QLD Teams Announced for The Nationals
Bowls Queensland have pleasure in announcing the players to represent Queensland in various events at the 2024 Nationals series which will be held at Club Tweed and Broadbeach during October.
In the Australian Sides Championships, the women’s team will play for the Marj Morris Trophy and the men do battle for the Alley Shield. Janet Healey, Aaron Hewson and Brendan Wilson will make their debut for the QLD Open side while Dale McWhinney-Shillington will make his debut for QLD in an Australian Sides Series.
The Open teams will play a Test Series versus Victoria at Club Tweed on Saturday 14 (2 Tests) and Sunday 15 (1 Test) September as a lead up to the Nationals.
The Para Nationals QLD Team will return to defend their Overall Best Performed State Trophy from last year with nine out of the ten players returning this year, Damien Delgado returns in 2024 after being unavailable last year.
Eleven out of 16 players made their debut for QLD in the recent Under 18 Tri Series, five girls and five boys have now been selected to represent QLD at The Nationals, the remaining three girls and three boys in the QLD U18 Squad have been invited to form a composite team along with NSW to also compete in the event.
Our Over 60 QLD Men will be back to defend their title after winning in Perth last year and we have a few new faces in the Women’s team. Dealia Walsh, Heather Hodgson, Julie Keegan, Noelene Dutton and Peter Richards will make their debut for the QLD Over 60 Team.
Thank you to ACEIT for supplying quality representative attire to Bowls Queensland.
Congratulations to the following selected players:
Australian Sides Championships 17-20 October and QLD vs VIC Test Series 14 & 15 September at Club Tweed
QLD Open Women’s Team:
Candice Ayton, Pamela Rowe, Bolivia Millerick, Kelsey Cottrell sk
Yvonne Lovelock, Janet Healey, Julie Keegan, Lynsey Clarke sk
Amanda Haevecker, Emma Spicer, Wendy Wilson, Chloe Stewart sk
QLD Open Men’s Team:
Aaron Hewson, Barrie Lester, Nathan Rice, Aron Sherriff sk
Dale McWhinney-Shillington, Nic Gosley, Sean Ingham, Sean Baker sk
Brendan Wilson, Jamie Anderson, Brett Wilkie, Kane Nelson sk
Para Nationals 9-12 October at Broadbeach
QLD Para Women’s Team:
Louise Hoskins, Serena Bonnell sk
Annette Goldsworthy, Cheryl Lindfield sk
QLD Para Men’s Team:
Brett Sellars, Tony Bonnell sk
Cooper Whitestyles, Damien Delgado sk
Wesley Brown, Clive Williams sk
Australian Under 18 Championships 9 & 10 October at Club Tweed
QLD Under 18 Girls Team:
Lilly Vardy, Lacey Gerick, Phoebie Russell, Ashlin Johnson, Tilah Mason
QLD/NSW Under 18 Composite Girls Team (QLD Players):
Logan Hughes, Makayla Gainsford, Mia Haylock
QLD Under 18 Boys Team:
Riley Gerick, Rhys Gillman, Brody Carter, Todd Brain, Trent Brehmer
QLD/NSW Under 18 Composite Boys Team (QLD Players):
Cooper Sutton, Jack Hayward, Thomas Brehmer
Australian Senior Sides Championships 12-15 October at Club Tweed
QLD Over 60 Women’s Team:
Brenda Thompson, Gail Crompton, Karen Goldsworthy, Maria Rigby sk
Adele Pershouse, Terry McAlary, Dealia Walsh, Noelene Dutton sk
Cheryl Heaps, Heather Hodgson, Sue Brady, Julie Keegan sk
QLD Over 60 Men’s Team:
Max Jaffray, Peter Richards, Neville Jenkins, Scott Franklin sk
Keith Whalley, Jim Wise, Alan Howard, Greg Rolls sk
Bill Cornehls, Ray Kurtz, Scott Chamberlain, John Finlayson sk
