Australian Open - here come the Port City teams !

Singles - Anna Davidson

Pairs - Debbie Amor (skip), left, & Lynne Thompson

Triples - Debbie Amor (skip), left, Lynne Thompson & Carol Bowman

Port City will be well represented in the women's draw at the 2010 Australian Open to be held on February 14 to 20 in Victoria. This is the major 2010 tournament for Bowls Australia with total prize money of $120,000.

The Open will be held at the Shepparton Park BC (primary club) and the Mooroopna BC. I would assume that the early rounds for some events will be split between the 2 clubs due to the number of entries.

In the women's draw the entries will include those who have qualified in rounds such as the Port City qualifications and some direct entries for previous winners and top ranked players. The total entries for the women's draw will be:

Singles - 64 players

Pairs - 32 teams

Triples - 32 teams

As we saw at Port City the format will continue to be the exciting sets play with a tie breaker. It will be knockout play so it is "make or break" in each game.

Click here for the Bowls Australia site and full details of the Australian Open.

For Sale - Bowls & Equipment 18th Nov. 2009

Bowls & Equipment for Sale & Wanted: 18th November, 2009

Henselite ABT 2000 Size 2, black, dimpled, VGC, Rose emblem, with trolley bag. Price $180. Tel. 6583 7867

Henselite Classic II 'C' series, VGC, Price $250 Tel. 6584 2796

Henselite Super Grip, Size 1, Smooth, black, swan emblem, good condition. Price $150 Tel: 6583 7867

Drakes Pride XTRA Special, Size 4 HW, Black, dimpled, skier emblem, good cond. with bowls bag. Price $100. Tel: 6583 7867

Almark Edge Plus 2 heavy, with bag, 12 months old, hardly marked, Price $400 ono, Contact Trish Tel 6583 3697 or Bowls Shop.

Greenmaster, 12 Series, Size 2, navy blue, plain, Price $250, Tel: 6582 5486

Almark Edge Plus 4HW plus case. Price $300. Inspect at Hastings Bowls Centre. Tel. 6583 4857.

Taylor Redline XTL Series 18, Yellow with dimples, as new. Price $550. Tel 6583 7867

Almark Edge Plus, Size 4 HW. Includes Avalon trolley. Price $300 Inspect at Hastings Bowls Centre, tel 6583 4857

Almark Edge Size 2 HW. Dimples, Price $300. Tel. 6583 8245.

Henselite Classic II Size 4 HW, dimpled,good condition, Price $150 ono. Contact Bill Nugent or B. Austin 6584 7264

Taylor Redline XTL Size 2, 17R series, Dimples, Price $450 Tel: 6581 0525

Henselite ABT-EVO Size 4 HW Black Series 16, as new. Price $400 Contact Colin 6584 3152

Drakes Pride Special Size 3 HW. Includes bowls bag on wheels. Price $150. Tel: 6583 7661

Drakes Pride Size 4 HW, Black deluxe, includes new bag and trolley, Price $400. Tel: 6584 6605

Ladies Clothing, 2 skirts (12) $15 each, Navy blue shower jacket, Contact Vera 6582 2338

Bowls Dress (14) white, Jacket & raincoat as new, $25 each Tel: 6581 5554

Ladies Bowls Blazer (16) with emblem, Price $40 Contact Grace 6584 4250

Ladies Navy Bowls Jacket, New (12) with BA logo. Price $65 Contact Carmel Daniels 6584 7856

Ladies Blazer, Size 14, Worn twice, Price $80 Contact Kathy Tel: 6583 7725

Men's Bowls Clothing, Cream shorts (97 cm) $35, Cream vest (L) $40. Contact R. Pearson, tel. 6502 2776, 0408 194712

Port City Blazer, Medium, as new Price $30. Phone 6583 6072

Taylor Ace, 5 HW: 1999, $100. Contact Max McCrow, tel. 6582 7460

Bowls Trolleys for bags, v.g. Cond. $10/15 each, Rex Hawkins 6583 9606

Bowls & Bag, Size 4, Standard $10. Tel: 6583 6072

Bowls Tape (including case): $15 contact Rex Hawkins or Dad's Army Thursday pm 6583 9606

Almark Edge, Light green, size 4, plain, VGC, Price $450 ono. Peter / Barbara Gunn 6582 0965

Drakes Pride 4HW, Excel, VGC, $150, R. Bryce 6583 3772

Big Bowls Bag on Rollers, Price $50. Contact Colin tel: 6584 3152

Bowls Shoes, Lowes, Size 9.5 / 10 As new. Price $15. Contact "Francko"

This "for sale" listing is primarily for Port City Bowling Club members but anyone can list an item that they either have for sale or want to buy. Please leave details at the Port City bowls office, or leave your details using the "comments" tab below.

Australian Open Qualifying - Triples

Debbie Amor

Beth Schubert

Lynne Thompson

Carol Bowman

The Australian Open qualifying rounds for women's triples were played today at Port City under free running greens, increased temperatures and the wind was back to test the bowlers again.

