Women's State Carnival - Day 4

A bit of a mixture today with the weather, Fine in the morning but then light periodic showers in the afternoon.

Play progressed with sectional winners into the knock-out rounds. At the time of posting results for the first 2 rounds are on the Women's Assoc. website. Results for round 3 should be posted later. Click here for the results sheet.

Winners from today will progress to the semi finals and final tomorrow (Friday)

Port City Men's Pennant Dinner Night

 

The Port City Men's BC's prawn and chicken dinner for all Pennant participants will be held in the Club on Thursday 7th June commencing at 6:00  pm.

All pennant players, reserves, side managers (including all women managers) and pennant umpires are invited to this night. Provided by the Men's Club there is no charge for the dinner.

Always a great night enjoyed by the Port City "pennant team" - we encourage you to come.

Women's State Carnival - Day 3

 

What a difference a day makes! We finally turned on some of the usual Port Macquarie good weather for our visitors. It was even fine enough for the "fair weather" photographer to get out and take some shots today from Westport and Port Panthers. Click here to view.

I'm sure the ladies from the Association will post the results of today's play as soon as possible -  click here for the results on the Women's Association web site. 

Thursday's play at Port City BC will see the sectional winners in knock-out play progressing to the finals on Friday.

Women's Bowls Carnival - Day 2

Not the best weather in Port Macquarie today with persistent showers and some games cancelled at various clubs.

Sorry no photos from today - your "happy snapper" was keeping warm and dry inside!

The Women's Association has posted some results for Tuesday's play - click here to view.

Port City Men's BC - Bulletin June / July

Port City Men’s Bowling Club Bulletin - June / July 2012

The following Bulletin has been received from the Port City Men's Bowling Club.

"I will commence this newsletter for those armchair critics who complain, moan, and whinge about how the committee run the club, and voice their opinions about how the selectors should have done this or that. 

Women's Carnival Underway In Port Macquarie

 

The New South Wales Women's Bowling Association (NSWWBA) annual Carnival got underway in the Port Macquarie area today under some "trying" weather conditions.

Daily results will be posted on the Women's Association web site - click here for the "results" sheet. I would assume the daily winners will be posted for Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday. Update Tues 29 May - results have now been posted for Monday.

A few additional photos from today's play are available - click here or on the "Bowls Photo Albums" link on the right. 

Let's hope the weather improves contrary to the forecast  for continuing rain.

Port City Women's BC - Notice of AGM

The AGM of the Port City Women's Bowling Club will be held in the Club rooms on Monday 16th July at 9:00 am. Nominations for Office Bearers close on Monday 2nd July 2012.

Click here for the notice with full details of the agenda.

Thanks to Judy Brady, Secretary, for this notification.

Port City Men's BC Weekly News Report

 Port City Men's Bowling Club news report for the week ending Sunday 27 May, 2012

Wednesday pm :- $10.00 A.Wellings ,M.Riley and J.Robinson $7.00 A.Buss ,A.McAlpine and J.Duczynski .

Port City Men's Major Triples Final

Chris Campbell (left), Jamie Sallustio, & David Moxon 

The final of the Port City Men's Major Triples was played this morning with the team of Jamie Sallustio (skip), Chris Campbell & David Moxon taking out the title wiith a 23 - 21 over Geoff Worley (skip), Jai Whelan & Keith Ashdown. 

Zone 14 Men's Pennant Results

The Zone 14 Pennant finals were completed this morning with Park Beach taking out the prestigious Grade 1 title.

Click here for complete results of all grades. Thanks to Charlie Buchanan, Port City Bowls Coordinator for these details.

The Zone 14 summary is also now available - click here for Ian Weldon's comments and detailed scoring. Ian also advises that the MNC District Singles will be finalized in a couple of weeks and the Zone final details will be advised at that time.

Around the greens Sunday 27 May

Sunday the 27th May will see the Zone 14 Pennant finals at North Haven and the final of the Men's Major Triples at Port City.

