Top players: Olivia Cartwright and Matt Flapper were Victorian Players of the Series at the recent Australian Sides Championships, held at Broadbeach Queensland last month. Olivia's rink, skipped by Kylie Whitehead, along with Anne Miles and Tris Doolan, finished third in the event for the best rink while the Victorian team was fourth overall. The best bowlers in the country were at the four-day event.
Olivia Cartwright made her premier league debut with Moama in the Bendigo Campaspe Goldfields Bowls Region’s top competition on Saturday.
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She missed the opening round of the season due to her state team commitments, but was back with the Moama Steams on Saturday for its 21 shot win against Bendigo.
With her father David and two brothers, Josh and Jacob, playing in the division one Goulburn Valley playing area competition, the 18-year-old bowled as second in her rink’s one-shot win.
She was a lead bowler to another teenager, Rochester’s Cameron Kennan, who was skipping the rink.
The match was hot on the heels of her English and Maths VCE exams, and preceded the Psychology, Physical Educaiton and Environmental Science tests.
She will be involved in the Ultimate Bowls Challenge, as part of the three wildcard teams involved in the rich event, on December 12–13, at Moama.
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