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 .

Zone 14 Pennant Finals

Bernie Biddle - Port City

Col Pritchard - Park Beach

The Zone 14 Pennant finals were played today at South West Rocks and Urunga. The above photos are from South West Rocks and the games were played under ideal conditions with an excellent turnout of spectators.

The Port City Grade 2 team kept Park Beach honest but ending up going down 60 - 51. Park Beach maintained their lead during most of the game but Port City never let them break away early to a winning margin. Well done to both sides for an excellent display of competitive bowls.

In the prestigous Grade 1 we saw two regular rivals, Westport and Park Beach, in a see-saw battle with Westport taking out this grade 61 - 60. During the match one side would start to build up a lead and appear to be breaking away only to see the other side come back and reverse the lead.

Total results for all grades were as follows:

Grade 1: Westport def. Park Beach 61 - 60

Grade 2: Park Beach def. Port City 60 - 51

Grade 3: Wauchope def. Scotts Head 68 - 53

Grade 4: Urunga def. Kempsey Heights 69 - 47

Grade 5: Coffs Ex Services def. Wauchope 72 - 46

Grade 6: South West Rocks def Coffs Ex Services 63 - 49

Grade 7: West Coffs def. Kempsey RSL 61 - 60

Additional photos from South West Rocks are included in the Bowls Photo Albums - click here to view.

New 'skorts' for lady bowlers

Kelsey Cottrell models new skort

The following is a release from Bowls Australia regarding the women's dress standards that I thought you may find of interest

I noted a release on the club's notice board regarding dress standards for the men's Zone pennant finals that indicated that shorts may be worn at the zone finals but not at the state finals later in the year.! Perhaps they have seen me in shorts and do not feel it is appropriate!

Bowls Australia release:

"Keegan 'skorts' her way to victory

Thursday 22 May 2008

World Championship gold medalist Julie Keegan has claimed yet another major title, despite ruffling a few feathers along the way.

Earlier this week, the Australian star joined forces with national teammates Kelsey Cottrell and Lynsey Armitage, as well as Helensvale ace Brenda Thompson to claim the Queensland state fours’ title, but has since been the focus of a storm in a teacup.

While partnering Armitage in the pairs’ competition, Keegan, who is an established member of the Australian squad, was confronted by officials regarding the attire she was wearing while on the green.

Despite meeting national regulations which have been adopted by Bowls Queensland, the 2006 Australian Open winner was told her skort was too revealing and that she should change in to something that was more appropriate.

The skort in question, which was modeled by Keegan and Cottrell during February’s Australian Open, is a sanctioned garment under Bowls Australia’s national dress regulations and features prominently in its Women In Sport range.

Upon hearing the news, Bowls Queensland swiftly dealt with the matter, giving Keegan the green light to continue wearing the skort, which has been raising eyebrows since it was first introduced.

“They basically told me that it was too revealing and that I should get changed, despite the fact it has a Bowls Australia logo on it and it is approved (by Bowls Australia and Bowls Queensland),” Keegan said.

Bowls Australia’s Women In Sport program, which is now in its second year, was developed more than 18 months ago in an attempt to arrest the declining participation rates amongst females in the game.

“In essence, the Women In Sport range was established to curb one of the biggest factors preventing females from taking up bowls and that was the strict dress regulations,” Bowls Australia chief executive officer Neil Dalrymple said.

“From the workshops we have conducted, not to mention the feedback we have received, the evidence strongly suggests that females are unlikely to take up the game due to this point.

“As a result, the Women In Sport range was developed to create more fashionable and appealing attire to be worn during games.

”Despite the hiccup, Keegan and Armitage have advanced into tomorrow’s (22/5) quarter-finals of the pairs’ competition where they will meet Lyn Cuthbertson and Carmen Anderson."

Monday 26th May:

Additional comments on the "skorts" are available on the Courier Mail site:
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23742784-952,00.html

Zone 14 Junior Finals

Many thanks to Neville Schwartz, District Junior Bowls Co-ordinator, for the following report on the Zone 14 junior finals recently played.

Singles: Daniel Gillmore (Nambucca Heads) def Jake Jeffrey (Stuarts Point) 25 - 11

Pairs: Jake Jeffrey & Andy King (Stuarts Point) def. Konita Monks & Joshua MacMaster (Park Beach) 21 - 20 in a very closely contested match.

Fours: Shani Ryan (Port Panthers), Rebekah Ramsay (Port City), Jake Jeffrey (Stuarts Point) & Andy King (Stuarts Point) def. Joshua Hicks, Cameron Wills, Brendan Hicks & Ben Watson (West Coffs) 21 - 13

The winners now proceed to the State Junior finals to be held at Warilla on the 13 - 19 July. All the best to our Zone 14 representatives.

