Safety Bay’s Rowley Dickens Volunteer of the Year
Bowls WA Awards Night – Volunteer of the Year The 2016/17 Volunteer of the Year is Rowley Dickens who accepted his award at the Bowls WA Awards Night in May.
The now ex-Safety Bay Secretary has been a major part of several major works carried out at the club in addition to his secretarial duties. Safety Bay has recently replaced two greens and upgraded a lot of off-green infrastructure. This includes a new alfresco area and the installation of solar panels.
Mr Dickens was responsible for all grant applications and the co-ordination of the projects.
Mr Dickens said he had been volunteering throughout his life so it was a natural thing to do at his club. “Since I was about 16, 17 I’ve always been volunteering of some sort or other, whether it be fire brigades, sea rescue or whatever,” he said. “I joined the club about 12 years ago and there were vacancies for different positions so I took them on.”
Mr Dickens also spoke about the great need for volunteers and the responsibility they have in clubs. “I think we need volunteers all the time,” he said. “All the clubs in Australia and Western Australia in particular, their income is all done by volunteers. I think every one of the volunteers in all the clubs do an absolutely wonderful job.”
Mr Dickens has now concluded his four-year term as Secretary and will now move on to the role of Club Captain next season.
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