McCabe, who won the Australian singles championship in 1987, said he was keen to put something back into the game.

"Hopefully the knowledge and experience I have gained over the years will prove helpful to others," he said.

Colin Hayward (Parkes), Dale Maitland (St Johns Park), Ken Oliver (Engadine) and Gary Eggleton (Guildford) are the other nominations for the five positions.

Incumbents Charlie Frost and Bryce Stewart have not nominated as yet. Entries close tomorrow.

¦ Royal NSW Bowling Association president Ian McKnight (Cudgen Leagues) is being challenged by senior vice-president Alan Rosenberg (Double Bay) after only 12 months in the position.

Rosenberg has not nominated for the senior vice-president role but a ballot will still be required between Vince Beard (Riverina AFC) and John Ross (Lidcombe).

¦ Lou Bund (Nelson Bay) completed the Newcastle district rookies double when he beat Ryan Hitchcock (Cardiff) 18-16 in the singles final at Raymond Terrace on Sunday.

Bund combined with Jason Horn to win the pairs the previous weekend.

¦ Andrew Yeomans (Bar Beach) will contest the play-offs in the state presidents singles and pairs at Avoca Beach this week.

Yeomans meets Warwick Bridge (Hazelbrook) in the opening round of the singles tomorrow morning.

Then on Saturday morning he will combine with teammate Greg Johns against Allan Andriske and Ben Sullivan (West Dubbo) in the first round of the pairs.

¦ Brothers Matthew and Scott Baus got up on the final end to win their respective matches in the representative trial between the Newcastle under-25 and reserves teams at Raymond Terrace on Friday night.

Newcastle under-25 won the match 82-70

¦ Pat Barwick broke his run of outs in finals at Cardiff when he claimed the triples championship at the club on Sunday.

Barwick had been beaten in six consecutive finals in club championships before he skipped Greg Chapman and Robert Donnelly to a 18-15 victory over John McLean, Anthony Apthorpe and Paul Nicholls.