Wrong Bias - Bowls Podcast
Bowls talk covering a variety of topics either locally, national or worldwide.Guest Interviews, competitions and updates
Episodes
Show 57 “Just The Two Of Us”
It has been a few months since our dulcet tones hit the air waves but we are pleased to be back.
The clue is in the title and it is just Stadler & Waldoff getting back to basics.
We touch on the recent PBA developments, the new WBS Rankings, International Bowls, give a review to the new AERO grip and discuss how to tie a shoe lace with a pair of boxing gloves on.
Welcome to show 56 of the Wrong Bias Podcast - “If At First You Don’t Succeed......””
Well it’s like putting your hand in a bag of revels and pulling out the orange one as we welcome back our old mucker Paul Hartley back to the podcast for a chat.
And if that’s not enough for you then you dip into the bag again and pick out the malteaser as we catch up with Torquay’s finest Sam Tolchard for a chat about that certain bowl.
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Welcome to show 55 of the Wrong Bias Podcast - “Crown to Flat”
We are joined by one of the women’s games brightest stars as Solihull’s Emily Kernick pops on for a quick chat.
Lean2Succeed’s Jacqueline Henderson pops on to promote the Paul Sharman Aussie Pairs event taking place at the Carterton Bowls club on June 22, the event is raising funds for the RAF Benevolent Fund.
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On our 54th show were joined by the current Bowls England CEO Jon Cockcroft.
We discuss the national championships, the current proposed changes to the national competitions, the future of international bowls and of course our favourite word change.
As always thanks to our sponsors Lean2Succeed, Renton Wealth Management and welcome to our new competition sponsor BowlsWear Direct.
We hope you enjoy the sho...
On our Boxing Day 2023 show we are joined by three old friends of the podcast.
Lorraine Khuler and Katherine Rednall join us to discuss their recent success in the World's down under. Our little mate Jason Parkinson looks back on his recent trip to Cyprus for the Atlantic Senior Fours.
We kick the can down on the Commonwealth Games, Coaches (not the 52 seat type), Bowls England chat and a bit more.
Welcome to our 52nd podcast “It’s Good To Talk”
We are joined by our little mate Jason Parkinson for a chat about something close to the lad’s heart and a bit of a taboo subject within the male population.
There is our usual chit chat (and that’s not rhyming slang before you ask)and we give a review of the excellent WBT West Lothian Scottish International Open......... oh and one of us goes off on a one and it ain’t the big fella.<...
Well here is our 51st podcast “Single Cream”
We are joined by both Bowls England four bowl singles champions Kent’s Lewis King and Somerset’s Stef Branfield to discuss their success at Leamington.
It’s the season to be surveyed so Richie is let loose on one and we touch on the recent action down under.
We would like to welcome Top Rink Bowls as our new competition sponsor but it would be very remiss of u...
Well here it is our 50th podcast “The Real Mckie.”
Bolty kept things under wraps and had a surprise mystery guest which was even a mystery to the mystery guest…… the clue is in the title.
We preview the World Outdoor Championships down under and put Bolty in the hot seat in a quiz.
As its our 50th we also take a fond look back at some of the previous podcasts.
As always thanks to the good folk...
On our 49th podcast we are joined by one of the podcasts biggest supporters Lean2Succeed's Jacqueline Henderson. We discuss how she got into the sport and why she decided to support the sport.
The lads have a catch up on the latest PBA news and some World Bowls chat.
As a bonus Bolty gives his pointers and advice to any new starters on the choice of bowls.
On show 48 “It’s A Hard Knock Life” we are joined by Annie (hence the title... Bolty gets paid pennies for coming up with these titles) Dunham as we look by at her experience in the recent women’s Home International series at Abbeyview.
Bolty gets down to the nitty gritty on his England return and we hammer our final nail in an outdoor format.
As always thanks to the good folk at XX20.
We hope you enjoy and any c...
On our 47th podcast “Walker Banks The World’s” we are joined by the new World Indoor Champion Jamie Walker to discuss his win at Potters.
We are also joined by our old mate Paul Hartley as we find out how he found his first playing experience on the infamous portable rink.
Plus we take a little bit of a look back at our time at Potters.
Thanks as always to XX:20 for their sponsorship of the podcast compet...
Part 2 of our Boxing Show will become show 46 “When Harry Met Bolty”
We catch up again with England’s latest indoor Under 25 World Champion Harry Goodwin, we talk about his Australia ambitions and discuss the current under 25 scene. There is another brief encounter with Les Gillett and Jason Parkinson plus we relive a couple of our highlights from 2022.
We hope you enjoy joy and thanks as always to our sponsors Lean2Succee...
On our 2022 Boxing Day show we are joined by two current world champions.
After his recent IIBC Under 25 title win in Ireland we chat with Harry Goodwin (and there is more in part 2)
With the World Indoor event at Potters coming up we are joined by the current champion Les Gillett and WBT Director and PBA secretary our good friend Jason Parkinson.
Any Comments feel free to leave them.... good or bad we have board s...
Our 44th podcast “Short And Sweet” is now live and it is literally short and sweet, you can decide who is short and who is sweet.
As a lead up to Christmas we give the recent Scottish International Open the once over, there is a catch up on our final live streaming road trip of the year and we doff our caps to the “dashing” Sam Tolchard on his recent World Champion of Champions success, plus a little bit more chat.
In show 43 "#sufferingbuffering" the lads go hands-free for the first of a new indoor season.
As one season closes another starts, in the show the lads review the Bowls England championships highlighting the good and the need for improvement.
They discuss some recent Channel Four exposure for the sport.
The PBA qualifiers feature heavily as the lads have been out in the rickshaw doing a bit streaming....
Our 42nd Show titled “It’s A Brum Life” is now live.
During the show Stadler & Waldoff look back at the recent Commonwealth Games held at Birmingham, we also give our verdict on the much talked about BBC TV coverage of the sport.
We also discuss a Commonwealth Games demo “sport” that is ESPORTS.
An alternate Games event gets a deserved mention plus there is a around up of the PBA Qualifiers.
Finally one of us is crocked ..... guess...
On show 41 “Ladies Night” we are joined by three ladies from around the country.
Amy Williams (Wales), Rachel Cartwright (Northumberland) and Gillian Hinsley (Lancashire) join Stadler and Waldoff in discussing the women’s game and expand on their experiences that they have had since playing this sport of ours.
There is a revisit to a law of the game that we thought was put to bed and there are a couple of blooper...
On Show 40 we look back at the recent UK Open with the winner Mark Dawes.
We tackle two subjects currently doing the rounds in the sport - the home international series and pay to view streaming. There is also a little bit on commonwealth games chats.
Thanks again to our sponsors XX:20, Lean2Succeed and Bowls Is Bowls
Thanks for all your support, hope you enjoy.
As a "Brucie Bonus" and with less than a week to go to the start of the re-invented UK Open event at Stanley we caught up with the PBA's Martin Gale & Jason Parkinson to get the low down on the six day bowls bonanza.
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On show 39 “Bolt Out Of The Blue” we have gone big and stretched our budget to the max, it cost a 10 pack of wagon wheels and a curly wurly to get our mystery guest, during our chat we get an insight into the Potters experience on and off the green.
On the back of the Bowls England Commonwealth Games squad announcement we give our thoughts on the squad plus a bit of games funding chat.
We also give the recent indoor championships at ...
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