The Port City team of Carol Bowman, Lynne Thompson & Debbie Amor (skip) won the sectional play today with wins over Donna Montague, Jan Anderson & Jane Leader (skip) from Inverell and the other Port City team with Betty Hodgson, Barbara Gunn & Beth Schubert (skip).

Scores were:

Debbie Amor (Port City) def. Jane Leader (Inverell) 6 - 5, 7 - 9, 2 - 1

Debbie Amor (Port City) def. Beth Schubert (Port City) 10 - 4, 9 - 3

Debbie & Lynne teamed up yesterday to take out the qualifying round for the pairs so they will be both the pairs and triples next year at the Open.

My apologies to the gals from Inverell for not including any photos of their play but I wasn't able to be at the club for the first game. I believe some group photos were taken and I'll include them in the bowls photo album when they are available.

Click here for a few more pics from today's play

Australian Open Qualifying - Pairs

Debbie Amor & Lynne Thompson - Port City

Lynne Thompson on the mat

Play continued today at Port City with the qualifying rounds for the pairs in the Australian Open. The weather conditions were improved with a kind breeze only and moderate temperatures during the day.

Debbie Amor & Lynne Thompson (Port City) won on the day in a cliffhanger that went down to the final ends with Pat Light & Hazel Durrant (Port City) just missing out on the point count. Both teams won 2 games in the sectional play but Debbie Amor took out the qualifying round with 8 points to Pat Light with 7 1/2 points. Anne James & Lorraine Demmery (Grafton) finished on 6 points and Jan Anderson & Jane Leader (Inverell) on 2 1/2 points.

Results for the day as follows:

Round 1:

Debbie Amor & Lynne Thompson (Port City) def. Lorraine Demmery & Anne James (Grafton) 13 - 2, 9 - 2

Pat Light & Hazel Durrant (Port City) def. Jane Leader & Jan Anderson ( Inverell) 12 - 1, 6 - 6

Round 2:

Lorraine Demmery def. Jane Leader 11 - 10 , 3 - 16, 3 - 1 (corrected 19/11/09)

Pat Light def. Debbie Amor 5 - 7 , 11 - 7, 5 - 0 (corrected 19/11/09)

Round 3:

Debbie Amor def Jane Leader 4 - 12, 15 - 5, 2 - 1

Lorraine Demmery def Pat Light 1 - 14, 9 -6, 4 - 3

Many thanks to Anne Connell for photos, Shirley Devine & Barbara Barrett for the results from today's play.

Additional photos from today's play are available in the bowls photo albums - click here to view.

Play continues tomorrow with the triples - some great bowls to be on show with teams from Port City (2 teams) and Inverell.

Australian Open Qualifying - Singles

Anna Davidson - Port City

Anne James - Grafton

Shendelle Smith - East Maitland

The singles qualifying rounds at Port City were completed today under trying conditions with a very strong wind.

Port City's "comeback kid" Anna Davidson showed her competitive spirit with 2 games going through to the tie breaker. In these games Anna lost the first set scoring only 1 point in each set, then came back to take the second set and the tie breaker.

Section 1:

Anna Davidson (Port City) def. Anne James (Grafton) 1-11, 7-4, 6 - 0

Anna Davidson def. Shendelle Smith (East Maitland) 1-12, 11-5, 2 - 1

Section 2:

Lorraine Demmery (Grafton) def. Maree Silling (Interstate) 7 - 7, 7 - 6

Final:

Anna Davidson def. Lorraine Demmery 9 - 6, 11 - 4

Well done Anna and all the best at the Australian Open next year.

Additional photos of the singles play and the consistency singles are available in the Photo Albums - click here to view.

Play continues tomorrow in the qualifying rounds with pairs play - let's hope the wind moderates.

Women's Consistency Singles Final

Debbie Amor

Julie McKay

The final of the Port City Women's BC consistency singles was played this morning under sunny skies and high winds. Both players met the challenge of the elements and produced some good bowls.

In a close game that could have gone either way, Debbie Amor took out the title 150 - 146 with Julie McKay the runner up.

Australian Open Qualifying Rounds at Port City

The qualifying rounds for the 2010 Australian Open commence tomorrow morning (Tues 17th Nov.) at Port City.

The program includes singles (Tuesday), pairs (Wednesday) and triples (Friday).

All games with be sets play with 2 games of 9 ends then a 3 end tie break if necessary.

The singles competition will be knockout and both the pairs and triples will feature sectional play.

The NSWWBA have published the draw - click here for details.

Port City players include Anna Davidson (singles), Debbie Amor & team (pairs & triples), Pat Light & team (pairs) and Beth Schubert & team (triples)

John O'Neill skips in NSW Senior Side

Winning side from Queensland

Port City's John O'Neill skipped one of the NSW sides in the Senior Interstate contest held at the North Launceston BC this week.

The series was taken out by Queensland, 2nd place Victoria then followed by NSW in 3rd.

Click here for the Bowls Tasmania site with full details of the series.

Barefoot Corp. Bowls - and the winner is...

Winners are grinners!

NCAHS Runners Up

Third Place - Aristocrat Thumpers

Wooden Spooners

Thanks to Jordan Humphries for the above shots from last night's Barefoot Corporate Bowls with some of the teams that took out the honours in the first series at Port City.