Women's State Carnival comes to Port Macquarie

 

State Carnival comes to Port Macquarie

1200 female bowlers and officials will descend on Port Macquarie for five days from Monday 28th May to Friday 1st June for the NSW Women’s Bowling Association Inc.’s 83rd State Carnival. 

Click here for the full news release from the NSWWBA. Links for daily results etc are also shown. The program and draw are available on the Women's Bowling Assoc. web site - click here to view.

Port City WBC Weekly News 24th May

Autumn has certainly brought us some beautiful weather and it was no exception on Tuesday when the Major Fours Competition began. Results are - (skips only) F. Martin d J. Stockham J. Munson forfeited to M. Edwards P. Light d H. Durrant R. Kean d K. Bassett K. Bain d J. Scholz D. Amor d R. Roach B. Schubert d E. Eames. Further games were played on Thursday of this week and the results are: - D Amor def K Bain - M. Walsh def B Schubert - F. Martin def M Edwards - P. Light def R. Kean. Due to the State Carnival the next rounds will be played on the 7th & 9th June.

NSW Greenkeepers Finals

Final of Pairs

Shannon White & Brent Norman 27 def. Simon Cooper & Peter Watts 21

NSW Region 2 Women's Pennant Winners.

Grade 1 - Port City 

  

The NSW Women's Region 2 Pennant playoff were completed at Port City BC with winners as shown for grades 1 - 4. The winners now progress to the State finals to be held at Tuncurry commencing on Monday the 13 th August.

NSW Greenkeepers Championships - Day 3

Another beaut day at Port City and the NSW Greenkeepers Championships continued today Wednesday 23rd May with the following results: 

NSW Greenkeepers Championships - Singles

 

Port Macquarie again turned on some great weather today and I'm sure it was enjoyed by all players and spectators. Results of the singles rounds are as follows:

NSW Greenkeepers Assoc. Championships

 

After some rain overnight the skies cleared and it was a great day for the Greenkeepers Championships We trust they enjoyed our greens that should be up to their standards.

Results Round 1 of Pairs Championship

J.Aurisch & P.Flippence 22 def. J.Flaherty & B.Wilkinson12

M.Dagwell & M.Bateman 28 def. G.Witte & T.Mulley 10

L.Wade & A.Troth 24 def. K.Bowcock & B.Anderson 19

S.Cooper & P.Watts 27 def. D.Hukins & R.Crean 14

C.Ridge & A.Rodger 25 def. N.Perry & C.Derks 15

J.Baker & R.Cooper 25 def. A.Minihan & P.Minihan 20

Results Round 2 of the pairs with the semi-finals on Wednesday at 9-00 a.m.

S.Cooper & P.Watts 27 def. C.Ridge & A.Rodger 9

S.White & B.Norman 25 def. L.Wade & A.Troth 4

J.Aurisch & P.Flippence 21 def. M.Dabwell & M.Bateman 19

P.Chorley & D.Knight 19 def. J.Baker & R.Cooper 13

Click here for additional photos from today's play. 

Many thanks to Charlie Buchanan, Bowls Coordinator, for this report.

Port City Men's BC Weekly News Report

Port City Men's Bowling Club news letter for the week ending Sunday 20th May.

Wednesday pm :- $10.00 R.Bogg ,E.Barton and P.Gunn $7.00 J.Jackson ,G.Barney and K.Woischwill

Under 18 Zone Championships

 

Jai Whelan - Port City

The Under 18 Zone 14 Championships were recently held at North Haven with Fours, Pairs & Singles contested. 

Port City Women's Major Pairs 2012

 

Lois Bishell (right) and Beth Schubert won the Port City Women's Major Pairs Championship Saturday defeating many competent teams to reach the Final and played brilliant bowls to win this prestigious event.  

LNC Post Sectional Playoffs

The post sectional playoff for the LNC District men's pennant grades 6 & 7 was completed today at the Lake Cathie BC.

