On Sunday 9 players from MCC were playing in the Yarra Region semi-finals of the men’s and women’s pairs.
In the Men’s semi-finals Tim O’Meara and Mark Foster MCC were defeated 13-16 by James Thompson and Steve Garcia MCC.

While In the other men’s semi-final Mike Haigh and Brendan Gallagher MCC won their game with a 2 shot margin. The all MCC final went to James and Steve with a 15-12 shot win against Mike and Brendan. Fantastic games by all players.

In the Women’s semi-final Trish Cullinane and Tris Doolan MCC had a 16-10 win against Denise Huender MCC and Jody Neville Bundoora. The Women’s final was a close game with Trish and Tris being narrowly defeated in an enthralling game by 15-17.

Great to have so many MCC players in the Yarra Region finals and to have so many supporters there to cheer them along.

Congratulations to our  men’s team, Simon Naughton, Scott Mejean, Mike Haigh and Brendan Gallagher who were runners up to Bundoora in the Yarra Region finals The teams went into the final end tied, and despite some amazing bowls went down by one shot.
The ladies final was made up of a composite team skipped by Tris Doolan MCC, including Trish Cullinane MCC , Jody Neville, Bundoora and Sammy Atkinson Richmond. Again a very close game our players having only a one shot lead going into the final end. Tris played the shot of the day to take her team to a 2 shot win. Congratulations to all players.

What amazing results from the Victorian Sides at the Nationals this year. MCC had five players participate for Victoria at the prestigious Australian Senior and Open Sides Championships.

The Senior side were under pressure from the start to repeat their winning form from the previous year. With very tight matches the women’s team including Alison Hall and Denise Huender were awarded the Gold Medal, whilst the men’s team including Michael Wilson had a very close finish to win the Silver. Both women’s and men’s Teams combined to bring back the overall Australian Championship trophy.

Congratulations to the Victorian women’s side winning the Gold medal in the Australian side championship of which our Tris Doolan participated in and Brendan Gallagher also being in the Men’s team. Fantastic effort by all.

We are pleased to announce two exciting tournaments in 2024. 

The MCC Division 3 & Below Triples Sunday 17^th March 2024 

and

The MCC Triples Classic Saturday 27^th and Sunday 28^th April 2024

MCC Triples Classic 1.1
 MCC Triples Div 3

5 players from MCC Bowls section have been selected to represent Victoria this Year. ( This is the highest number of players from 1 club representing Victoria) Brendan Gallagher and Tris Doolan in the Open Men’s and Women’s teams, and Alison Hall, Denise Huender and Michael Wilson in the O60 Men’s and Women’s teams.
The open squad have just returned from a test match against WA in WA. The Vic Men’s team had a resounding success whilst the women’s  team went down to a very strong WA team.
In October both the Open and O 60’s teams head to WA to represent Victoria at the Australian Sides Championships which is part of the Nationals. The O60 men and women are hoping to repeat their form of the previous year when they  took out the Gold Medal in both the Men’s and Women’s events.
O60 play 8-11 Oct
Open  play 13-16 Oct

From left to right Denise Huender, Michael Wilson, Brendan Gallagher and Alison Hall

Tris Doolan and Brendan Gallagher

A small contingent of MCC bowlers recently joined MCC cricketers and golfers, MCC President, Fred Oldfield and CEO Stuart Fox in a multi-sport tour to Bangkok. The tour was hosted by the Royal Bangkok Sports Club (RBSC). The sporting and club facilities located at RBSC’s two central Bangkok locations ranged through from a racecourse and golf course through tennis, polo, squash, swimming pools and a very spongy lawn bowling rink.

Our party enjoyed four days of competition and generous hospitality, participating in two matches against RBSC bowlers, an official bowls dinner hosted by the club and a race day at the racecourse.

John Wallace

We’ve just received footage and snippets back from the Hans Ebeling Award Morning Tea held in the Members’ Dining Room on April 27.

Please find attached the full video and small snippets from Shelley White, Manny Galanos and Chiro Mukerjea for your reference.

Footage Link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BqXgi3Zt9m08NDMkEy8bT94MMcy4NU6f?usp=sharing