Championship Play at Port City

Major / Minor Men's pairs and Mixed Pairs championships were played today at Port City with fast greens and some gusty wind.

Port City WBC Weekly News

On Saturday 24^th and Sunday 25^th August the Inaugural State versus City match was played at our club. Country defeated City by 20 shots overall.

The Coca Cola Triples was held at our club on 26^th and 27^th August. The clubs that participated were Port City, Lake Cathie, Park Beach, Tuncurry, Tuncurry Sports, Old Bar, Westport, Panthers, Kew, and a visitor from South Australia.

Coca Cola Women's Triples Day 2 at Port City

 (L-R)  Karen McFarlane, Joan Bird, Marion Miller

Another beautiful day in Port Macquarie for day 2 of the Coca Cola Women's triples.

 

To-day's winners Karen McFarlane, Joan Bird, Marion Miller & runners-up Rhonda Evans, Ann Kirk, Judy Scholz

Coca Cola Women's Triples at Port City

 

Winners Day 1 (L-R) Debbie Amor, Carol Bowman and Faye Schollum

The Coca Cola Women's Triples commenced today at Port City under ideal conditions and free running greens. 

We had 22 teams competing from as far north as Park Beach and south to Tuncurry.
There were some very close games but the overall winners were from Port City

Winners on day 1 were Debbie Amor, Carol Bowman and Faye Schollum with Beth Hicks, Kerry Bolsover and Robin Kean the runners up.

Bowls & Accessories For Sale

The "Bowls & Accessories for sale listing has been updated.

Click here or on the link to the right to view. 

Thanks to Garry Lawer for this update.

Port City Men's BC Weekly News Report

 Port City Men's Bowling Club news letter for the week ending Sunday 25th August.

Wednesday pm :-$15:- B Stokes, J Burge & M Wallis.  $10:- J Jackson, E Leonard & K Ison. $7:- P Gilligan & W Pallot.

LNC District C of C Champions Pairs Final

Alan Wares and Peter Taylor (Kempsey Heights) defeated Jim Cranna and Geoff Ball ( Port City) 22 / 21 after playing an extra end.

Scores were locked at 18 all after 18 ends. The Kempsey boys then picked up a single and a two on the next two ends. Cranna and Ball then responded with a three on the twenty first to take the game into an extra end. 

With Cranna and Ball holding two shots Peter Taylor drove the jack into the ditch with his second last bowl. This proved to be the winning shot in a very exciting game.

Thanks to David Lomas, LNC District Secretary, for this report.

Westport Pair win LNC State Rookies Title

Cameron Styles & Johann Hrabak from Westport have won the final round of the LNC District Rookies Pairs. They will now progress to the Zone 14 finals.

Click here, then on the "LNC Pairs" tab at the bottom of the sheet, for the detailed results thanks to Bill Hubbuck, Westport.

Country Triumphs in State Test

The Country side had a convincing win, 101 - 85, this morning at Port City in the 3rd game to take out the test 2 games to 1. The total scoreline of 310 to 290 indicated how evenly matched the sides were over the test.

Click here for the details of game 3.

Thanks to Charlie Buchanan, Port City, for the results. 

Rounds 1 & 2 of Women's City vs. Country Completed

The photo says it all - clear skies and a great atmosphere at Port City with music over the greens for the first day of the City vs. Country competition. 

The country side took out round 2 and the decider will be played tomorrow morning - click here for the detailed results.

Click here for some photos from today's play. 

Thanks to Charlie Buchanan for the details of the scoring.

District C of C Champions Pairs at Westport

Rounds 1 & 2 of the LNC District Champion of Club Champions Pairs were played today under ideal conditions at Westport. With the fast greens it brought out the best in all the teams.

Click here for the results thanks to Bill Hubbuck, Bowls Coordinator, Westport. Additional photos are available - click here to view.

Play continues Sunday morning with the semi finals followed by the final.

Metro vs Country Sides Competition Underway

 
Country Side

Metro Side 

Play is underway at Port City with a beautiful winter day in the NSW Women's Country vs Metro competition. Play continues today, Saturday, and Sunday morning.

Come out and watch some great bowling with representatives from around the state. 

Click here for the results of round 1 played this morning.

Thanks to Charlie Buchanan for the photos 

Bowls NSW Introduces Smoke-Free Greens

The following is a news release from Bowls NSW 

"The Bowls NSW Board has today taken the positive step of ensuring all future State Finals of Association Events as well as Inter-Zone Sides Championships are played on “Smoke-Free Greens” with smoking to be banned on the greens during play for all players and officials."

Click here for the full release on the Bowls NSW web site.See poll at right to express your opinion.

Port City WBC Weekly News

President Barbara welcomed all bowlers on Tuesday 20^th August and gave a special welcome to a new member, Jo Jenkins.

