Articles tagged: Bowls
Permits spark conversations
A series of rule changes and the creation of a new division will see a new-look Corangamite Bowls competition this season.
Local sportsmen take up lawn bowls
Two of Colac district’s top sportsmen are set to try their hand at lawn bowls this season.
Weekend Pennant season preview
The Colac Herald’s Ben Martin examines each team in Corangamite Playing Area’s Weekend Pennant competition.
Bay tipped as team to beat
Corangamite bowlers have tipped Apollo Bay to bounce back from last year's disappointing finals series to become the team to beat this Weekend Pennant season.
Golfer nets first medal
“I just happened to play one of the best games I’ve ever played on the right day.”
Winch survives Cressy scare
Winchelsea has kicked off its Midweek Pennant season with a thrilling win over newly-promoted Cressy.
Midweek leaders raise concern
Corangamite bowls leaders have voiced their concerns over a key midweek bowls playing change made by Bowls Victoria.
Midweek Pennant season preview
The Colac Herald examines each team in Corangamite Playing Area’s Midweek Pennant competition.
Cressy returns to top-grade
For the first time in over 10 years Cressy’s midweek bowls team will play in the Corangamite Playing Areas top division.
Club honours young bowler
The Colac Sportsmen’s Club has honoured lawn bowls rising star Max Heaton-Harris with Sports Star of the Month honours.
Young bowlers to build on form
Colac Primary School is hoping its strong form in the Colac division can help them advance in today’s Greater Western Region competition.
State selection for teen bowler
Winchelsea lawn bowler Max Heaton-Harris has continued his meteoric rise in the sport by being selected to represent Victoria at the under-18 National Championships in October.
Nation-wide tournament comes to Geelong
Corangamite bowls' "home away from home" has become the latest club to receive a licence to compete in the sport's answer to Twenty20 cricket.
Nola joins husband as a Central life member
Central lawn bowler Nola Gray says it’s pretty special to join her husband Alan in earning life membership with the club.
Bowls club honour for quartet
Four of the Colac Bowling Club’s longest-serving members have been rewarded with life membership as the club doubled its life membership recipients.
Aussie dream for young Blue
Teenage Winchelsea lawn bowler Max Heaton-Harris hopes his premiership win with the Blues will be another stepping stone on his way to one day representing Australia.
Father and son share premiership success
Winchelsea bowler Stewart Williams says playing in a premiership alongside his son Ethan is “what it’s all about”.
Two decades of loyalty pays off for Winch bowler
No Winchelsea bowlers have waited longer for their first Division One premiership than Peter McConachy.
League set for play-off games
Corangamite bowls’ Weekend Pennant lower-grade premiers have until today to notify the league if they wish to play off for a spot in a higher division next season.
Premiers fall short after massive 24 hours
An exhausted Winchelsea line-up has fallen agonisingly short of winning a regional Weekend Pennant team carnival on Sunday.
Blues save their best for last
Winchelsea Two bowlers saved their best performance of the season for last, overcoming Colac Two for the first time this season in the grand final.
Golf hoping to step up after grand final victory
Camperdown Golf hopes to have a team in all four divisions next season following its Division Four grand final win on the weekend.
Squad full of first-time premiership players
Colac Bowling Club’s Rod Newcombe says the feeling of winning a premiership never gets old, after he and his Division Three teammates enjoyed a grand final win over Cobden Two.
Winchelsea ends 27-year drought
Champion Winchelsea bowler Rhys Jeffs says it was an emotional night as the Blues ended their 27-year premiership drought in Corangamite bowls’ top division.
