ANDY Roddick has made a shock exit from the US Open at the hands of lowly ranked Serb Janko Tipsarevic.

CLINT McKay has missed selection in favour of novice seamers Peter George and Josh Hazlewood as part of the Australian Test squad for India.

ANY Pakistan player found guilty of match-fixing should be banned for life, Shane Warne said today.

LIBBY Trickett's comeback may stall as FINA's anti-doping rules set to prevent her from qualifying for next year's world swimming championships.

MICK Fanning is keeping cool about his chances of retaining the world surfing title after advancing to the Billabong Pro Tahiti fourth round.

SAM Stosur beat Anastasia Rodionova in an all-Australian clash at  the US Open today and Kim Clijsters beat Melbourne's Sally Peers in straight sets.

AUSTRALIA suffered a frustrating setback at the basketball world championships, going down to Serbia 94-79 in Turkey today

A FIGHTING 6-3 victory over India has left the Hockeyroos unbeaten after two matches at the World Cup in Argentina.

NRL boss David Gallop will face angry Storm players today for the first time since punishing the club over the salary cap breaches.

SPECULATION is growing in South Africa that Springboks coach Peter de Villiers could be sacked as early as this weekend.

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Bowls

Membership of the MCC Bowls Section is open to all MCC members (male and female) and any MCC members wishing to join the section will be heartily welcomed.

Non-MCC members can also join and enquiries from bowlers wishing to take advantage of our excellent facilities and play bowls with a fantastic group of people will always be welcomed.

The section has four greens at two facilities in Hawthorn. Headquarters at Swinburne Avenue has two grass greens.

The Glen Street complex has a grass green and a carpet green, the latter being available for bowls all year round. Excellent clubhouse facilities are provided at both locations.

The club fields eight teams in Saturday pennant (seven men and one ladies). A Tuesday evening pennant side is also fielded in the Eastern Melbourne competition.

MCC Bowls Section contact
Secretary: Mr Ian Smith
(Ph: 0425 759 544)