Manning what it was like & if he wants to have that feeling again.
A lot of bowlers these days have there own personal coaches, If bowlers are having problems with certain areas of their game they should concerntrate on those areas in private with there coach. Not in an all in training session.
If a bowler has problem sparing 10 pins, its pointless having other bowlers sparing 30-40 10 pins if they havent missed one in 3 months.
For 1 year go back to:-
1. 1st 7 past the post.
2. training sessions. once a month for 3 months before going away.
See what the result is. 1 year isnt going to kill anyone. Because its obvious
2003 4th
2004 10th
2005 6th
2006 9th
2007 5th
aint been working that well.
Can we finish any worse
Use the ex-rachuig bowlers while their available that wont bowl because of the current situation.
Its called compromise.
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