02/04/2026
COMMUNITY BOWLS CHALLENGE
FINAL
Last night saw the Final of our Community Bowls Challenge under a beautiful Autum night. The 4 qualifying Teams were pumped, but still with a few nerves, especially for Team Leaky Legends who had one of their top bowlers go A Wall over to South Korea, on a night when he was needed, but they did manage to get a fill in at the last minute. I have to say that the boys in Leaky Legends had their boss from Reece plumbing there to watch them and if they won, he was going to give them Friday afternoon off from work. I will tell you the result later. Another one of the teams whom are called the Marshmallows were serious in their endeavour’s, to the point that they put a lot of practice in during the week. There were only 2 teams standing in their way, Code Art and the Pink Cantina who were both season performers. Pink Cantina played the Marshmallows in the first round and Code Art played Leaky Legends. Although both matches were close, Pink Cantina and Code Art got over the top of them to have Leaky Legends and The Marshmallows to play off for 3rd and 4th. The first couple of ends it was close but the Marshmallows picked up a 6 on one end which made it hard for the Leaky legends to catch and therefore The Marshmallows came home in 3rd place while I believe the Leaky legends might be working this Saturday. Code Art and The Pink Cantina fought it out for 1st and 2nd place. After 5 ends they were even and on the last end, each had a bowl in the head and it came down to a measure. There was 4mm in it but Code Art were closer and to their credit they took out the Final for a 2nd year in a row with The Pink Cantina as runners up. The games were played in good spirit and show cased the goodwill that the local traders, tradies and groups have in the community. The Community Bowls Challenge was again a very successful event which will continue to grow as interested groups in the community here about the event. There are a lot of people to thank, especially the Sponsors who provided all the great prizes for the competitors and the raffles.
They are- Tuck Inn Accommodation, Healesville Hotel, Toyota Healesville, Watts River Brewery, The RSL, The Blueberry Farm, My Little Kitchen, Cherry Tree Café, The Grand Hotel, Sammy’s Charcoal Chicken, The Terminus Hotel and Willow and Jackson. And a BIG thank you to Aldi Healesville and Wild Grains bakery for suppling all of our BBQ requirements. This is a good example of our Healesville traders supporting the community so consider them the next time you are shopping.
And finally, we couldn’t put this event on without the generous help of our Volunteers, Mick and Rita on the BBQ, Steve, Robyn, Jill, Judy, Robert behind the bar and Bob, Colin, Mike, Anne, Julie, Jude, Adrian and Gerda.
We will start up again in October on Wednesday 28th until December 2nd. If anyone is interested in putting a team together, you can contact me on 0418288037.
