Port City WBC Weekly News 6th June

 

On Monday, 3rd June and Tuesday 4th June we held our Versatility Fives Carnival played under very trying conditions on the first day, battling strong winds. Nonetheless we were very pleased to welcome bowlers from many clubs – North Haven, Westport, Kew, South West Rocks, Panthers, Lake Cathie, Wauchope and Kempsey Heights and, of course, Port City. All four of our greens were filled.

President Barbara thanked our sponsors, Oxley Cove Apartments and Port Macquarie Travel, who make this event possible. She also thanked our Umpires Val Byrnes and Judy Scholz, Match Committee, and Carol Bowman, Carnival Secretary and all the helpers in the kitchen and dining room.  It was interesting to learn that the idea of the Carnival was the brainchild of Shirley Devine and has proved to be very successful for many years.

The results are as follows: – Monday am winners – R Stanton, M Buckley, C Kilby,

J Paige, G Heys from North Haven. Monday pm winners, E Eames, R Edwards,

B Griffiths, R Evans, B Campbell from Port City.

Tuesday am winners – C Owen, M Coombes, M Evans, J Ebbeck, D Penney from Westport. Tuesday pm winners – P Ditchfield, E Russell, J Devitt, H Cooper, B Owens from Port City.

 

Overall Third Place – J McEnally, M Fleming, J Hargraves, J Kesby, S Maitland from South West Rocks.

Overall Second Place – D Amor, W Kennedy, M Bennett, L Bishell, C Bowman from Port City.

Overall First Place – B Schubert, A Cutler, E Ramsay, R Roach, M Doyle from Port City.

Raffle Winners Monday – 1^st - S Way, 2^nd - H Durrant, 3^rd L - Cannon, 4^{th  _}  L Cohen. 100 Club Winners – 1^st – L Cohen, 2^{nd  _} P Morrison, 3^rd – A Connell, 4^th - J Hargraves, 5^th – S Devine

Raffle Winners – Tuesday – 1^st –M Fleming, 2^nd C Bowman, 3rd – A Kirk,  4^th – V Byrnes, 5^th – D Clark. 100 Club Winners – 1^st - K McFarlane, 2^{nd -_} J Brady, 3^rd – E Wright, 4^th - J Ross, 5^th - P Light

On Thursday 6^th June Debbie Amor, Barbara Barrett, Carol Bowman and Judy Brady will play Lynne Thompson, Carol White, Faye Schollum and Eveline Ramsay in the final of the Club Fours Championship. Should be a great match and good luck to all the girls.

Club Triples opened on Tuesday 28^th May, close 18^th June and will be played on 2nd July.

It is the Port Macquarie City WBC Birthday on Tuesday 11th June and we will be welcoming District representatives to our club to present the Pennant Badges to our successful Grade 1 and Grade 2 District Pennant Winners.

On 17th and 18th June the Regional Pennant Playoff will take place at Wingham. Congratulations to our Grade 1 and Grade 2 District Pennant Winners, who will be representing us.

We look forward to welcoming our non-bowlers to morning tea next Tuesday at 10.30 am. Because of various commitments at the club we have not been able to see these ladies for a while.

Our AGM will be held on Monday 15^th July in the Function Room upstairs at the club. We encourage all members to consider nominating for committee next year and the Nomination Forms are on the board.

There will be Ladies Social Bowls on Saturday morning at 9.30 and Open Mixed Pairs in the afternoon at 1.00 pm. Regulation uniform required.

Names in or out of bowls for Tuesdays only by 8.0am 6583 1153

Thanks to Barbara Owens for this report