2025 State Sides Announced
15th July, 2025.
Bowls Victoria is pleased to announce the Development and Open Sides who will compete against NSW in early August.
To be hosted at the Dandenong Club, the Series will see each Side play three Tests over two days.
Congratulations to the following athletes:
| 2025 DEVELOPMENT SIDE | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead | Second | Third | Skip |
| Alannah Taylor* | Hayley O’Reilly | Olivia Slade | Lisa Trewarne* |
| Courtney Thompson* | Akasha Fortune | Kirstie White* | Chelsea Pollock* |
| Seb Monahan* | Matt Lawrence* | Koby Cromie | Ben McArthur |
| Cooper Wescombe | Sam Rogers* | Mat O’Brien | Brody Harker |
| 2025 OPEN SIDE | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead | Second | Third | Skip |
| Brooke Edwards | Tris Doolan | Olivia Cartwright | Sammy Atkinson |
| Blaine Edwards | Sophie Kurzman | Jess Wallace | Lisa Phillips |
| Anita Jenkins | Emma Simmonds | Samantha Robinson* | Kylie Lavis |
| Mitch Sidebottom* | Brett Mahoney | Tyson Cromie | Craig Mills |
| James Pearce | Nathan Lynch* | Cameron Keenan | Matt Flapper |
| Brad Gibson* | Dane McKinnon | Bryce Young | Brad Pavey |
* Denotes debutant
Both Series will commence with practice on Thursday, 7 August, two Tests on Friday, and conclude Saturday lunchtime.
The selections are made following a busy weekend at Dandenong Club where the Open and Development Squads engaged in off-green activities, including a performance psychology workshop facilitated by the Victorian Institute of Sport, see images below. The Squads were then put through their paces on-green in a highly competitive environment before finals selections were made for the August Series.
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