KEYSBOROUGH Bowls Club member Barry Shipperlee became only the third player to win the annual Rotary Club of Noble Park charity bowls day three times when he was successful on March 24.
Last year, Wilma Stevenson of the Dandenong RSL-Recreation Bowling Club and her husband, Iain, who plays at the Narre Warren Bowls Club, became the first bowlers to win the event three times.
With different partners, Shipperlee previously won in 2001 and 2006. This was the 27th year that the charity event has been held and it has raised more than $186,000 has for local charities.
The winning team of Ting Silom, Kevin Deer and Barry Shipperlee was the only four-game winner, finishing 30 shots up.
The battle for runner-up was much closer, with five three-game winners.
After a countback, the team of Graham Aubrey and Eddie Van Loon of Burden Park Bowling Club and Brian Kingwood of Mulgrave Country Club came out on top being 21 shots up.
An opening spider was won by Gary Wastell of Berwick Bowling Club.
The day was organised by the Rotary Club of Noble Park, in conjunction with a committee comprising representatives of all lawn bowls clubs in the city, and Roy Aspinall of Highway Bowls Centre.
At the presentations, organising committee chairman Brian Burton thanked the organising committee, Keysborough Bowls Club, the ladies who provided the catering, bowlers in general and especially the sponsors, who he urged all bowlers to support.
Along with Highway Bowls Centre of Dandenong, the sponsors included Burden Park Bowling Club, Casey Radio, Dandenong Club, Noble Park RSL, GP Smith Equipment, The Good Guys [Cranbourne], the Pentreath Family and ZJL Partners. —Roy Aspinall
ROTARY CLUB OF NOBLE PARK
CHARITY BOWLS DAY: Opening spider winner: Gary Wastell (Berwick Bowling Club); winning team: Kevin Deer, Ting Silom, Barry Shipperlee (Keysborough Bowls Club). Runner-up team: Eddie Van Loon, Graham Aubrey, Brian Kingwood (Burden Park Bowls Club and Mulgrave Country Club).
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