2019 Australian Under-18 Championships: Battle in Bendigo underway
The 2019 Australian Under-18 Championships are underway and Day 1 of the annual event brought with it some beautiful weather conditions and surprise results.
Hosted by the magnificent Bendigo Bowls Club in Central Victoria, the very ‘best of the best’ young talent from around Australia put their best foot forward for their respective state or territory, with three trophies up for grabs following the completition of play after Friday.
Queensland, defending champions of the Girls’ Overall Trophy, began their title-defence in flawless fashion, failing to concede a loss (one draw) across any of the four disciplines after Day 1, while the same could not be said for defending Boys’ Overall champions Victoria.
The ‘Big V’ Boys produced a hot and cold team performance on the opening day, suffering crucial defeats in three of four disciplines which will hurt their chances of going back to back in both the Boys’ Overall standings and in the Robert Middleton Overall Trophy.
Bowls Australia (BA) will be live-streaming selected finals from 8:30am on Friday’s final day of play at the 2019 Australian Under-18 Championships.
