Bowls Update- July 2020

A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN We have faced some challenges in the first half of 2020; however today marks the easing of restrictions in QLD to level 3- it’s onward and upward from here! This is great news for the hospitality and sporting industries as we can welcome more patrons into Club Helensvale and welcome back
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Hawks named for World Championships

Bowls Australia (BA) selectors have confirmed the 10-strong contingent to be charged with the nation’s hopes on home soil at the 2020 World Bowls Championships which includes Club Helensvale Hawks players Lynsey Clarke and Aron Sherriff. With 36 nations to take part in the 14-day event from Tuesday, May 26 to Sunday, June 7 across

Club Helensvale to host World Bowls Championship Finals

Broadbeach and Club Helensvale will play host to the business end of the 2020 World Bowls Championships, being confirmed as the venues for the event’s finals. The two venues will share the hosting duties of the finals across the event’s two-week program. Broadbeach will host the quarter-finals of disciplines played in the first week of
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National Club 5 A Side Returns to Club Helensvale in 2020

After a notable absence in 2019, Club Helensvale’s prestigious and lucrative National Club 5 A Side is set to make its return to the Australian calendar in 2020. As promised, the thirteenth edition of this popular event is set to be back bigger and better then ever and will be held from the 7th –
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Pancare Foundation – Walk For Hope

Pancreatic cancer has one of the lowest survival rates of all major cancers. The statistics on survival rates have not changed significantly for over 40 years. This year over 3500 people will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and they will only have a 9.8% chance of surviving past 5 years. Pancare Foundation is an Australian
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International Women’s Day 2019 – Spotlight on Georgia White

International Women’s Day is celebrated annually on the 8th March, marking the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. In honour of the upcoming day we sat down with one of our high profile female bowlers, Georgia White, who has recently returned
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2018 5 A Side Wrap-Up

NATIONAL $60,000 CLUB 5 A SIDE – EASTBOURNE EAGLES CROWNED ULTIMATE CHAMPIONS After the 12th staging of this most prestigious event, international raiders Eastbourne Eagles from New Zealand have claimed the Club Helensvale $60,000 National Club 5 a Side in spectacular fashion. In a rematch of last years Grand Final, the Eagles overcame defending champions
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Australian Open 2018

The Australian Open was held on the Gold Coast again for the fourth successive year and was a resounding success. Known as the World’s Biggest Bowls Festival, it was fantastic to see another big bowls sporting event here on the Gold Coast so soon after the Commonwealth Games. With $250,000 in prize money there was
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GC Hawks soar in New Zealand BPL07

  The BPL is always an exciting event on the bowls calendar with with it’s exciting, colourful and fast paced format. The 7th installment of the BPL was held in Wellington NZ from the 23rd – 26th April. Eight franchises from across Australia and NZ were set to compete for the prestigious trophy and a
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GC 2018 – Silver Medal Glory For Our Bowlers

What an amazing spectacle the GC2018 Commonwealth Games was for our fabulous city, community and competing athletes. To see our beautiful Gold Coast shine in such a great light across the World was something very special. Our proud little city put on an extraordinary showcase that saw us witness once in a lifetime events, achievements,
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