Annual General Meetings- Bowling Clubs

It's that time of year again when the Women and Men will be holding their Annual General Meetings in July.

Nominations are now open for all elected positions and I would encourage anyone interested to nominate now for their position of interest.

Your nomination for a position reflects your interest and even if others are standing for the same position, including incumbent officers, let the members decide through their votes, who they feel will best serve the members.

Women's Bowling Club:

AGM - Monday 28th July, 2008, 1:30 pm at the Club
Nominations close for office bearers with the Secretary no later than Sunday 13th July. Voting will conducted at the AGM on Monday the 28th July.

Men's Bowling Club:

AGM- Saturday 26th July, 2008, 9:30 am at the Club
Nominations for office bearers and selectors close on Saturday 12th July. Voting will take place between the hours of 12 noon to 1 pm and 4pm to 5:30 pm on Friday 18th, Sat. 19th, Sunday 20th, Wed. 23 & Thurs 24th July at the Club.

I would encourage all members to cast their vote and attend the AGM for their club.

We have a great club and your participation will ensure we continue to be a strong club in the future.

Men's Major Triples Final

Frank Smith

Allan Eames

Keith Hall

Bernie Biddle

The final of the Men's Major Triples was played this morning in ideal bowling conditions for a winter day. The sky was clear, no wind, the tempurature confortable and the greens were running well.

Frank Smith and his team of Keith Hall & Allan Eames (lead) took out the title 22 -19 in a game that was close all the way. This was the same triples team that took out the Club title in 2006.

Bernie Biddle(skip), Bob Bryson & Jim Burge keep the pressure on and were proven to be worthy finalists.

Well done to all players for the good spirit that was evident on the green and for reaching the final.

Additional photos, including the semi finals are available in the Bowls Photo Album - click here to view.

Men's Major Triples semi finals

Bernie Biddle

Kevin Slowey (left) and Frank Smith

Allan Eames on the mat

Allan White putting one down

The semi finals of the Men's Major Triples were played today under ideal conditions with free running greens.

Winners were: Bernie Biddle def. Allan White 23 - 22 in an extra end.

Frank Smith def. Kevin Slowey 30 - 22.

Additional photos are available in "Bowls Photo Albums" - click here to view

Tomorrow, Sunday the 29th June, the final will see Jim Burge, Bob Bryson & Bernie Biddle (skip) up against Allan Eames, Keith Hall & Frank Smith (skip). The format is 2 bowls triples over 25 ends.

Play will commence at 9:00 am and it promises to be a great final with ideal weather conditions continuing for Sunday.

Come out and enjoy an excellent morning of bowls at Port City.

Men's Triples Finals

Allan White (clockwise from top left), Bernie Biddle, Kevin Slowey & Frank Smith

The men's major triples finals will be played this week-end as follows:

Semi Finals - Saturday 28th June at 1:00 pm. Allan White vs. Bernie Biddle and Frank Smith vs. Kevin Slowey (skips names only)

Finals - Sunday 29th June at 9:00 am. Winners of semi finals to be played on Saturday.

Teams are as follows:

Doug Oliver, Graeme Light & Allan White (skip)

Jim Burge, Bob Bryson & Bernie Biddle (skip)

Allan Eames, Keith Hall & Frank Smith (skip)

Paul Sheridan, John Carn & Kevin Slowey (skip)

Good weather has been ordered for the week end - come out and enjoy some good bowls and support your favourite team for both the semi finals on Saturday and the finals on Sunday!

Monthly Bulletin June 2008 - Men's Bowling Club

Port City Men’s Bowling Club - Monthly Bulletin June 2008

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

Special Events June / July

- 2008 Club Championships continue
- July 7 Men’s 60 & over
- July 26 Men’s AGM
- Major Triples semi 28/6 , final sun 29/6

Club Championships:

- Major Singles winner David Gabb .
- Minor Singles winner Paul Brady .
- Major Pairs John O’Neill & Rod Hurrell .

District Championships 2008 :

Congratulations to John O’Neil and G Ball selected in the Alphapharm Senior Inter-Zone Sides Championships to be played at Maitland City July 22/24th .

Welcome

We welcome the following new bowling members.

Bruce Anderson , Wayne Bales , Kevin Hercus , David Lee , Colin Marr , David Moxen , Shane Muir , Anthony Nardella , Brian Orr , Stephen Robinson and Micheal Teale .

