Visitors claim Herb Henderson title

The Herb Henderson Memorial Bowls Day attracted 104 players to the Millicent Bowls Club on Australia Day.

The time honoured competition was played over one game of 15 ends in the morning and two games of 12 ends in the afternoon.

Twenty-six visiting teams including representing Mt Gambier RSL, Mount Gambier Club, Naracoorte, Kalangadoo and Port MacDonnell.

Before going out on the greens, President Steve Carnellor, welcomed all players to the Millicent Club and invited Millicent Bowls Club Member John Buhlmann, to lead all players in singing the Australian national anthem.

After the first game of 15 ends players went back to the club room and enjoyed a lovely lunch of steak, sausages and salads along with apple pie and ice cream and at the end enjoyed a lovely afternoon tea arranged by the Millicent Bowls Club Ladies.

The overall winners for the day went to a team from Mount Gambier winning all three games and finishing with 90.5 points, Tony Bowditch, Daniel Langdon, Ben Masters and Les James.

In second place also winning their three games and finishing with a total of 84.5 points was a Millicent, Mount Gambier mixed side of Wayne Ross, Zac Pearson, Aaron Emonson and Simon Attiwill and in third place with a score of 84.0 was another Mount Gambier RSL side, Ron Ploenges, Dean Wilkinson, Ralph Stafford and Ian MacIntosh.