Jack30 Now Available

The informative Jack publication is now available from the NSW Development Team - click here to view.

Photos from the 75th Anniversary at Port City

The 75th Anniversary program at Port City reflected the tremendous club spirit at our Club. We are confident this will continue as we implement programs to build on our strength as one of the top bowling clubs in Australia

Bowls for Sale & Wanted

The format for the listing of bowls for sale / wanted has been changed and is now conveniently in the "Bowls Links" in the upper right of this blog. Click on this link to view the complete listing.

Port City Men's BC Weekly News Letter

Port City Men's Bowling Club news letter for the week ending Sunday 28th April.

Wednesday pm :- $15 Craig Julian , John Carn & Fred Mulligan;  $10 Jim Burge , Martin Wallis & Brian Stokes .

Port City 'Classic' Singles entry list

The prestigious  Port City 'Classic' Singles is only 2 weeks away and is played from Monday 13th May - Thursday 16th May. With $16,500 prize money this tournament attracts many top state and local players as you can see from the entry list.

Entries are still open - contact Charlie Buchanan on 02 6583 1153 at Port City to enter or register as a reserve.

Details of entries to date are now available - click here to view or on the link to the right.

Click here for the full program and details of the tournament.

Men's Pennant Round 8 at Port City

 

What a beautiful day in Port Macquarie! It was ideal for bowls with 3 sides at home and scores as follows:

Grade 1: Port City def. North Haven 6 - 0 (66 - 42)
Grade 2: Port City def. South West Rocks 6 - 0 (68 - 53)

Grade 5: Port City lost to North Haven/1 1 - 5 (51 - 70)

Full District scores will be published later. Click here for additional photos from today's play.

Port City WBC Weekly News 25th April

It was a beautiful day for bowls on Tuesday 23^rd April and today the first round of the Club Pairs was played, as well as Pennants and Social bowls.

Port City Men's BC Weekly News Report

Port City Men's Bowling Club news report for the week ending Sunday 21 April. 

What an absolute brilliant week of bowls we have had for our 75^th Birthday celebrations with fine weather all week.

Anniversary Official Luncheon Enjoyed by All

The final day of the Port City 75th Anniversary week included social bowls in the morning followed by the official luncheon. 

The "Bowlers" cake beautifully decorated by Beth Schubert took a prominent place at the head table. Although it was a shame to cut this work of art all had a taste to finish off a luncheon enjoyed by all.
   
Members and guests expressed their appreciation and congratulations for this celebration to honor the 75 years as a successful bowling club.

 

 

Port City Anniversary Women's Triples

 Lynne Thompson-Carol White-Eveline Ramsay Winners

The Port City 75th Anniversary Women's triples were played this morning with a great turn out including many visitors from other clubs.

Pennant Play at Port City

Greg Laird & Rich McGowan 

Round 7 of the Men's Pennant was completed at Port City today with the weather turning from chilly to cold! Luckily all games were completed before the light showers came over.

Available scores for the Port City games are as follows:

Celebrations Continue at Port City on Friday

Mixed Bowls Winners Russell Carkeek &Pamela Ditchfield 

The weather was kind again today for the 75th Anniversary program with mixed pairs in the morning followed by men's pairs in the afternoon.

Men's Pairs (L-R) Brian Stokes & Tommy Smith

Winners in the men's pairs as follows

1^st        Brian Stokes & Tommy Smith  

2^nd       Doug McGregor & Bryce Stewart

3^rd       Brian Crutcher & Don Ramsay

AERO / COMFITPRO  winner - Jim Mitchell

JAXQUICKFIT TYRES raffle winner - Callum Murray & Merv. Green

Thanks to Charlie Buchanan for the photos and report.

2MC Breakfast with Mark Strachan

The 75th Anniversary got off to a great start at Port City on Friday with a 2MC live broadcast this morning and breakfast for lucky winners of a competition with radio announcer Mark Strachan.

Thanks to Charlie Buchanan for this news release.

The 75th Anniversary Party Continues

The 3 Amigos - Steve, Charlie & Wayne 

The 75th Anniversary celebrations continues with the "Shirts vs. Skirts" bowls held on Thursday. Special guests were top bowlers Steve Glasson and Wayne Turley.

The "Shirts" took out the competition 295 with the "Skirts" not far behind on 267.

Click here for the Winner's Section and the Aero Bowls raffle winner. Additional photos are available in the Bowls Photo albums.

 
 Beth Hicks - Ted Langdon - Steve Glasson - Barbara Barrett

Thanks to Anne Connell & Charlie Buchanan for the photos and news release

Port City WBC Weekly News 18th April



 

Last Sunday 14^th April the club held a Mixed Triples Event in aid of the Autism Society and we were pleased to be able to present a cheque for over $1800 to this worthy cause. Also, the proceeds from the spider and money raised from wrong biases on Tuesday 16^th April were presented to the Autism Society in the amount of $165.