Crescent Head defeated North Haven 73-51 to win grade 6, while North Haven 7.1 defeated North Haven 7.2 by 62-59.

Click here for the updated program for the Zone 14 finals next weekend.

Thanks to Ian Weldon, Zone 14, for the report on today's games. 

Port City WBC Weekly News17th May

Due to the Regional Pennant Play-offs on Tuesday and Wednesday, there was no social bowls. This Saturday the Final of the Major Pairs Championship will be held at 9 am. Next Tuesday 22nd May the Major Fours championship commences and the Quarterly Meeting will be held after these games at approx 1 pm. Please try and attend as we need to have a Quorum. It would be a good opportunity also to pay your yearly fees which are due by 3lst May.

The next event on our calendar is the State Carnival which will be held in this District from 28th May - 1st June. We are looking forward to some great bowling from the many visitors who will be in Port Macquarie and District during this time.

The Versatility Fives will be held on Monday 30th/Tuesday 31st July and entries are being received by Carol Bowman Carnival Secretary - $30 per player - entries close 20th July.

To any of our members or their families who are not in the best of health we send our love and best wishes for a good recovery.

Thanks to Ann Kirk for this report

Women's Regional Pennant Results

 

The Women's Regional Pennant finals were completed at Port City this week with the following winners by grade:

Grade 1: Port City

Grade 2: Port City

Grade 3: Stuarts Point

Grade 4: Manning Point

Well done to the ladies from Port City and all the best for all the winners who now progress to the State Finals to be played at Tuncurry commencing Monday 13th August.

Some photos may be available later for posting to the site.

LNC & Zone 14 Men's Pennant Finals

The LNC Men's Pennant finals start this weekend with the post-sectional play for grades 6 & 7 on Sunday the 20th May at Lake Cathie with a 9:30 am start.

Grade 6 will see Crescent Head vs. North Haven and Grade 7 has North Haven's 7/1 vs. their 7/2's 
The winner from these games will progress to the Zone 14 finals as follows:

The Zone 14 Pennant finals will be held on Sunday the 27th May, at North Haven (Grades 1 - 4) and Woolgoolga (Grades 5 - 7). starting at 9:30 am.

Click here for full details with thanks to Ian Weldon, Secretary, Zone 14.

Port City Men's BC Weekly News Report

Port City Men's Bowling Club news report for the week ending May 13.

 

Wednesday am :- Minor Singles Sandy Harris def Martin Wallis

Wednesday pm :-Minor Singles Bruce Thompson def Kevin Atkins .Day Winners :- $10.00 A.Wellings ,M.Riley and J.Robinson $7.00 K.Elvy ,R.Cronin and J.O’Brien.

LNC District Men's Pennant Final Results

Men's Round 10 Pennant Play at Port City

 

Callum Murray - Port City

What a great day in Port Macquarie for the final round of sectional play in Pennants!

The following are the available scores for Port City teams today:

Greenkeepers Championships at Port City

The following is a news release from Charlie Buchanan, Bowls Coordinator, Port City regarding the upcoming NSW Greenkeepers State Championships to be played at Port City BC from Monday 21st - Friday 25th May. The championships include both singles and pairs.

Zone 14 Under 18 State Championships

The Zone 14 Under 18 State Championship finals will be held on Saturday 19th - Sunday 20th May at the North Haven Bowling. LNC  and MNC District Champions as follows play to decide the Zone Champions who will then progress in the State Finals.

The matches include singles, pairs and fours. Click here for the draw and details of all teams.

As Ian Weldon noted on his news release "Everyone is invited to come and don't be surprised at the quality of the bowls you will see".

Thanks to Ian Weldon, Secretary Zone 14, for this release.

Port City WBC Weekly News 10th May



President Shirley welcomed the District Match Committee to the club for the playing of the District Triples Championship. It was a glorious day and the weather brought out some players who haven't attended for some time - Megan Hobson, Margaret Willis and Betty Hazell.

