News from Zone 14

Darren White (Lake Cathie) wins the Zone 14 Champion of Club Champions Singes and John Hrabrak & Greg Brims (Port City)  take out the Zone 14 Champion of Club Champions Pairs.

Click here for full details on the Zone 14 web site under "Breaking News" for full details.

Metro vs Country Draw

Women's Bowls NSW has announced the draw for the annual Metro vs. Country test. Well done to local player Jenny Roberts, Lake Cathie, for selection in the country side.

Click here for full details on the Women's Bowls web site.

Men's Pennant Finals 2015

Bowls NSW has announced the Host Clubs for the 2015 Bowls NSW State Pennant Finals. The finals are to be held on Saturday 1, Sunday 2 and Monday 3 August 2015.

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

News from Port City

News report for the Port City Men's BC for the week ending Sunday 28 September thanks to Colin Halls.

 

The home of the Port City Koalas

News from Kew

The weekly bowls report from the Kew Men's BC is now available thanks to the "driving lead" Brian Charters.

Click here for the report for the week ending Sunday 28th September.

Jack53 now Available

Michael Beaumont's introduction to Jack53:

"With the Swans Grand final upon us
MB has hopped on the scooter and is trundling down the highway
While he rides, you can read JACK53
BTW
If you see a fat man on a scooter riding to Melbourne give him a toot (and a wide birth)"

Click here to view.

Port City WBC Weekly News

The two day Coca Cola Triples Carnival was held this week and we had teams from Kew, Lake Cathie, Westport, Wauchope, Panthers, North Haven, Tuncurry/Forster Sports, Forster and as far away as Mermaid Beach Qld. What a good turnout and the weather was just about perfect.

News from Port Panthers Women's BC

Click here for the latest weekly news report dated Wednesday 24th September from the Port Panthers Women's Bowling Club.

Port City Coca Cola Carnival Day 2

Day Two Winners - Eleanore Russell, Denise Gudgeon and Margaret Walsh (Port City)

Second - Rhonda Evans, Jenny Wallis and Judy Scholz (Port City)

Third - Wendy Byers, Yvonne Howard and Di Fischer (Lake Cathie)

More comprehensive results, and raffle winners will be made in the weekly report.

News from Port City

News report for the Port City Men's BC for the week ending Sunday 21st September thanks to Colin Halls.

News from Kew

The weekly bowls report from the Kew Men's BC is now available thanks to Brian Charters.

Click here for the report for the week ending Sunday 21st September.

Coca Cola Triples Carnival

Day 1 - Winners Anne Wilson, Yvonne Howard and Judy Blackler (Lake Cathie)

Runners up - Carol Owen, Denise Penney and Colleen Purnell (Westport)

Third place - Jeanice Scheimer, Betty Hodgson and Shirley Devine (Port City)

This was the first day of a 2 day Carnival and we had teams from all over the district, Forster and even a team from Mermaid Beach, Queensland. 

News from Port Panthers

News report from the Port Panthers Men's BC for the week ending Sunday 21st September thanks to Terry Merchant - Click here to view.

Port City WBC Weekly News

 

Congratulations to Mary Bennett and Barbara Owens on winning the Minor Pairs and to Lyn Zahra and Pam Smith, runners-up.

Port City WBC Out Of Hat Fours

Winners are grinners

Angie Williams, Marion Miller, Gail Carmody, Shirley Devine

Runners up Margaret Walsh, Brenda Burge, Dawn Olsen, Lorraine Conroy

News from Port City

News from the Port City Men's BC for the week ending Sunday 14th September thanks to Colin Halls.

The home of the Port City Koalas

An eventful week at Port City

Port City WBC Minor Pairs Final

2014 Winners Minor Pairs Barbara Owens & Mary Bennett

The final of the Minor Pairs was played to-day between Mary Bennett and Barbara Owens V Lyn Zahra and Pam Smith. The weather was perfect with only a light breeze, and the game was very even all the way through, until the last couple of ends. Mary and Barbara got a couple of shots and came out the winners. Congratulations to all of you in getting through to the finals.

Men's Inter-Zone Update

Zone 14 has won the sectional play with a win in round 3 to advance to the semi finals tomorrow. They play Zone 1 (Far North Coast) contesting a spot in the finals. Well done!

Click here for the Bowls NSW web site for results.

Update Sunday 14th September - Unfortunately our Zone 14 team was defeated by Zone 1 in the semi finals 83 - 74.

