News from Port City - MBC

The news report from the Port City Men's Bowling Club for the week ending Sunday 26th March, 2017 is now available.

View the report below with thanks to Colin Halls.

The home of the Port City Koalas

Dress code for social bowls is club uniform/creams or clean smart casual, with collared shirt and neat shorts/slacks. No tank tops or singlets

Bowls  Facebook page – have your say!

A Reminder that Port City greens and spectator areas are smoke free.

New Port City bowls cloths have arrived. They cost $5 each. See Phil to purchase one.

Club Championships.

The triples semi final the team of G. Keft – G. Brims and D. Barrett defeated M. Parry – R. Cheswyn and M. Rand 24 to 16 to advance to the final

Minor singles -  Steve Matheson is the new champion defeating the gallant Paul Webster 31 – 20 in the final

Major pairs, entries are open and close 17^th April

Round 4 of the pennants. (round 3 washed out, to be played Sunday April 9^th)

Results and standings.

Grade 1  V  NH  W  10-0 (74.39) 1^st

           2  V  Wau  W  9-1 ( 66-53) 1^st

           3  V KH  W  10-0 (72-47) 2^nd

           4  V Kew  L  0-10 (51-71) 2^nd

           5  V Com  W 8-2 (73-59) 1^st

           6  V LC   L  1-9 (43-54) 4^th

           7  V WP  W  9-1 (63-58) 1st

Note on Tuesday afternoons starting at 2.30 there will be pennant training drills with thanks to Geoff Mitchell and Mike Rand.

Bryce Stewart – Callum Murray – Jack Lewis have won the zone 14 Southern section triples and now progress to the zone final.

Following the recent trials held at Kempsey Heights the following Port City players have been selected in the 2017 Dooker – Eggert shield to play zone 14 bowls association at Taree Leagues on 2^nd April.

Jack Lewis will lead for Peter Taylor, plus the team of John Hrabak – Greg Keft – Phil Baker skip Greg Brims.

In the seniors ( over 60’s) for the millennium shield, Ian Binder will lead for Bruce Anderson and Ken Paulsen 2^nd for Bryce Stewart. In the challenge shield team for junior bowlers, John Page and Bohdi Parsons have been selected.

Congratulations to all those players.

There are now three TV monitors on the wall in the bowls area. All now are up and running, although the honour  boards are being thoroughly checked for errors etc. Well done and thanks to Paul Webster. The counters, display case etc should be installed in the next month.

Tuesday 4^th April 6pm Rotary Club challenge Wauchope V Port City

Friday April 7^th is the annual Mayor’s Bowls day.

The Easter carnival this year starts on Easter Saturday 15^th April with ladies triples, Sunday is mixed triple and Monday is men’s Pairs.

Veterans Day is Thursday April 20^th, bowls at 9.30 followed by lunch

There will be a handicap triples May 9^th to 11^th.

Travelling Bowlers next game in on Sunday 9^th April. Brekky at 8.30, bowls at 9.30. Cost $15.

The annual Marine rescue Day is on 4th June.

The PCMBC bowls calendar for March and April  is on the board. The full 2017 calendar is on our bowls web site under “Calendar 17”

Don’t forget the men’s meat raffle every Friday, tickets available from 5pm with the draw at 7pm.  Ask for our special deals when buying tickets. Meat trays are proudly supplied by Wiggly Tail Butchery.

Remember to check out “latest bowls news” blog for news and happenings at clubs around our district, thanks to Brian Smith. Also bowls tab on the Port City web site

Free coaching is available on Saturday and Sunday mornings ( bowls provided). Contact the bowls office for details

Social Bowls: Please note we would encourage social bowlers be back in the club by 4pm to allow for a timely presentation and raffles. No dead ends.  Thank you for your co operation.

Wednesday: Winners ($15)  P. Wholie – B. Bale – R. Andrews. Runners Up ($10) J. Rossiter – B. Apps. Lucky losers ($7) C. Buchanan – T. Schollum.

The $600 jackpot was missed by Bob Waterhouse.

Thursday: Winners ($15) T. Newell – B. Knight . Runners Up ($10) D. Wilson – B. Jux. Lucky losers I. Lennox – K. Tonkin.. J. Gaskill missed the $365 jackpot.

Friday: The rains came back

There are no Saturday afternoon social bowls during the pennant season.

Sunday: Today’s bowls were sponsored by The Stocklands Group who donated $500 in prize money today. Stockland own a number of retirement villages in Port Macquarie, including Parklands ( cnr Central road & Hindman St). A new bowling green has just been installed and invitation is extended to “roll up” on Tuesday 11^th April at 11am with a free sausage sizzle.

Another Sunday bowls will be sponsored by Stockland in the near future.  In partnership with Stockland we were also joined today by RDNS home care.

“money” winners were-

K. Hardy – B. Barrett –D. Amor.

E. Layton – J. Barry – R. Davies
L. Lennox – J. Robinson – I. Lennox
P. Willis – S. Willis – G. Clarke
T. Murray – L. Scholz – J. Scholz.

Lucky envelopes to : P. Ditchfield, S. Devine, F. Martin, B. Hodgson and J. O’Brien.

Sponsors. Thank you to our  sponsors, last week  Wiggly Tail Butchers. This week Greg Keft Electrical

Cheers,  Colin Halls