South Bendigo Bowls Club makes history
For more than 120 years the South Bendigo Bowls Club has been welcoming people for pleasure and pennant. But there’s never been an influx like the new group of bowlers coming week-by-week to master the art of the green line.
The club is thrilled to have ten new social members following a Bendigo Community Health Services Sports Inclusion program to introduce Karen people to lawn bowls.
The program has fostered participation in soccer, tennis, volleyball, rowing and more for Bendigo’s former refugee communities.
When South Bendigo Bowls Club member Iain Aitken attended one of BCHS’ Understanding Karen Culture sessions at another local sports club, he was keen to get his own sport involved.