State champion: Olivia Cartwright’s star has continued to rise, winning the 2023 state women’s singles title.
Olivia Cartwright is the state women’s singles bowls champion of Victoria, claiming the title at the Bendigo East club on the weekend.
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She beat Dandenong’s Nicole McKenzie 25-10 in the final after beating some quality opposition in three qualifying rounds.
Cartwright was a member of Moama’s Bendigo Campaspe Goldfields Premier League team this season and is a regular state representative.
Henry and Charlie Boswood won the state under-18 pairs title after beating Yarrawonga’s Koby Cromie and Kerang’s Kane Wilson 13-6 in the final.
They had earlier beaten Kyabram clubmate Jacob Cartwright and his Cobram partner Luke Dunn 26-1 in the semi-final.
Kyabram was strongly represented, with Josh Carwright losing with Numurkah Golf’s Bayden Parkinson to the Wilson-Cromie combination in the other semi-final.
Josh Cartwright lost in the first round of the finals of the under-18 boys event.
Jorja Ponton from Stanhope lost in the quarter finals to eventual state under-18 champion Amity Bickley.
Ponton had won her two lead up games 21-3 and 21-12, while another Stanhope bowler Hayley Hancock, won her first round match 21-4 before losing in the second round.
Pairs champions: Charlie and Henry Boswood with the spoils of their Victorian under-18 pairs championship victory.
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