Port City WBC May Newsletter

What an exciting month for our Club with wonderful results from our girls.

CONGRATULATIONS are due to Carol White and Jennifer Munson who contested the Final of the Major Singles Club Championship recently with Carol being the eventual winner. Carol then went on to compete in the Regional Singles Play-off at Taree in extreme weather conditions where she was again the winner and will go to Tuncurry in October to play in the State Singles.

Port City Men's BC Weekly News Report

Port City Men's Bowling Club news report for the week ending 6 May.

Monday to Thursday saw The Port City Singles played in very favourable conditions .

Men's Round 9 Pennant Play at Port City

 

Jack Lewis - Wauchope

Some good news and bad news from today's play at Port City. The good new was the weather with a beaut. day with a cool breeze - the bad news is the scoreline on Port's teams available to date. Reported scores shows 6 losses from 6 games as follows:

Port City Classic Open Singles Wrap Up

Matt Gallop (Cabramatta) with the winner' trophy and sponsor's AERO bowl

The final of the Port City Classic Open Singles was played under kind weather with Matt Gallop taking out the title 21 - 9 with Wayne Buckley runner up. The premier singles tournament at Port City was again an outstanding event according to both players and spectators.

Gallop takes out Port City Classic Singles Title

 

Matt Gallop - Cabramatta

 

Wayne Buckley - Hat Head

Matt Gallop (Cabramatta) took out the Port City Classic Open Singles title this afternoon with a 21 - 9 over Wayne Buckley (Hat Head). Both players gave the spectators an excellent exhibition of draw bowling.

Matt may not be well known as yet but at 24 years old he has a great future in bowls. A Kiwi, he has an impressive record in New Zealand and has been chosen to represent New Zealand in the 2012 World Bowls Championships.

Click here for full scoring of all games in the tournament.

Two "star" photographers, Anne Connell and John Shaw, have promised me some photos from today - I'll post them in the photo album later. 

Port City Classic Open Singles - Finals, day 4

Another fine day in Port Macquarie, as ordered!, for the finals of our prestigious singles tournament.

All games in the quarter, semi and final will be 21 up and we'll do our best to give you some updates during the day.

Update 12:45 pm: Buckley and Gallop progress to final;

Results of semi finals:

Buckley def. Taylor 21 - 4
Gallop def Henry 21 - 18  

It's great to see a local in the finals! Dean Gittoes will be happy (see comment on this post)
 

Update 10:30 am. Results of the quarter finals as follows:

Wayne Buckley (Hat Head) def. Ben Morthorpe (Cabramatta) 21 - 13

Ian Taylor (Kingscliffe) def. Darren Morrison (Terrigal)  21 - 17 (Ian scored 4 on the last end)

Matt Gallop (Cabramatta) def. Neil Burkett (Merrylands) 21 - 11

Jeremy Henry (Warilla) def. Sam Laguzza (Swansea) 21 - 3

Port City Classic Open Singles - day 3

 

Ben Morthorpe (Cabramatta) through to quarter finals

Ben Morthorpe was the best sectional winner today with 3 wins +28 in section 5. With some top names dropping out the players through to tomorrow's quarter finals are: Morthorpe, Buckley, Morrison, Taylor, Burkett, Gallop, Henry and Laguzza.

Port City Classic Open Singles - day 2

 

Jeremy Henry (Warilla) takes out his section

Once again the weather held for us today in Port Macquarie and the second day of qualifying rounds were completed with many of the top name bowlers progressing.

Sectional winners include Neil Burkett (Merrylands) 3 wins +28, Bill Ahoy (Valentine)3 wins +27, Ian Taylor (Kingscliff) 2 wins +16, Jeremy Henry (Warilla) 3 wins +38, "evergreen" Sam Laguzza (Swansea) 3 wins +33, Shannon Gittoes ( Musgrave Hill) 3 wins +22 & Ray Glasser (Musgrave Hill) 2 wins +10. Previous winner David Holt (Cabramatta) unfortunately did not take out his section.