May 11
The MCC Bowls Biggest Morning Tea is on again, on Thursday 23 May, at the Section’s Glen Street venue, to support the Cancer Council.
Special guest this year will be Major Bruce Davies MBE (retired), author of Vietnam: The Complete Story of the Australian War.
The morning will also incorporate a game of bowls.
For further details, please click here.
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May 02
The 2013 Annual General Meeting was held at the Glen Street facility yesterday evening.
The meeting was opened by Chairman Ian Cave, who presented his report and explained that he would be standing down from the position. The presentation of the financial reports by Treasurer Chris Windley followed.
Having been elected unopposed, the Chairmanship then passed to Manny Galanos, who briefly outlined his vision for the coming 12 months.
Following the conduct of elections for some positions, the following people have been appointed as office bearers for 2013/14.
| Chairman | Manny Galanos |
| Secretary | Ian Smith |
| Treasurer | Chris Windley |
| Auditor | Brian Brandon |
| Committee | Peter Berman |
| Paul Daniel | |
| Rae Graham | |
| John Kaloger | |
| Andrew Marshall | |
| Saturday Selection | Mark Foster |
| Ian McKay | |
| Tony Quigley | |
| Ian Storey | |
| Graham Winther | |
| Tuesday Selection | Geoff Rose |
| Karen Thomson | |
| Graham Winther | |
| Tuesday Night Selection | TBC |
| Wednesday Night Selection | Geoff Harding |
| Winter | TBC |
Apr 28
Congratulations to Clive Morris, Jeff Smart and Jeff Saunders, who recently won the 2013 Battle of the Arms played at Frankston.
Our members triumphed over the 47 other teams competing, winning on count back, having won three games with a shot difference of +31.
Naturally, a provision of entry was that a bowling arm had to be used.
This is the fifth year that the tournament has been held.
Apr 09
Members are advised of the sad passing of past member PETER WAIN (pictured with current member John Sykes).
Peter was a Bowls Section member for many years and played 372 pennant games for MCC.
Requiem Mass for the repose of the soul of Mr PETER KIERNAN WAIN will be offered at St Johns Church, 20 Coral St, Frankston East on FRIDAY (April 12, 2013) at 10.30 am.
The Funeral will leave at the conclusion of Mass for Burial at Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Princes Hwy, Springvale.
Rosary will be recited in the above Church on THURSDAY (April 11) at 7.00 pm.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the St Vincent de Paul Society. Envelopes will be available at the Church.
Apr 02
Nominations have closed for all Section office bearer positions.
The final list of nominations can be found by clicking here.
There has been one nomination for Chairman, Manny Galanos, which requires endorsement by the MCC prior to appearing on the official list of nominations.
Mar 17
Members are advised that from 1 April 2013 the Swinburne Avenue clubhouse will be effectively closed.
This is a result of MCC (not the Bowls Section) closing its new acquisition in Barkers Road for renovations. As a result, organisations that use the Barkers Road facility have had to find other venues.
The committee has agreed to Swinburne Avenue being used by the Melbourne Bridge Club and, in order for the Bridge Club to play on all its usual days, the Swinburne Avenue clubhouse has effectively been transferred for its use.
There may be occasions when the Bowls Section uses all or part of Swinburne Avenue, but in order to facilitate the bridge club, all MCC Bowls Section activities will be at Glen Street unless specifically advised otherwise.
It is anticipated that the works will be finished prior to the beginning of next bowls season. We thank the members for their anticipated understanding and support of this action.
Mar 14
Congratulations to both MCC Wednesday Night Pennant sides who won the Division 1 and 2 Grand Finals at Toorak Bowling Club last night. That makes it a clean sweep for MCC in both divisions of this competition since it commenced last season.
MCC1 defeated a strong Richmond Union side. After the opening 20 ends we held a slender lead of 3 shots overall. However, we ramped up the pressure in the second half to come home convincing winners by 12 shots. Well done to the side consisting of Randal Dimery, Dan Mars, Geoff Harding, Ron Butterworth, Daniel Dimery and Ian Smith
After finishing 3rd on the ladder, for the second year running MCC 2 triumphed over Camberwell Central who
finished in top spot. At half time we held a lead of 10 shots and were able to maintain that margin and retain the trophy for another year. Congratulations go to Helen Phillips, David Brown, Dick Meadows, John Graham, Gary Eaton and George Ziller.
Although not playing in the finals, the successful Wednesday Night campaign involved several other bowlers including George Newman, Jeff Smart and Vivienne Newton-Brown.
A big thank you to the large contingent of MCC supporters who helped to steer us over the line – it made a huge difference.
Mar 14
Both mid-week pennant sides were defeated in their Divisional Grand Finals on Tuesday unfortunately.
MCC1 was defeated by Middle Park at Brighton, by 18 shots. Linda Moore’s rink was the only winning one, by a margin of +3.
MCC4 was also defeated, by 18 shots to Werribee at Altona. Unfortunately, none of the three rinks was able to register a win.
Congratulations to all the mid-week pennant players on such a successful season.
Mar 11
Commiserations to MCC7, which was defeated by 16 shots in its Divisional Quarter-Final on Saturday, against Epping RSL 2.
The game was played at Strathmore, on the same green where MCC1 has been defeated the weekend before and during the season, so it is unlikely we will be rushing back to Strathmore in a hurry.
Conditions were difficult, with the game played in extreme heat. However, the green was, once again, in perfect order.
Our side was in front at different stages early on, but Epping pulled away progressively during the afternoon to be worthy winners.
Mar 11
MCC Bowls hasn’t moved, of course. But the web site has jumped on a plane and headed overseas.
For those who aren’t aware, the MCC Bowls web site needs to be hosted by an external party. This basically means we buy computer power and disk space for the site. Whenever you look at the web site, your browser connects you to that computer.
Given the on-going server issues we were having with our previous provider, we have decided to move the site to a new one. Our web site is now hosted by a company in Dallas, Texas.
Why go overseas, you ask? The reality is we are dealing with the World Wide Web, so it doesn’t really matter where it is hosted. The organisation we have selected comes highly recommended and to date, their service has been excellent.
If you notice any problems with the site, please let us know. But it should be clear sailing from here.
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