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Hundreds Flock To 75th Indoor Bowling Nationals - This Year Held In Ashburton
Over 500 indoor bowlers are descending on Ashburton this Friday to compete in this years 75th Indoor Bowling National Championships.
The Championships will be held at the EA Networks Sports Centre and take eight days of intensive competition to complete.
Due to the large entry, the entire floor space will be utilised with over 80 mats being used.
This is the second time that Ashburton has hosted the national championships, with them also playing host for the 2018 edition.
Leading local contenders for national titles this year include Mat Bassett and Michael Lawson who are the defending Singles title-holder and Champion Pairs lead respectively.
Indoor bowls is a sport that can be played by anyone of all ages, and entrants range from the ''Young Guns'' Fours team of Nathan Trowell (20), Matthew Foster (21), Malcom Trowell and Dylan Foster (19) who won the National Fours title in 2023 to Bernard Bennett from Tauranga, who is 93 years old and attended his first national championships in 1955!
Entry is free, and the event will be broadcast live on the Matside Broadcasting YouTube channel, here:https://www.youtube.com/@matsidebroadcasting3184/streams
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