The Lawn Bowls Show

The Lawn Bowls Show is an Australian television show produced by Skipjack Productions that broadcasted on Channel 31, with Stephen Ratcliffe as host, and Ron Weir as resident bowls coach. It commenced broadcasting on December 5, 2006 at 6pm. The show has been screened on Channel 31 Melbourne as well as Briz31 in Brisbane.

Overview
'The Lawn Bowls Show' is a television program developed in Melbourne, Australia that focuses on the game of lawn bowls and the issues surrounding it.

Cast

*Stephen Ratcliffe - host
*Ron Weir - coach

Show format
The show usually consists of four segments each with a duration of four to six minutes.

Interviews
These segments will consist of a range of interviews with people of interest to the lawn bowls community.

Speed Bowls
“Speed Bowls,” by way of explanation, is a modified form of lawn bowls that has been designed specifically for this show. Two teams compete at the same time and two different mats to deliver three bowls in ten seconds.

The first team to score five points is the winner. It can be completed quickly and we anticipate that the novelty of the game will be of interest to viewers.

Green Talk
This segment is basically a vox pops where we randomly ask bowls related questions to bowlers.

“Vox populi, which means literally in Latin voice of the people, is often used in broadcasting for interviews of members of the 'general public'; usually the interviewees are shown in public places, and supposed to be giving spontaneous opinions in a chance encounter — unrehearsed persons, not selected in any way. As such, they are almost always referred to by broadcast journalists as the abbreviated vox pop.” ( , 2006)

My Local Club
This will be a profile of a local Melbourne bowling club. It will contain a short history and some details about the facilities and services on offer at the club. It will also involve a brief interview with people of interest at the club such as the president or secretary.

Master Class
Taken by Ron Weir, this segment will show new and old bowlers new techniques and ways of playing the game.

Episode Guide (Original Run)
Week 1 (05/12/06, 06/12/06, 08/12/06):
*Interview with Mark Hensell - Managing Director of Henselite
*My Local Club - Altona Bowling Club
*Speed Bowls - Game 1 - Bundoora vs. Eltham
*Master Class - Gripping the Bowl

Week 2 (12/12/06, 13/12/06, 15/12/06):
*Interview with Peter Delaney - Rules, Appeals and Umpires committee, RVBA
*Green Talk - Brighton Bowling Club
*Speed Bowls - Game 2 - Darebin vs. Templestowe
*My Local Club - Bundoora Bowling Club

Week 3 (19/12/06, 20/12/06, 22/12/06):
*Interview with Peter Hanlon - Executive Officer of the RVBA
*Green Talk - Glen Eira McKinnon Bowls Club
*Speed Bowls - Game 3 - Diamond Creek vs. Rosanna
*Master Class - Delivery/Weight Control

Week 4 (26/12/06, 27/12/06, 29/12/06):
*Master Class - Building the Head
*Green Talk - Mooroolbark Bowls Club
*Speed Bowls - Game 4 - Latrobe Retirement Village vs. Bundoora Retirement Village
*My Local Club - Brighton Bowling Club

Week 5 (02/01/07, 03/01/07, 05/01/07):
*Barefoot Bowls
*My Local Club - Glen Eira McKinnon Bowls Club
*Speed Bowls - Game 5 - Alphington vs. City of Heidelberg
*Master Class - Delivering the Bowl

Week 6 (09/01/07, 10/01/07, 12/01/07):
*Interview with Max Deason - Chairman of Membership Committee, RVBA
*Master Class - Common faults 1
*Speed Bowls - Game 3 - Diamond Creek vs. Rosanna
*Green Talk - Altona Bowling Club

Week 7 (16/01/07, 17/01/07, 19/01/07):
*Project Officers
*Green Talk - Glen Waverley Bowls Club
*My Local Club - Mooroolbark Bowls Club
*Master Class - Common faults 2

Week 8 (23/01/07, 24/01/07, 26/01/07):
*Lawn Bowls Etiquette
*My Local Club - Kingsbury Bowls Club
*Speed Bowls - Quarter final 1 - Bundoora vs. Templestowe
*Green Talk - Mulgrave Country Club

Week 9 (30/01/07, 31/01/07, 02/02/07):
*Interview with Geoff Burt - Chairman of Junior Bowls Committee, RVBA
*Green Talk - Bundoora Bowling Club
*Speed Bowls - Quarter final 2 - Diamond Creek vs. Latrobe Retirement Village
*My Local Club - Glen Waverley Bowls Club

Week 10 (06/02/07, 07/02/07, 09/02/07):
*Interview with Doug Corben - President of Royal Victorian Bowls Association
*Green Talk - Kingsbury Bowls Club
*Speed Bowls - Quarter final 3 - Alphington vs. Eltham
*Master Class - Margin of error

Week 11 (13/02/07, 14/02/07, 16/02/07):
*Interview with Max Fielder - Chairman of Greens Committee, RVBA
*My Local Club - Mulgrave Country Club
*Speed Bowls - Semi final 1 - Diamond Creek vs. Alphington
*Master Class - Weight Control

Week 12 (20/02/07, 21/02/07, 23/02/07):
*My Local Club - Hurstbridge Bowls Club
*Handicapped Bowls
*Green Talk - Darebin City Bowls Club
*Speed Bowls - Semi final 2 - Templestowe vs. Eltham

Week 13 (27/02/07, 28/02/07):
*Master Class - Weighted shots
*Speed Bowls - Grand final - Diamond Creek vs. Eltham
*Highlights from the whole of the season

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