	{"id":119556,"date":"2026-02-13T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=119556"},"modified":"2026-02-11T16:54:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T05:54:27","slug":"on-a-roll-and-thinking-pink-for-womens-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/sport\/on-a-roll-and-thinking-pink-for-womens-health\/","title":{"rendered":"On a roll and thinking pink for women&#8217;s health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WEBBCONA club president Craig Wells has announced that their players will wear pink pennant shirts this weekend in their Division 1 match at Victoria Bowling Club, with Victoria reciprocating the promotion as a part of the initiative to create awareness of the Women&#8217;s Health in Bowls Round.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the wearing of pink pennant shirts, it is expected that some bowlers will take the further step to dye their hair pink for the occasion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are promoting the Women&#8217;s Health in Bowls Round through the clubs in the Ballarat Highlands region with most of the clubs purchasing the pink bowls clothes which they will distribute amongst their member bowlers,&#8221; Victoria Bowling Club&#8217;s Lauren Morris said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We hope in the future Bowls Victoria will pick up this initiative and develop the program throughout the State in the years ahead.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/02\/IMG_2512_65915.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Webbcona&#8217;s Tony Lange is also going pink against Victoria this weekend.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This follows Webbcona&#8217;s initiative two weeks ago to wear black pennant shirts as part of the promotion for Mental Health Bowls For Your Life.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, it will be serious business this Saturday for Webbcona&#8217;s Division 1 side as they need to finish their last two pennant matches in winning form to climb from fifth position to give themselves a chance to make finals by displacing either Midlands or City Oval.<\/p>\n<p>A good outcome in their away match at Victoria this Saturday is sure to set the last game of the round in a week playing Midlands at home as the pivotal match of the final round.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Overall things are on the improve around the club with the possibility of the club having four sides playing finals this year,&#8221; president Craig Wells said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our Division 5 side is currently in second position whilst our Division 6 and 8 teams are currently third, so we are positive that the sides will progress well in the coming finals. 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