By Kirra Livingstone
THE Sunshine Coast bowls team have won the first ladies Over 60’s challenge against the Moreton Bay, Cunningham and Brisbane districts on October 5.
Among those who competed, Chris Freshwater and Barb Whitfield were picked from the Glasshouse Country Bowls Club to play in the Sunshine Coast district team.
The team also had players picked from the Kawana, Maroochy, Mooloolaba, Buderim and Coolum Bowls Clubs.
Ladies Glasshouse bowler Chris Freshwater said she was honoured to be picked for this new representative competition.
“It’s definitely a good feeling to be selected… its certainly nice to be included, and it’s good for promoting our local glasshouse country bowls club as well of course,” she said.
But that’s not the only things the two ladies have won over the last few weeks- their division five pennants team won and received their SCDLBA flag for the first time in the club’s history.
Chris said it was a great achievement for the two of them, particularly for the other less experienced bowlers in the team.
“It was good, there was a lot of ladies where it was the first time winning, and they were all really excited,” she said.
“We’ve never won the pennant flag in the Sunshine Coast district, the last time we won the pennant flag was a few years ago when we were a part of the Moreton Bay district.”
Besides the rest of the inhouse competitions which are nearly done for the year at the Glasshouse Country Bowls Club, there won’t be any more representative level events now until next year.