Men's Inter-Zone Championships

The Bowls NSW Men's Inter-Zone Championships are underway at Dubbo from Friday 12th - Sunday 14th September. Our Zone 14 includes local players Col Baldwin, Scott Franklin, Peter Taylor, Ken Paulsen, Greg Brims, Peter Stockham and Chris Balaam.

Click here for the Bowls NSW web page with details of the draw and players. Follow the links for results.

Up-date 12 Sept. Zone 14 def. Zone 8 in the first round 98 - 64 well done!

Jack52 now Available

 Michael's introduction to issue 52 of his Jack publication from Bowls NSW:

"This is JACK 52

52 is a cool number
Obviously weeks in a year
But what about white keys on a piano
Cards in a deck
And who could not know it is the international dialling code for Mexico"

Always interesting - click here to view.

Junior Test - Dale's Photo Album

Dale Smith, NSWCHS Manager, has done his usual excellent job of taking photos of all the teams and individual shots of the players.

Click here, or on the "photo album" link on the right, to view. Many thanks Dale!

A note from Gavin Holburn indicated the CHS team retained the Neville Schwartz trophy for 2014.

Junior Test Series - Day 2

 Play continued today at Port City in the Junior test series. 

 

Click here for the results to date thanks to Gavin Holburn, (Event Organiser and NSWCHS Convener). Additional photos are available from your "happy snapper" are available - click here to view.

 

The complete set of Dale Smith's photos covering all players will be posted later.

 



Port City WBC Weekly News

What a relief on Tuesday to wake up to a lovely day for our Handicap Triples.

The morning game was played in good conditions, but then in the afternoon the bowls seemed to have a mind of their own. It was pretty tricky.

Port City WBC Handicap Triples 9th September 2014

Port City Handicap Triples were played to-day and the overall winners for the day were Shirley Devine, Gale Carmody and Jo Jenkins. Runners up Jenny Wallis, Frances Green and Barbara Standen. Congratulations to the winners and to everyone who competed  in the very windy conditions.

Junior Exchange Event.

Play commenced today at Port City with the juniors in action from the NSW Combined High Schools, Bowls NSW, NSWWBA & Southern All Stars. Play continues tomorrow, Wednesday, and concludes on Thursday noon with the presentations.

Click here for the program with details of the sides, conditions of play and the program for all days.

Additional photos and results will be posted later as available.

News from Port City

Port City Men's BC news report for the week ending Sunday 7th September thanks to Colin Halls.

Action at the US Open

It's not the tennis but more importantly there is a Lawn Bowls US Open! I thought you may be interested in their web site to view the photos, conditions of play and the results - there are some Aussies entered as well.

Click here for the US Open web site.

News from Port Panthers

News report from the Port Panthers Men's BC for the week ending Sunday 7th September. Click here for the report thanks to Terry Merchant.

LNC Pairs Championships

The quarter finals of the LNC Champion of Club Champions Pairs were played at Port Panthers today. The semi finals, scheduled for Saturday 20th Sept. will see G. Powick(Kempsey Heights) vs. E. Sharman (Wauchope) and G. Brims (Port City) vs. K. Wholohan (Kew).

 

Click here for full details of scoring thanks to Kevin Williams.

Here Come the Juniors

The annual NSW State Juniors vs CHS squad test series will be held at Port City from Tuesday 9th - Thursday 11 September. The State squad will be looking to win the Neville Schwartz trophy now held be the CHS side.

Come out and enjoy the fun - their enthusiasm is infectious!

Port City WBC Weekly News

We held our Daffodil Day on Tuesday 2^nd September and welcomed District President Diana Upcroft and Panthers President Robyn Crosariol. There were 66 players including visitors from Westport, Wauchope and Panthers Bowling Clubs. Club Limited donated the Green Fees of $490.00, and we had a Trading Table, Raffles and a Spider and the overall proceeds of over $1400 were donated to The Cancer Council.

Jack51 now Available

The following is the introduction to Jack51 from Michael Beaumont at Bowls NSW:

"We are all fighting our own little battles. Enclosed in JACK51 are some of mine. Thanks for sticking with it. I look forward to hearing from you. Remember, if I can help you fight yours, let me know."

Click here to view the latest edition of Jack.

Port City WBC September Newsletter

Congratulations to Lyn Zahra and Judy Brady on being our Major/Minor Pairs winners for this year, and also to Shirley Devine and Brenda Burge for runners-up.

News from Port City

Port City Men's BC news report for the week ending Sunday 31st August thanks to Colin Halls.