The final of the Major Minor Pairs was played today. Congratulations to the Winners – Pat Morrison and Carol Bowman and the Runners-up, Denise Gudgeon and Gail Carmody. It was a very tight game, with only a 2 shots difference overall.

LNC District C of C Champions Pairs

The LNC  District Champion of Club Champions Pairs commences this weekend Saturday 24th August at the Westport Bowling Club.

Click here for the draw 

Major / Minor Pairs Final

  (L-R) Carol Bowman and Pat Morrison

The final of the Port City Women's Major / Minor has been played with Carol Bowman & Pat Morrison taking out the championship. Gail Carmody & Denise Gudgeon are the runners up.

Women's Metro vs. Country at Port City This Week

The NSW Women's Metro vs. Country Competition will be held this weekend at Port City on Saturday 24th  - Sunday morning 25th August.

Port City's Barbara Barrett in included in the country side. This state event should be well worth watching - come out and cheer the country side to victory.

Click here for the details including players for both sides on the NSWWBA web site.

Jack36 Now Available

Jack36 from the Bowls NSW Development Team is now available - click here to view.

Port City Men's BC Weekly News Report

Port City Men's Bowling Club news report for the week ending Sunday 18th August.

 

Wednesday pm :-$15 R Thompson & I Binder  $10 D Lomas, W Francis & C Thornton  $7 G Haldane, I Handley & B Crutcher.

Shane Wins District Singles.

(L-R)  David Lomas, (Secretary LNCDBA), Peter Taylor (Runner Up) Shane Globits (Winner) Ken Errington (President LNCDBA)

The final of the Men's  LNC District, Champion of Club Champions Singles, was played at  Port City today with Shane Globits (North Haven) taking out the match 31 - 27 defeating Peter Taylor (Kempsey Heights).

Thanks to Charlie Buchanan, Port City, for this report. 

Eddie Takes Out Minor Singles Championship

Eddie Dasczyk (left) & Steve Matheson

The final of the Port City Men's Minor Singles was played this morning with Eddie Dasczyk taking out the title 31 - 25 over Steve Matheson.

Well done to both players for a well played game and reaching the finals.

Many thanks to Charlie Buchanan, Bowls Coordinator, for the report and photo.  

John Hrabak wins District Rookies Singles.

The LNC District Rookies Singles were played at Westport today with John Hrabak (Westport) a convincing winner over Shei Nohotima (Westport) 17 - 2

Click here for the detailed results

Many thanks to Bill Hubbuck, Westport, for this report.

District C of C Singles - Update

The semi finals of the LNC District Champion of Club Champions Singles were completed this morning at Port City. Results as follows:

Shane Globits (North Haven) def. Wayne Buckley (Westport) 31 - 26
Peter Taylor (Kempsey Heights) def. Tiger Kelly (Port Panthers) 31 - 19

The final between Globits and Taylor is starting anytime now - 12.30 pm. 

Thanks to Charlie Buchanan, Port City, for this news update

LNC District Rookies Singles

The LNC District Rookies Singles commenced today at Westport.

2 Sections were equal on Points and margin - Andrew Lynn (Bowls NSW) gave the ruling that the player who conceded the least shots would be the winner.
 

Click here for the results of today's play.

Thanks to Bill Hubbuck, Westport, for the scoring.

LNC District Singles Championship

The LNC District Champion of Club Champions Singles commenced today at Port City under slight rain and cold conditions.

Results as follows:

Round 1: 

Peter Taylor (Kempsey Heights) def. C. Bannon (Hat Head) 31 - 10

Tony Miller (Lake Cathie) def. N. McCudden (Kempsey RSL) 31 - 17

Quarter Finals: 

Shane Globits (North Haven) def. Dave Styles (Wauchope) 31 - 12 

Wayne Buckley (Westport) def. Barry Isaac (Kew) 31 - 25

"Tiger" Kelly (Port Panthers) def. Frank Smith (Port City) 31 - 24

Peter Taylor (Kempsey Heights) def. Tony Miller (Lake Cathie) 31 - 15

Semi Finals: Sunday morning. Globits vs Buckley & Kelly vs. Taylor 

Thanks to Charlie Buchanan, Port City, for this news release

Eveline's Photos from the Pennant Finals

Here are some additional photos thanks to Eveline Ramsay. These were taken earlier this week at the Women's State Pennant finals in the Port Stephens area.

Click here to view all in the photo album. 

Women's State Pennant Finals Update

Our star reporter Judy Scholz has forwarded the following report and photos from the State Pennant finals.

Port City WBC Weekly News 15th August

Vice-President Margaret Edwards stood in for President Barbara, who was away playing with the Grade 2 Pennant Team. From 12^th – 15^th August our Grade 1 and Grade 2 Pennant Players are at Port Stephens competing for the State Pennant Play-off.

Great Looking Umpire Gear!

Trev, Smitty & GC in the new shirts

Our new Bowls NSW umpire shirts have arrived to help identify the umpire on duty. Not to be outdone by the women's new umpire shirts these replace the canary yellow shirts and general comments are that this is a major improvement !

