Nationals 2025 Wrap: Senior Sides Championships
The Victorian Senior Sides battled it out over 4 days of competition in the hunt for the John Dobbie AM Trophy and the Betty Collins OAM Trophy.
Senior Men
The Victorian Senior Men’s side worked tirelessly and sailed through their first five matches undefeated on some massive margins. The final two rounds against QLD and NSW would be our toughest, with the gold medal coming down to the very last end of our final round against NSW.
A huge fightback from Team VIC saw us take the lead over NSW but in the final ends saw us defeated 54-57, to finish third overall with 5 wins.
Senior Women
A strong start on Saturday saw our Victorian Women’s Senior Side take 2 big wins over NT (82-47) and ACT (71-38). Sunday started a little shaky with a loss against home club TAS, before cinching another strong win against WA.
Monday saw a narrow 14 shot loss to SA, before a big finish winning 9 shots over QLD and 10 shots over NSW to finish up with 5 wins. Our Victorian Women’s Senior Side had a great campaign being awarded overall runners-up and heading home as silver medallists.
Player of the Series
We are thrilled to announce our Player of the Series awards for the 2025 Nationals are Vicki Smith and Chris Young.
Both performed brilliantly during the Seniors’ Nationals campaign and represented the Big V well throughout the Senior Sides Championships. We applaud them for their passion and determination, and congratulate them both on this well deserved accolade.
Bowls Victoria would also like to acknowledge the fantastic work behind the scenes by our Senior Coaches and Team Managers to help our teams make it to and through the Nationals.
We now await our Australian Sides Championsips who start tomorrow, November 20-November 23 followed by the Australian Championships from November 24-28.
Click here for the full Nationals Results
Go Vics!