Friday Port Jackpot Pairs
The jackpot pairs are attracting good numbers week by week , with bowlers from other clubs attending on regular basis .

Pennant News
Our 2 “A” side was defeated in the play-offs at SWR by only 9 shots …disappointing , but a credit to the boys to get that far..well done !

Prestige Pairs
Prestige Pairs 2008 was won by Wayne Buckley and Trevor Gittoes ( Hathead)

Committee News

The Labour Day Mixed Pairs are back on due to the green renovations being posponed for a year .

Multi members are being accepted again following a re-think by your committee .

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.

Juniors triumph at Staff Charity Day

Winners (from left) Dillan MacKay, Hayden Rudd & Jai Whelan

The staff charity bowls day, held on Monday the 9th June, was an outstanding success thanks to the generosity of all those attending and the effort of the staff for organising the day. An amount of $2,500 was raised for charity - well done to all!

Pictured are the major prize winners for the day in the smart Coca Cola outfits. Well done guys.

Wizard Prestige Pairs - Final Day

Winning skip - Wayne Buckley

Kim Greentree on the mat

Keith Hall putting one down

Some loyal spectators in the bowler's lounge

The final game in the Wizard Prestige Pairs at Port City was played under clear sunny skies and free running greens considering the overnight rain on Thursday.

Winners were decided on the 5 game open draw with 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a loss then margins.

The first 5 place winners for the tournament were:

1st: Wayne Buckley & Trevor Giddards (Hat Head) - 10 points + 49 shot margin

2nd: Kim Greentree & Chris O'Neil (Tamworth) - 10 points + 40 shot margin

3rd: Keith Hall & Ian Binder (Port City) - 9 points + 23 shot margin

4th: Bruce Anderson & Bryce Stewart (Westport) - 8 points + 67 shot margin

5th: Shane Garvey & Andy Pasco (Engadene) - 8 points + 50 shot margin

Additional photos, thanks to Bernie Biddle, are available in the Bowls Photo albums - click here.

Full results for all teams are available - click here

Wizard Prestige Men's Pairs

Shane Garvey in action

Proudly sponsored by Wizard Home Loans

Graham Connell & Neville Schwartz on umpire duty

The 3 day Wizard Prestige Men's Pairs commenced today at Port City under light rain and cool conditions today. The weather held with periods of sunshine during the day to enable the initial games of the tournament to be completed.

Due to the number of entries the play for today, Thursday and Friday morning was revised to an open draw rather than sectional play.

Additional photos are available in the Bowls Photos Album - click here to view.

To view the draw, including the results for today's morning play, click here.

Monthly Newsletter, WBC - May

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

Many thanks to Robyn Biddle, Publicity, for providing this newsletter for posting to the Bowls News website.

In May we had the final of our Club Singles. Our congratulations go to Carol White on becoming our Club Singles Champion. We also congratulate Lynne Thompson on runner-up. It was a good game with some wonderful draw bowls being played, great to watch.

We also held our Four’s Carnival. What a successful three days. We could not have asked for better weather. One hundred and six teams participating. Monday thirty eight, Tuesday thirty eight and Wednesday thirty teams.

We thank Shirley Devine for all the work she did getting all the teams and the match and umpires for all their work. The dining room had a real carnival atmosphere; tables were decorated with balloons, which were made by Norma.

On Tuesday we had our Charity Day for the Oncology Unit at the Port Macquarie Base Hospital.
President Mary was able to send a cheque for $2000.00. What a great effort.

The overall winners for Monday:
Fay Schollum, Lois Bishell, Barbara Gunn & Lynne Thompson-Port City

Tuesday winners were: Coral Rice, Jan Ross, Irene Orr & Lois Wright-North Haven

Wednesday winners were: Margaret Coombes, Margaret Evans, Maureen Cutting
& Pat Light-Westport

The State Singles were played and congratulations go to Lynne Thompson def Pat Light in the final.

The Out Of the Hat Triples will be played 3rd June, 2008

Presidents Day will be 10th June, 2008

Congratulation to Barbara Barrett and Husband on their 50th Wedding Anniversary. Congratulations also to Barbara on her award she has received for her work at the Koala Hospital. Well done Barb.