District Men's C of C Champions - Singles

The 2013 LNC District Champion of Club Champions Singles will be played this weekend at Port City starting on Saturday morning 17th August.

Click here for the draw.

With some of the best bowlers in our District competing it is well worth watching.

Women Pennant Players in Action

The Grade 1 pennant team from Port City got off to a great start at the finals in Nelson Bay with 2 wins on Monday.

Many thanks to Judy Scholz for these photos.

NSW Women's State Pennant Finals

 

The women's state pennant finals commenced today with the Port City Grades 1 & 2 both winning this morning with a resultant 4 points (out of a possible 5 points)

Click here for the results on the NSWWBA web site and thanks to Robyn Biddle for the scoring today.

Junior 7-A-Side Championship - Final Results

Click here for the details of the post sectional play and final standings for all teams. 

Thanks to Chris Green, Bowls NSW, for this report.

Port City Men's BC Weekly News Report

 Port City Men's Bowling Club news report for the week ending Sunday 11th August.

 

Wednesday pm :-$15 B Greenaway & P Gunn  $10  A Wellings, J Piola & N Bryce  $7 K Rovett, A Reeves & J Stone

Zone 14 Takes Out the 7-A-Side Junior State Championship

The 2013 NSW Junior Inter-Zone 7-A-Side Championship was decided today at Port City under ideal weather and excellent green conditions. 

Zone 14 retained the State Championship with a 2 game to 1 win over Zone 10 in the final.

 

Zone 14 team members:  Singles Corey Wedlock (Urunga), Pairs Shei Nohotima (Westport) & Cameron Styles (Westport), Fours Sam Armes (Bowerville)-Beau Powick (Kempsey Heights)-Josh Hicks (Park Beach)-Aaron Gittoes (Nambucca Heads) Reserves Callum Murray (Port City)-Manager Jock Fisher (Urunga) Junior Bowls Co-Ordinator Ken Bryson (North Haven).

Thanks to Charlie Buchanan, Port City Bowls Co-Ordinator, for this report and photo.

Junior Bowls at it's Best at Port City

The 2013 NSW Junior Inter-Zone 7-A-Side Championships commenced today at Port City under ideal weather conditions and free running greens.

Photos from today's play are available in the bowls photo album - click here to view.

See below for the results of the sectional play on Saturday. Thanks to Chris Green, Sports Development Officer, from Bowls NSW.

Upcoming Events in August

A great month for bowls with the following major events in August.

NSW Junior Inter-Zone 7-A-Side Tournament:  Sat. 10 - Sun. 11 August at Port City.  Come out and watch some exciting bowls with the juniors. Games are scheduled for Sat. am & pm and Sunday am. Details of the draw are expected to be available tomorrow, Friday.

Port City WBC Weekly News 8th August

The weather was perfect for Social Bowls and the Semi-Finals of the Major/Minor Pairs which were played today. Carol Bowman and Pat Morrison def Judy Scholz and Maureen Scholz, Gail Carmody and Denise Gudgeon def Robyn Biddle and Ingrid Code. Date of Final between Gail Carmody and Carol Bowman to be advised.

Port City WBC August Newsletter





WELCOME AND THANK YOU

We held our AGM on Monday 15^th July and we now have a few new members on the committee, 

A big thank you to the retiring committee members for all their hard work and a big welcome to all new committee members. As you can see above we now have a new Life Member – Shirley Devine and I am sure you will all agree she is a very deserving recipient.

Port City Men's BC Weekly News Report

Port City Men's Bowling Club news letter for the week ending Sunday 4th August.

Wednesday pm :-$15 B Stokes, J Burge & M Wallis;  $10  J Jax  & G Keft;  $7 D Erickson & F Rauch

Men's State Pennant Finals

Click here for results by grade for the sectional play on the Bowls NSW web site. Stuarts Point were the only Zone 14 side to progress to the semi finals to be played this afternoon. The finals will be played tomorrow, Monday morning.

Update: 5:00 pm - unfortunately Stuarts Point went down 66 - 59 to Grafton. 

Results for the semi finals and finals are available - click here to view. 

It's the NSW Men's Pennant Final Weekend

The NSW Men's State Pennant finals start today at various locations around the state.

Click here for the link to the Bowls NSW web site for details. You can follow the links shown on their page for details of the draw and scoring for all grades. 

As in past years I would assume the Association will do an excellent job of posted scoring progressively during the weekend.

Jack35 Now Available

Click here to view the latest edition of "Jack" dated 2nd Sept. from the NSW Development squad.

Port City WBC Weekly News 1st Aug 2013



Tuesday 30^th July we held our Handicap Triples Tournament, as well as a small field of Social Bowls. Social Bowls were won by Trish Wellings, Zelle Gaymans, Daphne Sumsky and Judy Brooks.