News from Port City

The news report from the Port City Men's BC for the week ending Sunday 1st February is now available thanks to Colin Halls.

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Dress code for social bowls is club uniform/creams or smart casual, with collared shirt, neat shorts/slacks

What a great day the ashes test was !!. A narrow victory to the Aussies, some friendly sledging and what about MC Leigh rendition of Waltzing Matilda- eat your heart out John Williamson.

The annual Four Club Round Robin for grades 1 and 3 will be held this Saturday 7^th February at Kempsey Heights with roll up at 8.45am. Team sheet is on the board.

The second pennant trial is set down for Tuesday 10^th February, with Grades 5-7 at 2.30-5 pm followed by a BBQ and grades 1-4 from 6-8 pm. The team lists are on the board so please tick your names to assist the selectors.

As the Australia Day festivities were washed out, we will be holding a black Friday 13^th February twilight mixed triples starting at 5pm. All the prizes and give aways from Australia Day will be given out. Everyone will win a prize.

Port City will be hosting LNC representative trials on the 14^th February at 9 am for 9.30 start. There are a number of Port City bowlers engaged so please check the sheets on the board and tick your names.

Barefoot Bowls Corporate Challenge season 11 will start on February 26^th and will run for 6 weeks. This year it will be run under Bowls NSW Jack Attack format. Full details will be available shortly

The club championship triples begin this week, and entries for the fours close on Saturday 7^th February at 5pm.

Don’t forget to check out “latest bowls news” blog for news and happenings at clubs around our district. Also bowls tab on the Port City web site

Free coaching is available on Sunday mornings ( bowls provided). Just turn up at 10 am.

Social Bowls:-

Wednesday:-  Continued wet weather caused cancellation of bowls

Thursday:- Winners:- T. Cornforth-P. Gilligan.  Consolation: A. Eames-K. Ashdown.  After missing the jackpot last week, Brian Stokes together with Brian Richardson took out the $600 jackpot.

Friday:- Winners:  T. Newell-K. Lipscombe.  Consolation P. Smith-C. Buchanan.  Geoff Ball missed by 1 number  to take out the jackpot.

Sunday :- 72 bowlers today.Lucky envelopes; T. Millward, Z. Akermans, M. Edwards, T. Field,F. Green, Norma Schartz, J. Milne, M. O’Brien, T. Hayes, D. Holihan, P. Light’

Raffle; J. Russell, E. Eames, R. McCrow. Next week the jackpot will be $120.

Sponsors. A big thank you to our sponsors this week: The Beachcomber Resort , last week- Tony Meath Air Conditioning

Cheers, Colin Halls