Zone 14 Playoffs this Week End

Ian Binder (left) & Frank Smith - Port City

Last week end Ian Binder and Frank Smith (Port City) took out the LNC District Champion of Club Champions Pairs title with a 20 - 16 win over Col Baldwin & Peter Stockham (Westport).

Port City WBC News 30th August

Tuesday 28^th August was a perfect day for bowls and we held our Daffodil Day which included a delicious morning tea of scones with jam and cream. There was a Trading Table to support cancer research. Proceeds of the day went to the Cancer Council and we were very happy to present a cheque for $1150 to the Cancer Council's representitive Robyn Biddle.

Women's Major Minor Pairs Final

 Mary Bennett (left) and Debbie Amor

The final of the Port City Women's Bowling Club major minor pairs was played today with Mary Bennett and Debbie Amor taking out the title. Runners Up were Gail Carmody and Denise Gudgeon.

New Zone 14 Web Site

Click here for the new Zone 14 web site covering bowls activities in our LNC District and the MNC District.

Congratulations to Ian Weldon, Secretary Zone 14, for his efforts in setting up this site - well done! I'm sure that Ian would appreciate any comments or suggestions you may have for this site. You can email him on:  weldon.ian@bigpond.com

NSW Bowlers Arm Championship

 

Port City's Jim Lamb has won the State Bowlers Arm Pairs Championship. Teamed with Ken Towers from Bulahdelah they took out the NSW State Championship earlier this month at Beresfield.

Anderson Selected for NSW State Senior Side

Westport's Bruce Anderson has been selected in the NSW Senior Side to compete in the Australian Side Championship in October.

Click here for the details on the Bowls NSW web site.

Port City Men's BC Weekly News Report

Port City Men's Bowling Club news report for the week ending Sunday 26th August.

Wednesday pm :- 102 Bowlers enjoyed a game of bowls on this warm Cloudy day with the day Winners :- $15 B.Crombie ,G.McFarlane & G.Ball.$10 J.Franklin , T.Jones & K.Littlefair .Mixed Pairs J.Munson & G.Worley def J. & P.Brady .S.Devine & J.Cranna def G. & W Greenaway.

Rookie Pairs at Westport

 

The LNC District Rookie Pairs were played today at Westport with 3 rounds of sectional play followed by the sectional winners playing for the title.

J. Hrabac & P. Budnick (Westport) took out the final defeating D. Lomas & S. Matherson (Port City)

Click here for the detailed scoring. Click on the tab at the bottom of the spreadsheet for the Pairs_ LNC. 

Additional photos are available in the Bowls Photo album.

Many thanks to Bill Hubbuck, Westport, for the results.

NSW Junior Side Selected

 

The NSW State under 18 junior side has been selected for the annual Combined High School Series. This competitive and exciting series will be held at the Port City BC from Tuesday 11th Sept - Thursday 13th September.

Click here for additional details on the Bowls NSW web site.

Come out to cheer the juniors on and enjoy the fun. 

Port City WBC News 23rd August

How very proud we are of our Grade 1 and 2 Pennant teams who vied last week for the State Pennant Flags at Tuncurry with brilliant conditions. Well done to all the players and better luck next year. Thank you also to all the supporters and barrackers who travelled to cheer the girls on, you were certainly a force to be reckoned with.

Port City Men's BC Weekly News Report

 

Port City Men's Bowling Club news report for the week end Sunday 19 August.

Wednesday pm :- 96 Bowlers enjoyed a game of Bowls on this warm almost summers day with the day winners :- $15 J.Rock ,I.Handley & B.Crutcher.$10 A.Wellings , M.Riley & N.Bryce .

Everson Wins LNC District Rookie Singles

Ben Everson (Hat Head)

Bruce Johnson (Westport) on the mat & Ben Everson (Hat Head)

The LNC District Rookie Singles semi finals and the final were played at Westport this morning. To qualify as a "rookie" the bowlers must have less than 30 months experience.

In the semi finals:

Ben Everson (Hat Head) defeated Garry Keft 17 - 0
Bruce Johnson (Westport) def. Jim Gaskill (Westport) 17 - 6

In the final Ben Everson took out the District title defeating Bruce Johnson 17 - 8

The rookie pairs will be played next weekend on Saturday 25th August.

Many thanks to Bill Hubbuck, Westport, for the results.

