Bowlers keep tradition alive on coast
THIS week we highlights some of the Sunshine Coast's bowls clubs while welcoming all the visiting bowlers and guests here for the Sunshine Coast Winter Bowls Carnival. With the advent of barefoot bowls and numerous social games and competitions, it is interesting to look back at the beginnings of some of the region's earliest bowls clubs. Like many clubs and organisations, bowls clubs have played, and continue to play, an important part in community life and in the development of the to..>> view originalFacebook leadership debate reached an audience of millions
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Saturday, June 18, 2016
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