A OCEAN Grove lawn bowler has won big at the Australian Lawn Bowls Championships and secured her first gold medal at a national tier event.<\/p>\n
Maddison Jacobs and team-mate Amity Bickley went undefeated in the under 18 division of the championships at the Sorrento Bowling Club in Perth, Western Australia.<\/p>\n
Jacobs and Bickley stormed through their section, conquering all three early round matchups with a combined shot difference of 45.<\/p>\n
The Victorian pair were then able to hold their nerve in the championship final and win an epic decider 19-17 over New South Wales.<\/p>\n
Jacobs said being an Australian champion still hadn’t quite sunk in.<\/p>\n
It’d always been a dream to get selected for the Victoria state team and to try and win the pairs with Amity at nationals.<\/p>\n
“I won the club pairs this year and then the under 18 state girls’ pairs as well, so I really wanted to go out and win the national title as well.<\/p>\n
“We just wanted to go out and have fun throughout the four games because we both knew that when we are having fun that we bowl our best bowls.<\/p>\n
“We had a plan to dominate at the start and just continue with it throughout.<\/p>\n
“To walk away with gold in my last year of under 18s is pretty special and something I won’t be forgetting.”<\/p>\n
Moving into the open age divisions next year, Jacobs said she hoped to continue learning and improving her game.<\/p>\n
“I am really keen to continue working on my own bowls but to also help inspire the younger kids who are a part of our junior program at Ocean Grove.<\/p>\n
“In terms of the state team, I just want to keep playing great bowls and hopefully one day I can represent Victoria in the open side.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A OCEAN Grove lawn bowler has won big at the Australian Lawn Bowls Championships and secured her first gold medal at a national tier event. Maddison Jacobs and team-mate Amity Bickley went undefeated in the under 18 division of the championships at the Sorrento Bowling Club in Perth, Western Australia. Jacobs and Bickley stormed through […]<\/p>\n