Monthly Newsletter, WBC - April

Port Macquarie City Women's Bowling Club - Newsletter April 2008

Many thanks to Robyn Biddle, Publicity, for providing this newsletter for posting.

The newsletter is a little late this month as I was in Coffs Harbour at the group Pennant play off’s and was holding it back so I could give the results.

Congratulations must go to our No: 3 Pennant Team on their results at Coffs Harbour last week. The way in which the girls presented themselves both in playing and sportsmanship was excellent. They bowled really well and were unlucky to be playing a very strong team from Park Beach.

On Monday in the am they played Lismore City and went down by three shots The pm game they won def Grafton 44-30. Tuesday am they won def Forster 57-27.Pm they won def Pottsville 42-37. Wednesday am they def South West Rocks 51-26.
In the pm they lost to Park Beach 28-48. Park Beach will now go through to the State, they did not lose a game.

We had a bye on Thursday morning so we walked to the mall. While there we were stopped by shoppers and asked what sport we were playing as they thought our uniforms were great. We would like to thank Graham Connell for driving us up to Coffs and then coming back to bring us home. We showed our appreciation with a bottle of scotch.

Our Club singles is in progress and the match committee is working hard to catch up with all the washed out games. The final will be played on Thursday.

Our Veterans enjoyed their day at Lake Cathie. Although rained and there was no bowls, the ladies all played trivia and enjoyed a lovely lunch.

Saturday Social Bowls will now be in the morning as the result of the voting in April.

Our AGM is on the 28th July, and we are hoping for lots of nominations for the committee. Some of our members are not aware of the different duties that go with the positions, so this is just a short list.

President: Her job is to run the Club. Attend District & Mixed Meetings. She is the chairperson of all meetings. She has all the power and privileges due. The president shall ex-officio a member of all committees.

Vice Presidents: Will represent our President at any time the president is away. They will attend meetings on her behalf.

Secretary: Keeps accurate minutes of all meetings of the Club. She shall notify members of the notice board for matters necessary and is responsible for new members with their clearances from other Clubs. No doubt the Secretary has a big job.

Treasurer: Is as it sounds. She is in charge of the finances, banking and keeping a full account of the money and give reports at quarterly meetings

Selection: They do the cards for our social days and special days. They are responsible for the selection of the pennant teams.

Match: They arrange Club championships, carnivals, attend to pennant cards and supervise the draw for rinks.

Social: To arrange the lunches for any Club function

Committee: The committee ladies are in charge of the duties such as dinning room.
(setting and clearing of the tables on our special days and getting helpers.) Raffles buying and selling them.

Welfare: Keeping in touch with members that are ill and visiting them at home or in hospital. There are duties such as carnivals, meals on wheels and lockers.

Shirts & jackets, assistant to the secretary and assistant to the treasurer.

Publicity: Placing our news in the local paper each week, news to the radio station each week, taking our Club photos and doing our newsletter each month.

Without the committee people, your Club would not be able to function and as we have a lot of very capable members we would like to see you all think hard about nominating for a position.

Notes:
We wish Irene Treeweeks a speedy recovery after her hip replacement. Barbara Barrett is not in the best of health and we wish her well.
We say goodbye to Patricia Abe who is going to live in the North West and we wish her all the very best.
Congratulations to Pamela Ditchfield who tells me she has been made a Life Member of City Tattersal’s and was presented with a lovely medal.

Now for a little fun…….
A hungry lion was scouring the jungle looking for food, when he came to a small hut in a clearing, where he saw two men, one sitting on a rock reading a book, and the other sitting at a small table writing a letter. Without a moments hesitation the lion pounced on the man reading a book, ate him……….because even lions know that readers digest and writers cramp…………

LNC District Sectional Playoffs

The post sectional playoff for grades 6 & 7 in the LNCDBA were played today at Port Panthers in Port Macquarie under threatening skies later in the morning and the excellent greens at the Panthers.

It was great to see the spectator crowd out supporting their team as well as those there to enjoy the high standard of bowls and competition on the day.

Final scores for today, thanks to Stew Howell at District are as follows:

Grade 6: South West Rocks def. Comboyne 69 - 54

Grade 7: Kempsey def. Kew 57 - 54

All the best to winners in the Zone 14 finals next week-end.

Additional photos are available in the bowls photo albums, click here to view.

District Section Finals & Zone Finals

The LNC District Pennant Sectional finals will be held at Port Panthers on Saturday 17th May starting at 9:30 am. Grades 6 & 7 will be decided between the following teams:

Grade 6: Comboyne vs South West Rocks

Grad 7: Kew vs Kempsey

The MNC has one section final to play in Grade 6 between Coffs Ex Services and Dorrigo. (sorry but I don't have any details of the venue and timing)

Zone 14 Pennant Finals:

Many thanks to Chippy (Parky) for the details on the MNC District winners (see comments on the previous post).

