Terang Bowling Club president Ron Mills is thrilled with the number of teams involved in the club's Corporate Challenge.
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Twenty-six teams are battling it out in the six-week tournament which started on Monday January 13.
Glen Warriors is leading the table after three rounds of competition.
"We're extremely happy with the way it's going," Mills said.
"We hope that we can get some new members out of it, that's the main aim of it."
We hope that we can get some new members out of it, that's the main aim of it.
- Ron Mills
Mills said the Corporate Challenge, which invites businesses to enter teams, had proved a successful recruiting ground for the club.
"We do get new members out of it," he said.
"But it's a very slow process because a lot of younger people, that we want, are playing other sports."
The third-year president said people often started playing lawn bowls after retiring from other sports.
Mills, who is based just out of Garvoc, has played the game for 27 years.
He plays as a second in Terang Green's division one weekend pennant side in the Western District Bowls Division.
Green went down 73-68 shots to Port Fairy Red at Terang Bowling Club on Saturday afternoon.
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Mills said his group was building.
"Before Christmas our team struggled but then after Christmas we've picked up," he said.
Green is sitting in ninth spot with one win and nine losses from 12 rounds.
It has had a draw, a win and two losses since the Christmas break.
Red is in eighth position with four wins and seven losses.
In other matches, the dominant Warrnambool Gold thrashed Dennington Jets 84-45 at Warrnambool Bowls Club.
Second-ranked City Memorial Red accounted for sixth-placed Mortlake Blue in a 86-60 encounter.
Third-positioned City Memorial Gold survived a close one with fourth-placed Timboon Gold, the match ending in a 76-67 result.
Koroit Blue, in fifth, got the job done against bottom-ranked Warrnambool Blue with a 74-57 victory at home.
The City Memorial Red and City Gold encounter shapes up as the match of the round this Saturday.
The second versus third battle will be a good test ahead of finals with just two rounds remaining of regular pennant.
Timboon Gold versus top-team Warrnambool Gold will likewise be an intriguing encounter at Timboon Bowling Club.
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