LNC District Rookies Competition

Sectional play in the LNC District Men's singles competition commenced today at Westport with the following as sectional winners.

G. Keft (Port City), B. Everson (Hat Head), B. Johnson (Westport) & J. Gaskill (Westport).

These players now progress to the semi finals tomorrow morning followed by the final.

Click here for the detailed scoring for the LNC - select the tab at the bottom of the spreadsheet for the  Singles LNC.

Many thanks to Bill Hubbuck, Westport, for these results.

Women's Pennant at Forster - Tuncurry

Port City played Kingscliff Beach in the final round of Grade 1 Pennant today and took out one rink win to prevent Kingscliff Beach from winning the section. Click here for full details of all grades.

Port City Women's BC Weekly News

Port City Women's Bowling Club news report for the week ending 14th August.

How very proud we are of our Grade 1 and 2 Pennant teams who vied this week for the State Pennant Flag at Tuncurry with brilliant conditions.  Well done to all the players and better luck next year.   Thank you also to all the supporters and barrackers who travelled to cheer the girls on, you were certainly a force to be reckoned with. 

Wednesday's Play in Women's Pennant Finals

Games were completed in the NSW Women's State Pennant finals today at Forster / Tuncurry.

In grade 1 our Port City team managed to pick up 1 point only and are no longer in contention for the sectional win. It appears to be between Castle Hill and Kingcliff Beach for this section. Port City plays Kingscliff Beach tomorrow and could prove to be the spoilers for the section title.

Grade 2 sectional winner has gone to Trangie with a 39 - 31 win over Glenbrook Panthers.

Click here for detailed scoring from the NSWWBA web site.Thanks to Anne Connell additional photos are available from the pennant play - click here to view.

Play Continues in the Women's State Pennant Finals

Play in the Women's State Pennant finals continued on Tuesday in Forster / Tuncurry with some continuing fine weather and mixed results for the Port City sides. 

Women's State Pennant Finals Commenced Today

Good News - the Port City 1's had a draw with Dubbo this morning and a win against Neutral Bay this afternoon.

The weather is very good - not too windy, sunny,a little cool.

Click here for further detail results from the NSWWBA

Many thanks to Anne Connell for this report and the photos

Zone 14 Declared Winner of Junior Competition

Day 2 of the 2012 Junior Inter-Zone 7-A-Side was abandoned after Port Macquarie received a bucketing of rain. With no further play possible, the event result was declared based on day 1 results with our local Zone 14 taking out the gold.

Click here for further details from the Bowls NSW website.

State Junior 7-A-Side at Port City

 

The NSW Zone Junior 7-A-Side commenced today at Port City under difficult weather condition that didn't seem to bother the players.

Click here for the results of the first 3 rounds of sectional play. 

Additional photos from today's play are available - click here to view.

Thanks to Charlie Buchanan, Bowls Coordinator, for results from today's play.

Women's State Pennant Finals Next Week

The women's state pennant finals will be held in the Forster Tuncurry area next week with play commencing on Monday 13th August. 

Port City Well Represented in Women's State Side

Carol White

Judy Brady

The 2012 NSW Over 60's team has been selected to represent NSW at the National Over 60's competition to be held in October at Queanbeyan Bowling Club from Tuesday 16th - Friday 19th October.

Congratulations to Port City's Carol White and Judy Brady for their selection in this State Side.

 

Click here for full details of the State Side on the NSWWBA web site.

Port City WBC Weekly News 9th August

Ideal conditions prevailed for the Finals of the Major Club Triples Championship on Tuesday when Denise Gudgeon, Lois Bishell, Beth Schubert vied for the Trophy against Dulcie Holihan, Faye Schollum and Lyn Thompson. It was a great game and for 2012, the winners were Beth's team. Congratulations to both teams on superb bowling through the tournament. Also played on Tuesday was a Major/Minor Pairs match between June Edward, Carol White who defeated Jan Drewsen, Karen McFarlane. Further matches will be held on Tuesday 21st August.

Port City WBC 8th August

 

SPECIAL REPORT FOR PORT CITY WOMEN'S BOWLING CLUB

CONGRATULATIONS

 
We are sure that our Women's Club has created a record this year. Not only have we won Grade 1 and Grade 2 Pennants but our girls have won their way to contest the State Finals of the Singles, Pairs, Triples, Senior Fours and Open Fours. WHAT AN ACHIEVEMENT. Play-offs for the Pennant are listed below.