Zone 14 Pennant finals will be played at South West Rocks, and Urunga (revised venue), on Sunday the 25th May commencing at 9:30 am.

South West Rocks:

Grade 1: Westport vs Park Beach
Grade 2: Port City vs Park Beach
Grade 3: Wauchope vs Scotts Head
Grade 4: Kempsey Heights vs Urunga

Urunga:

Grade 5: Wauchope vs Woolgoolga
Grade 6: Winner Comboyne / South West Rocks vs Winner Coffs Ex Services / Dorrigo
Grade 7: Winner Kew / Kempsey vs West Coffs.

Come out and support your team or District in the finals - It is always a great day for good bowls and some excitement in the close games.

Thanks again Chippy

Final Pennant Results LNC after Round 10

Sectional play has now been completed and the District flag winners are now decided for grades 1 - 5 subject to any appeals and adjustments by the District. Congratulations to all winners of sectional play as follows:

Grade 1: An outstanding result for Westport with only 1 loss and a resultant 49.5 points from a possible 60 for the season.

Grade 2: Port City/a may have caused the upset on the year with a 6 - 0 win over Westport to take this grade by 1/2 point over Westport. Port Panthers were also in the running but couldn't force a play-off with their 5 - 1 win over Smithtown.

Grade 3: Although results are not posted for round 10 Wauchope had an unbeatable lead after round 9 with 42 points.

Grade 4: Kempsey Heights come home with a win on the final round to finish with a 52.5 total for the year. Well done it's the best total score recorded the District!

Grade 5: Wauchope went into the final round with an unbeatable score of 43.5 and have taken out this grade. Final results may even increase their lead.

Grade 6 / 1: Results for Comboyne were not available but their 35.5 progressive score gives them the section.

Grade 6 / 2: South West Rocks have taken out this section and now go into the post sectional playoff against Comboyne.

Grade 7 / 1: Kew came home with a strong 41.5 points for the year and have taken out this section.

Grade 7 / 2: Kempsey are the clear winners with 44 points and will now play Kew for the grade 7 District flag.

The District has advised that post sectional play in Grades 6 & 7 will be held at Port Panthers BC on Saturday 17th May in the morning.

The District program indicates that the Zone Pennant finals will be held on Sunday 25th May as follows:

Grades 1,2,3 & 4 at South West Rocks
Grades 5,6, & 7 at Nambucca Heads.

All the best to the Lower Coast teams against our northern district from MNC.

I would ask if any readers of the web site from the MNC could advise, via the comments, of the winners from their District.

Pennant Results - Round 10 - May 10 2008

Round 10 Pennant at Port City

John Hall - Port City on the mat

David Brims, Lake Cathie, putting one down

Gordon Campbell, Kew, and Len Grambau, Port City, keeping an eye on the head

Ron Fiore, Lake Cathie, and Gordon Maxwell, Port City, Side Managers for No. 1 Pennant

Under ideal conditions the final round of sectional play in the LNCDBA was played today.Results of play at Port City were as follows:

Grade 1: Lake Cathie def. Port City 4 - 2

Grade 4: Port City 4b def Port City 4a 5 1/2 - 1/2

Grade 7: Port City def Kew 3 1/2 - 2 1/2

Details of the District results will be shown on a separate post as they are available.

To view additional photos of today's play click here for the Bowls Photos album

Sunday Morning at Port City

Bill Grant "The giant killer"

Trevor "The Poser" Scholz is back on the green

Paul Brady with "delicate" touch

Some youthful enthusiasm from one of the juniors

Great form on the mat

Under ideal Autumn conditions the greens at Port City were a hive of activity this morning with Championship matches in the District Junior ranks as well as both Major and Minor Men's Club matches.

The junior matches played today are at the District level and results will be posted as they are available from Neville Schwartz, Distict Co-Ordinator, for the juniors.

Sorry but I don't have detailed results except to advise that Billy Grant played the "match of the day" and defeated John O'Neill 31 - 22 in the major singles.

For additional photos click here for the Bowls Photo Album

Round 9 Pennant at Port City

Tony Owens - Port City

Paul Sheridan on the mat

Port Panthers spectators

Serious thoughts from Bernie

Results of the round 9 pennant played at Port City are as follows:

Port City 2a lost to Port Panthers 1 - 5
Port City 2b lost to Westport 0 - 6
Port City 4b lost to Kempsey 0 - 6
Port City 6 won over North Haven 6 - 0

For additional photos click here for Bowls Photo Albums. District pennant results are availbable on a separate post.