To any of our members that are not in the best of health at present we wish you a speedy recovery and hope to see you back at the Club soon.

Now for a little fun…….

Father Murphy walked into a pub in Donegal, and says to the first man he meets, “ do you want to go to heaven?”

The man said “yes I do Father.”

The Priest said, “then stand over there against the wall”

Then the Priest asked the second man “do you want to go to heaven?”

“Certainly, Father,” “then stand against the wall” the Father said.

Then Father Murphy walked up to O’Toole and said “ do you want to go to heaven?”

O’Toole said “no I don’t Father.”

The Priest said “I don’t believe this. “You mean to tell me that when you die you don’t want to go to heaven.”

O’Toole said, “OH when I die, Yes. I thought you were getting a group together to go right now.”

Port City Men's Singles

David Gabb putting one down

Paul Brady in great form

Who has the shot?

Some of the spectators keeping warm inside

The Major and Minor Men's Singles were played today at Port City under cold and blustery conditions with David Gabb taking out the major singles title and Paul Brady the minor singles.

In the major singles Graeme Light led throughout most of the match but David wasn't far behind at any time. David levelled the score at 27 all then went on to take the title 31 - 28. Both players had some excellent bowls considering the gusty windy conditions.

The minor singles saw Paul Brady pull ahead early in the match and maintained the lead throughout to take out the trophy 31 - 17. Chris Thornton reduced the lead but Paul was just too far ahead to catch on the day.

Well done to all players for the entertaining matches and for reaching the finals. It was great to see both singles matches carded for same day and I'm sure we would have had a bigger spectator crowd if the weather had been fine. A good crowd was inside enjoying the match and keeping warm!

Additional photos are available including a few from a triples championship match played this morning - click here for the photo album.

Super Sunday - tomorrow

Clockwise, top left, David Gabb, Graeme Light, Paul Brady & Chris Thornton

The final of the Men's Major Singles and the Minor Singles will be played tomorrow morning (Sunday 15th June) commencing at 9:00 am at Port City.

The Major Singles will see David Gabb up against Graeme "Mr Smooth" Light and should be a great match with two worthy opponents.

In the Minor Singles Paul Brady defeated Paul Barry today in the semi-final 31 - 16 to take his place in the final against Chris Thornton. This should prove to be an excellent display of bowls for the title.

We look forward to seeing a large spectator crowd for these two prestigous events tomorrow that should provide some entertaining and competitive bowls.

Super Sunday - Men's Singles Finals

David Gabb

Graeme Light

Chris Thornton

Paul Barry & Paul Brady

Next Sunday the 15th June will see the both the Major and Minor Men's Singles Championships contested in the morning commencing at 9:30 am.

Finalists in the major singles will be David Gabb & Graeme Light and should provide an excellent display of bowls between two top bowlers.

The minor singles will see Chris Thornton up against the winner of the semi final match between Paul Brady & Paul Barry to be played on Saturday the 14th. The final promises to be another great match for the minor singles crown.

In the first minor singles semi finals today Chris Thornton held on to defeat Ross Towers in a match that was worthy of a final 31 - 16.

Come out next Sunday morning to support your favourite and enjoy some entertaining bowls in both the matches.

More news on the new white bowls

The following is a release from Bowls Australia regarding the new white bowls.

"The votes are in

Wednesday 4 June 2008

World Bowls’ recent decision to ratify the use of white bowls continues to divide the Australian playing public.

During a month long poll on the Bowls Australia website, almost 60 per cent of respondents said they would not use the new colour, while just over 40 per cent gave it the thumbs up after almost 500 votes were submitted.

In a changing of the guard, Taylor Bowls’ first shipment of the white variety will hit Australian shelves in the coming weeks, with managing director Grant Heron confirming that demand has been through the roof.

“We have been inundated with requests for them from all over the world, and white bowls are most definitely in our plans for the future,” Mr Heron said.

“However because of demands on our current colours our production is currently stretched to full capacity.

“We have to fulfil an already overflowing order book before we can contemplate introducing another new colour but we have been very impressed with the response, particularly from the Bowls Australia survey.”

With white bowls now a reality, the game’s governing body insists it would prefer competitors to use coloured rings when playing with them. "

Your scribe "Smitty" will buy a beer for the first one on Port City greens with the new bowls!

Any comments or an additional prize for the first with the white bowls?