<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Opinion</title><link>http://www.bowlsworld.com.au/Opinion.aspx</link><description></description><language>en-AU</language><copyright>Copyright 2010 Phil Leahy</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:22:42 GMT</pubDate><item><title>Give us a go</title><description>No mention of us as bowls club vic</description><guid>http://www.bowlsworld.com.au/Opinion/Give-us-a-go.aspx</guid><author>Ken Mc Kimmie</author><link>http://www.bowlsworld.com.au/Opinion/Give-us-a-go.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A guide to the types of people you will find at a Bowls Club</title><description>Another Summer of Bowls is upon us, and another Summer of dealing with a Maelstrom of characters that will give you delight or drive you insane.</description><guid>http://www.bowlsworld.com.au/Opinion/A-guide-to-the-types-of-people-you-will-find-at-a-Bowls-Club.aspx</guid><author>Al Parkes</author><link>http://www.bowlsworld.com.au/Opinion/A-guide-to-the-types-of-people-you-will-find-at-a-Bowls-Club.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Practice matches</title><description>How many is too many, and where do you draw the line for people that don't make themselves available?How many is too many, and where do you draw the line for people that don't make themselves available?</description><guid>http://www.bowlsworld.com.au/Opinion/Practice-matches.aspx</guid><author>Michael Walker</author><link>http://www.bowlsworld.com.au/Opinion/Practice-matches.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How Totalitarianism saved my Club</title><description>Anybody who considers the job of assembling a rabble of these humans into an effective force on the green has to consider their approach to the process.  There are only a few options available as far as Selector attitude.</description><guid>http://www.bowlsworld.com.au/Opinion/How-Totalitarianism-saved-my-Club.aspx</guid><author>Al Parks</author><link>http://www.bowlsworld.com.au/Opinion/How-Totalitarianism-saved-my-Club.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Selector - Would You Volunteer?</title><description>An opinion piece on why selectors are often the most despised people in the club and how this could be overcome</description><guid>http://www.bowlsworld.com.au/Opinion/Selector---Would-You-volunteer-.aspx</guid><author>Michael Walker</author><link>http://www.bowlsworld.com.au/Opinion/Selector---Would-You-volunteer-.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Function Of Bowls Clubs - An Historical Perspective</title><description>Bowls in Australia has been from the beginning been based at Clubs, who owned or leased their premises, and controlled their own greens. Since 1880 they have formed “Associations” to run certain kinds of competition for them, but it is how the clubs operate that determines the nature of the game. The nature of the Clubs has been through several distinct phases during the twentieth century.</description><guid>http://www.bowlsworld.com.au/Opinion/The-Function-Of-Bowls-Clubs---An-Historical-Perspective.aspx</guid><author>David South</author><link>http://www.bowlsworld.com.au/Opinion/The-Function-Of-Bowls-Clubs---An-Historical-Perspective.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>