Grade 1 Pennant - J. Brady, B. Barrett, B. Schubert, P. Light (skip) C. White, L. Bishell, M. Solman-Stewart, J. Stockham (skip)

Grade 2 Pennant - F. Schollum, B. Gunn, C. Bowman, D. Amor (skip) E. Ramsay, N. Schwartz, J. Scholz, J. Munson (skip)

These players would welcome supporters and barrackers to the two venues - Grade 1 Tuncurry Bowling Club commencing Monday 13th August and Grade 2 Tuncurry-Forster Sports Bowling Club commencing Tuesday 14th August and the Finals on Friday 17th August at Tuncurry.

GOOD LUCK AND GOOD BOWLING GIRLS!

Thanks to Ann Kirk for this report

The Exciting Juniors are Coming

 

Port City will play host to the cream of the State’s junior bowls talent when it hosts the NSW Junior Inter-Zone 7-A-Side Championship.

The two day event will be held on Saturday 11th & Sunday12th August, with sectional play on Saturday followed by the finals series on Sunday.

Zones are represented by sides of seven players. Each match features three games, one in each of the singles, pairs and fours disciplines.

Click here for the Bowls NSW web and the news release for the tournament.

Port City WBC Newsletter - August

The AGM was held on the 19^th July and was very well attended with the result that we have a new President  Barbara Barrett and Committee for the following year.  We will strive to do our best for you during our term of office and look forward with excitement to bringing new ideas to the Club.

          C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S

We are sure that this Club has set some kind of record in this year.

Women's Winning Triples Team

 
  Major Club Triples Winners (L-R)  Lead Denise Gudgeon, Second Lois Bishell and skip Beth Schubert.

The Port City Women's Major Triples final was played today with Denise Gudgeon, Lois Bishell & Beth Schubert (skip) taking out the title for 2012.

Port City Men's BC Weekly News Report

Port City Men's Bowling Club news report for the week ending Sunday 5th August.

Wednesday pm :- $15.00 J.Piola, M.Hookham & B.Richardson.$10.00 G.Probert & J.Rossiter .

Warialda Takes Out Grade 7 Pennant at Port City

 

The fine weather continued in Port Macquarie with the final of the Grade 7 Pennant completed this morning. In a competitive and close match Warialda (Zone 3) took out the State Pennant title defeating Kingscliff (Zone 1) 55 to 53.

In Grade 6 our local team from Crescent Head (Zone 14) maintained their unbeaten record for this year with a 63 - 48 win over Gresford (Zone 60) in the final. 

Click here for the link to the Bowls NSW web site with full details for all grades.

Additional photos from today's play at Port City are available - click here to view.

NSW Men's Pennant Finals

 

Sectional play and the semi finals of the NSW Men's pennant were completed today. Finals in all grades will be played tomorrow (Monday) in the morning.

Crescent Head, from our Zone 14, has continued on their winning ways with 3 wins in the sectional play and a win in the semi finals. They will contest the final against Gresford (Zone 6). 

Our local team, North Haven, did well in Grade 7 at Port City with 2 wins in the sectional play. They lost to Kingcliff (Zone 1 ) who have won through to the finals tomorrow against Warialda (Zone 3). Well done guys! 


Click here for the results from Bowls NSW  of all grades.

State Men's Pennant Finals at Port City

 

Rounds 1 & 2 of the State Grade 7 Pennant finals were completed at Port City today under ideal conditions for winter play. With a bright sun and greens running at 16 - 17 seconds the teams put on a great show of bowls.

 Click here for detailed results from Bowls NSW.

NSW Men's Pennant Finals this week end

 

The Bowls NSW web site has been updated for the Men's State Finals this week end. 

 Click here for the link to their web site and results during the week end.


Grade 7 of the State finals will be played at Port City - come out and enjoy these finals commencing Saturday morning at 9:00 am.

Port City Men's Major Minor Pairs

 
 Alan White (left) and Alan Uptin 

The final of the Port City Men's Major Minor Pairs was played today with Alan White (skip) and Alan Uptin taking out the title 22 - 17 with Frank Smith (skip) and Keith Ashdown the runners up. 

Played on free running greens with a gusty wind both teams did well to make it a close final.