Welcome to Coast BOWLS NEWS the official monthly publication of the

Central Coast Bowling Association – Zone 15 inc

 

Circulation 10,000 copies

 

He is widely known and respected in bowling circles and his effectiveness and the success of the magazine is heavily reliant upon the enthusiasm and efficiency of club Publicity Officers who are encouraged to send stories, club championship results, tournament details and results, details of special events, club and/or player special milestones, personality stories and supporting photos to Kevin by :

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Mail - PO BOX 920 TERRIGAL NSW 2260

FAX - 4385 9941 

Telephone Enquiries /Information - 4385 9942 Mobile 0449 510 755

Monthly deadline date: around the 15^th of every month

Kevin has a friendly, down to earth and easy to read writing style and will help clubs with special feature articles and provide photographic back-up when time permits.

Club Publicity Officers (Male and Female) are encouraged to make contact with Kevin and establish an ongoing working relationship which will benefit their club and make for a more interesting magazine.

Refer to our tips on preparing editorial material and taking photos

 

Photo Bob Penson  Publicity officer CCDBA-Zone 15 

 

Bob Penson is an accomplished writer and as the CCDBA - Zone 15 Publicity Officer he is primarily responsible for preparing  all editorial and photographic material relevant to Zone activities such as Zone/District championship events, representative fixtures, special days, events and functions hosted by the Zone.

Bob also has an interest in the southern based clubs and is an ideal contact to prepare and coordinate editorial material on behalf of those clubs.

Bob’s contact numbers are as follows:-

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Phone 4363 1327 Mobile 0439 407 320

FAX – 4369 0124

Bob is an important contributor to the magazine and works closely with the Editor Kevin Dring in a strong team relationship.

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Tips on preparing editorial and photographic material

With emails becoming one of the most popular methods of submitting editorial material here are some guidelines worth following when preparing material:-

-       Type material in upper and lower case. Do not submit material in all capital letters.

-       Do not indent, use tabs and/or underline.

-       Start every sentence on a new line. Do not attempt to format or layout in paragraphs.

Do not use space bar to get to new line, only use Return/Enter key

-       When submiting results and using players names, incorporate their

Christian name, it’s that much friendlier

-       When quoting teams place names in order of lead, second, third and skip last

-       Do not attempt to lay down and/or incorporate a photo within the body of the copy. Transmit the photo as a separate attachment.

-       Express dates with the month first followed by the date eg September 25 2007

NOT 25 September 2007 or 25 / 9/ 07

 

Tips in taking photos:-

-       Try and avoid that straight up and down look with everyone standing upright like tin soldiers.

-       Lighten up, look happy as if players have just won the lottery. Use a prop like holding up a bowl, punching the air in excitement, thumbs up.

-       Ask players to remove sunglasses, hats and caps otherwise their faces are invariably in shadow.

-       Action and impromptu shots of players bowling or measuring add a point of difference.

-       Provide captions for each photo quoting players full names from left to right as you look at the photo.

-       We can scan good quality colour photos, otherwise send digital photos by email as a separate attachment.  

-       Colour photos are not returned to the sender unless by special request and arrangement

-       Don’t attempt to contrast/colour correct and/or crop digital photos as this is best done by the publisher when setting out the pages