Glasshouse Country Bowls Club leads the charge for youth engagement
THE Glasshouse Country Bowls Club held their annual U18s Junior Bowls Carnival on Monday, July 7 and Tuesday, July 8, with clubs from across the state in attendance.
Many of the bowlers who participated on the day were also in the U18s Queensland Junior squad, so there was a high level of play on the green.
The carnival was a pairs event, with 32 bowlers from clubs including Bundaberg, Prosperpine, Tweed Heads, Helensvale, Capalaba, Kawana and Algester, to name a few.
The overall winners of the carnival were Lacey Gerick from the Kawana Bowls Club, and Lily Vardy from the Tweed Ospreys.
Glasshouse Country Bowls Club committee member, David Hayes, said it was always a great time when they run this junior carnival.
“It’s very important for us to hold this event,” he said.
“To get more juniors playing our sport we need to get them playing competitions and events like this to keep them interested in our sport and a pathway to improve their bowls.”
David said they created this competition five years ago, to continue to grow the sport for young bowlers.
“We started it 5 years ago to give juniors more competitive games of bowls,” he said.
“The event is also live streamed each year and goes out all around the world.
“We had over 2,000,000 views over the two days of the junior bowls carnival this year.”
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