National Arm Challenge Begins
The 2018 National Bowling Arm Challenge has started at East Maitland Bowling Club NSW. The tournament runs over four days from Monday 10 to Thursday 14 September.
In its seventh year, this event now has a full contingency of States participating, with Tasmania joining the event this year after Western Australia joined last year.
The State Representative Arm Sides play for a National Trophy, supplied by Bowls Australia, alongside State Shields, supplied by each State.
All Sides consist of three teams of five players playing Singles alongside Fours and Pairs alongside Triples so that all fifteen players of a Side play simultaneously during the Challenge.
A full Schedule and Conditions of Play can be found HERE.
An overview of WA Sandgroper games are as follows:
Date
Time
Format
Opponent
Monday 10
9:00 am
Singles & Fours
Tasmania
12:30 pm
Pairs & Triples
Tasmania
3:15 pm
Singles & Fours
Queensland
Tuesday 11
10:00 am
Pairs & Triples
Queensland
1:30 pm
Singles & Fours
South Australia
Wednesday 12
9:00 am
Pairs & Triples
South Australia
12:30 pm
Singles & Fours
New South Wales
3:15 pm
Pairs & Triples
New South Wales
Thursday 13
10:00 am
Singles & Fours
Victoria
1:30 pm
Pairs & Triples
Victoria
In outstanding news on the first day of play, WA Sandgropers were victorious in both the Singles & Fours and the Pairs & Triples events, against the TAS Van Dieman Devils … this means that WA will bring home the inaugural TASWA shield in the first year of its inception!
Congratulations to our Sandgropers and best wishes for further success in your second year of competition!
