Port City WBC Weekly News



 

Vice President Margaret Edwards stood in for Barbara today as she was away playing District Fours. There were only a few rinks of Social Bowls played today as there were 8 rinks of District Fours being played. The final will be held on 16^th January at North Haven.

Next Tuesday, 21^st January will see the start of the District Triples and the final will be played on 23^rd at Wauchope

We were pleased to welcome Beryl Young, Gwen Turner, Irene Turner, Val Grambau, Shirley Chapman and Marianne Smith to our monthly non-bowling ladies morning tea.

Lucky Rink Winners were : - 1^st – Jan Drewsen, Lorraine Conroy , Lynne Robertson

Runners-Up - Gwen Hollis, Ella Wright, Wendy Elliot

Raffle Winners: - 1^st – Dorothy Dow (Visitor), 2^nd Irene Orr (North Haven)

100 Club Winners – 1^st Bonnie Weatherley, 2^nd Lois Muir, 3^rd Joan Turnbull, 4^th – Barbara Owens

Bowls Coaching will be held at 10.00 am this Friday

There will be Ladies Social Bowls on Saturday, but only until 11.30 am., because the men will be playing Pennant Trials.

There will be the usual Sunday afternoon Mixed Triples.

We will be holding our Australia Day Mixed Triples on Sunday 26^th January. Damper and Billy Tea will be served at 9.30 am. This will be followed at 10.00 am by a Mixed – Ladies or Men’s Triples game. Dress Code – Australian and prizes will be awarded for “Best Dressed”. Cost is $45/team. This will include lunch. Entry Forms now available and there will be prizes to the value of $700.

On Wednesday, 29^th January and Thursday 30^th January our club will be hosting a “State of Origin” Ashes Test Series between NSW and QLD. We hope that many would take the opportunity of seeing some of the best bowlers in Australia competing in this event. Aron Sherriff, Karen Murphy, Wayne Turley, Nathan Rice, Lynsey Clarke and our own Morgan Solman-Stewart will be playing, to name a few. On Wednesday 29^th Roll-Ups start at 5.15 pm and the game will commence at 5.30 pm. On Thursday there will be two games played over the day.

The first Gala Day for the year will be held on Tuesday 18^th February at Lake Cathie.

Pennants for 2014 will commence on 24^th February.

Our first Quarterly Meeting for the year will be held on Tuesday  25^th February, after bowls.

Entry Forms are now available for our Easter Carnival, which will be held from Friday 18^th April to Monday 21^st April, so it’s not too soon to put your teams together.

Names in or out, or ladies wishing to only play 9 ends, please ring the club on 6583 1153 before 8.00 am on Tuesdays.

Thanks to Barbara Owens for this report