Monthly Bulletin May 2008 - Men's Bowling Club

Port City Men’s Bowling Club

Many thanks to Rob Jennings, Secretary of the MBC for the May Monthly Bulletin.

Special Events – May / June

• 2008 Club Championships continue
• Port City Staff Charity Day Mon June 9th
• Prestige Pairs 18/19/20th June


Club Championships:

Both Minor and Major singles are into the home turn, semi’s being played at the moment .
Entries open for Club Triples .

District Championships 2008 :

Congratulations to John O’Neil and Tony Owens , runners-up in the District Senior Pairs.

New Members:

Kade Fens , Ron White , Darren Swatton , Robert Miller , Peter Schroder , Christoffel Grayling , Brett Grayling , Geoffrey Wheeler , Leslie Cox , Matthew Hannah , Bryant Rae , Mark Hookham , Peter Clarke , Wayne Alaban , Reginald Marks , Alan Pascoe , Anthony Farmer .

Friday Port Jackpot Pairs

The jackpot pairs are away to a very successful start , with an average of 17 rinks for the first 3 weeks

Pennant News

Our 2 “A” side got up in the last game over Westport to win the district flag and will play for the zone flag on 25/05/08 . Congratulations guys , from all of Port City bowlers

Prestige Pairs

Entries for 2008 will close on 7/06/08 , and David informs me that there is still room for 10 teams .

Prawn and Chicken Night

Another very successful night was held for pennant players and some of the awards given out by our Bowls Co-ordinator David were :
Best Performed grade – 2 A ** Best Performed Rink- I Binder, J Hall, R Hurrell, J O’Neill ** Best Clubman- Jim Burge ** Club at Heart- Bob Briggs ** Encouragement Award- Rob Roberts / Rob Bradbury ** Sponge Award- T Kelly , Runner-up R Ireland ** Comedian Award- W Francis ** Most Confident Player (In the head) Teddy Langdon ** Best New Talent- John Sharp ** Best Old Talent- John O’Neill ** Best Attitude Award- Graham Light ** What The xxxx Do We Do Now award- Burnie Biddle & Dave Bishell .

Our Number One Supporters

The Committee has decided to award a recognition to Nerida & Ted Warby for their continued support of Port City bowlers. These wonderful people are at every game they can get to, and the club is aware and appreciative for their interest .

Committee News

Wizard Home Loans donated 6 passes to the state of origen game last week and these were raffled prior to the game .
After bowls raffles are going well , and the committee thanks all bowlers for their support.
The Port Macquarie City Bowling Club is coming up for its 70th birthday soon . Club Ltd Pres. Bob indicated that the installation of synthetic greens had been deferred for a year .

Advanced Coaching is available for members and is conducted Friday mornings . Please see David Gabb .

Please check on your locker numbers , the front office is conducting a check to make sure names and locker numbers match , the sheet is in the bowls office (see Burnie).

Umpire’s News :
Port City is still in need of umpires, so if you are interested please see Denny McAuliffe as there is a course starting in July .