Sport
11 February, 2026
Bowls champions are crowned
NORTH Central bowls playing area’s top titles for 2025-2026 season have headed to Donald.
NORTH Central bowls playing area’s top titles for 2025-2026 season have headed to Donald.
The Donald Golf duo of Belinda Murray and Geoff Rigby took out the champion of champions events in Wedderburn on Sunday.
Belinda came back from a horror patch midway through the final against defending champion Ruth Hall (Wedderburn) in the 22nd end to eventually claim the ladies’ title by four shots. She reach the 25-point victory mark claiming one shot on the 29th end.
In the men’s final, Geoff had a close tussle throughout the match with Hunter Wingfield.
Hunter had been two shots up after the 21st end before Geoff took control, scoring eight shots over the next five ends while denying Hunter any shots. The final margin was 25-20.
Club champions contested the first round during the morning with semi-finals and the finals played in the afternoon.
Semi-finalists in the men’s event were St Arnaud’s Steve Zsigmond, Wycheproof’s Nick Coles, Hunter and Geoff.
In the ladies, Belinda, Ruth who won her first title last year, Charlton’s Lynne Southwell and Wycheproof’s Jeannie Grylls were in the final four.
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