By all reports a great time was had by all and we would expect a good turnout for the next series of games in the new year.

Barefoot Corporate Bowls

The final round of this series was played last night with the VB Gold Devils taking out the top spot with 32 points and a margin of 58 shots. Closely followed in second were the Travelling Bowlers also on 32 points but with a margin of 52.

Click here for the final results.

"Let There be Light" at Port City

Twilight bowls commences as the sun is setting

Chairman Bob Langham at the Lights On ceremony

Players enjoying the ability to play into the evening

Last night, Wednesday the 11th November, Port City BC had the official opening for the new lights on their greens.

Chairman of the Board, Bob Langham, in a brief address declared "Let There Be Light". Bob indicated the new lights now provided an opportunity to expand the twilight bowls program and importantly allowed the club to host National and State Association events where lighting was a prerequisite to holding many events.

Click here for a few additional photos from the evening enjoyed by all.

Proposed Revisions to the Laws of the Sport of Bowls

Bowls Australia has posted details of their submission to World Bowls regarding proposed changes to the Laws of the Sport of Bowls.

In summary the following are included in this submission:

1) Revise the minimum length for the jack from 23 metres to 21 metres

2) Do not allow the winner of the previous end to give the mat away.

3) Change format of Laws from 'dot' points to the decimal system.

4) In triples play have the skip, rather than the second, manage the score card.

5) Clarify the laws regarding visiting the head.

6) Extend laws to include assistant for wheelchair bowlers.

Click here for the Bowls Australia posting regarding the submission and the proposed timing for review.

Click here for additional details of their submission.

No need to rush out and change your copy of the Laws of the Sport -it will be at least a year until changes are made and agreed by all concerned parties.

Monthly Newsletter WBC November 2009

Port Macquarie City Women's Bowling Club - November 2009 Newsletter.

Thanks to Anne Connell, Publicity, for providing this newsletter for posting to the Bowls News website.

SPECIAL CLUB EVENTS 2009

Melbourn Cup Day - Tuesday 3rd November.

Encouragement Day - Tuesday 24th November.

Presentation Day - Tuesday 1st December.

Xmas Party Day - Tuesday 8th December.

STATE EVENTS

Wolinski Shield: Close 24.11.09, Play 12.01.10

Singles: Close: 24.11.09, Play 19.01.10

Fours: Close 24.11.09, Play 02.02.10

Pairs: Close 24.11.09, Play 27.04.10

Triples: Close 24.11.09 Play 18.05.10

Congratulations to Rebekah Ramsay on being selected to play for the Australian Junior Championships for NSW and winning Gold in the Triples and Silver in the Fours.

The quarterly meeting which was set down to be held on the 17th November has had to be postponed until early next year.

Congratulations to our Minor Pairs Winners for 2009 Anna Davidson & Jenny Wallis, runners up Ann Kirk & Barbara Griffiths. Congratulations to all of you on reaching the finals. Well done to everyone who entered this competition, it is good experience. It might be your turn next year.

Port City Women’s Bowling Club is to host the Australian Open Qualifying rounds of the singles, pairs and triples 17th – 19th November. Social Bowls as normal.

The final of the minor singles for 2009 was played and Anne Connell def Robin Kean. Third time lucky! Congratulations to Robin in reaching the finals. All new bowlers are encouraged to play in all championships – it really is good fun and good experience.

To any of our members or their family who are not very well at the moment, we wish you a speedy recovery and look forward to seeing you back at the club soon.

Some Crazy Facts

Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.
(If you’re ambidextrous, do you split the difference?)
The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. (Hmmmmmmmmm….)
Butterflies taste with their feet.
(Something I always wanted to know)
Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump.
(Okay, so that would be a good thing)

Alternative meanings for common words

Coffee – the person upon whom one coughs.
Abdicate – to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
Negligent - describes a condition in which you answer the door in your nightgown.
Giraffiti – vandalism spray-painted very, very high.

BA Open - Qualifying at Port City

Qualifying rounds for the Women's section of the 2010 Australian Open will be held at the Port City Bowling Club this month from Tuesday 17th November - Thursday 19th November.

Port City is one of three qualifying venues in NSW - the other two are West Dubbo & St Johns Park.

The program includes:

Singles - Tuesday, 17th Nov.

Pairs - Wednesday, 18th

Triples - Thursday, 19th

The format for each event will be sets play and there will be one qualifier from each discipline.

The 2010 Australian Open will be held in Victoria from February 14th to the 20th.

Further details of the draw at Port City will be posted when they are available from Bowls Australia.

Click here for details of entries for the Port City qualifying rounds.

We would anticipate some good bowling in these rounds and would encourage all local bowlers to come out and enjoy the competition and cheer on their favourites.

Many thanks to Shirley Devine, President of the WBC, for details of this event.

Barefoot Corp. Bowls - Round 4

Results for round 4 of the Barefoot Corporate Bowls from Thursday the 29th Oct. are now available.

Click here for details.

Thanks to Charlie Buchanan for the scores.