Torquay Bowls Club cleans up with donation

THE Torquay Bowls Club is cleaning up after a generous donation from a manufacturer of hand santiser and disinfectant.

South Barwon MP Darren Cheeseman has helped MicroSafe Care Australia arrange importation of its products into Australia.

To show his thanks, MicroSafe Care Australia managing director Matt Seifert, who is based in Torquay, wanted to donate some of his company’s products to a local non-profit organisation.

Mr Cheeseman nominated the Torquay Bowling Club, which received about $2,000 worth of Nanocyn disenfectant spray bottles and a fumigation machine on Thursday last week.

“I was just doing my job – advocating for good products and good outcomes locally – but Matt was very, very generous volunteering his product,” Mr Cheeseman said. “

Clearly COVID-19 is an ongoing risk, and Matt’s product has a global reputation of dealing with those types of viruses.”

Mr Seifert said Nanocyn was registered with the Therapeutic Goods Administration and was approved to kill 99.9999 per cent of bacteria and viruses, including COVID-19 and norovirus (gastro), in 30 seconds – the fastest contact time of any registered product available.

“We’ve shipped everywhere from Lord Howe Island, to the Torres Strait, to Margaret River and Broome, all over the place; which is exciting.”

Nanocyn distributor Lachlan Bowes from Purazine said the products had also been used to get the ski industry restarted in 2020, and on the Spirit of Tasmania.

Torquay Bowls Club general manager Aaron Ruff welcomed the donation, and said the club had put extensive protocols in place since the outbreak of the coronavirus.

“You’ve got only one person who can touch the mat at any time, and at the end of the game, these mats have to be completely disinfected,” he said.

“Every bowl needs to be disinfected and wiped down … it’s completely changed how we do bowls, particularly for the public.”