75th Birthday Men's Shoot-Out Triples

Winners of Winners Brian Stokes, Eddy Dasczyk & Mick Hayes 

The 75th Birthday Men's Triples Shoot-out was a great success today with numerous prize winners thanks to the Men's BC and the Club Ltd.

Ladies Day in the 75th Anniversary Bowls Celebrations

  Rosemary Roach, Trish Mitchell, Ann Kirk, Beth Schubert all hoping to win the bowls

Ladies triples featured in the 75th Anniversary bowls today with social bowls in the morning followed by lunch.

Men's Triples shoot-out is on tomorrow to continue in the celebrations for the week. 

Thanks to Anne Connell for the photos from today's play.

75th Anniversary Bowls has Started

Mixed Pairs Shoot Out Winners -  Jan Gauld and Robert Bradbury

The bowls program for the Club's 75th Anniversary has commenced with a mixed pairs shoot out today followed by a BBQ lunch. This has been followed the staff fun bowls day.

Well done to Jan and Robert for their win this morning.

Tomorrow will see Ladies Triples followed by lunch.

Click here for the full bowls program for the week. Details on entertainment and draws is available on the Club's web site.

Thanks to Charlie Buchanan, Bowls Coordinator,for this report and photo.

Port City Men's BC Weekly News Report

Port City Men's Bowling Club news report for the week ending Sunday 14th April 
 

Wednesday pm :- The day winners :- $15 Gordon Haldane, Ian Handley  & Brian Crutcher  $10 AJ.Uptin, Paul Sheridan & Greg Laird.

Men's Pennant Round 6 at Port City

The skies were overcast all afternoon at Port City but all games were completed before the light showers started late in the day. 

Available results as follows:

Grade 2: Kew def. Port City 5 - 1 (66-54)
Grade 6: Lake Cathie def. Port City 5 - 1 (57-50)

Grade 7/1: Lake Cathie def Port City 5 - 1 (56 - 65)
Grade 7/2: Port City def. Port Panthers 5 - 1 (59 - 50)

Click here for additional photos. Full District Pennant results will be posted later.

Jack29 From the NSW Development Team

Jack29 is now available from the Bowls NSW Development Team - click here to view.

Port City Men's Veterans Day

 Veterans (L-R) Ron Apps, Brian Jux, Keith Hall, Ian Binder & Brian Sharman

The Port City Men's Veteran's Day was held today with bowls, lunch & presentation of badges to Veterans (70 years) and Super Veterans (75 years).

Corporate Challenge Finals Season 8 - 2013

Winners Season 8 - Travelling Bowlers 

The latest round of the Corporate Challenge has now been completed with the following major awards announced:

Winners - Travelling Bowlers

Runners Up - BMD2

Semi Finalists - MBA & Vintage Ports

Encouragement Award - The Chappells & Ditched

Wooden Spoon - Get Staffed

Port City WBC April Newsletter

Easter Saturday 3-Bowl Pairs

On Saturday 30th March we held an Easter 3 bowls pairs tournament and welcomed players from North Haven, Old Bar, Park Beach, Tuncurry, Westport, Kew, Manning Point and Lake Cathie.

1st game winners were E Webster, L Smattell from Tuncurry

Port City WBC Weekly News 11th April

On Tuesday, 9^th April President Barbara welcomed all social bowlers and visiting pennant players to the club. Unfortunately social bowls was washed out for the day, but pennants continued after a short time off the green owing to heavy rain and eventually were able to complete their matches.

Port City Men's BC Weekly News Report

Port City Men's Bowling Club news report for the week ending Sunday 7th April.

Wednesday pm :- The day winners :- $15 Alan Buss , Ron Osborn  & Tom Cornforth; $10 Ian Binder  & Frank Smith .

Port City Easter Men's Pairs Update

Further to our previous posting we now have the detailed scoring for all teams in the tournament played on Easter Monday 1st April.

Click here for full details of all teams. 

Thanks to Charlie Buchanan, Port City Bowls Co-ordinator, for these results.

Port City WBC Weekly News 4th April

 

Tuesday 2nd April was a beautiful day for Social Bowls and Pennants competitions.

President Barbara announced that the 2's team win today in the pennants gave them the flag.

Information Forum on Club Redevelopment

An open forum regarding the Port City Club renovation plan will be held in the club rooms on Tuesday 9th April at 4:00 pm. 

Further information regarding the agenda & format for the meeting will be posted when they are available.

The renovation plans are posted in the front lobby of the club.

All interested members are encouraged to attend this meeting.

Easter Monday Men's Pairs

The early rain on Monday cleared and the Easter Men's Pairs were played at Port City.

Click here for the winners on the day.

Jack28 Is Now Available from Bowls NSW

Click here for the latest edition of Jack from the Development Squad at Bowls NSW. There are always some interesting articles and notes included.

Port City Men's BC Weekly News Report

Port City Men's Bowling Club news report for the week ending Sunday the 31 March.

Wednesday pm :- The day winners :- $15 Kevin Crook, Garry Lawer & Chris Thornton;  $10 Ed Dasczyk , & Ken Lipscombe .